Joining the us millitary

unprofor
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Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:46 pm

 

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How hard is it to gain a american green card by going this route of entry?

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Brenda
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Joined: 21 Feb 2004
Posts: 178
Location: Stirling

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:41 pm

 

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Unknown.

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CanuckAbroad
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Back in Victoria after living in Budapest

Joined: 04 Mar 2003
Posts: 482
Location: Victoria

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:50 pm

 

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Ya I have no idea about this one.

But is it worth potentially losing your life in Iraq or somewhere else? Surely there must be other ways for you to pursue this.

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unprofor
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Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:40 pm

 

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I heard somthing that you enter by having the employer being the us gov't as your sponsor. But this is only a guess.

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Reba
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Canuck in NC

Joined: 16 Jul 2004
Posts: 1139
Location: North Carolina

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:00 am

 

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Check out the appropriate branch website (army, navy, marines...whichever) to find out what their recruitment requirements are.

IF you join up and are sent overseas, you *could* be eligible for citizenship, but why would you join up just to be sent to war? Unless of course that is your purpose, just to be able to go to war...but if your purpose is just to get a green card, there are other ways of getting it, that won't require you to put your life in danger.

Seems a bit extreme to join the military just to get a green card. Nothing against the military, I have the utmost respect for our soldiers, but there are easier ways!

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unprofor
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Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:19 pm

 

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The other day I was looking at the US immigration department web site. And for some reason canada does not qualify. Anyway mostly just looking at options would be nice if north america.

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canuck_dc
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Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:46 pm

 

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If you join the US military, you DEFINITELY will be sent to Iraq. If you survive, I believe, you will get citizenship in 2 years.

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