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Actually helping you is kind of a muddy situation because she can't work on a tourist visa and "helping" could count as work because you could hire a nanny from the US to take them with you to help you. Also don't drag your kids into all this. do they really need to be there for the surgery? who is going to take care of them while you in surgery or recovery and so on. It is unlikely that she is going to get a toursit visa unless whatever the original reason of the denial was solved, which is probably no ties to her country and you being her boyfriend....
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I'd rather spend time at the DMV than that written on my ID. It is not about advertising yourself as a citizen, but at most places they shouldn't care about your status and provide you the same service as to a citizen. Why would i need to share my status at the liquor store when buying alcohol? There are enough discrimination going on without that too. Maybe California is different but every time I go out into the depts of Missouri i always get the questions of where i am from. I know what they want to know, so based on the tone they ask this question usually i f with them and say Saint Louis, and then they muster up to ask but where are you from in the same tone, but more annoyed. Some folks ask it as genuine because they never heard an accent like mine so i just tell the country because I know they didn't have any bad intentions and they were just curios. It is sad that i can tell the difference in the tone of where are you from
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DMV notifies 325K Californians of action needed to comply with REAL ID regulations
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DMV notifies 325K Californians of action needed to comply with REAL ID regulations
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DMV notifies 325K Californians of action needed to comply with REAL ID regulations
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Nope, in Missouri.
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Hah, i never knew this. While it is questionable it is definitely would have made my life easier. My IDs always expired at the same time as my GC. It taught me standing up for myself/advocating for myself especially since i don't live in a place with high density tech workers so going to the DMV was always a hit or miss. At one time i had to go to a different DMV because the employee there was just impossible to deal with and was not trained well and we kept going in circles about documents. (Different DMV, same documents, no problem beside waiting forever to get to a window)
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Same here, I sent a copy of my GC. I estimate they revisit me once my 10 year GC expires that I sent in, so hoping to avoid it until then. It also depends on the population they can pic from. If you live in a lager city/country vs a small one it is less likely to be called if they have more options to pick from.
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wow that is crazy. sometimes i travel for work or even a trip alone when my spouse is not interested in the destination or when my time off didn't line up with a trip my spouse wanted to take. I am sure we have been apart more than 6 weeks since married Anyway, that is why suggested to count the marital union from the time of entry to the US and ignore the rest and don't file early so they meet the 3 years for sure.
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In your case since you married your spouse before becoming LPR on entry (assume u did CR and not K) your martial status is longer than your LPR status so you meet the 3 years of being married to the same person sooner than the other requirement that is being an LPR for 3 years minus the 90 days. You need to meet BOTH (and other requirements) You need to check the date on your Green Card and count the 90 days from that date. You can use https://www.uscis.gov/archive/uscis-early-filing-calculator to calculate the early filing date. Make sure your submission online or in mail won't be before that 90 days. You could give a couple of days extra to be sure. If you really want to be super safe count the marital union from day day of your entry and don't file 90 days early.
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You might not even be invited into the interview room.
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Returning to America after long stays previously on an ESTA.
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Since 22 a lot has changed. Be prepared to have your return flight info available and if you say 19 days most likely you will get stamped for 20. It could be a Chicago thing, but had two separate friends come over on ESTAs from two different EU countries this summer at separate times. The only common thing that they knew me and both landed at O'Hare but they were stamped short. Basically the officer ask them how long they say and the stamp for the stay is the length they said + 1 day and the single lady had to show her return flight info. I am married, one of my friends who visited is married and came with her husband, the other one is single. When I used to visit the US back in like 2015, i always got stamped for 90 days even if i told the officer that i am here for like two weeks. Nobody ever asked the exact departure date or show my return flight info. (which i am sure they had) Anyway
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Preparing for Green Card Interview – Same-Sex Marriage, Overstay, Big Age Gap, No Lawyer**
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Did you translate those too? Seems a bit desperate to be honest. Isn't Grindr like many dating apps location based? Was he in Greece or you in the US? How long ago did you receive your EAD? Your English seems good enough so you could try to get a job (market is a bit hard but maybe?) so you can contribute financially and show finances together. (Both incomes going into the same account) I think as you two live together, know each other you should be fine. Also don't be afraid of saying i don't know if you really don't know the answer to the question instead of trying to make something up or try to guess what the officer wants to hear. "I visited the U.S. on a tourist visa and dated him for a month before marrying." "We got married four months after I entered the U.S" This doesn't add up already. Maybe it is your choice of words or my English, but for me this comes through as you got married after one month. To clarify the timeline - 2 months online - you came to the US on tourist visa to visit - 1st month "dating" - 2nd and 3rd months what? - 4th month getting married - 5th to 10th month overstaying - 10th month AOS filing
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ineedadisplayname replied to PGA's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
I used the original uscis pdf and quizlet to create my own flash cards with the specific answers needed for my state. I read the question aloud and answered it to simulate the interaction. Your partner could do the same, mine was annoying as hell since they wanted to more and asked follow up questions and i just wanted to pass the exam. Honestly by now i barely remember any of the answers Would have loved to go to a history class to learn more, but who has time to do that. ChatGPT/Claude etc might be an interesting solution too. I would verify what it generates first to make sure it is correct. These LLMs can be very confident while they are completely wrong and if you don't know for sure it will convince that it is right :))) -
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No Action after AOS Interview
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Visa cancelled and in a bad dilemma
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Visa cancelled and in a bad dilemma
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Nothing to salvage here. Block him too and move on. I understand that in the long run it might help you and your family for you to be in the USA, but does it worth for you to be abused all day every day? He def has issues beyond something you can not fix even with your best intentions. He is a walking red flag
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Filing for spouse visa immediately after divorce
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If you are officially separated then it shouldn't cause any issues. Divorce takes time, money etc. I think as long as you have a timeline and not all this happened in the last 3 months (like meeting a new person, etc) , you should be fine.
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Vietnamese Passport Extension
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Addressing 6+ month gap in employment as a K1?
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Addressing 6+ month gap in employment as a K1?
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Addressing 6+ month gap in employment as a K1?
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I didn't address the gap. If the recruiter asked or during the interview I explained that I was not authorized to work in the US in that period. The more important thing is to mention that you don't require work sponsorship of any kind. I added that in the summary section of my resume or in the cover letter (in case anybody reads it). Since you have an English name probably it is less obvious for the recruiter so you might not need it, but I was asked like right out of the gate if I need sponsorship even before getting to the qualifications/work history
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Traveling as a PR with past history of Deportation (title edited)
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KMG reacted to a post in a topic:
Traveling as a PR with past history of Deportation (title edited)
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Yeah I reported it yesterday, nothing happened to the title