MarJhi

Enemy or not, if they deserve to be investigated, I'm all for it.

Some would say that pushback by some Republicans means he is the right man for the job. Those pushing back are the problem in the Republican party.

Here is what should happen. Close the border to anyone not doing the process that those of us on this site have done. If someone is here illegally, no matter how long they have been here illegally, they need to apply to get in and get in the back of the line (No special consideration for those who came here the wrong way).

The great myth is that those illegals do the work Americans won't do. The truth is as you said, those illegals undercut the wages and they will do those jobs cheaper than an American is willing to do. If those doing those jobs were to leave, businesses who need workers will be forced to pay competitive wages. I thought the left was all about higher wages.

There isn't a single illegal alien unemployed in your state? Not a single one attending school on the taxpayers dime? Not a single illegal getting an education for free? Nobody illegal getting free Healthcare, housing or groceries? We have too many people in this country who struggle, we need to take care of those people first. There is NO reason why anyone should have an easier time getting into this country than those of us on this site who have spent years and money doing things the right way. Go through the process like good, honest people have done or return to your country and get in line like so many of us have done with our loved ones.

Sending people to their home countries to do it the right way is a lot cheaper than taking care of those same people for an indefinite amount of time in the US. Someone has to pay for the housing, education, medical care etc. The American people have to pay for that. I happily and voluntarily chose to financially support my wife through a legal process where she was vetted. I did NOT consent to my taxpayer dollars go to financially support 11 million illegals. Notice how anyone who supports illegal immigration never wants to volunteer to have random illegal aliens living in their household. If they want illegals in their home with their family, let ME choose who lives with them.

Took my wife and I 23 months to get the K1 done under Joe Biden. If you look at wait times under Trump it was less than half that time. I think Biden's focus was on helping illegals, not those of us who went about it the right way.

Was the last conviction that resulted in a lifetime ban the "indecent sexual connection with a person under 16" you mentioned in a previous thread? To be honest I can understand why any country (not just the US) would want to take on that risk. All of the rehabilitation in the world isn't going to matter much to any country when they want to protect their children. Regardless of his background of being abused himself as a minor, I don't see any path forward.

Yes, efficiency is great.

Cool, Just stating my experience and that's that. Small packet, no issues, no RFE's, no problems . And in any line of work I have been in, when employees are running towards the end of the work day they will pick a smaller workload over tackling a larger workload every time. But unless we are in the room where the processing is being done we will never actually know😁

Not to sound judgemental but WOW, that is a huge packet. We used an attorney and although I didn't count the pages, it couldn't have been more than 40 or 50 pages at most. I would imagine whoever is doing the processing and they see a small packet versus a 700 or 800 behemoth, they will probably put off the big packet.

How about subscribing to news/opinion channels on Youtube? My wife never had any issues watching news and/opinion channels on Youtube when she was still there. I had to let her know there was something out there that was different from the curated content they were seeing on Facebook, which is where many in the Philippines get their news. I was amazed out how one sided the news channels were at the hotels I stayed in but should not have been since it was mostly CNN Asia. Best piece of advice, make sure she gets a balanced diet from both sides so she knows that "news" is really just opinions of the management of the various sources in most cases these days. She needs to figure out who is being honest and who is trying to manipulate her with their "reporting" so she can decide who is full of it, so to speak.

Yeah you probably should have jumped on that Social Security card a lot quicker. We went down to the local SocSec office within the first week of my wife's arrival at the end of May last year. Just dedicate a full day and go down to your local office and get stuff done!

Amendment to my prior post. 6 months to me is whatever the same date of the month is 6 months from now....UNLESS it is specified that it is 180 days. A 90 day requirement to get married once arriving in the US is not a 3 month requirement, it is exactly what the government specifies it is (90 days only). Regardless, just get things done correctly ASAP and forget about the semantics

In my opinion, 6 months is the exact same date 6 months from now regardless of the length of the months. So, 6 months from June 15th, 2024, would be December 15th, 2024

HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO Is anybody out there? Darn those geomagnetic storms.

If she is abusive as you say then I think you need to first and foremost get away from her. You don't want it to escalate into physical abuse (if it hasn't already) so you just need to get away from her and deal with the financial consequences later.

At this point you are still several months away, more so if you decide to slow walk the process by scheduling interviews and medical appointments as late as possible without things expiring. Just remember, so many people were so close to being with their loved one and BAM!!!, the covid mumbo jumbo happened and they were stuck in limbo for a couple of years. Crazy things can cause delays, especially considering we are in an election year, just about the same time when all the silliness happened last time. Whatever your extenuating circumstances are, I would bet you can overcome them rather than experience the delays that happened for many of us a few years ago.

No fasting required. Use this time to gather any vaccination records she may have or get hold of. Any required vaccines she does not have a record of will be given on day 2 of her medical.

For what it's worth, last year in the Philippines my wife was not asked for pay stubs at her interview. However she did have in her possession my most recent tax return but was not asked to show it. We had her bring a collapsible file folder with everything available at her fingertips just in case an unexpected request came up. The only thing they asked for was visa photos versus passport style photos. Which she had 2 extra sets of each on hand. Visa size is slightly different than passport size and they wanted 4 of them. Just take an extra copy of everything you have just in case. It doesn't cost that much to bring extra copies and can save a lot of headaches if by chance they ask for something at the interview.

It has been my experience that nearly all business ventures started by Filipinos lead to very small profits, which they are okay with or at least that is their expectation. Anything NOT losing money is seen as a gain, you are thinking with an American mindset.

Consider yourself lucky. Due to the covid nonsense and the travel restrictions involved my fiancé (now wife) and I didn't see each other in person for 3 years. Problems are never as big as they seem, it will all work out in the end.

Yeah my wife did not have a flu shot in the Philippines and got to the US just fine last summer without it. She got an RFE for her AOS a couple of months ago and it was for her to have a flu shot. Once she got the flu shot her AOS was approved and she received her green card a month or so later.

I would suggest the best thing you can do for now is to gather ANY medical/vaccination records as you can if that information is available to you. I know some areas of the Philippines that medical recordkeeping is not the best, but maybe you will get lucky. The remote area my wife grew up in had no records available. My wife had to get a couple of vaccinations on her medical at St. Lukes that she had no evidence of, however she had the vaccine scar on her arm from childhood vaccinations and they let her slide on those. She had paperwork for her 2 doses of the covid vaccine (Sinovac) so that was a non-issue. By the way, don't just collect any medical records available, try to gather school/employment records or anything else you can think of while still in the Philippines. You never know what you might need once you are in the US.

I would take their advice, take your money and get out now.