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This ought to be the exciting part. In addition, she might find that she's way ahead of her classmates (U.S. schools tend to be behind other countries' schools in curriculum and rigor), and this will help her get off to a fast start. Your diligent thoroughness in reporting these updates is helpful to many and interesting to all. Keep it up!

This thread contains some ideas. Following the suggestions might make you feel a little better. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/562879-cbp-at-tsa-airport-checkpoints-why-theyre-there-how-best-to-handle/#entry7784682

You have to make a quality decision as to which of these is more important to you, and live with it.

Welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear of your anguish. The AP can last a long time in Middle Eastern/North African countries because of security concerns. In your case, some of the security checks might have expired while others were in process (they take differing times to be completed), and the expired ones have to be performed again. There's nothing to do but to wait. Find other ways to distract yourself and spend your time. It's hard, but you can do it. Vigorous physical exercise is helpful.

Every little inroad is a gain. Read the week-over-week statistics! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DC crime and the Trump-is-bad-but-he's-right effect There's something interesting going on in the continuing controversy over President Donald Trump's anti-crime initiative in Washington, D.C. When Trump first announced the move, saying crime in the district is "out of control," many Democrats and their media allies denounced it with the argument that crime is in fact falling in the district, perhaps even to its lowest point in 30 years. Now, after a week of heightened law enforcement and rising arrests, more and more voices are conceding that Trump is right, that crime really is a serious and ongoing problem in the district. Some of those voices are still opposed to Trump, but at least they are now admitting there is a big problem. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3758852/dc-crime-trump-is-bad-but-right-effect/

Nice description of Gov. Hair Gel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gavin Newsom: the chameleon who destroyed California Gavin Newsom may be saddled with an awful record. But the California governor is rapidly emerging as a leading bet – even a frontrunner in some polls – in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028. How is this possible? The simple answer is that Newsom might be the ultimate candidate for the attention-deficient generation. He is a political chameleon who changes positions compulsively – not according to facts, but to whatever best seems to fit the national mood. We witnessed this after [...] https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/08/18/gavin-newsom-the-chameleon-who-destroyed-california/

Zohran Mamdani is a political risk Democrats shouldn't take In a twist of comic irony, New York City — the embodiment of American capitalism — may soon have a democratic socialist mayor in 33 year old Zohran Mamdani. That being said, assuming Mamdani wins November's general election, the joke may be on national Democrats. Put another way, even as a mayoral candidate, by dint of New York City's status and his elevation into a national figure, Mamdani presents severe risks to the Democratic Party on the national stage. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5455115-mamdani-risks-democratic-party/

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Bedtime HSM worked quite well, relieved we man. Took Uncle T-B. to doctor, si man. Went to lunch at new Chinese place under soft opening, sit-down man. Plates were quite filling, ingest we and Uncle T-B. man. Siesta quite satisfying, zzz we man. Thoroughly brushed miu, satisfied miu man. Continued mobility-scooter research, research we man. Think we've found one, used and less than half regular price and better than Uncle T-B.'s current one man. Plan to see & probably buy it on Wednesday, plan we man. Din-din was onecan of Chunky soup*, ingest we man. *bought at down-closing supermarket, financially savvy we man No party with the rubias tonight, need to recruit new cavortees we man. See scooter on Wednesday, see we man. Two Guys eve with Mini-B., Two Guys man. Mama T-B.'s CD matures on Wed., sure to go aysheep about reinvestment options senior she man man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Thread is moved from the Tourist Visas forum to the Student & Exchange Visitors forum, where J-1 visas are typically discussed.

Articles from The Tablet almost always are. Good post.

Great article! The shameless hypocrites.

That's so the U.S. can adhere to all the one-sided "save the planet" environmental treaties, whereas third-world countries can continue to pollute.

For the same reason that so-called filthy Covid-19 masks weren't treated as medical waste.

That's good news and good thinking. Congratulations, and keep us posted.

Thanks for finding this. As for the news, it sounds thorough and thought-out.

Portland’s Screeching 'Dog Park Karen' Has Been 'Off the Leash' Before — and No, She's Not Amy Schumer As you may have suspected after reading about Dog Park Karen—who wildly menaced a man over his "pure-bred" dogs in a Portland dog park—we learn that this isn't the first time this Amy Schumer look-alike has been let off her leash. If you haven't read about this wild incident that has gone supernova on social media, by all means read 'Karen's' Attack of Portland Dog Owner Perfectly Frames Left's Insufferable Bigotry, and you'll likely come to the same conclusion. Indeed, this incident wasn't a one-off, we find, based on reactions to this story. The screech-fest by this Portland cultist is [...] https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/08/17/it-looks-like-portlands-dog-park-karen-has-n4942772

Kurt Schlichter is on fire! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Is the Democrats' Endgame? Americans are more divided than we have been since the first time the Democrats started and lost a civil war, with every norm being tossed out and every legitimate exercise of lawfully attained power by us normals being shamelessly obstructed. The left rejects the idea that patriotic Americans have any moral right to participate in their own governance, to pursue their own interests, or to assert their own rights. To them, we are nothing but thralls, tax-generating slaves who must feed them, fuel them, fight for them, and obey their commands while meekly accepting their calumny. They are delusional. Things aren’t going to work out that way. But things are going to work out some way, and you have to wonder what their endgame is. [...] https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/08/18/what-is-the-democrats-endgame-n2661929

The 23rd Amendment is what it is, and it will NEVER be repealed.

I maintain that the following is the best source of N-400 questions and answers: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Monday-on-Tuesday report, see man: Bedtime HSM worked pretty well again, praise the Great Sky-Chimp man. We spent the a.m. trying to find a mobility scooter for Uncle T-B., spend we man. Mama T-B. was aysheep about several things, aysheep senior she man. She went even more aysheep when she learned what we were doing, Where Are Your Priorities man. Our priority is to get Uncle T-B. off our back, aysheep senior he man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. After much caucusing with scooter lady, determined that Uncle T-B. needs a Many-wheeler, not a Many-wheeler, si and sigh and and lady can't help us within price-range man. Visited Mama T-B., visit we man senior she man man. She refused 2 items that she had requested and we'd done our inexact best on, particular senior she man. Mama T-B. was doing personal-financial calculations in her head, financially savvy senior she man man. She knows -- and wants to know -- where every dime of hers has gone, is going, and will go, $i man. We, conversely, use $Many00 bills to light cigars as a parlor trick, $ucce$$ful bu$ine$$ typhoon* we man. *in the POTS** business, $i man **order yours today, si man! Left after 2 hours, exhausted senior she man and we man man. Went to Costco, just before evening peak traffic man. Got Many (2+2+1) items, Many (2+2) of which were on sale, financially savvy we man. Returned to casa to minister to demanding miu, serve miu we man man. Din-din was Many pieces of the rotisserie chicken that Mini-B. had spurned, might as well eat it all we man man. A siesta was moderately successful until the thunderstorm monsoon, split-earing thunder man. Searched further for scooters, drudgery man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must take Uncle T-B. to doctor on Tuesday, routine visit man. Nothing formal planned otherwise, schedule will end up being shot no matter what man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

This is accurate. The K-1 is a "hybrid" visa -- a nonimmigrant visa with immigrant intent. This is why the K-1 is handled by the Immigrant Visa Units of the consulates.

Glad to hear that it was resolved. Thanks for returning to report the outcome.

Interesting reactions. How about this? Rezone and apply eminent domain (the sole good use for it) so that the only remaining housing is transitory -- temporary residences for active members of Congress, and hotels. The District would be occupied solely by Federal office buildings and businesses to support the working population (restaurants, gas stations, etc.). Perhaps also return some land on the Maryland side, and reacquire a small portion on the Virginia side of the Potomac. No residents would then need representation, so problem solved. Only elected officials would reside in the District because they have, or are supposed to have, their residences in their home state. Then they would have room to demolish some of our current empty eyesores that we pay billions to maintain. In addition, officials like Brennan AND Obama would lose their residences in DC, and their meddling in government could be minimized. Only ambassadors and Federal officials should live in DC.

Whoever abuses a small child needs to be locked in a room alone with the parents.

Murder hornets?