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Friday ES report, see man: Beyond all hope (see Thrilling [?] Friday non-ES report), we attended one ES, see the take man: -- coffee-filter separator, herb scissors, ~full bottle screen-cleaner, new Turkish bathmat = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man Total = $Many ($2+2+1)

Chimps have inferiors (= human beings), see man.

In the interview, straight from the CO's mouth.

They'll be well aware of this ahead of time, but you should certainly talk about it and learn precisely what the protocol, procedures, and timing will be.

Less-Than-Thrilling Thursday report, see and sigh man: We got to bed at Many (2+2+1) a.m. and got perhaps Many (2+2) hours of zzz, long night man. Indignant miu demanded lunch/din-din upon our arrival, understandable man. Lunch for Mini-B. was rice + tuna, ingest wee man. Lunch for us was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. Uncle T-B. phoned us Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- times to tell us that his phone isn't working, man. He has also resumed complaining about things to everyone after just 2 days home, man. He'll get in real trouble soon enough, tired of making excuses for him man. We spent over Many (2x2x2) hours at the infernal hospital, see below man. Mama T-B.'s high cardiac troponin reading & wacky EKG indicated a heart attack, no symptoms man. It is NSTEMI, Non-ST-segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, the less-bad kind man. Probably a coronary artery blockage, to be determined and see below man. Mama T-B.'s bed was moved twice within the Emergency Department, "organize our patients" man. An MRI was ordered early, all day to do it man. MRI was never done, no and man. Consults with cardiologist & orthopedist were expected, all day to do it man. Consults never occurred, no and man. Meanwhile, Mama T-B. was on "nothing by mouth" because of potential cardiac cath-lab procedure, man. She had had nothing except sips of water since din-din at her casa, too long man. She didn't get her real room until Many (2+2+1) p.m., full hospital man. The ####### nurses made her scream in pain while transferring her to the room bed, man. No one oriented her to the room, bed, or fixtures in the slightest, not one damned item man. The television was on a news station LOUD the entire time, irritating as hell man. Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- separate personnel insisted on taking her complete medical history, man. Mama T-B. was partially in tears, and we were ready to draw blood, not in the medical sense man. Furthermore, no one could answer whether she was an "observation patient" or "inpatient," big difference man. It was obvious far earlier that the useless cardiologist wasn't coming or even reachable, no man. We lobbied for Mama T-B. to be fed, common decency man. This took some doing, man. Finally, a nooser brought a menu with half an hour to go for ordering din-din, finally man. We just got it in, waited on hold for some time man. The noosers all disappeared, caucus or coffeebreak man. We had to find a styrofoam cup, ice, water, & a straw for Mama T-B., search we man. Mama T-B. began crying from hunger & frustration, zero accomplished man. Her din-din was served, finally man. We tried to adjust the over-bed tray to proper height, wouldn't set & hurt Mama T-B. man. Mama T-B. began crying as unconsolably as when Papa T-B. died, only other time we've heard that man. She said, "I used to be independent and today was a step back and I just want to die, si man," si man. We managed to find the only mature, understandably-speaking nooser in the place, find nooser man we man. Nooser helped with the tray table & in settling down Mama T-B., helpful nooser she man. We helped Mama T-B. spread napkins & open little sealed containers, si man. Mama T-B. was trembling so badly that she nearly spilled her first bites/sips of things, awful to behold man. Mama T-B. sharply refused nooser's offers to help feed her, independence-wishing senior she man man. Mama T-B. chased us out to go feed Mini-B., bye we man. We weakly told her that she would feel better after finally eating, truth man. We hope that Mama T-B. was able to finish her din-din without disaster, shred of self-respect for senior she man man. We are certain that if Friday is as disastrous as Thursday, Mama T-B. will lose the will to live, Many00% man. We did request a consult from loser cardiologist's far better colleague, request we man. Orthopedist is the only one who actually tries to do anything to help, si man. We can only pray, nothing more we can do man. Din-din (after Many [2x2x2] p.m.) was nuked Aldi lasagna, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was more Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2 +2+2+2) for the week, if we recall man. Blessedly, an ES on Friday is nearby, need some normalcy we man. We have multiple cleanups of Uncle T-B.'s & Mama T-B.'s daily issues, phone calls we man. No party with the rubias tonight, are you kidding us man. And that was/is our decidedly-less-than-thrilling Thursday, report we man.

This, si man.

Petition validity is typically extended automatically by consulates in 4-month increments for up to a year. It never hurts to e-mail the consulate ahead, with A# in Subject line, to request said extension.

Gracias, D ma'am.

Mama T-B. still hanging out in Emergency, no beds man. Expecting cardiac & ortho consults today, caucus man. Shall lunch Mini-B. & ourself, then head over, plan we man.

Bring the original extension letter, rather than a copy. Some states and offices are particular about that.

Thread is shifted from the main "AOS from K Visas" forum to the Case Progress subforum. Woo-hoo!

If you knew jan22's background, you'd view him as a "VJ god" in this area. Good luck, and definitely report back!

Hoping for the best.

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Wednesday-on-Thursday report, see man: The day began with our only smile, see man: We man: Wake up, si wee man! It's noon, si man! Mini-B. (sleeping): Oh, ####, zzz man. Lunch was PB&J sandwiches, ingest Two Guys man. Left to take Mama T-B. to Pain doctor, leave we man. Mama T-B. more immobile on walker than ever, excruciating man. Infernal doctor pretty much blew her off, man. Got her back after Many (2+1) hours, completely spent senior she (and we) man man. What a waste, man. Mini-B. was with ex-Mrs.-T-B. during this time, non-Two Guys afternoon man. She fed him a late lunch, 2 p.m. man. At Many (2+2+2 + half-of-half an hour) p.m., we were called by Mama T-B.'s crib person, call he man we man. "Mama T-B. fell and I had to call the EMTs to lift her up, si man. She isn't hurt, no man." (Such calls are informational, si man.) We called Mama T-B., call senior she man we man. She had slid off her computer chair and caught herself before a serious fall, rug-burn only man. However, she was now on her sofa (gracias to EMT) and couldn't stand up, no man. We offered to bring her BK, offer we man. We and Mini-B. set right out, immediacy man. Din-din was BK*, ingest Two Guys and senior she man man. *bought WUOCs, financially savvy we man Mama T-B. tried to stand up on her own, fruitless man. We tried for one solid hour to get her up, many fruitless attempts man. Finally, she said that she ought to go to Emergency, sigh man. It took a solid half-hour to get her packed, meticulous instructions man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. collected Mini-B., si man. We followed the EMTs to the hospital, si man. By now it was close to midnight, si man. Mama T-B. expressed her orthopedic issues, a great many man. Routine bloodwork indicated cardiac troponin levels of Many00, heart-attack level man. !!? We stayed until nearly Many (2+2) a.m., no reason to stay further man. They will admit her for observation for now, si man. They will of course concentrate on the cardiac issues, big surprise with all that man. We doubt that they will deal substantively with the orthopedic issues, man. We don't know what will happen when/if she gets out, sigh man. Miu was frantically hungry, feed miu we man. We will probably get less than Many hours of sleep, texts/calls sure to pour in man. No party with the rubias tonight, obviously no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report and we man.

Pretending it's Wednesday, we enjoy here our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== OBSERVATIONS FOR THE DAY As a kid, I used to watch "The Wizard of Oz" and wonder how someone could talk if he didn't have a brain. Then I discovered Facebook. My brain says Alaska. My heart says the Caribbean. My wallet says take a walk around the block. Sign in a restaurant: "We do not have WiFi. Talk to each other. Pretend it's 1995." You're not losing your memory. You're simply really good at letting go of the past. I just finished a comprehensive financial-planning program. It looks like I'll be able to retire at 97 years old and live comfortably for about 11 minutes.

The OP's visa was approved in April 2025 (see timeline). Old thread is now locked.

1. The OP hasn't logged on since March 2. 2. Google & ChatGPT are no substitute for an attorney, which it's clear the OP needs.

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THIS is big! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fully-robotic heart transplant surgery performed at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center HOUSTON – Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center successfully performed a fully robotic heart transplant on an adult patient—the first reported in the United States, according to a release. Using a surgical robot, lead surgeon Dr. Kenneth Liao and his team made small, precise incisions, eliminating the need to open the chest and break the breastbone. Liao reportedly removed the diseased heart, and the new heart was implanted through preperitoneal space, avoiding chest incision. [...] https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/06/17/fully-robotic-heart-transplant-surgery-performed-at-baylor-st-lukes-medical-center/

Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the "Moving to the US" forum.

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Tuesday-on-Wednesday report, see man: Breakfast for us was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Breakfast for Mini-B. was 2 corn dogs, ingest wee man. Up-cleaned miu-barf, gastrically prolific miu man. Got to Skilled Noosering facility on time for Uncle T-B.'s discharge, punctual we man. Noosering consultation was thorough and efficient, a model for other places to follow man. Uncle T-B. missing one pants & some undershirts, mistakenly taken by laundry man (?). Got Uncle T-B. home & inside, relieved senior he man. Loaded his pill-caddy with stuff from Noosering facility, load we man. Went to lunchroom to retrieve him a lunch, retrieve we man. Upon return, Uncle T-B. was fiddling with his electric scooter, good grief man. His lunch got cold while we took down the item information for a new charger, man. We managed to extricate ourself, self-extricate we man. Retrieved a lunch for Mama T-B., retrieve we man. Mama T-B. engrossed in irritating Many-page questionnaire from Pain doctor, senior she man man. Many questions in there are truly stoopid, man. We managed to extricate ourself, self-extricate we man. Returned to the casa, return exhausted we man man. Mini-B. gaming with an amigo, delay lunchtime man. We bought Uncle T-B. a Many-year CD at Many.Many% -- si man, Many.Many% -- interest, financially $avvy we man. Lunch for Mini-B. was onecan of Chef B. S+Ms, ingest wee man. Lunch for us was onecan of Chef B. mac & cheese*, ingest we man. *bought Many months ago on supermarket dented-can closeout, financially savvy we man A deep siesta was then taken, zzz we man. About a minute into the siesta, ex-Mrs.-T-B. called, call ex-she man we man man. She sounded a bit shaky about her up-breaking with the Rojo, rattled ex-she man man. We told her that everything happens for a reason, accepted by ex-she man man. She will take Mini-B. to lunch on Wednesday, lunch ex-she man wee man man. Din-din was breaded chicken fingers in honey-mustard, nuked mixed vegetables, & lemon cake, all from Aldi ingest Two Guys man. No chica would ever consider such a din-din, culinarily ingenious we man. After din-din, we retrieved Uncle T-B.'s 2 'scripts and delivered them, retrieve & deliver we man. Uncle T-B. seemed fairly cogent, hope he complies with hygiene man. We extricated ourself rather efficiently, self-extricate we man. Movie night was more Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 +2) for the week, quota met already man. And it didn't rain all day, imagine that man! No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must take Mama T-B. to Pain doc on Wednesday afternoon, last real hope for senior she man man. No other plans for Wednesday, no plan we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

We need even more threads like this.

Another award for Stoopid Criminal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alton woman arrested after dumping kittens in plastic bag An Alton woman was arrested Thursday after implicating herself when police called her and she asked "if the call was in reference to the kittens in the plastic bag," which were found behind trash bins. [...] https://myrgv.com/local-news/2025/06/16/alton-woman-arrested-after-dumping-kittens-in-plastic-bag/

Absolutely, and get them even if they're not readily available.

Pleased to be nuts. Good writeup!