TBoneTX

Congratulations, and all the best!

Welcome to the forum! Your post is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Embassy/Consulate forum, because the topic involves that phase. Folks will be along to answer. Good luck!

We see JMany ma'am lurking, see man. Bad absent JMany ma'am! Bad, BAD absent ABSENT JMany ma'am!

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

Welcome to the forum.

Leftists sought violence in Minneapolis, and they got it So far today, I have managed not to get shot by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Yesterday, too. And all the days before that. Want to know my secret? I don't harass or physically interfere with federal law enforcement officers while they're carrying out their duties. And I certainly don't do any of that while also introducing a deadly weapon to the mix. Radical leftists in Minneapolis could take a lesson from that as they aggressively tangle with federal agents attempting to enforce immigration law, but that would mean they wouldn't get what they're after. [...] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/29/leftists-sought-violence-minneapolis-got/

Surprise, Sgt. Carter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peaceful ICE Arrest Of 650 Aliens In West Virginia Proves Dems Are Manufacturing Chaos In Minnesota [...] "When state and local law enforcement work with ICE, immigration enforcement is seamless — it all takes place behind closed doors between law enforcement professionals, and that's why the public never hears about it," ICE Director Todd M. Lyons told The Federalist. "On the other hand, when law enforcement agencies refuse to turn over public safety threats, it forces ICE to arrest criminal illegal aliens in public. These arrests are going to happen regardless, so for state and local police, it makes more sense to keep the public safe and conserve resources by working with us instead of against us." ICE utilized 287(g) partnerships, which allow the federal agency to delegate immigration enforcement to state and local authorities, under ICE supervision and training. That allows local police to identify and help remove illegals. "The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has just completed a two-week operation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Jefferson County Sheriff Tom Hansen said in the press release. "The Sheriff's Office was impressed with the professionalism and work ethic of the agents and how well they interacted with the citizens and local law enforcement officers." [...] https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/30/peaceful-ice-arrest-of-650-aliens-in-west-virginia-proves-dems-are-manufacturing-chaos-in-minnesota/

Saint Hillary Is Here To Tell You You're A Terrible Christian Hillary speaks, but she doesn't listen. She half-absorbs events and the lives of other people, and coughs out a kind of instinctive Reader's Digest annotated version, but mangles all the details as efficiently as bad AI. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/30/saint-hillary-is-here-to-tell-you-youre-a-terrible-christian/

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Awoke before alarm, we man. Did not leave the casa all day, man. Breakfast for Mini-B. was tubowls of cereal, ingest wee man. Lunch for us was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man. Attempted siesta mostly failed, doze slightly we man. Miu absolutely ultra-aysheep all day, hyperactive miu man. A highlight was a protracted battle to the death between miu and a feather-roller, victorious miu man. We have never seen miu so aysheep for so extended a period, view miu newly we man. We conquered Many (2+1) LLs but have enough for another, unbalanced we man. We shall do it on Monday, conclude we man. Din-din was mini-'zas from Costco + r'br, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. consumed 2 'roni mini-'zas, ingest wee man. We consumed 2 Many-cheese ([2+2]-cheese) mini-'zas, ingest we man. We agreed that this was a good and good Two Guys din-din, agree Two Guys man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. arrived to remove Mini-B., end of Two Guys week man. Naturally, miu was a comatose loaf during this brief interval, man. We have just spent 2 hours trying to discover which of Mama T-B.'s CDs expires this month, Sherlock Holmes we man. We conclude that either we were mistaken or that Mama T-B. handled it before she went down, confused we man. We did find that CD rates beyond terms of Many (2+1) or Many (2+2) months completely suck now, man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No particular plans for Monday, no plan we man man. We will probably see Mama T-B., do the needful we man. We should visit Costco or Costco Business Center, latter almost proximal to Mama T-B. man. We should also continue work on Mama T-B.'s taxes, dreary drudgery man. We are obviously such a party-animal, got no self-control and don't want any we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Rare humor from an uncowed Sheriff. Well-done!

Here is his list, I hope still up-to-date: --- K-1 More expensive than CR-1 Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork) Spouse cannot leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (up to 9 months) Spouse cannot work until she/he receives EAD (up to 9 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, and bank accounts during this period Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also In some situations, marriage can affect certain home-country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire K-1 entrant cannot file for citizenship until after having Green Card for 3 years Once an I-129F has been approved, delaying the case is difficult to impossible if the need arises If US spouse declines to participate in Adjustment of Status, the foreign spouse will have a very difficult avenue to legally remain in the US Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) don't allow K-1 visa holders from some countries to enter the US CR-1/IR-1 Less expensive than K-1 No Adjustment of Status(I-485, I-131, I-765) required Spouse can immediately travel outside the US Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US Opening a bank account, getting a driver license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US The clock for citizenship filing starts immediately upon entry to the US A CR-1/IR-1 case can be delayed indefinitely at NVC if the need arises Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) exempt immediate relatives of US citizens

This, to me, sounds most plausible.

Five consecutive posts with our VAWA-Thread Jokes, this one our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUNNY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY To the person who stole my diary and then died: My thoughts are with your family. At first, I thought my chiropractor wasn't any good, but now I stand corrected. I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me. I used to be able to play piano by ear, but now I have to use my hands. I used to run a dating service for chickens, but then I was struggling to make hens meet. I broke my finger last week, but then on the other hand, I'm OK. I was wondering why the baseball kept getting bigger and bigger. Then it hit me. I wanted to eat a watch for lunch, but it was too time-consuming. I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went, but then it dawned on me. I used to be addicted to basketball, but then I rebounded. After dinner, Mom asked if I could clear the table. I needed a running start, but then I made it. We're renovating the house. The first floor is going great, but the second floor is another story.

This piece clarifies issues well, I think. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals [...] Minnesota state officials have pointed out that the state Department of Corrections actually cooperates with ICE. "Minnesota DOC honors ICE detainers and coordinates custody transfers every day," the Department said in a statement. But that's just part of the story; a New York Times analysis found a "complicated picture" in Minnesota. "About 30% of the people ICE detained in Minnesota last year were turned over by local jails and prisons," the Times reported, "but that number is a lower share than in 39 other states. In Iowa, for example, the figure is 80%." The Times continued: "In addition, no one was transferred from the state's largest jail, in Hennepin County, which contains Minneapolis, the state's largest city. Local jails in Minnesota have declined or ignored hundreds of the more than 2,000 detainers, requests to hold someone longer in detention until ICE can take custody of them, filed since President Trump took office last January." That is the issue at the bottom of the Battle of Minneapolis. Trump border czar Tom Homan went straight to the matter when he met the press on Thursday after talking with local officials. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4441828/sanctuary-cities-are-sanctuaries-for-criminals/

Addendum to Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see in addition man: We cleaned the lint trap after baking the ES towels, Clean for Gene we man. We have never seen so much white lint, white Lenox towels man. Lint is invariably gray or mauve, observe we man. Of note, the tan JCPenney towel produced no observable lint, observe and no observe we man.

This could be an example of (neutered/spayed) chickens coming home to roost.

Textbook definition of "pressing one's luck," pun perhaps intended.

I thought that he'd have been older than that. Regardless, good actor and apparently a good human being. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beloved 'Sanford and Son' Star Dies at 79 from Complications Related to Cancer On the morning of Friday, January 30, longtime actor and one-half of the legendary TV duo Sanford and Son, Grady Demond Wilson, passed away, according to a report from TMZ. The entertainment outlet confirmed with the actor's son, Demond Wilson Jr., that his father died at his Palm Springs, California home from "complications related to cancer." [...] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/beloved-sanford-son-star-dies-145036493.html

Bring the original biometrics notice or a direct printout of it, of course. Let us know what results.

Others here may opine differently, but I think that your only chance would be to explain the situation to your interviewing officer and see what he/she says about flexibility.

Everyone above is correct. Sincere sympathies and prayers for you, and sorry that your very first forum post had to be about such a solemn matter.

Whoopee!

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Mini-B. zzz'd for a full Manyzen hours, exhausted wee man man. We zzz'd for less time, man. Breakfast/lunch (around noon) was 2 PB&J sandwiches on hamburger buns, ingest Two Guys man. We began ES-ing at high noon, delayed we man. ES Rant #1, see man: Fat people should be banned from attending ESs, man. ES Rant #2, see man: Anyone with more than one room of Christmas decorations is a psycho, man. ES Rant #Many, see man: When there's a line of Many (2x2x2) pay-cashing customers who've been waiting for over Many (2x2x2x2 -1) minutes for you as you incompetently try to connect your WiFi for a credit-card customer, quit with the WiFi and serve the pay-cashing customers, man. ES Rant #Many, see man: When those pay-cashing customers finally reach the front of your line, don't insist on exact change because your stupid cash register doesn't work because of your failure to plan, man. We returned casa-ward at Many (2+1) p.m. and were too steamed to siesta, man. Din-din was beef & short-rib lasagna + r'br, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2+1) Jump Street*, watch Two Guys man. *alternatively known as Many (2 Manyzen -2-1) Jump Street, elegant P-Math flexibility man Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. The weekly tally of popcorn is precisely 2 Manyzen bowls, impressive achievement man. We have warshered the towels from Friday's ESs, domestic we man. We hate our new gas dryer, man. We want a knob or function enabling us to pick the drying time, man. Why should we have to return to add time to their infernal choices of settings, huh and man? No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Sunday duties include conquering Many (2+1) LLs, domestic we man. Mama T-B. will certainly go aysheep and keep pestering us about her taxes, man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday ES report, see man: We attended all Many (2+2) ESs, dependable we man. The first, Many'rd, and Many'th (2+2+1th) ESs yielded the take, see man: -- small first-aid kit = $2, deal man -- ~1 Manyzen drink cups, ~full jug CLR liquid = $1 + half a buck, steal man -- AM/PM pill caddy = free, heavenly man Total = $Many (2+1) + half a buck

Not many Mexicanas, hotties or not, are rubias, si and see and Bro G man. "When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty," si C man.