Palawan

If cruise is closed loop going out of USA all she needs is DL from USA is she has one yet.

If not I am sure the EAD/AP will be fine

I did one out of Florida few years ago with my k1 wife

10 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

Only the things you have commented on .. complications when encountering the law enforcements , driving and always trying to not draw law enforcement attention, not being able to legally document children, not being able to visit family in Mexico, wanting “papers”. Maybe they choose to let sleeping dogs lie and not push the “wants”. 

Why do the need to legally document chidren?  All the kids got a free US education, and I am sure they were claimed on taxes for refund purpose.

Does any one want to draw attention from law enforcement?  No one that I know.

19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

The options suggested you have knocked down, so what is the plan?

Not my plan. I am just an outsider watching and observing.

I am sure if and when they pull the trigger they will get hold of a immigration attorney, they are already working with one now on a different case.

4 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

The implications of actions long ago continue for even longer into the future.  I do not imagine that the parents would have forseen the complicated life situation that they now face, when they made their decisions 20 plus years ago.  Im sure they were driven by the common heart of parents .. wanting better for their children … 

 

But.. you dont “ get your papers” this way .. no matter what drives the initial

decisions unfortunately.. this is a painful

mess for them all and untangling the web is not going to be quick easy or cheap .. if it can be done at all. 😓

 

What complicated about thier life?  They have a huge new house in the USA, many new vehicles mostly trucks, they have 5 horses they keep at  ranch, they have kids and family and life, Where do you get their life is complicated?  They all make pretty good money working in Texas. They take yearly vacation usually to Florida.  They live a pretty darn good life here. I suspect most of the sons make more per year than you do, since I employee them.

To me it seems pretty easy to get 'Your Papers" going thru USCIS, seems as if they have many loopholes and waivers geared toward people who came here illegally but have lived in the USA a long time.

16 hours ago, Summer melody said:

1. But we need to describe where and how we met, right?

 

I -129F specifically states:   "describe the circumstances of your in-person meeting"

Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) (uscis.gov)

6 hours ago, jakelake said:

What is the purpose of filing?

They have been living in the U.S. for 22 years. What would they gain now? Why open up a can of worms and possibly be deported?

I keep hearing them say they want "thier papers" which is either a greencard or US Citizenship.  If they got US Citizenship they could drive a car legally in Texas, instead of now having to drive and always worry about getting pulled over and get ticket, I would think they could maybe petition their other 5 kids, they could go back home to Mexico to visit families.

Deportation won't happen as long as they are married and have kids in the USA, it highly unlikely unless they committed a serious felony like Murder, Kidpnapping, etc.  They have one son they are dealing with right now and had to hire criminal/Immigration attorney and that is what he told them.

21 hours ago, Timona said:

 

My money is on ITIN...

I think that's what they have and might be calling it "SSN." I mean, both come from SSO anyway 🤷🏽‍♂️

He has a Social Card with SSN, I verified yesterday.  He was actaully working on a horse ranch near Austin before he brought his family over here, So I suspect the SSN is older then 20 years.

He said his sister and brother was able to get SSN as well.

29 minutes ago, Timona said:

 

My money is on ITIN...

I think that's what they have and might be calling it "SSN." I mean, both come from SSO anyway 🤷🏽‍♂️

I will check today and find out, I will see him around later today after work.  I pretty sure he knows the difference btw SSN and ITIN.  But I will confirm.

1 hour ago, kzielu said:

Ever claimed to be US citizen ?

Not that I am aware of.

11 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

Not sure why you clarify that. He still needs to disclose it, even “no records”, or even if jail time was served in Mexico, Turks and Caicos, Yemen, or Sumatra. 

Remember it would be him, not be applying.  Why would you say again he needs to disclose it, isn't this common knowldege on this forum for most?

8 hours ago, Rocio0010 said:

Even if no records, they’d still have to disclose their criminal history. Otherwise they’re misrepresenting themselves.

 

 

This has to be some sort of joke. EWI+ jail time for shooting someone is sort of too much for one single thread😝

Nope, it's all true.  He did jail in Mexico, not USA.

11 hours ago, Boiler said:

So they are planning to head back to Mexico, serve the bar and lie about his criminal history?

Highly doubt they would go back to Mexico, They have been in USA too long, they just bought a new house.

I don't know if his daughter will even try to petition them, I was asking if they were eligible.

39 minutes ago, Family said:

@Palawan your statement is a problem . Hopefully they don’t actually listen to you.

I would advise them to hire and Immigration attorney, I don't do legal work for a living.

31 minutes ago, Boiler said:

This must be a joke thread

Nope, this is real. Remote area may not have records if person was locked up.  Jail is probably gone by now.

3 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

😬.  Probably a problem  

Who knows, May not have a record, he lived in pretty remote area.

35 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Best option is for at least one to sign up with the Military 

 

This is assuming the parents do not have other issues

I don't see any of them doing military

What kind of issue for the parents, the father spent some time in mexican jail for shooting someone, when he was younger.

The father has a Social Security Number, I asked him how he got it and he said long time ago they would give them to illegals.

50 minutes ago, Boiler said:

They can usually the issue is if they entered with inspection or jumped the border.

The crossed the border illegally.

There is a family came here from Mexico about 22 years ago, brought 5 kids with them, had a set of twins that were born in the USA, they are set to turn 21 soon.

Can they petition thier parents, they all live in Texas.

2 hours ago, JackandEdna2019 said:

I can't do the Utah Marriage, bcs we have to get married here and I don't want to mess it up as it has taken a long time already so don't want to have more delays.

Why can't you do the utah online marriage? If you were starting over today would you do it? I don't understand why you have to marry here, isn't doing the Utah online marriage the same thing as marrying in the USA?

22 hours ago, JackandEdna2019 said:

I'm not worried about my K-1 being denied. There should be no issues with it, but right now it's just a matter of waiting for a decision on our petition to be made. They should have no reason to deny it bcs I've spoken to tier 2 and 3 many times and they said everything looks good on my case. This isn't my first rodeo. I've been through 3 petitions in the past including one that I withdrew and I've found that as long as your persistent with your documents and explaining why the past relationships didn't work out everything will be fine. The key is don't try to hide anything and be 100% honest with USCIS bcs if not they can tell if you're lying or if the relationship is fake. 

I think you are on the right track. If you do the Utah Online marriage would they still send make you jump thru all these hoops?

Look at Remitly also.

I think at the moment most are not charging any fees, I guess they are all competing with each other to get new customer since the exchange rate is at record highs

1 hour ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

Really?  How high are their fees?

 

Last time I checked it was $7 or $8 for a  US $1000 transfer, which is much less than $25 my bank charges.

I can do a Western Union for $1000 to Philippines and it only cost me $8, It isn't traceable, since you can use any name to send with WU.

I suspect using stuff like Wise, Remitely etc they want a bank account to send.  

30 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

Really?  How high are their fees?

 

Last time I checked it was $7 or $8 for a  US $1000 transfer, which is much less than $25 my bank charges.

I looked at 7k transfer an it was like 60 bucks

15 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Transferwise, now just called "Wise".  Wise.com, I believe.  Very good fees and exchange rates.

Wise fees are very high, plus you can't send more than like $9000 USD, not allowed

US dollar accounts have no such thing as an exchange rate

1 US Dollar = 1 US Dollar

7 hours ago, July_ said:

If we were going to do a Utah Marriage, it still has to be reported to PSA, which we cannot because he is considered married here. 

The USC is my fiance. He lives in the US. I live in the Philippines.

 

For immigration purpose and the US Embassy in Manila his divorce decree will over ride any Phillippines rules regarding getting a CENOMAR.

What you are thinking is if both people were Philippines citizens and they wanted to marry in Philippines then you would have to get the divorce recognize, but since he is American there is no need.