Comments on: How Immigration Policy Creates Dependent Spouses http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/16/how-immigration-policy-creates-dependent-spouses/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: tosia http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/16/how-immigration-policy-creates-dependent-spouses/comment-page-1/#comment-49323 tosia Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:47:18 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8471#comment-49323 hi, please help me some information. i am indonesian woman married to Danish man, he is EU citizen and live in Norway for 35 years. and i already apply for resident permit for familyreunification. My D-visa is rejected by norwegian embassy.. i was suprised but maybe i wrong apply that.. D-visa for spouse EU citizen if already married for 3 years, ahhhh crazy.. and please help me, we already waiting for 7 months, i really totally streesed.. if i apply for a tourist to Norway, can't.. because my application for familyreunification is still being prosseced in Norway.. if i apply a shcengen visa, but my account bank is not enough, must be $5000 more.. also dont have a sponsor.. how can my husband apply visa for wife to join him? please reply soon. i need help :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((( hi, please help me some information.

i am indonesian woman married to Danish man, he is EU citizen and live in Norway for 35 years. and i already apply for resident permit for familyreunification. My D-visa is rejected by norwegian embassy.. i was suprised but maybe i wrong apply that.. D-visa for spouse EU citizen if already married for 3 years, ahhhh crazy..

and please help me, we already waiting for 7 months, i really totally streesed.. if i apply for a tourist to Norway, can’t.. because my application for familyreunification is still being prosseced in Norway..

if i apply a shcengen visa, but my account bank is not enough, must be $5000 more.. also dont have a sponsor..

how can my husband apply visa for wife to join him?

please reply soon. i need help :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

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]]> By: Danielle http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/16/how-immigration-policy-creates-dependent-spouses/comment-page-1/#comment-26834 Danielle Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:43:24 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8471#comment-26834 My husband is currently in the country on a K1 visa. To get this visa I had to prove that I could support the household independently, i.e., that I make at least 125% above "the poverty line." I am a graduate student, on a PhD track and this was not feasible for me. I had to get my father to act as a "joint-sponsor" for the visa. Right now we are still waiting for his temporary green card to get approved so that he can work. I think this is another way that immigration policy disadvantages women. If my father was not able to act as a financial sponsor, I do not think our visa could get approved. Women, on average make less than men, and I can imagine many U.S. born women having trouble getting their fiance's visa approved due to the financial stipulations that, frankly, favor men. My husband is currently in the country on a K1 visa. To get this visa I had to prove that I could support the household independently, i.e., that I make at least 125% above “the poverty line.” I am a graduate student, on a PhD track and this was not feasible for me. I had to get my father to act as a “joint-sponsor” for the visa. Right now we are still waiting for his temporary green card to get approved so that he can work.
I think this is another way that immigration policy disadvantages women. If my father was not able to act as a financial sponsor, I do not think our visa could get approved. Women, on average make less than men, and I can imagine many U.S. born women having trouble getting their fiance’s visa approved due to the financial stipulations that, frankly, favor men.

]]> By: Stian Haklev http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/16/how-immigration-policy-creates-dependent-spouses/comment-page-1/#comment-26658 Stian Haklev Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:21:52 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8471#comment-26658 I cannot access this video right now (bad internet connection), but I wanted to chime in and say that this is a big problem. I'm a Norwegian, and my wife is Chinese. Currently, I am doing my MA in Toronto. Canada gives spouses of students open work visas that last as long as their spouse is studying. It's not a perfect system, lot's of paperwork, costs money, long wait etc, but the idea is sound, and it works. In the US, as you mentioned, this isn't the case. I am going on to do a PhD, and although there are some excellent schools in the US, they are ruled out from the get go, because my wife cannot work there. She has been working for years, and I am certainly not going to ask her to become a housewife again. I personally think that if you allow someone to come to your country, you should let them work and provide for themselves. I cannot access this video right now (bad internet connection), but I wanted to chime in and say that this is a big problem. I’m a Norwegian, and my wife is Chinese. Currently, I am doing my MA in Toronto. Canada gives spouses of students open work visas that last as long as their spouse is studying. It’s not a perfect system, lot’s of paperwork, costs money, long wait etc, but the idea is sound, and it works. In the US, as you mentioned, this isn’t the case. I am going on to do a PhD, and although there are some excellent schools in the US, they are ruled out from the get go, because my wife cannot work there. She has been working for years, and I am certainly not going to ask her to become a housewife again. I personally think that if you allow someone to come to your country, you should let them work and provide for themselves.

]]> By: chuk http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/16/how-immigration-policy-creates-dependent-spouses/comment-page-1/#comment-25941 chuk Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:10:04 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8471#comment-25941 @ Anxiety. I think they're after equality of opportunity here. The problem is that they aren't allowed to work (and subsequently also to pursue all the other opportunities that might be predicated on having one's own source of income), not simply that they aren't working. @ Anxiety. I think they’re after equality of opportunity here. The problem is that they aren’t allowed to work (and subsequently also to pursue all the other opportunities that might be predicated on having one’s own source of income), not simply that they aren’t working.

]]> By: anxiety http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/16/how-immigration-policy-creates-dependent-spouses/comment-page-1/#comment-25809 anxiety Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:03:43 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8471#comment-25809 I recognize the difficulty these women face, and am particularly saddened by the situation of people under the H4 category who have been abused. but over all, the attitude of this piece is somewhere between boring an insulting. work=equality? gross. I recognize the difficulty these women face, and am particularly saddened by the situation of people under the H4 category who have been abused.

but over all, the attitude of this piece is somewhere between boring an insulting. work=equality? gross.

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