yuna628

Supposedly, at least here, your name is chosen completely at random. Not sure that anyone really believes that, but there's two things that will make 'the system' take notice of you sooner. Voting and updating your ID/DL at the local DMV. Otherwise, nothing for you to do. It'll either happen or you'll be lucky and it'll never happen.

I don't think I've ever felt the need to put ice-cold feet on my husband's back. Interesting mating ritual? 😉

What happens in jury duty and how long you serve is largely dependent on state requirements, but in general at least here, you fill out a questionnaire, are paid money when you show up, and you will be sitting for a week. Any time in that week you may be called as many times as they like (you are usually required to call a number each day to see if you are required), but in my experience it's only once. It is hard to get out of jury duty in our state and particularly my county. You can only delay it, unless completely exempt. Usually it ends up in a plea deal and you get $30 for several boring hours of sitting. On occasion someone for the county will try and coerce you to donate that money. Sometimes you do get as far as voir dire, and you'll be asked a long list of questions that you may or may not agree with or if you know about the case in question. For me I was called to stand before the judge and the accused and was asked questions regarding the overview of the case, my feelings about guns, property rights, and if I had been a victim of a crime. I was not a candidate, based on my answers to serve on the jury, and was dismissed from service. If you serve your allotted time, you will not be called again for a designated amount of time. Like you, soon after he naturalized, my husband was chosen for jury duty. He was actually quite excited about it, but after sitting for three hours the judge dismissed him for the day. There was then an emergency at the courthouse, so court was cancelled for the rest of the week and so was his term of service. The main thing is to always answer truthfully, make sure you know the rules of what you can and cannot bring inside, and of course certain answers don't usually make you favorable to sit on a jury.

Family came over with the sister's new guy in tow on Christmas Eve, and we tried to get through without as much awkwardness as possible. Gifts are opened that day as is the tradition for us. This year I decided to get my husband a big box filled with foodstuffs from the UK, each one individually wrapped inside. I had told him the heavy box was a PlayStation so much he had actually thought I was nuts enough to spend that much money on one. 😉 What I'd done was get out some art supplies and decorated the cardboard box to give the appearance of a PlayStation and then of course wrapped it. Well he absolutely loved it and I hadn't seen him that happy in a long long time.

Is it even possible to get a stamp in the UK anymore? With E-gates I didn't see a single border official. I assume a lot of countries might be doing that eventually.

Surprised no one has posted about this yet but, the manhunt for the Brown and MIT mass shooter is over. The deceased suspect was a Portuguese national and green card holder. Once came on an F1 back in the day, quit the PhD program and went back home. 2017 was DV winner and moved to the US. May have been familiar with the building at Brown from 25 years ago but had nothing to do with economics. May have known the professor from MIT long ago. Went through a great deal of trouble to accomplish his crimes, but then killed himself. Case was cracked by a homeless savant that lives at the college and followed the killer for days. The affidavit was remarkable at just how detailed a witness he was. The police certainly botched things early on and it's a shame that they did not listen to the witness earlier. DV program now suspended. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/brown-university-suspect-shooting-death-mit-professor-live-updates-rcna249937

I am very sorry for your loss. I am very happy however, at the good outcome for you and your family. It is a terrible shame why this was done to you in the first place, and I'm glad the judge could ultimately cut through the stupidity and make the right call.

I mean, my IV sedation wisdom teeth removal which required removal of bone, was at least $5k back in the day by a very excellent surgeon, so I cannot imagine the cost of something that's complex and in today's prices. I hope the OP's husband has very good dental insurance... because the cost would be staggering otherwise.

I forgot to mention, and the press has finally realized it today, that one passage mentions DNA collection. I'd like to know how the heck that would work, and on what planet are we living that they think anyone is going to submit it for visa free travel? Here's a Yahoo article which of course confuses obtaining a visa to VWP. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wants-people-submit-dna-212517547.html

You can and should have your wedding and file your paperwork within your 90 day period. It's how it's supposed to be done if you want to be a real stickler for being safe, because I don't know about your experience but the USCIS has made it clear their incompetence can be remarkable sometimes even back in the 'before times'. What used to be accepted isn't anymore clearly. Of course there are some states where doing this makes everything complicated to impossible. In those cases research must be done, and the plans of the couple must be changed aggressively to make it happen. Is it right or fair? No. No it's not. I deeply sympathize. I see what's going on and I'm very cynical at the proverbial blind-eyeing. But there is also a lot of blind-eyeing on the part of immigrants and their families that knew this was coming and how bad it could get. In some of the cases I see things intentionally omitted. In some of the cases they've gotten their spouses into a bad situation out of ignorance. In many of these cases mistakes have been made and naive assumptions in believing things would be okay. No it's not going to be okay anymore. None of this is fair. So assume it will get worse? I think so. I should stop being surprised when I find out people don't get everything done before the expiry..... and yes things happen but... to do it now would not be a good idea. Nothing will change, Congress has absolved any responsibility for years.

He said in his original thread where he feared this would happen that she overstayed before filing AOS, then in his new thread he says they filed on time but that the ''five day overstay'' came after filing. Understandable that he's upset, but he needs to be clear about this. I know things happen but I cannot emphasize enough... this is an issue that may ruin your lives, don't delay, don't hope or cope or assume, don't cut it so close to the wire. Here is one person that got detained.. and really it's just so needless because they still gave them a green card in the end. I believe that lady's case was in the news.

Agreed. I could not imagine asking my family abroad to do this. Questions about what are they looking to do with this information, where is it being stored, security concerns and more... Correct. But now they are applying it to those using the VWP, where DS160 is not needed because it's visa free travel.

I am not defending the actions going on currently on many of these cases in any way. Some cases that have been in the media have been telling a lot of misleading tales, others seem legit, and still others are misunderstood by the author of the news article. In the thread you've posted here the same individual that's talking about his wife's case and her unfortunate arrest, had posted another thread not three days ago being concerned with her case. He hasn't described her as overstaying in your thread, but in his previous thread he did admit she had overstayed as her B2 expired before they filed for AOS. The larger issue is I fear not that we shouldn't have sympathy for these individuals.. but that in cases we used to think would be fine (overstays that are forgiven, K1s that don't file in time, VWP adjusters etc) is no longer the case despite no changes to the law/policy. We could all hopefully say it's a giant waste of time, lacks empathy and common sense, or discretion. But up is down and down is up. People in these complicated situations need to not assume they will be okay, and their lawyers should stop advising them of this.

This is the NBC article but there are plenty of others. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/foreign-tourists-five-years-social-media-history-customs-border-protec-rcna248337 Please note that this will apply to entry using the VWP. The NYT is a lot more in-depth but behind paywall. Saw discussions about it last night. It would consist of downloading an App to your phone. Uploading a photograph. Filling out an extensive new type of ESTA form which would include as mandatory: 5 years of any social media accounts. 10 years of email accounts, address listings, and phone numbers. Names and demographic information for wife, kids, parents, siblings regardless of if they are traveling with you. Business phone numbers, addresses, and other information. The memorandum is here https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf

There's going to be problems with the case. Mental status and or capacity. Lack of DNA or physical evidence left behind? His purchases were a year or so in advance? Unless there is a serial number directly relating to an object left at the scene I just dunno here.. His supposed confession vs reduced capacity will probably be a thing. Has an interesting family history.. His lawyers are showboaters and not good criminal attorneys, so I'm not sure what the angle is going to be here, but I've seen several arguments how he could get off.