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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.

Interesting insider information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iran leader Khamenei sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure. Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli air strikes, leaving major holes in his inner circle and raising the risk of strategic errors, according to five people familiar with his decision-making process. One of those sources, who regularly attends meetings with Khamenei, described the risk of miscalculation to Iran on issues of defence and internal stability as "extremely dangerous". [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-leader-khamenei-sees-inner-092435510.html

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!

And here we go... ~~~~~~~~~~~ Kash Patel Drops 2020 Election Interference Evidence Bombshell FBI Director Kash Patel dropped a bombshell Monday evening, handing Congress an intelligence report that raises serious questions about China's role in the 2020 election. According to the report, Chinese operatives mass-produced counterfeit U.S. driver's licenses as part of a broader scheme to flood the system with fake mail-in ballots—benefiting… you guessed it… Joe Biden. This wasn't just foreign meddling—it was industrial-scale fraud, enabled by a broken mail-in voting system the Democrats have long been exploiting. The report confirms what many of us suspected all along: the integrity of the 2020 election wasn't just compromised—it was hijacked. According to officials who spoke to Just the News, the reports—flagging potential foreign interference in the lead-up to the 2020 election—were neither corroborated nor seriously investigated. In fact, they were quietly pulled back from intelligence agencies right around the time then-FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress there were "no known plots" of foreign meddling. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/06/16/kash-patel-drops-2020-election-interference-evidence-bombshell-n4940866

Thrilling Monday-on-Tuesday report, see man: Some big news, si man. Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, good thing ingest we man. Many (2+1) hours spent helping Mama T-B. go non-aysheep about her magnified crises, spend we man. Rush to casa to prep Two Guys lunch (PB&J sandwiches), ingest Two Guys man. Rush right out (in monsoon) to Uncle T-B.'s Skilled Noosering facility, rush monsooned we man. Caucus for a full hour with social worker, arrange discharge she man. Unbeknownst to us, Uncle T-B.'s Medicare $ ran out as of Monday, surprise man. He will be discharged Tuesday for $Many00, extra day man. We don't see why we should have to pay for their negligence, no man. We took all nonessential stuff out of his room, ease the discharge chaos man. Anyway, we will retrieve Uncle T-B. midmorning, probably in monsoon man. And one pants (new) and several undershirts (new) are nowhere to be found, no man. Returned to casa to requests for din-din, request Mini-B. & miu man. Din-din was nuked corn and hamburger steaks in gravy, ingest Two Guys man. A dead-to-world siesta was then taken, blessed zzz we man. We bribed Mini-B. to deliver our trunkful of Uncle T-B.'s stuff to his crib, in advance of arrival man. We also briefly groceried to give Uncle T-B. something fresh to snack on, long time away man. The bribe was Mini-B.'s bag of limón-flavored potato cheaps, bribe we man wee man man. Mini-B. openly sneered at our price-comparisons, "why not just take the first one you see, Dad" man. He further told us that it was "stupid" to look for store-brand cheaps, even if cheaper man. We tried to explain that saving other people money was proper and courteous, si man. We further explained that saving $2 now preserved $2 for something else wanted later, si man. Mini-B. called us "stingy," afraid he'll learn the hard way in very early adult life man. We solicit ideas on how to educate him before it's too late, contribute freely please man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. wanted to talk with us, yak ex-she man. She and the Rojo have broken up, bye Rojo man! The Rojo & daughters didn't want to go to Ecu next month, change-of-heart man. The Rojo also got a tyrannical new boss and fears losing his job, understandable man. He wants to be by himself, typical guy reaction man. And he had just bought a new casa for everyone to move into, blended family man (!). Ex-Mrs.-T-B. said, "Here's your key and here's your ring," bye man. She retrieved the clothes et al. that she'd already moved into the new casa, retrieve ex-she man. She will stay in her current casa, proximal to us man. She didn't sound too super-broken-up about it, philosophical ex-she man. This was something like a Many-year ([2+2+1]-year) relationship, good grief man. We will monitor her emotional state as it pertains to Mini-B., monitor we man. Movie night was 2 more Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man. Two bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes half a Manyzen for the week already, quota seemingly to be smashed man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

This is the second-hardest part of the process, si and sigh Y ma'am. Hardest is leaving the office after euthanasia with an empty carrier, cry man. Charles is exactly right about this, si Y ma'am. We read a newspaper column (unfortunately, not saved) many years ago in which the author speculated about Heaven. His first line was, "In Heaven, every pet that you ever had in your life comes running to meet you." Consider that, si and hugs Y ma'am.

More than a bit, si and mam ma'am. Weather app P-Math error precised, see and si and mam ma'am.

Hoping for further good news.

These are what count. Relax!

Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the Working & Traveling forum.