Used to be broken

here is "THE" issue. You ran into a CBP person who is first month on the job and slept through class on the "dual citizenship" and this is why he trotted off to supervisor for a refresher course on it. Judging by the tone of your posts you do not like incompetence and/or being questioned and because of that he "read" your annoyance and instead of doing as his supervisor told him and send you on your way he flexed his muscle with the only thing he remembered from CBP school which is he has the final say and can make your life miserable if you show your attitude at the border. Chances are he did not flag you on the computer since he can't remember how to do that either which is why he wrote on the customs form.
What might happen going forward is if you apply for another ESTA and use the UK passport and leave the Belize passport at home or in your briefcase and leave the country of residence blank on the handwritten form.. you might sail through no problems...
Apologize profusely if they notice country space is blank..... and under no circumstance are you to give the CBP agent who processes you any indication you are smarter than him or her, richer than him her or annoyed with him or her. Good luck next time.

As stated by myself and others there is no change to the exisiting law or a "special waiver" for illegal immigrants. Its a proposed rule change to modify the location and process of WHERE qualified applicants for US Immigration benefits will have their paperwork processed. Like Canadian citizens who currently have their I601 paperwork processed in Vermont, all I601 applicants will be allowed to file and have their applications processed in the US then wait to proceed overseas to complete it. This will cause all I601 applications to have similar "goal processing times" of around 6 months eventually instead of the situation currently where there are some overseas offices processing in 2-4 weeks while others process in as long as 18 months.
There is no change in the law. The waiver is based on Hardship to a US Citizen and it serves that purpose well. If you think that US Immigration law should impose a hardship on US Citizens than you might be out of step with your largely Hispanic community.
Please continue your research on private immigration bills we will all be fascinated to find out if any of them passed I think you will have a hard time finding evidence of any successful private immigration bills or evidence of a trend to subvert current immigration law by private bill fiat.

While I will not disagree that the timing of this announcement is politically dubious... I do disagree that it is a spit in the face of those who made the decision to go through the process legally. they are also utilizing the legal process within the current existing law. Congress provided a Hardship waiver within the law to alleviate the suffering of US Citizens married to or the children of those who would be affected by it. The Waiver procedure is a mechanism for Legal Immigration for those who are out of status for a number of reasons many of whom entered the country legally.
The proposed process change is not changing the law regarding the 3/10 year bars, nor is it changing the Hardship Standard. Nothing is changing but administrative details like the location of the adjudicating office for the waiver and allowing the concurrent filing of the waiver with the I130. Painting this as some kind of break or amnesty is a misinformation campaign designed to fire up people who are easily confused and do not understand the law into thinking the Administration is granting some kind of amnesty.
There was never a logical or legitimate reason to separate the filing locations, and this proposed change just streamlines processing but does not change any law on the books. There is no evidence at this point it will speed things up for waiver applicants or slow things down for other types of applications. Its a simple change in processing location of a certain type of LEGAL application for a certain type of alien who has a legal channel for immigration within existing law.
The proposed change in procedure changes the location of adjudication of the waiver from overseas USCIS offices to stateside USCIS offices which is a tremendous cost savings to the US Government As you know there was also a change in location filing for the I130 for DCF this accomplishes a similar purpose which is cost savings via consolidation of resources and centralized management capability. The proposed procedure also allows concurrent filing of the I601 with the I130 creating a time saving for the applicant as well as a cost savings to the government.
The proposed procedure does not put these applicants on similar footing to tourists who marry and AOS here (intentionally to evade the CR1 process or "accidentally who fell in love on vacation In these cases the waiver applicant will still have to travel to a foreign consulate to finalize his/her VISA as well as deal with any shenanigans and delays the consulate might cause.
These applicants have always had a legal channel to immigrate to the US just as most of the folks on this board but have a bar which delays that channel by 3/10 years. I will not get into a discussion of the draconian nature of this bar, the discriminatory application of it to only certain categories of VISA overstayers ...ie VISA Waiver countries vs non-visa waiver countries or the disproportionate punishment it metes out on those affected by it. In the final analysis it is not Amnesty or any form of it.
All in all its positive if the politics are left out. Family reunification is the reasoning and it saves not only the US Citizen money and allieviate's a number of problems but it reduces the burden on communities to support many of these families that are hobbled by this process.
To reiterate there is no change in the law there is a proposed change in the processing procedures for a small category of aliens with no criminal history who are married to US Citizens.

As stated by myself and others there is no change to the exisiting law or a "special waiver" for illegal immigrants. Its a proposed rule change to modify the location and process of WHERE qualified applicants for US Immigration benefits will have their paperwork processed. Like Canadian citizens who currently have their I601 paperwork processed in Vermont, all I601 applicants will be allowed to file and have their applications processed in the US then wait to proceed overseas to complete it. This will cause all I601 applications to have similar "goal processing times" of around 6 months eventually instead of the situation currently where there are some overseas offices processing in 2-4 weeks while others process in as long as 18 months.
There is no change in the law. The waiver is based on Hardship to a US Citizen and it serves that purpose well. If you think that US Immigration law should impose a hardship on US Citizens than you might be out of step with your largely Hispanic community.
Please continue your research on private immigration bills we will all be fascinated to find out if any of them passed I think you will have a hard time finding evidence of any successful private immigration bills or evidence of a trend to subvert current immigration law by private bill fiat.

Even if they approve I129 at USCIS they will deny VISA at consulate for drug trafficking. There is no waiver for drug trafficking. Sadly
it might be time to deal with either the prospect of living outside US forever OR getting a new Fiance without past drug charges.

As stated by myself and others there is no change to the exisiting law or a "special waiver" for illegal immigrants. Its a proposed rule change to modify the location and process of WHERE qualified applicants for US Immigration benefits will have their paperwork processed. Like Canadian citizens who currently have their I601 paperwork processed in Vermont, all I601 applicants will be allowed to file and have their applications processed in the US then wait to proceed overseas to complete it. This will cause all I601 applications to have similar "goal processing times" of around 6 months eventually instead of the situation currently where there are some overseas offices processing in 2-4 weeks while others process in as long as 18 months.
There is no change in the law. The waiver is based on Hardship to a US Citizen and it serves that purpose well. If you think that US Immigration law should impose a hardship on US Citizens than you might be out of step with your largely Hispanic community.
Please continue your research on private immigration bills we will all be fascinated to find out if any of them passed I think you will have a hard time finding evidence of any successful private immigration bills or evidence of a trend to subvert current immigration law by private bill fiat.

While I will not disagree that the timing of this announcement is politically dubious... I do disagree that it is a spit in the face of those who made the decision to go through the process legally. they are also utilizing the legal process within the current existing law. Congress provided a Hardship waiver within the law to alleviate the suffering of US Citizens married to or the children of those who would be affected by it. The Waiver procedure is a mechanism for Legal Immigration for those who are out of status for a number of reasons many of whom entered the country legally.
The proposed process change is not changing the law regarding the 3/10 year bars, nor is it changing the Hardship Standard. Nothing is changing but administrative details like the location of the adjudicating office for the waiver and allowing the concurrent filing of the waiver with the I130. Painting this as some kind of break or amnesty is a misinformation campaign designed to fire up people who are easily confused and do not understand the law into thinking the Administration is granting some kind of amnesty.
There was never a logical or legitimate reason to separate the filing locations, and this proposed change just streamlines processing but does not change any law on the books. There is no evidence at this point it will speed things up for waiver applicants or slow things down for other types of applications. Its a simple change in processing location of a certain type of LEGAL application for a certain type of alien who has a legal channel for immigration within existing law.
The proposed change in procedure changes the location of adjudication of the waiver from overseas USCIS offices to stateside USCIS offices which is a tremendous cost savings to the US Government As you know there was also a change in location filing for the I130 for DCF this accomplishes a similar purpose which is cost savings via consolidation of resources and centralized management capability. The proposed procedure also allows concurrent filing of the I601 with the I130 creating a time saving for the applicant as well as a cost savings to the government.
The proposed procedure does not put these applicants on similar footing to tourists who marry and AOS here (intentionally to evade the CR1 process or "accidentally who fell in love on vacation In these cases the waiver applicant will still have to travel to a foreign consulate to finalize his/her VISA as well as deal with any shenanigans and delays the consulate might cause.
These applicants have always had a legal channel to immigrate to the US just as most of the folks on this board but have a bar which delays that channel by 3/10 years. I will not get into a discussion of the draconian nature of this bar, the discriminatory application of it to only certain categories of VISA overstayers ...ie VISA Waiver countries vs non-visa waiver countries or the disproportionate punishment it metes out on those affected by it. In the final analysis it is not Amnesty or any form of it.
All in all its positive if the politics are left out. Family reunification is the reasoning and it saves not only the US Citizen money and allieviate's a number of problems but it reduces the burden on communities to support many of these families that are hobbled by this process.
To reiterate there is no change in the law there is a proposed change in the processing procedures for a small category of aliens with no criminal history who are married to US Citizens.

As stated by myself and others there is no change to the exisiting law or a "special waiver" for illegal immigrants. Its a proposed rule change to modify the location and process of WHERE qualified applicants for US Immigration benefits will have their paperwork processed. Like Canadian citizens who currently have their I601 paperwork processed in Vermont, all I601 applicants will be allowed to file and have their applications processed in the US then wait to proceed overseas to complete it. This will cause all I601 applications to have similar "goal processing times" of around 6 months eventually instead of the situation currently where there are some overseas offices processing in 2-4 weeks while others process in as long as 18 months.
There is no change in the law. The waiver is based on Hardship to a US Citizen and it serves that purpose well. If you think that US Immigration law should impose a hardship on US Citizens than you might be out of step with your largely Hispanic community.
Please continue your research on private immigration bills we will all be fascinated to find out if any of them passed I think you will have a hard time finding evidence of any successful private immigration bills or evidence of a trend to subvert current immigration law by private bill fiat.

While I will not disagree that the timing of this announcement is politically dubious... I do disagree that it is a spit in the face of those who made the decision to go through the process legally. they are also utilizing the legal process within the current existing law. Congress provided a Hardship waiver within the law to alleviate the suffering of US Citizens married to or the children of those who would be affected by it. The Waiver procedure is a mechanism for Legal Immigration for those who are out of status for a number of reasons many of whom entered the country legally.
The proposed process change is not changing the law regarding the 3/10 year bars, nor is it changing the Hardship Standard. Nothing is changing but administrative details like the location of the adjudicating office for the waiver and allowing the concurrent filing of the waiver with the I130. Painting this as some kind of break or amnesty is a misinformation campaign designed to fire up people who are easily confused and do not understand the law into thinking the Administration is granting some kind of amnesty.
There was never a logical or legitimate reason to separate the filing locations, and this proposed change just streamlines processing but does not change any law on the books. There is no evidence at this point it will speed things up for waiver applicants or slow things down for other types of applications. Its a simple change in processing location of a certain type of LEGAL application for a certain type of alien who has a legal channel for immigration within existing law.
The proposed change in procedure changes the location of adjudication of the waiver from overseas USCIS offices to stateside USCIS offices which is a tremendous cost savings to the US Government As you know there was also a change in location filing for the I130 for DCF this accomplishes a similar purpose which is cost savings via consolidation of resources and centralized management capability. The proposed procedure also allows concurrent filing of the I601 with the I130 creating a time saving for the applicant as well as a cost savings to the government.
The proposed procedure does not put these applicants on similar footing to tourists who marry and AOS here (intentionally to evade the CR1 process or "accidentally who fell in love on vacation In these cases the waiver applicant will still have to travel to a foreign consulate to finalize his/her VISA as well as deal with any shenanigans and delays the consulate might cause.
These applicants have always had a legal channel to immigrate to the US just as most of the folks on this board but have a bar which delays that channel by 3/10 years. I will not get into a discussion of the draconian nature of this bar, the discriminatory application of it to only certain categories of VISA overstayers ...ie VISA Waiver countries vs non-visa waiver countries or the disproportionate punishment it metes out on those affected by it. In the final analysis it is not Amnesty or any form of it.
All in all its positive if the politics are left out. Family reunification is the reasoning and it saves not only the US Citizen money and allieviate's a number of problems but it reduces the burden on communities to support many of these families that are hobbled by this process.
To reiterate there is no change in the law there is a proposed change in the processing procedures for a small category of aliens with no criminal history who are married to US Citizens.

The first thing that pops into my head after reading this post is an underage person might need parental permission to travel outside the country. Second thing is if you are over 21 or significantly older than the underage child other legal issues might evolve from encouraging or financially
supporting a out of country move for a minor child.
I would be very careful with this moving a minor across international borders could become a serious problem for you.

Whats wrong with Friends with benefits?

I am so sorry for your loss. I know the US Citizens services section of the consulate typically does not get involved in the VISA/Consular affairs, however in this case its worth asking if they can expedite the final steps in your wife's process. If they do not cooperate, contact your senators office fill out the privacy form and fax it in and ask them to intervene on your behalf. You also might try asking to speak to the chief consular officer while you are there, these are certainly extenuating circumstances and you deserve consideration.

Seems you have a pattern of misunderstanding, first the return policy and then the instructions on the citizenship application.
Don't misunderstand you dodged a bullet when you didn't get charged with misrep on the citizenship application and the advice here to let a sleeping dog lie.
An attorney has 2 motives, one to keep his BMW running and two the best interest of his client. If his BMW is due for a tune-up his advice might reflect that. He doesn't get the big paycheck if you don't file the appeal, so take any advice in that direction with a grain of salt.
If you misunderstand and file an appeal, be prepared for an expensive dose of the same kind of harsh reality you got here on the forum today.
Good luck.

How about "full disclosure" ? You did a post where you gave advice not to book tickets, pay for wedding or plan it, etc. etc. until the process is over ...
How is pregnancy different? It complicates things, since there is no garauntee the father/mother will be admitted for residence it is in fact HIGHLY RISKY and potentially will result in a child who has no access to one of the parents for a long period of time or in some cases until adulthood when the child can travel to visit the other parent.

No I am not sick in the head. I saw that OP who seemed offended by the Post had in the past created a post and advised others regarding marriage plans and tickets. Its no different with a child in my mind. The day your child is born is right up there with your wedding in terms of being one of the most important and significant days in your life and one which naturally one desires to have their beloved spouse or fiance in attendance. So doing that in the middle of the VISA process when one is not even sure the potential beneficiary can ever even set foot in the country seems ill advised and risky to use mild terms. You can never get that day back you will have missed it forever and if there is complications and your spouse needs assistance you will not be able to be of assistance. Are there better plans...? Perhaps.
Having seen almost a hundred or so posts over the years of someone who comes on the board and for their first post out of the shoot asks about an expedite because they are preggers is more akin to "trolling" than the original post. And most of the posts sound so arrogant as if they somehow deserve to jump the line ahead of people who have planned their lives a little more cautiously. They want to get senators and congressmen involved etc. etc, and then are shocked when they get a "hey back of the line bub" answer in the forum.

How about "full disclosure" ? You did a post where you gave advice not to book tickets, pay for wedding or plan it, etc. etc. until the process is over ...
How is pregnancy different? It complicates things, since there is no garauntee the father/mother will be admitted for residence it is in fact HIGHLY RISKY and potentially will result in a child who has no access to one of the parents for a long period of time or in some cases until adulthood when the child can travel to visit the other parent.

How about "full disclosure" ? You did a post where you gave advice not to book tickets, pay for wedding or plan it, etc. etc. until the process is over ...
How is pregnancy different? It complicates things, since there is no garauntee the father/mother will be admitted for residence it is in fact HIGHLY RISKY and potentially will result in a child who has no access to one of the parents for a long period of time or in some cases until adulthood when the child can travel to visit the other parent.

How about "full disclosure" ? You did a post where you gave advice not to book tickets, pay for wedding or plan it, etc. etc. until the process is over ...
How is pregnancy different? It complicates things, since there is no garauntee the father/mother will be admitted for residence it is in fact HIGHLY RISKY and potentially will result in a child who has no access to one of the parents for a long period of time or in some cases until adulthood when the child can travel to visit the other parent.

Obviously I am not an Immigration Attorney, but I read a lot of Immigration Cases. What is quite clear is CBP, ICE, USCIS and the Immigration courts don't take Immigration Fraud lightly. They also tire of continued litigation by the same immigrant in proceedings. Your "spouse" (and I use that term lightly as it doesn't seem clear who you are technically or legally married to), has been lying in a big and deliberate way to USCIS for an extremely long time. They tend to "square off" with someone like your wife and not let her get away with this ####### on principle ...and they should. She is a classic fraudster. They don't like fraudsters, they don't like liars and they don't like being lied to.
The discretionary part of thier decision allowing someone who merits discretion due to family members being US Citizens and length of residence in US is kind of out the window based on her past fraud and continuing fraud. If you want to insure she doesn't get relief take your son to school psychologist and get reports he is fine and doing ok and get other family members/friends to attest to same. You can send USCIS evidence that contradicts what she is likely to present in her defense. Given she has lied before its probable they will believe you over her.
To give yourself some piece of mind, have a consult with an immigration attorney yourself to give you odds.

As was mentioned by Bob and another poster it seems your level of naiveate' goes a little deeper than the Tourist VISA. You have hooked up with a married woman who married someone AFTER she started her relationship with you. Seems she prefers the prospect of a trip to US over one to Germany. She got you to LIE on the USCIS forms for K VISA which is MARRIAGE FRAUD. You were knowingly complicit in this as well as getting involved in an adulterous relationship.
I do not see how you could avoid the bite in the rear regarding MISREP and fraud attempt from the first application you filed. It will be in USCIS records when you file again. The divorce decree will have dates on it that prove she was not free to marry and you signed a document that said she was. Did she sign a bio-graphical form that stated she was single when she is not?
If she is willing to jump ship on a new marriage so easily and so soon, it will be no suprise to us later when/if you ever overcome the hurdles of US Immigration that she runs out on you seconds after she hits the tarmack her in the States or gets the coveted 10 year GC.
Good luck.. you will need it.

As was mentioned by Bob and another poster it seems your level of naiveate' goes a little deeper than the Tourist VISA. You have hooked up with a married woman who married someone AFTER she started her relationship with you. Seems she prefers the prospect of a trip to US over one to Germany. She got you to LIE on the USCIS forms for K VISA which is MARRIAGE FRAUD. You were knowingly complicit in this as well as getting involved in an adulterous relationship.
I do not see how you could avoid the bite in the rear regarding MISREP and fraud attempt from the first application you filed. It will be in USCIS records when you file again. The divorce decree will have dates on it that prove she was not free to marry and you signed a document that said she was. Did she sign a bio-graphical form that stated she was single when she is not?
If she is willing to jump ship on a new marriage so easily and so soon, it will be no suprise to us later when/if you ever overcome the hurdles of US Immigration that she runs out on you seconds after she hits the tarmack her in the States or gets the coveted 10 year GC.
Good luck.. you will need it.

As was mentioned by Bob and another poster it seems your level of naiveate' goes a little deeper than the Tourist VISA. You have hooked up with a married woman who married someone AFTER she started her relationship with you. Seems she prefers the prospect of a trip to US over one to Germany. She got you to LIE on the USCIS forms for K VISA which is MARRIAGE FRAUD. You were knowingly complicit in this as well as getting involved in an adulterous relationship.
I do not see how you could avoid the bite in the rear regarding MISREP and fraud attempt from the first application you filed. It will be in USCIS records when you file again. The divorce decree will have dates on it that prove she was not free to marry and you signed a document that said she was. Did she sign a bio-graphical form that stated she was single when she is not?
If she is willing to jump ship on a new marriage so easily and so soon, it will be no suprise to us later when/if you ever overcome the hurdles of US Immigration that she runs out on you seconds after she hits the tarmack her in the States or gets the coveted 10 year GC.
Good luck.. you will need it.

As was mentioned by Bob and another poster it seems your level of naiveate' goes a little deeper than the Tourist VISA. You have hooked up with a married woman who married someone AFTER she started her relationship with you. Seems she prefers the prospect of a trip to US over one to Germany. She got you to LIE on the USCIS forms for K VISA which is MARRIAGE FRAUD. You were knowingly complicit in this as well as getting involved in an adulterous relationship.
I do not see how you could avoid the bite in the rear regarding MISREP and fraud attempt from the first application you filed. It will be in USCIS records when you file again. The divorce decree will have dates on it that prove she was not free to marry and you signed a document that said she was. Did she sign a bio-graphical form that stated she was single when she is not?
If she is willing to jump ship on a new marriage so easily and so soon, it will be no suprise to us later when/if you ever overcome the hurdles of US Immigration that she runs out on you seconds after she hits the tarmack her in the States or gets the coveted 10 year GC.
Good luck.. you will need it.

Obviously I am not an Immigration Attorney, but I read a lot of Immigration Cases. What is quite clear is CBP, ICE, USCIS and the Immigration courts don't take Immigration Fraud lightly. They also tire of continued litigation by the same immigrant in proceedings. Your "spouse" (and I use that term lightly as it doesn't seem clear who you are technically or legally married to), has been lying in a big and deliberate way to USCIS for an extremely long time. They tend to "square off" with someone like your wife and not let her get away with this ####### on principle ...and they should. She is a classic fraudster. They don't like fraudsters, they don't like liars and they don't like being lied to.
The discretionary part of thier decision allowing someone who merits discretion due to family members being US Citizens and length of residence in US is kind of out the window based on her past fraud and continuing fraud. If you want to insure she doesn't get relief take your son to school psychologist and get reports he is fine and doing ok and get other family members/friends to attest to same. You can send USCIS evidence that contradicts what she is likely to present in her defense. Given she has lied before its probable they will believe you over her.
To give yourself some piece of mind, have a consult with an immigration attorney yourself to give you odds.

As was mentioned by Bob and another poster it seems your level of naiveate' goes a little deeper than the Tourist VISA. You have hooked up with a married woman who married someone AFTER she started her relationship with you. Seems she prefers the prospect of a trip to US over one to Germany. She got you to LIE on the USCIS forms for K VISA which is MARRIAGE FRAUD. You were knowingly complicit in this as well as getting involved in an adulterous relationship.
I do not see how you could avoid the bite in the rear regarding MISREP and fraud attempt from the first application you filed. It will be in USCIS records when you file again. The divorce decree will have dates on it that prove she was not free to marry and you signed a document that said she was. Did she sign a bio-graphical form that stated she was single when she is not?
If she is willing to jump ship on a new marriage so easily and so soon, it will be no suprise to us later when/if you ever overcome the hurdles of US Immigration that she runs out on you seconds after she hits the tarmack her in the States or gets the coveted 10 year GC.
Good luck.. you will need it.