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SalishSea

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  1. Yes, if it gets accepted by the lockbox, you can try to submit additional evidence directly to the California Service Center in Laguna Niguel, CA. We did this for a missing item. Make sure you write a very concise cover letter explaining that it was omitted from your petition, and requesting that the enclosed evidence of the USC petitioner’s citizenship be included in the file. Make sure that your letter contains ALL relevant info, starting with the receipt notice number (will be WACxxxxxxxx Something), and full names and DOBs of both petitioner and beneficiary. Good luck!
  2. She absolutely needs a passport if she wants a US visa.
  3. They will (rightly) wonder how you can afford such long vacations. Hopefully you realize that you cannot work remotely while in the U.S.?
  4. Realistically, if you cannot afford to support yourself in Canada, how will you be able to in the U.S.? Do you realize that you won’t be eligible for disability here? How will you pay for health care? Will your fiance be able to add you to his employer-based health insurance? And yes, it could impact your eligibility for an immigrant visa (public charge). It’s evaluated. Asked on the totality of circumstances, and your ability to earn and contribute is part of that.
  5. So you’re planning to actually marry before your divorce is final?
  6. Make sure your friend is prepared to foot the bill for her mom's health insurance, which can still be hefty even if she is eligible for Medi-Cal.
  7. Yes, that was my point. The wife, who has the hardship, is not the USC
  8. Doubt it, as the hardship is not on behalf of a USC (wife). It’s free to try though.
  9. great! Good luck. Please let us know how it goes.
  10. Next step is “issued.”
  11. Please read up on the requirements of the K-1 visa.
  12. "Engaged" is not a legal status, but depending on the consulate involved, it could attract scrutiny. You will not be able to file the petition until you have evidence of being free to marry (i.e. final decree of dissolution), for both petitioner and beneficiary.
  13. How do you know it is “approved”? What is the status on the CEAC website?
  14. But see, that’s just it- lawyers often cause delays. Reading and researching the process is in your best interest, regardless.
  15. Was there a reason you went with a lawyer, let alone a TikTok one? Most of us here have done everything DIY: you can’t pay someone enough to care about your case as much as you do. also not sure what you mean by “we are submitting to Dublin Ireland embassy.” The way that it works is after USCIS approves the petition, your documentation is submitted to the department of state (NVC), which dispatches it to the consulate when the file is complete.
  16. USCIS absolutely will conduct background checks on the petitioner.
  17. Like all nonimmigrant visa applicants, YOU will be required to show evidence of a plan to return to your country - the burden for that is entire on you. Yes, you have a pending immigrant case.
  18. Well, yes. You are prepared to swear that you will return to your country with no intention to immigrate, and yet you have an immigrant visa filed on your behalf. See the disconnect here?
  19. But can you see how this would be a very low priority for USCIS, who is inundated with both serious and frivolous expedite cases? There is no emergency here.
  20. Obviously answer all questions accurately and truthfully.
  21. What not just get married in that case? K-1 is not a smart choice if you have financial issues, since you won’t be able to work for many months, up to one year.
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