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N-o-l-a Grand Master

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True! My husband has already started thinking about when to fold his business so that he can come back. We did wait for 2 years to be together but if a country doesn't want me, I'm not gonna force them to accept me. I still hope that Trump doesn't change anything about legal immigration because not everyone can afford to give up and move out. Here's to hoping that everything works out for everybody.

You didn't notice Trump reaching out to the Indian community?

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

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Wait, have I missed something? Did I fall asleep on November 17 and wake up on January 20? He's not even president yet. No new policies will be put in place over night. I don't recall him ever sayin

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When did he say he was going to stop green cards for one or two years? In March, he said he would like to see H1B paused for a year or two because there are Americans looking for work who could do the

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What bothers me the most is people here (as in where I live) telling me, "Calm down. You're white, no need to worry!" Excuse me? So because I am a white catholic human I have all the right but an isla

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KierenHby Experienced

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You didn't notice Trump reaching out to the Indian community?

Trump didn't; the right-of-center Hindu community in the US reached out to Trump.

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USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

N-o-l-a Grand Master

N-o-l-a   7,168

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Trump didn't; the right-of-center Hindu community in the US reached out to Trump.

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/10/27/watch-donald-trumps-entertaining-attempt-to-campaign-in-hindi/

I must have missed that part of it.

In any case, there is no reason for alarmism from any community.

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

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The USCIS have the right to revoke naturalization if there is any indication of fraudulent behavior, concealment of material facts or willful misrepresentation during the naturalization process (like engaging in/omitting criminal activity, procuring citizenship through a sham marriage, etc).

I actually made the effort to look it up, like you said. I couldn't find any statistics that matched exactly what you wrote. This is what the FBI 2015 Hate Crime Statistics report says: "Of the 5,493 known offenders, 48.4 percent were white, 24.3 percent were black or African-American, and race was unknown for 16.2 percent of the offenders. The rest were of various other races."

I couldn't find any unbiased information on the geographical location of these crimes. Honestly, I don't understand why it matters if any of these crimes happened in "pro-democrat", "republican" or "pastafarian" zones. Just because the majority in a county vote "blue" doesn't mean everyone living there is a "pro-democratic criminal". Correlation can indicate causation but it doesn't imply it.

I don't know if most hate crimes are hoaxes even if, for example, Breitbart want me to believe that. To be perfectly honest with you, I wish I could believe it but I and everyone else have a moral obligation to be critical of such claims first. Fact is we won't truly know about actual hate crime statistics until the FBI publish their 2016 report next year. Any indication of a hate crime, however, should be taken seriously, regardless of who potentially committed the crime. History should have taught everyone that but it does have an annoying tendency to repeat itself, as cliché-ridden as it sounds.

I saw the 60 Minutes interview and he did ask people to stop committing hate crimes. But why conduct dirty, divisive politics in the first place if you care so much about hate crimes? The Brexit referendum should have been a first, bitter taste of divisive politics. Trump has said a lot of things but has yet to act on any of them. How is Obama encouraging more riots? And since you used "more" riots, what riots are you specifically referring to?

Whose lifestyles/religion are you forced to adopt?

They can, but that doesn't mean they should or that they will. Many people admit to wrong doings throughout their immigration process. I had to explain my prior over stay at my K1 interview. I was approved. Does that mean I should be chastised by strangers on the internet several years later, about the overstay? Of course not. It's completely irrational behavior, and people are just grasping at straws to find fault with the Trumps.

I have read recent reports about the general statistics of hate crimes being committed in pro-democratic cities. Unfortunately I can't find the link now, and I really couldn't be bothered to dig into my search history, because I am confident that so many of this anti-trump rhetoric is absolute nonsense. Until you understand the mainstream media bias, there won't be any convincing you anyways. My point was merely that Trump is not to blame for any of the hate crimes, or any of the racists out there. Trump wants to keep foreign terrorists and criminals out of the USA, and if he needs to go to extreme measures to do that, it doesn't make him racist.

As for hate crimes, yes I am well aware that most are committed by whites, that's also because whites make up most of the population. You should also ask yourself why a minority group makes up for 24% of those reports. And I did not say that most hate crimes are hoaxes. I am talking about the very recent reports since Trump's election. There is no credibility to most of the accusations being reported, and some people are getting flat out caught for either lying or committing hate crimes against their own religious groups. This is a very hard topic to discuss because I don't want to break any rules of this website but also because I feel like I can't even make these statements without people assuming that it's because I am racist. So I really am hesitant to post links or carry on this conversation any further. That goes for your question about who's lifestyle I am forced to adopt... I really can't answer that because I know my words will be twisted around and misunderstood, and I also genuinely don't want to offend anybody on this board. So I guess we will just have to agree to disagree there.

Trump can't act on anything until he is president, so don't expect anything to change just yet. And his politics are squeeky clean, by the way, when compared with Hillary.

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You didn't notice Trump reaching out to the Indian community?

People don't see anything....but red :diablo:

:girlwerewolf2xn: Ana (L) Felix :wub:

K1 March Filer 2016

Interview Approved August 19, 2016

POE September 25, 2016

AOS November Filer 2016

DISCLAIMER: Please excuse my ABC & Gramm@r I am not an editor...

KierenHby Experienced

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http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/10/27/watch-donald-trumps-entertaining-attempt-to-campaign-in-hindi/

I must have missed that part of it.

In any case, there is no reason for alarmism from any community.

I think India has a right-wing government, and obviously the US hindu community is attempting to draw parallels with Trump. That Indian government also campaigned on thinly-disguised attempts to clamp down on muslim immigrants in India.

USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

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Is USA closing its door to Muslim Immigrants.

Category F3                                                                       Documents submitted --  3 February 2017

PD 01 August 2005                                                          Case Complete --             17 October 2017

Case approval 09 January 2006                                    VB month for PD to be current -- November 2017

Changeability Rest of World                                           IL received --                                   10 January 2018

Invoice ID Available                                                          Interview Date --                             12 April  2018

Case open 28 September 2016                                     Status with AP                                 17 April 2018                                 

Welcome Letter 30 September 2016                            Status with Issued                          18 April 2018       

Invoice Paid -- 28 December 2016

DS 260 filled --  2 February 2017 

KierenHby Experienced

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Is USA closing its door to Muslim Immigrants.

No

But signs point to a peephole being added to that door.

USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

TBoneTX Grand Master

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Trump can't act on anything until he is president

Re-re-re-re-restating the obvious.

A more realistic concern in the meantime ought to be whether Obama will try to offer any kind of amnesty or "pardon" to illegal aliens, or again set back the processing of ongoing immigration petitions as occurred after his DACA decree:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/421247-i-129f-delay-at-the-csc-a-comprehensive-analysis-of-the-data/

What a kick in the teeth either would be to everyone who's going through (or who has gone through) the legal-immigration process.

If Obama tries to issue blanket pardons for groups of illegal aliens, or all of them, we might reasonably expect the legality of those pardons to be challenged (and reversed) by President Trump.

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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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Sessions is the grandpappy of racism. Dig deeper, you will see crazy things.

**Adjusting from initial Q1/changed to B1 then overstay, termination of removal proceedings**

(STAND ALONE i-130/TERMINATION OF REMOVAL)

First met: Totally random by asking for directions, June 2014 while on vacation at Disney World (L)

Engaged: Aug. 21, 2014

Married: Dec. 1, 2014

ICE phone contact: sometime in early Dec. 2014- Co-operated, retained attorney who advised the same.

Filed stand alone i-130: January 2015 (VSC)

ICE home visit, schedule time to go to DHS office and NTA issued, date TBD, was not detained and released on own recognizance within an hour: January, 2015.

NOA1: Feb. 20, 2015.

Transfer to CSC to balance workloads: August 2015

1)First Master Calendar Hearing: Sept. 9, 2015-Continued based on pending i-130, new court date in 6mo.

Congressional Inquiry: Dec 8. 2015

***i-130 APPROVED WITHOUT INTERVIEW: Dec. 21, 2015** :dancing:

2)Second Master Hearing: March 9, 2016- Removal proceedings terminated w/o prejudice based on approved i-130!! Remanded to USCIS to begin AOS process :dance:

(AOS AFTER TERMINATION)

Filed AOS packet: March 16, 2016.

NOA1: March 21, 2016.

Biometrics: April 20, 2016.

RFE Initial evidence: April 21, 2016 for birth cert/translation and Q1/B1 i94s

RFE response received: May 10, 2016.

EAD approval: May 25, 2016- Card arrived at attorney's office! Could not pick up until May 30 because we were at Disney World again :):D

Notice of missing medical exam: July 2016 (Done on purpose to avoid expiration, we will bring it to the interview as stated in notice)

Inquiry about case status: Sept 2016- Case pending interview at local office.

Inquiry about case status again: Oct. 2016- Due to factors not related to your case, anticipate a delay in processing

HAPPY 2YR ANNIVERSARY TO US!!

Infopass #1 at local office: Dec. 19, 2016- Case pending background/security checks, advised when to renew EAD #2

Waiting on interview at local office...... :clock:

Sent EAD renewal: Feb 10, 2016

EAD#2 NOA1: March 3, 2016

INTERVIEW SCHEDULED!!: interview on March 27, 2017

Text notification, new card being produced: March 29, 2017!!!

*~*~*~*818 DAYS TOTAL*~*~*~

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."

 
 
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