The immigrant, the Sebenza and the USCIS

Ghostwalker54

Ghostwalker54

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I will make an attempt to keep this as short as possible and to the point. Also please note that this in no way should reflect poorly on immigrants, as a whole, to this country. I am, after all, a typical Heinz 57 American (with maybe a bit more Native American blood than the average citizen) so therefore of immigrant decent.

Being in the over 60 club I found myself marrying a woman from Tibet on one of my many trips abroad. She is only 10 years younger than myself and to cut to the chase I find myself the victim of immigrant marriage green card fraud. Once an immigrant has their two year temporary green card and steps into the country the sponsor (myself as her husband in this case) is stripped of their constitutional and civil rights and they are given to the immigrant. You can thank our politicians and Homeland Security for giving the USCIS this kind of power. Don't believe me? PM me and I'll give you a couple of the few websites in existence that give you the cold, hard truth about the USCIS and what they don't tell Americans when marrying a foreign national. And if you don't believe that try and find an immigration lawyer that will fight for an American.

Right about now you are wondering what this has to do with CRK and the Sebenza. Everything! Mr. Reeve epitomizes what it means to be an immigrant American taking a dream and a great knife to an even higher level of quality. This is the work ethics that our forefathers brought with them from the old world. This is what made this country great. The American dream!

Not long before I met my wife I bought my first Sebenza. A 25 to be exact. Now in my family a boy got his first pocket knife at the age of 5 or 6 and was taught the importance of taking care of the greatest and one of the oldest known tools used by man. Over the years I've had some of the best custom and production knives money could buy. I know good steel. And like so many here when I received my first Sebenza there were no angels singing or heavenly harps playing. But there was an instant admiration for the fit, finish and simplicity of the design. Again, the young boy that is but a distant memory, recognized the quality of one of the oldest and best tools ever made.

Now if you've read this far you're probably wondering where this is all going. As I close in on divorce I have researched literally hundreds of hours trying to find where my rights are in all of this and a way to beat a green card scam only to find out that, short of the person committing the fraud signing a confession, the USCIS is going to allow them to stay and that letter of sponsorship I signed for my wife will pay my wife what will amount to my social security. What she didn't bank on was that I could legally pull my retirement pension (although a bit earlier than I had planned) and place it somewhere that she nor the courts could steal it. And along side that money sits one of the best collection of tools made by a real American patriot and not a politician. Both old and new, plain Jane and UCGG, large and small 21's and 25's. I may have to sell a few off in order to pay the bills sometime in the future but I suspect they'll find a 21 or 25 (probably 3 or 4) in my pocket when I meet my maker. Or maybe an Inkosi. Oh yes! It's already ordered and the money safely set aside.


Thanks Mr. Reeve for being a great American.
 
An interesting and compelling tale, Sir. Good fortune to your future. Over 60 club/GONZO station...;-)
 
Best of luck to you sir.
I'm very glad you found a way to protect yourself and at least some of your assets. I wish you the best of luck in keeping what is yours.
The system seems to favor the victimizers far more than any victim these days and I sincerely wish the best of luck to any person facing this type of situation.
 
Just added another WC/Reeve Seb 25 to my collection yesterday and have another 10 year old regular that will get here today and another WC/Reeve small Seb 21 that will be here Monday. I'm still smilling! :)
 
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That really sucks about the (ex) wife. It is sad that people out there really do awful things like this.
 
Thank you so much for your kind words woven into an interesting, although sad story. We certainly had our own "joys" with Immigration but it was totally worth it. We've been here 26 years and while the USA may have its issues, we are very proud to Americans. I wish you all success as you continue to resolve your dilemma.

Anne Reeve
 
Holy Crap!!! You just got a personal "thank you" reply from Mrs. Reeve!!! I would be listing my kidneys on ebay for more $ to buy more CRK's now fella!!! :)
 
That's too bad that you are taken advantage of like that and the US does nothing to protect you.
 
This is still the greatest country in the world. Hence all the people willing to do almost anything to get that temporary green card. Many thanks for the personal response Mrs. Reeve. You and Mr. Reeve are what made this country great.

It's not my wife I blame though. She was given the right to play the system by Homeland Security. It's the fact that our politicians have allowed the USCIS the ability to change the rules as they see fit. Americans, whether born here or naturalized, have no protection at all now. All rights are stripped away. I was warned by a colleague (a cardiologist who immigrated from Hong Kong 25 years ago) as to my wife's intentions in November 2014. She will receive her permanent green card as soon as the divorce is finalized and I will sue the USCIS for the right for the interview that I have been denied to this point.

But on a brighter note I just ordered my brother a large Starbenza 21 (too cheap to buy his own) and ordered another 25 for myself. I'm trying my best not to actually pocket and use ALL of these.:rolleyes:
 
Best of luck to you, and congrats on your rather obvious intellect which is of ultimate value as you navigate these treacherous waters.

While I understand your angst towards the authorities, that does NOT morally excuse your "wife" for playing the system. If more of the population followed a moral compass in addition to the law, we would live in a monumentally better place. I pray (literally did) that your greencardgirl realizes the evil of taking your hard earned savings and goes about her life satisfied in merely getting to be a citizen of this great (once greater) nation. And I pray for that former national greatness to return.
 
I appreciate the prayers for both of us and agree with you 100%, Officer's Match. But my wife will never become a citizen of the U.S. She would have to give up the Chinese government pension that she has claimed she doesn't have on her financial statement but has post her details on the WeChat app that the Chinese use and in emails to me. Now hopefully I get a judge that actually believes in standing by the law instead of seeing just a poor Chinese immigrant that took herself to the battered women's shelter which is the only card she can play out of the 3 possibilities for changing status. I have so much evidence that, if it were an American, a conviction would be guaranteed. Not so with an immigrant spouse.

But the best is yet to come. I'm close enough to retirement that the judge may find me in contempt of court and sentence me to 30 days jail time. I may even lose my medical license. But I have several new friends that will fire the first shots in both federal courts and civil as well as bring the problem back into the national limelight. And I'll still have my WC Pro on my hip and my Sebenza in my pocket at the end of it all. My wife will meet God one day and claiming to be Buddhist and Christian (at the same time) won't help her.
 
Honestly people in this generation aren't taught what they should be. Their morals are all backwards. They don't know the rigors of manual labor to beat morals and will into them. They sit at home playing video games all the time and don't see what the world really is. I have never seen people with such an education act so stupidly. The youth are supposed to be getting a good "education", when these new schools are massive monstrosities. What ever happened to the small town cop or small town school or teacher that would do what was right and actually teach a lesson to a kid. I see it all the time.
This whole generation didn't go out and work a manual labor job growing up so they know what things are worth or what things mean. This whole generation didn't go out to do things; this whole generation didn't learn social skills like the ones before did. Those are the things that are remembered in life. Those are the things that teach values and morals. Not staying at home.
Things like this.
Take it easy Ghostwalker, I hope that things will make a turn for the better.
 
The current US immigration system mainly works for scams and liars from developing countries. It's works for fake gays, fake political refugees, and fake wifes, and fake IT-specialists (check "indian body shops"). Today the most of immigrants are persons with low moral, low cultural traditions and bad educated. They will not respect American traditions, they bring their own, lax and poor, lifestyle and they not willing to assimilate. They getting welfare. Look at EU..
 
Okay . . . this is probably something that you tried a long time ago! But have you written a detailed, factual letter to your state's US senator? If not, you might be surprised by two things . . . 1) the attention you will likely get from your senator and 2) the things that senators can sometimes accomplish!
 
An update: my ex got caught at every angle in her lies, I got my divorce, she got nothing and she still gets her green card. Your illustrious politicians, Homeland Security and their underling, the USCIS, have been lying to Americans on the immigration issue for over 20 years. Welcome to my world. Your tax dollars are helping to support her and every other immigrant that's pulled this scam. And they will never be deported. On a brighter note I got to keep my CRK's and have added a few more.
 
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An update: my ex got caught at every angle in her lies, I got my divorce, she got nothing .............. ...................On a brighter note I got to keep my CRK's and have added a few more.
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I'm glad something good came out of this.
 
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