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So the co-sponsor is married and also has another I864 out there. That would make a household size of 5 (assuming no other dependents), so $60k should be enough. It is a good idea for your brother’s spouse to fill out an I864A, and he should probably get an I864A from his co-sponsor’s spouse even though he is retired. As it is best to have them and not need them, then to need them and not have them if the consulate requests them. Good Luck!

Here is the thread about the couple that experienced issues when entering on a spouse visa.

Technically, your K1 visa expired when you entered the US, and you are referring to your I94 and your authorized stay. That being said, there is no deadline to file the AOS package, but you are doing it right to get it in as soon as possible while you still have a valid I94. You sent your package a little more than a week ago, I would give it at least another week before worrying there is something wrong. As to changing your name, if you have an interview, you can request the IO make those changes at that point. If you do not have an interview and eventually plan to naturalize, you can make the change then. Good Luck!

Is Biden going to nationalize the National Guard in NY?

OK, so the withdrawal route might be worth the risk. Have you talked to the consulate as @Redro suggested to see if they would entertain a DCF if you withdraw the I130? Here is the thread of the person that went through it recently (it was very complicated), and it appears they talked to the consulate ahead of time. Good Luck!

No minimum amount of time, enter the US, get your visa endorsed and you are now a US LPR albeit with a temporary proof (endorsed visa). The only issues I saw with that recently was when a couple entered via land and somehow insinuated to the CBP officer that they really did not plan to reside in the US. This was a foreign spouse from Canada (sorry, I don't have the link), and it was an interesting story. That being said, quite a few folks need more time to wrap up their lives before moving to another country permanently. The only thing I will add is you USC husband needs to enter the US ahead of you or at the same time. I saw a story where the spouses were heading to the US, but from different parts of the world and the foreign spouse with their IR1 arrived first, so keep it simple. Good Luck!

It was asked already, but I did not see an answer, when was the I130 submitted to USCIS (i.e. how far along are you in the process)? Expedite and maybe some help from a Congress member might be the best course at this time. Your wife may also ask the school if they are willing to wait for the immigration to be sorted out. Good Luck!

What a joke It does seem that petulant Joe Scarborough is trying really hard to gaslight folks.

Another petulant Democrat. This winner is even more ego driven than Biden. Democratic Illinois 'super mayor' vetoes attempt to probe her lavish spending https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/democratic-illinois-super-mayor-vetoes-attempt-to-probe-her-lavish-spending/ar-BB1jrLvQ

No, it was the 5 yr thing, I expected a 10 yr visa, but apparently that is the agreement between the U.S. and Australian governments. You should be fine, the general rule of thumb is more time outside than inside the U.S. Good Luck!

Unintended consequence of Bidenmentia? Biden's OTHER Immigration Calamity But there's an even larger casualty of this mindless policy. Biden has contaminated the historic public support for LEGAL immigration. And he has done so at the very moment in time when we need to continually increase legal visas. Right now, America issues roughly 2 million legal visas a year. https://hotair.com/stephen-moore/2024/03/06/bidens-other-immigration-calamity-n3784167

This is what I found. I was a bit surprised by the 5 year date, but apparently that is the case for Australians, but it is multi-entry over that period. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/australia.html

So get married and file the I130 now and in 1-2 years you can upgrade it to an IR1 (from F2A), and he should be very close to getting a visa at that point. He can continue to use his B2 visa for visits, but don't abuse it, short visits with plenty of time in between visits. I know LDRs can be a real pain, but for a couple years of pain, it can be a great many years of joy. Good Luck!

You should be able to straighten things out. Your plan of trying to get to a Tier 2 person is good, but it might take some time to get a response. You could also try your US representative, or senator, they might be able to expedite USCIS to send out the RFE copy. Meanwhile, review your package with a fine toothed comb and see if you can detect anything obvious. Other than that, maybe they are looing for more relationship evidence, but that is just a guess. Good Luck!

So tolerant the Democrat Left, if you don't do what we demand, we will destroy you.

The problem is Biden cannot run on being Biden either, so all he has is to demonize Trump.

Trekking it might work. Here is a similar story of someone trekking an area with very few roads. https://explorersweb.com/solo-labrador-trekker-enters-new-phase/

More of the Democrat stale recycled narratives. Greedy corporations are now the cause of shrinkflation, which of course is simply Bidenflation. I love it when the Dems/Left bring on the greedy corporation argument and then suggest we need to raise corporate taxes. Aside from the fact that supposedly smart Democrats don't realize that corporations do not pay taxes, if corporations are so greedy, won't they find a way to pass on any tax increases to their consumers? Cookie Monster Gets Political, and Frank Oz is Angry About It https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/03/06/cookie-monster-gets-political-and-frank-oz-is-angry-about-it-n3784130

It does seem our current administration is sending mixed signals to Israel. Not really surprising considering the total chaos in the WH. Israel Prepares to Go It Alone Biden has spent decades, of course, getting into rows with Israeli leaders, and he’s been on the wrong side of many of them—including recently, as we’ve written here. He is neither more Catholic than the pope nor more Israeli than the Israelis. It’s just that there seems to be one line that Biden cannot be pressured to cross, and that is forcing Israel to stop fighting when it cannot afford to. He will almost certainly be the last Democratic president, at least for some time, who is able to withstand the immense pressure from within his party and cross that line. In truth, I can’t think of a president of either party who has been hounded by his own party over Israel the way Biden has been. His vice president and presumed successor, Kamala Harris, clearly cannot wait to fold. And the Israelis seem to have noticed. Yediot Ahronot reports that Israel went on a shopping spree to stock up on U.S.-made rifles while also setting into motion plans to build similar versions domestically to ease its reliance on American weapons. Israel will also produce a domestic line of bombs for its air force. https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/israel-prepares-to-go-it-alone/

Activities are ramping up. Everest Season About to Begin: Here’s What We Know https://explorersweb.com/gearing-up-for-everest/

So are you planning to follow the USCIS path or attempt to see if the consulate will accept the filing? If you submit online, the DCF at the consulate is no longer an option. Good Luck!

Maybe Mann, and Fauci can be held together. This guy is amazing, and someone needs to find out who is paying his bills. Climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation case reveals what critics say is unethical behavior Mann is suing Simberg over statements he and Steyn made in articles they posted online. Testimony so far has raised a number of complaints about plaintiff Mann’s behavior toward his critics. One witnesses’ deposition even revealed that Mann had emailed the editor of a scientific journal in 2007 to stop a paper written by another climate scientist from being published by getting hostile peer reviewers assigned to it. Journalists Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney have been at the trial and posting regular podcasts on what's happening in court. The podcast, which has ranked in the top 15 podcasts on Spotify in the science category, highlights testimony in the trial using actors to portray what was said in court. According to a summary of the case that Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judge Alfred Irving gave during the trial, Simberg’s and Steyn’s post compared the Penn State’s investigation into assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who was found guilty in 2012 of sexually abusing 10 young boys over the course of 15 years, to the investigation of Mann’s research on global historic temperatures as shown in the scientist's controversial hockey stick graph. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/climate-scientists-defamation-case-reveals-what-critics-say-plaintiffs

It is a good thing to know that Biden's DOJ is still persecuting innocent people to maintain their destructive policies, and also showing their antisemitism. Jewish Doctor Targeted by DOJ After Blowing Whistle on Kids’ Transgender Clinic TEXAS (VINnews) — Last year, a whistleblower report exposed a secret gender-change program on minors at Texas Children’s Hospital. The hospital had promised to stop the procedures but continued to perform transgender medical interventions on children as young as 11. It turns out the whistleblower was former Texas Children’s Hospital general surgeon Dr. Eithan Haim Following the story’s publication, Texas legislators banned all child gender-change procedures statewide, angering left-wing activists and hospital officials, who opposed any restriction on transgender medicine. Then Dr. Haim was hit with revenge and retribution by the government. Federal agents tracked him down and identified him as the whistleblower, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina Ansari threatened him with prosecution. On June 23,there was a loud knock from two federal agents from the Department of Health and Human Services saying he was the target of a criminal investigation. https://vinnews.com/2024/01/10/jewish-doctor-targeted-by-doj-after-blowing-whistle-on-kids-transgender-clinic/

So to me this is much more general than just the Hamas terror attacks into Israel (if mods feel otherwise, feel free to put this in the Israel thread). It is certainly true, people usually show their true colors. A great example is the racist attitudes of Old Corrupt Joe which shine through all the time. When People Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them On the one hand I think: surely this will be sufficient. Surely this amount of blood will be enough to shake the world awake. Surely no one can equivocate or justify this. As my friend Sarah Haider wrote, “How easy is it to simply condemn targeted violence against civilians? Can there be a lower bar?” And yet, across the world, people have sunk below it. Here you can watch people gathered at the Sydney Opera House cheering “gas the Jews” and “death to the Jews.” People are rejoicing in the slaughter on the streets of Berlin and London and Toronto and New York. (Scroll down to read our Free Press dispatch on the celebrations in Manhattan.) https://www.thefp.com/p/when-people-tell-you-who-they-are