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It's worth contacting your Congressman's D.C. office. Call (best) or e-mail the "immigration liaison." There's a release form, probably available online, to complete; it gives their office permission to inquire/intervene on your behalf. if you find it, have it ready to go. It's election season, so these offices should be highly responsive to your request.

Use SmallPDF.com -- a wonderful site that I wish I'd found years ago. Compress anything, convert one format to another, etc.

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Monday report, see man: One of worst nights ever, awoke with shoulder/hip pain after barely 2 hours of zzz we man. This was despite standard HSM at bedtime, sigh man. Took semi-HSM and dozed fitfully till alarm, sigh man. Was about to call Mama T-B. at 1 p.m. to say we were coming, si man. She called first to say to hold off, nothing that was scheduled for her had happened man. "Wait till Many (2+2+1) or even Many (2+2+2) p.m., si man," sigh man. We then lunched on a turkey-&-cheese sandwich, ingest we man. We zzz'd for an hour, get all we can before shoulder hosed us again man. Visited Mama T-B. at Many (2+2+2) p.m., do the needful we man man. Barely made it to Aldi before closing, race we man. We fear that they're planning to close out their shepherd's pies, and we man. We bought 2 on sale, have to find freezer space somehow man. Miu quiescent except when time for miu-food, quiescent miu man. Mini-B. phoned to say that ex-Mrs.-T-B. can't take him to skool Tuesday after all, big surprise man. This means that we must arise at o'dark-Many during our OFF WEEK to get him, man. We hope to get him to the skoolbus stop by our casa, workable if timely man. We already knew that ex-Mrs.-T-B. can't take him Thurs. or Fri., admit previously ex-she man man. Now, she's unsure that she can even take him Wed., man. The skoolbus situation had better get resolved before we die of fatigue, this whole thing is wrong man. Like mam ma'am or someone said, why are they treating standard split custody like it's an anomaly, huh man? Din-din was half a tuna sandwich and 2 chicken tenders donated by Mama T-B., ingest we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Unclear how we'll be able to function on Tuesday, clouded man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

This long article is really easy to read, and offers realistic insights that the national Dem party will never recognize or follow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why the Democratic Party Can't Moderate It was one of the final days of the Texas legislature's regular session in 2023. Along with the other staffers in the Democratic House minority leader's office, I listened closely to the floor proceedings from the office television. SB 14, a bill to ban gender transition treatments for minors, had been called to the floor and a Houston Democratic lawmaker named Shawn Thierry was about to give a speech in its favor that would end her career. As she walked to the dais, her speech in one hand and tissue in the other, the chamber grew quiet. There was visible unease among both her Republican and Democratic colleagues as she began to speak. In a profession that rewards caution and punishes miscalculation swiftly, it is rare to watch an elected official willingly walk the plank. [...] https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-the-democratic-party-cant-moderate/

Two comments: (1) Duh. (2) The ONLY reason that Schumer et al. oppose ID is so that they can cheat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virtually All Countries Support Voter Photo ID – So Why the Filibuster? "The bottom line is this: voter ID is not controversial in this country," Harry Enten, the chief data analyst for CNN, recently reported. Nor is it controversial in virtually any other country in the world. Yet despite massive support among both Democrats (71%) and Republicans (95%), only one Democratic member of the House and one in the Senate are supporting the SAVE Act. Unless seven more of the 47 Senate Democrats step forward, their filibuster will kill the bill. Democrats argue that requiring free voter photo IDs – even when the ID itself costs nothing – harms eligible voters by creating practical barriers to casting a ballot. They contend that blacks would be especially hard hit. Interestingly, every country in Africa requires government-issued identification to vote. They also argue that such requirements would disenfranchise Hispanic voters. Yet Mexico, all twelve South American countries, and Spain require government-issued photo IDs to vote. All of these countries have lower per-capita incomes than the United States. If citizens in those nations can obtain the necessary identification to vote, why would American Hispanics and blacks be unable to do the same? [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/17/virtually_all_countries_support_voter_photo_id__so_why_the_filibuster.html

Wow. Sympathies. And the proper term (in Texan, of course) is "all hat and no cattle."

It's past time that you guys contacted your U.S. Congressman's office -- ask for the Immigration Liaison (usually in the D.C. office). There's a form, typically found online, that you must fill out to authorize their intervening on your behalf. I highly recommend that you do this.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Removing Conditions forum -- OP is at that stage.

We need even more threads as helpful as this one is.

Yee-HAAAAA! (That's Texan for "Congratulations!") One of the most satisfying parts of the stage you've reached is to fill the last box of your VJ timeline. Help everyone else here by completing your timeline.

This can be fixed.

If they ever did, it's overwhelmed by TDS.

Tell us why you don't like him.

Where's the 1,000 upvote button?

Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID WASHINGTON, D.C. — With President Trump and Republicans campaigning hard to shore up election integrity in the U.S., congressional Democrats agreed to negotiate on the issue on the condition that death certificates be added to the list of acceptable forms of voter ID. Though initially opposed to any form of legislation mandating voter ID, Democrats surprisingly came forward with a proposal to compromise by guaranteeing that presenting a current death certificate would be accepted as valid identification to vote in elections. "It's our base's most widely used form of documentation," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-push-for-death-certificates-to-be-accepted-as-voter-id

Hunter Biden Launches HunterRx From Back Of Van MALIBU, CA — In direct competition with President Trump's new TrumpRx website, Hunter Biden announced the launch of HunterRx, a brand new low-price pharmacy he runs out of the back of his van. "Drugs? I got ‘em!" Biden stated proudly. "And remember, the first one's free!" HunterRx was expected to undercut Trump's pharmaceutical discount effort while also boasting a significantly larger inventory. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/hunter-biden-launches-hunterrx-from-back-of-van

Does this guy have Starmer Derangement Syndrome? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Britain Can Always Get Worse Being in England at the moment, I suffer not so much from a state of cognitive dissonance as from a state of emotional dissidence. On the one hand, I have nothing but contempt for the prime minister, Keir Starmer. He is dull and humorless and has the soul (or perhaps I should say he appears in public to have the soul, since I do not know him personally) of an apparatchik advanced to the rank of the nomenklatura. His ideas are pure gimcrack, and therefore he has only to be faced by a choice to make the wrong one. Although claiming to be working class (which he assumes to confer on him the status of moral aristocrat), he made an excellent living, before turning politician, in that most parasitic and destructive of all branches of the law, human rights. Even his face, his very hair, is boring. He is the kind of man who is able to bore at a distance. [...] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/britain-can-always-get-worse/

This author is one of my favorites, and he has good observations here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Deep Is the Deep State? How deep is the deep state? That's a question I have thought and written about a lot. I had something to say about it recently at The Spectator on the occasion of Abigail Spanberger's recent election as governor of Virginia. It saddens me to report that every time I think I have taken the measure of the Leviathan that is the deep state, new precincts and vistas open up beyond the boundaries I had delineated. Sometimes I think the deep state is like an onion. Peel back one layer, and another layer presents itself. Sometimes I think it is like a basement with an endless procession of sub-basements. Excavate one, and you encounter another below it. It is like that bit of Hindu cosmology that envisions the world resting on the back of a turtle, which rests on the back of a larger turtle, which rests on the back of a still larger turtle. Asked what that larger turtle stands upon, the answer is that it is "turtles all the way down." That said, I suspect that the difficulty in surveying the deep state is not its depth but its extent. That is, I suspect that its roots are shallow while its area is both indefinitely large and protean. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/15/how-deep-is-the-deep-state/

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: We did not leave the casa all day, normally a perfect Sunday man. Mini-B. spent nearly the entire day yakking with his presumed rubia, garrulous wee man man. Breakfast/lunch for Mini-B. was onebowl of cereal, ingest wee man. Breakfast/lunch for us was onebowl of a different cereal, ingest differently we man. We managed to conquer our Many (2+1) LLs, victorious we man. How (and why) Mini-B. had Many (2x2x2 +2) pants in his basket escapes us, man. We actually got him to help us make the beds and he put his own clothes away, minor miracle man. Mama T-B. called to bemoan the poor service and uncertain schedule of it, bemoan senior she man man. We desperately wanted/needed a siesta but did not get one on a Sunday, man. Miu made up for it all by herself, somnolent miu man. Din-din was shepherd's pie from Aldi, ingest Two Guys man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. collected Mini-B. at usual time, end of Two Guys week man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must visit Mama T-B. on Monday, visit we man. We have developed a protocol to avoid administrative inertia regarding her taxes, hope we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Lurn tu reed, si man. Mini-B. needed a new basket, and it was delicious, ingest we man. During which you wait with baited breath, surely man. Aw, shoot, si man.

You're right, but avoid fretting. File the I-485 ASAP. Then, become an "A" student of every successive step of this immigration process. Lots of good reading in the VJ Guides and countless threads.

This. Good thinking.

Congressional offices will be closed on Mon. Feb. 16 for Presidents' Day. You can get a head start by completing the "Help with..." online form, as suggested by Edward. Fax it in, or e-mail it to "Att'n.: Rep. ___'s Immigration Liaison" in the Subject line. Keep a paper trail.

It is Sunday -- time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== VACUUM SALE An old lady answered a knock on her door from a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. "Good morning!" said the young man. "If I may take a moment of your time, I'd like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners." "Go away!" said the old lady. "I'm broke and have no money!" She proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration!" He then emptied a bucket of horse poop onto her hallway carpet. "Now, if this vacuum cleaner fails to remove all traces of this horse poop from your carpet, Ma'am, I will personally eat the remainder." The old lady stepped back and said, "Let me get you a fork. They cut off my electricity this morning."

Fire the lawyer. Call your U.S. Congressman's D.C. office and speak with the Immigration Liaison. That office will have you fill out a brief authorization form to enable their staff to intervene with USCIS on your behalf. Let us know how it goes.