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    Texas

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    Houston TX
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    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. mam521
    LOL - this is low key hilarious...I love the way you worded it! Complete honesty!
  2.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Montreal Consulate EB-2 Interview Wait Time - Part 3
  3.    appleblossom reacted to a post in a topic: Montreal Consulate EB-2 Interview Wait Time - Part 3
  4. 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.
  5.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Montreal Consulate EB-2 Interview Wait Time - Part 3
  6. 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.
  7.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Passport Exipred -i94 Expired
  8. mam521
    AP can take a long time. For what it's worth, at least you did your Artesh. Had you not and had just left, that would have been a potential strike against you because it is a lawful requirement in your birth country. The unfortunate reality is your Iranian heritage is holding you back. It sucks because you don't choose where you're born. So, sit tight. Fingers crossed things move relatively quickly and as @TBoneTX said, send a polite inquiry if there's no movement on your case. Good luck!
  9.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Made a huge mistake on my US visa DS-160. Now I'm stuck in "Refused" 221g limbo. What can I do?
  10.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Made a huge mistake on my US visa DS-160. Now I'm stuck in "Refused" 221g limbo. What can I do?
  11. 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.
  12.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: USCIS Requirement to notify change of address within 10 days of move
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  14.    TBoneTX reacted to a post in a topic: Divorce procedures after green card was approved and received.
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  16. mam521
    I forgot about that one...good call!
  17.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: USCIS Requirement to notify change of address within 10 days of move
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  19.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Montreal Consulate EB-2 Interview Wait Time - Part 3
  20. 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?
  21.    appleblossom reacted to a post in a topic: Divorce procedures after green card was approved and received.
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  24. mam521
    Big hugs. Definitely not the life you thought you were getting!
  25.    FolieADeux reacted to a post in a topic: Divorce procedures after green card was approved and received.
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  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.    Crazy Cat reacted to a post in a topic: Divorce procedures after green card was approved and received.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. mam521
    All application fees are available here: https://www.uscis.gov/g-1055 Choose the form you're filing. The I-130 is the first step; successive steps will have associated fees (DS-260, greencard fee). Make sure you read the guide posted by Dashinka.
  35. mam521
    @yuna628 stay safe while digging out of that white garbage! My mom has a neighbor who uses a bobcat to move the snow on their block, thank goodness. My mom lives on a crescent with an alleyway beside the house as well as behind, so thankfully the neighbors push the snow out of the side alley so mom can access her garage. I was chatting to her the other day and she said the city seems to clear the alleyways for the garbage men before they do the main roads...make that one make sense!!
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