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Originally Posted by crash_override
It costs about $600 - $800 ($400 for application, $116 for passport, $12 for photographs, plus other various minute paperwork fee's) and takes about 6 months to become a United States citizen. Not some sort of fortune that is out of reach. It's not like our borders are closed, these people already have an opportunity to enter our country legally. Why do we need to change to make it easier for them? It's not like the US government is asking for a first born child to get into the country.
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you pulled this right out of your as
s. you have to be a permanent resident of the US for 5 years before you are eligible to become a citizen. then you can begin the naturalization process which takes at a minimum 6 months (that's the optimistic estimate) and could take as long as two years. additionally, the fees are far more than 600-800$. a person wishing to become a US citizen must pay the application and processing fee for obtaining a greencard--as much as $1000, I-130/140 fee-355/475$, n-400 fee-675$, form I-485 fee- 930$, employment authorization form--340$. those numbers right there dwarf your bs, and that doesn't even include hospital fees, the passport fee, nor attorney's fees (which are the biggest expense of all--over 1000$). i showed my colombian roommate, who is a permanent resident and currently in the process of obtaining his citizenship, your post and he laughed out loud. you have no idea what you are talking about.