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If you bring her here on a K1 and you marry, she cannot return to Canada to as you say "have that all process while she is finishing her last semester". She would have to remain in the US with you. K1s can only work and enter/exit the country when they are authorized to do. The wait on that authorization process is growing ever longer and I expect that to continue. There is nothing wrong with visiting (proof that the person intends to return from wherever they came), marrying in the US, her returning back to Canada, and applying for a spousal visa for her. You do not need a K1 to do that. Marriage is in the domain of the state, so people are allowed to freely travel and marry in the state they choose. However, the person must return home and apply for a spousal visa. K1s are for those couples who cannot otherwise travel to the US to marry (they were previously denied entry, or they want to get married in the US and have no intent on returning home, or they don't want to be apart as a married couple). The question will be timing, and if she is still committed to finishing school in Canada then applying right away may not be prudent. Remember green cards, which she will have at the end of a spousal visa, are for staying in the US, and typically people will want to have their plans in other countries wrapped up. The plus side about spousal visas are instead of having to adjust status as a K1 and be in limbo for a long time to do anything, no adjustment is needed and the person can work immediately. But again, green cards are for living in the US, and she'd want her Canadian commitments finished. You will also need to have met and have established good evidence. Other things to consider will be: do you make enough to fulfill the financial sponsorship requirements whichever path you choose?

Happy New Year to all! Yesterday was spent drinking punch and cider of the non-alcoholic variety, making up a seafood platter, chicken salad sandwiches, and cheese/crackers for snacking, watching movies with plenty of popcorn, and playing Scrabble-Monopoly - a new mashup of the two games. Dessert was a Smith Island cake by me. Briefly watched Anderson Cooper get silly drunk for a while. Today is traditional pork and sauerkraut.

I wanted to give a little update to this old thread. I passed a good deal of information that I was able to dig up involving individuals in this case to the relevant authorities and to some alternative sources. I hope that it provided useful info that the feds could use against this specific criminal. I am pretty ticked off though that the FBI let this guy flee the country.... while they recovered some of the stolen taxpayer money, $1.5 million is a drop in a bucket. and this was another guy I tried looking into. The FBI's court filing is here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67594550/1/united-states-v-syed/

New immigrant short term insurance is what some use. I can tell you though you'll pay a premium and not actually be covered for much if at all. Of course finding a doctor that actually accepts it will be another challenge. In the end, you'll pay for peace of mind that's not really peace of mind. Of course plenty of people still do it. Absolutely get signed up for real health insurance asap.

What I got him: clothes, puffer vest, trainers, coffee, blanket, tools, giant lego set & running gear What he got me: a coat, clothes, trainers, giant lego set, cookbook, a makeup bag from London (this was especially sweet as it's my favorite brand), and chocolate. What friends got us: a Japanese subscription box What we sent to the kids abroad: perfume for the eldest and squishmallows for the youngest As is traditional a few days before Christmas we head up to Longwood to look at the display and have their absolutely fantastic holiday menu. We also usually take the family out for milkshakes and ride around the neighborhood to look at the light displays. Then we celebrate Christmas, on Christmas Eve, to give everyone an additional day of rest before heading back to work. Daytime is usually reserved for guests and present exchanges, and later in the evening when most have gone is when a quieter more enjoyable time for gift giving is had. It was stressful during the day because of the person that invited themselves over, but we tried our best to make things work. We usually get Chinese takeaway for dinner and dessert by me.

The newest information I can offer today regarding this upcoming policy change is.. well, perhaps a wait and see approach for now. As it stands a new election is likely coming, but the blacklash is already beginning. There are lawsuits brewing, and this evening it seems the government has decided to take yet another reformulated and vague position. They have announced the threshold will still rise to another new figure of £29,000 ($36,700). This is classified as an initial rise with no other details as to when or what other increments will be used. Furthermore, they have agreed that these changes will only reflect new visa applicants, and not those already in the country. This figure, will still result in large number of Britons being unable to bring their spouses and children into the country. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/home-office-migrant-family-visa-thresholds-b1128603.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/17/legal-action-planned-over-uk-cruel-income-threshold-visa-rules

In the states, cordials are considered alcoholic beverages or types of chocolates, but in the UK they are non-alcoholic - a syrupy fruit juice with sparkling added. Though you can make them alcoholic - like a Cider & Black (alcoholic cider + blackcurrant juice cordial) or a type of snakebite. My great grandma used to make cordials and they were added to alcohol like a sort of mixer at parties. I would often debate with my husband if Martinelli's Sparkling Cider or Welch's is considered a type of cordial rather than just a non-alcoholic cider or wine, but we couldn't get a definite answer. You can get non-alcoholic cordial in the US, but they are like mixers right? Layla, you got the kiplings mince pies but not the almond cakes? Man... I could eat a whole box of those right now.

If you are not intending on purchasing her a plan directly, my suggestion would be to read through this thread carefully.

You are allowed to work once you have authorization. The SSN card you will receive should say ''valid for work only with DHS authorization" on it and the EAD you apply for will be that authorization. You can remove that 'restriction' by going back to the SSA once you obtain your green card.

Analysis from the Migration Observatory, with breakdown from the economic perspective of things: very clear that these rules will actually punish British citizens in a nonsensical way. https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/commentaries/how-will-new-salary-thresholds-affect-uk-migration/

The Independent as of 2hrs ago. Absolutely renew as soon as possible before these changes come down. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/foreign-spouse-migration-crackdown-earn-b2458988.html

It is an arbitrary value they just came up with it seems. I also wanted to inform as an addition to the first post that the UK government has clarified this evening in some articles that this new threshold will indeed apply to those spouse already in the UK that arrived under the old threshold and in the middle of the multi-year immigration process. If their UK spouse is not making the new sum by spring they will likely need to self deport.

Hey we discovered where some of the gold bars came from. Hint: they were stolen from the same guy that is involved in the indictment against Menendez. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/gold-bars-featured-in-bob-menendez-bribe-case-linked-to-2013-robbery-records-show/4919801/

Indeed we do. I have seen a rough estimate of only 65k couples returning to the UK last year - to utilize a further reduction of that seems a bit odd to me. These are after all, persons coming there legally when the requirements were still fairly strict. Some estimates have shown that an extremely large number of the British public, even those considered making a decent living in the UK, would no longer be able to bring spouse and children under the new rules. I have noticed more than a few conservative names getting angry about this, when they suddenly realize who might be affected and complaining that British citizens with foreign spouses should have more rights compared to other immigrants. Some have said this is a nonsense rule that surely they'll change - I doubt this very much. Suppose we'll see.

You have 6 months from the time of the medical to enter the US. Once you enter, you have 90 days to marry.

Over the years there's been many persons on this forum that have inquired about returning to the UK with their American spouses and children. There has always been visa requirements involved with that, which included financial requirements that for some, were too great. Based on yesterday's announcement by the UK government, they intend to increase that burden further. The old rules required that the UK citizen and only the UK citizen had a UK job and guarantied salary held for six months or more of £18,600 (roughly $23,000), or a large sum of savings of £62,500. This amount increased with each non-UK citizen child. As of yesterday and becoming effective in spring 2024, these guarantied salary amount will be increased to £38,700 (roughly $48,800). No doubt that means the amount for savings and for any additional child will also increase. If the math works out that would increase to £112,000 in savings. No joint sponsors or joint income may be used. There is also price rises in the visa fees itself, as well as significant increase to the amount you would have to pay each year under the health immigration surcharge. This was a part of additional changes and measures which will negatively affect legal immigration to the UK. This post is just for informative purposes. I've had numerous discussions with UK-based lawyers and legal immigration support organizers. I'm sure that everyone will have a variety of thoughts on it. There may be legal challenges to come and things could theoretically change in a new election. My advice is always: make sure you have your UK citizen spouse's status settled here first, before thinking of uprooting yourselves and be aware that the UK's requirements are a lot harsher than the US. For more information: https://news.sky.com/story/tougher-visa-rules-for-foreign-workers-including-ban-on-bringing-families-and-raising-minimum-salary-requirement-13022936 https://freemovement.org.uk/government-attack-on-families-as-minimum-income-requirement-to-rise-to-38700/ https://kittyfallsimmigrationlaw.com/2023/12/05/partner-visa-minimum-income-requirement-is-going-up/

My husband says that he used to work with a former Marine who said that kids needs structure and that whenever his kids 'sassed him' goofed off, or didn't do their homework there had to be consequences - so phone get gone, video games go, no matter how long it takes for the kid to prove themselves again. I think that's probably a good rule of thumb, but I'm sure every parent's situation is different. I was homeschooled and was considered a good student though I taught myself most of it. There was a period of time where I did start to really struggle with reading, memorization, and math. My mom would get frustrated and think I was just being lazy. It wasn't. I needed glasses and vision therapy. I got the glasses at least, and kept putting in the hard work - the reading and memory issue resolved. Math though was a real struggle and I realize that it's probably Dyscalculia related to the eye issue, and maybe if I had the help I'd needed back then, things may have been easier. It's always a challenge to know what's going on with kids, especially as they get older. Make sure that any of his issues doesn't stem from a learning disorder. In other cases there might not be a learning disorder, but maybe the kid learns better a different way than how he's been told (we all aren't cookie cutters). Other times I think it may be needing additional hands-on (I'm not sure how much you do already) on your part, or the other parent, or a tutor to see where he's having trouble in his homework or courses. Maybe he doesn't get it and feels stupid and that nothing is worth trying if he's not having fun. Maybe he does get it and is lazy. Or maybe it's a struggle somewhere. Or it's a combo of all three.

Peanut butter worked well until one day he realized and then became suspicious of any further attempts. Thankfully he's addicted to cheese. 🤪

He does as long as it is hidden in high value food like cheese, otherwise good luck getting it down him. Pain meds were needed last night, he is super uncomfortable.

Let dog out last night. It was very cold but he was bundled up. Nevertheless the old guy was in a rush to get back inside and wasn't paying attention. I hear screaming and yelping, and I'm like what on earth? Oh my gosh, so much blood everywhere. He'd somehow managed to get his toe wedged into the deck and proceeded to rip his nail straight off. There's nothing left. Many panicked moments of trying to get the kwik-stop to slow the bleeding and wrapping it in a bandage. By this point the dog has just shut down and isn't making any more noise - like he's in shock or something. I'm really not sure what to do, so we head over to the emergency vet. After an hour a tech looks at the foot and seems in awe then tells us it will be many many hours to be seen properly. We wait three, and ask any closer? Nope. By this time the dog is exhausted and we're exhausted so we decide to rewrap the foot as best we can until I can ring our vet in the morning. And by the time we get back home it's 2am. Our vet says we did a great job and that's about all we can do for it. Sent us on our way with antibiotics and pain pills. Poor little guy still seems mortified.

There is only one Napoleon to me. But yes, I've read some really bad things about this film, which is a real disappointment. Still will probably see it eventually, I want to know how good the costuming is.

If some on-sale clothing bought on Thursday/Friday gets me a pile of free stuff on Sunday once I drop the Kohls cash and additional coupons I've been saving - the girl maths works for me every year. Trick is making a list and sticking with it. Kohls is counting on someone to come in and spend extra well over the amount of free cash they have. Plus you can do store pickup and travel over the state line to avoid shipping and tax.

I kind of feel like we keep giving more and more money to the USCIS and there are never any better results. Continued slowdowns are predictable with the way things have been going, and it's been like that for ages. Things were slow as heck during Obama, slow with Trump, and still slow now. Sure I still have no idea how our N400 got processed so quickly while people are still waiting at our field office - but I don't think Biden had anything to do with that. Immigrants and their families are nothing but a dollar sign and used for political fodder. No one actually cares to fix anything.

I have ordered from British Corner before... there's also British Food Depot.. those prices though lol. Thank goodness Jolly Posh exists too. The local grocery store does have a small British section so there are usually plenty of overpriced Cadbury, mushy peas, and Jacobs. Ribena is a favorite of mine but it all has artificial sweetener in it now unless you go over to the Asian grocer (the OG one I found imported from Malaysia). Some things we will never be able to get like Stotties and Greggs gingerbread men.

Thanksgiving was successful though extremely tiring. After making most of all the food with me, my husband put up the pre-lit tree. There were many bulbs to replace. By the time I got done doing all the dishes, I was tired but thought it important to get some exercise in so we went for a walk around the neighborhood. The smell of pot permeated (ugh) everywhere outside... I guess there were some 'interesting' Thanksgivings going on. On Friday, I had multiple errands to run - the brand new pot store in town was so overflowing with cars it caused a traffic jam - so was stuck in traffic some time just to get some groceries. In fact I'd say there were more people there than at the Walmart for Black Friday. Put decorations on the tree, and while my husband worked on the outside, I finished up the last minute gardening tasks before the cold front came in. On Sunday we went on our morning coffee and walk by the water, and stopped over at the department store to see how bad it was after Friday. Surprisingly hardly any one there, and was still well stocked. Everything is also self-checkout now, which I liked. But my real purpose was to get my husband into a fitting room to try on some pants because the man hasn't had anything new in about six years and they are falling off him/worn out. But some of the male species don't seem to like the fuss of trying things on and get very flustered. Out of 7 pairs he tried on, we only came home with 1. A small victory! At least it was a deep discount. I spent an hour trying to argue with mom about making sure she wears safe slippers on her feet. How it works is you buy mom slippers, she will say they are amazing, and then a few days later say they are terrible and go back to wearing slippers that are falling apart and dangerous to walk on. Almost all my xmas shopping is done online now, and about 60% is wrapped already. Deals were poor though.