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Rules for thee.... What is the total carbon footprint for these pointless COPs?

Depends. She can use the I864EZ if these apply: Who May Use Form I-864EZ? You may use Form I-864EZ if ALL the following conditions apply: 1. You are the person who filed or is filing Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e); Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative; Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative; or Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, for the relative you are sponsoring. 2. The relative you are sponsoring is the only person listed on Form I-130; and 3. The income you are using to qualify is based entirely on your salary or pension and is shown on one or more Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-2s provided by your employers or former employers. Otherwise, the I864. Also, if you file taxes jointly with your wife, I would have an I864A from you in case the consulate asks for it. Good Luck!

Going to post this here as well, but the Simian and Charles can move this to the Master Environmental thread if so desired. The trial finally commenced in January 2024, and in the following month, the jury unanimously found Simberg and Steyn guilty of defamation. Mann was awarded nominal damages of $1 from each of the defendants but was also awarded $1,000 in punitive damages from Simberg and an astonishing $1 million from Steyn. It would seem that the massively higher punitive punishment the jury meted out to Mark Steyn can only be explained by the latter’s high profile as a conservative commentator. He has appeared in national media networks such as Fox News and as a guest host for Rush Limbaugh on contentious topics including the culture wars and Covid. In a laudatory article published in the Wall Street Journal in the flush of his court victory, Mann said that he felt “vindicated by his court victory and hopes it will embolden other climate researchers to defend their work as vigorously as he has defended his own.” He is lionized in the Journal article as follows: Super-star, planet-saving Mann, has however received some adverse – some would say well-deserved -- news this year. On January 10th, in an article entitled “Pay Up, Mr. Mann”, the editors of the National Review reported that “a court in our nation’s capital ordered Mann to pay us $530,820.21 worth of attorney’s fees and costs, and to do so within 30 days.” As was made clear during the discovery process in the long legal battle, Mann’s explicitly stated intention was to use a “major lawsuit” as a vehicle with which to “ruin National Review.” The court order will go some way in restituting the news magazine for legal fees spent in the long litigation. In even better news, it was reported earlier this week that Judge Alfred S. Irving, Jr. of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued a Final Judgment Order, reducing the punitive damages charged against Mr. Steyn from the astronomical $1 million to a modest $5,000. The order underscored the judiciary's role in preventing the legal system from being used as a tool to intimidate and silence critics of the prevailing climate narrative. https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/hockey-stick-shenanigans-and-fraudulent

Michael Mann is truly a disgusting grifter. Hockey Stick Shenanigans and Fraudulent Climate Science: Mark Steyn Has The Last Laugh If the blade of Mann’s hockey stick showed an unprecedented rise in global temperature coinciding neatly with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, its millennia-long relatively straight shaft also performed a critical function. The hockey stick in effect abolished the Medieval Warming Period (800 – 1300 AD) which was part of the previously accepted climatological record. By deleting reference to the MWP, the hockey stick persuaded people and politicians into thinking that modern global warming was unprecedented and hence entirely man-made. Commentator Rupert Darwall points out that “the Medieval Warm Period presented a twofold problem to the new climate change orthodoxy. It implied a much greater amplitude of natural variability beyond the bounds posited by the new scientific consensus of human-driven climate change, and it challenged the catastrophist narrative of global warming. If the prosperity of the Middle Ages and Viking settlement of Greenland occurred during an extended period of unusual warmth, then modern societies, too, could survive and prosper in a period of rising temperature.” Since the publication of Mann’s hockey stick paper, there have been many peer-reviewed temperature reconstruction studies using similar proxies (such as tree ring data) and statistical methods that have given results that diverge from Mann’s. Since 2019, there have been over 350 peer-reviewed scientific papers published showing no warming in the modern era and/or much warmer temperatures than today when CO2 levels ranged from 180 to 280 ppm. Well known climate scientist Dr. Judith Curry, writing in her capacity as an expert witness to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, gave her opinion that it is “reasonable” to have referred to the hockey stick in 2012 as “fraudulent” in the sense that “aspects of it are deceptive and misleading.” https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/hockey-stick-shenanigans-and-fraudulent

Was it a Walmart?

If it has a stamped seal you are fine. Typically funeral homes provide certified copies of the DCs to the family after the funeral. I think this is more like what @Edward and Jaycel suggested, just send another certified copy in response to the somewhat pointless RFE to get the case back on track. Good Luck!

I thought the same thing back when I was single, and even after getting married, but I found otherwise. Not everything there is sold in massive bulk, and those that are and are also perishable, we avoid (think salad kits). Beyond that, there are a lot of decent deals there on household goods like bath towels, bed sheets, appliances (bought a fridge and dishwasher recently) etc. We also like their deli dishes you can take home an cook/bake which last a few days for our family of two. Recently they offered a mushroom ravioli dish that was amazing. We often get those and put them in the freezer for later consumption. Yes, Costco is not a regular for weekly groceries, but it has been worth it even for our family of 2. it has been worth it even for our family of 2.

Not really a big hot dog fan. Sure, I will eat them occasionally, but I do not go out of my way for them. As to the samples at Costco, those are not for me, so much processed foods there.

Of course this is a BB article, but it does beg the question as to what does Trump regret from his past? We see a similar issue with his tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Didn't Trump negotiate USMCA (NAFTA II) with Mexico and Canada? Sure there were restrictions there that probably should have been negotiated out, but why is Trump now hammering tariffs on Canada and Mexico (non-retaliatory tariffs)? Trump needs to ditch Navarro as an advisor, there is no way tariffs are going to replace the current tax system, and no way consumers are going to continue their purchasing practices in response to higher prices.

Here is what I find troubling with the media reporting on Mr. Khalil, the synchronized MSM is of course painting him out to be some sort of victim even though there is credible evidence online of his support of pro-Hamas activities, and the rest of the media has no clue as to immigration. The simple fact is this person is an LPR, so there is no student visa to cancel SO STOP SAYING HIS STUDENT VISA IS BEING REVOKED (sorry for the shouting)! If the government has evidence he lied on an I485, or has since provided support for a terrorist organization like Hamas, then this needs to go in front of an immigration judge. We always say only an IJ can take away someone's LPR status (not Trump, not Rubio, not Noem...), so take the evidence there, even get an expedited hearing (I understand high ranking government officials can get those), and get this over with.

No, as @pushbrk stated, each parent requires their own I130 (no derivatives for immediate relatives). As to notifying USCIS of the change in your spouse’s application (from F2A to IR1), that should happen automatically, but most people contact USCIS with proof of their naturalization along with the case number of the spouse’s I130. Good Luck!

This is key, you do not want to create confusion with USCIS that may delay a case. It is similar to those that send in IRS tax transcripts and copies of W2’s/1099’s then receive an RFE for copies of a tax return. If someone indicates they have been married multiple times USCIS will be looking for all the evidence of those marriages, was the person legally able to get married, how did the 1st marriage end, etc. (I.e confusion). More than likely in the case of the OP, if they put 2 marriages, USCIS will be looking for a divorce decree from the first one, and of course this will not be present, so an RFE is likely, then the OP will be facing how to explain this to a nameless USCIS clerk in writing (think trying to prove a negative). Sometimes USCIS instructions can be, let’s say, less than clear. It is best to not read them too literally. If one married one person once legally, and then had a religious or cultural ceremony with of without some form of semi-official paperwork, do they consider themselves married two times? IMO it is common sense for the OP to put one in that section, and then at the interview, if asked, explain they had both a civil and religious ceremony.

You should be fine with the printed copies. Worse case is you get an RFE for certified copies, but I would expect that to be unlikely. Good Luck!

I would also have her jump on a plane. With an absence of less than 2 yrs, I don't expect much of an issue, but make sure she understands not to sign an I407 if asked, or pressured to do so. Good Luck!

The "Refused" status is not the same as "Denied". The DoS started using "Refused" status for cases that are still active, but are sitting parked awaiting something to be completed (i.e. background checks, etc.). They used to use only "Administrative Processing" for this status, but decided to change, and now "AP" appears to mean someone is actively working on your case. All you can do now is sit and wait until whatever they are waiting for is completed. Good Luck!

Based on what you described, even with a church certificate, I would just put 1 for the number of times married. Unless you ended (officially) a marriage, and then remarried to the same person, would I say 2. Good Luck!

I agree, but it won't happen anytime soon, and now he has nukes to protect his phony baloney regime.

I will wait for the whole story before judging. I suspect one of the questions is did he provide material support for Hamas, but did not disclose it when he got his LPR status (AOS or consular processing)? I have no idea if he did, I understand he worked with UNRWA for some time, and that agency had or has murky ties to Hamas. As to violating his first amendment rights, I understand some of those Columbia protests were quite violent, and damaging to property, etc. I guess if you are OK with Jan. 6th rioters being punished for violating the Capitol grounds/building (I am), then someone leading a protest that breaks laws, damages property, or violates the rights of others can be prosecuted and punished. As I said, time will tell how this goes, but I suspect there is a reason Mr. Khalil was the 1st targeted individual. Whether that reason is valid remains to be seen.

Progress?

File for your spouse now, I agree with @Boiler, and @Ryan H, no point in waiting, and you can upgrade after naturalizing. Each I130 will be treated as a separate petition, so don't worry about having multiple petitions except as it relates to the I864, but when you do file for your parents after becoming a USC, you can get the petitions together during the NVC and consulate phases. Good Luck!

I agree that an SB-1 will most likely not be successful, but they can always try. As others have asked, it is important to understand what their long-term plans are to give good advice. If they plan on only visiting the US, then LPR status is not really for them, but if they plan on re-establishing residency in the US, the I would also hop on a plane and hope for the best. Good Luck!

As you stated, it tends to be more of a cultural thing. Most of the time, the importance that the spouses know what is going on is much more important than the extended families knowing. I suppose there are some cultures where what the extended families know carries some weight, but there are exceptions to that as well (think same sex marriage in cultures that don’t accept that). Personally, I would not be worried about it as you stated. Good Luck!

Not so big in the U.S., but there are a lot of international women here on VJ. So Happy International Women’s Day!

Many people with immigration intent (I130 in process) still travel to the US on ESTA. I don't believe immigration intent is an immediate denial on an ESTA application, and since the OP's spouse has not actually reached LPR status, I believe ESTA is still an option.

You will need to start over with an I130 petition and she will need to apply for an IR1 visa to re-enter the US as an LPR. She should have ESTA available though. Good Luck!