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mam521 last won the day on January 28

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    SPRING
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    Texas

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    Naturalization (approved)
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  • Local Office
    Houston TX
  • Country
    Canada
  • Our Story
    I lived in the US on an L1B visa for 5 years, 2 months. I met my husband in that time and we married. I left the US to prevent a visa overstay.

    Initially, DH was a PR. He received his citizenship in Jan 2019. We upgraded our petition at that point. After I-130 was approved, we endured 89 days, 22.5 hours of waiting before my I-130 magically showed up at NVC. The CEAC website was undergoing maintenance when I was trying to fill out the IV. After some frustration and losing data more than once, I learned how to manipulate the system to work and got the forms filled out. RFE setback for my CRC and a request for a marriage certificate for my Littles and we were finally DQ.

    We narrowly escaped the covid Consulate closure - our interview was the Monday, the Consulate closed Friday. We were approved and finally headed "home" on April 1, the day after our 2 year anniversary.

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  1.    TBoneTX reacted to a post in a topic: Flinging Rants To See If They'll Stick
  2.    TBoneTX reacted to a post in a topic: 319(b) Naturalization for Wife and Stepson
  3.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Divorce procedures after green card was approved and received.
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  9. mam521
    I'd argue to get a passport card, too. You can only use it within the US or at land border crossings, but it's easy proof of citizenship to have on your person.
  10. mam521
    As others have mentioned, your stepson will become a USC when your wife naturalizes. Get his passport first, then apply for his N600. If he's over 14, he will also have to complete an oath ceremony. As far as I am aware, his name cannot be changed unless you've filed a legal name change in the courts. The translation error probably should have been addressed with filing an I-90 to correct the error on the GC. Urgent passport services are available. Whether or not an appointment is available in DC is up to the DoS. Call and see once the naturalization certificate is in hand. That said, your spouse has a couple of weeks to get the passports and get back to you, wherever you're posted.
  11.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: IR with a stepchild
  12. mam521
    Try chucking it in the air fryer. Or even the toaster. Nuked can make it soggy...🤢 If it makes you feel any better, Kid2 won't eat any sort of breakfast unless its a specific granola bar that we bring back from Canada. Gonna have to get Kid1 to bring some when she visits next month. This is your life until he graduates...undiscovered work. Always. It's a boy thing, I swear. Gotta get that bleach to encompass the entire Dexter theme! Really, was there any other kind? The closest thing to healthy were probably Cornflakes or Rice Crispies but even then, a little dusting of straight sugar on top made them awesome!
  13.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: Divorce procedures after green card was approved and received.
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  15. mam521
    LOL - this is low key hilarious...I love the way you worded it! Complete honesty!
  16.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Montreal Consulate EB-2 Interview Wait Time - Part 3
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  18. mam521
    @appleblossom total opinion question but do you think it makes sense to postpone the interview indefinitely or for @Emmajapan to interview and be in AP? It's a catch 22 IMO. If one interviews and passes, then it's really a long AP, but they are in the queue for a visa. I can only see this backlog getting worse as people from the 75 banned countries wait. If they are treated FIFO, that could be advantageous. I don't know if it perhaps makes sense to obtain Canadian citizenship and then interview. Even then, who knows...someone may have settled into life in Canada and see no need to come to the US. @Emmajapan and everyone else stuck in this ban, I'm sorry you're facing this. Immigration is challenging enough and moving the goal posts during the process just isn't very fair.
  19.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Montreal Consulate EB-2 Interview Wait Time - Part 3
  20. mam521
    @kannan19 Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=495589 Considering you say you have a greencard, then if it was a major deal, it likely would have come up with your greencard application. It was within the validity dates of your visa, it's just your I-94 wasn't and it's at least an explainable gap, based on passport expiration. Not saying it's acceptable, but I do think a lot of people miss this expiration or get a new passport and fail to head to a deferred inspection site to have their I-94 updated, so it's less scrutinized than completely overstaying an expired visa, for example. Regardless, you don't know until you try for citizenship and as I stated before, it's an explainable gap that you did work to rectify.
  21.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Passport Exipred -i94 Expired
  22. mam521
    I don't think it's going to matter, either. If you decide to acquire citizenship in the future, you'll use the account, so no harm, no foul.
  23.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: USCIS Requirement to notify change of address within 10 days of move
  24.    TBoneTX reacted to a post in a topic: Divorce procedures after green card was approved and received.
  25. mam521
    I forgot about that one...good call!
  26. mam521
    Only you have to change your address with USCIS because you are the immigrant. You can file the form online (encouraged) or you can mail a paper copy. https://www.uscis.gov/ar-11 How did you fill out your DS-260 when you went through consular processing? You should have created an online account then, no?
  27. mam521
    Big hugs. Definitely not the life you thought you were getting!
  28. mam521
    Is she a dual Bangladeshi Canadian? If so, I believe duals where one country is banned and the other is not can still proceed. The non-banned citizenship is essentially a hail Mary. If not, hold tight.
  29. mam521
    It might be difficult to get this done in time now, but you could have a titres test to see what vaccines you actually need. As for a local clinic, that will depend on where you are. Most pharmacies will do some vaccines as well.
  30. mam521
    Follow divorce laws in your state and divorce him. Looks like one of you has to leave and be living apart for a year, so I'd get working on that ASAP. Assuming your husband has a conditional, 2 year greencard, it's going to be up to him to provide what is required to remove conditions. So, either he has to be in a bonafide relationship or he can file to remove conditions with divorce waiver. If he chooses neither, he'll be put into removal proceedings.
  31. mam521
    The OP's stepchild is in the Philippines, which wasn't on Trump's banned list. I'm sorry that Thailand is...it makes things extremely challenging when all you want is to be together.
  32. mam521
    You've been very fortunate by the looks of things if your GC interview is in Feb. That's not very typical. As with anything immigration related, it's luck of the draw. Had your greencard interview taken significantly longer, your EAD likely would have been issued first. Since you can't predict the future, I'd vote money well spent. It's kinda like insurance...you pay into it for forever and hope you'll never need it but if you do, you have that reassurance.
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