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ICE will have a field day with picking up people they are tracking on SmartLink app. ‘Unlike the border crossers that snuck in and went under the radar, those who waited for their CBP ONE appointments and got processed at entry are sitting ducks…once sweeps are deployed. Am not seeing any easily accessible media coverage of coalition -non profits stepping up. Those without good attorneys are easy pickings …especially as ALL now targeted.

Here’s some fresh resource for you..though as saying goes beware of Wolf in Sheep’s Wool or pizza delivery 😂 https://laist.com/news/politics/immigration-california-students-know-your-rights Worried about ICE agents entering your community? Advocates say: ‘Know your rights’ …. If your door is open, that doesn’t give agents the right to enter. “It is still a private place,” Castañeda added, “but, unfortunately, it could be that they let themselves in, and it will be more difficult for people to assert their rights. ... We’ve heard of many instances where, if someone just slightly opens the door, they push it open and go in. And this is not right, as they need your permission or a judicial search warrant to be able to enter.” Graybill also warned that ICE agents “have been known to use ruses.” In New Mexico, she said, agents pretended to be delivering pizza to get one family to open the door.

When Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents go to homes and the community to arrest non-citizens, it’s common for them to lie about who they are and what they want from the individuals they encounter. The lies are called “ruses.” What is a ruse? ICE does not only use ruses pretending to be local police. They also use ruses pretending to be potential employers, or even private businesses. They may drive what looks like a delivery van, wear a fake uniform, or carry ladders, clipboards, and other props. They may intentionally be vague about who they are. Ruses are not only an in-person tactic. ICE agents also use phone ruses as a way to locate their target. Through conducting their surveillance, ICE agents may obtain the phone number of the person they have targeted but not know where to physically find them. Ruses that ICE has used over the phone include pretending: to be local police and asking you to answer a few questions for them to be local police asking you to meet them because you are the suspect in a criminal case they found your lost ID and need to arrange a time and place for you to pick it up to be calling from a local District Attorney office wanting to arrange a time and place to meet you to call from a local court confirming an upcoming court date or asking for your updated contact information https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/ice-ruses/#8-what-kinds-of-ruses-does-ice-use

Contact your congressman and ask for help. The Consulate must accept assets as you have described. Under no circumstances withdraw from retirement to simulate income, it won’t help . Stick to your guns, you will win this…and take over communication/follow up from you wife..YOU email /call consulate

IPTP Will Track Trump 2.0 reports: "In anticipation of next week, I wanted to share that the Immigration Policy Tracking Project (IPTP) website is updated for Trump 2.0. Beginning Monday, all new federal immigration policies and underlying source documents will be summarized and posted in a searchable 2.0 database that can filter by topic, agency, type of action, 1.0/2.0, and other categories. The Tracker will also continue to update the status of all Trump 1.0 immigration policies. As many of you know, IPTP is a collaborative project I started in 2017 to track Trump 1.0 policies with Stanford and Yale law students and the support of key experts who review every entry before posting. Sadly, it is necessary again. Feedback to help keep entries complete and accurate is very welcome. Each policy entry also has the capacity to link to external commentary and to significant litigation developments. Please send any information or suggestions to iptp.feedback@gmail.com Thank you to so many students and colleagues who have contributed to this effort over many years!" [More info here.] https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/insights/legal/immigration/b/outsidenews/posts/iptp-will-track-trump-2-0

FOIA will only show forms/docs submitted. For peace of mind she can run her own FBI prints ( cheap , fast and easily available). That will show No Arrest Record and she can rest easy. If there was only an incident report and no one got arrested , it will not pop up anywhere . She should not offer any details to USCIS at any time. …even if it was a bit of Jerry Springer action 😂

If she leaves, she won’t be allowed back. Put in for expedite of advance parole TODAY. She can draft a simple Letter as sample and email it to the attending physician requesting he write something ( on letterhead) and email it back. Even in Colombia …everything is faster when $100 accompanies the request and I am sure she has relatives/friends that could make sure the little gift reaches the doctor.

I doubt they will deny straight forward w 204 (c)…more likely the vague “ not enough bona fides “. ‘No matter, you must move battle field to court, and fight. You will have better chances and a skilled attorney makes all the difference.

@mindthegap any update on the NTA …did they issue?

CLINIC advisory on 204(c) just put out Jan , 2025 https://www.cliniclegal.org/resources/family-based-immigration-law/spousal-petitions/practice-advisory-sham-marriages-and

Good plan to get a few in depth consultations with other immigration attorneys that specialize in removal defense…so they have loads of experience with court. They may charge a bit for consult, but you want to insist they look over your NOID, your response and ask how they envision a potential defense . I assume the NOID picked apart quite a few of the initial evidence, though it seems like your current attorney was pretty thorough. Nonetheless, a second pair of eyes will help. Keep living your life , marriage , job and school without allowing fear or doomsday gloom to bring you down. Put the $5K WOM into a reserve for future defense. If you are good with paperwork, you can DIY the WOM for filing fee only ( under $500) @igoyougoduke has a thread on the DIY

I realize you’re getting lots of input , allow me clarify my response/position . Considering you are a bit nervous about that NOID , your best course of action is to clearly understand AND be on board with your attorney’s strategy. What is that ? Is he advising you to wait for denial BEFORE filing I-130 ? ‘Is attorney telling you to file only I-130 , not I-485 and “wait for NTA” ? Are you already married? I don’t think it’s prudent to wait or delay either marriage or new I-130 and try to juggle timing . Your new marriage will neither hurt nor help pending I-751 ….they are going to start churning out NTA s pretty fast after denials….BUT could sit on your NOID another year. Besides you don’t want to marry in proceedings or give them another reason to call flag on your play. As for how you would get stamp…you will have to wait and see changes. Perhaps you will simply call, as you have done or they come up with other protocols, like going in person w infopass . I keep referencing @mindthegap , read through his posts to draw strength. He has obtained about 10-15 stamps over the approximate 10 year ONGOING BATTLE.

First let me say your post and relevant links are excellent. Still can’t figure out how all the others forget the legendary @mindthegap resource rich posts on the subject 😂. OP has good advice from his attorney, and can file the I-130 now without issue, even without waiting for the denial. Personally I think, doing so will accelerate a decision on the I-751. Once he gets denial of I-751 , he can file the new spouse I-485… Will he be able to get a stamp after denial, whether he goes to EOIR or attempts to readjust , FOR SURE. BUT….usually behind an innocuous “ not enough bonafides” , hides an implied adversarial position : they suspect fraud and will skewer with the new adjustment I say, take the bull by the horn , if denied pray for an NTA and see if you have better luck ( OR A great attorney) convincing te IJ marriage was real and/or USCiS can’t meet it’s burden.

That little detail is important 😂…in that case FIL has 2 dependents on his taxes now ( your wife and her sister) so no matter how you slice it their current household is 3 plus 1 (you) and has to add up to 4. So item 7 will be 2 and total 4 You can add clarification on last page of I-864 and I-864A As a heads up, they get confused themselves very often and RFE. You just stand ready to do both scenarios . . FIL does I-864 A

Here’s complete information from DHS As a Canadian, you have special consideration. Your child won’t need an F-1 , just needs to have an I-20 from chosen school at time of entry…sho she will be admitted as student YOUR GUIDE TO STUDYING IN THE STAT https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/guide/f-1/f-1-kindergarten-through-grade-12 F-1 Kindergarten through Grade 12 As an F-1 student, you may only attend a public high school in the United States and may not attend a U.S. public school in kindergarten through eighth grade. If you attend public high school, you may only do so for a maximum of 12 months and must pay the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of attending in the school district. Payment of this fee must occur before you can apply for your visa. However, F-1 students may attend private K-12 schools at any grade level and regulations place no limit on the length of time you may be enrolled. For more information, please visit the K-12 Students page. Apply to an SEVP-Certified School Only schools certified by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) can accept international students, and SEVP only certifies certain types of K-12 schools: Private K-12 schools, at all grade levels. Public high schools (grade nine–grade 12). This means that public primary schools (i.e., kindergarten to grade eight) are not allowed to accept F-1 students. Use the Study in the States School Search page to make sure the school you are interested in attending is SEVP certified. Using the page, you can search by school name, location, education or visa type. Once you find the right school for you, follow the school’s instructions to apply. Receive Your Form I-20 Once accepted into an SEVP-certified school, you will receive a Form I-20, “Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status,” from your designated school official (DSO). DSOs work at SEVP-certified schools and are there to help you understand and follow the rules for studying in the United States. It is important

No. Petitioner/Sponsor completes I-864 . HOUSEHOLD size 2 ( wife and you) This is your wife ( currently NOT earning …so it’s no use “combining “ hers with FIL. Joint Sponsor completes I-864 . HOUSEHOLD size 3 ( FIL, his other child aka your SIL and you) ‘Its ok they all live under one roof , each files taxes separately

You misinterpreted my “laugh”, as Montreal is dreadfully non responsive and ‘’tough” in a by the book rigid way. You have a very good attorney who spelled out for you in clear terms that consulate may not respond, laid out a tight schedule for him to try a couple of times, seek and advisory opinion and prepared you to accept the I-601 may be inevitable.

My sincere apologies…it seems there is a genre here and names are never used … Oh I feel silly , especially as I recall all the juicy Enquirer stories I tried speed reading in the grocery lines throughout the years , featuring A Woman or A Florida Man 😂

Man Admits to Telling Woman He Drank Poison, Would Die Without Sex A New Zealand man admitted in court Friday that he lied about being forced to drink a poison in order to coerce a woman into having sex. New Zealand man admitted in court Friday that he lied about being forced to drink a poison in order to coerce a woman into having sex. The man's coercive behavior successfully convinced a woman that she had to have sexual intercourse with him, or he would die. A 24-year-old man on the country's North Island pleaded guilty in Rotorua District Court Friday to a charge of sexual connection induced by threat as well as an assault charge, The New Zealand Herald reported. Police said the man concocted a tale in which he was beaten up and forced to drink poison; the only remedy to rid himself of the alleged deadly toxin was a "particular way" of sweating out the chemicals. After successfully convincing the woman to have sex with him the first time, he allegedly put together an elaborate and threatening to scheme to continue coercing her. Court documents obtained by The New Zealand Herald allege that the man went to the female acquaintance's home, "red-faced and bent over, holding his ribs," and informed her he'd been physically assaulted and forced to drink a vial of toxic chemicals. He also claimed the man who gave him the poison told him there was no antidote and that he'd already flown out of the country. https://www.newsweek.com/poison-new-zealand-sex-rotorua-gaslighting-male-assaults-female-toxins-drank-860990

The odd bit about the article is that all the protagonists are nameless …and details as scarce as some VJ posts I come across.😂 Ex: A Woman , An Influencer /partner , A Melbourne judge..and reporter won’t even tell us what country bride and groom are from , although we know Bride had a pending immigration case. ..

It means you Win. Biometrics will NOT be rescheduled , your case will proceed on its merry way and you have nothing to worry about…no need to call them

Aye ! aye!…some subject matter seems to have drifted here, so took a moment to clear up our wildfire position: We Are Not Amused. As for Putin , reading through the AI chat ( instead of a stiff lipped official) translated subtitles was a good excercise to see change to the digital landscape in action. There are a few gems there, one being when he points out that for all the economic stressors and complaints....the Russian citizen has doubled their consumption of meat and milk..😂