Mike E

If there are no more available seats and/or flights for the day, you appear to be assuming you will be able to spend the evening in the trans border area of the airport. That night not be valid assumption. Instead guards might sweep the area and evict you. Or you take ill and have to go to the hospital. Or your airline goes out of business. So you are seeking an unnecessary travel adventure.

Yes you should worry. Why aren’t you continuing to meet?

Yes. With few exceptions (Hyder, Alaska for example) the first airport of port of entry into the U.S. is where you will encounter CBP.

You can do that at the embassy or at the port of entry

ESTA has a way of being mysteriously canceled. That was a mistake, and you are fortunate your B visa was approved. That only a single entry visa was approved is a sign you should be careful with respect to your frequency of travel to the U.S. It looks like a test to me. If you try to travel on ESTA first, you also run the risk that the CBP officer at the port of entry uses your single B visa instead of your ESTA. Your plan is to spend 7 months between now and April 30 2024 in the U.S.: that is 7 months out of less than 13 months. More than 50 percent of your presence is planned to be in the U.S. You are living in the U.S. ESTA and B visas are not for living in the U.S. Prepare to be denied the attempt to live in the U.S. on your B visa.

Yes it is. But understand that K-1 is a single entry visa. Supposr between the visa stamping and departure of the flight, something like a flight cancelation occurs, I cannot predict that you will ultimately be permitted into the U.S. How much less money is the air ticket through Toronto?

If ESTA is denied I would expect the B visa to be canceled or you to be denied entry at rhe port of entry, or denied boarding. If you are ESTA eligible, why did yoy apply for a B visa?

It looks like USCIS altered the wording of https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates/adjustment-of-status-filing-charts-from-the-visa-bulletin in the past week. It now says: “If USCIS determines there are more immigrant visas available for a fiscal year than there are known applicants for such visas, we will state on this page that you may use the Dates for Filing chart” F2A April 2024 bulletin final action date is: 08SEP20 I see no way that this final action will become current (move 3 years in 5 months) by the end of fiscal year (September 2023). And given that it seems illogical USCIS would invite tens of thousands of F2A I-485s if it had no intention of approving them in FY 2023. Time will tell.

It was theft. Proper procedure was for the parent to go to goat’s owner and offer to buy the goat for more than the owner paid Worked every year for a class mate of mine who was in 4H and cried to her dad every year when her cow was sold. He drove into town with his trailer and bought the bovine back. Everyone knew it was going to happen. Every year. She got herself a PhD in international relations instead of being a farmer like per parents. City person I take it. The point is for future farmers to understand that they are raising food not lovable pets. The only way to be certain they can’t part with Bessie the heifer, Sammy the steer, or Boss the hog, is to see if they can part Bessie, Sammy, or Boss.

Even at age 31 a status information letter is required. And also there is no 90 day early filing; must be age 31 to file. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/attachments.pdf If you did not register with the Selective Service and you (1) are male, (2) are 26 years old or older, and (3) lived in the United States in a status other than as a lawful nonimmigrant between the ages of 18 and 26, send: A "Status Information Letter from the Selective Service Getting a status information letter is trivial. https://www.sss.gov/verify/sil/ Do not call SSS to get the letter. SSS will try to cajole you into not getting the letter. Instead follow the process to print, fill out, sign, and mail the request.

Good point. @smp17 are you under age 26?

No. I provide accurate information.

All those countries will require her passport. According to https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/visa-free-countries-for-us-green-card-holders/ Mexico and Peru will waive a visa if she has a green card. According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Peru she does not need a visa or green card to enter Peru. According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Mexico she is also eligible for electronic travel authorization for Mexico. I recommend she go that route.

What is the destination? Yes Name on passport is the lesser hassle

I have read claims you can file N-400 at age 29 on the basis of 3 years of marital union to a U.S. citizen. I have never heard of anyone over coming the age 29/31 rule.

The heading for this section is: ”Item Number 14. Information About Your Admission Into the United States and Current Immigration Status. […] Item C. Provide information about your current immigration status in the United States. Select the box to indicate if you are a lawful permanent resident, a nonimmigrant, a refugee asylee, or other.” So LPR makes the most sense to me.

One thing I learned too late in my career, is that you do not have to say “no” today to decisions that that can be easily changed tomorrow. Even decisions you are confident will be no when action has to be taken. Telling her “no you are not going to file I-751 18 months from now” merely inflames here angst and trauma. And if I were her, and my husband told me I cannot file I-751 (especially because some internet strangers told him I cannot) I would be furious. If is her green card, her LPR status, and her life. She can do whatever she wants. Say yes to I-751 today, and spend the next 18 months making that decision moot. I am out.

Oh my. On the principle of happy wife, happy life, if money is no object, you can do both. Here is a 4 point plan to present to her, that should ease her fears. First, before filing I-90 try this: https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Intro.do click on “typographic error” I have read that when this is done quickly, I-90 (which is usually a death march), can be avoided. Second, if a new card is not in production within 30 days after the typo request, file I-90 online. Optional step 2B: hire an attorney to wage a writ of mandamus and APA lawsuit if 12 months after I-90 is filed, still no 10 year gc. Third use the 30 days between now and I-90 to get an SS card and REAL ID if not done already. Step 4 is after the below quote: Sigh. Fourth, if still no 10 year gc by September 29, 2024, file I-751. With it, include a copy of the I-90 receipt and typographic error log. In the cover letter excerpt the images of the date of marriage from the marriage certificate, the “resident since” date from the 2 year gc, and the date of entry from the stamped visa. I think it is better than * 50 percent probability I-751 will be rejected with money returned, and if not, * 90 percent probability I-751 will be denied (because she is not required to RoC) with money not returned if I-751 is adjudicated separately from any N-400, * 99 percent probability I-751 will be denied (because she is not required to RoC) with money not returned if I-751 is adjudicated by the ISO adjudicating N-400, Generally i would agree with both of you and advise her to stand her ground and refuse to file I-751. But I am sensing she suffered a severe trauma at the hands of ICE. You should binge on Orange Is The New Black to get a sense of what was done to her. What is the value of sleeping peacefully at night? More than $680 or $1195. 4 years of peace is 3.4 cents per hour and 10.2 cents per hour of sleep.

Here it is again: I’ve lost count of the number of people who have abandoned I-485 and opted for consular processing. There was one topic posted in 2023 where, instead of waiting years for I-824 to switch the petition to consular, they just filed a new I-130.

Priority mail or something else?

I don't know what front and back mean on a current generation green card. My green card's machined readable code had my full middle name, and my name by the photo just my middle initial. I see no profit in getting your card modified. I see the potential for problems. I think you should let it be.

This implies your visa was approved quickly after the medical. So unless there is a pressing need to travel now, I would get it corrected, given there is plenty of time to fix it before the medical expires.

When does the visa expire? Can you describe the error in vague terms; for example if your name John Robert Potter is the misspelling: Jon Robert Potter John Roberts Potter John Robert Poter Joe Robert Potter Hohn Robert Potter John Tobert Potter John Robert Ootter John Robet Potter etc?