TBoneTX

Welcome to the forum, and terribly sorry to hear this news. Another option would be to involve your U.S. Congressman's office (the immigration liaison there). Given the time, expense, and uncertainty that you face, you have nothing to lose by trying this route. They'll have a Release Form on their site to authorize their intercession with USCIS on your behalf. Try this, and keep us apprised.

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: We miserably non-zzz'd till after Many (2+2) a.m., stomach issues man. When alarm rang, we beelined* for our ultra-comfortable Pre-Owned Toilet Seat**, race we man. *without first doing our back calisthenics, ow ow OW OW OW man **buy yours today, si man! Should've done that before, we man. And no, none of it was even remotely flingable, no Charles man. Was about to errand when window/siding contractor called, show up he man. Thi$ $ound$ expen$ive, $igh and man. Formal e$timate will follow at some point, unmotivated-now we man. Went to Aldi to stock up on shepherd's pies, successful we man. During this, Mama T-B. called to request our presence, predictable man. We dropped stuff at casa and went, ignore needy miu man. Mama T-B. kept us just long enough for cold-front monsoon to start, build an Ark man. We got relatively soaked when trying to return to T-B.-mobile, How Dry We Weren't man. In monsoon, fought traffic to go to Mama T-B.'s old casa, fight we man. Recycle cans held Subway coupons, jackpot man. Rainwater papers in casa 'hood held BK & Popeye's coupons, man. We are nicely fixed through the end of Manyvember, man. Finally serviced indignant miu, compliant we man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at nearly Many (2+2+1) p.m.) was TG***, ingest we man. ***delicious, appetizing, balanced, and filling, so there Bro G man No untoward effects resulted, hopeful we man. A wonderful siesta was then zzz'd, zzz we man. Cold-front wind already happening, man. We hate winter, man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We must spend all Wednesday decluttering, new maid coming Thursday man. Wednesday is probably Two Guys eve, too, Two Guys man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Blatant needling with gratuitous use of non-P-Math, si man! Reported!!!

USCIS and the consulates thrive on the truth. Do not lie, EVER.

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Monday report, see man: Zzz'd through the night without nightmares, amazing man. Lolligagged through most of the day, torpid we man. We did locate a new maid, who will come on Thursday, si man. This should motivate us to declutter the detritus left from Mama T-B.'s move, long overdue man. Left the casa after 2 p.m. for errands, including Costco, Costco we man. We went for Many (2+2) items and returned with 2 of those plus Many (2+2) others, oh well man. We found some beef lasagna on sale, unadvertised special and F$WM man. Breakfast/lunch was the Costco hot dog + (yuck) Coke Zero, ingest and we want Diet Pepsi back we man. Ministered to needy miu upon return to casa, bored needy miu man. A siesta was entirely successful and without nightmares, two consecutive good zzz's man. Din-din was one-Many'rd of the tub of Costco chicken salad bought in weakness earlier, ingest we man. More would have been consumed but for attention of intensely interested miu, attempted miu-participation man. No party with the rubias, no cavort we man. Weather supposed to suck starting Tuesday eve, winter finally here man. We shall errand a couple of places beforehand, make hay while the sun warms we man man. Mama T-B. shall probably also request our attention, hopefully not exhaustingly so man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

Welcome to the forum! --- How about: "I'm a self-employed independent contractor in the ____ industry/field, and I've worked on behalf of company X, company Y, and others. I really enjoy the aspects of ___, ___, and ___." However, let's back up: Where do you (or the YouTube producers) get the idea that such concentration will be focused on your employment when the idea is to pass the comprehension and civics tests?

Miranda Devine knocks it out of the park. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump Derangement Syndrome has morphed into something far more lethal — Trump Projection Disorder Democrats have lost their minds. This time last year, the conversation was about what is the acceptable number of apartment complexes in Colorado that we can tolerate being taken over by Venezuelan gangs of illegal migrants. Now the big issue is the president's big, beautiful ballroom. The "No Kings" folk are melting down. In just two days last week, there were 10,000 comments on The Washington Post's website railing against the ballroom, which is being built at a cost to the taxpayer of zero dollars. "I can't wait for the day they hold Trump's funeral in that gaudy ballroom," was a typical "recommended" comment from someone calling herself CindyintheSuburbs. Donald Trump is living inside their heads. [...] https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/opinion/miranda-devine-trump-derangement-syndrome-has-morphed-into-something-far-more-lethal-trump-projection-disorder/

Eye-opening stuff in here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Superficial Reporting on 'No Kings' Protests Left Out Key Details [...] But the biggest disservice left-leaning media outlets did to their readers and viewers in reporting on the protests was to fail to look beyond the superficial. So far as I know, none sought to pull back the curtain on the most troubling aspect of the "No Kings" leviathan. To organize and coordinate such a massive, nationwide event requires an enormous administrative and communications infrastructure—along with huge sums of money and paid personnel to pull it off. Conservative online influencers have tracked and documented some of these professional protesters, who have reportedly appeared at other demonstrations. [...] https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/25/water-bug-journalism-leaves-most-important-aspect-no-kings-protests-unreported/

Yee-HAAAAA! Yes, parts of this experience can be traumatic, but it's done. Better times are ahead. Edited to add: Thank you for so diligently updating your timeline and writing your consular review. If everyone did this to your standard, the site would benefit.

It's the best part, trust us!

It's gratifying to hear your good news. I echo Edward's sentiments.

1. "Marry in haste, repent in leisure." Be sure that you truly know the person. 2. On the other hand, CR-1 lends more authority to the process, all considered. 3. On the third hand, if the beneficiary is somehow ineligible for the visa, you'd either have to move to their/a third country or reconsider the status of the marriage.

It's usually better to request through one or the other, to avoid double inquiries. However, no one will blame you at all if you ask both.

If it's not specifically precluded, assume that it's permitted. Consider Babu Frik's cautions about it.

All else equal, he should definitely bring the original to present to CBP, if he tries to return.

Workarounds have been mentioned in other threads, if I recall, but I can't locate the information. Someone will be along to answer.

Fixxored.

Thread is shifted from the K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum.

This is a fascinating and positive interview. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We Secured the Border—but 'We're Not Done Yet' Few government agencies have been involved as deeply with the priorities of the Trump administration as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which handles not only border security but also tariffs and trade regulations. CBP's Commissioner Rodney Scott sat down with The American Conservative to discuss how the agency is approaching these priorities and what Americans should know about our country's borders. [...] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/we-secured-the-border-but-were-not-done-yet/

These clowns really are scraping the bottom to gripe about something that costs them nothing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Left's Trump Derangement Syndrome Escalates With Meltdown Over White House Expansion The White House is adding a ballroom and it's basically the end of the world. That's been the media message the last few days as the Left has been in near hysterics about a much-needed expansion to the president's mansion. I guess the government shutdown isn't going quite as well as they thought. "'It's your house. And he's destroying it': Trump demolishes White House East Wing," reads a headline from Politico. "Trump is destroying the entire White House East Wing to feed his ego," reads another headline on MSNBC. This is, truly, one of the dumbest media-concocted "scandals" of the Trump era. And that's saying a lot. If the legacy media headlines are to be believed, Trump is demolishing the White House in a brazen act of diabolical demolition. [...] https://amac.us/newsline/politics/the-lefts-trump-derangement-syndrome-escalates-with-meltdown-over-white-house-expansion/

Somebody's old! Question: Did Lassie ever get lost in space?

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: We zzz'd, again with nightmares, almost until alarm rang, amazing man. Breakfast/lunch for us was onecan of Chef B. mac & cheese*, ingest we man. *bought months ago from a supermarket dented-can bin, F$WM We awoke Mini-B. for the NFL game at noon, groggy wee man man. Mini-B.'s lunch was several chocolate-cheap cookies with milk, ingest wee man man. At halftime, forced Mini-B. to help us strip/remake beds, squawk wee man man. We began wrangling laundry, domestic we man. Game was good, finally man. We desperately wanted a siesta thereafter, need-zzz we man. However, we had to visit Mama T-B., see we man senior she man man. Nothing was urgent, no man. The "only a short visit" was nearly an hour, as usual man. It degenerated into yelling, as usual man. And we got no Sunday siesta, anathema man. On way back, we retrieved Subway**, return to casa and ingest Two Guys man. **bought WUOC + gift card, F$WM Ex-Mrs.-T-B. had a flat tyre, unable to retrieve Mini-B. man. The Many'rd/final LL is baking, nearly victorious we man. We have dished and must de-dish the warsher, domestic we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No specific plans for Monday, perhaps Costco we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Sounds like you married a rubia or something, si man. They'll start playing Christmas music right after Halloween, so you're not TOO far ahead, si and no man.

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Saturday-on-Sunday report, see man: We did not leave the casa all day, ensconced we man. The overrated "monsoon" didn't awaken either Mini-B. or us, zzz Two Guys man. Breakfast/lunch (after noon) was PB&J sandwiches, ingest we man. We accomplished nothing except some research on windows & siding, perhaps upgrade casa we man. Mini-B. gamed for the entire day, obsessed wee man man. Din-din was nuked corn (Aldi) and nuked breaded chicken chunks (Costco) in honey-mustard (Aldi) with r'br (elsewhere), ingest Two Guys man. Movie night (begun shortly before midnight) was 2 Better Call Saul episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to an even Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2) for the week, highly acceptable man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Plan to watch NFL game at noon, watch NFL we and perhaps Two Guys man. Many (2+1) laundry loads need conquering, heavy Sunday man. Unknown needs from Mama T-B., sure to alter schedule man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

It is Sunday -- time for our highly effective, hilarious, upvote-worthy Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== DICTIONARY TERMS CALORIES, n. pl. - tiny creatures that live in your closet and sew your clothes a little bit tighter every night SYNONYM, n. - a word used in place of the one you can't spell FEET, n. pl. - devices used for finding Legos in the dark IRISH HANDCUFFS, n. pl. - when a person is carrying an alcoholic beverage in both hands at the same time WEB MD, n. - something that makes a mild cold into a deadly disease that will kill you within 24 hours BALANCED DIET, n. - one cheeseburger in each hand THAT'S NICE, phr. - what you say when talking on the phone and you zone out in the middle of the other person's story LAZINESS, n. - risking dropping everything you're carrying rather than walking twice BRAIN, n. - something we all have but most do not use BEST FRIENDS, n. pl. - people you can get mad at for only a short time because you have important stuff to tell them CELL PHONE, n. - a device used for looking less alone while in public places by yourself GOLF, n. - an excuse for old fat men to say they still play a sport RELATIONSHIP, n. - the ability to put up with someone else's bullpoop for a very long period of time PETS, n. pl. - the only members of your family that you really like POOR, adj. - when you have too much month at the end of your money VEGETARIAN, n. - a bad hunter; someone who survives by consuming not food, but the stuff that food eats SINGLE, adj. - a man who makes jokes about women in the kitchen CLAPPING, v. - repeatedly high-fiving yourself for someone else's accomplishments