Immigration Suspension Executive Order - MEGA THREAD

[stephanie918 46]

52 minutes ago, Khevinox said:

what about those, ready to travel with already a  CR1 VISA issued?

i'm in that boat, wondering the same thing. visa already issued in passport, just haven't stepped foot in the country

[retheem 564]

I remember about a week or two ago i said on this group that i wouldn't put it past this administration to pull such a move. I remember someone saying my opinion wouldn't hold any weight. This is what i was talking about.

[ashley_ann 179]

8 minutes ago, Ninahi said:

Let's hope it's a big load of nothing! Good luck in your process!

Yes I’m crossing my fingers and toes that this is nothing 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ Thank you!

[SalishSea 17,801]

Just now, TVC said:

Time to reopen our country because we don't have to be scared of this virus but we need to shut down all legal immigration because this virus is out of control.

Funny that.

[ChristianZane 70]

Just now, laylalex said:

How are you certain about this? He's saying it's to protect jobs. People who are already here but not yet working because they don't have an EAD would potentially take jobs away from citizens. He says CITIZENS. So what about people like my fiance, already here on a work visa? Or green card holders looking to remove conditions? Or people with an EAD? Waiting for an EAD? Waiting to AOS? They aren't citizens. 

The main thing is significant others are already on US soil, I think most of this is in his tiny head right now and hasn't been fully thought out, so even if there is a delay in EAD, AOS, Naturalization, Green cards etc for those on US soil already it's not as bad as having your loved one banned from entering here for the foreseeable future.

[NilsaNAnil 22]

8 minutes ago, ChristianZane said:

K1 is an immigrant visa.  But don't panic, when I applied for a K1 in 2012, it was the start of DACA and they shelved K1 visas for EIGHT MONTHS until they eventually got around to getting to K1 again, this will pass just be patient.

Can we be patient if we already have been waiting almost 2 years on AP?

 

not a K1 visa but CR1 visa

[SJordanS 343]

34 minutes ago, Eugene2019 said:

We have been in AP post interview in Beirut for 18 months.  

 We have been in AP for nine months waiting for my fiancé to just get approved and come out here now I think that’s been out the window for now. I’m so depressed over this! 

[mandsophia 160]

2 minutes ago, laylalex said:

How are you certain about this? He's saying it's to protect jobs. People who are already here but not yet working because they don't have an EAD would potentially take jobs away from citizens. He says CITIZENS. So what about people like my fiance, already here on a work visa? Or green card holders looking to remove conditions? Or people with an EAD? Waiting for an EAD? Waiting to AOS? They aren't citizens. 

logically speaking, I would ASSUME he would not just send people back with greencards or valid work visas (even those who want to renew them), that really wouldnt make sense. However, I am asking myself the same question as you and am worried even though I am already here as a permanent resident. I hate how he tweeted this with no clarification at 11pm 

[laylalex 7,284]

Just now, ChristianZane said:

The main thing is significant others are already on US soil, I think most of this is in his tiny head right now and hasn't been fully thought out, so even if there is a delay in EAD, AOS, Naturalization, Green cards etc for those on US soil already it's not as bad as having your loved one banned from entering here for the foreseeable future.

I know you're right. (Breathe, Layla, breathe.)

 

I think I need to apply some wine to my brain at the moment.

[ChristianZane 70]

1 minute ago, stephanie918 said:

i'm in that boat, wondering the same thing. visa already issued in passport, just haven't stepped foot in the country

From my understanding his directive will temporarily suspend all immigrants from entering the US.  But don't panic that won't last forever, and would be canceled under a new administration anyways.

[Sweetdreaming 396]

reading the article about it on USA Today that it will almost certainly face legal challenges.

 

[SalishSea 17,801]

10 minutes ago, ChristianZane said:

K1 is an immigrant visa.  But don't panic, when I applied for a K1 in 2012, it was the start of DACA and they shelved K1 visas for EIGHT MONTHS until they eventually got around to getting to K1 again, this will pass just be patient.

K-1 is a nonimmigrant visa actually.

[mandsophia 160]

Just now, ChristianZane said:

From my understanding his directive will temporarily suspend all immigrants from entering the US.  But don't panic that won't last forever, and would be canceled under a new administration anyways.

does anyone know if he has the power to do this through executive order anyway? or will it be more like "temporarily suspending work visas only" etc 

[B&ANZ 134]

I just do not understand. He says to protect US citizens' jobs. Well I am a US citizen with both a bacherlors and masters degree in the physical sciences and I have not been able to get a job in the US for TWO YEARS!!!! Luckily I was able to find work in New Zealand. It is not legal immigrants taking jobs, it is the hiring practices of the US companies! It is a "who you know" mentality here, not what you know.

[Sweetdreaming 396]

1 minute ago, mandsophia said:

logically speaking, I would ASSUME he would not just send people back with greencards or valid work visas (even those who want to renew them), that really wouldnt make sense. However, I am asking myself the same question as you and am worried even though I am already here as a permanent resident. I hate how he tweeted this with no clarification at 11pm 

yeah it doesnt sound like thats what he saying and probably would be completely illegal to deport LPRs (i have no evidence to back that up, it just seems like it would be).