Technically they have been there for four months or so. They went late November for Thanksgiving. They would have until the end of May if they had been consistently in Canada all of that time.
Technically every time they left Canada, their stay officially ended. If Archie indeed went with them back recently in March, they re-started that count.
Harry and Meghan could easily get working Visas to remain in Canada. If they took positions with a Canadian company (they would be good brand sponsors) the company would simply need to apply for a visa for them. Visas for citizens of commonwealth countries are usually quicker.
LA is probably the best option for the Sussexes. I have no trouble believing that this would be true.
It might not be that easy.. for the spouse of an American citizen to get citizenship. and this has been discussed before but to get American citizenship Harry wuodl have to renounce all foreign allegiances. Wherever they live, at present, working is notgoing to be easy....
Harry will apply nor want, citizenship. He can be a Permanent Resident. He is married to an American Citizen. You an be a Resident without ever applying for citizenship.
Not to mention that he will have some Diplomatic rights. People behind the scenes will be looking out for him. And at the end of the day. Once all of this Virus stuff slows down and stop. They still can go back & forth.
In the present climate there are not going to be jobs for anyone.. so they wont be getting visas on that basis. Probalby if they don't want to got the UK or US, the Canadian govt will make some arrangement.. but I don't think they wil pay for security any longr.
There won't be jobs for regular people, but the entertainment and king/rainmaker industry is going to be fine, and that is likely what Meghan and Harry are going to be focused on.
One thing that might effect them going forward is the cost of security.
We are bring back retired police, special constables all to provide security.
The people in the UK are going to be paying for the effect of the virus for years through taxes etc, any money going to the sussexs might be a problem. As the say on here bad for the optics. They are contributing nothing to the UK at the moment.
I don't care where they decide to settle, but I know there will be a huge outcry if US taxpayers are expected to pay any security costs.
I expect they already have all the requisite documents and have been planning this move for a long time.
I don't think Harry could apply at the US embassy in Canada, because typically you would need to be a resident (either temporary or permanent) in a country to be able to use the embassy of such a country - as you would need to show that you are legally living in that country. I assume Harry wouldn't be able to do so; as he would most likely formally be 'a visitor', so would need to apply at the US embassy in the UK (which he might have done while in the UK earlier this month).It's true that Meghan is a US citizen, and that as the spouse of a citizen, Harry is eligible for a green card. However, the process of acquiring it is going to present serious practical problems, and would have done so already had they not either lied or received preferential treatment.
Brits, like most other Europeans and a few other nationalities, can be admitted as visitors without any kind of visa under normal circumstances (which is not what's happening currently). However, a key criteria for being a visitor is that they can't intend to settle permanently in the US, or to work there. Immigration agents at the airport question all foreigners about the purpose of the trip, and someone not in possession of a green card or work permit who says "I'm moving here to be with my US-citizen wife and work to support ourselves" won't be allowed in. That's because they can't intend to be both an immigrant and a non-immigrant at the same time, they don't have the proper visa to be an immigrant, and they've just declared themself ineligible for entry as a visitor. I know a Brit who had that exact thing happen to her - she was refused entry and put back on the next plane to the UK. Even if Harry did manage to get in as a tourist, he wouldn't be allowed to work until he adjusted his status to either a marriage-based green card or some other kind of work visa, the latter being not at all realistic unless he's trading on his royal connections.
So maybe they (or just Harry) lied at the airport or border crossing, maybe he entered on whatever diplomatic credentials haven't expired yet (IIRC the 31st was the deadline, but I don't remember where I saw that), or maybe the immigration agent gave them special treatment. Regardless, his next step should be to apply for a green card, because absent significant special treatment, he can't just jet back and forth at will on visitor status while being married to an American and actually living in the US. (That's optimistically assuming the two countries resume nonessential tourist traffic in the near future, which they may not.) Applying for a green card from within the US has a lengthy wait time - a year or more in ordinary times, and God only knows how long under current circumstances with the pandemic. Harry effectively can't leave the US while he's waiting, because he won't be allowed back in for the same reason he wouldn't/shouldn't have been allowed in as a tourist. Assuming, of course, there's no special treatment.
Alternatively, they could have tried to do this through a US consular facility in Canada during their time there, so it's theoretically possible Harry could have already had an immigrant visa in-hand upon arrival in the US. This involves a fair amount of document-chasing and crowded-line-standing, and the couple would have to appear in person at the consulate, so I think it's unlikely that they wouldn't have been spotted and photographed. They've only been there for a few months, which is too short a time frame, and if they left Canada midway through the process, Harry shouldn't have been allowed to enter the US at all. If that's what they did, then they received enormous preferential treatment.
TL;DR: American spousal immigration rules are pretty terrible, and usually mean that a couple in this situation has to spend a year or more apart if the American spouse is determined to live in the US during that time. If Harry and Meghan manage to avoid that, it's reasonable to assume that they're either breaking the rules, being given special treatment, or both.
Do we even know if they have moved to th US. The Sun isn't the most reliable source and to move to L.A. puts him right back at a place he hates in the lenses of a camera.
I don't care where they decide to settle, but I know there will be a huge outcry if US taxpayers are expected to pay any security costs.
I expect they already have all the requisite documents and have been planning this move for a long time.
American here and no there won’t be a huge outcry. She and Archie are Americans. Harry is Diana’s son. And we have far bigger fish to fry than to worry about the security costs of the Sussexes. It’s an election year. COVID-19 is running rampant due to incompetence. So, nah...they are fine. Welcome home, Meghan.
American here and no there won’t be a huge outcry. She and Archie are Americans. Harry is Diana’s son. And we have far bigger fish to fry than to worry about the security costs of the Sussexes. It’s an election year. COVID-19 is running rampant due to incompetence. So, nah...they are fine. Welcome home, Meghan.
American here and no there won’t be a huge outcry. She and Archie are Americans. Harry is Diana’s son. And we have far bigger fish to fry than to worry about the security costs of the Sussexes. It’s an election year. COVID-19 is running rampant due to incompetence. So, nah...they are fine. Welcome home, Meghan.
I Nobody will care for them in Britain for a very long time, they are not present in time of need and no matter how many altruistic posts they publish on their website, who cares?
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They are no present in time of need. Unforgivable.
American here and no there won’t be a huge outcry. She and Archie are Americans. Harry is Diana’s son. And we have far bigger fish to fry than to worry about the security costs of the Sussexes. It’s an election year. COVID-19 is running rampant due to incompetence. So, nah...they are fine. Welcome home, Meghan.