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Did George Santos lie about everything?
Mike E replied to laylalex's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
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You plan to work in the USA.
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@Crazy Cat has it correct. I’ve never said anything to the contrary. https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM010208.html “ A marriage where one or both parties was not present (proxy marriage) is not valid unless the marriage was consummated. (1) Consummated: For the purpose of issuing a visa to a “spouse,” a proxy marriage that has been subsequently consummated is deemed to have been valid as of the date of the proxy ceremony. A proxy marriage consummated prior to the proxy ceremony cannot be considered a valid marriage for visa adjudication purposes unless it has been consummated subsequently. ” It’s a USA marriage. It will be recognized by the U.S. embassy in Morocco. Whether it is recognized by the government of Morocco is of no relevance. The term is consummate This is correct. Before filing I-130, the couple should take at minimum take selfie with their Utah marriage certificate, and along with the selfie, include a hotel receipt, and evidence the petitioner traveled to the beneficiary’s country of residence.
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This will get you denied entry, visa canceled, and ban.
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The idea that you can’t buy fresh meats but can buy canned meat makes no sense economically or nutritionally Canned meat costs more than fresh meat? Canned meat is less nutritious than fresh meat? Evidence please. The author of this story doesn’t understand what food safety was like before canning was invented. Let’s go back to eating garum. Who among us doesn’t crave some rotten fish with salt? This is the worst kind of state-directed nannyism Why stop at letting SNAP recipients buy fresh meat? Just give them cash to buy whatever they want or need if we don’t want to be a nanny. Maybe they don’t lack for food and even if they do, why nanny them?
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Is evidence of child support required!!!
Mike E replied to Okboy's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
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You have a visa. Why would you bother with esta? Besides which if the airline or CBP looks through your passport they are likely to record your visa process you that way.
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GHANA-Specific K-1 Questions [merged threads]
Mike E replied to Sha-Lee88's topic in Africa: Sub-Saharan
There aren’t enough K-1 applications for NVC to invest in forcing a uniform process. Believe what you want. I’m out. -
GHANA-Specific K-1 Questions [merged threads]
Mike E replied to Sha-Lee88's topic in Africa: Sub-Saharan
Each consulate has their own procedures. Roughly 1. original Birth certificate of beneficiary. 2. NVC will contact the beneficiary with instructions and hand off to consulate . You can start to prepare the DS-160. The embassy will contact beneficiary to submit ds-160 and get the medical. 3. when the medical is done and in hand, the beneficiary asks consulate for an interview. With some Consulates the medical is sent directly to the consulate 4. varies by consulate 5. not all cases require all police certificates. If it is expensive to get them, it is best to wait for the consulate. In our case the consulate first said to get a bunch. Then when the interview was set, told her to bring just one. That wasted thousands of dollars in travel costs. Because K-1 is a non immigrant visa, all these police certificates are not legally required and so the consulate has discretion. 6. now 7. the packet 1, 2. 3 thing varies by consulate. It can be email, post, courier, or an online portal 8. varies by consulate 9. Ditto 10. Some consulates publish this in advance. Each consulate has their own policies. The interview appointment will say who can and must come. 11. NVC and/or consulate tells you. 12. Fairly Simone software programming problem a first year CS major can handle. 13. The visa fee. The timing and method of payment varies by consulate. 14. Note unless the ds-160 or consulate tells you. 15. See 13. Plus medical. Varies by consulate and clinic. 16. Varies by consulate 17. Not me 18. RFE for I- 129F is by post. For K-1, Email, post, phone call, courier, portal and Varies by consulate. -
Why wouldn't you file for citizenship?
Mike E replied to Stein's topic in General Immigration-Related Discussion
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You are correct. Timeline: * November 1986 - I-751 starts. 12 month extension stickers / stamps * June 2018 - goes from 12 to 18 months * September 2021 - 18 to 24 months. * January 2023 - 24 to 48 months Plotting the curve, we can predict when a conditional card will be a 10 year card: The origin point 0, 1 is 1986 when 2 year cpr status rolled out. 1986 + 37.35 = April/May 2023 is when the math predicts USCIS will roll out 8 year extension letters. The argument for CR-1 over I-495 just got a lot weaker.
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Is this a U.S. birth certificate? I will assume so on this comment USPS tries to ruin another citizen’s life again. Tools. Here is how I would respond to the RFE: 1. write a cover letter stating * the reason the state department issued an IR2 visa for your son is that his father did not have sufficient physical presence in the USA before your son was born. Therefore there is no need to review the father’s physical presence. * your son’s basis for U.S. citizenship is listed in https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/child-citizenship-act-of-2000.html . Quoting from that web page: Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA 320) provides that children acquire U.S. citizenship if they satisfy certain requirements before age 18 which include: Have at least one U.S. citizen parent by birth or naturalization You state that his father was born in the USA and so is a citizen by birth. You then say that an original U.S. birth certificate of the father is enclosed. And that an original foreign birth certificate of the son is enclosed. Be admitted to the United States as an immigrant for lawful permanent residence You state that your son was admitted to the USA as an immigrant for lawful permanent residence on yyyy-mm-dd. You then that the original passport and visa are enclosed and say what page numbers have the entry stamp and visa. After admission to the United States, reside in the country in the legal and physical custody of a U.S. citizen parent You state that since your son’s parents were married before he was born and continue to be married, your son has been in the legal custody of his father since the day he became an LPR. You the state that you have enclosed an original marriage certificate of the parents. You then state that your son lives with both of his parents at 123 Elm St, Anytown, Anystate zzzzz and therefore the father has physical custody. You then state that you have enclosed original evidence of the father and son living at the same physical address. 2. Include the original RFE. Make a copy of it for yourself. 3. Enclose both originals and photo copies of the evidence. 4. Make a complete copy of everything you send to keep for yourself before sending it. 5. Send all this USPS priority mail, certified.
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1-29f Employment - Contract transfer inquiries
Mike E replied to YVxPX's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
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I like Delta a lot personally. I just won’t be flying them if my wife has an extension letter. We’ve had difficulties with Air Canada, American and United, as well as Jet Blue and China Airlines, but in the end they boarded my wife. The difficulties were not always because of an extension letter. * the airline at first said my wife needed a visa to enter the USA, even though the clerk was holding an unexpired green card in her hand. * the airline at first said she needed to be a transit visa for an airport connection in Japan. * the airline at first said a combo card was not a valid AP document.
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No it cannot. Your son is already a U.S. citizen with a US passport. Why do you need a Florida birth certificate to get him a U.S. passport? I would apply energy to getting something useful: * a passport card, which is a second proof of U.S. citizen. * a certificate of citizenship (file N-600). A third proof of citizenship and some have found to be essential in rare situations where a U.S. passport / passport card does not suffice as evidence of citizenship. Or if in the future your son is unable to get a U.S. passport / passport card because of other reasons.
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Too soon to worry about given your interview was less than a month ago. Since you opted for a name change, you should not expect to take oath of citizenship in 2023. If you do, be pleasantly surprised and hope to god that you get your proof of name change document at oath. Otherwise the nightmare will continue.
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A boarding foil isn’t an I-551. Never underestimate the ability of Delta, Spirit, Turkish, and China Eastern to fail reading comprehension. It doesn’t help when evil people at USCIS publish this FUD on their website: “ Although regulations generally require an LPR to travel with a valid Green Card, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policy allows a transportation carrier bound for the United States to let you to board without carrier documentation if you are: An LPR with an expired Green Card that was issued with a 10-year expiration date (and you have been outside of the U.S. for less than a year);” This above is from https://www.uscis.gov/i-131a and last part that I put in bold is just wrong. I have a better idea: when people pay about $1000 to get a new green card, issue them an actual green card. It literally takes less than a week.
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https://www.floridahealth.gov/certificates/certificates/amendments-corrections/index.html Vital Statistics is able to file Certificates of Foreign Birth for children born in foreign countries to non-US citizens, based on orders of adoption whose judgment occurs in the State of Florida . The court reports a foreign born adoption on the same form, Certified Statement Of Final Decree Of Adoption DH Form 527 as used to report an adoption for a child born in Florida. The Certificate of Foreign Birth shows the adoptive name, the adoptive parents, and will show the true country of birth. The record also bears information regarding the court order, and has a disclaimer regarding the record not being proof of citizenship. Certificates of Foreign Birth are not filed for Canadian born children as by mutual agreement those orders are forwarded onto the Vital Statistics office in the province in which the child was born. The fee for filing a Certificate of Foreign Birth is $20.00. A second copy of the record is $9.00, and any subsequent copies requested at the same time is $4.00 each.