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This is well-referenced and at least fairly sound. Comments? (One important factor not mentioned is the influence of toxic women, which has been discussed elsewhere.) ~~~~~~~~~~ Make Men Marriageable Again Americans are having fewer children, endangering the economy, the social safety net, and most importantly, the social fabric. The essential question is: why? This isn't a strictly local issue. Fertility is declining worldwide due to factors ranging from social expectations and hyper-capitalism in Japan to declines in desired family size in southern Europe. But in the United States, the data make clear that Americans want more kids than they are having, and that marriage is the best predictor for having children. This raises another simple, pressing question: Why aren't Americans getting married and starting families? [...] https://www.commonplace.org/p/make-men-marriageable-again

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: We breakfasted and skoolbused Mini-B., groggy Two Guys man. We then re-embedded ourself and kept extending siestas, over Many (2+2) hours total man. We don't know why we're so tired all the time, no man. Mini-B. skoolbused to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa to care for his little orange son, cute mini-miu man. We met him with some old toys from Mius T-B. #1, #2, & #Many, recycle miu toys man. Mini-miu played with them all, gratifying to view mini-miu man. We told Mini-B. to curbside ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s kitchen garbage, only courteous man. Mini-B. had almost no idea how to debag the inside can, spoiled wee man man. We coached him, coach we man wee man man. Mini-B. even curbsided the garbage bin backward, man. As we expected, Mini-B. lobbied for outside din-din, eyeroll we man man. Din-din was Subway*, ingest Two Guys man. *WUOC + gift card, F$WM We then off-dozed while watching TV news, zzz further we man man. We found Mini-B. dead to the world on his bed, zzz wee man man. We managed to coherent ourselves enough for movie night, one Better Call Saul episode man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (one Manyzen +1) for the week, all gravy now man. Mini-B. lobbied us for $Many to attend a skool pep rally tomorrow, last day before a week off man. When we asked where his money was, he called us "cheap," high compliment anytime man. We finally gave him the $Many, who ever heard of pep rallies costing anything man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have almost** itineraried a GS, 2 MSs, and Many (2+1) ESs for Friday, almost itinerary we man. **one address revealed Friday at Many a.m., we man We must breakfast mini-miu, too, see little orange mini-miu we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Holy mackerel. I haven't flown on Delta since approx. 1998.

TDS is indeed potentially a fatal illness...

Your queries are fine here. It's frustrating, but be patient -- folks will be along to help.

To my understanding, petitions are sent to the USCIS center that has the least overwhelming workload at the time.

Don't believe it as gospel. The timing is actually much closer. Furthermore, you'll save at least that much time (and money, and grief) by pursuing the I-130 path.

Merged thread is moved back to the K-1 Process forum.

True; depends on their classification. Until a resolution, everyone will have to keep searching and hope to strike gold.

Look in the "What Visa" forum for most. Here's the excellent comparison done by our fine member Crazy Cat: 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

Yet another thread has been merged into this one. Please post further only in this thread.

Maybe, but it can take months for a simple (and sometimes unhelpful or boilerplate) reply. I'd call at least two ports, maybe three. Consistency of answer will point the way.

Well, you'll get a lot of accurate comments about how the CR-1 visa (via the I-130 petition) is far superior to the K-1 visa (via the I-129F petition) and how they take essentially the same amount of time. There are zillions of threads here about that. We can leave the thread here without harm.

Thread is resolved, so it's now locked to further comment.

She can call Customs & Border Protection at any port of entry, ask for the shift supervisor, explain, and get an answer. She should take note of where and when she called and to whom she spoke. Look on cbp.gov for a list of ports. (I recommend against e-mailing through the CBP site; it takes forever to get an answer.)

Welcome to the forum! Because you're getting married and your petitioner will presumably file the I-130 petition, your thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the CR-1 Process forum. Knowledgeable people will answer soon.

I wonder whether it takes Congress to straighten out these infuriating Civil Surgeons and their "you need a full physical at full cost," or if a presidential Executive Order would do it. If it were a priority for either governmental branch, it would so easy and so helpful for so many.

Congratulations!

Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ]

We are the poster chimp for PTSD, si and sigh mam ma'am... Edited to add, see man: Previous post was LPoP and was therefore unread, ignore mam ma'am's reaction and our reaction to her reaction no see and no see man.

On this date, Manyober Many'th (2x2x2 +1th), Many (2x2x2x2 +1) years ago, Mrs. T-B.-to-be entered los Estados Unídos with virtue of her K-1 visa, enter she man. (As we here remember, this visa was wrenched from the ####, ####, #######, ####### Guayaquil consulate after much infuriating effort, we man.) Mrs.-T-B.-to-be was fresh off Many (2+1) despedidas (going-away parties) in Many (2+1) Ecu cities and arrived sick as a dog, sick she man. We spent $Many -- si man, $Many -- in getting her a clinic appointment at full retail price and getting her Rx also at full retail price, we man. We did not yet know about the Mexican medical clinic where they charge only $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2+1) for a clinic visit and also speak Spanish, no and man. This is our memory of this day in history, remember we man.

That's fine! Fret less.

Addendum: For Removing Conditions (next step), you WILL have to provide lots of bona fide evidence. Take everything relevant in hard-copy form that comes in from this point forward, and throw it into a box. Set up a special computer folder for everything digital that comes in, and transfer relevant stuff into it. By ROC time, you'll have the high-class problem of deciding what NOT to include.

You don't really need much at all for AOS*; the marriage certificate within 90 days should suffice. *unless requirements have changed since my time Couples have separate bank accounts all the time -- USCIS knows this. Send what you have and fret less.