Mike E

22 minutes ago, Tural Aghazada said:

When I reg in for Green card can use Agha-zada?

Asked and answered

6 minutes ago, robertyork said:

If I re-apply will I have some problems?

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. 

Just now, Dashinka said:

So if you want to use Apple Maps you either need a phone holder or get the app on the vehicle system (if available)

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. 

Just now, Dashinka said:

 

Do you have to subscribe through Tesla?

You have to pay for a subscription for cell connectivity in new Teslas. On mine, LTE is lifetime.

Just now, Dashinka said:

 

Sorry for the questions, just planning ahead.

No worries.

49 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Can you do Apple Maps on the screen? 

Unfortunately CarPlay is not supported.

2. No

Just now, Dashinka said:

Does the Tesla nav system do that (honestly

No. Apple Maps does though.

2 hours ago, marcalan said:

applied for an I-131

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 hours ago, marcalan said:

 

to travel to China to see her Grandpa as he was ill. Only

2. For how long is she planning to be absent from the U.S.?

3. Does she have a foreign passport?

10 minutes ago, Tural Aghazada said:

PCXXXAGHA<ZADA<<TURAL<<.........

< is used for space or hyphen in the ICAO standard. So when your passort is scanned, what shows U.S. Agha Zada

You can write your surname as Agha-Zada if you want.

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.

5 minutes ago, Bobtaylor19931 said:

I am wondering since the petition is still pending and not approved yet do we still need to fill this out or notify the CO at the interview . 

49 minutes ago, Mike E said:

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.
 

While I am curious what benefit you see in not following the instructions, I perceive that you do not want to file I-865.

Thus, I’ve contributed all I can, and I don’t wish to argue or bicker, so I won’t post more in this thread. 

I expect your GC will replace the hyphen with a blank space.

Does your passport have the hyphen? 
 

Does your passport have the hyphen in the optical machine readable portion?

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport

Just now, Bobtaylor19931 said:

No I am not moving until Nov 3

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.

2 minutes ago, Bobtaylor19931 said:

So as long as it’s not pass 30 days I am fine?

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?

2 minutes ago, Bobtaylor19931 said:

 

confuse I am the timing ?

Perhaps.

Have you moved from the addressed you listed on your I-864? This is a yes or no answer.

33 minutes ago, Bobtaylor19931 said:

I hear different stories online from filing out a I-865 form since I file affidavit of support to a ar-11 form. I am confuse

The person who signed I-864 needs to notify USCIS with I-865 within 30 days of moving. A copy of I-865 should be brought to the interview and offered to the CO. 

1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

I expect it was a speeding ticket as since we were all moving at the posted speed limit including the police officer

hmmm

On 10/2/2023 at 10:37 AM, Dashinka said:

police officer was wrapping up a traffic stop

So my understanding when I replied was the officer was stopped.

On 10/2/2023 at 10:37 AM, Dashinka said:

the speed limit as a Tesla Model Y driver decided to give us a demonstration of the acceleration of their electric vehicle in the far left lane. 

So my understanding was the Tesla Y was not speeding.

1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

Beyond that, are you saying EVs should be exempt?

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

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.

On 10/2/2023 at 10:37 AM, Dashinka said:

Let's just say, the police car lights came on pretty fast.

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.

17 minutes ago, Mingtao1 said:

Why would they refuse her when she can actually get immingrant visa if she has any intention to immigrate

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.

7 hours ago, VisaQuestions0115 said:

My wife and her parents live in the same house

Is your wife the U.S. citizen?

2 hours ago, Island parents said:

One crucial question that I missed. 
—what are the documents that I will need for the initial filing? Thank you 😊 

You birth certificate, your naturalization certificate, all of yours and theirs lawful change of name documents, their marriage certificate.

Eventually they will need their own birth certificates and passports.

3 hours ago, norfolk said:

Can I upload pictures taken by phone of the GC or does it have to be a photocopy?

Photos should be arranged 4 to 6 per 8.5x11 inch PDF page and uploaded that way: 

3 hours ago, norfolk said:

Should I upload a copy of my driver's license?

Yes

3 hours ago, norfolk said:

Do they ask to see an expired passport during the interview? I would think yes if they want to verify stamps.

They can. IMO this is unlikely. But they can. My wife and I each prepared for it, but we were not asked.

If you have your expired passports, bring them.

1 hour ago, TeddyFazBear said:

this and it was a very very very isolated

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.  
 

1 hour ago, TeddyFazBear said:

unprecedented incident

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. 

1 hour ago, TeddyFazBear said:

You can’t be kept out of the country til a judge revokes your status.

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

1 hour ago, TeddyFazBear said:

All CBP see is a green card and an extension date. 

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.

Also, if your final divorce decree arrives after you file I-751 and before the RFE, submit a photocopy of it instead of waiting for the RFE.