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My allergies are off the hook. Ugh 🤧

Since your I-130 is approved, you'll receive an invite to fill out the DS-260, where this information will go. Your spouse will have to fill out the I-864 Affidavit of Support. Once all of this is approved, you'll have your interview scheduled. I recommend studying the guide here: You are going to need to know all the places they've lived since they were 16 years old...this one was a pain for me as I moved a lot. Your spouse is going to need their income tax for the last 3 years. I highly recommend getting their 2025 taxes sent if they haven't already. Also, make sure they are filed correctly since you're married (married filing separately, NOT single).

Pleasantly surprised to hear that so many of the SSN's are being issued automatically. It's been very hit and miss and when you have to book to visit the SSA, it's just another administrative pain in the rear to add to the collection!

What did the divorce agreement grant regarding custody? Is there a formal agreement in place? If so, what does it state for the custodial parent and visitation for the non-custodial parent? As I understand it, MX awards custody to one parent, with visitation for the other. It also sounds like the courts are pretty amenable to hearing child custody cases. That said, your partner would have to be able to prove that the child's father is unreliable. I don't know if the judge would grant permission for immigration in place of the required notarized permission letter or not, but a MX family lawyer could answer that. Not ideal with the interviews so close. Totally rooting for you guys. Keep us posted on how it plays out!

Winter? What's winter? 🤣 I miss a legitimate, mild winter. SE Texas has no clue what this is.

$2.39 here. Can't say it's under $2.30 across the nation when it's not applicable across the ENTIRE nation.

As @Fr8dog stated, this is against the law. If your daughter presented her valid, unexpired conditional, physical greencard when she was hired, she is not subject to reverification and the employer has no right to ask to see those documents. She should be filing a discrimination claim; employers need to understand the law. From USCIS Employee Rights page https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/employee-rights-and-resources/employee-rights Your employer may not: Ask for specific documents because of your national origin, ethnicity, immigration or citizenship status, race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, or genetic information, or because of any other protected characteristic. For example, your employer may not: Ask for a document issued by the Department of Homeland Security because you are not a U.S. citizen. Ask for a U.S. passport to prove you are a U.S. citizen. Refuse to accept your document or refuse to hire you because of an unfounded suspicion that your documentation is fraudulent. For example, your employer may not refuse to accept your identification and unrestricted Social Security card because you have limited English proficiency. Treat you differently than other applicants because you have, or your employer believes you have, a particular citizenship or immigration status. Ask to see documents showing your permission to work before hiring you, or before you complete Section 1 of Form I-9. Refuse to accept your document or refuse to hire you because your document expires in the future. Limit jobs to U.S. citizens unless U.S. citizenship is required by law or government contract. Ask you for a specific document when reverifying that you are authorized to work. You may present any documentation either from List A or from List C of the Lists of Acceptable Documents to demonstrate that you are still authorized to work. Retaliate against you. For example, employers cannot fire you, decrease your pay, or otherwise try to punish you for: Contacting the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, or the Equal Opportunity Commission for assistance or to file a complaint. Complaining about discrimination or otherwise asserting your or another’s rights. Participating in an investigation or lawsuit on behalf of an alleged victim. Employers should not reverify: U.S. citizens and noncitizen nationals; Lawful permanent residents who presented a Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card for Section 2, including conditional residents; or List B documents. File a claim: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/employee-rights-and-resources/filing-a-discrimination-claim I understand she wants to be gainfully employed, but the employer has no right to be insisting on seeing the card, especially if she has either presented it in the past or has 2 other qualifying pieces of identification that meet the I-9 requirements. The physical permanent resident card is not subject to reverification; a temporary I-551 passport stamp is under certain circumstances. https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-resources/handbook-for-employers-m-274/70-evidence-of-employment-authorization-for-certain-categories/71-lawful-permanent-residents-lpr

Sorry, had to turn it off. Inflation was at 1.7% in Q4? 70,000 construction jobs? Gas prices below $2.30/gal? $18 trillion in investment? 🙄

TSA is not fully funded due to the partial government shutdown. TSA Pre and GE are fully funded. You pay the fee, you attend the interview, you have the biometrics, you receive your preclearance. Paid in full. The service, however, may not be offered due to the limited availability of TSA. Availability of TSA agents due to a lack of government funding for TSA doesn't defund the prepaid Trusted Traveler programs. The decision was reversed because it is understood that Trusted Traveler programs bring operational efficiency to TSA, making their job easier and quicker and DHS don't want to deal with the fallout of angry travelers who've paid for a service they were promised and the promise wasn't delivered on. They don't want to deal with people filing non-delivery of services charges. This government shutdown garbage doesn't happen in any other country. Funding typically continues as is from a previous budget or it goes to a no confidence vote and triggers an election in a number of other places.

🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ "Scholar of the far right" Scholar my patootie. If you were scholarly at all, you'd have done a bit of scholarly reading to find out you can't park there without a plan... You really can't fix stupid.

Sure, TSA is funded this way, but TSA Pre and GE are not TSA. TSA Pre and Global Entry are Fee funded Trusted Traveler programs that are independent of the regular TSA screening. Essentially, security clearance is done in advance and it goes into the Secure Flight System database that TSA accesses to verify you're a low security risk. If anything, you'd want people to have TT clearance because it makes TSA's job easier. Global Entry isn't limited to US Citizens or LPR's, either. It's been expanded to a number of partner countries. Those who qualify for either program pay a fee to receive the benefit of expedited entry (clearance) into the US. It's a pre-paid privilege of sorts. People will get pretty angsty over a fee funded, prepaid program benefit being canceled. They paid for a service and expect it to be delivered on. TSA have to screen everyone anyway and like I said, having an easily accessible profile in the SFS database makes their job quicker and easier. My kid flew from IAH early Sunday morning and TSA Pre/GE was open.

The credit gets reported, despite us not being able to see it until she turned "adult" age. So, she had a credit rating in the mid 700's before she even graduated high school. The majority of her friends had no credit rating. When we went into the bank to show her university acceptance letter and ensure her banking was set to a fee free student portfolio, they gave her her own credit card with a reasonable limit, minimal questions asked. I will need to get another card soon so I can do the same for Kid2 and preferentially one without international transaction fees because it works well to have an attached account to Apple Pay if you're travelling and need to pay for transit. When we were in Europe a couple of years ago, it was super slick for riding the train in London and Milan. Paris still has tickets (ridiculous much?) and Amsterdam - you could get an all day pass. Not as slick as London and Milan, but still better than Paris!

Yes, I said typically, they require proof of residency. You can request your country of nationality, but if you aren't residing in said country, they may choose not to receive the transfer case. It is entirely at the discretion of the receiving consulate. One also has to consider that just because you interview, doesn't automatically ensure you get your passport back straight away. Everyone goes through a level of AP and persons from certain countries take longer than others, often due to the home country's data recording and records systems. If you take vacation, etc to interview abroad and expect to have your passport back within 10 days but your AP takes longer, you may not be able to fulfill those obligations where you reside. At least if you're a PR or have a work visa for Montreal and you live and work in Canada, you won't forfeit those obligations if you interview locally and your AP takes longer. You'll need to apply for the SSN in person. You can do so with your endorsed I-551 in your passport; no need to wait for the physical card to show up. Book now, because sometimes the appointments are quite far out, depending on your SSA office.

Typically, to change it, you have to have proof of residency for that consulate because they don't want people consulate shopping. You also introduce yourself to plenty of opportunity for the case to get lost or pieces to go missing.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣 I love my kids, but there is ZERO chance they're saving my CC number for games and the like. When Kid1 turned 16, I did get a separate CC and put her on as an authorized user. I dropped the limit WAY down so she couldn't make a mess. It was good because she had a good credit rating the day she turned 18 and I could lock out the card, as needed, if needed. She's still on our Apple Family plan and asks permission before she buys $4 games for her phone. Kid2 on the other hand, no chance. He needs locked down.