mam521

Just for the sake of clarification, did you file an I-130 for each of your parents? Who's I-130 was approved? If you're a US citizen, it wouldn't be for you.

I could buy that if you had to send the originals with the applications. Typically, you don't. You bring them to the interview for verification.

I dunno...I suppose I'm looking for clarity here. A quick google search shows immigration lawyers are saying there is no longer an expiration date. This is the news release: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-announces-new-guidance-on-form-i-693-validity-period

Is there a reason you have to petition her and not your sister?

It was recently brought up on a different thread that the I-693 has had it's expiration extended from 6mo to 2yr. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20240404-I-693Validity.pdf For medicals received prior to an interview, I'm assuming the visa will be issued with an expiration for 6 months from the interview date. I don't believe it has changed for medicals received after the interview.

90 Day Happily Ever After I just want to say that Nicole is coming across as really unfair. Yeah, I get it, she couldn't hack it in Egypt. Yeah, Mahmoud needs to acclimate in America, but it doesn't happen over night. It's almost like she's doing things like drinking just to rub it in his face and get a reaction. She accuses him of being selfish and self centered - sweetheart, it would seem it takes one to know one! I dunno how this train has managed to mostly stay on the track this long! Sophie and Rob...that girl needs to stop with the plastic surgery and gain some confidence! I see Insta pictures of her and she looks like a Japanese segs doll. She's blaming Rob for everything when she's move on but doesn't want to own it and set them both free. They never should have gotten married in the first place. Jasmine had the most honest, non-explosive, non-confrontational conversation I think I've ever seen when she told Gino that she's not in the right headspace to have a baby. I think it's the only time she's actually been logical and reasonable. Like, ever. And the only time she's admitted she's not in a good place. Thoughts on Kobe and Emily and the whole bride price thing?

You cannot schedule your medical until you've received your interview letter. However, in preparation, you can either find your vaccine records and verify you have all required vaccines or have a titres test done to find out which diseases you're immune to and have boosters administered for the ones you're missing. It's typically cheaper NOT to have to have vaccines administered at your immigration medical.

I think the SSA record is king here. That's the one that you're told to update first which will provide any cross verification of records for names and status.

I'd guess a social would work fine with proof of residency. Nothing stopping her from taking the GC with marriage license, too. Many DMV's are doing SAVE verifications anyway these days.

Also, many people wait until they file for citizenship so they aren't stuck paying additional I-90 fees, if she's interested in citizenship.

Yes. Anyone over the age of 14 it seems it is.

Remember, there’s a residency component and a physical presence component. If you were gone for 3 months, you weren’t physically present. Just wait the 3 months and no one even questions it. You’re so close to the end, why risk it?

Glad to hear you guys came through that one unscathed! We did too. My friend and boss, not so much. He and his family live in The Heights and had a fair bit of damage. Pine trees downed on the neighbor’s car. Other neighbor’s pecan tree through the fence into their yard and no power for who knows how long. The silver lining is at least the trees didn’t smash into the house. The convoys of linemen and picker trucks have been fairly steady, so that’s at least something positive. I spoke to my brother who’s an industrial electrician, curious about how long it takes to put the new transmission pylons in place since so many were damaged. He said good crews who work together can probably get 2 to 3 of them up in a day. I was honestly impressed. Hopefully that’s true because that transmission line that came down on 290 is apparently responsible for energizing around 100,000 homes. Interestingly, the kids had their Oath ceremony scheduled for today and despite there having been a bunch of power outages around Gears Rd, USCIS was open and the ceremony went on as planned. It was a majority kids ceremony, which was kind of cool. We’re doing a little victory dance because we’re FINALLY finished dealing with USCIS!

Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=455743 What is CGFNS?

Kids had their oath ceremony today. It would appear that Houston will do ceremonies that group under 18’s together, which was what happened today. The bulk of the group were kids with a handful or so of outliers. Pretty typical Gears Road ceremony. Enter the building, go through security. Check in with the agent, show the invite letter, be assigned a table number. Sit, and wait. Watch the room fill. They then called the kids by assigned table numbers where their certificates would be picked up and sat them in order. Once the tables were in and seated, parents filed to the back of the room. Everyone stood for the oath, with those taking it raising their right hand. After they agreed to the oath, they were called to their assigned table to sign the necessary paperwork and received their certificate. Kid2 turned 14 last week, so we let the agent know upon arrival and check in. Normally, they would have had Kid2 see an agent to pick up the certificate due to the under 14 thing. Since that changed from the ceremony invite to the actual ceremony, Kid2 was required to participate in the oath, so the agent had to pull the certificate and add it to a “secondary” pile. Kid2 wasn’t alone. There were 2 or 3 other kids who’d “aged up” in that letter to oath timeframe. Of note, only one parent per child allowed in. If you only have one child, only one parent will be allowed in. The security person was very pleasant and just paired a kid with each of us and sent us on our way. Celebratory lunch followed. NO MORE USCIS REQUIRED!!!

I think the bulk of what you want to know is here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/fact-sheets/DO_FactSheet_NatzForVAWALawfulPermResidents_V3_508.pdf

There's more than one location that does oath ceremonies in Houston and they happen more frequently than once a month.

Take a deep breath...nothing about immigration is fast. You still have some steps here before you get to the interview. Ask your practitioner to do a Titres test. This will give indication of any of the diseases you show immunity for. After that, you can head to the travel clinic and get anything that is missing. I believe you stated you lived in the UK previously. Was it after the age of 16 and was it for more than 6mo? If so, you will need a CRC from the UK. You can schedule your RCMP CRC with a third party like the Commissionares. The RCMP do not offer this service directly. You still need to get your DS-260 approved before the rest happens. You will need an address history from the time you were 16, so I highly recommend creating a spreadsheet now with this information before you begin filling it out. The CEAC website is dreadful. Being able to copy and paste in lessens the pain ever so slightly.

Which consulate are you dealing with? You should fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=471560

No worries. It's a bit strange because the US is the only country that does this and it's not everywhere. The nice thing is that K1 is activated in Dublin, so when you get on that plane, your journey begins. When you land in Cleveland, you just grab your bags and go...no clearing Customs.

Do you know if your bags will be checked all the way through? If so, that should be fine.

You will likely preclear in Dublin. What's your connection time?

Usually it's pretty fast and painless! Good luck and best wishes!

You should be ok with the London Consulate. If it were Montreal, nope, entirely different story. Lots of moving parts when it comes to immigration! Do you have a joint sponsor in the US?

Have you filed US income taxes and did you file I-130's for the kids?