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tourist visa application, at Embassy.

Question is........ Did your husband really send it ? Does he really want your mom to live at your place ? I dont mean to be a jerk about this but I have heard of such thing really happening.................

Well take this temporary EAD stamp and try to get employment. Please look at the content of what the temp stamp actual mean. This temp doesn't give you the right to work.

Well take this temporary EAD stamp and try to get employment. Please look at the content of what the temp stamp actual mean. This temp doesn't give you the right to work.

It sounds like she's been denied a tourist visa 3 times - surely they gave you a reason for those denials, right? So - what is your question for us? I don't think there's anything we can pull out of our hats to help really - my guess is they suspect she has immigrant intent with her having a parent residing in the US. That'll be hard to overcome.

anytime him seh him wah front, tell him YES!!!
mek him know seh weh good fi di goose good fi di gander tuh!
Comment on his efforts, he cleaned up, mention it!
Expect him to be a man.
Let him do things for you! You don't have to carry the load yourself now, SHARE the load.
Say something nice to him everyday.
Kiss and hug him goodnight EVERY NIGHT. Nuh matta if yuh cussing.
Honor him, Speak to him with respect, even if you're angry. (Yes, mi slip pan dis NUFF times!)
Trust him with responsibility.
Ask (and value) his opinion.
Don't speak ill or his family or friends. (even if dem deserve it)
Give him breathing space.
Take time for yourself, even if you think you don't need it.
Let him make his own mistakes without nagging or 'I told you so'.
Keep your personal business personal unless he's fine with you talking about it to other people.

Hell, this is going to upset enough people anyway, let me just say the rest as well.
Lady C, when you married your husband, you accepted him AND his child.
So it PAINS me that LESS than a MONTH after the boy gets here, you're talking about shipping him home because he doesn't fit in with your expectations of behaviour??????????????
If as you say, this behaviour started and was accepted in Jamaica, what did you think was going to happen when he came here? And if you didn't know about it, do you think it'll take a WEEK or even a MONTH to change?
Let me ask you, let's say YOUR children had the behaviour problem, (yes I know they are well-behaved rae, rae), and your HUSBAND decided he couldn't deal with it, would you ship your kids off to your ex?? Yes I know he probably supports you, rae rae....But this is a CHILD we are talking about, your HUSBAND's CHILSD. Who he LOVES. Why would you send him back to a home that has failed him in your words? Because you signed up for better but not for this worse?
Philly's kids in her own words have been a HANDFUL, do you see her husband walking away? Hell no, he STAYED and DEALT with it as a TEAM.
Damn, the kid is SEVEN years old, take the reins and do what you need to, support your husband and help him deal with his son, because he is YOURRRRRRRR joint responsibility now!
ALl I can say is the more I read this board the more I am appreciative of what I have, and NO life isn't no bed of roses round here.
But when my son threw my husband's advances back in his face, my husband never told me to send him away. And when my son acted the hell up, my husband dealt with it. And when my son came back from his dad's with a whole new set of retorts, he dealt with it. And still deals with it.

"Allowed'??????????
My husband is a GROWN man, he will associate with who he chooses. If you cannot TRUST the man that you vowed to LOVE, HONOR and OBEY you HONESTLY need to be looking at a divorce!!
My HUSBAND is not a DOG, he doesn't need a LEASH, he's man with MORALS and FREEDOM of CHOICE. He is with me because he CHOSE to be and he CHOOSES not to do otherwise!
Those in favour of leashes and ALLOWING you man to do this and dictating whether he'll have female friends, does he have a job?
You ever going to let him out of your sight? For the rest of your life?
What on earth is wrong in YOUR house if your man has to be TOLD what to do, where to go and BOUND?
Maybe if you started treating your HUSBAND and SOUL MATE like a MAN and not a CHILD or a DOG, he would start acting like one!
And if he doesn't??? ####### are you doing with him in the first place????????????
My husband has some VERY good female friends who he goes out to lunch with, calls, texts and who knows what else.
Could he cheat? YES!
But he could also cheat with a co-worker, his doctor, a clssmate, ANYONE for chrissakes.
If he wants to, GOOD DARN LUCK to him!!!!! When I find out I'm gone, but until then, HE IS A GROWN #### MAN!!!!!!!!!
If has thought he wasn't capable of being FAITHFUL to me, I would never have married him. If you THOUGHT he was was and discovered AFTER marriage he 'needs to be monitored', what the heck are you going to do??? Watch him for the rest of your life?
Vet his friends? Follow him? Check his phone records? Go through his wallet???
Good luck to you.
Ells, while SOME of this is directed towards you for the word 'allowed', by no means is it an attack, but geez, take a LONG and HARD look at your thought process. And the same goes for ALL of you posting here about allowing this and that and choosing friends and 'b!tch slapping' their men. I honestly wonder what kind of JAIL your men live in!!
What happened to HONORING and RESPECTING your men??
And for BETTER and fort WORSE?? Seems like the second 'for worse' happens, all bets are off.
Good luck to ALL, God knows you need it!

The information that the US have is not based on a piece of paper, FBI checked probably showed that this paasport number reflects that the individual departed the US on that date.
The USCIS is not relying on a single piece of paper.

that's not a vent - that's a declaration of entitlement!

Having been to Arizona, seems to me that roughly 80% of the population must be in jail by this criteria.

Can someone who has actually had to call their Senator and make use of them to HELP with their immigration process, please take the time to explain the everyone WHEN and WHY you should call a Senator to help your case?
Quite frankly, almost every thread has someone offering the advice of "call your senator" now, and it's doesn't even make sense WHY it would be said 99.9% of the time when I see it.

Sorry you are having to deal with all of this alone, but YES he will be deported back to Jamaica. What are you AOS ing, he is already a LPR with a green card correct. He has just lost his LPR status, for having 3 crimes charged against him. Will he be able to over-come them to re-grain entry back into the US. That is the question you should be asking the lawyers to assit you with. The lawyers cannot over-turn the deportation status, and you'll getting married did nothing to help with his status in the US. Because he was/is here legally.
The service that you will need is beyond what the folks here on VJ can assist you with. YOU will have to find a lawyer that deals with deportation and one that you can trust. This will cost you lots of $$$$$$, so think long and hard on this before you begin this journey.
P.S. don't let anyone tell you that he won't make it back in Jamaica, he will be ok. Good luck on whichever decision you decide to take.

Let me see if I understand your post correctly.
You have a long time girlfriend. She is out of status for 8 years. You two have a son together.
In the in-between time, you married a USC. It helped you to become a Green Card holder, then a naturalized citizen. Afterward you divorced her.
Now, you want to marry your girlfriend, so that she can adjust status and become a Green Card holder, then, 3 years later, a US citizen.
Now you wonder if that move would look suspicious to the Immigration people who, perhaps, might suspect that this was a well-executed plan from the get-go?
Did I understand that correctly or did i mix something up?

What exactly are you ranting about, your preclusion from use of the the VWP, or is this more of a rant against unclear verbiage on a piece of paper?

The US recgonizies marriages in all countries, therefore in the eyes of the US you are married. Until you obtain a legal divorce from your husband, you are not eligible to marry. So sorry, and best of luck.

The above is erroneous. Don't file an I-129F. If you do, it will slow down the I-130 before it dies without ceremony.
Nobody, NOBODY can tell you whether you need professional help without actually BEING a professional with full knowledge of your circumstances and abilities. Anybody who advises you otherwise, is being reckless and FOOLISH. There is no requirement to hire an attorney or other professional. Many who are competent at reading carefully, interpreting literally and comfortable with careful study and attention to detail are successful navigating the process on their own. Many neither have the aptitude, inclination, time or willingness to do it themselves. Only you and somebody fully familiar with your situation can make a meaningful recommendation about whether you would be well advised to do it yourself.

Her holiday time is tight but she can take 6 months?
There was a thread recently about someone who applied despite advice to the contrary and is now suffering the consequences.

I want to make something clear here...
I did not write my congresswoman to grant special favors... I simply asked her the same question I asked here. I asked her if this was a clear case of denial, or if there was a chance to appeal...
I feel that some of you maybe blinded by the comfort of your own situation and cant see that there maybe room for possibility, so I just went to the source... my government...
I know what the law states and I am pretty certain that there are folks that got into this country on much serious offenses, or maybe even got here for other reasons other than marriage.
I am happy that all of you had everything lined up, according to the laws for your marriages...but there is nothing wrong with exhausting all options, or, "pulling straws" as you would call it for something that i believe in.

Well, this topic is bound to get moved, but what the he!!... I'll jump in!
I often avoid posting in VAWA topics for the same reasons you described. Often, I'm just not sure if I would be offering my condolences or advice to someone whose sole intention is getting a green card, regardless of whose lives they might be ruining in the process. Sure, they write a compelling and heartbreaking story. I'm sure many of them are sincere, and are genuinely being abused. I'm equally sure many of them are not sincere, and the accusation of abuse is a fraud. There's just no way to tell the difference from reading a post on an internet forum.
Ever since I learned about VAWA, it's been my opinion that it was a huge loophole in the immigration law, and that the people who wrote this law, although they may have had good intentions, did not adequately consider the potential for it to be abused. If the only thing at stake here was a green card, then I would be only mildly bothered by this law. But, the reputation of the US citizen is also at stake. The evidence required for a successful VAWA petition includes a credible accusation of abuse against the US citizen. This evidence is far too easy to conjure up. Have a friend sock you in the eye, and call the cops. Voila! The US citizen spouse spends the night in jail, and the immigrant heads for the battered women's shelter, ready to prepare their VAWA petition.
In my opinion (which is worthless), VAWA should provide for compensation - protection, financial support, etc. - but it should NOT automatically convey any immigration status. By offering a green card as a reward, there is just too much incentive to lie and cheat.

2 options
1. In Ukraine (and maybe in Costa Rica) the father's permission was needed for the child to get their OWN passport. The father's permission was NOT need to add the child to the mother's passport. Adding the child to the mother's passport is sufficient for the issuance of the isa, IF Costa Rica allows it. Check it out.
2. Bribe the father. This is what we did to get his permission letter to allow the children to have a K-2 visa. You may need this alos (most likely) so maybe just bribe him one time and be done with it.

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I don't mean to come across as horrible, but if what you say is correct, why do you seem more interested in her status than her well being? So you're discussing VAWA, making phone calls to the hubby, etc....from what your op says, your sister has been raped repeatedly, is bleeding, has had a nervous breakdown, and there's no mention of any emergent care. I really don't get that at all.
April 6th is not good enough for her to get medical help. Take her to the dr TODAY.

After reading in this forum for quite some time I have to say something that I am sure will not go over well with some. I must say, to those who TRULY are in abusive households my heart goes out to you. I too was in a abusive marriage at one time before I married my current husband, so I do talk from experiance when I say, I am truly sorry.
Anyway, my irritant comes from the number of VAWA cases that show up here in on this board asking for help to "retain" their status not their "safety". Everytime I am reading the same story. As if there is a VAWA script floating around the net.
When abuse is occuring in a "love" relationship how many are so quick to leave? Even though many should get help sooner than later, how many do? Let alone a foriegn national who comes to a new country with very little support. I would assume that most would not know who to turn to let alone know about VAWA, yet around here that term is used as frequently as a public bathroom stall.
I may sound bitter about this but I am not. I just have a lot of compassion for people who's lives may be ruined becuase of these claims of abuse as well as the heartache associated with the loss of someone they thought truly loved them.
As I said before, if ones are truly abused then my heart goes out to you, but for those who think VAWA is a easy way out of a loveless marriage then maybe you should think of someone other than yourselves.