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It is Sunday -- time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== VACUUM SALE An old lady answered a knock on her door from a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. "Good morning!" said the young man. "If I may take a moment of your time, I'd like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners." "Go away!" said the old lady. "I'm broke and have no money!" She proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration!" He then emptied a bucket of horse poop onto her hallway carpet. "Now, if this vacuum cleaner fails to remove all traces of this horse poop from your carpet, Ma'am, I will personally eat the remainder." The old lady stepped back and said, "Let me get you a fork. They cut off my electricity this morning."

Fire the lawyer. Call your U.S. Congressman's D.C. office and speak with the Immigration Liaison. That office will have you fill out a brief authorization form to enable their staff to intervene with USCIS on your behalf. Let us know how it goes.

Trump Terminates Protected Status for Yemeni Migrants After Scoring Major Court Victory The Trump administration has moved to end Temporary Protected Status for Yemen just days after a major court victory allowing the Department of Homeland Security to strip the designation from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal. Around 3,000 Yemeni migrants are currently in the United States under the TPS designation, making them eligible for deportation after the status expires in 60 days. The Trump administration's decision will almost certainly face a legal challenge, as numerous lifts of the designation have been brought to court. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/13/trump-terminates-protected-status-for-yemen-after-major-court-victory-n2671291

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Getting Mini-B. to Debait tournament was timely and uneventful, good start man. The 2 ESs were in the same city but a different ZIP Code, normally OK man. That same ZIP Code was deceptive, quite a winding distance between the ESs man. Regardless, we were very pleased with each ES, major steals of usable items* man. *in answer to previous queries, we typically look for consumable/edible items, no space consumed man Breakfast/lunch was at a BK** near the second ES, ingest we man. **WUOC, F$WM Returned to casa for Siesta #1, zzz we man. Shortly after Siesta #1, Mama T-B. called, silent senior she man for 1 day + half a day man. Still no resolution of hospice service, no man. She's not getting the services promised, no man. She can barely get any noosering-casa people to help her with simple mundane things, no man. She was in inconsolable tears at feeling abandoned and being unable to die, sigh man. She trip-guilted us about our March trip, "I wouldn't abandon you, no man!", sigh man. We deflected her somewhat by talking about Mini-B., always up-perks senior she man man. Shortly after this call, Mini-B. called, not even Many p.m. man. The Debait tournament was cut to 2 rounds, free-to-leave right then wee man man. We set forth for descendant-retrieval, heavy Saturday traffic + rain man. It took us over an hour to reach him, and frazzled we man. Mini-B. had just consumed his second PB&J lunch sandwich, ingest wee man. He wasn't that hungry, no man. Neither were we, BK quite filling man. Nevertheless, we went to nearby 'za emporium that we had pre-researched, research we man. This 'za place made create-one's-own artisanal 'zas plus some on their menu, let's try it man. Mini-B. consented to a 'roni + hamburger + Canadian bacon 'za, consent wee man man. It was smaller than our usual 'za purchases but a bit thicker, same ultimate price man. It was just about the best 'za that either of us had consumed, agree Two Guys man. We consumed all of it with ease, ingest Two Guys man. We left feeling very well pleased, good choice man. The T-B.-mobile commute was more bearable than any of the Many previous, conclude we man. Mini-B. was out of phone battery, boon for actual conversation man. Mini-B. criticized our driving while using a hilarious (and good) foreign accent, funny wee man man. We reached the casa just before Many (2+2+2) p.m., made it man. We had T-B.-mobiled for well over Many00 miles, quite a day man. At half-past Many (2+2+2) p.m., the mother of all monsoons began for half an hour, wow man. Miu was scared away from front door when hail briefly hit it, all hail to scared miu man. Mini-B. retired to jawbone with (we presume) a girlfriend, hopefully a rubia man. We retired for Siesta #2, re-zzz for over a blessed hour we man. We awoke from Siesta #2 and Mini-B. was still jawboning with presumed girlfriend, hopefully a rubia man. No party with the (our) rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No Sunday plans but for LLs, conquer we man. It was not a bad day, conclude we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

This is a great relief for you. And thanks for returning with the happy update.

Wondering if this one belongs in the U.S. Immigration News forum more so than here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chinese Criminal Org Recruited U.S. Military for Marriage Fraud The Homeland Security Task Force (HSI) in Jacksonville is targeting a Chinese transnational criminal organization that was recruiting American military members to help them commit marriage fraud and ensure Chinese nationals access to military bases and U.S. residency. This scheme represents not only crime, but a serious national security threat. There were U.S. military members willing to compromise military installations' security in order to obtain Chinese money, and who knows why those particular Chinese nationals wanted access to bases? And are there multiple transnational organizations with similar schemes? ICE announced the three-count indictment of eleven people from the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida in a Feb. 11 press release. The charges are marriage fraud conspiracy, marriage fraud, and bribery conspiracy. [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/14/chinese-criminal-org-recruited-us-military-for-marriage-fraud-n4949507

Well, some CBP agents are in a foul mood and are looking to nail someone. Others are quietly efficient. Still others can be jovial. The general advice is not to offer anything beyond what's asked; avoid opening cans of worms. Waiting for others here to weigh in on this long holiday weekend.

Both, please. We're interested.

Again, if such a letter is wise at all, wait, as you've suggested. I'm thinking that a letter would be valuable in your absence and unnecessary in your presence. I defer to others who'll respond. Things are slower here on the weekends.

These are good. I recommend that you shop for a lawyer who can draft wills, medical & financial powers of attorney, and similar estate documents. These make superlative evidence for AOS, Removing Conditions, or both, and they're even more crucial to have in "life." Remember that if you've moved from one U.S. state to another, your will may need to be redone. Check to see whether your home state has official templates of these documents online.

People like that simply don't belong here. They have truly alien standards and can never possibly assimilate.

The OP hasn't logged on to VJ since October 2024, which portends poorly for a reply. However, he's following the thread, so if he gets a notice about it, maybe he'll respond.

I suggest e-mailing the consulate with your question. Put your wife's A# in the Subject line. If you do this, let us know what they say.

Thanks for the update -- it keeps us from wondering what the outcome was. Others will comment on the wisdom of producing such a letter. If others endorse this (or, if it's vague or you produce one regardless), I'd recommend that it be in the form of a sworn affidavit in front of a notary public. Be sure to include your complete contact information if your people present this to CBP in your absence.

Congratulations!