Who're the 'gurus' of the VJ community?

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Forgive me if there's already a "getting to know you" topic, but I'm totally unfamiliar with this new community. Who here would consider themselves (or who do you consider to be) the community's "immigration gurus," so to speak? Lawyers, law students, or those who're bona fide from-experience battle-scarred immigration veterans?

Threads on immigration forums can get loads of responses, but whose responses do you you generally find most reliable, insightful, or valuable here at the VJ forums?

Edited July 24, 2007 by Longview

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Yodrak comes to mind.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The hive mind knows all.

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Forgive me if there's already a "getting to know you" topic, but I'm totally unfamiliar with this new community. Who here would consider themselves (or who do you consider to be) the community's "immigration gurus," so to speak? Lawyers, law students, or those who're bona fide from-experience battle-scarred immigration veterans?

Threads on immigration forums can get loads of responses, but whose responses do you you generally find most reliable, insightful, or valuable here at the VJ forums?

some highly experienced ones that come to my mind are yodrak, diadromous mermaid, and rebeccajo. íf you are looking for specific countrywise, then stating the country could help narrow it down.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Welcome to VJ! You can look at people's timelines to see who's been through what process, but there aren't any designated guru's on immigration. Follow the Guides and look through the different forums (K1, K3, etc) to see if you can find the information you are looking for. If you're still stuck, you can try posting your question as a topic and people here will try to answer as best they can.

Just keep in mind this a community of people going through Visa process and that most here started out with little or no knowledge of the process.

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some highly experienced ones that come to my mind are yodrak, diadromous mermaid, and rebeccajo. íf you are looking for specific countrywise, then stating the country could help narrow it down.

and Dr_LHA.

Anyone who's gone thru K1/K3/CR1 and adjusted stauts is battle-scarred, some more than others...

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Different members tend to have their "specialties".

For instance, for social security questions, I Quit is the expert, though he's not around as much anymore. For those stuck in AOS namecheck hell, I'd look to rebeccajo or lal_brandow. YuandDan is helpful all around, as is Yodrak. Sorry if I'm leaving people out, there are many very helpful posters.

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if you are looking for specific countrywise, then stating the country could help narrow it down.

Nah, this is just for reference's sake. My wife and I have a very "normal" spousal AOS, I didn't need any Singapore-specific information.

Y'see, right as I was getting comfortable sharing our immigration experience with the ImmigrationPortal forums, their site went down. I only recently stumbled across this community, so I was just wanting to learn the board's dynamics. Y'all seem like a genuinely friendly place, though. How old is this board?

Welcome to VJ!

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Just keep in mind this a community of people going through Visa process and that most here started out with little or no knowledge of the process.

Thanks for the welcome. And of course, definitely. That seems to be the case with most of us who can't afford to throw down $2,000 for a lawyer.

Edited July 24, 2007 by Longview

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Y'all seem like a genuinely friendly place, though.

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The hive mind knows all.

Lucky is my VJ hero just because he has a well hung mind.

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When you live in a region where "f-ck immigrants, deport them all and close the borders" is common discourse, even a less-than-cordial internet forum can seem "friendly."

[Nancy2015 2]

Diadromous mermaid is just great There's lots of very knowledgeable people here, it's impossible to mention them all without leaving someone out.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

if you are looking for specific countrywise, then stating the country could help narrow it down.

Nah, this is just for reference's sake. My wife and I have a very "normal" spousal AOS, I didn't need any Singapore-specific information.

Y'see, right as I was getting comfortable sharing our immigration experience with the ImmigrationPortal forums, their site went down. I only recently stumbled across this community, so I was just wanting to learn the board's dynamics. Y'all seem like a genuinely friendly place, though. How old is this board?

Welcome to VJ!

[...]

Just keep in mind this a community of people going through Visa process and that most here started out with little or no knowledge of the process.

Thanks for the welcome. And of course, definitely. That seems to be the case with most of us who can't afford to throw down $2,000 for a lawyer.

I think it's been around since at least 2003 - there's a few members that have been here that long.

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Y'all seem like a genuinely friendly place, though.

i'll double that!

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When you live in a region where "f-ck immigrants, deport them all and close the borders" is common discourse, even a less-than-cordial internet forum can seem "friendly."

We have that, too!