hi guys hi guys it's Friday and guys uh
look at this look what I'm wearing today
do you see it do you see you've caught
me today and my pineapple shirt my
pineapple shirt because it's Friday it's
summertime and why the heck not friends
join me live right now I have a few of
your green card questions that I'm going
to answer in this Facebook live video go
ahead and give me some hearts so that I
don't go ahead and end this video if no
one is watching
just kidding go ahead and give me some
hearts some likes and tell me where
you're watching from today I know it's
Friday afternoon and it's quittin time
for a lot of us but I wanted to jump on
live real quickly and answer two really
important questions that came through
this week one came through on YouTube of
mcbean immigration TV on YouTube thank
you for your heart and the other
question actually came during
consultation that I had earlier this
week with a really sweet woman so I want
to talk about those questions that came
in then I'd also like to talk about some
things that are coming up next week so
please guys hearts likes and show me
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we're going to talk about may very well
be questions that they have and so I see
someone is watching from Jamaica
Nadine hi Nadine we're in Jamaica are
you watching from go ahead and put that
in the comments as
you guys know I'm from Jamaica for those
of you who don't know I'm an immigration
lawyer but I'm from Jamaica so I'm an
immigrant myself I've been here since I
was six years old so basically I'm
American right that's what my family
keeps reminding me that I'm American so
let's get right to it friends hit that
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other people and let's just have a good
time this afternoon it's gonna be a very
brief video just to answer a few of your
questions and by the way if you have any
questions related to a green card US
citizenship or even removal or
deportation go ahead and put that in the
comments because I do review comments
after these sessions and I review
comments on YouTube I take your comments
very very seriously I may not respond to
every one of them because I can't but I
read them and I analyze the things that
you guys have to say and the things that
you want to see from me so I take your
comments very seriously please go ahead
comment tell me what what is on your
mind and what would you like me to cover
in the future so let's talk about
question number one and again I'm gonna
have fun with this so question number
one came in yesterday actually from a
woman who I spoke with over the phone
via a telephone consultation and so
here's who she is she came in from
Africa some years ago overstayed her
visa and she has children back in Africa
not married has a lot of family here in
the US and so she wants to know what did
it what is it that her family can do to
help her to get a green card so I went
through my schpeel right meaning my
pathways to a green card as you guys
know you've heard me talk about pathways
to a green card many times there are
only certain pathways to a green card
and so family relationships is that
first category or a pathway to a green
card next we have employment pathways to
a green card
then we have humanitarian pathways and
then there's that diversity Visa Lottery
so I took her through those four
different pathways so to speak to a
green card and you know one by one we
went through the analysis and I
confirmed with her that unfortunately
there's nothing that I can do to help
her she's not eligible for a green card
under our law at least not at this time
and her command question was this well I
have a US citizen uncle can he petition
for me and so many of you you've been
watching me you've been doing your own
research we're in the age of Google you
know the answer to that is a clear no it
is no your uncle your aunt your cousin's
they cannot petition for you okay
because under the law here are the four
people that you need to have in your
life well five here's a list of five
five friends please as you're coming on
board go ahead and send me some hearts
and likes and tell me where you're
watching me from and also put in your
comments your questions questions that
you'd like for me to cover in future
videos okay so here are the five people
that that you really need to be
connected to in a family relationship in
order to be eligible for a green card
okay so firstly you need to have a US
citizen parent or you need to have a
green card holder parent okay
a green card holder parent is the second
individual so to speak that can petition
for you if you're unmarried if you're
married your green card holder parent
cannot petition for you okay then child
number three a child who is a US citizen
who is over the age of twenty-one may
petition for you so again the question
that these are people who you need to
have in your life that makes you
eligible for a green card through their
your relationship with them okay so the
fourth is you need to have a US citizen
or green card holder spouts okay or you
need to have a US citizen sibling the
are the individuals who are eligible to
petition for you for the green card if
you don't have any of those one of those
five relationships then you're not
eligible under our law currently okay
next the second quest so it was
heartbreaking for me to tell her no
there's you're not eligible and she was
in tears actually it was really painful
but it's the law you know our law
restricts the number of people who are
eligible otherwise ever you know you
guys know I don't need to say anything
further regarding that but the law
limits those who are eligible for a
green card so in her case in answer to
her question can my US citizen
uncle petition for me the answer is no
the second question that I got came from
YouTube actually it came through I want
to say yesterday or the day before when
I published my latest video for ways to
apply for a green card
right and if you guys haven't seen that
video yet go check it out on mcbean
immigration TV on youtube it's a very
big picture short video about the four
ways that people can apply for a green
card if they are outside of the United
States now the question that one of my
subs subscribers asked is well my
daughter is a green card holder can her
husband file for me until friends again
I went through the analysis just now who
can petition for you right what which
family members can actually petition for
you and so number one the answer is no
her daughter's husband cannot file for
her there is that that relationship does
not exist under our law okay secondly
the daughter can't file for her the
green card holder daughter cannot file
for her because green card holders can
only file for the spouse or a child
whether that child is under 21 or over
21 so long as that child is unmarried
period okay so that was the answer that
I provided on
you too Bob McVean immigration TV and
yeah that's it that's it okay in terms
of the two questions that I received
this week about family relationships
under our laws here and so friends go
ahead write your question and I'll
review them after this session I cannot
answer the questions directly right now
but tell me what your questions are
whether you're watching me on the replay
I will go back and I will review it and
if I may cover your question next week
okay okay then here's what's coming up
next week actually next week I am going
to publish a video about the three ways
that you can bring your spouse to the
United States now friends marriage
petitions get very complicated okay and
so many some of you have done this on
your own it's it it doesn't take a
rocket scientist to file for a green
card right no but I will say this it's
you have to be very careful about how
you approach the idea of bringing your
spouse here because you might be
thinking well I'm gonna petition from my
my husband I'm gonna file for him he's
eligible for a green card I'm eligible
and then later on as you're going
through the process and stumbling
through that process you discover oh
shoot
my husband actually has this
inadmissibility problem back in Jamaica
because five years ago he spent a year
in jail for drug possession or something
like that right so things come up right
during the filing process and that's
when you usually you know you stumble
you're stumbling through it it's not
always that easy but you stumble through
it because maybe you don't understand
everything about the process and so next
week I have a video coming out that
talks about the three ways that you can
bring your spouse here and the three
things that you need to be thinking
about before you make the decision about
how to bring that person
here okay because a green card may not
be the way okay it may be another visa
type of visa that you should be thinking
about or you're eligible he of your
spouse is eligible for so I have this
great video coming out next week I
really enjoy doing it it was very fun it
was fun it was very fun very fun okay it
is Friday guys so I did write also a
guide that will be available next week
for download called three ways to bring
your spouse to the US and it is my
thoughts on paper about things you need
to think about when you're looking to
bring your spouse here to the United
States okay and it's just a starter
guide it's a mini guide it's not very
long it's just ten pages long and it's a
very easy read I encourage you to
download it and I did put the link I put
a link in this Facebook post to my email
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coming up public charge
okay so friends I'm not going to get
into it here but public charge is really
hot okay it's really hot it's actually
one of my I want to say it's my number
one video on YouTube with me an
immigration TV the issue of public
charge and so so many of you have been
asking me to do an update on public
charge because my video was published at
maybe eight or nine months ago I forget
but anyway there are some updates more
and more people are being denied on the
grounds of public charge and so I want
to share that information with you so
that's so I have to film that video it's
not filmed yet but stay tuned public
charge video is calm
and up and so friends I think that's all
that I'm going to share I'm excited
about the channel on YouTube I'm excited
about what's happening on Facebook on
Instagram I'll get into IG TV eventually
I have to find the right angle you know
when you're doing i G TV you've got to
get this right and so I have yet to find
my angle when I do I will be doing i G
TV live so friends
thanks again please add your comments
below I will review them after this
session and i hope to chat with you soon
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questions a lot from various people
whether it's my mother whether it's
other lawyers whether it's just people
trying to figure out what's going on
here in my office and how I'm able to do
all of this that we do here and they
often I often get the question you know
are you reading anything when you're
doing these videos are you are you
reading anything friends let me just
share this I typically jot down you
can't really see it but I typically jot
down maybe three bullets or for two or
three bullets something like that and
then I just ramble on and then here
there you have it okay so no the answer
is no I am not reading anything another
question came in are other people
writing this for you
are you I'm not I don't have anyone
write in anything for me it's all coming
from here okay so it's fun doing these
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have a wonderful weekend and do
something fun with someone who you love
I'll see you next week bye bye