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Seems most appropriate here. Yes, it does seem to have been a mistake for Clinton and others that followed to expand NATO. At 75, Has NATO Outlived Its Use? One group of objectors was led by the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower. In 1997, the estimable Susan Eisenhower published an open letter in an effort to persuade Clinton to reconsider his chosen course. Calling NATO expansion a “policy error of historic proportions,” the letter’s 50 signatories, including longtime hawks Paul Nitze and Richard Pipes, the prominent Democratic Senators Bill Bradley and Sam Nunn, and intellectuals like David Calleo and Owen Harries, warned that, In Russia, NATO expansion, which continues to be opposed across the entire political spectrum, will strengthen the nondemocratic opposition, undercut those who favor reform and cooperation with the West, bring the Russians to question the entire post-Cold War settlement. Today, NATO’s defenders will no doubt ask: Surely after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO is needed more than ever to keep Europe safe from the Russian bear? Not really. First, as the distinguished political scientist John Mearsheimer and others have tirelessly pointed out, there is scant evidence that Putin wants all of Ukraine, much less more real estate in Eastern Europe. Do we really suppose Russia wants to take on the burden of supporting three-quarters of a million Polish pensioners? Or waste more blood and treasure in what most certainly would be fierce guerrilla resistance in Galicia? The fact is that Russia lacks both the means and the will to establish political, economic, and territorial hegemony on the continent. Arguments to the contrary are, to be polite about it, based on a misunderstanding of Russian national security aims. The French political philosopher Emmanuel Todd (less polite) believes that the idea that Russia has Europe in its sights is the stuff of “fantasy and propaganda.” https://www.theamericanconservative.com/at-75-has-nato-outlived-its-use/

I think free speech topics probably deserve their own thread. For those that are so afraid of Trump and the circus the Biden DoJ and their Democrat allies have created by prosecuting their political rival, I guess you are fine with this. Heck, even RFK Jr. sees the greater threat, but of course there are those that are so easily gaslighted by the MSM and the Democrats they cannot think for themselves. Why we must all stand with JK Rowling In Humza Yousaf’s Scotland, expressing the truth about biological sex can now constitute a criminal offence. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 makes it illegal to ‘stir up hatred’ against certain protected groups, including transgender people. This is punishable by up to seven years in prison. Of course, to any sane observer, Rowling’s views are not hateful but factual – and she has expressed them in a reasonable manner, too. But in the upside-down world of trans activists, any suggestion that transwomen are not real women is considered an unutterable heresy. And it is clear that these activists have the ear of the Scottish authorities. Supporters of the law are currently mounting a desperate attempt to downplay its worst excesses. They say ‘misgendering’, for instance, isn’t explicitly criminalised by the Hate Crime Act and that gender-critical feminists need to calm down. But that term, ‘explicitly’, is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here. It’s entirely conceivable that police, prosecutors and judges will go after those who refuse to toe the line on gender ideology. Not only have police and prosecutors in the UK already hauled people into court for ‘misgendering’, under existing laws, but Scottish police and politicians have gone out of their way to suggest things like ‘misgendering’ will be covered by the new law. Even if misgendering is not explicitly criminalised, this will not stop women from having their collars felt for doing little more than speaking the truth. Even if they are eventually spared a conviction, the process would be the punishment. https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/02/why-we-must-all-stand-with-jk-rowling/

Not to worry, the NOW petulant elite are on top of everything with the Democrat Party's war on women. Opposing trans athletes in girls' sports is 'White supremacist patriarchy:' National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) no longer supports women, several people declared after a controversial social media post. NOW responded to the news of former and current college athletes filing a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete in the women’s championship back in 2022. According to the women’s rights group, actions like these were the work of "White supremacist patriarchy," rather than a concern for equality. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/opposing-trans-athletes-in-girls-sports-is-white-supremacist-patriarchy-national-organization-for-women/ar-BB1kWu5g

Ahh, so the DoJ has to go full force in this investigation, but a career politician (DC insider) has a family member set up 20+ shell companies and no one bats an eye. Can you say political prosecution? Stalin would be proud of the Democrats and the political elite of DC.

So is it California's intention to make these jobs more scarce? Make the workers that do remain do more work? Seems really ignorant for a government entity to get involved with setting ceilings or floors in the market, but of course the regressive elites know better. Btw, for those companies exempt from this new law due to their proper and correct political donations, it may backfire on them as they try to find workers. California’s New Minimum Wage Law Will Bring Higher Pay To Fast-Food Workers, Along With Unintended Job Losses https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/04/03/californias-new-minimum-wage-law-will-bring-higher-pay-to-fast-food-workers-along-with-unintended-job-losses/?sh=62456dd97fb9

I am sure this could be a very real offer.

Photos are secondary evidence, I would keep them all in one document. Good Luck!

When you sent the additional requests did you include more evidence as to why you needed the expedite? I am looking at this more like the consulate already denied the request, and is now just ignoring the additional requests as an asked and answered scenario unless you included more or new evidence. Good Luck!

This is not entirely correct. As long as you contact NVC annually, you can keep the case active at that stage. If someone fails to contact NVC in a 12 month period, then yes, the petition is deemed abandoned.

Post the link if you still have it.

No doubt. I wonder how many civilians were killed when the UK and US we’re carpet bombing Germany, or the U.S. was firebombing Japan.

Good Luck!

Another option would be to attend the oath ceremony and during the check-in process explain the situation to the USCIS IO’s there requesting an ADIT stamp and 10 yr GC and withdraw your N400. You can also call for an ADIT stamp. Under the prior procedure, residents were required to call the USCIS Contact Center, request an InfoPass appointment, wait for that appointment to be scheduled, and then attend the appointment at the local USCIS Field Office to obtain the ADIT stamp in their passport. Due to delays at the Contact Center and limited InfoPass appointment availability, many residents were not able to get ADIT stamps in a timely manner. Under the new procedure, USCIS will mail temporary evidence of permanent residence to those who request it. In order to make a request, residents must follow these steps: Call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283. Verify their identity and address with the USCIS officer. The officer will determine if an in-person InfoPass appointment is needed or if USCIS can provide an ADIT stamp through the mail. An in-person appointment will be needed for those who urgently need an ADIT stamp, do not have a useable photo in the USCIS system (such as through prior biometrics collection), or in circumstances in which the USCIS officer cannot confirm the resident’s identity or address. For those who do not need an InfoPass appointment, the USCIS Field Office that has jurisdiction over the resident will receive the resident’s information and will issue a Form I-94 with an ADIT stamp, DHS seal, and printed photo of the resident and mail it to them at the address they provided. This document will be valid for up to one year. Only the following legal permanent residents can use this procedure: Legal permanent residents who do not have a green card (such as those who have been approved for residence and are waiting for their green card to be issued) Legal permanent residents with a Form I-90, I-751, or N-400 application pending and whose automatic extension (as listed on their receipt notice) has already expired https://somireddylaw.com/uscis-announces-new-procedures-for-obtaining-alien-documentation-identification-and-telecommunication-adit-stamp/

That is fine, naturalization is a personal decision. Sure, if you do not want to naturalize you should be able to send a letter to the local office address on your approval NOA. Good Luck!

Do you not want to naturalize now?

I agree with @Boiler might need to get with a lawyer. What does 221g white slip mean? The U.S. issues a white slip to a visa applicant when it falls under the complex category of section 221(g). This is usually because you did not provide enough or required evidence during your visa interview. Therefore, your case will require additional processing by USCIS based on the documentation and information that USCIS receives. https://www.immi-usa.com/221g/

What was the color of the 221G? https://www.path2usa.com/blog/all-about-221g/

Probably one of those things that needs to be fixed relative to the legal immigration laws. Why IRs do not include derivatives is beyond me, but family based F1, F2 (F2A/F2B), F3 and F4 do. We had a recent post where a couple had a child overseas that does not qualify for CRBA, so the USC has to file an I130 and attempt to expedite it so as to catch up with the IR1 and IR2s already issued. Another post where an LPR had petitioned for his wife (F2A) with a step-child then the LPR naturalized so the step-child will no longer be a derivative and reverts to F1 with an new I130 required. Overall, I am fine with family based categories having derivatives as we petitioned for my adult step-son when my wife naturalized (I could not petition for him as we married after he was 18) and that will include his wife and their children if they have them in the next 15+ years.

Yes, she will have to answer the question as to her current marital status. Based on your story it appears she is separated, but still legally married.

Yes, assuming the marriage creating the "step" relationship occurred prior to the child turning 18 a USC would need to provide a separate I130 for the step-child (IR2 classification). If one is an LPR with a step-child who was under 18 when the "step" relationship was created, no new I130 is needed as the step-child would be a derivative on the foreign spouses F2A visa eventually. Interesting scenario if an unmarried child under 21 who also has a child obviously under 21. If this were to occur with a USC petitioning you are correct, the grandchild would not be a derivative of an IR2 as IR visas does not allow for derivatives (family based F1, F3 and F4 do according to note 4). A similar situation could be a USC applying for a parent (IR5) where the parent has additional children (siblings of the USC) under 21 who are not in the US. As an LPR petitioning for an unmarried child under 21, their children, if they have any, would be derivatives.

Even if filing by paper, one can set up the online account and still get all the documents from USCIS. My wife filed by paper, and also set up a USCIS account and received all of the notices. That being said, if we had to do it again, we would go online especially now since it is more expensive.

Very good read especially if one is open minded. Fact-Checking Wind and Solar Claims: Climate Expert Makes Case for ‘Realism’ Part of the issue is that carbon dioxide, we’re told that it’s a magic climate control. No. That essentially, if you put more carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide into the atmosphere, temperatures go up, you get more hurricanes, more tornadoes, more droughts, more floods, more all of the bad stuff that people don’t want to see. And if we somehow kept carbon dioxide to a minimal level, somewhere between 350 parts per million to 286 parts per million, that life would be good. We wouldn’t have hurricanes, we wouldn’t have tornadoes. All these bad things would stop happening. Temperature would stop rising, the seas would stop rising, as [former President] Barack Obama said. And magic happens. And the problem is it’s not connected directly to carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a bit player in all of this. So that I think is one of the take-home messages, is that carbon dioxide isn’t the climate control knob. For most of climate history, we’ve actually seen that air temperature leads and carbon dioxide follows. And that makes total sense because when air temperature goes up, water becomes warmer. There’s more outgassing of carbon dioxide. And so as your temperature of the oceans rise, carbon dioxide is given off by the oceans, the atmospheric concentrations increase. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/03/fact-checking-wind-solar-claims-climate-expert-makes-case-realism/

How far along are you on the F2A for your spouse? It appears the I130 was filed in 2022, so still a good two years out by my math. I am wondering if an opt-out request of the automatic conversion to IR1 would be an option here to maintain your step-daughter as a derivative. Depends of course on your family priorities.

It is interesting how concerned the Western leaders are regarding Ukraine's borders that were drawn in 1991, but have little concern for Israel's borders.

I would think AOS would be the best course right now. Easier to deal with overall, and if they decide to go back to Ukraine at sometime in the future, they can give up their GCs via the I407. Good Luck!