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1 hour ago, K-9 Visa said:The nonprofit wants her to do outreach to Spanish-speaking communities about low vision and other eye diseases. She would then refer patients to the clinic. She speaks Spanish and is trained in Community Medicine and completed a three-year mission to Venezuela where she provided vision services to all income categories. Outreach is one of the foundations of Cuban medicine. Doctors are responsible for the health of a village or barrio and talk to their patients about their relatives who need a house call. Cuban healthcare is a different model that better fits this nonprofit's needs than American optometrists.
So if I am understanding you correctly she will basically be providing translation services? If she is only going to be translating then I wouldn't think that would be a reason to expedite as there are plenty of translation services available to the medical community. We use them everyday in our practice. All providers who receive federal funds from HHS for the provision of services are obligated to make language services available to those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Section 504 of the Rehab Act of 1973.
www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/financial-management/medicaid-administrative-claiming/translation
If she is going to be giving advice or making referrals based on clinical assessment - she will need to be licensed. If she is interested in providing optometric care in the US feel free to pm me and I can send you links to help her get started with what is needed for education, licensing and malpractice info.
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https://www.ryancorte.com/post/how-does-an-international-optometrist-practice-in-the-usa
as a follow up to my previous post I would like to add that unless she graduated from an accredited school of optometry in the United States she will not be able to get licensed here. My point being that an expedite will not do any good because she will not be able to practice optometry here without additional education/ training/ licensing
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I am A doctor of Optometry and have been in practice for 31 years. I can tell you that first of all - there is not a shortage of optometrists, and all optometrists are trained to do low vision. Secondly I hold 3 state licenses and the credentials for each state are different and very specific. Have you looked into what it will take to get licensed in that state? I recently applied for a license in another state and It took months to get licensed and all my education and training was done here in the states. I had to jump thru hoops to get the state of Wisconsin to accept my general and ocular pharmacology hours and I hold both a DEA and BNDD license in 2 other states. Unfortunately Optometry doesn't offer reciprocity between states. They do have licensure by endorsement between states but that means you have to have already been in practice for a certain period of time in your state. Even volunteer work would require you to be licensed in that state. Make sure your fiance knows what she will need to do to get licensed to practice in your state. Has she taken the NBEO exams? if not I would start there as they are required in every state. Getting licensed here could take as long or longer than getting your EAD. There is no expediting the licensure process
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My husband is from Romania and we did the K1 visa but if I had it to do all over again I would go the Cr1 route. I severely under estimated how difficult those first 6 months would be for my husband to not be able to work while we were waiting on the work permit during the adjustment of status. We were so excited to finally be together that we thought it would be no big deal. The reality was that after the first couple of weeks I had to go back to work and he spent most of his time hanging out in the apartment alone. I was the only one here that he knew so it wasn't like he could go hang out with friends and in our state he could not get a driver's license until we had the EAD approval. It was the perfect recipe for homesickness. It would have been a lot easier for him to adjust to life here if he had the green card when he entered the country. We celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary a few months ago - can't believe how fast it has gone by. Good luck with whatever route you take - both will eventually give you the same outcome!
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4 hours ago, Thunderbolt said:
Drive 7 hours with driving instructor...
I was surprised too. My wife did the written exam for the learners permit. After that she could go 2 ways:
1. Take the driving exam at the local DMV
2. Take Driver Education class online exam and enroll with local driving school, to have 7 hours of driving with them.
After 7 hours of driving around, they've issued a certificate that she can drive. With that we went to DMV website, uploaded the certificate, and about 1 week later her DL arrived in mail.
However, No.2 cost here in Virginia about $350. We went with No.2 so the instructor would give her pointers which maybe I've missed while teaching her. Nope. It turned out to be just drive for 7 hours, no driving instructions whatsoever.
And No.1 is free, up to 3 times a month
the state of Missouri does not do this. You will need to take the written, vision and driving part of the test. If you had an eye exam within 90 days of taking the test your eye doctor can fill out the vision portion but that is the only part. You will have to take the written and driving and identify the road signs on the vision part.
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i posted the link above. click where it says removing conditions
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On 1/2/2021 at 9:05 PM, Mike E said:
Why are you registering your marriage?
It makes a difference if you want to keep renewing your Romanian passport and EU ID.
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On 1/5/2021 at 1:55 PM, Celebi said:
Husband and I are wondering why Amira was detained in Mexico and for how long.
My husband and I met up in cancun when we were waiting for his K1. He was coming from Romania, his flight was thru mexico city and he was detained. It took some time for him to get thru due to the language barrier. He was told that because he was single and bought a ticket at the last minute they wanted to make sure he wasn't planning on staying and that he had a return ticket. His sister met up with us on a holiday to cancun a few years ago and she also flew from Romania thru Mexico city and was detained there too for even longer for the same reason. I'm not sure its that unusual.
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Even though the first week is waved it still takes time to process it. It takes time to check that the employer isn't protesting it. Also, the MO unemployment site was having issues with claims not showing for some people this past week and they are working to fix it. I would give it a couple of days
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1 hour ago, vq35hr said:
Insurance options for them in USA was just atrocious. I was taking income based clinics for their physicals and prescription meds. It's even worse in Australia says my brother.
You need to have a plan in place for how you intend to pay for his medical care. Paying out of pocket for physicals and prescription medications is one thing, but paying for hospitalization or long term care is a whole different thing. If the cost of insurance seemed atrocious that is nothing compared to what you will pay out of pocket for a visit to the emergency room or in patient hospital care. I understand that the quality of care might be different here, but if he can't get what he needs because the cost is prohibitive then he may be better off at home.
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Yes - my now husband did his K1 through Bucharest Romania. It has been a few years now - did you have a particular question about the consulate in Romania?
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3 minutes ago, payxibka said:
Well that's two votes for the SAME consulate. 1 out of 140.
Wow so Romania is the only one? sorry I didn't read thru all 4 pages to see that someone else had responded from Romania. I wonder why its the only one that requires it. I know we needed it again for AOS and ROC - guess its a Romanian thing
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51 minutes ago, payxibka said:
That's why I said typically because a majority of the consulates do not
I was the petitioner and they asked for copies of my full divorce decree at the interview as well.
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Re-entry at immigration is not the problem - Without the stamp in your passport the airline can deny you boarding. My husband was refused a boarding pass when we were coming home from vacation and he was traveling with a Valid AP/EAD combo card. USCIS had recently started issuing the combo card at the time and the airline was not familiar with it and wanted to see a valid unexpired green card. If the airline thinks there is a chance you will be denied entry, they can refuse to allow you to board.
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https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow/
He should apply for his SS# after he arrives. If you wait until the 194 expires then he will have to wait until the EAD is approved. The flow chart is pretty helpful
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9 hours ago, Tatjana&Velemir said:
Damn, well we knew it was going to be harder with the K-1. Just didn’t factor in all of the little things and forgot about the license. Not the end of the world, but would have made life easier.
Yes he will need to wait until he gets his EAD, and then the expiration date on his license will be the same as the EAD expiration date so he will need to renew it when he gets his green card and then again when the green card expires.
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You should be fine to go a head and send it. There is no way to know for sure how long it will take to get the initial approval. Like others have stated it's good for 6 months after the medical. My husband went through the consulate at Bucharest and If you look at my time line ( I know it's been 7 years ago) you will see that we applied in November and while we got the approval in April, it took another month to get the petition from NVC to the consulate, and then another month to get the medical and interview scheduled. It was almost 3 months from the approval of the petition until the interview/visa was issued. As Payxibka said, you can slow the process down, but you can't speed it up.
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There is no additional fee for filing the advance parole document, not sure why you wouldn't file it. There is no way to know how long it will take to get the green card. From what I understand the average wait is longer than 3 months depending on your local office. It really doesn't take that much time to fill out. I would apply for it just in case it takes longer than you are anticipating for the green card
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What is the possible Eligibility Criteria in any state?
There are some basic rules for eligibility.
1. Must have lost job with no fault of his theirs
2. Must be totally or partially unemployed.
3. Must have received enough wages during the base period to establish a claim
4. Must be physically able to work, available for work, and actively seeking suitable work.
5. Meet eligibility requirements each week benefits are claimed.
To learn more check unemployment eligibility articleA “base period” is four consecutive calendar quarters that fall within the 18 month period before establishing a new benefit year.
This is from the state of MO unemployment website. It states the above are criteria for eligibility for any state. I doubt she would qualify under #3. Pretty much she would have had to be continuously employed for the last year.
Any experiences expediting a K-1 visa at the request of a non-profit?
in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports
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I have never had a problem with the translation services our office uses. My practice includes many under- served communities. I even have quite a few deaf patients which require a translator to sign. It is actually the provider that foots the bill for the translation service and we are not reimbursed by insurance or the patient for the service. It is not necessary for the translator to have any training in Optometry as they are only translating word for word what I am telling the patient or what the patient is asking me. The translator is not making a diagnosis or giving any medical information to the patient that wasn't said by the Doctor so no medical knowledge is necessary - only knowledge of HIPPA and other privacy requirements by law. There are plenty of ATA certified translation services to choose from. As far as the urgency of "low vision" - there is none. Low vision by definition refers to vision loss that cannot be corrected by medical or surgical treatments or conventional eyeglasses. It is a rehab service to help patients use their remaining vision to perform daily tasks. Yes it is caused by progressive eye disease but theses diseases would have been diagnosed and treated before the patient is referred for low vision. I am not trying to argue with you I am hoping to give you information that you can use to realistically figure out what your fiance can do with her training once she moves here as she will not be able to volunteer or practice any form of optometry - low vision or even the dreaded vision training until she has a doctorate degree from an accredited US university, passed all 4 years of the NBEO exams and sits for the state exams. I suggest that once she gets her EAD she first get a job as an ophthalmic technician. (we have a couple of bilingual techs that are an awesome asset) so she can work in the field of optometry/ophthalmology while she pursues her education if she wants to practice Optometry. I am actually trying to help you here. I have done medical missions (its how I met my husband) and have been thru the immigration process with him. Unfortunately there is nothing quick and easy about the process and no one wants to be separated from their loved one for the length of time it takes but use that time to plan ahead for what your fiance may need to work in her field.