Mike E

CSPA does not protect K-2s. This is covered in https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/child-status-protection-act-cspa provide NVC that link, cite the relevabt text and keep trying

That CBPO has a failure of nerve and vision. There is nothing in a U.S. passport that he does not already have online. Indeed he has more online than the passport has. A passport is a security hole, because it can be stolen and used by a bad actor.

To change his name on his U.S. passport he needed to show a change of name document. Do you live in Kenya? relevant: https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/41372-process-legally-changing-your-name-kenya

10/26/1999 + 11/05/2013 - 10/04/2011 = 10/26/1999 + 763 = 27 Nov 2001 June 1, 2021 - 27 Nov 2001 = 7126 days = 19.6 years. Should be good to go.

1. Where was he born? 2. In what country did he change his name?

I do not know. The Rangoon embassy issued my wife’s K-1, and at the time, visas had to be picked up from the embassy and USTravelDocs was not used. You will use the non citizen visitor line. Whenever I have had to use those lines at ORD or SFO, it took 3 hours juat to get to the front of the line. Yes I see it several times a year on visa journey. K-1 is a non immigrant visa. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html#6 “ Police certificates from your present country of residence and all countries where you have lived for six months or more since age 16 (Police certificates are also required for accompanying children age 16 or older)” In my wife’s case, the “all countries where you have lived for six months or more since age 16” thing was waived, after we spent thousands of dollars getting them when Rangoon told her to get them.

When the CRBA is in hand.

1. Where was he born?

Congrats! Pay heed to that second to last sentence. Given she has victimized by the embassy improperly requiring her to get a police certificate from when she was under age 16, there is a low yet substantial probability the embassy will commit more shenanigans and revoke the visa. So she should depart as soon as the visa is in hand. Let them try to revoke it after CBP has issued her I-94.

Is OP traveling to Thailand? You know what else I get when traveling to Thailand? A slip of paper I have to retain until leave Thailand. And I present to Thai immigration on exit. But in November 2022 that was not the procedure. Immigration procedures change without warning. I stand by my advice. I’ve contributed all I can, and I don’t wish to argue or bicker, so I won’t post more in this thread.

None for biometriocs. It might set off the walk through metal detector

The pedestrian port of entry has a Sentri line and a regular line. Both lines are on Mexican territory. The asylum seekers sit or stand off to the side in Sentri line. Thus Sentri card holders are not impeded. The regular line is not impacted at all by asylum seekers. They are well behaved and patient. They know they will get their turn. It is a mix of young adults, parents with young kids, and older folks. I thought perhaps the line would grow to hundreds, but each day I see a the numbers fluctuate. So I know asylum seekers are being processed and admitted. If they were not, no one would line up. What I gather is that asylum seekers are interviewed and processed by CBP officers who do not process Sentri and regular entrants. There is a one way turnstile right on the border, and a CBP officer controls who gets to enter the turnstile. When the CBP arrival hall on U.S. territory is full, everyone waits, with Sentri holders being serviced first until that line is empty. It is orderly and safe. This is the main port of entry for Nogales. We’ve been going there for dental treatments.

No

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-launches-online-rescheduling-of-biometrics-appointments

Only an immigration judge can revoke LPR status.

Means more asylum seekers will die crossing illegally in the desert. I’ve been to Mexico several times in the past month. Asylum seekers using the CBP ports of entry are getting processed. And at the port I use, everybody waits in Mexico; U.S. citizen or not.

USCIS requires certified translations. If the translator certified competence in both languages it is valid.

Most times the SSN is sent. Some times it is not, and the LPR has to go to SSA.

Yes System will not match the face to a known authorized traveler, and IME, the gate will not open.

Passports and green cards are becoming dinosaurs. Good riddance. Now if only the TSA would get with the program.

At my I-90 biometrics, they did not ask for my old GC, nor would I have given it up without an I-551 stamp. If they ask, say no. You are entitled (and legally required) to carry with you — 24/7 —evidence of LPR status: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-announces-additional-mail-delivery-process-for-receiving-adit-stamp “Lawful permanent residents are entitled to evidence of status” If you leave your biometrics appointment without a valid I-551, you are breaking the law.

My understanding of, https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates/when-to-file-your-adjustment-of-status-application-for-family-sponsored-or-employment-based-91 “If you already have a petition filed or approved on your behalf, you may have to wait for an available visa in your category (if applicable) before you can file your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. This page will help you determine when to file your adjustment of status application.” […] “If the date on the chart is current (“C”), or your priority date is earlier than the date on the chart, you may file your adjustment of status application, if otherwise eligible to do so.” “ F2A C C C C C ” is that you can file I-485. This can change month to month. I would work on getting the package together now. The September bulletin will come out next month. If the chart is still current for filing I-485, that buys you until the end of September to file.

Look at the visa bulletin. You are staring at a 9 year wait. See my analysis; there is no choice here if you want to live in the U.S. in this decade: 1. If I-130 is not yet approved, the petitioner writes letter to the USCIS address on the I-130 receipt, enclosing a copy of: * I-130 receipt * Naturalization certificate 2. If I-130 is approved and case is at NVC, the beneficiary uploads the Naturalization certificate to NVC, and sends case inquiry. 3. If case is at consulate, the beneficiary informs the consulate using a consulate specific process.

Agreed. And it might need to be filed before the end August, because eventually the visa bulletin is going have to retrogress the date of filling for F2A (spouses of LPRs). And once that happens, AOS (aka I-485) will not be possible. Otherwise since this is an F2A petition, it will take at least 9 years to get an immigration visa. And a high chance of effectively being barred from the U.S. until that visa is issued: Meanwhile your spouse needs to for U.S. citizenship when available so that 9 years goes to 2 or less. Why 9 years? The August 2023 visa bulletin says the cases with a priority date (PD) of 08OCT17 are being taken up for processing: * we know the State department dissembles, because we have seen cases where the PD has been current for over a year, and still NVC refuses to schedule an interview. * best case a PD of July 2023 becomes current in 6 years. But PDs usually do not move as fast one month per month. I instead, after year we might see PDs from April 2018 being taken up in July 2024. * Even if the PD becomes current in 6 years, USCIS, NVC, and consulate backlogs tend to be worse for spouses of LPRs than spouses of U.S. citizens. * I am worried F2A will further regress. So IMHO, the best option, the only option, is to file an I-485 package now, with EAD and Advance Parole so that April can eventually work and travel, but most importantly, stay in the U.S. until her I-485 is decided.

The applicant was a member of CCP as per: lawyers are like insurance. Insurance protects stuff we value. I have never had my house burn down, and yet I have fire insurance. Presumably Ramon values his wife and wants to protect her.