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thakattack, if you have further questions about your case, please be encouraged to start your own thread in the "AOS from K Visas" Process forum. We're absolutely happy to help you, but let's keep the current thread focused on the Policy Memo, please.

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Breakfast for us was the remaining half-of-half of the sugar-free cherry pie, ingest we man. Rousted Mini-B.'s carcass to visit Mama T-B., visit Two Guys senior she man man. Purposes of visit achieved without more than a smidgen of yelling, relief man. Mini-B. showed Mama T-B. fotos of his son the mini-miu, cute and orange mini-miu man. Mama T-B. sent us off with Many (2+1) baggies of leftover lunches, generous senior she man man. Lunch for us and breakfast/lunch for Mini-B. was from BK*, ingest Two Guys man. *bought WUOCs, F$WM Completed Mini-B.'s LL, greatly eased by Saturday eve's LL of his jeans man. Managed to recruit Mini-B. to change the beds, so much easier with 2 people man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. showed up a bit early to retrieve Mini-B., end of Two Guys week man. Mini-B. & we agreed that it was a great Two Guys week, si Two Guys man man. Din-din was a chicken tender, half a chicken salad sandwich, and soggy cheaps from Mama T-B., ingest we man. We watched AFV and mowed front lawn, no rain at all today surprisingly man. One sweatband was consumed, perspirational we man. The Many'rd/final LL, including mow-lawning duds, is warshering, domestic we man. We dished and must de-dish the warsher, domestic we man. No siesta was taken, work-before-zzz we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Monday is half-price day at favorite large thrift shop, dodge Many,000 Mexicanas there we man. We shall also procure some r'b'r at Dollar General, sale on it man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

I echo Edward's interpretation, which is expressed very well. The K-1 is a hybrid visa -- "a strange animal," as a retired CO once told me, "a nonimmigrant visa with immigrant intent." K-1 entrants are stuck in the U.S. until they receive at least Advance Parole. Settle your fears. Oh -- and his visa was "dead on arrival" at port of entry. You're fine, because you submitted the AOS papers in ample time.

Mama T-B., as Many00% predicted, took ONE of her Rx'd Tramadol and rejected taking more, man. We refuse to take anything other than Rx'd Tylenol Many, no narcotics here man. Chicas, even rubias, don't have a clue about a Guys's show, no man. Mini-B. & we eagerly & distinctly plan to watch every TV episode, Two Guys show man. Cheetahs don't live in the jungle, man. --- How many Central Chimpanzees will laugh at one of Bro G's dumb jokes, huh man? None, because we're all FAR too intelligent to do so, so there man.

Agreed. The Ds vote for the ridiculous candidates regardless, as long as a (D) follows their name.

His political bias comes through, as does the predictable beefing about the inconvenience to his clients. Would sure like to see more opinions about the policy memo.

Sunday! Time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE ULTIMATE CURE A pharmacist returned to his pharmacy after lunch. As he approached, he saw a man outside the pharmacy clutching onto a pole for dear life, barely breathing, not moving, not twitching a muscle -- just standing there, frozen. The pharmacist asked his assistant, "What's the matter with that guy? Wasn't he in here earlier?" "Yes, he was," replied the assistant. "He had the most terrible cough and none of my prescriptions seemed to help." "Well, he seems to be fine now." "Sure he does. I gave him a box of laxatives. Now he won't DARE cough!"

Democrats Akinize Themselves Seasoned Republicans still wince when recalling Senate elections of 14 and 16 years ago, that season of witches and "legitimate rape." Christine O’Donnell. Todd Akin. Richard Mourdock. Deeply flawed candidates denied the GOP control of the Senate twice running, and traumatized the party into coining a new word. It must avoid being "Akinized." It's the Democrats' turn now. In the party's haste this midterm to recruit a younger, "fresher" "progressive populist" lineup, it's getting its own season of cuckoo. Calls for "castration" of "Zionists," mocking slurs of decorated U.S. servicemen, odes to prostitutes, laments for the dead Iranian supreme leader. They even have their own Wiccan defender. The media is keeping focus on GOP fights, but these Democrats are getting plenty of attention in their races, causing party leaders to shake. Or to run, screaming, as in next week's runoff in Texas’ 35th Congressional District. How else to handle Maureen Galindo, the sex therapist who led the first primary round? [...] https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-akinize-themselves-9fce926f?st=1bxDX7

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Took great new bedtime HSM, hopeful we man. We were jolted awake at Many a.m. by a thundersoon, thunder + monsoon man. It must have lasted for a whole hour, seemingly so man. We never really re-zzz'd, man. Forecast was to expect re-monsooning in afternoon, si man. We embarked upon our highly proximal ES itinerary at an hour before noon, timely we man. Finished it + all errands and returned to the casa about Many minutes before the re-monsoon, wow man. Mini-B. was still embedded at half-of-half past 1 p.m., slothful wee man man. Miu was quiescent most of day, quiescent miu man. The Many'th ES was planned poorly, steal though it was for us man. The ES lady left the owner's Rx narcotics in plain view, Tramadol man. She also left his checkbook + boxes of blank checks available in drawers, good grief man. This is only the second such ES that we've seen with these oversights, man. Breakfast/lunch was Subway*, ingest Two Guys man. *WUOC + gift card, F$WM The Subway chica was exceptionally generous in compiling the subs, generous she man. We & Mini-B. were quite stuffed, satiated Two Guys man. Mama T-B. left us a phone message while we were in Subway, aysheep senior she man man. She was aysheep over something not necessary till June Many'th, typical man. She said, "Call back as soon as possible -- or SOONER, si man!", man. We retired for a planned 2-hour siesta at Many p.m., exhausted we man man. One hour later, the monsoon from the black lagoon began, split-earing thundersooning man. We intrepidly tried to complete our siesta despite the futility thereof, hosed zzz for we man man. Din-din for Mini-B. was onecan of S&Ms, ingest wee man man. Din-din for us was half-of-half of the remaining sugar-free cherry pie, ingest we man. Movie night was Jackass Forever, last of the Jackass movies watch Two Guys man. We & Mini-B. gleefully imagined ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s reaction if she were to watch any of it, hee hee man. Mini-B. found that the Jackass TV series has just been put on Paramount+, heavenly man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2) -- si man, Many (2 Manyzen -2-2) -- bowls for the week, impressive man. It has been some time since we reached this estimable height, pat-selves-on-backs Two Guys man. We are warshering and must shortly bake a pre-Sunday LL, domestic we man. It comprises Mini-B.'s skool pants, the 2 new ES bath towels, and a jacket that we have left out since winter, enterprising we man. This shall ease the burden of Sunday's typical Many (2+1) LLs, executive thinking by we man man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Will have to visit Mama T-B. on Sunday, take Mini-B. along so as not to get yelled at we man man. No other plans beyond the aforementioned LLs, no plan we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

You have committed (of course) Many -- si man, Many -- P-Math errors, man.

Woo-hoo!

Saturday ES report, see man: We itineraried Many (2+1) ESs, intrepid we man. The first & Many'th were repeats, and the 2nd & Many'rd were new, precisely man. The new (2nd & Many'rd) ESs yielded the take, see man: -- verrrry thick Casa Cristina bath towel = $2 + half a buck, steal man -- NIP box Kleenex, NIP bottle Heinz ketchup, ~full bottle men's multivitamin, ~full bottle magnesium tabs Many00 mg*, ~full can Foamy shaving-cream, half-roll wax paper = $Many ($2+1), steal man Total = $Many-&-a-half ($2+2+1 + half a buck), pleased we man *500-mg Mg, funny man

See the comparison, as compiled earlier by our fine member Crazy Cat, and subject to revision as necessary: K-1 More expensive than CR-1 Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork) Spouse cannot leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (up to 9 months) Spouse cannot work until she/he receives EAD (up to 9 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, and bank accounts during this period Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also In some situations, marriage can affect certain home-country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire K-1 entrant cannot file for citizenship until after having Green Card for 3 years Once an I-129F has been approved, delaying the case is difficult to impossible if the need arises If US spouse declines to participate in Adjustment of Status, the foreign spouse will have a very difficult avenue to legally remain in the US Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) don't allow K-1 visa holders from some countries to enter the US CR-1/IR-1 Less expensive than K-1 No Adjustment of Status(I-485, I-131, I-765) required Spouse can immediately travel outside the US Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US Opening a bank account, getting a driver license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US The clock for citizenship filing starts immediately upon entry to the US A CR-1/IR-1 case can be delayed indefinitely at NVC if the need arises Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) exempt immediate relatives of US citizens ------- Even more important is whether your brother is already involved with a U.S. citizen whom he wants to marry, or if his chief goal is to get a green card and he plans to identify a U.S. citizen to marry for that purpose. No insult is intended, but this is a crucial clarification, please. After you answer the above, please have your brother join VisaJourney so that he can become an "A" student of the legal-immigration process and ask questions about anything that he needs clarification on after thorough reading.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the "What Visa" forum.

Democrat "2024 Autopsy" Debacle Proves Party Still in Trouble for 2028 In a head-scratching move this week, Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin finally released the "autopsy" of the party's crushing defeat two years ago – an incomplete, ramshackle document that Martin himself had fought to hide from public view. The controversy surrounding the report's production and chaotic release is yet more evidence of a party at war with itself and facing an internal identity crisis. Following presidential election years, the losing party typically commissions an internal report to identify what went wrong and how to fix it. Democrats did so following their drubbing at the ballot box in 2024, and Martin pledged to release the final report in January 2025. But in December of that year he reversed course, claiming that release of the report could "distract" from the party's midterm efforts. The 180 sparked loud criticism from many Democrats, which continued to grow until Thursday, when Martin relented and released the unfinished report – with some commentary attached. [...] https://amac.us/newsline/politics/democrat-2024-autopsy-debacle-proves-party-still-in-trouble-for-2028/