Daisy.Chain

Unlikely to get a b2.

I have a lot of family in the DR, 4 of whom have been in to see the doctor or to the hospital in the past 4 weeks with no problems. Has he tried Santo Domingo for doctors? I've had some medical treatments in the DR, and every procedure I have had there has been satisfactory.

Paying for private care withput insurance would be far less out of pocket (and easier) than the probable-denial for the B2 plus flights, lodging and US medical care. It seems strange that you're having problems finding medical care, unless the surgery needs is really really specialized or he doesn't have current insurance. 

Feel free to pm me if you need some contacts for doctors near the San Juan de la Maguana or Santo Domingo.

38 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

See the first question under “visa validity”

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/about-basics.html

Got it! I can find it on the desktop. Thanks!

45 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

detailed in a number of places on both DoS website

Thanks!! 

I looked on the DoS website (and again just now), but I can't find anything. My searches keep coming up with "no results found". Maybe it's user error from being on my cell. Would you be able to send me the link to the info you mentioned?

Hi all. My MIL has a valid 10 year b2 visa with 4ish years left on it. Her passport will expire in a few months, though. How does renewing the passport (in the Dominican Republic) work with the b2 visa?

Does she hang on to the old passport and show it + new passport at the airport? Does she need to go to the consulate? I'm only finding how to renew a Dominican passport with no visa online.

We're trying to figure it out with as little waiting in line and public transportation possible It's not urgent - she won't be visiting anytime soon, unfortunately for us 😷)

I think it's safer to apply for AOS now that your circumstances have changed. Who knows how long the pandemic could continue? You might both need to work (esp with those elderly relatives), and end up residing in the US for a while. 

Your husband was able to be expatriated along with your family even though he's not a US citizen? I was not aware that they did that. I'm glad he can be with you and the family. Is your baby ok now?

I heard the Daca recipients will be legalized..yet legal parent/sibling visas would be stopped? 

I suppose nobody knows yet.

I wonder what would happen to visas that are waiting to become current.

2 hours ago, James120383 said:

there are people waiting for 3-4 years to get their cases processed in other categories and 5 months is barely the tip of ICE. Welcome to United states Immigration Service. Take a number and please take a seat. it will be bump but you will get through. 

Of the "ICE-berg" 

No evidence that you have shared points to it being a racial matter. 

Perhaps try reaching out through your congressman a second time? How long ago was thr first contact?

Sorry you're waiting so long

I've never seen an anxiety expedite, but it can't hurt your case to try.

If you just arrived in the US Sunday, you still have most of 90 days to worry. The offices are going to open again in a few weeks. Dpn't wordy! You are not accruing illegal stay and you have plenty of time.

On 11/11/2019 at 1:10 PM, geowrian said:

That's why have such large backlogs in the first place, which is the real issue...not so much their ability to handle the current processing load.

They need some qualified temp workers until the backlog is processed.

There is a huge income difference between substitute teacher and regular teacher. You might not make the minimum income requirement to sponsor someone as a sub depending on your state and how much you work. It's hourly, and you only work when they call you. It can be difficult to get called especially as a first year sub. You need at least 60 college credit hours to apply for an emergency sub license. Most of the subs in my district (I'm a teacher) that get called have 4 year degrees and have been teachers before and they have a regular (not emergency) sub license. A para needs 60 hours as well in my state and work every day in the same school, but also get paid peanuts. If you have a co-sponsor with enough income you could mitigate this.

 To be a regular teacher you need a teacher's license, which is a minimum of a bachelor's degree and student teaching. You would make enough to sponsor as a teacher and have less expensive benefits than a sub.

Neither job will allow or afford international visits every 2-3 mos. I sponsored as a teacher making one trip to visit over summer break and one over Christmas, though.

Don't lie

43 minutes ago, Diane and Chris said:

You say you didn’t see her anymore until today. Where did you see her?  Why didn’t you ask her about the divorce then?  

I think OP is speaking English as his second language. He probably meant "now" instead of "today", like "As of now, he hasn't seen her since the K1 scenario."

On 11/1/2019 at 3:06 PM, aaron2020 said:

The police will come to his house and arrest him for smoking pot.  

Not necessarily. It's illegal in my state and we've called the police for our pot-smoking neighbors multiple times. They'll go to the door but won't go in, even if they smell it, unfortunately. I don't know why! It depends on the police and the situation but couldn't hurt to try.

In the meantime, we're now moving to get away from the pot.

6 hours ago, SonofBaraka said:

 

Yes, she's 15, but my wife is a single parent. There is no father.

Did your stepdaughter's biological father die? If not, does your wife have full legal custody?

21 hours ago, Bear093 said:

best option was to marry a citizenship

Bring in a printout of the website to the county clerk for the marriage license. Sometimes printouts (and the right person) will work. My husband just showed his password since we didn't have the ss card, but not all of the people across the desk are familiar with the rules. 

For the SS card they said we had to wait 8 weeks, but went in at 6 for the second time and got it. Maybe you could try for a ss card after 2 if it's not too much hassle to get there?

Also keep in mind that on a k1 it can take several months (I think it was 3 for us but has extended for us) for work authorization to come through once moving to the US. 

Then for a teaching job you'd have to be sure that your fiancee's credentials (license) and such come through -did he study in the US? I am a Spanish teacher and have seen a few cases where the certification process took a lot longer than expected or the out-of-country license wasn't accepted and the person had to take the praxis and student teaching classes etc all over again. A few military wives I know had a US teaching degree but it didn't transfer state-to-state and they were paid a s a sub for a year after the move  In my state the fingerprints alone take 8 weeks, let alone the rest of it. Sometimes you can sub if you can't teach yet for licensure.

I hope this helps! Be sure to research the laws in your state, and be ready to explain the niceties of working on an EAD instead of a green card too!

I doubt it will be a problem. I don't have social media but if I did I probably wouldn't provide it. Not everyone has it, and not everyone posts lots of details or uses messenger. She should just be ready to answer if they ask.

Good for her for trying to keep what she can private. I don't mind giving out my fingerprints, ssn etc in a petition, but that doesn't mean they need to know everything about my life if it's not relevant. It's not required, no need to provide it. This is especially true if you have lots of other evidence. 

If I were a judge, I wouldn't buy that bio-mom left to work (or "work") in another country and isn't sending her mom (and through her, her daughter) money. In fact, if stepdaughter is living with her maternal grandma, that would slant me-as-a-judge toward bio-mom being given custody, whether dad says he has given money or not. (Why didn't stepdaughter live with her dad if they're so close? If he didn't take ber when they live in the DR, how can he be trusted with her in the US?) In my mind trying to be as "Dominican" a judge as possible, Grandma is probably paying for and bringing up this child. Mom had to go away to work and make money for her child. Dad (does he work?) has never lived with her even though they are presumably in the same town. Mom never saw her other kid again (and a kid leaving with a parent for the US and never coming back is a common situation in the DR). I would grant custody to Mom/Grandma, assuming mom knows about and shows up for the court date.  I haven't seen TONS of custody cases, but all the ones I know about gave custody to the mom, fair or not.

Your best plan is to negotiate..perhaps you can give it a break and do a follow-to-join if it is allowed later. If I were the mom in this situation, I wouldn't allow my child to be taken out of the country, even despite the best wishes of her dad and stepmom when I know that my mom could care for her.

Do NOT try to abduct and smuggle your stepdaughter into the US. Besides being wrong, you and your husband could get in TONS of trouble.

The DR can be a good place to grow up. Perhaps dad can visit frequently until daughter is 18 and can make her own legal decision.

It's a tough situation, and sounds like some hard decisions are ahead. Best of luck!

Here are your options to be together with your husband:

- You negotiate successfully and bio mom signs the paper. I like the idea of you flying her there regularly so her mom can visit and she can see her grandma. Stepdaughter could even petition for her mom sometime far in the future after turning 21 (if that procedure is still around)

- Husband goes through the court to try to get sole custody

- Husband comes without stepdaughter

-You move to the DR

-You try to get stepdaughter in without the letter (almost certainly won't work and has big bad repercussions!)

I hope the first one works out!

4 hours ago, Nat&Amy said:

problem is that your ex-wife could NOT have filed under the 3 year rule without a divorce decree.

She could not legally have filed under the three year union if not in marital union. Being separated and not trying for reconciliation or being divorced would mean the 5 year, not 3 year rule.

It sounds like the problem was a lack of evidence (exacerbated by your husband's time away due to his military status.) The time away wouldn't matter imho if you had enough quality evidence. Reiterating what was already said, dis you show additional co-mingling of finances? Maybe you could add some medical and financial power of attorney documents. Affadavits and (generally) photos are seconday evidence - having five affadavits or 20 doesn't make a difference, except maybe to annoy the person reading your case.

Well, it wasn't allll legal if there was an overstay. I'm surprised he was allowed back in woth multiple overstays.

Will you naturalize soon? That would simplify things.