[johnnymonster]

I really feel your pain. For a lot of people reading this article, its not going to make a whole lot of sense. They are just going to think that you don't really deserve to be here no matter how much good you contribute to this earth.

I really can't stand this of ignorance!

Without going into a personal rant about this whole thing, I really want to find out if you are already "here" in the US?

If you are NOT here yet, I am going to give you fair warning NOTHING is garunteed until you are across the border!

I don't care if you have an approved H-1B visa! This means nothing. The border patrol agent has the FINAL say and can deny your entry into the US for ANY REASON AT ALL! I repeat! You can be denied ENTRY with an APPROVED H-1B!!

Make sure you have all your facts straight when you are going to cross! Your denial of entry is a HUGE problem. that is going to throw up RED flags like no other when trying to cross the border so please make sure you work closely with your lawyers here!

I really hope that all works out well for you and good luck! If you are already in the country and are just waiting to work! I'm really happy that you made it past all those bastard border patrol agents!

[ido]

Yeah this really irks me, not just about the US but immigration in most 1st world countries is a pain in the butt.

"a million people naturalize every year, so it can't be that hard" - I'll bet none of the people that say that has first hand experience in immigrating.

It is an infuriatingly opaque and arbitrary process & there is often very little you can do about it.