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Mike E

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  1. Here is one thing that is happening: you in my ignore list.
  2. https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110205130#b If the individual has a single name and the immigration document shows FNU (First Name Unknown) or other acronym indicating the person does not have a first name, process the SSN in the applicant’s single name.
  3. Absolutely. And the first iteration was a hot mess. The lawyer sends an access key, and the LPR’s USCIS account is then linked to the N-400 case. Easy. The original n-400 can be downloaded, and all the attachments are there to view and download. We could have even added more evidence after the lawyer submitted it, but did not because we are paying the lawyer
  4. My wife’s attorney insisted on online. As in, do that way or find another lawyer. There were the expected glitches but the results speak for themselves. Oath ceremony next week, after filing the first week of November.
  5. NOA1: the receipt NOA2: the decision: usually an approval Provide all the required evidence. File before she reaches age 21 or it will be hopeless. If she recently reached age 17, file now and try to expedite on the basis that if she gets her visa at age 18 versus 17, then she won’t automatically acquire citizenship. Makes no difference. Biometrics for petitioners of I-130. If required, the case is in trouble and you should hire an immigration attorney.
  6. You’ve never met my last front load washer. And it will be my last front load washer too. I’m back to standard top loaders that don’t have all that fancy water saving, energy saving technology that tries and fails to detect how wet the clothes are before stopping the spin cycle. $518 new. If it lasts year that is under $2 a day. There are front load washers that are combo wash / dryers. They take about 6 hours to run a full wash / dry cycle. And then they come out wet.
  7. https://www.reddit.com/r/USExpatTaxes/comments/g2l8qj/which_tax_software_allows_efiling_with_spouses/fnxyib1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3 “ No, but Ill try [taxact] in a bit. However, their site says that a spouse's ssn or itin is required for e-filing so Im not optimistic. Update: did not work” Seems to be hit or miss. I stand my by answer. I’m out.
  8. I asked a Boeing engineer who works on defense contracts what happened with the 737 MAX crashes, and he said Boeing’s diversity process was the primary cause.
  9. yes. Once approved, the NVC stage will start. To get document qualified (DQ) she will have to file an I-864 signed by you. At that stage you need to be either living in USA or provide convincing evidence you will be living in Re USA before her visa is issued. Sees to be taking 2-3 years to get to a visa interview, https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=All&op1=3&op2=&dfile=No&op3=17&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl= though recent data for Pakistan is lacking: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=Pakistan&op1=3&op2=&dfile=No&op3=17&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=
  10. AFAICT, mostly over stays from Nigeria and illegal entrants from Bangladesh.
  11. India’s illegals have better sense than to go anywhere near an airport that has armed guards. Most U.S. airports have CBP officers. Remember this post from you? Illegals coming to U.S. airports and self identifying as such and now CBP is told to stand down. But newly married aliens who have just filed I-485 might get hassled if they don’t have their NOA1. TIBA
  12. Every airport I’ve used in India. Ditto Yangon airport Burma. At BLR there’s restaurants with open air seating and and toilets all outside the airport lobby. The lobby is guarded with guys with rifles. At the original BLR airport next to the Air Force base you were risking your life if you stepped outside the lobby and your driver wasn’t waiting for you. The newer BLR is in the sticks. So there are fewer beggars. BOM has a domestic and international terminal. They are separated by a 40 minute bus or taxi ride. I once arrived on a domestic flight and while waiting for the airside transit bus to take us to the international terminal, and airport where tells us there is a landslide bus that will take us. So load my bag in the hold of the bus, and by the time I get into the bus it is standing room only. Ok. No not Ok. They require everyone to sit. Unlikely every other mass transit convergence in India. So now I have exit the bus. TII So get off the bus, then I block the bus until they open the hold, get my bags. Same airport worker who led U.S. down the garden path says an another bus is coming “soon.” TII 30 minutes later no bus. The leader of the garden path is no where to be found. And of course no way to get back to airside. My 3 hour connection is now down to 2.5 hours and I’ve a 40 minute ride ahead of me and have to go through lobby security, check in, Indian immigration, airport security, and because flight is nonstop to U.S., another airport security screen because 3 oz/ quart bag rules. So time to get a taxi. It resembles this: But not nearly as shiny and clean. It is nominally a 4 seater. The rear seat has to contain my 250 lb / 6’1” frame. And my luggage as there isn’t really a trunk and really don’t want my computer lap top bag in there. TII We arrive and the quoted 1000 INR fare became 2000 INR upon arrival. About $30 USD at the time. TII
  13. In some underdeveloped countries you can’t enter the airport lobby unless your name is on a daily passenger manifest or you pay a fee. And outside the lobby it is a zoo.
  14. You will file by mail. Your NRA spouse does not have to apply for an ITIN. There are two facts facing you: 1. Your NRA spouse cannot be compelled to apply for an ITIN 2. You are compelled to file a tax return. The simplest way to face the reality of both facts is you file MFS and your spouse doesn’t not apply for an ITIN.
  15. You don’t need an ITIN but you won’t be able to file MFS electronically.
  16. He should just sign up for FFDO. No point patting down a pilot packing heat.
  17. So why wouldn’t you charge your EV with your backup generator? Yes if it meets code. HOA doesn’t want that. Drives down property values.
  18. I admire your grace in handling such an obscene questions. Congratulations on both results, but after she takes oath, I would consider a letter of complaint.
  19. @Loren Y wet signature needed for I-134 for Bangkok? If so, I recommend DHL
  20. Chemical spill soon after in Texas (Sunday) and another one in Tucson last night. * Comparatively little news reporting while we are distracted by balloons, earthquake deaths in Turkey, Ukraine, etc * No emergency alert on my phone for the Tucson spill. Nextdoor has nothing * Even Chest under comments We got back from a vacation and the only thing that was amiss was that the navigation app rerouted us to get off I-10 sooner than normal. I figured the usual late night freeway construction or accidents. It was an “accident”. Nitric acid spill. Truck driver dead. America is under attack and no one who was “elected” to do something about it is doing a thing. But don’t worry. CBP sent us to secondary inspection to look at our dried pork rinds. Good god the inanity. The rhetorical question is why are these chemical ”accidents” being under reported? We know why.
  21. 1. Type in pdf 2. Varies by embassy 3. Scans are fine.
  22. Thailand. Don’t know how hard it will be for a Nigerian to get a visa. But the health care is superb. When you enter a private hospital there it is like you have been teleported into a Jetsons episode.
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