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somsai

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32. 40 years ago things were different in India

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #28)

Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:34 PM

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I'm still surprised she didn't normalize her status more, at least to perm resident. She obviously knew here way around officialdom being connected to the courts. The price for applying didn't go up until the 2000s. I know lots of Asians that have become perm residents and citizens, there are many ways.

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