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YecaCruz

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  • Gender
    Female
  • City
    Mandan
  • State
    North Dakota
  • Interests
    Cats. Farming. Jesus. Chocolate. MacGyver.

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  • Immigration Status
    Naturalization (approved)
  • Place benefits filed at
    California Service Center
  • Local Office
    Saint Paul MN
  • Country
    Nicaragua
  • Our Story
    Met July 2010 while I served in the communications department for Castillo del Rey in Nicaragua (my fav country in the world). This was my 6th trip to this country. Officially dating as of Sept 15 of 2010. Left to go back to US October 1, 2010. It's been long and hard but also rewarding to have to get to know someone without the distraction of just being "physical". We continued to chat through facebook, emails. Back then he would walk to a cyber café to video chat at least 3 times a week until we were able to go apple and then do facetime. We facetime almost every day. He asked my parents THE QUESTION Nov of 2015. K1 went super fast and he was on ND soil Feb 5. We married in the courthouse the same day.

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  1.    Crazy Cat reacted to a post in a topic: Certified Translation - Online translator
  2. YecaCruz started following Thanksgiving 2023 -- post here , Certified Translation - Online translator , Help... Oath Ceremony scheduled when one partner will be out of country. and 5 others
  3. YecaCruz
    Yes. If you are fluent in Italian, you can translate and sign your own certification. I translated my husband's birth cert from Spanish to English without any issue
  4.    Carpe Vinum reacted to a post in a topic: Help... Oath Ceremony scheduled when one partner will be out of country.
  5.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: Help... Oath Ceremony scheduled when one partner will be out of country.
  6.    Dashinka reacted to a post in a topic: Help... Oath Ceremony scheduled when one partner will be out of country.
  7. YecaCruz
    I feel for you. When my husband did his naturalization ceremony was in the middle of covid in 2020 and they didn't allow visitors. I was super bummed but there were no options. The only picture I got that day when he came home afterwards with an American flag souvenir. I personally would just let him get it done. All the waiting and processing you've had to go through has all led up to this so why delay it even more? The arrival of his US passport in the mail was a much more exciting time for us after everything.
  8. YecaCruz
    I translated my then fiancé's birth cert myself from Span to Eng. with the "certification". I utilized word and made it look the same in terms of format and positioning of the text and just wrote everything in English, including the stamps. Not sure if it has to be that detailed but that's just how I do things. Never received an RFE or anything regarding that as what USCIS specifies only is that the translator must be someone who is competent in both languages.
  9.    powerpuff reacted to a post in a topic: US Citizen with a stable union in Brazil to a Brazilian resident.
  10. YecaCruz
    Ah thanks for that quick correction!
  11. YecaCruz
    Get married then file the i130/i485. K1 has no advantages anymore
  12. YecaCruz
    Same. I'm the paralegal of the Cruz home lol. Good luck in the process and if you think of it, let us (or me know) how it goes. It would be nice to have someone to compare notes with especially since we both are from Nicaragua...well my husband is anyway...I'm 100% chela!
  13. YecaCruz
    Congrats on getting them through the parole process. Marriage to a US citizen or asylum are probably the only ways the will be able to "stay" although the former is not a guarantee unless you can argue a strong, positive case. Right now, I don't see that there is a renewal option after the 2 years are up. That would be nice as things probably won't change in 2 years. I helped out friend/husband's brother-from-another-mother submit his asylum application last weekend with several 3rd party documentation supporting country conditions and a 2 page declaration. I helped him write out the declaration and translated anything that was in Spanish. Before you do so, I suggest the "political asylum lawyers" youtube channel. There are a TON of great guide videos and tips; and it is worth spending a few days acclimating yourself with the different parts of the process. Asylum doesn't seem DIY and it's probably totally worth getting a lawyer to help out but neither us nor our friend has thousands of dollars to drop but with enough research it is possible. If this is the route your family will take the application must be submitted within 1 year of them being here.
  14.    TBoneTX reacted to a post in a topic: All about cats, tips, tricks and......
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  16. YecaCruz
    This guy gives zero fluffs today; it's not like he pays the mortgage!
  17.    Nyla J reacted to a post in a topic: Does English Translation Need to be Certified by a Professional?
  18. YecaCruz
    agreed. MX primary language is Spanish so it makes no sense that they would need anything translated from Spanish. I just wanted to answer if they need a professional to translate docs, which they don't and can save money.
  19.    Nyla J reacted to a post in a topic: Does English Translation Need to be Certified by a Professional?
  20. YecaCruz
    I translated all my husband's docs myself with no problems
  21.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: How did you decide which visa (K1, CR-1) to file? Any regrets?
  22. YecaCruz
    I can't even compare to why we chose K1 in 2016 due to the current circumstances, and it obviously worked out for me with a miraculous processing time of barely 3 months and an equally miraculous processing time for his green-card (see signature) Given that processing times right now really yield no difference between the 2 options I would echo what many others are stating; get hitched now! You already know that you guys want to take that step and you have a huge advantage of being together now. Having to involve yourselves in immigrations will of course complicate things a bit and certainly take the luster off of something that is so wonderful. Try to zoom out and get the bigger picture which are the many previously listed disadvantages and costs of the mandatory steps to be taken if you go with a K1. I looked at everything with USCIS glasses on for a while because that's just what I had to do with citizenship as the end goal. My wedding ring is a cheapo stainless-steel thing and while its nothing to look at but it's very significant for me. I would think your family will be thrilled to celebrate your marriage no matter how much later it is from the ceremony. Save even more money and splurge on a nice ring for your 5 year or 10-year anniversary if that is something of importance to you. Good luck in coming to a decision!
  23. YecaCruz
    Made turkey first time ever. I think I left in the oven too long as it was just starting to dry up. Lesson learned! but people went back for seconds so must not have been too bad. All the lefse is gone and they compared it to a very similar Nica treat (though not made from potatoes). Ate up a huge cauldron of rice in less than 24 hours and fried up some beef and leftover-turkey Nicaraugan tacos with a repollo salad and sour cream (and ketchup which I chose to not put on mine). Finished off the weekend by cheating and ordering pizza...we were all tired of the kitchen at that point hehe!
  24. YecaCruz
    It will be a very gringo Thanksgiving at casa Cruz in good 'ole NoDak to give our Nicaraguan friends a taste of the upper Midwest festivities: turkey, stuffing, cheesy/creamy hashbrown taters, veggies, apple & mini pumpkin pies, along with lefse or as I describe it to them - the Norwegian tortilla. I gotta include part of the ND food traditions thanks to overwhelming majority of us having German or Norsky roots. Turkey stuff on Thursday followed by a weekend of gallo pinto, Nica tacos, pollo a la plancha, rice up to our ears and all the Nicaraguan foods we can manage to churn out of the kitchen in a limited amount of time. Pics to follow!
  25.    YecaCruz reacted to a post in a topic: Random question about 90 day fiance
  26. YecaCruz
    get a family member/friend with sufficient salary and legal US status to be your wife's sponsor for the CHNV program. When you ask them, make sure they understand that they are not committing to sending a monthly check or anything like that since you will be the one providing for her - you basically just need them since he/she would fulfill the "living in the US" requirement as a sponsor. Relatively speaking, this will be the quickest way to get her paroled into the US legally; quick meaning months and not years. From there you can then file to adjust status/green cards et al. The sooner you get the ball rolling on that, the better the chances are to maybe have wife's sponsor approval by Feb. No promises but get it done asap. Have you approached your employer and explained the situation? Perhaps they could reconsider renewing your contract in the current country given the circumstances?
  27. YecaCruz
    no, relationship is not a factor as long as the sponsor and beneficiary kind of know each other - aka no human trafficking going on, if you are still talking about the CHNV program. My parents sponsored a friend and her family that they've known for 20 years.
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