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  1. manyfudge
    Yes. Medical schools outside the US (except for Carribean for profits) are much cheaper. As an LPR foreign medical graduate, I believe you can compete on the same basis for US medical residencies as US graduates. Without the big tuitions.
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    On the other hand, if is only in 2nd year, then it’s almost zero sunk cost. Make her transfer. A lot of kids stay to finish medical school, etc. Depends on her major too
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    Why do they need to rely on 204(l) benefits? Isn’t that in addition to the widow/er i130 to i360 benefits? The slide show was a bit skimpy. https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/08-21_remedies_for_loss_of_family_due_to_covid.pdf There is relief for the spouse and unmarried children under 21 SEPARATE from 204(l) which requires one beneficiary to be in the US.
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    @Mike E can give you the rules. If she enters 2nd last week of December and returns April, that is less than 6 months. I truly cannot see that as an issue given that people often have to go back and forth - generally 6 months is not a big deal. Would be good if she got a summer job here and filed a tax return. She has to commit all summer to staying for the re-entry permit biometrics.
  5. manyfudge
    Yes, @Mike E is giving you the zero risk approach. There are plenty of people anecdotally on Reddit who finish their degrees and return without a re-entry permit. You are talking 2 months outside? Canadian unis typically finish end of April.
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    Ah, kids! I am sorry for your loss. I guess he thought his forever home was the Philippines. I would still post on r/immigration.
  7. manyfudge
    Never what?
  8. manyfudge
    Are these his biological children? Wondering why they were not Americans at birth. I presume your son attended high school in the US. I saw you on Hacking. You were great. please post on Reddit. R/immigration. A few lawyers on there. Have you contacted the military? Looked like he was a vet. Have his benefits come through?
  9. manyfudge
    If you met her outside Indonesia, how did she get a passport without a birth certificate?
  10. manyfudge
    https://www.shusterman.com/ https://www.palacioslawfirm.com/ https://www.murthy.com/ I would start with the first 2 - they have won some complicated CSPA cases. Good luck.
  11. manyfudge
    OP has not locked in his/her age with paying of the fee because the priority date is not current for the principal beneficiary. If OP had locked in his/her age, there would be NO issue with them tagging along to the consular interview.
  12. manyfudge
    It does cover derivatives WHEN the principal is also in the country. The issue is that the OP has aged out for consular processing. Once they age out, can they get another bite of the apple by using the dates for filing? I'm not so sure about that. They can't be processed at the same time as the main beneficiary. OP needs a great lawyer, and maybe hire one who was involved in the original dates for filing litigation.
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    Anyway, hire a lawyer. Schusterman or Murthy - they were very involved in the Cspa aging out cases.
  14. manyfudge
    Sure, but you are not the beneficiary. She has to go by the later date. She arrives, CSPA is as of her priority date being current. If your i485 is denied, you may have trouble renewing your student visa.
  15. manyfudge
    @Milin2001, a few things wrong with your assumptions. You cannot use table B - dates for filing - you are not the principal beneficiary. She is not in the U.S. Even if you could, this was a new policy that started the beginning of this year and I don’t think would go back retroactively. The few cases I read about that were able to take advantage “retroactively” were aged out dependents of H1B visa holders. The principal beneficiaries lived in the US.
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    I don’t have such complicated issues and I am not an immigration lawyer. My knowledge is culled from deep reading of manuals and a good working memory of all the forums I read.
  17. manyfudge
    Maybe. Who knows? Sounds like parents will be more comfortable in Pakistan.
  18. manyfudge
    It is almost a lottery and will almost certainly take longer than i-130. Why not look for a job elsewhere in Europe? Or anywhere else, in fact?
  19. manyfudge
    I would then apply to the other European consulates.
  20. manyfudge
    You have other obstacles. Presumably your mom wants to come at the same time, and hers is not filed. Even if both were approved, Islamabad takes a long time. I would not bank on anything under 2 years.
  21. manyfudge
    It was reddit, not VJ and he was advised to fly to SFO or JFK. Yes, and maybe @Saadiah's parents should stay in Pakistan. Much more pleasant to live there in retirement.
  22. manyfudge
    In that case, let them stay in Pakistan. Much lower COL and I assume they have lots of domestic help and family around.
  23. manyfudge
    He came on here and was advised repeatedly to fly to SFO or JFK. And no visa free entry for him to Canada or Mexico probably - so not sure where he could have gone.
  24. manyfudge
    You can add up the cost of re-doing GC. 1) 2 X i-130 + i824. 2) 2 medical exams 3) 2 year wait + cost of your family flying to Pakistan to visit 4) 2 x DS-260 fees. It's a wash. Personally, I would just book them the Qatar trip and 2 1-ways to JFK. Cheapest hotel in Doha. I just priced it. $530 x 2 roundtrip to Doha You can only play around with Qatar airways website to change the return portion destination. Maybe save you some. $926 x 2 oneway Doha to JFK
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    I have a vivid imagination. Say she has a B1/2 visa and has a planned 3 week trip. I have vivid imagination. On the day before she leaves: 1) she gets into a bad car accident. She is in a coma for 6 months. She wakes up after her i94 expiry date. She needs extensive rehab. Totally fine to file i-485 regardless of whether i-130 approved. 2) she has a sharp stomach pain - goes to ER. Finds out she is already 20 weeks pregnant with triplets. No way to deliver without overstaying visa. Totally fine to file i-485. OR reverse the situation 1) YOU get in a bad car accident and are in a coma. There are a million and one things that can happen.
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