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The law, and fulfillment of it, seem extreme. Different from a deer blind.

This. Find a Justice of the Peace or similar, file the papers, and have a big wedding bash later.

It means progress after many years -- good news.

This reminds me of when Mrs. T-B. used her AP for the first time at a Texas-Mexico land POE. The CBP dude knew what an AP form was, but he had never processed one. He and one... then, two... colleagues were scrambling around trying to find the correct stamp, then an ink-pad with ink, then figuring out what to enter into the computer, etc. At times, it was borderline comical. Mrs. T-B. and I were sitting comfortably during this process, trying not to laugh. Eventually, however, they got it done. Amidst the chaos, they didn't do the "customs" part of the entry ("what are you bringing across?"), nor did they even scan my passport; they merely said, "You're good," and waved me through with Mrs. T-B. Little did we know that Mrs. T-B.'s green card was literally in the mail to her at that very time. Oh, yeah -- congratulations, and great story!

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Thursday-on-Friday report, see man: Actually zzz'd overnight till the alarm, amazing man. Arose to breakfast Mini-B., drag carcass upright we man. Hip was only at a Many pain level on a 1-to-Many scale, bad but best in recent memory man. Mini-B. got himself to the skoolbus just fine, responsible wee man. Went to the tyre place, Many'rd appointment on the schedule man. We were promised to be out of there in one hour or less, rotten lies man. Some monster truck needed all Many tyres and rims, big delays man. It was an hour + half-of-half an hour before the T-B.-mobile was even pulled in, man. People who arrived long after us left long before us, assigned to the "fast" bay man. Our tyre job itself took just Many (2x2x2 +2+2+2) minutes, man. We now have Many (2+2) new tyres, another worry off the list man. We returned to the casa and siesta'd, pre-noon zzz we man. Lunch was 2 hard-boiled eggs and a banana, ingest we man. Went to doc to caucus about A1c, hip, et al., caucus we man and MD man man. Even though we're now over the line, doc isn't assigning the "D" word yet, no man. He wants us to focus more on diet + exercise, si and sigh man. Now that the crises with Uncle & Mama T-B. are mostly over, maybe we can, si and sigh man. He wants us to do fizzicle therapy for our hip, need to call FT lady we man. He Rx'd us a different NSAID and wants us to stay off prednisone, sigh man. Called Mama T-B. to see if she wanted us, not today man. Returned to and readied casa for Mini-B.'s return, return ready we man man. Din-din was BK*, requested by exhausted wee man man, ingest Two Guys man. *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man Took siesta #2, much-needed zzz we man. When we awoke, Mini-B. had fallen asleep downstairs, exhausted wee man man. He awoke groggily, groggy wee man man. Movie night was 2 Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man. Only one bowl of Costco popcorn was consumed, ingest Two Guys man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have tentatively itineraried 2 ESs and a GS for Friday, nowhere near each other man. Might wait till Saturday to do all, decide on Friday morning we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Similar to Polaroid, these guys failed to fully anticipate and jump into the digital wave. It'll be sad to see them go. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kodak's corporate doom: 133-year-old photo icon warns investors it may cease operations with $500 million debt problem After 133 years, a bankruptcy, and multiple reinventions, Kodak's latest snapshot is grim: The company says there's "substantial doubt" it can stay in business. In a quarterly filing released Monday alongside its second-quarter earnings report, Kodak's management raised serious concerns about its ability to continue operating over the next year. The warning stems from roughly $500 million in debt maturing within 12 months and the lack of committed financing to cover those obligations. Without new funding or successful refinancing, the company could default, they said. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/kodak-corporate-doom-133-old-144537721.html

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics at BLS President Trump has appointed E.J. Antoni, an economist from the Heritage Foundation, to head up the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is an extremely challenging job because the traditional approach -- not going back months, but decades -- has always been terribly partisan. It is, almost by definition, based more on a ton of subjective opinions than on any actual objective facts. The press -- even the allegedly business-minded publications, which ought to know better -- is slamming President Trump for firing the last BLS chief, claiming that she was fired only "because last month's numbers weren't to his liking." It's a lie. In fact, [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_at_bls.html

What's Really Behind Opposition to Trump's Move in DC? Lots of misinformation is being spread about President Donald Trump's decision to federalize law enforcement in Washington, D.C. Much of it is the usual Trump Derangement Syndrome: "fascist" tendencies toward "authoritarianism" at the expense of "black and brown" people because of DJT's "racism" and desire to bury the Epstein scandal. There's no "emergency" justifying the takeover. The "solution" is to do what Democrats failed to do for decades: Make DC the 51st state so it need not undergo such "humiliation." Where to start? [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/what_s_really_behind_opposition_to_trump_s_move_in_dc.html

It never happens when Democrats do it.

Accuracy and precision are crucial to full understanding. Had the article met these standards, no one here would be looking to fill or define the confusing holes in the story.

Congratulations! What a phenomenal feeling. Prepare for the consular interview (Casablanca is no joke), and become an "A" student of the entire immigration process.

Thread title is edited for clarity.

As ever, it's infuriatingly frustrating when reporters with next-to-zero (or zero) knowledge of immigration status and processes try to write articles, of course laden with emotion and implied or actual "Trump is evil" undertones. I fault the reporters' editors for letting such slop hit print.

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Awful night of little zzz, this can't go on man. "Awoke" early as usual, get Mini-B. to skool man. Mini-B. was already awake, motivated wee man man. Breakfast for Mini-B. was nuked pancakes from Aldi, ingest wee man. Mini-B. left for skoolbus stop quite early, motivated wee man man. Had to return to casa because he forgot stuff, short walk and no big deal man. Skoolbus experience was uneventful, stay in close contact we man with wee man man. We dragged our carcass to hospital lab for A1c blood draw, vampired we man. We then warshed the filthy T-B.-mobile, Clean for Gene we man. Ran one other errand, errand we man. Lunch was first one, then another, Banquet pot pie*, ingest we man. *jetsam'd from Mama T-B.'s casa, si man By now it was an hour before noon and we were hosed, exhausted we man. An hour-plus siesta was taken, finally some real zzz man. It was interrupted at the end by 2 phone calls, one we took and one we didn't man. Did some long-overdue financial stuff, how long it took for us to think about this man. Mini-B. skoolbussed back from skool, stoodents crammed into skoolbus man. He was positive if not even ebullient, enjoying stuff so far wee man man. Just as this happened, Mama T-B. called, aysheep senior she man. Everything went wrong for her, all little stuff but all magnified given her helplessness man. We will see her on Thursday, promise we man. Din-din was Yakitori chicken/rice from Costco, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was more Breaking Bad episodes, done with penultimate season already Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2x2 -2) for the week already, beginning to be impressive man. Miu was demanding all day, Feed/Treat/Brush/Play With Me Daddy miu man. Blood results came back, we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. After breakfasting/skooling Mini-B., we get new T-B.-mobile tyres, long-overdue man. At 1 p.m. is caucus with doc re hosed A1c, man. After that should be a siesta but will be Mama T-B., promise we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

The Press Is Lying About D.C. Crime We've come to expect that no matter what President Donald Trump says or does these days, the mainstream press will rush out to say he's wrong. So, we weren't the least bit surprised when, after Trump said crime in the nation's capital is out of control and called in the National Guard, news outlets immediately dismissed his claims. But who is doing the lying here? Crime in D.C. "is getting worse, not getting better," Trump said. Nonsense, came the chorus of press reports, with headlines such as: [...] https://issuesinsights.com/2025/08/13/the-press-is-lying-about-d-c-crime/

Thanks for the clarification. --- Thread with edited title is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum, to be among similar threads.

Unrelated posts, and replies to them, have been split from this thread into a new thread that has been moved to the CR-1 Case Progress subforum.

The above posts/replies were split from an unrelated thread and moved to the CR-1 Case Progress subforum. Macdonald, when people tell you the protocol on this site, heed it.

Did you file the I-129F petition in November, with USCIS? Or did you file the visa application in November, with the consulate? There's a big difference. Please complete your timeline.

Thanks for returning with the happy update. Let us know how U.S. entry goes.

Newfies! Canadia's version of Texas Aggies.

Oh, my! Wednesday -- time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ==================================== CROWS A bunch of female crows perched on a telephone line started "cawing," one after the other. Soon, a male crow appeared and announced the following: "Please stay on the line. Your caw will be answered in the order in which it was received."

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Awoke even before the infernal alarm at o'dark-Many, we man. Rousted Mini-B. from bed, debed we man wee man man. Breakfast for Mini-B. was 2 chicken melts, ingest wee man. Took foto of Mini-B. before first day of hyskool, up-growing wee man man. Got Mini-B. to skool quite early, timely Two Guys man. Took T-B.-mobile for long-overdue transmission fluid flush/refill, big relief man. Job took nearly Many hours, most of that waiting for AC/Delco fluid man. Returned to casa to research tyres for T-B.-mobile, frustrating man. Settled on Falken Ziex ZEManyMany0 A/S, expensive man. Installation will be Thursday, time to get tyred man. Lunch was 2 ham-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Prepared for siesta, exhausted we man. Mama T-B. called, si man: "Get over here, NOW, si man!", aysheep senior she man man. We beat it over there, beatnik we man. Mama T-B. wanted us to make sure that her pillowcases & sheets matched, man. Beat it back to de-skool Mini-B., nearly an hour early in line we man. We were way back in the line, man. Fortunately, line began moving when we spotted Mini-B., not too long a walk man. Mini-B. was tired but upbeat, thinks he'll like all of his teechurs man. Din-din was unbreaded chicken breasts in honey-mustard, ingest disappointed wee man and Two Guys man. We finally siesta'd, zzz we man. Mama T-B. interrupted the end of it, calmer senior she man man Movie night was 2 Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bags of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. We have achieved the minimum quota of Many (2x2x2 +2) bags already for the week, triumphant Two Guys man. We told Mini-B., "Lights out at Many (2x2x2 +2) p.m., si man," si man. Lights were out at Many (2x2x2 +2+1) p.m., man. Mini-B. intends to take the skoolbus on Wednesday, intentive wee man. We must still awaken to ensure that he awakens and to breakfast him, parental we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no man. Arise at o'dark-Many yet again, and man. Must visit the Lab Vampires for bloodwork, A1c verdict again man. We suspect that it's totally hosed, awful last Many months man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

The above was split from someone else's thread in the main US Citizenship forum and moved to the Case Progress subforum. A duplicate thread and a blank thread have been removed.

Gentle correction: We're talking about the I-129F petition, which goes to USCIS. The K-1 visa application is at the consular level, after USCIS approves the I-129F petition. Terminology is important!