Kathryn41

Get done sooner vs later.... = less repairs = less money

House was built in 1917, so technically before the Libby mine issue, but the insulation could be a later addition. We are waiting on hearing back from the building inspector on whether we need a permit to pull down and put up a new ceiling.
The house I grew up in New York had asbestos in the doors, walls, and the siding. It actually ended up saving our lives during an electrical fire in the walls. This stuff was put in the ceiling to protect from electrical fires so in some ways, I am hesitant to remove it elsewhere in the house.
Here having these problems won't get you any fixes or money off from a seller because all the houses seem to have asbestos, structural issues, lead paint, and knob and tube.

yeah, get it tested - hopefully it isn't contaminated by asbestos. You could look up the year the house was built and see if most of the vermiculite used at that time was contaminated or not. If it is, that is going to expensive and you will need to get it removed as it is a health hazard. If it isn't, then you can do the work yourself. If it were still a sealed and inaccessible space then you could afford to put off dealing with it, but now that it is exposed, you do need to do something.
When we were preparing my Dad's house to sell after he died, the buyer's inspection revealed a small attic adjacent to his bedroom had vermiculite and we had it tested to see if it was contaminated. Unfortunately it was, so we had to pay to have it removed by professionals and the attic re-insulated before the buyers would close on the deal. It cost us several thousand dollars.
http://www2.epa.gov/asbestos/protect-your-family-asbestos-contaminated-vermiculite-insulation
Good luck.

Thank you! Yes, the lawyer was clearly a godsend. Knowing that we needed some legal advice, I prayed for a lawyer who would not charge too much. The answer was much more than I have asked for.

gaining citizenship has nothing to do with the reasons a marriage failed. Either she's married to a USC the whole time and can apply at three years permanent resident, or she applies at 5 years permanent resident.

Read my post. It outlines how this is done. My kids have done this same trip several times.

No problem whatsoever. Our kids have dual nationality and they have traveled to Brazil on their EU passports on several occasions.
The procedure is as follows:
- Upon departure from the US your son will present both passports at the airline counter. His US passport as evidence of his presence in the US as a citizen and the GB passport as evidence he will not need a visa to enter Brazil.
- Upon landing in Brazil he will present his GB passport to the Brazilian authorities. His entry will be recorded.
- Upon departure from Brazil he will need to present both passports at the airline counter. His GB passport as evidence of legal presence in Brazil and his US passport as evidence he can enter the US.
- Brazilian authorities perform passport control upon departure and for that purpose he will to present his GB passport so they can match his exit with his entry records.
- Upon arrival in the US he should fill out his customs form using his US passport data and present that to CBP.
It sounds more complicated than it actually is.

Please show us the law where it say that it is illegal to get marry while here on a student visa?
Before you accuse someone of having "done illegal activity," maybe you should check to see if its actually illegal.
Also, if its illegal, then how did he get a green card?
Guess, the US government doesn't understand the law the way you do.

HUH? Illegal to get married on a student visa?
Please stop posting nonsense.
good luck

yeah, get it tested - hopefully it isn't contaminated by asbestos. You could look up the year the house was built and see if most of the vermiculite used at that time was contaminated or not. If it is, that is going to expensive and you will need to get it removed as it is a health hazard. If it isn't, then you can do the work yourself. If it were still a sealed and inaccessible space then you could afford to put off dealing with it, but now that it is exposed, you do need to do something.
When we were preparing my Dad's house to sell after he died, the buyer's inspection revealed a small attic adjacent to his bedroom had vermiculite and we had it tested to see if it was contaminated. Unfortunately it was, so we had to pay to have it removed by professionals and the attic re-insulated before the buyers would close on the deal. It cost us several thousand dollars.
http://www2.epa.gov/asbestos/protect-your-family-asbestos-contaminated-vermiculite-insulation
Good luck.

If you know you need any of the vaccinations, or if you need a blood titer test to see what diseases you do or don't already have immunity to, then these can be done through your family physician or sometimes through a health clinic and will be covered. If you wait until the medical, you will end up paying for them as well. You will need to bring proof of your immunization history or the titer tests to the Immigration medical. The medical itself comes out of your own pocket. I haven't heard of anyone successfully getting a third party insurer to pay for the exam.
Yes, the process is expensive and it does feel like they nickel and dime you since each part of the process involves more fees. This is not the place to try and cut expenses though because you want to get through this as quickly as possible and unfortunately, there aren't any shortcuts.
Good luck!

You misunderstand.... You did not see the posts that were removed. There is a way to say "no this isn't possible" without being a total and complete jerk when doing it. Those removed posts obviously were abusive and that is NOT tolerated on VJ. Posts that disagree are fine, the VJ mods make the decision.

I refer you to http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/family-preference.html. There is no category for parent of an LPR therefore an LPR cannot petition their parent.
There is no category for married children of an LPR therefore an LPR cannot petition their married children. Also look at the instructions for the I-130 http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-130instr.pdf there is no way for an LPR to petition for parents or married children.
If you want to believe your friend over the Department of State and USCIS feel free to have your spouse file for his mother. They will gladly take his money.

Please remember that this process if frustrating for everyone. It is alright to vent, but you need to be aware that venting may trigger responses that you don't necessarily want to hear. Freedom of speech goes both ways -and as Visa Journey is a private site, is subject to restriction by the Terms of Service. Instead of getting upset and responding, please give the benefit of the doubt to those who vent and respond, and try not to introduce any additional - and unnecessary - stress or discord into an already stressful situation.
Moderator hat off . . .
It may be useful for all concerned to remember that delays of immigration related benefits started long before the current administration was elected - and until immigration policies are drastically reformed - will continue long after the current administration ends. The problem is not with the President - it is with legislation that is in drastic need of reform and creates a process that has long been in need of repair. It was like this when I started my immigration journey 11 years ago and it is still like this. If you want to see things change, then encourage your elected officials to support a comprehensive overhaul of the whole immigration process and stop the partisan power politics that is more interested in throwing up roadblocks than working together for the good of our country.

You will need to see a US doctor and get a US prescription. It doesn't need to be an OBGYN. Talk to your OBGYN in Canada and see if he/she will prescribe a minimum of a 90 day supply for you which should provide you with sufficient medication to cover the time it takes to get an appointment with a new doctor in the US.
Contrary to reports, depending on where you are moving to in the US, you may end up waiting to see new doctors in the US, especially specialists, for at least as long as it took to get in to see a specialist in Canada, if not longer. It took me more than 3 months to get in to see my new endocrinologist here but fortunately my new family doctor who was available with a 2 week wait was able to write prescriptions for my medications before I ran out.
Check with your husband's health insurance plan - they may restrict you to going to doctors in their network and they may have a preferred provider already listed. If your husband already has a family doctor or primary care provider (PCP) you may be able to get your prescriptions from him until you get set up with a new OBGYN.
Medical and health care system in the US is vastly different than in Canada. You will spend a good deal of your time dealing with insurance and financial paperwork before and after every appointment.

Yes, and even at the same POE, the experience can be different. While we all follow the same steps to come through POE, each petition, each interview and each entry is unique. At POE there are always other factors, not related to the visa itself, that may make it faster or slower. let's not forget that K1 holders are not the only people coming through inspection and you never know what may going on at the airport/border/sea-port that day.

I think all this thread proves is that there is no 'set' way immigration POEs are done. Different airports clearly have different ways of organizing their immigration lines.
The best advice would be to research your particular POE via the reports on this site. Take most notice of the recent entries as clearly things change. And be prepared for it still to be completely different for you on the day itself as individual immigration officers sometimes do things differently.
The USC spouse should be prepared for a long wait but be there on time just in case there is no long wait.
Edited to add: And as per the original OP's question. A long wait does not indicate that the person going through immigration is being questioned or held longer than 'normal' or that there is any issue about their entry. It can simply be the time it takes to process through the long queues and systems.

If your green card date is 25th of Aug 5 years ago, then you are ok to send in the N400... Being present in the USA for 5 years isn't the same as the date on the green card which is what they count... Good luck you are almost there!!!!

It's possible he has a bar for non-compliance of a deportation order. He should consult with an experienced immigration attorney, as his case is certainly not a DIY one.

You will need to see a US doctor and get a US prescription. It doesn't need to be an OBGYN. Talk to your OBGYN in Canada and see if he/she will prescribe a minimum of a 90 day supply for you which should provide you with sufficient medication to cover the time it takes to get an appointment with a new doctor in the US.
Contrary to reports, depending on where you are moving to in the US, you may end up waiting to see new doctors in the US, especially specialists, for at least as long as it took to get in to see a specialist in Canada, if not longer. It took me more than 3 months to get in to see my new endocrinologist here but fortunately my new family doctor who was available with a 2 week wait was able to write prescriptions for my medications before I ran out.
Check with your husband's health insurance plan - they may restrict you to going to doctors in their network and they may have a preferred provider already listed. If your husband already has a family doctor or primary care provider (PCP) you may be able to get your prescriptions from him until you get set up with a new OBGYN.
Medical and health care system in the US is vastly different than in Canada. You will spend a good deal of your time dealing with insurance and financial paperwork before and after every appointment.

Being nice gets you only bad press in today's upside down world. I am hurt and offended that such a kind and thoughtful gesture, was looked upon as having duality of purpose. Even more hurtful and dejecting, was the plus one, on the comment by the object of the accolades. This place, being full of misanthropes and egotist, continues to plummet to a level, that I find too distasteful for further continuance, unless change is made, in the hearts of my fellow posters.

I was assuming 'email order bride' referred to the title of the show he saw listed on netflix. While an inappropriate term, it is unfortunately, becoming more common to refer to internet initiated relationships as 'email order brides' in contrast to the more familiar 'mail order bride' designation referring to women met through international dating sites The entertainment media these days doesn't seem overly concerned with social propriety but just with gaining financial and viewer support and the use of emotionally coloured descriptions like this helps fill those coffers.

Customs and Immigration can take a while. Sometimes the delay is because there are many other people also being processed through immigration at the same time such as several international flights landing within a few minutes of each other. Each flight may have several hundred passengers, many of whom will not be returning US citizens or residents, so all of their paperwork will be checked, and if there are any suspicious people, immigration's resources may focus on dealing with them while others are waiting.
Sometimes there are questions about baggage and luggage that need to be sorted out, especially if someone is moving from another country and the paperwork isn't completed properly, or there are items that are not allowed to enter the US. This takes time, and people are left waiting.
Sometimes there are concerns and questions about the visa holder themselves especially if they act suspicious or overly nervous or something sends up a red flag so they get questioned and perhaps have to wait while documents are checked and such.
Even if there are no problems, processing a K-1 takes time. I crossed at a land border and had to wait while people ahead of me were processed. My visa itself took about 30 minutes to complete so it was nearly an hour after arriving at the border that I was on my way. While there will be more immigration officers to process someone through immigration at an international airport, there will also be a lot more people to be processed.
So, while 3 hours is long, it can still happen even if there are no problems at all, just because of the volume of arrivals going through immigration.

If you know you need any of the vaccinations, or if you need a blood titer test to see what diseases you do or don't already have immunity to, then these can be done through your family physician or sometimes through a health clinic and will be covered. If you wait until the medical, you will end up paying for them as well. You will need to bring proof of your immunization history or the titer tests to the Immigration medical. The medical itself comes out of your own pocket. I haven't heard of anyone successfully getting a third party insurer to pay for the exam.
Yes, the process is expensive and it does feel like they nickel and dime you since each part of the process involves more fees. This is not the place to try and cut expenses though because you want to get through this as quickly as possible and unfortunately, there aren't any shortcuts.
Good luck!

If you know you need any of the vaccinations, or if you need a blood titer test to see what diseases you do or don't already have immunity to, then these can be done through your family physician or sometimes through a health clinic and will be covered. If you wait until the medical, you will end up paying for them as well. You will need to bring proof of your immunization history or the titer tests to the Immigration medical. The medical itself comes out of your own pocket. I haven't heard of anyone successfully getting a third party insurer to pay for the exam.
Yes, the process is expensive and it does feel like they nickel and dime you since each part of the process involves more fees. This is not the place to try and cut expenses though because you want to get through this as quickly as possible and unfortunately, there aren't any shortcuts.
Good luck!