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Health Insurance for Fiancé
Mike E replied to usaman1999's topic in Moving to the US and Your New Life In America
Several will chime in and say there is no solution and I disagree. Because I bought a solution. In fact it was an ad pushed on visajourney at the time. Search web for: k1 health insurance and this will lead you to insurers who will provide coverage. This will be catastrophic insurance coverage such that if a disaster happens your fiancé can be air lifted back to his country of citizenship for treatment after getting stabilized in the USA. This is not a long term solution for your fiancé. Pay for at most one month of coverage. As soon as you apply for his SSN, get married as fast as possible (Utah web service) and then add him to your insurance. -
1. The employee portions of the insurance premiums tend to be lower. 2. Some employers contribute to your HSA 3. nope, because returns and growth are tax free while money stays invested. 4. . Contributions to an HSA are tax deductible: they reduce your taxable income 5. withdrawals for medical purposes are tax free. 6. once you reach retirement age you can withdraw from an HSA penalty free but you do pay taxes on the withdrawals 7. no you would not for the reasons given above. 8. Ok.
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https://news.yahoo.com/canadas-trudeau-says-people-china-222418896.html “Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that everyone in China should be allowed to protest and express themselves, and that Canadians were closely watching the protests against the country's zero-COVID policy.” As a reminder, last winter Trudeau invoked the emergency powers act to end a protest against Canada’s zero-COVID policy.
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Is this the last Christmas for Sears?
Mike E replied to TBoneTX's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
Sears was letting people download houses and cars before there was an Internet. -
Is this the last Christmas for Sears?
Mike E replied to TBoneTX's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
Sears still exists? Ditto on the Christmas catalog --- Sears was as big in Canada as it was in the USA (Simpsons Sears instead of Sears and Roebuck though by the late 1970s it was just Sears in both countries) When I moved to the USA in the 1980s, , I was shocked at just how involved Sears was in American lives. You didn't just shop there, you bought a new roof there, a new paint job for your house, rented cars there, opened a brokerage account there, etc. If Sears didn't have it, you didn't need it. -
AOS for my mother
Mike E replied to bulavka9's topic in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas
Generally a petitioner in a family based case should be available for the interview. Since you apparently speak your mother's language, see https://www.uscis.gov/g-1256 for the process for you to attend as her interpreter. There is no guarantee the ISO will accept you as an interpreter. Come to the interview with the form filled out per the instructions, but pay attention to this instruction: "IMPORTANT: Do not sign the form before the interview. You and the interpreter must sign the form in the presence of the interviewing officer." -
Sounds like you aren’t in the USA yet and your wife will have a job that offers United healthcare PPO. My advice is that you enroll in that when you get your I-551. I’m in a United health care PPO through my pergola employer and will be switching to another PPO due to retirement. Kaiser is an HMO. Perfectly fine for most stuff. Not so good imho if you have stage 4 cancer and need to / want to go out of state for treatment, though I know people who have had Kaiser and stage 4 and survived just fine. You can change to Kaiser after a year on the PPO during the employer’s annual open enrollment. Health care isn’t a problem for most Americans and the stories you read about it being a problem are mostly hype. Pay attention to open enrollment rules from your employer, spouse’s employer, and if neither employer your state (such as Covered California) or if your state doesn’t participate, Healthcare.gov If you are young and healthy, and your employer or spouse’s employer offers a health plan with an HSA, suffice to say you should go all in on that. The operating costs to you are lower and the tax benefits are incredible. Some people retire with hundreds of thousands of dollars in their HSA and you can use an HSA for healthcare costs or for retirement.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_nationality_law says the answer is a qualified no. Basically once she acquired a second citizenship, Brazil is free to revoke her Brazilian citizenship but in practice rarely does. He will become a U.S. citizen when his mother naturalizes. 1. she takes oath of citizenship before he reaches age 18 2. she files for his U.S. passport and passport card 3. After step 2 is successful, she files N-600 to get his certificate of citizenship
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AOS for my mother
Mike E replied to bulavka9's topic in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas
Does the letter say if you can attend? -
AOS for my mother
Mike E replied to bulavka9's topic in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas
What does the interview letter say about who is supposed to attend? You have posted this in “adjustment from status from K1 and K3” so generally her U.S. citizen spouse will be attending. Her spouse should have this all handled. -
Naturalization Eligibility & Green Card Expiration
Mike E replied to ambica65's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
It says you filed N-400 on December 1, 2022. It is still November 2022. I’m out. -
As I wrote, read it carefully. A careful reading would have revealed that after reaching a divorce financial settlement within the Ohio state court system, the beneficiary attempted to enforce I-864 at federal court and the federal court refused because state court had already ruled against the beneficiary on enforcement of I-864. Your playbook is clear. It is faint hope though.
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Naturalization Eligibility & Green Card Expiration
Mike E replied to ambica65's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
Please fill out your timeline. -
Naturalization Eligibility & Green Card Expiration
Mike E replied to ambica65's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
Rather than dealing with hypotheticals, I suggest you complete your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=421532 -
Your attorney and you should read https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/6/2012/2012-ohio-2088.pdf carefully.
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“Instead of kicking a round ball towards a goal, players will carry or throw a more oblong ball towards a kind of "end zone" Turns out in the second of a pair of games played between McGill and Harvard, that’s exactly what McGill suggested to Harvard. Harvard agreed, The game was then played according to Canadian rules and equipment, and “American” football was changed forever.