Visitor visa to accompany USC to US for urgent medical treatment

[rickbechard@gmail 5]

2 minutes ago, HRQX said:

HP = Humanitarian parole

A set of humanitarians doing them I suspect. 

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1 hour ago, rickbechard@gmail said:

The problem is you keep pushing the narrative that the embassy has anything other than a single point of view. That view being that everyone is being dishonest and is lying to them.

I don’t think you bothered reading my post at all. The point I was making was that you (a USC with no barriers to entering the US) not seeing your family was not a reason to give your wife a visa. If it had been her family the humanitarian calculus might have been different.
 

Btw I already suggested earlier that you try get your wife a visa for the current situation even if it means asking them for a single entry visa. Use the advice, , don’t use it, no skin off my nose.  The discussion actually got sidetracked with your “the nasty embassy wouldn’t give her a visa before despite all these factors” post which is the one to which I subsequently responded. As you rightly point out it is not relevant to to the current situation, however you did post it…

 

 

Edited October 2, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[rickbechard@gmail 5]

29 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

I don’t think you bothered reading my post at all. The point I was making was that you (a USC with no barriers to entering the US) not seeing your family was not a reason to give your wife a visa. If it had been her family the humanitarian calculus might have been different.
 

Btw I already suggested earlier that you try get your wife a visa for the current situation even if it means asking them for a single entry visa. Use the advice, , don’t use it, no skin off my nose.  The discussion actually got sidetracked with your “the nasty embassy wouldn’t give her a visa before despite all these factors” post which is the one to which I subsequently responded. As you rightly point out it is not relevant to to the current situation, however you did post it…

 

 

Yes and I appreciated your earlier comment about trying for the visa anyway. It was a nice comment. But my comment about the workings of the "nasty embassy" (your words, not mine)  was in reply to another person, who most likely did not see my comments from early this year. You chose to insert yourself into that conversation with the standard "embassy point of view" line. You and I have done that particular dance many months ago, so there really was no need. 

This is why I don't post my I-130 case and don't reply to much of anyone else's posts. I don't have that much to offer them by way of advice, and I prefer to mind my own business. My thinking is based on my own experience with the consulate and embassy here, which has been all negative. Even getting a US passport which I have not had since 2006 was negative. They wanted to know how I got here if I didn't have a passport. I showed the guy my Australian passport. He asked to see it, went away with it and came back without it. Checking it wasn't fake I suppose. When he did return it to me, he said, "you can hold on to that for now". I said, "well, it is mine". He wasn't happy with that. Fair enough, I wasn't happy with his comment either. And I would not have been handing it back to him again as that is not his right to take it from me. 

 

Anyway, I am ok if you wish to continue the discussion, but as I mentioned before neither of us has been a consular official, so we are both projecting what we think, whether that is based on experience or just thoughts.

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10 hours ago, George99 said:

I know this is off-topic, but may be of some help to you. I have lived in Thailand for 17 years, though currently overseas, and have had multiple serious eye surgeries there at two hospitals. You didn't say which local eye center you have visited, and you probably already know about Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok. I had some of my work done there and they are top notch world class. If you haven't consulted them I would highly advise this, as the cost even out of pocket might be not much more than the total cost of trip to the US to do this even if covered by Tricare.

Thank you for your input. I only just moved here at the first of December 2018. There are advantages to going the VA route beyond the free care. Like seeing family (mother, kids, grandkids) that I have either not seen in many years or in the case of grandkids, 3 I've never met. Having been gone from the US since 2002, I also don't show up on any of the credit reporting agencies. I couldn't rent an apartment most likely. With the I-130 filed, if they handed my wife an immigrant visa next week, we would still have to wait the maximum 6 months to allow time to settle affairs here. Making this short trip will allow me to open a bank account and get a credit card to build a bit of a rating before the time to move comes. It is also my understanding that a Thai person must present themselves at the police station to obtain the background check when it is requested. So even if she gets a visa to accompany me, we have to come back at the end of treatment. 

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8 hours ago, rickbechard@gmail said:

It is also my understanding that a Thai person must present themselves at the police station to obtain the background check when it is requested. So even if she gets a visa to accompany me, we have to come back

That is the process for consular processing but the embassy and CBP are concerned about intent to instead Adjust Status, which is very different to consular processing. For example, if an Adjustment of Status applicant has never been arrested, charged, or convicted then police certificates are not needed: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485instr.pdf Pages 12 and 13

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23 hours ago, rickbechard@gmail said:

I don't really know what that is. On the first application, I included a letter from myself explaining that I have not lived in, or been to the US since 2003. I have not seen  my 86 year old mother since,  who had just been found unconscious in her apartment after a fall. I included a letter from the hospital. I have a daughter I have I have not seen in 10 years, and 3 grandkids I've never met. I felt I needed to go spend a few months to rekindle those relationships and see my mother before she dies. The visa was denied. I don't expect humanitarian thinking occurs within those walls. There is too  much fear of a person pulling one over on them. 

The problem with this is that while all of those things are compelling, none of them are reasons why your wife needs a visa. You are a USC, and free to travel back and forth at will.  

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3 hours ago, HRQX said:

That is the process for consular processing but the embassy and CBP are concerned about intent to instead Adjust Status, which is very different to consular processing. For example, if an Adjustment of Status applicant has never been arrested, charged, or convicted then police certificates are not needed: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485instr.pdf Pages 12 and 13

Yes, it's a bit of a mixed bag of confusion really. As the I-130 is already filed for 9 months, I'd think adjustment of status does not really enter into the picture. That in itself is a clear indication of intent. It has now been transferred to the Nebraska center. The thing is, even if they handed my wife an immigrant visa tomorrow, we are not in a position to go at this time. Too many things to deal with here and many things to setup there. Can't just pop across the pond with a backpack and expect things to go well. As close as I can get to the end of next year is best. So with or without my wife along, the return will be when the doctor clears me to travel.

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49 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

The problem with this is that while all of those things are compelling, none of them are reasons why your wife needs a visa. You are a USC, and free to travel back and forth at will.  

The problem with that is, it is the hospital referral letter that specifies the need for assistance to travel and after surgery. I've never had eye surgery, but I am guessing one will not be driving for a long while and so won't be going out for groceries they can't cook as well.

At my last appointment, the doctor asked if was experiencing any side effects from the medications. I said what like constant fatigue and bouts of depression? She said yes. I said, yeah got those. She said all normal. That was nice to know. Google Acetazolamide to see the list. I would say I have most of them.  I swear, I think I would rather have Covid. Never in my life has my feeling about my health crashed so suddenly and so far. Travelling back and forth at will is much different than travelling back and forth when you can't walk 50 feet without sitting down.

 

 

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Good that you will have family around