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1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

Until they get caught.

Once again: you need to reference a single case. 

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

VJ history proves otherwise.  She worked inside the US without authorization.

Would be interested if you could reference a single case where person got denied entry or removed because they were exchanging work related emails while on vacation in IS. 

10 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

The key is that she worked inside the US without authorization.  That can get her entry denied or an expedited removal (and an automatic 5 year ban). 

Not to mention that all business people including top executives work while traveling in US. 

7 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

The key is that she worked inside the US without authorization.  That can get her entry denied or an expedited removal (and an automatic 5 year ban). 

Theoretically. Practically I would be interested of a single case where people were removed at the entry because they exchanged emails on their work in their home country while being on vacation in US within the CBP allowed tourist stay. 

11 hours ago, MaxP22 said:

She should be prepared to be denied entry and sent back on the next plane home and rightly so.

 

She is basically using a tourist visa to live and work in the USA.

This is not true. She did not work in the USA. She was working for her Mexican company while traveling. Not to mention CNP has zero knowledge about it and even if they check her laptop and see work done during her visit, they will not stop her just because of this.

F1: yes they may stop her. I would wait for at least 6 months before coming. However, even now the chances are 50/50.

Working remotely for her company will not cause real problems. I personally travel around the world all the time and of course I work remotely. Just like any business person. The key here is that she worked for the company that she already worked for in the first place before coming to US as tourist. 

No, this is a law. They have to be enrolled in public schools the moment child is presented to the school. Any time! In fact, it is a must for you to enroll the child the moment you immigrate. 

38 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

NVC.  Once a case is there, it can be delayed indefinitely.  

This is perfect. Thank you so much for your help. This is exactly what works for us! 

On 11/23/2023 at 9:31 AM, OldUser said:

You cannot force somebody to move to the US permanently against their will.

It's very kind of you thinking about her safety, but I think this is all waste of time and money. 

Last question on the point above: when will we realistically need her signatures on the IR 5 process? Petition? NVC? At the embassy? I will file petition and will take it as slow as possible.

Thank you very much for the help. I will follow Dashinka, Boiler, and Redro advice. 

6 hours ago, Boiler said:

She can go back on the next plane but there is no such thing as a maintenance visit.

 

Is she Ukrainian, does she qualify for U4U.

 

IR5 is going to take say 18 months.

She does. Thank you. She has 10 year visa. The problem is that she doesn’t want to come. I just wanted to do it as an insurance for the future, when u4u is gone and all she has is 10 year visa. 

My MIL lives in Ukraine and is a successful lawyer. My wife is us citizen (from April this year). Ukraine is at war, as you know, and situation may change to the worse any day. MIL doesn’t even want to talk about moving anywhere. She has 10 year US visa and came here for 2 months after the start of the war. She left after 2 months instead of allowed 6 months (stamp) because she was missing home and her practice. 
I am still thinking of convincing my wife to file for GC as an insurance. Can someone who went through this share what are the technical minimal requirements for opening and maintaining GC for as long as possible:

1. Day 0 - entry at POE

2. Stay in us -how many weeks minimum? 
3. Go back home - technically, what is the REAL time she can stay in Ukraine without coming for the maintenance visit? 
I would truly appreciate if someone can explain, essentially, timeline-wise, if it is possible at all to have GC while visiting US? 
of course, under the normal circumstances we would just file when and if she is ready to move. However, she may be forced to move fast. This is the only issue. 
thank you. 

He is over 21 son of LPR. He is not considered an immediate relative. I always thought that was blue immediate relatives of US citizens can adjust status

You can try to apply. It doesn’t hurt, as long as there is no misrepresentation, which will bite you later. I can only give you my experience. I had cancer and I TRULY needed my wife here as I was temporarily disabled for 2 years. I applied for the expedite with all the documents from the hospital. Meaning, extensive description of the REAL condition which requires care, supported by MRI, and the whole array of various physician-generated documentation. Bulletproof. And it was denied. You can extrapolate. 

Apply for n400. You should do it no matter what as last my as your first 751 is not denied and it is 2 years and 9 months from conditional gc issue. Nowadays, they do not process i751 until you file n400. It seems like it for sure. 

There will be very long AP for any Russian citizens for obvious reasons, similar to the reasons why citizens of Muslim countries get long by APs. Currently, Russia uses these “students “ and “tourists “ to spy or push Russian propaganda. This is the matter of national security and there is nothing you can do. Frankly, I don’t blame them. I would do the same. The only entity you can blame for such delays is Russian government. 

Getting married in Mexico is pain in the butt. At least, it used to be 5 yeah s ago. I recommend getting married in US because it is simpler..

I did buy tickets before the interview. Usually, if it gets approved at the embassy it takes about a week to receive the passport with visa. The rational for buying tickets ahead of time is that expected risk-adjusted savings from advance purchase exceeds the expected risk-adjusted loss on having to pay change fee on non-refundable tickets. However, this is true for Ukraine, which is not high fraud country (they are visa-free with EU for a while) and AP is very rare. In case of Egypt you need to adjust for risks differently. Egypt citizens face more frequent denials and longer and frequent AP, which delay things. 

I anticipate that the problem will arise with the IO, when he/she sees that the petitioner is also the previous wife. 

The only option I see here is her moving to your country or both of you moving to a third country. This is not about freedom. You and your wife are free to do what you like. The problems COs usually have are with with something that is OUTSIDE of the cultural norms of beneficiary and/or petitioner. For example, if your and your spouse’s roots were from Norther Europe or Israel, it wouldn’t be completely outside of socially acceptable. Still outside but not outrageously outside. This, if you are from these countries, I would still argue. If you are from Middle East, North Africa, or India: definitely not. All about cultural norms. 

1 hour ago, PaulaCJohnny said:

Looks like you are overthinking before even try to looks for the correct information.

 

See the last comments that are impressive good.

 

Stop to look for shortcut and follow the correct steps. Will take infinite time if you don’t start!!

 

Good luck

Unless these are his nieces/nephews that his sister and him decided to bring into US and the DNA test will reveal it. Happens in Lagos all the time. 

The more I read this thread the stronger feeling I get that the children are not OP’s… DNA testing nowadays are extra cheap and extra fast independent of world location (maybe, except North Korea. 

On 6/28/2023 at 11:56 PM, Mike E said:

Diversity brings prosperity. I doubt the diversity visa brings as much prosperity as  O-1, EB-1-3, EB-5. 

It brings more prosperity. These visa categories are frequently used by kids of rich folks from versions countries. Like Russia, for example.

US would be the most successful economy in history, with or without the Diversity Visa.

No it wouldn’t. With 55% of all start-ups founded by 1st generation immigrants (https://www.california-mexicocenter.org/55-of-americas-top-startups-were-founded-by-immigrants-why-wont-congress-let-in-more/) and 30% by Israeli or first generation immigrant Jews (https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2020/06/18/30-percent-of-cnbc-50-disruptor-tech-firms-have-jewish-or-israelis-founders/), it would not. No google, no Facebook, no Apple, nothing. Just Ford and US Steel. 

Wow you went there. 

What does “nearly zero” mean? If you quantify it, I can likely debunk it. 

Let’s see the data.

See above

What does “almost none” mean? If you quantify it, I can likely debunk it. See above

5 hours ago, Redro said:

I wonder what would happen if @Alex7012 did in fact marry the other person after the denial… but then divorced. 

They ask for divorce decrees for ALL marriages.