(January 31, 2017 at 1:23 am)Tiberius Wrote: Did you even read the CNN article I quoted?
I also looked up the process for their visa. Like mine it was two part. The first part is the petition, which has to be approved. It sounds like this is what got approved in 2015. An approved petition means you get to actually apply for a visa, which can take years, especially in complicated situations. In their case it probably involved getting their documents translated, and everything going through the embassy in Jordan.
With all due respect you have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to visa applications; I have some experience in that field myself and one of my close friends recently went through a similar process.
The F4 visa process is complicated and it can take anywhere from 6 to 23 years to get one. There's a limited number and they are processed on a first come first serve basis. And if you don't use it before it expires you're out of luck. So, since theirs' were approved in late 2015 why in the hell did they fart around for over a year before hitting the road? Hell, people have walked all the way from Syria to France in less time than that. There are tons of photos showing that.
I'm just saying that if the story is accurate instead of propaganda that they should have been more proactive in making a timely exit from wherever they were. They were obviously in contact with their relatives in the US since they were at the airport to meet them. Besides, every ambulance chasing lawyer in the country was at airports around the country to spring people from Trump's evil clutches.
There's story in the Philly paper about it and a picture of the Governor with the guy's brother and his wife. The guy has been in the US since 1978. The Governor was milking it for all that it was worth. FDR would have thrown the whole bunch into a concentration camp.
If the people had supported the Syrian government they wouldn't have became refugees.
As an aside, there's a rumor that Assad might soon kick the bucket from a possible stroke or something.
