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Funny, in the I-9 process you can't discriminate against non-citizens. I guess the government's rules don't apply to the government.

I-129F / K-1 / AOS:

2009-02-21: Sent I-129F package to VSC

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2009-11-09: Interview in Montreal - VISA GRANTED!

2009-11-21: POE - Moved to be with my fiancee :)

2010-01-23: Married!

2010-02-19: Sent I-485 (AOS), I-765 (EAD), I-131 (AP) package to Chicago Lockbox

2010-03-01: NOA1

2010-03-16: Transferred to CSC!

2010-03-24: Biometrics in Buffalo

2010-04-21: AOS APPROVED!

2010-04-27: Received I-797 Approval / Welcome to America letter for AOS

2010-04-30: Received Green Card

ROC:

2012-03-12: Sent I-751 package to VSC

2012-03-13: I-751 package arrived at VSC (Hi D. Renaud!)

2012-03-14: NOA1

2012-03-15: I-751 check cashed

2012-03-19: Received NOA1

2012-03-27: Received biometrics appt. notice for 2012-04-19 in Buffalo

2012-04-09: Successful early walk-in biometrics at Cleveland ASC

2012-12-04: I-751 APPROVED / 10 YR GC PRODUCTION ORDERED!

Naturalization:

2015-11-30: Here we go again: Filling out the N-400

2015-12-21: Sent N-400 to Phoenix AZ Lockbox

2015-12-23: NOA Date

2016-01-20: Biometrics in Cleveland

2016-01-25: In-line for interview

2016-01-25: Interview scheduled!

2016-01-29: Received interview letter! Scheduled for...

2016-02-29: Interview in Cleveland - APPROVED!

2016-03-18: Naturalization ceremony in Cleveland! I am a US Citizen!

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Generally speaking, and I'm not sure that I did understand your case correctly, if a USC did petition another spouse before, the red light at USCIS's desk starts to flicker. In plain English: they sus

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There is no catch 22. If you are getting a visit by federal officials they are not trying to determine if your marriage is bonafide. They can do that easily enough in the local USCIS office. They are

TBoneTX
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Poppycock, sir. The Fourth Amendment (albeit on life support) exists for very good reasons. The appropriate response to the agents would have been (through the closed door) "Thank you for your inter

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Perhaps a good idea; however, the agents could have done this on their own. It's common, and law-"enforcers" ARE permitted to lie to us under any circumstances.

FOIA is one thing I actually have a little experience with. Even if someone did actually report this person to ICE, ICE could withhold the information under the Freedom of Information Act's exemptions (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(B), or (b)(7)(D), take your pick. Also, the INA has a bunch of built-in privacy provisions for files dealing with immigration, so exemption (b)(3) might also apply.

I think I've never actually filed a FOIA with ICE, but I've done maybe a hundred with the Department of State, and they take the INA's privacy requirements very seriously. I've read a bunch of documents released under FOIA about foreign military officers, and they will often say things like "Gen. Montoya of Colombia recently visited the United States since he holds [REDACTED, (b)(3), INA]" Essentially, they interpret the INA as prohibiting them from even mentioning that specific people use visas to enter the country. ICE might similarly use the INA to withhold all sorts of stuff, although I'm not sure about that.

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FOIA is one thing I actually have a little experience with. [...]
This, and the podcast (which I hope that Sousuke didn't have to retype!), is fascinating & educational, si man. It's also refreshing to know that others hold similar distaste for violations or oversteppings by what is supposed to be "our" government, si man.

Spoom, the heart of the matter is that our elected officials pass laws that apply to everyone but themselves. Would that we had something in the Constitution akin to "Any law passed by the Congress shall have a Constitutional basis for its passage and will immediately & fully apply to all members of Congress, current & future, as it does to the People, si man."

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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