TBoneTX

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This is the continuation thread for https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/504817-all-f2b-updates-in-this-thread/ which was closed because of its large size. --- Please be sure to carry actively ongoing issues into this thread. Good luck to all who are waiting!

This is the continuation thread for https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/637938-form-ds-5535-supplemental-questions-for-visa-applicants/ which has been closed because of its large size. ------- Personal note: I'm finished with this infernal immigration process, but I remember the trauma of it clearly. I sincerely hope for rapid progress in your case. Even if I don't respond openly, I cheer loudly at each announcement of success.

This is the continuation thread for the original thread, which had to be closed because of size: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/164128-any-dutchamerican-couples/

People here often post questions about flying domestically when they're at various beginning stages of the immigration process. Answers vary from "carry your complete current documentation with you" to "you will have no problems." Customs & Border Protection agents sometimes hang out at the TSA airport checkpoints. In August 2015, I flew out of a border-area airport in south Texas and took the opportunity to query the CBP agents at the TSA checkpoint. T-B.: When you hang out at the TSA checkpoints, are you checking that foreign travelers are in status? CBP: Exactly. T-B.: For example, what if a K-1 entrant's I-94 is expired? CBP: We have all kinds of ways of checking their status. T-B.: Would it help if they have their marriage certificate with them? CBP: Absolutely. T-B.: If they've applied for AOS and have their I-797 or at least a copy of their cover-letter for their I-485, does it help? CBP: Absolutely anything that they can provide will help a lot, and will speed things up. T-B.: Why are you at some airports and not others? CBP: We're at border airports and others that are ports of entry. We're not at all of them. T-B.: But it still makes sense for legal immigrants to carry their current documentation? CBP: Absolutely. It helps them and it helps us. It speeds things up a lot. T-B.: I'll pass this along. Thank you. This confirms that it makes sense to carry your most recent documentation with you until you have your green card. I first had Mrs. T-B. carry her marriage certificate (MC) and passport with valid I-94. Then, she carried her MC, passport, and copy of her cover-letter for AOS/EAD/AP. Then, she carried her MC, passport, and her NOA1 (I-797) for AOS. Then, she carried her MC, passport, and AP. Then, she carried her first green card (= the law). Then, she carried that green card and her cover-letter for ROC. Then, she carried that green card and her NOA1 for ROC. Then, she carried her 10-year green card until she became a naturalized citizen (= the law). These documents came in handy at various stages, including at a Texas/Mexico land-crossing POE, a couple of airports, and especially inland CBP checkpoints while driving. At these last, the CBP agents are typically in poor humor and are looking to nail someone. For example, if you're not carrying your green card, they'll detain you for as long as it takes to verify that you're who you say you are. The above is presented in hopes that it will help others.

This is the continuation thread for Part II, which has been closed because of its size.

Background: We mailed Mrs. T-B.'s N-400 (citizenship) to USCIS last week. I printed the 100 interview questions that USCIS can ask, wrote the answers, and gave them to Mrs. T-B. to study. She stated that she had "looked" at them "a little" during the last couple of days, between Facebook activity and chasing after young Mini-Bone. As I tucked her into bed tonight (she has resigned herself to my late-night VJ-ing), the conversation went as follows: Mrs. T-B.: I was looking on-line for "how to remodel your kitchen without money." T-B.: Shouldn't you have been looking for "how to pass my citizenship test without studying?" Mrs. T-B. [brightly]: I looked at the answers! Ask me some of the questions! T-B.: OK... uh, "Who was the Father of our Country?" Mrs. T-B.: Abraham Lincoln?' T-B.: No, man. Mrs. T-B.: Donald... Ronald Reagan? T-B.: Good guy, but no, man. Mrs. T-B.: Barack 0bama? T-B.: [censored] [silence] T-B.: Here's a hint: Jorge... Mrs. T-B.: Jorge Washington! George Washington! He or someone else is on the $5... the $1 bill, right?" T-B. [invisibly rolling eyes]: Uh, si man. Mrs. T-B. [undeterred]: Ask me another! T-B.: OK... uh, "What is one thing that Benjamin Franklin is known for?" Mrs. T-B.: Oh, I saw this one! He was hit by... hit by... [makes vertical zigzag motion with hand] T-B. [helpfully]: That thing that happens before thunder? Mrs. T-B.: Si -- that's it! But I can't remember the word in English. T-B.: Lightning? Mrs. T-B.: That's it! He was hit by lightning! T-B.: What was he doing when he was hit by the lightning? Mrs. T-B. [blankly]: Uh, mmmm... sitting in his back yard, drinking beer. T-B.: No, no no... uh, si, man; we'll talk about this one later. Mrs. T-B.: I know how I can study! You put the answers on an MP3, and in three days, I'll know all of them. T-B.: All of them? Mrs. T-B. [mischievously]: Si, and you can motivate me by paying me $10 for all of them that I miss. T-B.: You're not going to sneak that one by me, no man. Mrs. T-B. [flashing big brown puppy-dog eyes]: OK -- you can ask me more of the questions tomorrow, and sometimes husbands make financial arrangements so that wives can remodel their kitchen. T-B. [to self]: