Dashinka

From those according to their ability.... Wow, they are not even hiding it anymore.

If you are both currently in the US and circumstances change, file away. If you have not yet filed the I130, I suggest filing it and the AOS package (I485/I131/I765/I864) altogether via paper. Good Luck!

If you have a valid F1 to enter the US for school, and you enter the US for that, and on one weekend while you are here legally you decided to marry your partner you are fine. You can continue school, your USC spouse can file the I130, you can leave and come back assuming you are still in school, and when school is complete, you can leave and finish the processing of your spousal visa back home. I hope that makes sense. This is not really the case anymore. K1's have slowed does quite a bit.

Correct.

Sure, the F1, is very similar to a B2 in that respect. You may get extra scrutiny at each entry, so make sure you are prepared to show you do not plan to stay and adjust status with your partner. You can even get married here while on an F1 or B2 and then proceed with an I130 and consular processing. I agree with the others, and you mentioned getting your degree and working as being important, so I would pursue a spousal visa. Good Luck!

You should be fine entering for school even if you have either an I129F or an I130 pending. You cannot enter with the intent to stay beyond your authorized stay (if that makes sense). I agree with @Crazy Cat, I would research the spousal visa. Good Luck!

I doubt it. Since they approved the ROC with the letter in there, and since your ex provided a great deal of evidence at the AOS stage. What are they going to ask him? Personally I would not worry about it, but it is good you are thinking about all the possibilities. Good Luck!

I assume you used the below as your basis for the expedite request. If that was the case, then I would expect the death certificate of the mother would be required. I would try again after you get a copy of it. Good Luck! Emergencies and urgent humanitarian reasons; In the context of an expedite request, humanitarian reasons are those related to human welfare. Examples may include, but are not limited to, illness, disability, extreme living conditions, death in the family, or a critical need to travel to obtain medical treatment in a limited amount of time. An emergency may include an urgent need to expedite employment authorization for healthcare workers during a national emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, an expedite request may be considered under this criterion in instances where a vulnerable person’s safety may be compromised due to a breach of confidentiality if there is a delay in processing the benefit application. A benefit requestor’s desire to travel for vacation does not, in general, meet the definition of an emergency.

Wait, so the payback period is now infinite? For some electric vehicle owners, recharging now more costly than filling up "We are in pretty much the same boat in [New Hampshire] and it sucks," said another user. "Went from an average of $220 a month electric bill... to now close to $400 a month and thats with off peak charging, and its supposed to go up again significantly in February." The rate hike pushed the user to sign up for a solar array, with a monthly bill around half their current power bill, the person added. To be sure, these drivers are a small minority of EV owners nationwide. But the episode illustrates how the volatility of fuel prices can complicate the equation when choosing between an electric and a conventional combustion-engine vehicle. And given the higher sticker prices for EVs — which can cost at least $10,000 more than the equivalent gas-powered car — that could tip the balance for some car buyers. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/electric-car-2023-costs-gas-vehicles/

Yep, the VOCs that make up that new car smell can be bad. It is interesting that in many ICE powered vehicles, these are being reduced due to emissions requirements, EVs not so much.

Whatever stimulants Old Corrupt Joe is on are becoming less and less effective. I expect Biden will be moving the Oval Office to his Delaware basement soon.

I think grooming is more her style. She forgot the potatoes.

Heard this exchange, she looked utterly idiotic, but I guess that is par-for-the-course.

So you completely dismiss stock-holders that will be materially injured by such things. I get it.

But Washington, and to some extent Oregon and California are doing even more. I believe it is Washington or Oregon that are banning "assault weapons" (I think California already has something like this on the books) which means if someone wants to move there and owns one of these bad things, they will need to check them at the door. I am wondering when CA, OR, and WA will set up state border check-points.

Full on Marxism. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,” Karl Marx wrote in his Communist Manifesto. In a nutshell, Marx said productive, hard-working and successful people must sacrifice to less productive, and unproductive people. The State of California, the California Legislature and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are punishing productive successful people. Again. And they are saying the quiet parts out loud. https://californiaglobe.com/articles/california-going-full-commie-designing-electricity-rates-for-an-equitable-energy-transition/

I agree with @Ontarkie, and @Mike E, I think it is highly unlikely that USCIS will try to contact your ex-spouse- particularly given the documentation that was included in the ROC. Good Luck!

What basis was used for the expedite request?

Yep, this will go well. 'Don’t demonize them': Chicago's new mayor-elect says it's 'not constructive' to vilify group of rowdy teens that torched cars in rampage organized on social media - but condemned the chaotic takeover https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11980145/Chicagos-new-mayor-condemns-takeover-chaos-says-not-constructive-demonize-teens.html

And sniffing.

Won't be an immediate denial. USCIS does not really judge the financial stability of the petitioner, that will come later at the consulate stage when you need to provide the I134. Good Luck!

VoA and BBC as well. They are not happy. Twitter Criticized Over 'Government Funded Media' Label on Broadcasters https://www.voanews.com/a/twitter-criticized-over-government-funded-media-label-on-broadcasters-/7044618.html

Especially if he ever wants to use ESTA again.

I don’t think the issue is just with USCIS pushing paper, there are a lot of other tentacles involved such as NARA, the FBI, state and local LE, DoS when it comes to visa applications, etc. Add to that they are responsible for handling asylum applications as well that has recently ballooned. I am not making excuses for USCIS as the job they do for the most part is pretty inefficient, but we are talking about an inefficient federal bureaucracy.

Your brother falls in the F4 category, so AOS is not an option as a visa would not be available for about 16 years. You can file the I130 though to get in the queue.