notrepetiteashley

Good luck!

Just ignore them, and be professional about your position. As an engineer, I have to follow a list of ethical guideline. Any social favoring is not part of that ethics, and I can loose my license. You must follow ethics.

Seriously. Drop the drama and do your job.

Yes, thanks. I wish I could just drop their drama, but it is actually preventing me to do my job in some cases and it feels beyond my control. I can't prevent my bosses from hating one another. It's so frustrating. I just need to learn to stand up for myself better, I guess.

The 'adorable' comment implies something else. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

LMAO. Seriously. <---like that.

By the way....not sure about the all-knowing computer comment. When we had our AOS interview, we were relying on them to have all the info of my husband's entries (including 2 denials) in their "computer system." The officer was like.....no, we don't have that. So....weird, right!?

But you got a letter, etc. so it's probably different. I just wanted to share that what we think they have is not often what they really have. Unless of course, he was lying about it, but I don't know why he would have done that.

You're good.

Isn't it stressful being denied! Ugh! Good luck!!!

Good idea. Especially if he came "without being noticed" in 1999, as well.

Good luck.

Here's the link to the other person this happened to (Neonred): http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=58249

Yeah, well...there is some discussion about that. Let me see if I can find it.

It seems there was somebody else who received a 10-year GC and was supposed to get a 2-year card. Have you been married for 2 years or more or no? Sorry, I don't have time to check.

Just ignore them, and be professional about your position. As an engineer, I have to follow a list of ethical guideline. Any social favoring is not part of that ethics, and I can loose my license. You must follow ethics.

Seriously. Drop the drama and do your job.

Yes, thanks. I wish I could just drop their drama, but it is actually preventing me to do my job in some cases and it feels beyond my control. I can't prevent my bosses from hating one another. It's so frustrating. I just need to learn to stand up for myself better, I guess.

"what does being adorable have to do with it?"

Haha, nothing. I'm just descriptive.

Hoping the best for you.

What if you were the adorable receptionist in an office where there seemed to be 2 clear "sides" and you were in the middle and both sides were trying to sway you....into hating the other? I'm trying to be neutral, but being neutral puts me right in the middle of all their drama and I'm sick of it. I don't want to take sides. I just started here, I wouldn't even know which side to take! I like both! This sucks. I'm the 4th receptionist here...the girl before me left in tears after 3 days and never came back. I don't want to be that girl.

The upside to this job: I have time to study.

If you're in the US and not currently employed, don't put anything. Put N/A or something like that.

Best of luck

Congratulations and best of luck!

A court marriage is just as valid as a marriage in a place of worship.

As for changing your maiden name, I'm not sure because I changed mine when we filed for our marriage license. You don't want to change your name?

Most importantly, congratulations on your marriage and good luck!

I married a woman from South America. Why you ask? Here is why. At home a university educated woman can get a job...earning about three hundred dollars a month. Here she can earn fifty grand a year in a restaurant and support her family like royalty. There are no consequences for being caught either. Go figure the motivation.

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The important consideration is not just the fingerprints which may or may not be on file - but that on all of the relevent application forms it requires you to state when you were in the US and on what type of visa. Now, you can 'misrepresent' the truth by saying the individual under their correct name had not been in the US during that time, but that too is a misrepresentation since the individual had been in the US under another name. As well, it was during this time that the two of them met - and again, the circumstances of the meeting need to be included on the application - so, there continuesto be a problem. A lawyer is definitely a necessity in this case - a competent lawyer, that is - and it will be an uphill fight as there will have to be compelling reasons presented as to why the US should overturn the lifetime ban for this individual's misrepresentation through the use of false documents to gain an immigration benefit.

True story.

It's sad. Too bad she used fake information. I wonder why she did that in the first place. Hope that's not a rude thing to wonder.

Sorry, I'm not understanding what you mean. I was asking why she used a fake passport. As in, why didn't she just use her real name? I totally understand why someone would want to move to the US to better their lives. But why use a fake name? Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

I'm sorry to hear about this

If you need help editing your reports, let me know. I sell my writing for extra income and I feel I could help you make your reports sound more professional. I know it's rough, but there are people willing to help you. Let me know if there's anything I can do in the way of writing or research.

Take care,

A.

The important consideration is not just the fingerprints which may or may not be on file - but that on all of the relevent application forms it requires you to state when you were in the US and on what type of visa. Now, you can 'misrepresent' the truth by saying the individual under their correct name had not been in the US during that time, but that too is a misrepresentation since the individual had been in the US under another name. As well, it was during this time that the two of them met - and again, the circumstances of the meeting need to be included on the application - so, there continuesto be a problem. A lawyer is definitely a necessity in this case - a competent lawyer, that is - and it will be an uphill fight as there will have to be compelling reasons presented as to why the US should overturn the lifetime ban for this individual's misrepresentation through the use of false documents to gain an immigration benefit.

True story.

It's sad. Too bad she used fake information. I wonder why she did that in the first place. Hope that's not a rude thing to wonder.

What are the consequences of being "out of status" if the intended immigrant is married to a US citizen and intends to file the paperwork and will file the paperwork, just not within 90 days? Say within....100 days?

As far as I know, there are no consequences. It's a technicality.

Of course, if someone thinks that marrying within 90 days alone makes him/her legal, and never applies for AOS, (s)he can expect problems down the road...

Oh yes, this is very true. And I feel sorry for anyone who is that ignorant. Although I do not doubt that they are out there. When my husband and I first started this process, we were way stupid about it and had no one to help us. Yikes.

We're okay, though.

This is ridiculous. All 10 pages of it! But hell, I'm bored at work, what can I say?

Except, wanting/buying expensive things by NO MEANS means you have taste. Sorry, just had to add that. Money doesn't buy taste and it doesn't buy class and those are 2 things that are almost completely absent from this thread.

What are the consequences of being "out of status" if the intended immigrant is married to a US citizen and intends to file the paperwork and will file the paperwork, just not within 90 days? Say within....100 days?

I know what you're saying. ;-) I just wonder...

How stressful! It's happened to me (the grilling) on the Canadian side, too. Glad you got through!

When I first saw this post I thought to myself, I bet this has something to do with a photo of a monkey.....I think I may have psychic powers.

Or just a great bullsh!t detector. Hahahaahaha. ;-)

Sharon, you rock. Thanks for sharing this. Incredible.

In 1997 or so there used to be a webcam on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that I liked to look at. Once I saw a horse drawn carriage, so that was pretty cool. But zebras! How cool is that!?

"NOTE: If you are applying to adjust as the spouse or unmarried minor child of a U.S. citizen or the parent of a U.S. citizen child atleast 21 years of age, and if you were inspected and lawfully admitted to the United States other than in C-1 or S nonimmigrantstatus, you do not need to file this form."