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jlc201

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  1. I had a friend who did just that. He had his oath ceremony a couple of weeks ago and needs to travel abroad next week. He called the passport agency's phone line for urgent service, had an in-person appointment a few days later, and passport in hand two days after that. The expedite fee is only $60 extra, don't bother with these agencies that charge you hundreds of dollars to expedite the processing. You must show proof of travel within 14 days, though. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast/passport-agencies.html
  2. You tested positive for latent TB, which is very, very common. If you had any abnormalities on your x-ray they would have asked you to provide sputum samples for TB culture. If any of those samples were positive for TB it would have meant a diagnosis of active TB. That is when you would have had a problem and needed to be successfully treated before being allowed to immigrate to the US. Hep B is also very common, and in some people the infection is chronic, meaning they need to take medication to suppress the infection, potentially for the rest of their lives. But especially if they are on medication and their Hep B viral load is undetectable, they are not at high risk of transmitting the virus to others, and are not considered a public health threat. Remember, the primary goal of the medical evaluation prior to immigration is to make sure that the immigrant does not pose a threat to the public health, which usually means not being a carrier of a highly transmissible infectious disease, like active TB (or COVID-19). Once that threat has been addressed, meaning the infection is controlled and the person is not contagious, they are typically cleared for entry.
  3. Chronic Hep B is not an exclusion. Even TB is not exclusionary, once the petitioner has been treated and is no longer infectious.
  4. It is. Normally I would suggest you take time to reevaluate the relationship before proceeding with a divorce, but it seems pretty clear that your husband has already checked out of your marriage and is ready to move on. If he slept through your interview, knowing that it would likely lead to your deportation, that's about the same as saying "I want a divorce." I'm sorry you are going through this, adding immigration status to the mix only makes it that much harder, but hopefully these events will obligate you to make the changes you need to make in order to have a better life for yourself. Your husband sounds like a jerk.
  5. OK, as a physician I can confirm that hand/finger injuries are actually very complicated and do require management by an orthopedic and/or plastic surgeon. (Which was always kind of weird since someone who comes to the ER with a broken toe, we just tape it, but if they came in with a broken finger, we had to call Ortho/Plastics. The hand is just way more complicated.) This treatment can be expensive and prolonged, so all of that is understandable. As to why OP is able to type all of these responses, I assume they are thumb-typing with a phone instead of a full keyboard (and yes, the USMLE is computer based but primarily uses a mouse to select answers for multiple choice questions, not much typing required there). However, OP you are running a very dangerous path staying outside of the US (really, living abroad) for such a long period of time while trying to maintain your LPR status in the US. Now that your marriage is (or will be) dissolved, your reason for immigrating to the US is also going away and you will want to demonstrate that you actually have strong ties to the US and are actually living here. What it seems like, from my reading, is that you are now back to living in your home country but want to maintain your LPR status to make it easier to obtain a residency in the US once you decide to move back. (Not a judgement, just an observation.) While you don't need a reentry permit until you have been outside the US for more than 1 year, maintaining LPR status really means living in the US >6 months of each year (i.e., more than half of the time). By returning to the US after 5 months and then leaving for another 5 months shortly afterward, you are running the risk of immigration deciding that you aren't actually living in the US and don't meet LPR requirements. My suggestion would be to get your finger fixed in your home country, start rehab there, come back in May and then STAY HERE for at least 5 months before leaving again. If the cost of treatment in the US is prohibitive, obtain health insurance through an Obama care plan (something you should do even without a broken finger--never a good idea to be walking around without health insurance) and get treated through a covered provider.
  6. Which is entirely consistent with JeanneAdil's experience. In many cases, the officers are able to issue a denial even before they have all of the information for the applicant. There is basically nothing an applicant from a high-risk country with few local ties can say that will change that "No" to a "Yes", regardless of the findings of the background check. For other applicants, who meet the initial screening criteria, issues like behavior and body language at the interview, as well as information from a background check, become the deciding factor in whether or not to issue the visa.
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