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A U.S. Congressman's office might be able to help. If you've maintained residency in the U.S., find out who represents you, and contact that office.

In addition to following the advice above, you can also each prepare new letters of intent (same text, fresh dates) to turn in at the consular visa interview.

Rush Limbaugh recommended waiting until Election Day, to avoid monkeyshines. However, I lean toward thinking that too many things might happen: severe weather, car trouble, family emergency, personal illness, etc. I typically vote on the first or second day of early voting and forget about it, except for the irritating recorded phone calls from the candidates whom I've already voted for or against. It'll be interesting to hear from others who do or don't have a strong opinion either way.

"How many people are we having for dinner tonight, Dear?" asked the cannibal.

I agree; do you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stop Telling People to Only Vote on Election Day Look, it usually doesn't help to be harsh, but sometimes you have to be. So, harsh it is. If you are one of those conservatives saying that we should only vote on election day and not use mail-in voting, ballot harvesting, early voting, or any of the tactics, techniques, or procedures that Democrats have used to win elections, then you're an idiot. [...] https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/04/15/stop-telling-people-to-only-vote-on-election-day-n2637758

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: We had to leave the casa, Uncle T-B.'s taxes and buy root beer we man. Lunch was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man. A siesta was indulged in, zzz we man. Laundry conquered, victorious we man. Warsher dished and de-dished, domestic we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. took Mama T-B. to see ex-she man's office, long-standing invitation man. Mini-B. and the Rojo accompanied them, si man. Mama T-B. apparently enjoyed the outing and approves of the Rojo, no choice man. Din-din was 2 cotto salami sandwiches, ingest we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. brought Mini-B. for Two Guys week, happy we and excited miu man. Mini-B. wants to get an AirSoft pellet rifle, lobby hard wee man. We and ex-Mrs.-T-B. are dubious of this, several reasons man. We solicit other opinions on this, solicit we man. Mini-B. & we had a mini-movie night, fresh Young Sheldon episode man. Two bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. No party with the rubias tonight, too tired we man.

Key Senate Endorsement: Trump Backs McCormick in PA After Previous Snub On Saturday, during a campaign rally in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Schnecksville, former President Donald Trump threw his support behind Republican Senate candidate David McCormick. Trump urged his supporters to "Go out and vote for him" in what promises to be one of 2024's closely watched Senate races. Trump told rally-goers: [...] https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2024/04/14/trump-endorses-mccormick-pa-n2172737

Wella, wella! ~~~~~~~~~ NEW: Joe Biden Green-Lit Iran's Attack on Israel [...] This is a betrayal that is hard to fathom. If an offensive attack was getting ready to be launched against the United States and one of our allies told our enemy to go ahead with the attack "within certain limits," it would be an international scandal and the end of that alliance. Yet, Israel is just expected to take this garbage from Biden and his cohorts without questioning it. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/04/14/new-joe-biden-green-lit-irans-attack-on-israel-n2172744

Further to Pooky's observations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biden Told Bibi to 'Take the W' and Not Retaliate After Iran Attack, But It Looks Like It's Still Coming [...] One of the war cabinet ministers, Benny Gantz, said they would exact a price from Iran. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/04/14/israel-put-off-response-to-attack-after-biden-intervention-n2172756

NPR, New York Times are in immense turmoil with the world on the verge of global conflict [...] the newsrooms of the New York Times and National Public Radio are in turmoil. OK, that's hardly as important as the widespread surge of violence and disorder, but we have to take good news where we find it. And these internal media battles are good news because the lefty outlets are getting a taste of their own medicine. Although the details differ, the common denominator is that insiders at both places are accusing management of bias and bigotry. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/opinion/npr-new-york-times-are-in-immense-turmoil-with-the-world-on-the-verge-of-global-conflict/

We can merely dream of the above. Good overall argument.

Moderation note: Attachment in first post showed personal information (names), so it has been removed from this VERY public forum.

You should probe deeply and ask your fiancée to recall every question asked and every answer given. As others say, don't bother fighting this denial, and strongly consider marrying and filing the I-130. Rather than use a sloppy abogado again, consider Platinum Immigration Services (see "Ask A Pro ==> VJ Partners" at top of any VisaJourney page). They're thorough and never make mistakes.

It's undeniable that our jokes lead to approvals and positive news (that is, if correlation = causation). Accordingly, here is our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ============================ GETTING THE WIFE'S TEST RESULTS Mr. Smith went to the doctor's office to collect his wife's lab results. The lab technician said to him, "I'm sorry, sir, but there has been a mix-up, and we have a problem. When we sent your wife's samples to the lab, the samples from another Mrs. Smith were sent as well, and we are now uncertain which one is your wife's. Frankly, that's either bad or terrible." "What do you mean?" asked Mr. Smith. "Well, one Mrs. Smith has tested positive for Alzheimer's disease, and the other for venereal disease. We can't tell which is your wife." "That's terrible! Can we do the test over?" asked Mr. Smith. "Normally, yes. But you have an HMO, and they won't pay for these expensive tests more than once." "So what am I supposed to do now?" "The HMO recommends that you drop your wife off in the middle of town. If she finds her way home, don't sleep with her!"

Just Leave the Country Then: Seattle Dance Convention Says American Flag Uniforms Are 'Triggering' The list of things that offend leftists is nearly infinite. And when it comes to the Pacific Northwest, it gets even worse. Recently, Seattle even announced that we should all feel bad about nice, sunny days in the spring. But the last time we checked, Seattle was still part of the United States (unfortunately). And in the United States, we have one national flag that represents every citizen who lives here. Old Glory should be a symbol of national pride and unity, but not in Seattle. In the Emerald City, the Stars and Stripes are 'triggering' and will get you banned from a dance convention. [...] https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/04/13/just-secede-then-seattle-dance-convention-tells-team-their-american-flag-uniforms-were-triggering-n2395044

Bidementia will duly cave to this.

Read the replies to THIS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NPR Chief Executive Says It Was 'Profoundly Disrespectful' to Out Network's Bias Earlier this week, The Free Press published a piece by Uri Berliner, a 25-year veteran of NPR, who said that the network had gone from liberal-leaning to straight-up activism, trying to damage Donald Trump's presidency and "find anything we could to harm him." The first person NPR sent out to do damage control, ironically, was the same guy who wrote the piece explaining why NPR wouldn't be covering the Hunter Biden laptop story, which was just a "distraction." Berliner admitted they ignored the story to help the Biden campaign. Now NPR chief executive Katherine Maher has come out with a statement addressing the "hurtful" piece. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/13/npr-chief-executive-says-it-was-profoundly-disrespectful-to-out-networks-bias-n2395061

Escalate it within the organization until you find a pooh-bah or a committee willing and able to except the rule.

More Biden Confusion on Whether He Would Speak on Iran and Israel, but the Answer Is Typical Team Biden As I wrote earlier, it was hard to believe that in the face of the threat of an attack on Israel from Iran, Joe Biden insisted on going to vacation to his beach house. I don't know what it is that they do for him there, but Biden must be pretty desperate for it--or in complete disregard for everything important--when he behaves that way. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/04/13/more-biden-confusion-on-whether-he-was-going-to-speak-on-iran-but-the-answer-to-that-is-typical-biden-n2172730

Not possible, I don't think, and even if so, it would be very transitory. Furthermore, Jihadist Muslims view passivity as weakness and a rationale for further attacks. See here: ~~~~~~~~ Iranians, Palestinians Celebrate on Streets After Iran's Israel Attack—but the Hangover May Be Rough [...] for Iranians and Palestinians, it was time to gloat. (Note: some of these videos have been posted to Twitter/X and have not been independently verified.) Here, Palestinians descend on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem: [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/04/13/iranians-palestinians-celebrate-on-streets-after-irans-israel-attackbut-the-hangover-may-be-rough-n2172733

The Iranians almost destroyed the third-holiest site in Islam. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WATCH: US and Israel Intercept 'Dozens' Drones/Missiles, Including Over Temple Mount The response to the ongoing attack on Israel is underway. This is the first time that Iran has fired on Israel from its own territory proper, so that's a bad progression in the direction of more direct involvement. U.S. forces in the area have reportedly shot down "dozens" of drones targeting Israel. They've also reportedly taken out missiles, as well. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/04/13/watch-israel-intercepts-attacks-over-temple-mount-as-us-shoots-down-dozens-of-drones-n2172734

Compare this with Bidementia, who ran off to Delaware before being called back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's What Trump Had to Say About Iran's Attack on Israel [...] "We send our absolute support to everyone in harm's way," the former president continued. "This is an attack that would not have happened and to think about what we have to go through and the things we've put up with, with the border, with no energy independence, with all electric cars…but we will return the world to peace through strength and it'll happen very quickly. I will revive American strength abroad and we will restore American strength at home. We were respected four years ago all over the world. Today we are considered a joke. It's not gonna be for long, believe me, it's not going to be for long." [...]

Sidebar: I remember (and at least Charles probably does, too) about 10 to 12 years ago when we had those two radical Palestinian chicks in this forum. Discussions here would not have been civil at all if they were still around.

I might have misinterpreted this, but I thought they said the above after the drones were launched, and despite their statement subsequently launched cruise missiles.