Elf

Camping outside at a storefront the night before?

Clearly you have never met me. There's not a Black Friday bargain in the world that would make me camp out overnight in the DC area in late November.

Getting up at o'dark-thirty to be one of the first in line?

Nor is there a Black Friday bargain in the world that would persuade me get up at o'dark thirty. That's reserved for occasions when I need to travel long distances to do something fun, not for the faint possibility of elbowing my way to a cheapo TV.

What do you want/plan to get?

To sleep in, have a leisurely brunch and spend a lazy afternoon with friends. Much more valuable than anything the big box stores could try to sell me, no matter how huge the discounts

If a company is knowingly recommending visa abuse, I'd be a bit concerned about their ethical standards in general.

Being charitable, perhaps there's a genuine misunderstanding going on, or we are misreading the OP's comments (e.g. maybe all the company is actually suggesting is several short-term visits on a B1 for training/orientation/meetings in the period before the OP can receive a valid employment visa), or the company has an incompetent lawyer, If none of those are the case and the company is genuinely suggesting visa fraud, I would give serious consideration to whether it's the sort of employer I'd be willing to work for. If they're okay with that, what else might they be okay with?

I'm assuming this is the same for spouse visas and I will need extra vaccinations than those I've already had as I've not had any since school. So I do get my vax records from my GP, get any additional vaxes I need from my GP if possible, then get my records updated (or a letter attached to the original records request?) and take the updated records along to the medical interview?

Getting missing vaccinations from your GP is preferable because if you get them at the medical there'll be a charge for each one. (Welcome to US-style health care...)

You may not need many vaccinations. Assuming you're somewhere between 18 and 65, I think the only vaccines considered age-appropriate are TDap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis), MMR, Varicella and Flu if your medical falls within flu season.

Here's some info from the State Dept on immigration medicals at Knightsbridge Doctors.

Country-specific thread moved from Bringing Family Members of USCs to Philippines regional subforum -

Thanks Elf for moving the question to a more appropriate place, I will get the hang of the boards!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/443127-dcf-london-i-130-for-ir1cr1-spouse-guide/this seems to indicate only vaccination records needed too...

Welcome to VJ! It's not so much about getting the hang of the boards as about knowing which questions are generic to your particular immigration path and which tend to vary depending on which country you're in/which consulate/embassy you're going through.

If you have any serious chronic/ongoing conditions I'd suggest perhaps bringing along a letter from your doctor/specialist explaining the diagnosis, treatment and likely progression, but yes, other than that vaccination records are enough.

There's a huge thread in the UK subforum about medicals at Knightsbridge Doctors, if you want to read several years-worth of other people's experiences

- Moved from IR-1 Process to Military Immigration-Related Discussion -

- OP is a USC in the US military stationed overseas and petitioning for his wife -

- Country-specific thread moved from IR-1 Process to UK regional subforum -

- Requirements for medical exams vary from country to country, Knightsbridge Doctors is discussed in the UK forum -

- Moved from AOS from Family-Based Visas to AOS from Family-Based Visas: Progress Reports -

- Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process to National Visa Center forum as question is very specific to NVC -

We have a majority of the forms filed out now, but with Advanced Parole - Josh, my now husband was reading and from what it looks like you'll only get it if you need to travel back to the UK for educational or emergency reasons? Is this correct?

We are starting to plan a trip back to England next summer as my husband has been asked to be the best man at his best friends wedding. Will we be allowed this trip? Or is AP truly for emergencies only?

AP for AOS applicants isn't restricted to emergencies. Traveling to his best friends wedding will be absolutely fine.

You don't even need to include the anticipated travel dates or reasons on the I-131 - people applying for AP as part of an AOS package have used "N/A" or "Uncertain" and "Visit family" or similar with no issues. Getting AP so that he can be at the wedding will be less trouble than writing his best man's speech

- Moved from General Immigration to Moving To The US as topic is not immigration-related -

If you look at your Portal page, there should be a section in the left column that says something like "Philippines members living near Detroit MI". Clicking through to some of those profiles and seeing whether any of them have been active here on VJ recently might be a good place to start

This is purely a guess, but could your husband or his commanding officer have forwarded a copy of his orders directly to USCIS without receiving a formal RFE?

When did you have to answer about being a part of clubs? Did we do this on something else previously? I don't remember anything on our previous stuff like what I'm looking at on the citizenship paperwork!?!?!? I don't want to contradict anything I wrote before.

Those of us who did AOS had that question on the I-485.

hi

5, since she has been a lpr for 5 years, she will file based on 5 years and doesn't have to prove bona fide marriage

Yes, unless she meets the continuous residence and physical presence requirements for naturalizing based on three years as the LPR spouse of a USC, but doesn't meet the equivalent requirements for naturalizing based on five years as an LPR.

If she's had multiple long trips out of the US since your marriage it's possible that she could meet the physical presence requirement for filing under the three-year rule (18 months total), but not the physical presence requirement for filing based on five years as an LPR, which is 30 months total.

I was just worried this whole time about visa fraud.. you know, entering on a tourist visa to perform a wedding..

Entering on a tourist visa to perform a wedding ceremony with the intent of leaving and applying for a spousal visa is perfectly legal and is not visa fraud. Many couples do it, including plenty of VJ members (although admittedly most of them aren't already married to one another when they do so). As you say, the only problem is convincing CBP that you intend to leave within the terms of the tourist visa.

Entering the US on a tourist visa with the intent of marrying and adjusting status in-country, on the other hand, is immigration fraud because it requires that you misrepresent your intent at the port of entry.

Yes you can

Here are the requirements for a marriage license in Pinellas County (I'm basing that on the location listed on your profile)

Both parties must be present when applying for a marriage license, sign the application form and take an oath to the truthfulness of the information provided.

Both parties must provide proof of the following:

• Age: both parties must be at least 18 years of age.

• Identification: in the form of a driver's license, state ID, military ID or passport.

• U.S. citizens must provide their Social Security Number. Non-citizens may provide a Social Security Number or an Alien Registration Number issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Also, a passport is an acceptable form of identification for non-citizens.

• An application form must be completed. If either party has been previously married, you must note on the application how and when the marriage ended.

The fee for the marriage license is $93.50. This fee is reduced to $61.00 for Florida residents who have completed a premarital preparation course.

No. The intending immigrant's income can only be included in the sponsor's household income if the intending immigrant is authorized to work in the US. You are not authorized to work in the US, so your income cannot be included.

You will need a joint sponsor.

- Moved from AOS from Family-Based Visas to AOS from Work, Student & Tourist Visas as OP is applying for AOS from an overstayed B2 -

So my daughter and I got back in the US today. She came here w IR-2 (stepchild of US citizen which is my husband) we went through immigration process and got confused because the immigration officer said he is pretty sure that my daughter is eligible for US citizenship now. Is that true? As far as Im concerned my daughter will derive a US citizenship when I become a citizen which I am eligible next year. Please enlight me. Thank you!

Unless your husband has legally adopted your daughter, she's not eligible for citizenship on the basis of being his stepchild and will, as you said, acquire citizenship automatically when you naturalize because she will then be the minor LPR child in the custody of a US citizen parent.

From the USCIS site

The most significant difference between the two definitions of child is that a stepchild is not included in the definition relating to citizenship and naturalization. Although a stepchild may be the stepparent’s “child” for purposes of visa issuance, the stepchild is not the stepparent’s “child” for purposes of citizenship and naturalization. A stepchild is ineligible for citizenship or naturalization through the U.S. citizen stepparent, unless the stepchild is adopted and the adoption meets certain requirements.​ ^[4]

- Moved from Introducing Our Members to Effects Of Major Family Changes, where this sort of situation is usually discussed -

What is your status? LPR or waiting for a visa?

OP either very recently filed or is about to file for AOS from her B2 based on her marriage to a USC.

- Moved from K-1 Process to the Sub-Saharan Africa regional forum -

- Interviews at Ghana Embassy are notoriously difficult and are often discussed in that forum, topic also includes country-specific questions -

I'm going to move your thread to the appropriate regional forum, because interviews at the Ghana Embassy are notorious for being tougher than almost anywhere else, and you're more likely to get helpful responses to your question in the regional forum than in the general K-1 forum. In some ways, a K-1 interview in Ghana has more in common with a CR-1/IR-1 interview in Ghana than it does with a K-1 interview in, say, London, Paris or Montreal.

I strongly agree with the previous suggestion of reading as much as possible about other people's experiences of fiancee and spousal visa interviews in Ghana. These links should also be very useful:

Ghana portal

Accra consulate information

Accra, Ghana consulate reviews

- Moved from IR-1 Process to general Immigration Discussion -

- Police Clearance Certificates are relevant to multiple immigration paths -

Well I have gather everything needed so,It's all him now.Thanks for your reply

Well, there's a long holiday weekend coming up, so if his excuse is usually that he doesn't have any spare time...

Good luck!

And in the end, my interviewer just barely looked at the list before putting a red check mark to idicate he had reviewed it :-/

That'll be because you didn't list the county-wide wife-swapping club

Believe it or not, my interviewer asked me the "have you been a member of any organizations, associations, clubs etc since the age of 16"? question at the interview. That would have flustered me a lot more if I hadn't been aware of the intent behind the question, because who hasn't been a member of many different groups over the years? And for some of us, 16 was a very long time ago

As it was, because I'd thought about that question for a long time wile completing the application, I only stumbled a little bit when asked it again at interview. I missed out one or two of the groups I'd listed on the form, but the interviewer put a checkmark on the list anyway.