Look guys, this is the immigration page and just changed the status...
It says: "The card was delivered to me by the post office”.
What happens if I do here in this link in the mail? In effect it says "delivered”.
Yes folks, this has been the best news I have received in this year 2019
since I learned that my Green Card was approved, exactly five days ago
all I do is keep an eye on the computer
because the US postal service gave me a tracking number
to monitor where the envelope containing my permanent US resident card comes from.
And as you just saw... It arrived!
It arrived! That means the envelope must be in the mail.
Join me!
Let's run, I'm leaving my house.
The card is in the postbox.
Come on!
Let's wait for the elevator!
This is the ground floor of my building,
and this is the locker where all the mailboxes in this building are
and there is my mailbox.
Here goes the key, there is the mailbox.
And there is the envelope!
Woao!
It's a Priority Mail envelope.
I can't believe this moment... Look, yes it's hard, there's the card.
Friends, in this video I will tell you how I became a permanent resident
and I will also open the envelope in front of all of you,
so you can see how a Green card arrives.
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Hello everyone! Welcome to a new video!
I am Oscar Alejandro and we are about to live many emotions together.
Because as you have just seen, I have in my hands this envelope
of the US postal service,
which contains my card that accredits me as a permanent resident and legal.
We are going to live a lot of emotions because the envelope is completely closed,
I have hoped to record this video so we can live this moment together.
And when I think about this, the hundreds of thousands of people come to mind,
who risk their lives to have a permanent residence in this country.
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans come to mind,
fleeing the plight of their island, their country, have dared to launch a raft
to reach the coast of Florida, some succeed, others have lost his life.
We arrived on the mainland!
A kiss!
Hundreds of thousands of Central Americans, Mexicans,
who have crossed the border between Mexico and the United States.
Many die in the attempt, many pay the coyotes,
many are imprisoned in this process, all for being permanent residents
of the United States of America.
I feel very lucky right now, I am really very happy
and I want you to feel identified with this video.
Because if you also want to be a permanent resident, you want to have this card,
the green card that is inside this envelope, project yourself, imagine
and say: “I will also have my Green Card”, so it will also be,
imagine it, you are already seeing it.
The Green Card arrives in an envelope from the United States Postal Service.
But well, before opening it and we live that exciting moment together.
I'm going to leave it here.
And you will be wondering: "Well, Oscar, and how did you do
to have a permanent residence?”
Well, it really has been a very long process, I have already in this country since I arrived
four and a half years, and before my Green Card was approved,
I had an O1 visa status, the popular talent visa...
However, in this video I will not tell you how I had a talent visa.
For that I am leaving you the link that you are seeing here at the top,
also, I made a video two years ago telling my experience in detail
about how I came from Venezuela to the US.
“These days celebrate two years of having arrived in this country”.
I had an O1 visa, as you are seeing here, since December 29, 2015
and it expired on July 27, 2018.
What I do want to tell you and make it clear, is that a visa is a temporary permit,
It is an authorization, which has a beginning and an end, that does not give you the possibility, in any way
for you to opt for a permanent residence, and apart it binds you
to work for a specific project, with a specific company.
Obviously, when I found out about this... Well, I had to consult with a lawyer
to find out what the most ideal options were for me to finally get my Green Card.
Finally, when I went to my lawyer and took all my papers
and all my options, he recommended me that I tried to obtain the popular
residence for extraordinary abilities, which is a procedure,
which is a migratory option, that all types of people
who have a specific talent.
As for example, journalism, animation, music,
the plastic artist, athletes, the scientist.
And the process is additionally very long, it is divided into two parts
because, you first have to prove to the US through the form i-140
which is the petition for immigrant workers, which is the one that is going to show you
or is the one that is going to show the United States that you have an extraordinary ability.
You have to prove that first.
And then, that you have the extraordinary skills approved,
then, you can ask for the i-485 form
that is finally the Green Card application as such.
Obviously I advised myself very well in this regard, and the first thing they recommended me
is that since all immigration processes are taking too long,
I had to start a long time in advance, before my O1 visa expires
because with an illegal status I could not request it.
Well, after all this at the end of March 2018,
we sent immigration the application to approve my extraordinary skills,
the form i-140 petition for an immigrant worker.
And it was exactly on April 17 of the year 2018 that I received this form i-797,
the approval of my extraordinary abilities.
As you can imagine that was a very happy day,
But we were barely in the middle of the process.
In my case, it was 80% of the entire process, but the other 20% was still missing
that was to formally send the Green Card application or as it is better called the form i-485.
Ah! By the way, something that I have not mentioned.
The lawyer charged me, to advise me for this entire process $ 3,000.
You can be amazed at the amount charged by the lawyer,
believe me it is one of the cheapest in all of Miami,
because there are other firms that charge $ 5,000, $ 7,000,
I have even heard lawyers who charge $ 10,000, for this whole process.
And besides, the presentation of the form i-140 has a cost of $ 700, you are taking out the account.
The letters and translations cost me approximately $ 300.
The case was like a ream of paper
and I had to translate all those documents.
I have been told that it was cheap compared to other people.
With the approved extraordinary skills we send the form i-485,
but before, and not less important, the envelope of the i-485 must be accompanied by vaccines,
and therefore, some medical exams
that make you certain immigration-authorized offices.
Well, okay, the Green Card application envelope went away.
While migration finishes approving your Green Card,
then, logically you cannot run out of legal status.
And so for that the lawyer has to request a work permit,
in this case, I am showing you my employment authorization,
it is a red card that also for us, in this case, is valid for traveling
is what they call the parole.
The Parole.
Of course, it's super cool, because the parole is in effect for a year while migration makes a decision
and at the same time allows you to travel without any problem.
The detail is that if you decide to leave the country,
you have accompanied me on this YouTube channel, I went to Mexico and went to Colombia.
Every time you return to the US, if you show the parole, since you do not have a legal status,
a parole it is a conditional permit to live, they send you to the popular room
and you live uncomfortable moments because there are other people who are
in strange status there, while they are checked.
And well, finally nothing ever happens, migration lets you pass
but it is a nuisance to be sent to the room.
Important data, beyond the issue of work permit.
It is that days after the application of the Green Card and that they receive the case
they send you this receipt that is to put the prints, this is very easy,
you go to an immigration office, and well, they call it "The Biometric Data",
Well, the fingerprints, they take a picture of you, everything is cool there,
it's a really pretty fast procedure and without any problem.
As you know, our dear Donald Trump, dearly ironic,
has hindered and made all the processes in this country a little more difficult.
Before, people who opted for extraordinary skills,
residence for extraordinary skills,
the case and residence were immediately approved.
But now, the president of this country has asked everyone to go for an interview.
And finally my interview happened on November 6, 2018.
When I told my lawyer: “Look, I'm going for the interview, what should I bring? What should I do?
He told me: "No, what you should do is take your case
and at the same time show other letters
that show what you've been doing in recent days”.
Coincidentally by that time in November
I had received the plate of 100,000 subscribers from YouTube.
I said: "Woao! This is amazing, this is going to love the immigration officer
and I will show that I have continued to produce in the US".
The day has come... Well, my appointment was at 8:00 a.m.,
and finally, they ended up attending me at 11:30 a.m.
Moments of tension, they make me pass, the officer was a person from Colombia...
Well, I was prepared even with a translator, just in case,
you know that my English is not perfect.
And the official first thing that said was: "Well, you swear to say nothing but the truth,
the whole truth and the whole truth, raise your hands, put your fingerprints,
see for a picture”.
And then sshe started interviewing me for all my immigration process in the United States.
How I obtained an O visa, what projects did I do with the O visa,
how were my jobs, that I described all my activities.
And it happened something I did not expect...
She asked me what I was working on at the moment.
And I said: "Well, I work with this person, this is the company,
I'm a TV presenter, I make videos on YouTube".
She said: "No, give me the work letters”.
And I was like: "What? What work letters?"
Well, here is this... And she said something that really surprised me
because I think it was a bit offensive.
I had casually carried the letter from the YouTube president,
the letter that comes to you with the plaque.
Then I say: "Look, the letter was given to me by the president of YouTube”.
She saw it, and she said to me like this:
"This doesn't work for me, because right now even the cat is YouTuber,
even the cat is influencer”.
I don't know if she said it because of that famous twitter cat that died recently.
But I was cold.
And she said: “How much do you earn?”
“Well, if you want to know my income,
then, if you want, let's get into the Bank of America application
where I can show you how much I earned”.
“No, that doesn't work for me, I need this printed”.
And to me, the lawyer never told me anything that I had to take proof of income, my Taxes,
I was not prepared for the economic issue.
And then when I couldn't show the immigration officer the issue of how much I earned,
she told me: “Well, I can't approve your residence at the moment,
because I lack important information, because I have to prove to my superiors
that you are not going to be an economic burden for the US”.
This took me by surprise.
The case is that I spoke and I could not convince the officer.
And she said: "I can't approve your Green Card at this time”.
“What will happen is that I will send you a letter days later
and when the letter arrives, you will support me and you will send me all the evidence
that is needed for me to approve the case”.
“If you bring me the evidence that I am asking you, everything will be fine”.
Logically, when I left that interview, I was devastated, totally defeated,
I felt very bad, I thought they were going to deny me the case.
I said: "What will happen to the officer? What would she ask me?”.
And well, from November 2018 until five days ago, I didn't know anything about my case.
I got into the immigration page every day and the status didn't change,
They didn't say anything, the letter didn't arrive, and the most important thing is that my work permit
was about to expire, June 26, that is, in two weeks approximately.
And I started to get nervous.
And friends, against all odds, five days ago I received this letter
that you are seeing it says: "Approval of your application
to register permanent residence”.
And when it came to me by mail, I thought it was the letter
where the officer was going to ask for more evidence... No!
Something must have passed through that lady's mind, God, some higher entity,
or who knows, or repented, or changed her mind.
But they sent me this letter that says: "Welcome To The United States of America”.
"This letter is to notify you that your application for permanent resident has been approved,
with great pleasure, we welcome you to your new legal status of permanent resident in the US".
This letter came to me by surprise, I did not expect it...
Or well, yes, I expected them to approve my case
because that was my dream that I wanted to be fulfilled,
but it really was a total surprise.
Logically, with the approved case, the status on the website has changed a lot.
Three days ago I received a notification that they were sending my Green Card by mail,
they gave me a tracking number, a tracking number to monitor.
And well, finally as you know, I have in front of you
the envelope that contains my Green Card.
This moment where I want you to project yourself, you who want to have a permanent residence,
you who want to live in the US... Imagine it, practice it, visualize it
because you will also achieve it.
And well, I will open it with a scissor, I have not seen it, we will see little by little,
very delicately, because I do not want anything to fail.
There is.
We open it.
Okay, let's see how it comes.
First.
Ok, there it is, I want to save the envelope,
This card comes and there it is, I am seeing friends for the first time...
My Green Card in my hands... Woao! I can not believe it.
I have to check, this is a procedure that I have to do, strictly speaking,
I have to check that all my data is correct... Let's see!
Pérez Oscar A, shows the Alien number...
Shows the category, which is category E16, country of birds Venezuela.
I was born on October 14, 1986, correct.
I have been a resident since June 5, 2019, that is, a few days ago.
And my card expires on June 5, 2029.
Friends, permanent resident for 10 years, what else does the envelope bring?
It says here...
“Welcome To The United States", a guide for new immigrants.
I imagine that I am going to read this a few moments later,
I am showing you here on the screen, this little guide is in the envelope, you are seeing here.
And what else does it bring? This, which says:
"Please use the included envelope to store your new card”.
It says: "We recommend using this case to protect your card
and avoid wireless communications”.
I will separate the Green Card for the first time from this paper where it comes.
And yes, friends... Woao! I can't believe it, this is my Green Card, it shines, it's green... Woao!
Friends, what an exciting moment, there is in front of all of you.
Literally, this is the American dream.
Friends, with this video I want you to project yourself
and that those who want to live in this country also do things well.
Get advice with a lawyer, because believe me everything is possible.
You have to have a lot of patience, the processes are taking a long time,
but doing it in the legal way, following all the procedures correctly
everything can be achieved, you have to have a little patience, but you will get it.
Fight for your dreams because you can make them come true.
And well, logically, if you found this video interesting, if you liked it,
give it a thumbs up at the bottom.
Share it with all your friends, because this information is worth gold.
I know that many of you may be interested.
Share it on your networks, comment it and, of course, do not stop following me on my Instagram
because you can find me as @oscaralejandro.
Friends, it will be until the next video!
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