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Wow! Congratulations. Be sure to maintain your VJ timeline and report your future progress. And, yes, Demise is a treasure to this site.

Sad that anyone had to die, but is this karma of a sort?

Pretty good commentary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why is the media silent about Iryna Zarutska's murder? A video showing the murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on public transport in Charlotte, North Carolina, has sent shockwaves round the world. It has also reignited debateover the widening ideological gulf in news reporting. The video shows Zarutska sitting alone, scrolling her phone, while behind her Decarlos Williams, a 35-year-old black man with a long history of arrest and diagnosed schizophrenia, rises to his feet and swings a knife toward her unsuspecting neck. The incident reached viral escape velocity when Elon Musk reposted a comment on X noting the dearth of coverage in progressive outlets, a media omertà that still largely holds at the time of writing. But this relative silence is perhaps unsurprising. Every detail of the incident cuts against the received progressive worldview, on so many angles and with so total an absence of confounding counter-narrative, that no Left-wing outlet could report on it without fearing its weaponisation by the Right, within the perennially sensitive topic of American race politics. [...] https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-is-the-media-silent-about-iryna-zarutskas-murder/

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It might take forever for the FOIA to be acted on. Better would be to try your Congressman's immigration liaison.

(1) No one can really say. (2) No one can really say. (3) My guess is "yes" and that any online changes would be somewhat or quite delayed.

If it's consequent to transliteration into English from a different alphabet, probably not a big deal. Otherwise, either try to get a corrected certificate or an explanatory letter about it from appropriate authorities.

1. The COs ask for what they're looking for (as might the LES -- locally engaged staff -- who collect documents before interviewees see the CO). The best plan is to have everything in labeled sections of an accordion folder, so that whatever's requested can be pulled out promptly upon request.

When in doubt, read carefully, interpret instructions literally, and respond completely and honestly. Depending on what else you find, I suggest following the letter instructions, at this point.

What Crazy Cat says. It depends on whether they put a "fraud marker" on it. There will be some reason.

Overwhelm, inundate, drown. This is the difference between looming failure and possible success.

Possibilities: The chief of the Immigrant Visa Unit needs to sign off on the refusal of the visa; the consulate is researching your ceremonies; your file is waiting to be shipped back to USCIS. The 70 days is quite a long time for the first and third possibilities, it would seem.

We baited you and you took it, si Bro G man.

If the Republicans play their cards right, wow! ~~~~ The Image That Killed the Democrats in 2026 and Beyond And just like that, it's over for the Dems in the 2026 midterms. Maybe even the 2028 general election. Maybe this is even the final nail in their creaky, splintering, mentally ill, Marxist coffin. Right now, they're trying to ignore it, the way they tried to pretend Hunter Biden's laptop didn't exist back in 2020. They were successful enough that time to push their vote machine over the finish line in Biden/Harris's favor, but that won't happen this time. This story, this image, is already out there. Still, they're trying to ignore it, hoping it goes away: [...] https://pjmedia.com/athena-thorne/2025/09/07/the-image-that-killed-the-democrats-in-2026-and-beyond-n4943417

The stamp tax sounds like something to start a Revolutionary War over.

My exact feelings for many years. Hoorah!

Yeah, we'll see. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CBS News Admits Defeat, Will Stop Editing On-Air Interviews After Misleading Kristi Noem Clip Disgraced, far-left CBS News announced a policy change after it was caught selectively editing an interview with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. [...] https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/09/06/nolte-cbs-news-admits-defeat-will-stop-editing-on-air-interviews-after-misleading-kristi-noem-clip/

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Hip still behaving, hope not too good to be true man. Blood pressure again hosed, pills didn't do much man. Unwillingly dragged ourself to cut-hairing place, self-drag we man. Got all of our hairs cut, nice job man. This was at the beginning of a most-of-day monsoon, enough rain already man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was toucans of Chef B. Beefaroni, ingest we man. A decent siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Single LL conquered, and warsher dished/de-dished, victorious we man. Miu demanded brushing twice, well-brushed miu man. Mini-B. arrived as planned, start of Two Guys week man. He immediately wanted to play back-patio basketball, join we man wee man man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must arise before o'dark-Many to breakfast Mini-B. before skool, man. Many admin things for Mama T-B. plus a visit are necessary, hopefully coherent we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

It is Sunday, and here is our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== FISHING DRUNK A drunk ice fisherman drilled a hole in the ice and peered into it. As he did so, a loud voice from above said, "There are no fish down there." The fisherman walked several yards away and drilled another hole. As he peered into it, he again heard a voice say, "There are no fish down there." He walked about 20 yards away and drilled another hole. Once again, the voice said, "There are NO FISH down there!" The fisherman looked up to the sky and asked, "God, is that you?" "No, you idiot," said the voice. "I'm the skating-rink manager."

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Avoid overthinking the AOS process. Read instructions carefully, interpret them literally, and answer/respond completely and honestly. Just file the I-485 as soon as you marry. Get multiple copies of your marriage certificate. The brand-new Mrs. T-B. & I got permission from our officiant to hand-carry the signed marriage license to the courthouse. We made a beeline there. The clerk said that no one had ever requested as many as 7 certificates, but she prepared them as we waited. We then immediately included one in the I-485 package. You should begin now to collect information for ROC (Removing Conditions). Take everything that comes to you in the mail or from other sources, and throw it into a box. Create a special document folder on your computer for online material. Come ROC time, you'll have plenty of evidence to pick from. In addition (actually, before anything), shop for 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." Remember that if you move from one U.S. state to another, your will may need to be redone.

To keep the terminology precise, you would file the I-129F petition, which, if approved, would enable her to apply for the K-1 visa. If you were married, you'd file the I-130 petition, which, if approved, would enable her to apply for the CR-1 visa.

This thread has been informative to many, and we all thank you for your diligence in updating it. Congratulations on your successes, especially in getting the dreaded SSN uneventfully. We look forward to your AOS posts.