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  1. SalishSea
    Yep. Very lucrative for the lawyer, though.
  2. SalishSea
    I thought this absurd story sounded familiar. OP, you got similar feedback on your thread from last month.
  3. SalishSea
    Definitely not. People who have applied post-COVID already have their green cards. This 7 years is completely atypical, and something is very wrong here.
  4. SalishSea
    SEVEN years??? You have way bigger issues than whether to file an I-130…. Have you not pursued a decision on your case for all these years?
  5. SalishSea
    You will need a waiver.
  6. SalishSea
    People lie to CBP when they know they have no intention of going home. It can certainly come back to bite them later in the immigration journey.
  7. SalishSea
    You do not understand the visa bulletin. Please try to read and understand it.
  8. SalishSea
    I think Boiler said it is currently taking around two years for the I-601.
  9. SalishSea
    I thought in your other thread, you said you’d gotten the visa?
  10. SalishSea
    You do realize that the wait time for K-1 is about the same for CR-1, right? Entering the US on a nonimmigrant visa with the intention of staying and adjusting status is illegal, whether or not you’re married to a USC. No one is guaranteed a green card.
  11. SalishSea
    Law school in the U.S. is hundreds of thousands of dollars. Does he have the cash for this?
  12. SalishSea
    DS-5535/AP takes as long as it takes. Sometimes months or years even. You just have to wait.
  13. SalishSea
    There is no way around waiting. Canadians cannot live in the U.S. without an immigrant visa.
  14. SalishSea
    We here in Western Washington try to claim Nanaimo bars as a nearly local treat....I should get some Bird's and try them that way!
  15. SalishSea
    No.
  16. SalishSea
    You can always try. Generally, pregnancy is not accepted by USCiS as a reason to expedite.
  17. SalishSea
    I am offering a suggestion to OP about printing out local laws (that differ vastly from US laws), just in case the CO is not familiar. It is just a suggestion, and OP can take it or leave it. Anyone is free to comment on any page here on VJ.
  18. SalishSea
    To the OP: I would still print out the law to bring to an interview.
  19. SalishSea
    With a USC partner and being from a 3rd world country, I don't see it happening. If you want him to be able to live in the US, marry and petition him for a spouse visa.
  20. SalishSea
    This would have been a useful detail to include in your original post. You definitely made it sound like you were in the US and he was coming from SA to work and be paid, and had done that before. So now it looks more like it is related to lack of ties to SA and having an American partner. Consular officers are required to look at all B visa applications under the lens of immigrant intent. Having a US partner and being from an African country makes a B visa approval very unlikely, even without the miscommunication. If he can strengthen the ties to home, he can apply again. Honestly to apply immediately after a denial is a waste of money, but of course they'll take your money.
  21. SalishSea
    He answered "yes" to "is she paying you"? And admitted to working in the past. That isn't insinuating, that is admitting.
  22. SalishSea
    She would need to have either court documents specifying sole custody, or printed info of the Philippine de facto sole maternal custody for unmarried mothers. If you can print out the boilerplate law on this topic, that should suffice.
  23. SalishSea
    8 months from petition filing to visa in passport? I find that hard to believe. Anecdotal evidence is not that compelling. Anyway, you said "6 months," and for new people who are not familiar with the entire K-1 process, it is good to be clear that that is NOT from petition filing to visa in hand.
  24. SalishSea
    It used to have an advantage over CR-1 due to being faster. Now, they take around the same amount of time, and the CR-1 has many other advantages. This is why most VJ members who have been around for awhile will recommend the CR-1, even including those of us who did a K-1.
  25. SalishSea
    You should specify that you are referring to just the petition phase of the process. Otherwise, people mistakenly take that as overall processing times.
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