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All things come to an end. And that includes my presence here. Take care.
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J1 visa with job experience
Mike E replied to robertyork's topic in Student & Exchange Visitor Visas
The ESTA application asks if you have ever been denied a U.S. visa. A yes answer will with, 99+ percent certainty, result in ESTA denial. -
Electric vehicles have an efficiency problem
Mike E replied to Nature Boy 2.0's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
There is no Tesla app store. You might be able use the on board web browser to access Apple Maps. Not on my Tesla, because the web browser on my hardware level is too slow. On road trips, I download offline google maps to my phone in case I lose connectivity. For example, CA 1 from Monterrey to Big Sur was a bad dead zone, and might still be. So losing info about locations of super chargers is dangerous. At times I am still forced to use offline google maps on my phone. You have to pay for a subscription for cell connectivity in new Teslas. On mine, LTE is lifetime. No worries. -
Electric vehicles have an efficiency problem
Mike E replied to Nature Boy 2.0's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
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J1 visa with job experience
Mike E replied to robertyork's topic in Student & Exchange Visitor Visas
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Electric vehicles have an efficiency problem
Mike E replied to Nature Boy 2.0's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
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1. what type? Part 2. Application Type 1.a. I am a permanent resident or conditional resident of the United States, and I am applying for a reentry permit. 1.b. |I now hold U.S. refugee or asylee status, and I am applying for a Refugee Travel Document. 1.c. I am a permanent resident as a direct result of refugee or asylee status, and I am applying for a Refugee Travel Document. 1.d. - I am applying for an Advance Parole Document to allow me to return to the United States after temporary foreign travel. 1.e. • I am outside the United States, and I am applying for an Advance Parole Document. 1.f. " I am applying for an Advance Parole Document for a person who is outside the United States 2. For how long is she planning to be absent from the U.S.? 3. Does she have a foreign passport?
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Confusion Creating Login for CEAC - K-1 Visa Applicant
Mike E replied to TXMan322's topic in Philippines
What a nightmare. I have an impossible dream. My dream is the next Secretary of State is the spouse of a K-1, or held a K-1, and orders DoS to treat K-1 as a non immigrant visa as Congress intended. I am sorry that I have nothing to offer other than to send the requested materials physically to the embassy, and contact the embassy and CEAC daily asking for how to resolve the technical problem.- 12 replies
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Then, assuming you move on Nov 3, to avoid a federal penalty, you would file I-865 on or before December 3. As December 3 is a Sunday, I suggest you mail this by December 2, and get proof of mailing if you wait until December 2. If you mail this on or before November 17 with USPS flat rate priority mail, then the tracking will be proof of mailing.
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Read the instructions https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-865instr.pdf If at any time in the past you completed Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, to sponsor an immigrant, you are required to report your change of address within 30 days of the change Seems clear to me. Is it not clear to you? Perhaps. Have you moved from the addressed you listed on your I-864? This is a yes or no answer.
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Electric vehicles have an efficiency problem
Mike E replied to Nature Boy 2.0's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
hmmm So my understanding when I replied was the officer was stopped. So my understanding was the Tesla Y was not speeding. Based on the clarified description of events, no there should be no exemption to EVs for speeding. I do maintain that laws against rapid acceleration are inane, and I will double down and say that vehicles with slow acceleration are a hazard and should be banned from interstates. So once there are enough EVs on the road, most ICE cars should be banned from interstates. Repeal acceleration laws -
Electric vehicles have an efficiency problem
Mike E replied to Nature Boy 2.0's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
Watch Trump’s meet the press interview at the -104:00 minute (aka 13-14 minutes from the start) mark where he discusses the UAW strike: https://youtu.be/JOCRo97NoJ8?si=qNWyPlww9WI8Om2z His analysis is brilliant, because he correctly identifies EV mandates as the real problem for the auto worker. In no particular order I paraphrase and add color to his points in no particular order: * The EV mandate will result in most passenger cars sold in the U.S. being Chinese made. Even if UAW workers can get paid whatever they want it will not matter because their employers will be importing Chinese vehicles. On this thread the rough consensus, which includes me, is that the EV mandate is impossible. Well we are wrong and Trump is right. It is possible. I spent most of September in Thailand, including 2 weeks in Chiang Mai. Unlike Bangkok, there is no mass transit system, and unlike the rest of Thailand, Chiang Mai is leas walkable. So you use ride share (Grab App for example). Over 10 percent of my Grab rides were in Chinese Neta sedans. 4 seaters. But they are beautiful cars. I spoke at length to one of the drivers about his Neta. * he doesn’t worry about range anxiety, as he gets 400km on a full charge * he just charges at home using household current. Fully charges in 6 hours. Granted his household current’s wattage is twice that of U.S. household current due to 240Vs versus North American 120Vs. I am sure the Chinese can figure out a charging system that let uses two separate 120V 15A circuits to get the same 67 km/hour ( 42 mph) charging speed. By comparison my Tesla on a 50A / 240V circuit charges at 24 mph. * 38 kwh battery (about half that of my Tesla) so this reduces cost. * $15,000 USD in Thailand. A country with high import tariffs (hence the manufacturer opened factory in Thailand. Imagine the list price without a tariff. I am thinking $9999. At that price who cares if the battery dies in 8 years? Buy it, use it, junk it. Rinse, repeat. Joe and his successors are just going to import $9000 EVs from China and shutdown the Detroit auto industry. And the voters, who can no longer afford any car thanks to Biden’s economic policies will not care. Bluntly, after my Tesla S dies, I won’t care. I am a retiree on a fixed income. I am getting a Neta if it is available. * a diesel semi tractor / trailer rig can go 2000 miles on a full tank (I did not know this. Trump said it, and I verified it). Whereas if one is lucky, an EV semi tractor / trailer rig will get 500 miles. And at the end of that, 30 minutes to charge from 35-70 miles 350 miles (70 percent) at Tesla’s truck Semi Chargers (not superchargers). Trump correctly points out the impracticality. Of course, I do not think freight should be moved 2000 miles on interstate highways when we have a perfectly functioning diesel powered rail freight system. And so, 300-2000 miles of range is over kill for a truck: unload a container at a rail station and limit trucks to local delivery But I see Trump’s point. Putting long haul truck drivers out of work all of a sudden is going to be traumatic. * The choice to drive an EV should be a consumer choice. I was impressed with Trump’s grasp of the EV issues. I truly doubt anyone running for POTUS understands it as well as him. If I have his cognitive ability at age 77, then I will be smarter than I am today. If you want a sensible ICE / EV policy there is just one electoral choice. Even if it means my next EV will cost more than $10K. -
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Mike E replied to Nature Boy 2.0's topic in Current Events and Hot Social Topics
Like some ICE drivers, the officer was apparently envious of EVs’ acceleration. I am sure having the authority to hand out a silly demonstration of acceleration ticket makes that officer feel good. And disadvantaged folks who are no longer in K-12 winning trophies for finishing last need wins to boost their self esteem. -
Spouse of a U.S. citizen trying to get a B-2 visa
Mike E replied to Mingtao1's topic in Tourist Visas
It was refused precisely because she can easily immigrate to the U.S. if she enters the U.S. on a B visa. If anything, her marrying you, made it harder for her to a B visa. I have seen women in her position over come 214b one of two ways: * become of permanent resident of a highly developed country whose citizens have a visa waiver or visa exemption with the U.S. I was skeptical this would work but I have seen it. * the U.S. citizen spouse has a second citizenship with a highly developed country whose citizens have a visa waiver or visa exemption with the U.S. The U.S. citizen’s spouse then obtains a tourist visa to travel to that company. She travels on that visa, and leaves after a short visit (say 2 weeks). She then applies for a B visa, and includes the evidence: - she could have easily adjusted status to her spouse’s second country and did not - she did not over stay - she made a short visit - she is clearly living in her own country of citizenship or legal residence - she proved she has no immigration intent So get 1. yourself another citizenship at an OECD country, or 2. get her a GC and then move to her country in the employment of a 319(b) employer. Then she files for expedited naturalization. -
As opposed to merely “very very isolated”? What does that even mean? Vague language to produce an emotional reaction does not move me. Cases where houses burn down are isolated. And yet I suspect, if you own a house, you have fire insurance on it. No. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/788194-i551-stamp-travel-in-removal-proceedings/ When that case was reported, I was disturbed, but figured it was just one off abuse by CBP. Now we we know it was not a one off. Quite simply unless a conditional LPR is in a blissful marriage, do not travel unless prepared for the worst case outcome. And if you do travel, enter at JFK or SFO. I now think these incidents happen more often than we previously thought. Have I ever said otherwise? The record will show that years ago, I was the one in this website who challenged the then VisaJourney conventional wisdom (especially when applied to LPRs absent from the U.S. more than 180 days) that CBP has discretion to admit LPRs or not. But having a legal right to enter the U.S. has zero to do with CBP’s prerogative to detain anyone who arrives a port of entry, and where it sees proper cause, hand them over to ICE. ICE detention facilities are inside the territory of the U.S. Even U.S. citizens entering the US can be handed over to ICE. https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detain-citizen-birth-certificate-aoc-francisco-galicia-1450791 You really think CBP, an armed federal law enforcement agency is limited is that limited? Incorrect. They can see your entire immigration record and history, and your criminal record. One time at YVR, my entrance to the U.S. as an LPR was conditioned on me correctly naming the university I attended as an F-1, more than 20 years prior, from an era where nothing INS had ob file was kept in computers.
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