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Thrilling Monday-on-Tuesday report, see man: Awoke feeling poorly, oh well man. Took Mama T-B. to doctor caucus, chauffeur senior she man we man. Lunch was leftovers from Mama T-B.'s emporium, si man. We consumed flank steak, baked beans, and mac & cheese, ingest we man. A siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Din-din was nuked Aldi hamburger steaks + onecan corn, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. desserted on pumpkin pie donated by Mama T-B., additionally ingest wee man man. Movie night was a Contraband Police episode, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. Miu was active all day, maybe miu excited at Big Bruddah's presence man. We had to brush miu Many (2+1) times, insistent miu man. No party with the rubias, too lethargic to cavort we man. Unsure of Tuesday plans, spontaneous we man.

Looks like the French police got there before the encampments were fully established and populated.

Most people here are pursuing their fiancé or spousal visas via do-it-themselves effort. Others have hired lawyers, which has yielded mixed results in terms of time and success. Others have hired a VJ Partner, one of which is: https://www.visajourney.com/partners/platinum-immigration-services/ The choice of which course to follow is up to you.

Welcome to the forum! Yes, the process can feel daunting at first. Here's a comparison of the K-1 and CR-1 visas, as compiled by one of our fine members: ~~~~~~~~~~ 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 (approx 6-8 months) Spouse cannot work until she/he receives Employment Authorization (approx 6-8 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, bank account 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 CR-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 ~~~~~~~~~~ If you haven't yet done so, read the Guides (drop-down menu atop any VisaJourney page) for more about the respective processes. Others here will be along with more to say.

Biden Drops Support For Pro-Palestine Protestors After Realizing How Bad Their Hair Smells [...] "Not interested, folks," Biden said after briefly embracing the protestor. "While I am very much in favor of people engaging in their right to dissent, I thought their hair would… I thought it would smell a lot like... like… not so much like… less like rotten garbage. I caught a whiff of that gal's hair when I hugged her. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-drops-support-for-pro-palestine-protestors-after-realizing-how-bad-their-hair-smells

Indeed, what took so long? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finally! Massive Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Columbia Seeking Relief for Jewish Students [...] This is a portion of the class action suit filed today. The entire complaint can be read at the link in in the tweet. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/04/29/columbia-class-action-on-behalf-of-jewish-students-n2395692

I agree with all of the comments. See the 1-minute video. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jewish UCLA Student Forcibly Blocked from Attending Class by Pro Hamas Mob [...] This student is trying to get to his class. He is simply trying to attend class. He isn't trying to disrupt their protest or even counter protest. All he wants to do is go to class. The Hamas apologists won't allow it and the security guard won't intervene to help him either. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/04/29/jewish-ucla-student-blocked-from-class-guard-will-not-help-n2395694

Columbia FACULTY Form Human Chain Around Pro-Hamas Encampment [...] Aren't they supposed to be in front of their laptops doing "remote learning" for those not wrapped up in this mess whose classes have been canceled? [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/29/columbia-faculty-from-human-chain-around-pro-hamas-encampment-n2395691

Cal Poly Shuts Down Its Campus Until Autumn After Students Trash 'Intifada Hall' [...] Speaking of Intifada Hall … what is peaceful about seizing control of the school's administrative building and calling it Intifada Hall? That doesn't sound antisemitic at all. Apparently Cal Poly has just given up the fight and closed down the campus until the fall semester. Here's a quick tour of the makeover the "protesters" have given to school property: [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/29/cal-poly-shuts-down-its-campus-until-autumn-after-students-trash-intifada-hall-n2395698

Sounds like colonizers and occupiers to me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Pro-Palestine' Encampments Won't Allow Journalists to Enter or Ask Questions [...] Isn't that the whole point of these encampments? To amplify their message? But they don't allow "agitators." At Yale, a "demonstration marshal" requested that all reporters for the Yale Daily News leave the "liberated zone." [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/29/pro-palestine-encampments-wont-allow-journalists-to-enter-or-ask-questions-n2395700

Cost of Gaza Pier: $320 Million U.S. taxpayers are going to spend $320 million to build that famous pier--which is already behind schedule--to send supplies that will wind up in the hands of Hamas. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/04/29/cost-of-gaza-pier-320-million-n3787434

Send one or two per quarter. What you have should be good. If you want more, consider finding a lawyer who can draft wills, medical & financial powers of attorney, and similar estate documents. These make superlative evidence for ROC, and they're even more crucial to have in "life."

Left Coast Logic: San Francisco should arrest criminals, not burden businesses San Francisco Mayor London Breed is worried about crime in the city's Tenderloin district. So her solution is to make it even harder for small businesses to make a profit in the area. [...] https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2024/apr/28/editorial-left-coast-logic-san-francisco-should/

That's tragic.

That's great news. Thanks for your valuable post!

You must live in a very small 'hood, mam ma'am.

It's presumed, si and 🙄 and man! And why isn't Mr. mam ma'am or a Landscape Mexican mowing, huh huh huh mam ma'am?

Anyone here may correct me, but it seems doubtful that an unintended offense as a 10-year-old minor would count against him now. Especially if he, as an adult, has a good travel history (leaving his home country and returning) and has solid ties to his current country that would overcome the default assumption that "every tourist is a potential immigrant," I would think that he would have as good a chance at being granted a tourist visa as anyone else would. If he applies for the tourist visa, let us know the outcome.

It's not obvious at all that the person seeks to "immigrate" with use of a tourist visa; the OP asks about "applying legally for a visa" that happens to be a tourist visa. --- Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the Tourist Visas forum.

Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the "Bringing Family Members of USCs" forum.

The OP hasn't logged on to VisaJourney since fall 2023. Thread from 2022 is now closed to further comment.

Thread going nowhere is now closed to further comment. Consular schedules are what they are, for multiple reasons. Do not restart or revisit this topic.

Crybabies. Actions have consequences. ~~~~~~~~~~ Pro-Hamas Protesters Seeking Amnesty to Protect Their Future Careers Student protesters find themselves in a bit of a bind if they get arrested for their actions on campus. Hundreds of students across the country have been suspended while some have even been expelled for their actions. But imagine you're a recruiter for a Fortune 500 company or a white shoes law firm. The chances of a protester overcoming his or her "youthful indiscretion" and getting hired are somewhere between slim and none. So, many of the students who saw it as a badge of honor to spend a few hours in lockup suddenly realized their future career prospects were out the window. They either want amnesty or their records expunged to avoid the consequences of their actions. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/04/28/pro-hamas-protesters-seeking-amnesty-to-protect-their-future-careers-n4928576

Jonathan Turley makes things clear, yet again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Alvin Bragg and the art of not taking the law too seriously Rube Goldberg, the inventor of bizarre machines that performed simple tasks through dozens of mechanical steps, was once asked about the essence of creating such fantastic, illogical machines. He replied "An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously." After the first week of testimony, the trial of Donald Trump is increasingly looking like a mad prosecution machine by lawyers who don’t take law too seriously. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4625253-on-alvin-bragg-and-the-art-of-not-taking-the-law-too-seriously/

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: On our way back from the phantom ES, we remembered a coupon for a proximal Chinese buffet, remember we man. We consumed Many (2+1) plates heaped with beef & chicken, ingest we man. Even WUOC, this was financially, temporally, and gastronomically inadvisable, urk man. When leaving the casa on a Sunday is optional, we should always stay in, remember we man. Despite the time-crunch, we managed an attempted siesta, no zzz at all for we man man. We need nothing for din-din, still stuffed man. Mini-B. is here for Two Guys week, Two Guys man. Naturally, ex-Mrs.-T-B. fed him a big late lunch, so he still hasn't had din-din, man. This is going to hose his bedtime, man. On the bright side, extremely bored miu is thrilled to have Big Bruddah back, sociable miu man. If our gastronomic situation recovers further, party with the rubias later, cavort we man.