LIFE'SJOURNEY

I think you have been given that information in previous posts.

USC can only petition, a finance, spouse,children, parents or siblings. Which one are you?

Since you do not wish to answer the question regarding what type of visa, it only leaes one option you can in as a tourist. You will need to return to your country that you holds a passport with, and have your financee or wife to apply for a vali visa for you.

Yes, USIC will take the expired GC if you wish to have the stamp, which means you will have to carry your passport around to be able to show proof when requested that you are legally here in the US.

Yes, the US government is aware that there are some airline companies that are not educated on the proper documents that are used by the US government for legal presence in the US. That being said this does not make it an action that should make the US government hange it's process and procedures. If this is a major problem for those whose home countries have an education problem with the US immigration procedures, than those individuals should maybe change their visitation behavior to coniside with when they have received the offical replacement GC.

The extension letter for the expired GC has been in place for the last 20 yeaars, and if a country has not educated the proper people on this procedure whose fault is it, not the US government. If you feel the airline you are traveling on is 2nd rated, than maybe it would be best to change to a reliable airline that is up todate on the US process and procedures.

The US government serves a wide range of people from many different countries, it is not the US government responiblilty for the actions of a few airline companies that do not educate it's employees in proper procesdures. To use a lie to gain a stamp is truly a mis use of the US government services. I am sure if the situation is explain in a clear and consise manner, the end result would have been the same without the lie. That lie has now de-value you as an individual; who maybe seeking citizenship to a country that opened it's arm wide to you.

Jamaica will not let U fly out with expired GC U have to go to US embassy and get some kind of stamp or

kind of letter, the airlines do not want to pay a fine or giving the person returned a free seat

That is not true, my husband and I have flown out of Jamaica numerous times with his expired GC along with the extension letter with no problems at all. So will people stop giving unbais statements. We have never been asked for a stamp from any of the arilines, AA, JetBlue nor United. We have been with friends who have their expired GC along with the extension letter and they had no problems.

Our 1st time flying on the GC extension letter was even 3 days afyer doing the bio, and we didn't have one problem. We flew back and forth 3 times that year with the extension letter.

What's secondary inspection? Boiler, what are the issues with Lebanon? I know of loads of Lebanese who have US passports, its fairly common for families to fly to the states just to have their babies there. Then they return to Lebanon because they want their child to grow up here but have US citizenship. No comment on that practice...its just very common here.

You hit it right on the spot improper use of a tourist visa, from others who have gone before you will make it harder for your husband to get one.

Your husband needs to show strong ties as to why he would not remain in the US on a tourist visa. Good luck, it can be done.

are you divorced, if not you will need the USC signature.

Again, all I can find is that it will cover a preexisting condition only after a waiting period of one year. That isn't coverage to me. What states are you referring to. Please send a link.

The staes of MARYLAND, VIRGINIA and the District of Columbia has laws that policies will not be written with pre-existing clause.

BCBS has 26 Plans, and many of these Plans do write policies without pre-existing clauses. Atena, and Kaiser also write without pre-existing clauses.

Rebecca can your AOS support a hospital bill for 75,0000 if by chance your husband should become ill with a minor heart attack because of his condition of having high blood pressure.

Wouldn't it be better to have a health insurance policy that would cover this even if they only covers 75% of the bill.

If you have diabetes it is almost impossible to get individual insurance, if he can get it will exclude the preexisting condition and be very expensive. Remember, the immigrant will not have previous US coverage and therefore everything is a preexisting condition. It isn't as though he is just switching from one policy to another while in the US already.

That statement is completely un-true, Blue Cross and Blue Shield have many policies that have no-pre-existing clauses. The policy can be underwritten without a pre-existing clause. Some states doesn't even allow Insurance companies to write policies with a pre-existing clause.

Most people on this board makes statemets based on the states that they live in, there are 52 states many terrioties that have different states laws regarding how a Insurance policy can be admistered.

No she can not the wife and husband both are living outside of the US. She can get a independent health policy for her family , since the wife has establish residency in the US.

Well, that is what the AOS is for right? I have a joint sponsor for him in this case. I would assume the sponsor (me) and the joint sponsor should be the ones that support my husband in all things that he might need, right? To my knowledge, there is no requirement for health insurance in the case that the spouse doesn't have any (as I don't).

(Our family have been living in Costa Rica for the past 5 years...)

AOS is adjusting his status for a GC within living in the US, your husband will be given a GC ability as soon as he enters the US.

There is a condition to quarantee that your husband will not become a public charge. The state of Mass. requires thaat all of its residence haave health Insurance.

I probably would agree, but isn't that what the sponsor and joint or co-sponsor are for, to help so the person doesn't go on government aid? And, this kind of insurance doesn't cover anything pre-existing, so it won't help with his diabetes needs. It will just help for emergency situations or accidents, etc. So it will hopefully be a good net, but it is a shame that they can't just ask us to find a plan to enroll him in once we set foot in the US.

There are many policies that covers pre-existing conditions. You can elect to have a basic policy that covers medical conditions, with a 5,000 per deductible per family. It does not have to be the top of the line policy. You are confusing your responsiblities as co-sponsor, yes the government can sue you after the fact, but the government is asking for this as a pre-condition to allowing your husband to enter the country.

This was the problem 'He answered that he takes medicine sometimes for blood sugar issues", this is a chronic condition. Therefore the embassy wants to make sure your husband will not depend on government aid. This condition requires daily medication or doctors supervised visits.

They have opted to asked you'll to provided proof of Health Insurance rather than to straight out reject your husband petition on the fact that he could become an aid to government assistance.

Your choice......

I enter US every 6 months.

I am in Egypt because of family reasons.

You can lose your own GC by using this method od entering every 6 months. The LPR is for living in the US, unless you have a valid reason for being out, than you should have obtained a re-entry permit that would have allowed you to be outside the Us for 2 years.

You are playing a losing game with this re-entry every 6 months, at some point the CPB will notice the pattern and denie you entry. A poster just posted today about their experience, and he was from Canada. Here is the post http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/407120-had-a-gc-a-few-years-ago-reapplying-questions/page__pid__5899389#entry5899389.

They kept going back and forth to try to maintain the GC.

I did not contact US embassy.

We are staying for awhile in Egypt.

If we decided to apply for I-130 for the baby, will we send the documents to US embassy in Cairo or to USCIS?

But you were still in Canada when you started asking about this correct? So you'll have left Canada and now you are back in Egypt? As a LPR, you are aware that you cannot be outside of the US, longer than a year without a re-entry permit.

For the 130, it must be filed to USCIS. correct address for filing a 130 petition. Your wife will need a US income or a co-sponsor with US income for the child.

H ave you spoke to the US consular in Canada about your situation, and if you have what have they advised. I now remember you have posted this situation on VJ many months before and I thought you were advised to seek information from the US consular in Canada.

Sorry there is a correction to my post, as the OP did say his wife is a US citizen, I did see this orginally, I posted it incorrectly.

Now I am more confused,

You are LPR,

Wife is a LPR,

Baby born in Canada but you posted under a Spouse visa with a Egypt flag?

If wife is a LPR, baby born aboard due to?

Consult the US Consular in Canada to see what is required to you to bring the baby back to the US.

To piggy back on the previous post above ^^^^^ if the child is over the age of 18, than the child has to go thru the regular process of 5 yrears as LPR and then he/she can apply for citizenship.

Thank you for your helpful response. As with dependents, he doesnt pay child support and doesnt claim taxes from his kids. Will they still be considered as fully dependents or partially?

As of his money in his bank,he just had opened his savings account last June 2012. Can he also adds his checking account?

It doesn't matter what he does or donot do regarding the children, according to the laws in the US he the father will always be considered their full finanical responsibility, unless the courts deemed it otherwise.

I believe that you have been given some soft information regarding this aspect and you are finding it hard to understand that these children will always be his finanical responsibility,

Just be prepare for this going forward in life.

A checking account will not count, becase money in a checking account is used for daily living expenses, so the checking account amount moves on a daily basis.

Thank you dwheels76 and Life's Journey..From your experience, is this something simple as a missing piece of paper or something more serious that USCIS overlooked? I know patience is a virtue but it's hard when someone else is in control of your destiny.

Could be something simple, all you can do is wait now. The blessing will come once it is back at NVC you might be able to request an expedite for the interview date.

If NVC sent it back to USCIS, then there was a problem with the adjudication of it. Wait for a second NOA2 from USCIS, after they have re-adjudicate it. The wait could be 4 weeks or more.

Well explain it to them that way, I am sure you 3 are not the 1st 3 who believes they will have such an encounter at the airport.

Based on what you have stated, many should have gone before you with the same concerns.

Yes , it will be visa fees X 2.