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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 9:16 am
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Originally Posted by catocony
That's assuming you're coming to see family. I would be partially cautious about that, since they may think that if you have family here, you may stay illegally - this depends on where you're coming from.
The US gov't (State Dept. et al.) is pretty insane when it comes to this kind of thing. As an example, they will refuse someone a tourist visa to visit family in the US (as the person might stay with the family), even though the family is in a position to sponsor the person for a green card.
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