12 Aug
2008
12 Aug
'08
9:15 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 04:00:22PM -0500, Jeffrey Watts wrote:
Brian, I'm assuming from your name that you're not Native American (the modern usage). How did your forefathers come to this country? Did they get a visa from the US consulate in their country? Can you prove this? The reality is that unless one's relatives arrived after 1924 they most likely just showed up here.
When my ancestor (Thomas Durston) arrived in 1632, there was no US consulate that one could visit to apply for a visa. Legally he was migrating from one part of the British empire to another, and therefore no visa was required.
Thanks, -- Hal