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  1. BLC
    You’re right, there are some important details missing. I’m curious to know the actual reason behind it. I just ended up reading up on public charge a bit and I didn’t realize it was really only the fact sheet they did away with, but can still deny based on public charge. Any idea about which types of medical/financial reasons that would generally cause grounds for refusal based on public charge? I was always under the impression that beneficiary employment history didn’t matter, though; and, of course, there are certain medical reasons that cause denial, but thought those would be based on a medical refusal, instead.
  2. BLC
    I thought inadmissibility for public charge had been long gone for a couple of years now? Now I’m curious about this myself.
  3. BLC
    This would be a perfect slogan for USCIS to use on their forms and website.
  4. BLC
    Yeah. I suppose it depends on the prison someone is in, too. Some don’t even allow an inmate to open an outside account.
  5. BLC
    Again, I know not one of your immigration questions, but just wanted to include… In addition to this, something you may want to be wary of with asset transfers are the state laws that allow D.O.C. to collect funds from an inmate to pay back the cost of his/her incarceration -it is costly.
  6. BLC
    Just thinking, how would someone even be able to open a bank account while in prison? It’s always something where both people have to be in person at the bank, in my experience anyway. I guess there’s probably a way… maybe assigning power of attorney. I am thinking out loud now lol.
  7. BLC
    Yes, based on your series of events, and as long as you submitted all missing documents, it sounds like status will change to “issued”. I’d guess that since they mentioned the green card and verbally approved the visa, it’ll get issued and passport mailed out soon.
  8. BLC
    Thanks guy, for clarifying.
  9. BLC
    This is awesome and I think will be really helpful to a ton of people. Before I started putting together our petition, I was so lost on where exactly to start with putting together all the evidence…lol USCIS doesn’t give much guidance, as we know…so this would’ve definitely been so useful for me to see. So a big thanks for including this visual for all fellow VJ members!
  10. BLC
    Nice! Looks very easy to follow. Did you submit everything as one whole file or separately? The way I ended up doing everything was: uploading files individually by type i.e. one file was just photos of us together, another was chat history, or insurance paperwork, etc…and then had a master index included with my cover letter to specify file name and type of content. And then within each file I had like a mini cover page to explain what exactly I was showing and labeled contents within file. I def front loaded mine and included a ton of evidence, so had several files uploaded —and quite honestly, in hindsight, I almost certainly overdid it! Lol I guess at least I stayed organized though.
  11. BLC
    Just curious —for processing times on USCIS for each service center, are those estimates for the entire petition process (NOA1 to interview) or ONLY for USCIS portion at said service center (i.e. only NOA1 up to petition approval, and then tack on additional time for transfer to NVC and interview approval)? I have a feeling it’s the latter, but hoping it’s the former!
  12. BLC
    I know, it sucks, but this is what happens when there’s so much illegal immigration and fraud coming into the US…they ruin it for everyone else who is trying to do things the right way. Is he from a country considered high fraud? Did he ever overstay in the US before? Denied any visa? Criminal record? Etc.? If he’s showing such strong ties to his country, even with a US citizen child, I’d just guess there has to be one of those other factors involved (or something else) with an immediate denial like that.
  13. BLC
    I did 3-4 images per page (condensed file sizes) and included a caption for each to show date, location/event, and names of people in photo. This file for evidence —My “photo album”—was around 20 pages in total. I arranged in a .doc file and then converted into a .pdf for upload. I think it’s 6 MB max per file (if I’m remembering correctly, anyway) -but it will tell you max file size on the page where you upload evidence.
  14. BLC
    If you switch to CR-1 petition, you’ll be waiting another 16 months for sure. If I were you, even with spousal overall being a better visa, since you already have waited so long, I would stick with the route you’re going.
  15. BLC
    I believe they are asking about ds-260 question about their education and not referencing the evidence section on I-130.
  16. BLC
    I’m sorry to hear about your mom ❤️ It sounds like this could be a really good plan for you to spend some time with your new family in the Philippines. And then, at least if you do marry and petition for the CR-1, your then wife will be a resident as soon as she enters the US and you don’t have to worry about AOS like you would with K1.
  17. BLC
    So very true—agonizing is a great descriptor. Until my husband and I started looking into the US immigration process, I was totally ignorant to the time and effort the beneficiary/petitioner have to go through and the frustration and anticipation that is endured. I am so looking forward to just getting over the first hurdle and getting I-130 approved! And still lots more to go after that.
  18. BLC
    I have only just recently filed (only received NOA1), so definitely still learning about next steps. But, when I am logged into my account on USCIS, they do allow option of addition of more evidence. So do you think it’s better to upload move evidence (of ongoing trips) on USCIS as we go, or is it better to wait until NVC stage and do like you mentioned, just adding all together in one file?
  19. BLC
    Lol I don’t think it’s even worth going into the semantics each time someone calls it an application..people will often say they applied for I-130 and it doesn’t affect the process, so 🤷‍♀️
  20. BLC
    These comments make me hopeful. We just submitted our petition this month and my husband is coming through Dublin preclearance at the end of September for a 3 week visit. We are really hoping he has no issues and CBP lets him through. I honestly would think that having a petition submitted would give CBP more reason not to think there would be immigration intent during said visit. I look at it like this—if someone were planning on “bypassing” and either going an illegal route or AOS once in the country, they wouldn’t have spent all this time putting the package together and paying the fee, just to immigrate illegally. But I guess that’s just my thought process!
  21. BLC
    Lol he also said Guaramala, but profile says Honduras
  22. BLC
    I think you are reading into this all wrong. These responses to your comment are completely justified. Like you said, looking back you wouldn’t have done cr1 anyway due to NOA2 wait times and getting yours in 30 days…that’s the point of the responses to this, that wasn’t normal— it’s beneficial for people to know what is average and what is wishful thinking when reading these comments and taking the input to help them make a decision ..so people are right to respond to your comment to point out that your timeline is an extreme outlier to the norm then and now.
  23. BLC
    Just fyi in case you didn’t know: There’s a different calculation for using assets to sponsor..for spouse/child beneficiary, total value of assets must equal at least 3x the difference between your household income and poverty guidelines (125%). They provide examples to calculate. Best of luck!
  24. BLC
    It sort of seems like you came on here asking these questions and for input, but have already made a decision for yourself. You are defending the K1 every time, so I think you have your answer! If you do more research and end up changing your mind about the CR1, you can always marry online and then meet for a quick visit in a third country to consummate. My husband and I went CR1/IR1 way, not because of any of the usual logical reasons as to why the CR1 is superior to K1.. but solely because we knew immigration takes a long time..and we prefer to wait that out as husband and wife, rather than being “legally single”. There has been a lot of comfort in that for us, anyway. Best of luck! Whichever way you choose!
  25. BLC
    You might want to hop on Jim Hacking’s website (he is an immigration attorney and has a firm dedicated to it). He also does semi-daily live question/answer sessions on YouTube and he provides really great info and seems to be honest and just lays it out there…so you can start there and ask him a question on his show. He can also practice law throughout the country, so if it turns out you like him, all the better.
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