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Hello everyone, I am US Citizen now and planning to petition my parents but when I was filling up the I-130 form it asked to list the spouse and all the children of my parents. I have a younger sister but she is not a biological child of my parents. She came to our house when she was 7 months old. Her father, which is my dad's cousin was having an affair and the result is this child. When they split up, the mother gave up the child to him and he went to our house and asked my parents if they want the child or if not then he's gonna leave her somewhere because his wife doesn't know about the affair and much more about the baby. My parents felt sympathy to the baby so they accepted her since she's been abandoned. My mother consulted a social worker in our area and asked what to do. The social worker suggested for the child to be late registered and they are the parents. We considered her our little sister since that time. She is now 10 years old. I'm aware that if I petition my parents she cannot come with them but I am not sure if I can put her name in the list of my parents children. I am worried that it can affect the petition process. And I am also wondering if once my parents are here if they can petition her without problems..I hope that you guys can help me. Really really appreciate your replies. Thank you!

if your parents haven't legally adopted this child, then simply as that, the child is not their child.

And the term "override homesickness" ..as if we are all robots that can switch things off and on .. The world is not black or white, it's not an all or nothing situation... I won't have less love for my spouse cause I'll be homesick... that's absurd!

Well, Speaking for myself. I don't feel that homesick at all.

If homesickness I should be feeling , it is being washed away by time and the wave of changes in my home country.

Born in British Hong Kong,we were taught UK was the motherland, then Thatcher made this terrible deal with China, 7 million of us became Chinese citizens over night,as a city , we witnessed the handover, then we became scared of the Chinese bullying followed by a decade-long identity crisis. We have the Hong Kong version of Chinese passports, yet we don't feel fully Chinese, we have the spayed version of UK passports, yet we are a second class national there.

My home, call it a city, call it a country , call it the SAR, the one I loved, after 12 years of absence , I could barely recongnise her.

I feel more comfortable eating subway than dim sum, my saving account is with CITI, not with HSBC, I fly United, not Cathay Pacific, I speak English more than I do in Cantonese, I watch CNN, not TVB, I have Netflix, not OPENRICE.

Futile the sickness, let it dock at the port.

one way ticket to the Ph should cost no more than 1K. if he honestly didn't have that money, then I'd leave right away.

Life will be tough.

Hi Everyone,

We sent in our ROC package to VSC about 3 weeks ago. We got our NOA1 on 7/14 and received our biometrics appointment yesterday for 8/8. Starting in early September until early December, my husband and I will be going out of the country and traveling around Europe and Asia (quitting our jobs) because we know that we want kids in the very near future so figure this is really our last chance to take advantage of our youth sans children.

My question: is it bad if we're out of the country for 3 months? Is there any chance they'll call us for an interview during this time? Since VSC is so backed up, I figure the only communication we might get is an RFE, but my parents could deal with that for us worst case.

Also, we will be applying for citizenship next July (he got his conditional GC in Oct 2014 so 3 years -90 days would be early July 2017). I see that you have to have resided in the US for 18 out of the last 36 months. Would it look bad if we were out of the country for 3 months? I know it's not 6 months but would that raise a red flag? Aside from going to France for 10 days my husband has been in the US since he arrived in Oct 2014, so this would be our only extended time outside of the US.

Thanks for your help

NP. enjoy your trip.

We all have our reasons for wanting to become US citizens. But why now?

For some people, now is probably the earliest that you were eligible to apply. But if you were eligible before, is there a reason that you chose now to apply?

I'm wondering because of what's happening in this country. Immigration has become a political issue in the upcoming federal election. While the focus is on illegal immigration, the word "illegal" is often left out of the discussion. And once we become US citizens, we can vote.

I applied to become a US citizen in May because I want to be able to vote in the November federal election. I want to become a US citizen for other reasons too, but the timing is because I really hope that I'll be able to vote this year. Was this one of your reasons too? Or did you have other time-sensitive reasons?

I am sick and tired of Hillary and her democrats habibis falsely accusing Donald Trump being anti-immigrants. I dare anybody find one thing Trump said that is anti LEGAL immigrants .

I am not yet eligible to apply .but .... I would apply for US citizenship because:

1: sense of belongingness

2: I want to excise my right to vote. The same right in my native of Hong Kong is currently being suppressed and bullied by China.

3: N400 costs less than your iPhone, so why not?

Hi,

My wife is overseas, and her green card (without conditions) arrived. She has her expired 2 year conditional green card, plus the 1 year extension letter.

To sum up, she received her 2 year GC, we applied to have conditions removed, we got the 1 year extension letter, she is traveling (short trip to see her parents), but then the new green card came (faster than we expected).

So, should I send her the new green card via Fedex/UPS etc, or can she explain the situation at the airport when she arrives to customs? (I will be at the terminal with the new green card.)

It's actually urgent, because she's set to fly back on Sunday, so I'd have to send her the GC today for her to get it in time!

Please, any help is appreciated on what to do here.

Thanks!

It is good. I've personally done something similar.

I travelled with Advanced Parole and my green card was approved whilst I was in Europe.

They probably will send your wife to secondary and confirm her permanent residency.

I've got an I-20 for a community college in culinary arts. It only says 2 years on my I-20 but it says that after completion of my associates I'm eligible to transfer to a 4 year college. For my interview, should I mention that I plan on transferring to a 4 year college after I've got my associates because I want to get a bachelor's of nutrition after I've completed it. How does this work? Do I reapply for an I-20 while I'm at college to do the last 2 years? Or do I mention to the consulate officer that I want to stay 4 years?

the validity of your visa is probably gonna be longer than your i20.depends on your nationality, what is your nationality?

your school is a community college, so they issue 2-year I20.

Once you transferred to a four year college, they will issue you another i20 for the length of your study.

you can tell the visa officer anything you want.

Your stepfather would be the Joint Sponsor. He will file an I-864 for you.

Your husband is the Petitioner/Primary Sponsor. He must file a separate I-864. He list his income as 0. He must provide a signed statement that he was not required to file US tax returns for the last 3 years because his income was below the threshold requiring him to file.

Everything is in the I-864 instructions.

did you mean her father in law?

Hi guys. I'm posting this here because I really don't feel like I have anybody else to talk to about it since most of my friends here are her friends so they always just take her side and don't ever listen to how I'm feeling,

My wife and I just got married about 2 weeks ago. When I came to Minnesota things between us felt a bit strained but we hoped that after the marriage things would get better, but we've been fighting so much more over the simplest things. I told her the other day that I wanted to get an undercut (shave the nape of my neck) and she told me that she would divorce me if I did that. Normally I would just take this as a joke, but this whole adjustment phase has got me feeling down and depressed about everything. I didn't think that I would have a hard time adjusting to living in Minnesota but I think after I sent the forms it finally hit me that this is where I live now. Some days I just feel like packing up my bags and going back home but I have nowhere to go (I know that sounds dramatic, but my father had threatened to kick me out multiple times when I tried telling him about my relationship before the engagement, so now I don't think he'll ever forgive me)

I'm hopeful that it's just all the stress that the both of us are under right now (shes having to completely support me financially, and we're having a really difficult time finding a place to live when her lease runs up next month, on top of it all she recently got sick and wasn't allowed to come in to work for a week and she didn't have any vacation/sick days left, so we went a week with no income). I know that once I can start helping out financially that things will get better so I don't want you guys to think I'm hopeless, I'm just feeling stuck since all life seems to be right now is waiting for things to get better and I feel so useless sitting home all day while she works to feed me.

I really didn't want to post this here since I always enjoy reading the happy endings on here, but I felt that I needed to get this off my chest. Any advice on how to get through this stressful time??

undercut is so first half of 2016!

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OP, I hope you have your answer now. I based my conclusion only on information you provided. Again please do not bother your ex with this frivolous nonsense. In less than half the year you were able to exceed the poverty limit. You chose to quit a job and live off of savings which apparently was enough to pay living expenses, tuition, and loans. You did not seek even part time work while going for your 2nd post secondary degree - quite a luxury. You are not even seeking a job right now. You are NOT A WELFARE CASE. Had you quit your job to join the circus and hand out peanuts for free, my response would have been the same. No one "owes" you the opportunity to pursue an optional master's degree.

I would tell you to contact the unemployment benefits office but the voluntary nature of the termination of your job precludes you from going that route and you know it. So, again, fast food and retail are currently hiring all over. Why are you by your own admission unwilling to work?

you misspelled vicious into frivolous.

The USA does not recognise convictions as spent. That's a UK-specific concept. In the US a conviction, no matter how minor, stays with you until you die unless you are one of the few people able to have an expungement.

I doubt that it's an H1B - what degree to you have? H1B is for degree-holders and those in specialist fields. Bar work would not be considered a specialist field.

I bet my head it is not a H1B.

J1 is common, seasonal work.

So, first of all, hello.

I am a natural born American citizen from Florida. My best friend in the world, and the woman I plan to marry, is Australian. I have a friend who married a Brazillian woman who came here on the waiver program and they filed for status adjustment - but I hear that's a sketchy way to go about things.

What is the easiest way to do this? She is planning on visiting on the waiver, but then going back to Australia for a few weeks for some family affairs as well. We are already (informally) engaged, the ring just hasn't been handed over since, well, she's in Australia.

The different types of visas are insane. I've known her for five years and want to spend the rest of them with her. How do we do it without breaking the law?

Thanks for the help!

Your friend who married a Brazilian woman, who can't possibly came on VWP, since Brazil has never been a WVP country.

Why rush to get married if you can first meet in person and then go from there?

Hello Everyone,

i need help to know that i married my cousin on 2011 and filed i-130 for him and my petition was approved from USCIS and he didn't get approved for his visa due to lack of evidence. NVC returned file to USCIS on 14 october 2014 for review, and he married someone there without letting me know anything. so later i found that he married someone and he gave me divorce after he refused by embassy. immediately i hired a lawyer who did nothing on this so far and my case is almost 21 months now still showing its pending review.

i love someone now and i want to bring him here with k1 visa but i dont know what to do now my i-130 still on review how to terminate it? and can i apply k1 if my this case is pending? or i have to wait until USCIS give me decision?

Depends on the law, cousin marriage may not be legal and could possibly be annulled? for some very confusing reason, in NYS it is legal.

Hi All,

I believe some of you have experienced the same situations that I am facing here now. I need to figure out how to get out of my feelings and situations.

In my home country, Indonesia, I was running my own company in Recruitment Consultant. My life pretty excellent there, with upper class living situation. I tried to take my husband moved to my country but his job as a Nurse Practitioner is not promising and pay so less there. I can not kill his career and I dont want to have him feel bad about himself, so I decided to move to US with him, considering that it may gonna be easier for me to build my career in US instead of him in Indonesia. Then I sell my Company along with some of my assets and move to US.

So I've been here in the US since Feb '16, green card and driving license already in hand since June '16. Life seems pretty good at the beginning. I keep applying jobs even though still there is no interview or anything good yet. Its been quite sometimes now and I start feeling so low, less confident, and the worst is I start comparing my life in Indonesia and here in the US. I compare everything from living situations, car, job, friends, family. I start missing and love the life I had in Indonesia more than the life I am having in US.

I know my husband been doing the best he can to make the transition as smooth as possible, I dont want to hurt him by saying this but I really dont like the life in the US anymore. I just wanna fly back to Indonesia and back to my old life. I dont feel happy anymore here, everyday is another unhappy life.

Is this some common feeling or situations that most of new immigrants have? if anyone have experiencing similar feeling please let me know how to get through this feeling and feel happy again or help me to decide if maybe moving back to my country is gonna be best decision.

Nurse practitioners make 120k + a year. That is a good.money anywhere maybe except.NYC or SF in the states.

But I know what you are talking about , not being able to enjoy the life and previligles afforded to you in a country where the gap between the rich and poor is unmeasurable.

It is a fairly easy choice for you

Stay , or leave.

If I were you, I'd leave .

1. Your kids can acquire U.S. citizenship through their U.S. citizen father.

2. If your kids acquire U.S. citizenship through their U.S. citizen father, one of them can sponsor you as soon as they turn 21.

3. I don't know, that's an issue for family court, not an immigration matter.

4. The only way for you to enter the U.S. is either (a) to visit on a tourist visa, or (b) by having him file an I-130 petition for you to immigrate to the U.S. as his wife on a CR-1 visa. Having U.S. citizen children does not grant you any immigration benefit until they can sponsor you. They have to be 21 years or older to sponsor you.

Unless you hold a master's degree in physics, win the green card lottery or have half a million dollars stashed away in your savings account, the only way you'll be moving to the U.S. at this point is through your husband, or through your kids in 2037.

Unless the father met certain residency requirements, the twins will not be US citizens.

not giving anybody any advice. If the guy I am gonna marry has 3 DUIs within months, I'd think twice before marrying him.

Why do you want to settle in this country?! Hillary Clinton is about to become the president !

I am just joking.

best way to contact a lawyer or US embassy.

No suspicion will be raised. OP was let into the country by CBP and if there was any suspicion of immigrant intent then he would not have been let into the US.

wong.

HI,

I know this has probably been asked before. But, I wanted to present my specific case so that I could receive feedback/advice from some of the seasoned members of the community.

So, here's my story. I came to the US on June 10th, 2016 to attend my cousin's wedding (June 23rd). Initially, I planned a 3 week trip, and that's what I told the CBP at the POE. During the celebrations (brown weddings run for a while), my uncle and aunt introduced me to a girl. They 'thought' we were a perfect match and was setting me up for marriage, but I wasn't aware of that fact. Anyways, we started talking, met up a few times, and took a trip out West together. Long story short - we fell in love. As our meeting was mostly arranged, our parents want us to get married as soon as possible. I know this is extremely quick, but it's not rare in my culture for people to get married just after a few meetings (my parents got married after two meetings).

I thought the best course of action would be for me to go back, and my fiance(e) to make a petition for the K1 visa. However, I had an interesting conversation with my soon-to-be brother-in-law who considers himself as quite an expert in this area (I have my doubts). He told me that since I had no intention of getting married when I entered the US, and since our marriage will be entered in good faith - I should be able to apply for an AOS.

So what do you guys think? Any tips or past experiences? A bit more background info - I live and work in Vancouver, BC (Canada); however, I am not a Canadian citizen. I entered on a B1/B2 so I can stay in the US for 6 months before becoming out of status. I'm officially still employed at my current company so I have to make a decision very soon.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

hmmmmmmmmmm, what do you mean by " brown weddings run for a while"

Thank you for your advice, I will ask for a secured CC with my bank , do you think i must be working in order for my bank to offer me this Sec CC ?

i will try Capital one too

Capital one pulls 3 bureaus. Try discover.

to check if you already have a creidt profile, try credit karma

Hi guys, im Agustin i currently live in Buenos Aires, Argentina i was deported about 4 years ago when i was 19 years old. when i was traveling to visit my Family.

i was taken to to US when i was only 10 months old and i was raised there. both my parents decided to stay illegally in the US in 2011 when i finished i high school and i was still a immigrant i knew i had to leave to the US to go college and work etc i knew was not allowed to do anything in a country in which i was raised and though i was part of etc. for these reasons i left the US and traveled to my birth country Argentina. after a year being a part form family, i need to at least visit them for the holidays so my parents told me to to go the US embassy and get a tourist visa. i obtained this visa but did no tell them that i had lived in the US before illegally.so i decided to travel for a month to the US to just visit my family because in Argentina i had already started University and had a job. luckily i got in and was able to visit my family for the Christmas holidays i then returned to Argentina and decided to visit my family again in July 2012 fro a 1 month holiday.when i arrived to the Atlanta intl airport i was deported for breaking these laws 212 (a) (7) (A) (1) (I) & 212(a)(6)©(i) and was returned back to Argentina it has now been more than 4 years since i have not returned, and i really just want to go back as a tourist, even though i have 3 US citizen Siblings and parents are over there, i do not want to stay or live in the US i just want to visit and go shopping etc. i have my life settled here in Argentina, im about ot ge tmy bachelors Degree and i work in a intl company! so after all of this introduction i just want to know if theirs a possibility of me obtaining any kind o waiver to gain a tourist visa,

Thanks for all your help!

Cheers

If you just wanna come to visit and shopping, then no waiver.