Frankly, I just thought it was an interesting idea and I’m prodding along to debate so it can be hashed out. I’m not really committed either way to the idea.
Where are you getting your information about those INS regulations from? Couldn’t Stanley Anne have had a friend in the State Department expedite & rubberstamp those sorts of matters?
It wouldn't be the State Department that handled requests, it would be the INS. Though it would be very coincidental that she would know someone who handled those matters. Even if it was expedited, it could not be done within a 2 month limit. Back in the mid 70's it took 30-45 days to get a visa issued ( and that is for a spouse married to a US citizen ). For refugees, there were only a certain number admitted each year from different regions of the world. There was still a backlog of Vietnamese refugee applicants waiting to get accepted. Indonesia would have fallen under the same region. I doubt Barry would have been put to the top of the list. Plus you have to get over the hurdle of proving he was persecuted. Like I said before, hard to prove that when you are flying back into the country you are claiming persecution and fear of life from. Also it would be more ridiculous for Stanley Anne to claim that, seeing as if it were in 1977, both she and her husband were living there and her husband wasn't claiming political persecution. The current INS procedures are here:
Of course all of these were not in place in the 70's ( biometric for example , but the main procedures were - submission at consulate , interview, physical. The "circuit riders" were in effect back then. I had a friend from college whose job was just that - although in South America ( he was stationed in Brazil ). He'd travel the circuit every couple of months. ( It is the same for IRS officers. They come to the consulates a few times a year for American citizens services ). So it is very unlikely that Barry could get all the paperwork done - even if he had false documents ( a separate passport, claims of political persecution ( though that is stretching it ) within a 2 month time frame.