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0 pointsnotatoad6y ago0 comments

being able to live in your country of choice is a privilege denied to a huge number of people who have never made a clerical error that looks identical to lying about their citizenship.

I understand this guy's problem, and i'm sad for him. but looking at it from the perspective of everybody else who's ever gone through the immigration process, or the people working on the immigration process, i can also understand why this situation couldn't really have any other end result.

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jariel6y ago

"i can also understand why this situation couldn't really have any other end result"

No, this is not true. Mistakes happen all the time, everywhere. This guy had no motivation to lie on a simple form.

If you want to see how this works, check with your bank. Mistakes are made all the time processing money, and usually things can be fixed.

LorenPechtel6y ago

This has nothing to do with the immigration process. My wife is an immigrant, all our headaches with those idiots didn't involve a single I-9 form.

redis_mlc6y ago

Please read my comment above and stop being an argumentative pedant.

Form I-9 is primarily an employment document, not an immigration document.

rumanator6y ago

> Form I-9 is primarily an employment document

The form is a requirement to be able to immigrate to the US. No form, no imigration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_I-9

sveiss6y ago

You can immigrate to the US without ever filling out an I-9, if you never work as an employee while in the US.

On the other hand, a US citizen who never leaves the country might fill out dozens over the course of a career, depending on how often they switch jobs.

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