Update on my wife and her Green Card - Documentarily Qualified

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22. The Germans required the same of me when I moved my residence there.

It's probably a standard thing. Even though I was married to a German since 1982, to get the residence permit, I still had to prove, on top of a clean bill of health, that I had health insurance, steady employment and financial stability, so that I wouldn't be a "welfare immigrant" coming for the benefits while contributing nothing.

Ironically, it has turned out to be the other way around. They take, all in, 50% in income taxes (on top of what I have to pay in the USA), even half my US social security, and give back zero in return. Oh, well, somebody has to pay for those tax-free €10,000 per month pensions for former members of their parliament.