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Oh boy.
Apple21 is correct. The PD did not become current until Aug. 1, 2013.
You are damn lucky. Took USCIS 1 month and 23 days to approve the I-130 which means you only had 1 month and 23 days of CSPA protection. Fortunately, the PD became current 1 month and 12 days after your 21st birthday. CSPA preserved your derivative status.
If the PD did not become current until Sep. 1, 2013, it would be 2 months 12 days after your 21st birthday and CSPA would not have helped.
Lucky you.

CSPA applies to you.
When the PD became current, your CSPA age was locked in. It's under 21.
Your age is not a problem.

I am going to assume he Entered Without Inspection from Mexico and is a Mexican citizen illegally present in the US.
He must wait until the pending I-130 already filed by his wife is approved. Then he can file an I-601A provisional waiver, since by that point he would be the beneficiary of an approved I-130. He will need to demonstrate that it would be a hardship to his US citizen wife for him not to be re-admitted to the US as an LPR. If the I-601A is approved then he would be scheduled for an interview at the US embassy in Mexico and would need to attend that. If all goes well he would receive his immigrant visa and would be able to re-enter the US as an LPR within a few weeks / months.
He should consult an experienced immigration attorney before filing the I-601A, although, again, the I-130 must be approved before that can be done.

Not going to happen.
It would likely be cheaper for you to provide the child with a good boarding school in the home country.

If you already know the answers to your questions then what exactly are you asking for help with?

Hello VJ,
I too am in the process of filing for my stepson and want to join the group!!!

I have a feeling this is more than about food with this girl. By refusing to eat she causes tension in the household and in you, and makes a martyr out of herself. She is truly hurting. I'm not a doctor, that's just my thoughts.

Salaam, hello!
I live in Algeria so I know the "system" and consular office inside and out. I was married in Algeria, applied for the visa,etc
1 - No Algerian woman or man will get a tourist visa easily, so I would say forget about this. They are only offering student exchange, business and medical visas easily. And the family related one, well you don't met the requirements.
2 - To marry an Algerian woman in Algeria, as already mentioned you need to be Muslim. If you are not Muslim, not only will the family not agree but it's not lawful.
3 - If you don't met the income standards then you shouldn't apply for the visa. You will only be denied and waste the money. But I'm not sure if you are aware, but you can have co-sponsor or add any assets you have to make up the difference.
4 - If you are a Muslim, and would like to be married here in Algeria while you are here. First, you need to discuss this with her family. Then for religious reasons, find a imam who will marry you to her. Many imams are not willing to marry foreigners to Algerians in fear of visa scams. Your future FIL or BIL can help you find one.
5 - You need to get a certificat d' chahada (saying you reverted to Islam) They won't ask you for a cert issued in the US, but if you have one, it will only help. And if you were born into a Muslim family, well then the WHOLE process from dealing with the parents, to dealing with the governement and religious ministry will be easier for you. The process takes about 3months to be issued. The cert for this you start at the ministry of religion in your SO's home wilaya (province) Once you have done this, you can go ahead and apply for a marriage certificate at the daira (town hall) ... the process from there I can explain later. OR optionally taker her and her family to get married in Tunisia (the process is shorter there) I'm not sure if they require you to be Muslim there or not. Maybe ones married there can explain this.
6 - You can easily obtain a document from the registar in the US statting you have never been married. I did this for myself, when I came here and got married here with my husband.
Mom of 1, while yes I would say Algerians are traditional people, I wouldn't say they are not going to allow this marriage. There are traditional families where they do indeed try to seek marriages within their family but then others more modern open minded. I know several Algerian woman married to foreign man. One couple even living here in Algeria. I think it is all about niyaa(intention) of the couple.
And finally a final tip, if you can manage it, wy not bring your parents (or least one) when you go to visit the girl? This way everyone will feel more comfortable about your intentions.
If I can help in anything further, I am happy to ... just ask!

I'm not here to ask what happened or why. Just go with everything possible. It is better to have too much evidence than not enough.
Just so you know there have been many of us here that had this happen to us. This happened to us, and we proved our case. We have now been married 9 years, and he has been here for 7. So don't give up hope, just be prepared.

Todos los documentos colombianos se quedan con el apellido de soltera porque en Colombia usted seguirá teniendo esos apellidos a menos de que empiece a cambiar todo empezando con el registro civil de nacimiento, la cédula y por último el pasaporte. Para viajar no necesita sino mostrar el pasaporte y la green card y de pronto llevar una fotocopia del certificado de matrimonio por si acaso le preguntan algo, pero nunca lo hacen.
Diana

Well if working on an extremely complex engineering project that pumps your brain 24/7, don't know the first thing about immigration and don't even know where to start or how to even bring a person here. Finding a great one is the way to go. Another factor is money versus time, if low on funds, doing it the hard way may be the only option.
The one I found wrote books on this subject, our agreement was for a flat fee, he would be the teacher, I would be the student. After a brief phone conversation answering questions, this guy didn't BS telling me how great he is. Asked key questions, gave answers, from that told me the best way to bring my girls here and what evidence I needed.
He sent special Acrobat forms, a get of a lot nicer than the ones you download, had choice of fonts and would automatically compress those long Spanish names. We filled all those out, he made corrections, emailed us the final forms for approval then FedEx those same forms of signatures that we FedExed back with all of our evidence.
His fee was $750.00 in advance, $750 balance due when my girls received their green cards. When the USCIS saw his name on the forms, didn't even want to see our original evidence. That was the only really nice interview we had. Learned a lot in that process, when it came to the I-751 and N-400's, said we could to that ourselves. But did check over our forms for no extra charge, also pointed out a couple of errors in those.
Yes, you can really get screwed by attorney's, you don't just walk in, but have a contract that spells out all the details.

What if someone married someone from another country thinking they could bring a subservient spouse over? Essentially I'm saying, what if the USC wants to use that person as a personal servant or slave (despite the title of spouse)? They could very easily project themselves as loving and caring during the long distance phase of the relationship and then switch roles becoming controlling and abusive once the spouse is in the USA. How do you know that isn't happening? Please don't even begin to tell me that in the USA that never happens. What I'm trying to point out is con artists and manipulators happen in both directions. You're assuming that it is always the foreign spouse who is doing the con and it really isn't fair because you have NO idea.

There you go being rude again. And speaking of stupid posts, why don't you go back and read your last few.

If you think TBone was rude, I can't imagine how you survive in real life.

... which remains unanswered, still.

1. None of the three is a VJ moderator.
2. Name all of the moderators who are "power-hungry," with your reasoning (examples, versus mere opinion) as to how they're "power-hungry."
3. If you have to spend your second and third sentences qualifying your first sentence, and end the thought with an "oh, and you're ugly, too"-type sentiment, perhaps the first sentence shouldn't have been posted at all.
4. Indeed. Participation in VJ is voluntary. If you're unhappy, you're free to abandon your participation here in favor of participating somewhere else.

Well........everyone has a different attitude towards right and wrong. You know?
On VJ, "right" and "wrong" should be about giving correct and legal advise to readers to the best of ones ability. As in what is right or wrong in the eyes of the agencies involved with immigration. Moderation SHOULD step in when advise is erroneous or could cause potential harm to readers.
If you are talking about "right" or "wrong" as to how the community operates....I think your efforts, while well-intentioned, are probably moot. There is nothing going on, on VJ, that hasn't been happening here for years. Years. Behaviors are difficult to moderate and I suspect that it is behaviors you are unhappy with. Many people can't separate the behavior they would like to receive from the behavior they dish out. When complaining from this angle, the well will come up empty.

Para visa de turista ustedes no pueden hacer nada ya que la embajada basa su decisión en la evidencia que ellas lleven y nada más. La evidencia debe comprobar que ellas tienen que regresar a Colombia después del viaje, pueden ser cartas del colegio o universidad, cartas de empleo, cuentas bancarias que demuestren que están bien económicamente y que no planean quedarse en los EE.UU. para trabajar, propiedades que tengan a nombre de ellas, negocios propios que tienen que administrar, de pronto si tienen hijos y demuestren que tienen que regresar para estar con ellos, etc..
Otra opción podría ser que fueran ellas y los papás o esposos a pedir las visas como una familia, mucha gente dice que así tienen más facilidad para que se las aprueben.
Diana

Sure ! get on a PC (ditch the handphone) and study -> http://www.visajourney.com/content/newmembers

Wow! I am a veteran and I served my country!
I have been dealing with immigration stuff over ten years helping friends & family. Does that make me veteran & knowing-it-all? Respecting people? Yes, I'm all for it!
Pushy veteran? No way! Is it really necessary to find the need to answer every snippert/comment a member makes?

So this thread is about bashing the veterans who have contributed their vast knowledge in the USCIS processes?
No wonder I notice that many veterans who offer great information are slowly disappearing from VJ forum.
I have benefited from their posts during my journey.
Perhaps, it is time for the veterans to move on from this forum, since they are clearly becoming unappreciated.

Hang around for 4 years and tell me how you feel about it then. I understand where you're coming from but the "search" function is pretty obvious and I would hope people know how to use a search bar (especially one that says Google! )
**Edit - I will admit when I first arrived here i was confused (it's changed a bit since then) but if you just take the time to have a quick look around (unless its an urgent qn) a lot of people appreciate the effort at least

Your problem is misreading things and taking them badly. Each post i've read of yours today where you blew up at another member for being "mean" was taken completely wrong. There was no insult. There just was no "now you see love..." You got what you came for, advice, fact, and in some cases, opinion.
At no point of any of the responses I've read to you (or written) breached the VJ TOS. If you feel it does you hit the report button and a mod will be along when they get the chance to assess it.
There aren't thousands of members here who know what they're talking about. There are many people who know things about certain things, but I'd say there's around 10-20 "veterans" who know what they're talking about and whose advice I would take as gospel without further research (and when you do the ratio on that, it's extremely askew). Of the many hundreds/thousands of questions posted here, do you really expect those 10-20 people to take the time to pretty up their speech so that they don't offend anyone? You will ALWAYS offend someone. It is, a lot of the time, a type and send answer. No re-reading, no censorship. Just answer and move to the next topic.
The people on this site almost all have jobs. They have lives. They spend part of their time/lives on this site giving advice to people. They do not get paid and a lot of the time they end up having threads like this being written about them. What makes you think THAT is fair? Do you really think it makes us WANT to continue giving you advice? Do you think it's fair that others miss out on the advice of experienced members because someone got their back up about something, most likely for entirely the wrong reason and the experienced member just says "well ####### this, it's just not worth it" and stops answering? or for the answer to be muddied with pointless "you're being a poopy head" talk?
It's people like you that stop a lot of experienced members from coming back once they're done with the process (or between processes). You're new here, you expect us to cater to the myriad of personalities you come across here. To answer the same question HUNDREDS of times a week and still be all nice and sugary sweet. It's just not going to happen, sometimes we try, but sometimes we don't because the answer is more important.
There are some threads, specifically regional, or progress threads, where thing are a lot friendlier/prettier. In the upper forums (where you posted this initially in the k1 visa section) it is mostly answer and go.
I suggest you learn to let these things roll off your back, especially during this extremely long and stressful process. Take the time to realise no offence was meant but that most of us aren't your friends. Consider us as the stranger at the bus stop you ask for directions. We answer, we move on.

CASIORENBAR,
VisaJourney is a forum dedicated to family based visas and it's free of charge since it is used mostly for information purposes.
Since neither one of you is here on a family based visa, you will need to go a different route. Have you asked your school to see if they can guide you on how to change your visa status to an F1? They may be able to help in filing the correct form which I believe it's form I-539 along with form I-20 from the school. Now, I don't know if you can add your wife to this status change, so that should also be asked.
If they're not able to help, which they should, then I would suggest you contact an immigration lawyer for advice.
Diana

Aww honey we are not VAWA filers ( Len and I ) however we luvs you guys just the same. ANd do our best to pipe in when we can.
Do you have police reports, affidavits as asked by len?