TBoneTX

Rare humor from an uncowed Sheriff. Well-done!

Here is his list, I hope still up-to-date: --- 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

This, to me, sounds most plausible.

Five consecutive posts with our VAWA-Thread Jokes, this one our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUNNY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY To the person who stole my diary and then died: My thoughts are with your family. At first, I thought my chiropractor wasn't any good, but now I stand corrected. I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me. I used to be able to play piano by ear, but now I have to use my hands. I used to run a dating service for chickens, but then I was struggling to make hens meet. I broke my finger last week, but then on the other hand, I'm OK. I was wondering why the baseball kept getting bigger and bigger. Then it hit me. I wanted to eat a watch for lunch, but it was too time-consuming. I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went, but then it dawned on me. I used to be addicted to basketball, but then I rebounded. After dinner, Mom asked if I could clear the table. I needed a running start, but then I made it. We're renovating the house. The first floor is going great, but the second floor is another story.

This piece clarifies issues well, I think. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals [...] Minnesota state officials have pointed out that the state Department of Corrections actually cooperates with ICE. "Minnesota DOC honors ICE detainers and coordinates custody transfers every day," the Department said in a statement. But that's just part of the story; a New York Times analysis found a "complicated picture" in Minnesota. "About 30% of the people ICE detained in Minnesota last year were turned over by local jails and prisons," the Times reported, "but that number is a lower share than in 39 other states. In Iowa, for example, the figure is 80%." The Times continued: "In addition, no one was transferred from the state's largest jail, in Hennepin County, which contains Minneapolis, the state's largest city. Local jails in Minnesota have declined or ignored hundreds of the more than 2,000 detainers, requests to hold someone longer in detention until ICE can take custody of them, filed since President Trump took office last January." That is the issue at the bottom of the Battle of Minneapolis. Trump border czar Tom Homan went straight to the matter when he met the press on Thursday after talking with local officials. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4441828/sanctuary-cities-are-sanctuaries-for-criminals/

Addendum to Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see in addition man: We cleaned the lint trap after baking the ES towels, Clean for Gene we man. We have never seen so much white lint, white Lenox towels man. Lint is invariably gray or mauve, observe we man. Of note, the tan JCPenney towel produced no observable lint, observe and no observe we man.

This could be an example of (neutered/spayed) chickens coming home to roost.

Textbook definition of "pressing one's luck," pun perhaps intended.

I thought that he'd have been older than that. Regardless, good actor and apparently a good human being. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beloved 'Sanford and Son' Star Dies at 79 from Complications Related to Cancer On the morning of Friday, January 30, longtime actor and one-half of the legendary TV duo Sanford and Son, Grady Demond Wilson, passed away, according to a report from TMZ. The entertainment outlet confirmed with the actor's son, Demond Wilson Jr., that his father died at his Palm Springs, California home from "complications related to cancer." [...] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/beloved-sanford-son-star-dies-145036493.html

Bring the original biometrics notice or a direct printout of it, of course. Let us know what results.

Others here may opine differently, but I think that your only chance would be to explain the situation to your interviewing officer and see what he/she says about flexibility.

Everyone above is correct. Sincere sympathies and prayers for you, and sorry that your very first forum post had to be about such a solemn matter.

Whoopee!

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Mini-B. zzz'd for a full Manyzen hours, exhausted wee man man. We zzz'd for less time, man. Breakfast/lunch (around noon) was 2 PB&J sandwiches on hamburger buns, ingest Two Guys man. We began ES-ing at high noon, delayed we man. ES Rant #1, see man: Fat people should be banned from attending ESs, man. ES Rant #2, see man: Anyone with more than one room of Christmas decorations is a psycho, man. ES Rant #Many, see man: When there's a line of Many (2x2x2) pay-cashing customers who've been waiting for over Many (2x2x2x2 -1) minutes for you as you incompetently try to connect your WiFi for a credit-card customer, quit with the WiFi and serve the pay-cashing customers, man. ES Rant #Many, see man: When those pay-cashing customers finally reach the front of your line, don't insist on exact change because your stupid cash register doesn't work because of your failure to plan, man. We returned casa-ward at Many (2+1) p.m. and were too steamed to siesta, man. Din-din was beef & short-rib lasagna + r'br, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2+1) Jump Street*, watch Two Guys man. *alternatively known as Many (2 Manyzen -2-1) Jump Street, elegant P-Math flexibility man Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. The weekly tally of popcorn is precisely 2 Manyzen bowls, impressive achievement man. We have warshered the towels from Friday's ESs, domestic we man. We hate our new gas dryer, man. We want a knob or function enabling us to pick the drying time, man. Why should we have to return to add time to their infernal choices of settings, huh and man? No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Sunday duties include conquering Many (2+1) LLs, domestic we man. Mama T-B. will certainly go aysheep and keep pestering us about her taxes, man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday ES report, see man: We attended all Many (2+2) ESs, dependable we man. The first, Many'rd, and Many'th (2+2+1th) ESs yielded the take, see man: -- small first-aid kit = $2, deal man -- ~1 Manyzen drink cups, ~full jug CLR liquid = $1 + half a buck, steal man -- AM/PM pill caddy = free, heavenly man Total = $Many (2+1) + half a buck

Not many Mexicanas, hotties or not, are rubias, si and see and Bro G man. "When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty," si C man.

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Breakfasted*/skoolbused Mini-B., groggy Two Guys man. *chicken melts, readily agree to and ingest wee man man Miu was active and demanding all day, active demanding miu man man. Midway through ES-ing, we lunched at Popeyes**, ingest we man. **WUOC, F$WM Mama T-B. kept calling, insisting on visit, voicemail we man. Immediately after last ES, we went, exhausted we man. Mama T-B. too exhausted to go aysheep at us over much, boon man. We achieved everything on her list, quite extensive man. She pulled her guilt-tripping on us at the very end, disconsolate senior she man man. We said that we weren't going to discuss it, and we left, must draw line we man man. Mini-B. arrived at casa just after we did, timing man. Mini-B. agreed that we could siesta, blessing man. We siesta'd for well over an hour, zzz like a log we man. Mini-B. himself zzz'd while draped perpendicularly on his bed, exhausted wee man. We awakened him for din-din, quite late therefor man. Din-din was Costco angusburgers, traditional Friday fare ingest Two Guys man. We offered Mini-B. a movie night, greatly desired by us man. He declined, too-tired wee man man. He even showered hours early and went to bed way early especially for a Friday, exhausted wee man man. So much for a weekly popcorn record, sigh man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Weather supposed to suck Saturday, cold and windy man. We have itineraried Many (2+2) ESs for Saturday, other direction from Friday's man. All are proximal to us and to each other, boon man. We must wait for one address until Saturday morn, we man. No other firm plans for Saturday, no plan we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

(LPoP and unread, but we shall read your mind and answer anyway, si Y ma'am) But it's not included in nukable breakfast foods, no and sigh Y ma'am. Seemingly what we don't serve, perceive and sigh we man man. Whatever ex-Mrs.-T-B. "cooks," si and sigh and we man. E.g., he likes her French toast, si and sigh man. (Although LPoP and unread, we perceive a P-Math error, see and si and Y ma'am!) We are the only one upon whom she can rely, see Y m'am. She largely behaved during Thursday's visit, si and amazing man. However, as we were finally leaving, she burst into bitter tears over "why are you leaving me, huh man," sigh man. It seems to be like selective emotional dysregulation, pull-stringing senior she man man. But we do think that she is scared, si man.

It needs nuking for 1 minute + half a minute, why should we bother air-frying it mam ma'am ma'am? Don't know if that's an option until we scrutinize the package, no mam ma'am. Mini-B. seems to expect it, si and sigh mam ma'am. Fortunately, he will eat bananas, weird obsession with potassium therein man. You have an honest face and we trust you, si mam ma'am. Or its illegitimate male child, son of a bleach mam ma'am.

Friday ES report, see man: We attended all Many (2+2) ESs, reliable we man. The first, second, and Many'rd (i.e., the first Many [2+1]) ESs yielded the take, see man: -- full can Barbasol, ~full bottle Selsun Blue, Many (2+2) bars Dial soap = $Many ($2+2), deal man -- 2 NWT Lenox bath towels = $Many ($2x2x2), highway robbery man -- NWT JCPenney bath towel = $Many ($2+2), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2)

Bad teetotaling make-excusing Bro G man! Bad, BAD teetotaling TEETOTALING make-excusing MAKE-EXCUSING Bro G man! Insulting entire European country and all its residents, oj tak! Reported!!! Of course, duh and Bro G man. Mini-B. has sort of gotten away from these in the last couple of years, sigh man. We had to give out our leftover supply on Hallowe'en, dispense we man. (No expiration dates on the silver tupacs, man.) The kids were delighted, large and different man. And no reports of poisonings, so obviously they were still good, si man.

Ah, but how masterfully we fling it will ne'er be fully appreciated by inferior primates...

Sad. Psycho -- textbook.

Congratulations!

This Could Be Huge: Trump Appoints New Federal Fraud Czar If you've been following along, you've seen a lot of reporting of rampant fraud in our country, ranging from welfare fraud to Medicare fraud to... well, you name it. We've seen some shocking numbers, and we've seen some pretty unrepentant Democrats willing to just let it all go away. Minnesota seems to be ground zero for possibly billions in fraud, and a lot of that money has gone overseas, to Somalia and other places. [...] President Trump has decided to do something about it. On Wednesday, he took to his Truth Social platform to announce a new appointment and a new division at the Department of Justice. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/01/28/this-could-be-huge-trump-appoints-new-federal-fraud-czar-n2198621