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You're the new champion -- we ordered only 7. Our Justice of the Peace agreed to let us carry the signed marriage license to the courthouse ourselves. We made a beeline for it and arrived within an hour of closing. The clerk was surprised that we wanted 7 copies, but she gamely made them up for us while we waited. After AOS, banks, souvenirs for the respective parents, et al., we had one left for ourselves. Good thing we didn't light a cigar with one of them as a parlor trick!

She forgot which guests to engage.

Got it, first try!

You can use your new account without fear now.

You're welcome. Others here will come along with specific advice, surely. You're to be commended on your transparency, both actual and intended.

Partially caved -- they need some Executive Suite resignations and to rip out their culture of DEI by the roots. And, by most accounts, to improve its food. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The People Have Spoken: Cracker Barrel Caves Cracker Barrel announced on Tuesday evening that it's giving up its rebranding plan—or, at least, doing away with its new generic logo and bringing back its "Old Timer." In a statement posted on X, the restaurant chain said: [...] https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2025/08/26/the-people-have-spoken-cracker-barrel-caves-n4943061

From Peter Navarro -- wow! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Bolton cashed in and America paid the price I went to prison for defending the Constitutional separation of powers. John Bolton (an occasional contributor to The Hill) may well wind up in prison, too if investigators uncover evidence and prosecutors decide to bring charges over his alleged classified disclosures. When Bolton wrote his book, "The Room Where It Happened" — reportedly receiving a $2 million advance — he wasn't just dishing gossip. He was sharing information about Oval Office conversations and national security that should have stayed secret — either by law or under executive privilege. A federal judge already spelled this out in black and white. In June 2020, Judge Royce Lamberth warned [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5468893-john-bolton-cashed-in-and-america-paid-the-price/

More on what Boiler has brought to light. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Farage has thrown down the gauntlet on illegal migration Nigel Farage threw down the gauntlet today on illegal immigration. The Reform UK leader was speaking in an airport hangar in Oxfordshire, in front of a giant Union flag. To his side was a mock airport departures board showing where illegal migrants might soon be sent back to if his party takes power. With the public mood on the small-boats crisis now souring to the point of 'total despair', Farage said the issue of illegal migration can now be boiled down to a simple question. 'Whose side are you on?', he asked, rhetorically, of embattled Labour prime minister Keir Starmer. 'Are you on the side of women and children being safe on our streets? Or are you on the side of outdated international treaties backed up by a series of dubious courts?' I think we all know the answer. Indeed, one of the few policies that the opportunistic Starmer hasn't jettisoned or u-turned on in his first year in office is his commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the international human-rights framework more broadly. And it is this that Farage and much of the right have correctly identified as the main barrier to taking back control of Britain's borders, as the public is demanding. [...] https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/08/26/farage-has-thrown-down-the-gauntlet-on-illegal-migration/

This is a thoughtful article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still important [...] One thing we do know is that the administration's immigration enforcement, focused on illegal border crossers like Abrego Garcia, is having far-reaching effects. Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security reported that 1.6 million illegal immigrants had left the country in the seven months since President Donald Trump took office. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3781997/why-kilmar-abrego-garcia-is-still-important/

Welcome to the forum! Others here will have specific suggestions. In general, your success throughout this entire legal-immigration process depends on your reading carefully, interpreting literally, and answering completely & honestly. It seems that you're trying to do this; however, a temptation is to read more into a question or instruction than what it literally says. Being aware of this tendency might help you to narrow some things down, at least partially. Functionally, the intent of the petition's requests for this information is so that your fiancé/fiancée is fully aware and informed of your background, and the visa interview at the consulate will include questions about his/her knowledge. Apologies if you're already aware of the above, but it periodically bears restating.

Seems like the Administration is looking for ways to be thorough under existing law.

Welcome to the forum! --- Thread is moved from the Tax & Finances forum to the CR-1 Process forum. The thread is going to a very heavily read part of the site.

Thread is moved from the US Citizenship Case Progress subforum to the US Immigration News forum, to be among similar threads.

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Hip initially hurt less than ever, effective HSM man. Got Mini-B. breakfasted, groggy we man. Went back for siesta #1, fairly successful zzz we man. Had doc appointment, uneventful and routine man. Got lunch from contiguous Subway*, ingest at casa we man. *WUOC + gift card, financially savvy we man. Awful news is that this Subway's last day was today, surprise man. They had only a good lunch business, dead after 2 p.m. man. They'd tried to remedy this but finally decided to close down, sigh man. Now the nearest one is not too far but hard to get to and often out of the way, sigh man. The next-nearest one is run/staffed by incompetents, man. We will not let this hamper our use of coupons or gift cards, financially determined we man. Siesta #2 was successful, zzz we man. Miu was exceptionally quiescent all day, quiescent miu man. Hip continued to do quite well, thank the Great Sky-Chimp man. Din-din was weenies + beans, ingest Two Guys man. We suggested to Mini-B. & ex-Mrs.-T-B. that their new orange miu should be named Naranjito, "little orange man" man. Mini-B. says that he's already responding to his shelter-given name, bummer man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. says that Naranjito is a small town near Guayaquil, Ecu man. It was Parent Night at Mini-B.'s hyskool, attend we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was supposed to pick us up, less parking hassle man. She was nonresponsive, go by ourself we man. She showed up later, looking tired ex-she man man. Skoolteechurs spent most of their Many (2x2x2 +2)-minute sessions yakking about themselves, man. Most of them assign in-class hoamwurk, only remedy against A.I. man. The problem is that parents have no way to know how well or poorly their stoodent is doing until grades are posted, lock barn door after horse is thieved man. Our hip was completely hosed after a couple of stair-flights, ow ow OW OW OW and man. We could barely make it to the T-B.-mobile or walk within the casa, man. Whoever invented stairs should be exhumed and murdered in cold blood, we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Mama T-B. needs us on Wednesday, comply we man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

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Someone has to take a stand and call a spade a spade. Unless the UK does something definitive and soon, it'll be taken over.

It sounds either commercial or criminal. Were any funeral homes/crematoria put out of business anywhere within a day's drive? Any gang or narco activity within a day's drive, with deaths but victims missing? Follow-up on this will be interesting.

Many countries are like this -- Costa Rica is just one, I think. The consulates know about and are used to the situation. Describe it as best you can in terms of the local structure: "Main street, 4 blocks south, turn left, 3rd house on right" or whatever the typical convention is. And maybe it can be sent by e-mail.

Welcome to the forum! Unless someone here knows of a formal process, either attach a note or letter to the DS-160 transmission, or send a separate e-mail just afterwards to Guangzhou (with the beneficiary's A number in the Subject line) to explain your situation and suggest how long you'd like to delay further progress. Consulates can revalidate petitions in 4-month increments for up to a year. Politely emphasize that you would like a 4-month extension of petition validation, and ask for confirmation. If your situation takes longer than 4 months or looks as though it might, e-mail again and ask for another extension. Again, ask for confirmation.

Situation is resolved happily, so this thread is now closed. Congratulations on the approval!

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Welcome to the forum! Sorry about your trauma. In general, the shorter such letters are, the better. Others here may have specific suggestions. I recommend that you get your letter reviewed by an attorney who has experience in filing waiver claims, or by an immigration-support service that has access to such an attorney. If I think of one specifically, I'll send the information to you by private message.

Soc89, you'd do well to front-load your new petition with evidence of a bona fide relationship. It used to be, and may still be, that the U.S. consulate in Vietnam wants a detailed "relationship timeline." Of course, all this is moot if your petitioner has lost interest in continuing or lacks the energy to meet up with you again.

You're welcome. I used this site, which is invaluable: https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm