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It requires less energy to cool from 110 down 70 than to heat from 0 to 70. https://www.onehourheatandair.com/articles/expert-tips/energy-efficiency/what-is-more-expensive-heating-or-cooling-energy/#:~:text=Anyone who's opened an eye,US than cooling your home. I am always amused by climate change alarmists here in Arizona who assert that they will escape before it gets too hot and move up north. These are are the same climate change alarmists who assert that the colder winter weather is because of climate change.

The date she arrived on her immigration visa is the date she became an LPR.

Did she get her LPR status through an immigration visa or I-485?

In Santa Monica, it would be: ”My head says Skateboarding, but my heart says Avocado Toast”

2-3 years ago my wife and I had breakfast with my former coworker Akshatha, and her bf Anshul in Santa Monica. They had leftovers, so they were in box they took with them. We decided to walk together to enjoy pier before saying our farewells. Before we got to the pier, a vagrant in a pack of 6 others, each with a toothy grin, suggested Anshul give him their food. Well Anshul grew up in India and in India, when a wild monkey wants your food, you hand it over. Anshul made no mistake. Immediately he walked their box of food over, while summoning solid acting skills and “sincerely” thanked the young vagrant for taking the box off his hands. While this is happening, I say to Akshatha, “your young man there is rather quick thinking. We were about to be rolled. You should think about keeping him.” Year or two later they married. Pretty sure she was the one who proposed. So ladies, if you want to test the mettle of a potential marriage partner, go on a date in Santa Monica.

It’s true. Some people prefer this because then your ssn is not sent through usps non secure mail. I do not like it. I was happy to have my crisp new card and it doesn’t count toward the lifetime maximum of 10 replacement cards ( https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110205400 ). And there have been so many security breaches that most social security numbers are traded on illegal markets any way.

I’ve posted about this before but here is the playbook. A couple is planning to marry and is leaning toward K-1. K-1 now takes as long as CR-1. Most couples should not do K-1. If they instead marry online they immediately start the 2 year clock for getting a 10 year versus 2 year green card. Then they meet (to legally consummate the marriage as per U.S. immigration law) and the petitioner then files I-130 and I-130A online. After a year I-130 is approved. Once the case moves to NVC, the couple times the I-864, DS-260, and Document Qualified (DQ) so that mathematically, the medical examination cannot happen before the 18 month marriage anniversary. Once the visa is issued, it will expire 6 months from the date of the medical. The medical takes place on or after the 18th month of the marriage anniversary. The CR-1 visa thus expires on or after the 2 year anniversary of the marriage. I call this a ghetto IR-1. The beneficiary can thus wait until the 2 year marriage anniversary to enter the U.S. on the CR-1 visa. The result is that legally the beneficiary gets a 10 year green card. To be safe, given Covid travel restrictions are marking a comeback, time DQ, DS-260, I-864 so that medical happens no sooner than the 19 month wedding anniversary. This gives the beneficiary a full month to use the ghetto CR-1.

I-751 a force for good that forces couples to shop for insurers with better customer services.

When you marry online and are in separate locations during the marriage service you have to meet in person before filing I-130. While the legal requirement for I-129F, for K-1, some COs will want to see evidence of multiple meetings. https://www.uscis.gov/feecalculator $535 for I-129F $535 for I-130 Even I-130 was more, if money is that tight for you now, I-129F will put more financial stress on you because your new spouse won’t be able to work for 1-2 years after entering the USA. It will also add to emotional stress. Also since it appears you no longer have your naturalization certificate, there is a higher chance a CO won’t ask for it at CR-1 interview versus an ISO at an I-485 interview. Replacing a naturalization certificate is expensive, $555. Since money is tight.

Armenia it is. At the interview remind the CO it was the USSR. It will be amusing if the CO has heard of the USSR.

It will take the same amount of time and the visa, when used, makes the beneficiary an LPR immediately. Versus waiting another 1-2 years for a green card. And then after that 4 more years for a 10 year gc. Instead marry now (online), then after you meet in person, start the CR-1 process.

For I-129F, yes. For K-1 or I-485, generally no, but this will vary by CO and ISO. I suggest after you file I-129F, you get a U.S. birth certificate, naturalization certificate, CRBA, or certificate of citizenship Why aren’t you going for CR-1 / IR-1?

legally 5 years from when you returned in June 2019 less 180 days. But I would not want to bring up the topic of the 2 year absence in my interview, even though you had a re-entry permit. So I would wait until June 2025, a full five years after returning. Since you had a re-entry permit you should be fine without one, but I never dissuade people from getting legal advice.

Clearly not absolutely. Most people get lucky doing what you did. There are no guarantees. File for a re-entry permit to be less exposed if absolute is the desired standard.

Agreed but I can attest my wife was never in U.S. before she entered on her K-1 in 2019, and her I-94 records have been a hot mess since mid 2021. Between global entry and I-94, CBP is barely functional.

Correct. Good. Once your gc expires most states will only give you a DL good until the end of your extension letter. This happened to my wife when we moved to a new state.

Once your extension letter expires and once USCIS refuses to issue an I-551 stamp, it will become impossible to use your green card to get a new job at an employer that refuses to use e-verify to verify your work authorization. Unrestricted social security cards never expire. And they are I-9 work authorization documents. The greatest loop hole in the 1986 update to the INA law. In some states, an unrestricted social security card helps to get a drivers license.

No more of an issue than your passport being in your maiden name today while your green card is in your married name. The I-94 approach makes it crystal clear what the name of the LPR is.

You can ask for your stamp to be placed in a paper I-94 card.

No. The extension letter is good for 24 months. If you don’t get approved before 24 months after your green card expires, then, assuming USCIS doesn’t change policy again (and issue 30 or 36 month extension letters) that is when you would need a stamp. But even then only if you need one. USCIS is loathe these days to issue a stamp even for emergencies though some field offices are better than others about this. Need means: international travel, I-9 verification, drivers license renewal. Do you have an unrestricted social security card ? If not, now is the time to get one before Covid restrictions close SSA again.

Is the I-94 for the entry with the K-1 correct? You can ask CBP to correct I-94 records at: https://help.cbp.gov/s/questions?language=en_US Select I-94 as the topic Select issue with I-94 travel history as the issue Describe the issue. Attach files such as screen shots.

I doubt you can compare DV case which has a short timer with an F4 case where the decision to age out a 14 year old or not in four years is entirely in the control of the primary beneficiary. The court case I linked makes a clear declaration of the principle of “doctrine of consular nonreviewability” People often latch onto WoM as a magic cure all. Sometimes it is the cure. Sometimes there are better cures. My advice stands. I hope I am wrong. I am out.

Some if not most modern GE kiosks reportedly are facial recognition only or facial recognition primary. Thus, reportedly they don’t need a green card to accept an LPR. I have GE but my wife doesn’t so I haven’t used GE in years. I have however used the general kiosks at Miami cruise port and they just wanted my face (U.S. citizen) and my wife’s face (green card).

Hacking has a daily call in dhow on YouTube and it can’t hurt to call him. Post here when your appearance on his show is posted.

Ask the lawyer about https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/790602-9th-circuit-rules-us-citizens-can-challenge-doctrine-of-consular-non-reviewability/ and whether this now gives you standing to do something better than WoM If the lawyer hasn’t heard of this case then that rules out using that lawyer.