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DFW

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15. The USA and the EU have a recent new reciprocal agreement

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 04:03 AM

Jan 2018

If an EU citizen spends more then 90 days out of 180 cumulatively in the USA, they need a visa of some kind. Same for US citizens in the EU, except it applies to the Schengen area, so England, for example, had other rules. If a U.S. citizen spends more than 90 days in the space of half a year cumulatively in the Schengen area, they are supposed to get an EU residence, although it is not clear to me what the deal is if the US citizen is applying to live in Switzerland or Norway, which are in Schengen, but not in the EU.

In former times, all you had to do was spend less than 90 days consecutively in any one country, and you didn't need a residence visa, but that got tightened up sometime about ten years ago.

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I can't find the answer. Who can be the FIRST to dig up information on the citizenship status [View all] pnwmom Jan 2018 OP

I read during the election they only spend half the time in US and speak little English which I lunasun Jan 2018 #1

Exactly. It is the hypocrisy -- AND the racism. DT's fine with white Europeans coming in through pnwmom Jan 2018 #2

He may bully them and remind them about their shithole homeland too who knows lunasun Jan 2018 #6

I believe that people should resolve family issues... dchill Jan 2018 #12

The whole WH needs to be flushed out with a hose lunasun Jan 2018 #14

I do know Melania did not become a citizen until after she married Drumpf. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #3

Right, that is how. But how did her PARENTS and her sister get their citizenship? Or do they just pnwmom Jan 2018 #4

If you have enough money Retrograde Jan 2018 #5

I haven't found anything that suggests that's a possibility. It looks like they've lived here pnwmom Jan 2018 #9

That is what I read they do , or have like a ten year visa but must keep leaving they used to lunasun Jan 2018 #10

I'm confused...what is "chain migration"? CTyankee Jan 2018 #7

It's a person becoming a citizen and then being able to sponsor other family members pnwmom Jan 2018 #8

Ugh. That is a bad term to use for these people.. CTyankee Jan 2018 #11

Also racist in implementation. dchill Jan 2018 #13

The USA and the EU have a recent new reciprocal agreement DFW Jan 2018 #15