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Oh, boy! Sunday -- time for our eagerly awaited, always-hilarious Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ============================================ FUNNIEST THINGS SAID DURING A COLONOSCOPY 1. 'Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before!' 2. 'Find Amelia Earhart yet?' 3. 'Can you hear me NOW?' 4. 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?' 5. 'You know, in Turkey, we're now legally married.' 6. 'Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?' 7. 'You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out...' 8. 'Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!' 9. 'If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!' 10. 'Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.' 11. 'You used to be an executive at Enron, weren't you?' And the best one of all: 12. 'Could you write a note for my wife, saying that my head is not up there?'

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Janet3's advice is excellent. If you do a timeline, even more detail will help. If I remember, dealing with the Vietnam consulate necessitated an exhaustive, almost microscopic account from start to finish. There has to be a sample or an outline somewhere in that forum. Pursue WhatsApp and scroll through or search the Vietnam forum.

Mine does this usually between 2:30 & 3:30 a.m. when she comes in wanting to play with her feather-roller.

Is there anything at all that could cause someone to suspect that this is not a bona fide relationship? Have you sent piles and piles of money to your wife or her family, for instance? If not, it sounds to me that the consulate is intentionally throwing roadblocks in front of a straightforward case. Unless you hear specifics from the consulate, you'll have to rely on advice and information from this site and from your Congressman's office. I've been in your position, sadly. Give us consistent updates, and we'll all put our heads together regarding how to proceed.

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See the comparison, as compiled 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 can not leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (approx 6-8 months) Spouse can not work until she/he receives EAD (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's license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport. Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US.

Thrilling Saturday report, see man: Needy miu has demanded brushing Many (2+2) times today already, not over man. Got on ES trail surprisingly early (half-of-half past Many a.m.) considering when we awoke, boon man. Returned Mini-B.'s fancy skool satchel on the way, oh well man. Bright, sunny day yet again, no rain at all and Many00 degrees F. for >1 month man. Enjoyed secondary highways and country roads, scenic man. Visited a couple of towns for the first time ever or in one or 2 Manycades, see man. Got a couple of out-of-town newspapers for Mama T-B., enjoy those senior she man. At end of ES trek, FST was well within range, visit we man. Lunched at favorite FST restaurant, Big Tex chicken-fried steak + green beans ingest we man. Place was mobbed at half-past 1 p.m., unsurprising man. Took out a whole apple pie for we/Mini-B. with a slice reserved for Mama T-B., heavenly stuff man. Preferred Powerade Zero flavor (grape) not available at FST supermarket, bummer man. Returned to casa and indignant miu at Many (2+1) p.m, Many (2+2+2) hours enjoyed man. Already using half-box of Kleenex from today's ES, financially savvy we man. Showered, then napped like an illegitimate male child, exhausted we man. At dusk, went to Aldi for Mama T-B., deliver Sunday we man. Aldi employees quite rude, gee man. "Howdy, si man!" said we to one. "We close in Many (2+2+1) minutes, si man!" snarked he man. Aldi needs to stay open till Many (2x2x2 +1) p.m., not just Many (2x2x2) p.m., ridiculous man. New glass/chrome shelf brought in from garage for cleaning, manage without breakage we man. Out-of-town newspapers to be read before delivery to Mama T-B., literate we man. Party with the rubias later, cavort we man. Overall, a highly enjoyable day, conclude we man.

Give it a haircut, so it can see man. Finally, a demonstration of P-math knowledge, whee man! [T-B. falls over in at least a dead faint, no pulse man]

All, At least years ago, petitioners seeking to bring a beneficiary from Vietnam had to create a detailed "relationship timeline" to supply to the consulate. A new VJ member, dealing with the difficult Sri Lanka consulate, may need to do this. If you have experience creating such a timeline or information on how to do it well, please contribute here: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/806954-sri-lanka-cr-1-spouse-interview-june/ Thanks in advance for your support.

Another idea of something to supply the consulate: create a detailed "relationship timeline" of every visit, substantial conversation, interaction with family, and notable event from the time you met your wife-to-be through the present. This has been done for Vietnam, I know, years ago. Perhaps search in the Vietnam regional forum for relevant threads, or in the Portal or the Office Reviews & Info tabs atop any VisaJourney page, to see what you can find. I will post a thread in that forum with a link to this thread, and maybe someone will respond. Remember that it's the weekend with slower forum traffic.

This will be the sticking point in regard to most if not all financial accounts. The immigrant can sometimes be added without an SSN once he/she is in the U.S., but this stage would be after your current hurdle. This is a guess, but I suspect that the Sri Lankan consulate isn't one of the busiest. Your case is probably in a consular officer's short stack of 221g cases. It will take a couple of days for the Congressional office to be able to act. You'll be asked to sign a form that gives the office permission to help with your issue. If you look today and happen to find that form on your Congressman's website, see if you can complete it in advance. Before submitting it, I suggest phoning the office on Monday to speak directly with the immigration liaison, and mentioning at that time that you've completed the form and can e-mail it right away. Does the consulate understand that WhatsApp call-logs are stored for only 3 months? Maybe the Congressman's office can make that point. If all else fails, try contacting WhatsApp to see if someone can help to recover records that cover a longer period (keep asking for a supervisor).

I'm not sure that it's the same consular administration, but someone else had an absolutely terrible time with your consulate. It's interesting that they would phone you. I had not heard of this as a typical procedure. You might not have done any of this yet (most couples with one USC spouse and one overseas spouse probably would not), but have you (the USC) drafted or executed any estate documents -- a will, a power of attorney, or similar -- naming her? That's all that I can think of. Have you involved your Congressman's immigration liaison by having him/her inquire about your case status?

Thread is moved from the K-3 Process forum to the CR-1 Case Progress subforum.

Didn't notice it at first, no man. Is it one of those Llama Alpos or whatever they call them, huh man? Someday, we need to ask a veterinarian this, see man: "How do English sheepdogs see, huh man?" Rubias tend to want to crash fotos, si and sigh man. At least you found a useful rubia, consolation man. Can she also knit her brows, huh man? Be careful or you'll be sleeping on the couch, si and sigh man.

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Saturday GS/ES report, see man: We attended Many (2+2) ESs and a GS in Many (2+2+1) widely dispersed towns, si man. Many (2+1) of them yielded the take, see man: -- long skinny glass shelf = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), half-price man -- partial box vinyl gloves, half-box Kleenex, full box wastebasket bags = $Many ($2+1), deal man -- new box Kleenex, 2 packs (NIP) disposable plates = $2, steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 -1)

He isn't prepared for fatherhood, NO man. "'Tis the voice of the lobster; I heard him declare, "You have baked me too brown! I must sugar my hair, si man." Water temperature precised, see and si and man. Who's the rubia in the back row, huh man?

Now tell us how you really feel, si JMany ma'am. Happy day of birth to the new child of JMany ma'am and Mr. Algebra, si man! We once answered "yes" to this question on a psychological survey, see man: "I often enjoy putting my pet chameleon on plaid cloth"