Chapter 22: Information Gap and the Method to Get a Green Card

An illegal immigrant, worried about deportation, trying to find a way to stay here — that seems perfectly reasonable!

Ben Grillos, however, shook his head: "America may be a society of personal connections, but for a bottom-rung sheriff of the Immigration Bureau like me, I still can't reach that stratum.

Even in this temporary immigrant detention center, I'm only middle management; above me there's still the person in charge of this illegal immigrant temporary detention prison.

So when my body has a problem, I can only go to the Medical Center and wait for an appointment slot, unlike rich people who can go to a private hospital and spend millions to get a healthy body back!

Mr. Chen, your request is something I cannot do!

However, in this temporary immigrant detention center, I can use my work convenience to let you and your partners leave here tomorrow, and obtain formal illegal entry records."

Chen Yaozu knew at once he had misunderstood: "No no no no, Mr. Grillos, I think you've misunderstood.

I'm not asking you to solve my identity problem; I also know you can't solve it.

I just want you to help me think of a way that can help me solve my identity problem.

That's not difficult for you!

Because you're with the Immigration Bureau, you should be very clear on how to exploit loopholes! Right?"

Chen Yaozu's words were very direct, because he was afraid that if he spoke in a roundabout way, the other person wouldn't understand.

Ben Grillos, hearing it was actually like this, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief:

"If it's just wanting to know the methods by which you illegal immigrants can successfully and legally obtain green cards.

There are actually many ways, but for you they're all not very realistic.

First, investment immigration: if you possess over 800,000 dollars and invest in an enterprise in America, providing a certain number of jobs for local residents, after a certain number of years you can obtain an American green card.

The requirement for this condition is simply having money.

But since you entered via the illegal immigrant route, you're basically all penniless!

This option practically doesn't even count as an option.

The second method is political asylum; this path requires you to have a certain status, or a certain influence and social reputation.

Make American politicians think you're useful; the more useful, the easier to get a green card.

The third method: find an American, or someone holding an American green card, and marry them.

But there's a trap here!"

Marriage has a trap too?

This instantly aroused Chen Yaozu's curiosity: "What trap?"

Since Ben Grillos is an Immigration Bureau sheriff, he naturally knows many cases, especially since many of these cases are related to the East.

As it turns out, getting a green card through marriage isn't that easy.

Many people think that marrying an American lets you get an American green card through the status of a marriage spouse.

Actually it's not like that; in the end, over seventy to eighty percent of Eastern women who marry Americans cannot get an American green card.

Because for an American to let their spouse obtain the country's green card, they need to meet one condition: that they can support themselves and also support their spouse — that is, reach above the poverty line.

And this reflection requires that this American pay taxes in the country every year; they need to look at your tax payment situation for the previous one or two years to determine whether your income has reached above the poverty line.

Ben Grillos said those Americans who ran to the East to make a living are basically people who couldn't make it in America, so they ran to the East to make a living using the information gap.

These people, over 80% are failures.

And these failures have no high income in America, or even no income at all.

After they left America to make a living in the East, without paying taxes in the home country for a certain number of years, they have no qualification to process a home country green card for their spouse.

And once these failures return to America, they also find it very hard to find work, very hard to get income, even harder to pay taxes and make their data look good.

Without tax payment records, the promises these Americans made when deceiving young Eastern girls into marriage — promising to naturalize them, give them green cards — can never be realized.

So, frequently coming into contact with this aspect of information, Ben Grillos very clearly told Chen Yaozu: those Eastern girls who, for a green card, don't mind the strange odor on those Black people, don't mind those drifters who couldn't make it in the home country and ran to the East to pan for gold and still need you to spend money on them, marrying them at all costs just to get an identity — in the end all their plans will come to nothing.

You must know, America's poverty line is adjusted back and forth according to economic conditions.

For example, this year's poverty line: if it's a two-person household, last year's annual income must reach 23,000 dollars.

If it's three people, this poverty line might reach around 25,000 or 26,000, or even possibly 28,000.

It seems not much, but those Americans who ran to the East to pan for gold, after returning home, actually find it very hard to achieve this income.

Even though this income is low! But it's after tax! Only an extremely small portion of people can truly obtain an American green card through spouse status.

In the end, Ben Grillos summarized: "Of these three choices, for you only the middle one — applying for political asylum — is somewhat easier to realize.

Of course, this requires you to have a certain reputation; that makes it easier to pass the visa interview and review.

Because you are a Wizard, you can use your identity as a Wizard to denounce your motherland; the more ruthlessly you denounce, the easier to pass the visa interview and review……"

Chen Yaozu suddenly spoke up, interrupting him: "In other words, the best method is to find an American to marry?"

Ben Grillos froze for a moment, but quickly reacted: "Yes! But it must be a real marriage, living together, having the life a married couple should have.

Although if you marry in America, within at most half a year you'll get a temporary green card, and the temporary green card has a two-year validity.

As long as within these two years you don't divorce, don't have conflicts, and live and work normally.

If you can have a child, then after the two years expire you can get an American permanent green card."

Chen Yaozu nodded: "I understand; I'm very satisfied with your answer.

As the trade, then I'll tell you about the fate I can see for you.

You just got your physical examination report from eight weeks ago yesterday, and learned you have a tumor.

You made an appointment for nine weeks later to test whether it's malignant or benign, and then waited a very long time to learn the answer.

If it's malignant, do you think you'll schedule surgery? You definitely will, right? Mr. Grillos.

As an American, you should know the difficulty of surgery scheduling at public medical centers.

The fate I see is that while you're waiting in the difficult scheduling queue for surgery, the final result is you die! So your only way to live is to change direction! You can't afford an American private hospital, and you can't afford to wait for the public medical center's scheduling.

You have only one road: use the dollars you've accumulated over these years, take out 1,000 dollars to buy a ticket to the Eastern Magic Metropolis, and with the rest of the money find a top-tier hospital to cut out that tumor.

There is the world's best medical system for ordinary people!"

There, you don't have to queue for half a year or a year for such a surgery, nor do you have the exorbitant treatment costs like in American private hospitals.

And because of clinical experience, the doctors there are more reliable than doctors in many countries, including America.

A tumor like this on the lung, for a top-tier hospital in the East, is merely a minor surgery.

Now you have 144-hour visa-free transit to the East; this time is already enough for you to be admitted, and during treatment you can apply for a visa extension.

Chen Yaozu did not lie about this point.

From the few months of memories he inherited from the original body, because the East opened 144-hour visa-free entry for foreigners, many foreigners from Britain, Germany, Italy, Australia, America, and other countries formed groups and ran to the East for medical treatment.

Especially the British; several batches have already gone!

Great Britons get sick and cannot afford to wait; there's a blogger on YouTube who waited a year for a surgery before getting scheduled.

Their queuing time is even longer than the queuing time on the American side.

Many people... queued and queued and then croaked! Before, because there was no information on this aspect, before the 144-hour visa-free policy, before online information had developed, many Western countries publicized the East as ignorant and backward.

Including America, which publicized it the same way. But after the 144-hour visa-free policy, many European bloggers came personally and shattered the information cocoon woven for ordinary people by Europe and America.

Letting Westerners know that the East's economy and urban construction are not as ignorant and backward as Western publicity claims, especially medical care...

Because it just so happened that a blogger came and suddenly fell ill, then livestreamed his entire treatment process, and it went viral, even reaching Twitter and Facebook.

Then, the information gap formed by the information cocoon suddenly collapsed! It also let Westerners know the East's medical standards.

You must know, in the eyes of traditional Westerners, the East's medical level is like Cuba's — that is, no level at all.

Because TV stations have always publicized it that way.

But that blogger used a livestream to tell the whole West that the East's medical level is decent, and the speed is very fast, most importantly the cost is cheap.

Cheaper by who knows how many times compared to European and American private hospitals, and treatment is faster, better! After that, many Westerners who couldn't get scheduled in their own countries tried running to the East for treatment.

Illnesses that might take half a year or a year to treat in their own countries, after coming to the East might only need a few days...

But just like America has 21% illiteracy.

Actually, many ordinary Americans are not like ordinary Easterners, caring about international affairs.

So, even though many European and American bloggers running to the East to livestream has become popular now, many ordinary people still don't care about their livestream content.

This also leads to the information gap still existing for many ordinary people.

Their thinking still hasn't opened up.

Perhaps these people still haven't thought in their hearts that going to the East for treatment is just a plane ticket and a portion of savings.

Of course, it's also possible they have no savings.

After all, just like Eastern public intellectuals once boasted, Europeans' wages are low, but that's because they don't need to spend money.

Education free, medical care free; you only need to use wages on rent and food, and the remaining few hundred dollars can still arrange a spontaneous trip.

Of course, all the above is nonsense!

Chen Yaozu looked at the somewhat surprised Ben Grillos and blurted out a sentence:

"You charged Antonio so much at once, don't tell me you don't even have money to go to the East for treatment?"

Ben Grillos looked troubled: "I don't know!"

"You know, in America, hospitals without medical insurance are man-eating dens!

So I don't know how much it costs to go to the East for treatment? Because I don't have medical insurance in the East either!"

Chen Yaozu was full of puzzlement: "Sheriff, I think you should check online! I believe whether on Twitter or Facebook, there are videos of Europeans and Americans going to the East for treatment.

Right now you only have a tumor in your lung, not some overly difficult surgery; estimated a few thousand US dollars can solve it!"

A few thousand US dollars?

Grillos widened his eyes, a face of utter disbelief!

A few thousand US dollars in America at a private hospital, maybe just an examination and it's gone!

Even at a public hospital, without medical insurance, it's also just an examination and it's gone.

"Are you sure?"

Chen Yaozu shook his head: "I'm not sure, but it really won't be too expensive! Even if a few thousand US dollars can't cover it, it won't be money you can't afford!"

This sentence of his made Officer Grillos fall silent for a moment, then he really went to check Facebook and Twitter.

Not long after Chen Yaozu was sent back to his single room, Ceng Hongbing also returned.

"I was thinking I'd be locked in the black room for a few days, then deported! I thought, this 1 million plus famine debt I don't know how to repay! But unexpectedly, not long after entering, I was sent back!"

Chen Yaozu laughed in reply: "Then you have to thank that Officer Ben; it should be him who let you go!"

Although Officer Grillos is not the person in charge of this immigration prison, it is still very easy for him to arrange for two people to end their prison life early.

As long as all personal information is fully registered and the data organized, Chen Yaozu and Ceng Hongbing can leave here.

"Mr. Chen, I'll give you a phone number and address; when you reach Los Angeles, look for him. He's called Henry, a lawyer; this person should be able to help you solve the identity issue! If he can't help you solve the identity issue, you can have him help you solve the work permit issue! With a work permit, you can work legally in this country!"

Officer Grillos saw the two out of the immigration prison and also helped them plan a route on how to cross several states to reach Los Angeles without taking a plane.

And also helped the two of them get local American phone numbers.

And also taught them how to check the interstate Greyhound bus schedule online, as well as transfer methods.

"If you encounter problems on the road, you can call me.

Also the cash you carry on you, try not to carry too much; that easily attracts danger, and if you run into police on the road and can't account for the source of funds, it will be confiscated and you'll be fined!

Especially on the Greyhound bus, try to sit next to the driver; that will be relatively safer.

Alright, these few days I'll process leave as fast as possible and fly to the East.

I want to confirm once more: confirm that once I get off the plane I can go straight to the hospital for treatment?"

In the end, Officer Grillos was still somewhat apprehensive; he was afraid he'd make a wasted trip.

"I'm sure!"

Chen Yaozu gave him another reassurance!

Boarding the Greyhound Bus, Chen Yaozu and Ceng Hongbing had no opportunity to sit next to the Driver, because someone was already sitting there.

Just as they settled into their seats, suddenly Chen Yaozu's eyes flashed, because the Protective Talisman suddenly popped a message to him.

【Congratulations, you are finally temporarily safe.

Through the efforts of all parties, you have changed your own Fate as well as the Original Body's Fate of Chen Yaozu in this world.

You have already begun Integration into this world, fusing the Exchanged Yang Lifespan obtained from the life exchange as your Original Yang Lifespan.

Chen Yaozu's Original Yang Lifespan increases by one year, Exchanged Yang Lifespan eighty-seven decreases by one year, currently already consumed twenty-six, remaining Exchanged Yang Lifespan sixty, Original Yang Lifespan one year.

Advisable to persist further, the Gentleman is vigilant, to strive unceasingly! Fate can be changed, Luck can be changed, Destiny can also be changed.】

Hm? This message let him understand what this meant.

Original Yang Lifespan one year, That Is To Say, I live again?

No longer bearing the Original Body's Fate, suffering many Restrictions.

Even living in obscurity was restricted dead tight, constraints Too Many! Now it's good, there is one year of Original Yang Lifespan time I can control! After settling in on the Greyhound Bus, Ceng Hongbing excitedly fished out his phone: "I have to call home, tell them, this is my America Phone Number, so the family has some news, don't let them Worry anxiously."

Finish speaking, he began to Dial.

Hear This, Chen Yaozu then remembered his San Shu, suddenly feeling he should report safety to that San Shu.

After All this road was also Arranged by him.

Found that San Shu's Phone Number, Dialed it, the phone rang six times, someone answered.

But it wasn't a man's voice, this was a voice steady yet still slightly crisp female voice: "You are Chen Yaozu?"

(Chapter End)