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What have you done in 8 years of marriage to commingle the marriage? Do you have wills or living wills? Have you filed taxes showing yourself married? Have you created a joint bank account? You can only submit evidence you have, but I would say being married for 8 years is a definite plus even with it being a long distance marriage. You might have more photos or chats considering the length of the marriage, I would focus on the more recent material. Good Luck!

If you have issues with airline staff, show them the CBP carrier guide page 10. Otherwise, you should be fine traveling via a land crossing. Good Luck! https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2023-Nov/Carrier Information Guide ENGLISH.pdf

I agree with @Family, file the I129 as a K3 to see what happens. Maybe it jump starts you case, maybe not. Maybe you are on of the handful of K3’s issued each year. Comparing your case with others is tough, and we cannot really comment about what could be holding up your specific case, but trying to jump through immigration hoops to shave a month or two off timing might be more risky than it is worth. Use this time to continue to build your marriage, helping your foreign spouse pre-adjust to life in the U.S. and your specific locale where you will be living. You can search out job opportunities that may be available when they enter the U.S., etc. I do not suggest divorcing and starting from day one with an I129F. Good Luck!

Since I am a bit captive to watching or at least listening to English speaking channels, I have been hearing about this particularly on BBC. I heard there may have been one or two or three arrests. Supposedly the person wielding the assault weapon turned themselves in. ISIS seems to have taken responsibility, and it seems a refugee center was raided.

Hot. Actually, in Korea now, and am having much more fun. I have watched more global news this past week, than in the last five years. I am amazed at how much even journalists at the BBC fawn over Harris, and try to depict Walz as a moderate.

Emphasis on “ former”.

It really was not a good speech, just more scripting. I will say I was out of touch for a week in China, has she actually given an interview yet or answered any questions? For me that is a deal breaker, if she cannot sit down with an unfriendly or unsympathetic journalist instead of one of the activists from the MSM, she cannot sit across from any world leader except for maybe Trudeau or Starmer.

Democrats are not vey smart.

Let me guess, rock?

Maybe NB has the pox?

I agree, it doesn’t hurt to try. Good Luck!

How are they getting past the 3 or 5 yr rule? That is not something that can simply be waived by EO.

She will need to find a co-sponsor. The co-sponsor has to be an adult, either a USC or LPR and residing in the US. Good Luck!

I was wondering the same thing.

Should not be a big issue. They may be questioned as to why they have been out of the US for almost a year, but in general they should be fine. Good Luck!

And we will get more of the same narrative that Hur gave us. Biden is an old man who means well so he should get a pass. What a joke, Biden has been playing at the corruption game way longer than anyone.

It should except the MSM activists and the Democrats are doing everything to re-brand Walz as some sort of everyman. That may work with many low-info voters.

Why do you need to pursue your Masters/PhD immediately? Engineering with a BS is very lucrative in the US and elsewhere, and oftentimes if you get a good job, you can pursue a Masters at least with the company you are working for paying the bill. This being said, your OP was a little confusing, it seems as if your USC spouse is in the US and not located with you. I would focus on her petitioning you for a spousal visa (I agree with the others, an NIV such as a student visa, would be a waste of time and money), and then find a job, and look at continuing education later. You would be surprised how much real work experience helps when continuing education as it may change your outlook and you may want to pursue an MBA instead of an MS/PhD in engineering. I am an engineer as well, got a job with a good company, and then took that route. Good Luck!

Kinds of dovetails off the BB article above, which is fairly realistic. My wife often times reminds me of how it was like growing up and living under socialist rule in the USSR (yes, the USSR was a socialist system run by Communists) and it was not very nice. Now when the USSR fell, chaos reigned which was not much better, but that has subsided some except for the ability of folks like Putin to gain power. The US and the West could have done more to integrate the former Soviet Union into society, with its vast natural resources, and massive land area, but we did not and instead treated the newly formed Russia as a continuing enemy. Whatever, it is what it is. No, Socialism Is Not Neighborliness The Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz entered the national scene with a passive-aggressive endorsement of government-run economic activity. “One person’s socialism,” the Minnesota governor quipped, “is another person’s neighborliness.” It’s easy for Walz to talk like that, living in a nation where markets allow for an unprecedented accumulation of wealth, food is plentiful, and citizens are comfortable in their standalone suburban homes. Having grown up in Soviet Ukraine, however, I happen to know that socialism does not encourage neighborliness. First, there is the issue of socialist neighborhoods themselves. In the decades following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, Soviet leadership forcefully industrialized the backward and rural Russian Empire. The process was as murderous as it was successful: in the few short years of collectivist agriculture, Joseph Stalin diverted food from the countryside to the cities, starving millions. The Holodomor propelled the movement of farmers into urban centers where the USSR scrambled to create factory jobs. Because central planners neglected to design urban areas that would be ready to receive the inflow, the new arrivals ended up clustered in crowded kommunalkas, or communal apartments. It was not unusual for multiple families to share a room, and the number of rooms per apartment could be in the double digits. Some even slept under staircases, Harry Potter–style. https://rlo.acton.org/archives/125802-no-socialism-is-not-neighborliness.html

Ahh, the leftist boogey man. I suppose you are more in favor of the socialism being pushed by KK and Stolen Valor Walz.

I see Korea now has an optional ETA if entering on a US passport. I have not been there since 2019, so this is new for me. I was wondering if anyone thought it was worth getting the ETA? Does it help with getting through passport control faster?

I would not worry about texts and affidavits for filing the I130. You can bring those to the interview in case the CO asks you to provide more evidence. I should note though that it wouldn't hurt to include them with the filing, and make sure the affidavits are notarized. Good Luck!

Overall in this case Disney has a point that the restaurant is not their operation (not sure about licensing etc.), and it appears to be a reach for deep pockets. But this case does uncover that fine print that says anyone wishing to sue Disney for something that may be directly tied to them (getting injured on a park ride, etc.) cannot go after them as they accepted some set of terms saying so. I do wonder how many other companies have that clause in their terms.

In the end it is really up to you and your wife. Immigration is difficult, and separations oftentimes are unavoidable when a goal is decided. If you live in a border region you may be able to blunt some of that, but it is really dependent on your priorities. If no separation is desired, it looks like the only option is to wait out the bar and then see if you can get a similar offer in 8-9 years. If you are willing to deal with some separation (dependent on your specific situation), you could get the employment GC now, file for your spouse as an F2A and potentially get her here in 5-6 years. Overall, there is not much difference in the timing. Good Luck!

What does your company lawyer say?