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    K and L got a reaction from FLAussie in WEDDING   
    We're having a small wedding in a city neither of live in or has lived in (and I don't have family there). I don't think him being in Brazil has changed anything - we could have easily gotten married almost anywhere in the continental US (as he's coming in the summer, when I work in the southwest, and we'll be moving to the midwest, where I go to school, about 6 weeks after he arrives), and we picked the city because it's one we both like. We're having a small wedding (just my family and maybe one or two friends), and it was just a matter of finding vendors, which we used etsy/offbeat bride/yelp/the knot/the interwebs in general extensively to locate vendors whose style we liked and prices we could afford. Once the visa's approved in just over two weeks, we'll lay out the nonrefundable/transferrable date deposits (we've already laid out the refundable ones) and blam, wedding just needs to be paid for! (We're buying my accessories in Brazil when I'm there for the visa, tee hee.)
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    K and L reacted to Yurika & Jim in I-751 November 2012 filers   
    Congrats Gahnadeybe !! Go CSC Go
    Sorry to hear that... Updating Just2Wise's RFE...
    And updating Beth & Yann and DebbyNSeyi's card received date
    California Service Center (16 applicants, 2 approved - 12%)

    VJName...........Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved...
    WISHING............11/01/12........11/06/12........--/--/12.......--/--/13...
    DRIVER.............11/02/12........11/05/12........11/30/12.......--/--/13...(Early Bio 11/26)
    BOVJRT.............11/05/12........11/06/12........11/30/12.......--/--/13...
    K AND L............11/06/12........11/07/12........12/05/12.......--/--/13...
    MARI0711...........11/06/12........11/09/12........12/05/12.......--/--/13...
    M9009018...........11/06/12........11/16/12........12/11/12.......--/--/13...
    JADENJEWEL.........11/10/12........11/13/12........12/14/12.......--/--/13...
    BIGDOG.............11/12/12........11/15/12.......(09/05/12)......--/--/13...(Bio for I-90 is valid)
    NESSEPHANIE........11/13/12........11/14/12........12/05/12.......--/--/13...
    HERP DERP..........11/14/12........11/16/12........01/28/13.......02/26/13...(Interview letter received 01/26 for 01/31)(Waiver)(Card received 03/04)
    GHANADEYBE.........11/15/12........11/19/12........12/18/12.......05/14/13...(Early Bio 12/10)
    NADIIA AND ERIC....11/17/12........11/22/12........12/19/12.......--/--/13...
    THEBOYWONDER.......11/21/12........11/26/12........12/28/12.......--/--/13...
    KIWIRST............11/26/12........11/27/12........12/31/12.......--/--/13...(Late Bio 01/08)
    CAEREMONARIUS......11/27/12........11/28/12........--/--/12.......--/--/13...
    GREG & CHUN........11/27/12........11/29/12........12/26/12.......--/--/13...


    Vermont Service Center (25 applicants, 17 approved - 68%)

    VJName...........Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved...
    BETH & YANN........10/31/12........11/02/12........11/29/12.......05/10/13...(Card received 05/17)
    MANNY&G............11/01/12........11/10/12........12/11/12.......05/01/13...
    JON AND SOL........11/01/12........11/05/12........12/10/12.......05/01/13...(Early Bio 11/20)(Card received 05/06)
    TRINI87............11/02/12........--/--/12........--/--/12.......--/--/13...
    CEADSEARC..........11/02/12........11/06/12........12/05/12.......05/03/13...(Early Bio 11/23)
    EGGS...............11/02/12........11/09/12........12/10/12.......04/30/13...
    JSTAREBEL..........11/05/12........--/--/12........--/--/12.......--/--/13...
    NYOSH..............11/06/12........11/08/12........01/07/13.......--/--/13...(RFE received 05/04)
    LESLIENSCOTT.......11/09/12........11/14/12........12/18/12.......05/03/13...
    KYLIEFL............11/??/12........11/15/12........12/23/12.......04/30/13...(Divorce Waiver)
    KEVBEV09...........11/13/12........11/19/12........12/18/12.......04/30/13...(Bio redo 01/15)(Card received 05/04)
    DCRESPO314.........11/??/12........11/19/12........12/21/12.......--/--/13...
    AANDB..............11/16/12........11/20/12........12/24/12.......04/29/13...(Early Bio 12/05)
    HANSOLO............11/19/12........11/21/12........12/27/12.......05/02/13...(Early Bio 12/14)(Card received 05/11)
    HONBAKO............11/19/12........11/21/12........01/07/13.......04/30/13...
    JUST2WISE..........11/19/12........11/23/12........02/14/13.......--/--/13...(RFE received 05/02)
    GOGOGONZA..........11/20/12........11/22/12........01/09/13.......--/--/13...
    LEITH@IEVGENIIA....11/21/12........11/27/12........02/27/13.......04/27/13...(Card received 05/03)
    JAMES & ANGIE......11/21/12........11/26/12........01/18/13.......04/29/13...
    FOREVERBLUE........11/21/12........11/26/12........02/07/13.......--/--/13...
    PLOPIK.............11/21/12........11/26/12........--/--/13.......--/--/13...(RFE received 05/02)
    SEB928S............11/24/12........11/27/12........02/14/13.......05/02/13...
    LADYDARE...........11/26/12........11/29/12........01/04/13.......05/02/13...(Card received 05/08)
    DEBBYNSEYI.........11/27/12........12/03/12........01/17/13.......05/13/13...(Card received 05/17)
    BRIDEZILLA.........11/28/12........??/??/12........12/21/13.......04/29/13...(Early Bio 12/02)(Card received 05/07)



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    K and L got a reaction from We Are The Art in USA is now Arizona   
    If you presented as much rambly incoherency in your EOR letter, I'm not surprised you were denied. I doubt it had anything to do with your respective ethnic backgrounds and more to do with you not doing your due diligence in thoroughly preparing your documentation.
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    K and L reacted to nickbits in taxes - filing single vs filing married   
    If you are married you cannot file single.
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    K and L reacted to Kathryn41 in illegal immigration   
    I don't think it is really the situation of the US not enforcing its immigration laws, it is more like the departments involved are overwhelmed by the volume of work they have to do and the size of the problem.
    There is a lot of fraud and illegal immigrant activity because the US is an attractive target and for some, an available target. USCIS and ICE are restricted by financial and manpower limitations, combined with covering huge mandates with systems and departments that don't communicate well with each other nor share information. They have to walk a fine line between preventing those who are not eligible to enter the country and ensuring those who are eligible and do meet the criteria are allowed in following the appropriate processes. These decisions are not always clear-cut.
    Those of us here on VJ involved with trying to get a non-US partners legally into the US complain bitterly about the process that keeps us apart from our loved ones. The many hoops we have to jump through and the long periods of time involved are reflections of the US' attempts to do exactly what you want them to do - enforce their own immigration laws just like the other 'civilized' countries in the world are doing. We just happen to be a lot bigger than most other countries so end up having a bigger problem.
    This isn't necessarily a political question that you can lay at the feet of any one political party or ideology, although it is certainly popular to label all liberal or progressive minded individuals as pro immigration fraud/illegal immigration. That is an overly simplistic view of a very complicated situation. I think we will all agree that the current immigration process and situation in the US is 'flawed' if not outright broken, but the problems involved in fixing it are much bigger than political ideologies and will remain problems if we keep using that as an excuse not to try and find non-polarized solutions to very real issues.
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    K and L got a reaction from Brother Hesekiel in New High: 65% Oppose Automatic Citizenship for Children Born Here to Illegal Immigrants   
    Not just for political purposes. Many of the jobs that illegals take are ones legals would be utterly desperate to take. Case in point: even throughout the recession and high sustained unemployments, farms have been dying to keep workers -- the new immigration laws have been spooking their employees and they've been unable to find work. Even raising their prices, Americans don't want the jobs - physical labor in hot beating sun, for wages that only hit minimum wages if they're *good* at what they do, because the positions are often paid by barrel or bushel instead of by hour.
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    K and L reacted to Kathryn41 in OPINION ON CHEATING PARTNERS   
    Having met T-Bone and Mrs. T-Bone in person I can totally see this playful exchange taking place - and neither side meaning it as anything hurtful, just playful . It is a 'game' that they play with each other and both understand that it is a game. In fact, I suspect if either of them stopped playing this game, that would cause the other to 'worry' that something was wrong. This is part of the ties that bind their relationship together - they are playing by the same rules. Cheating happens when someone stops playing by the accepted 'rules' of that relationship, whatever the couple has determined them to be. Besides, Mrs. T-B has no reason to be jealous of any six fictitious blondes - they couldn't begin to hold a candle to her . And I didn't feel the slightest bit jealous when my husband remarked that she is a very lovely lady. I agreed with him completely .
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    K and L reacted to Winning23 in Very very very tough life now... Plz HELP   
    Anurag,
    With a MBA and 5 yrs working with a US Company in India, plus green card.. my question is where are u interviewing? And how did your interviews go? Not to sound mean, but, alot of jobs requiring MBA w/ professional exp. are about relationships and selling yourself at the interview. They want to know more about YOU and less about your educational path. I have the same problem you are encountering w/ Indian IT guys coming here and having difficulties. Have your resume critiqued by a professional, they are very helpful. Go to free interviewing sessions at local colleges or practice interviewing .. Reason I say this is the corporate HR culture is vastly different here vs. India. Find out what you may be lacking in the interview process and possibly get recommendations on improving.. All the best..
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    K and L got a reaction from agrabs in AGE DIFFERENCE   
    If you're afraid that the age difference may result in a denial, the USC attending can help nip in the bud the bonafides, even if they can only sit in the lobby during the interview. Typically, an older man doesn't have many problems (though, I'll be honest: 40 years may be pushing things, from the consulate's point of view as that age difference is *very* uncommon in the US), and it's an older woman (5+ years) where you will see issues at many consulates - MENA, especially.
    Legally, they CANNOT deny you for your age difference, because it's something that USCIS and the NVC was aware of when your petition went through the approval stage.
    However, it is a red flag, and if there are any other red flags (mismatching stories, limited communication, only one or two visits, unusually fast engagement, not disclosing criminal/martial history, too many K1 applications, how you met, etc), you very well may see yourself being kicked into AP, kicked back to USCIS for reaffirmation, or flat out denied.
    If your fiancé cannot be at the interview, make sure you are well prepared and all your documentation is in order. Make sure that any other potential red flags can be addressed with evidence or thoroughly explained.
    Be prepared that you might have to fight for your visa.
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    K and L got a reaction from Fandango in How is having a baby when you're older?   
    And yet, having a child when you're thirty is also no guarantee that you'll live to see them graduate from high school either. Death is part of life. So is moving on. Both are important lessons for children to learn.
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    K and L got a reaction from TBoneTX in AGE DIFFERENCE   
    If you're afraid that the age difference may result in a denial, the USC attending can help nip in the bud the bonafides, even if they can only sit in the lobby during the interview. Typically, an older man doesn't have many problems (though, I'll be honest: 40 years may be pushing things, from the consulate's point of view as that age difference is *very* uncommon in the US), and it's an older woman (5+ years) where you will see issues at many consulates - MENA, especially.
    Legally, they CANNOT deny you for your age difference, because it's something that USCIS and the NVC was aware of when your petition went through the approval stage.
    However, it is a red flag, and if there are any other red flags (mismatching stories, limited communication, only one or two visits, unusually fast engagement, not disclosing criminal/martial history, too many K1 applications, how you met, etc), you very well may see yourself being kicked into AP, kicked back to USCIS for reaffirmation, or flat out denied.
    If your fiancé cannot be at the interview, make sure you are well prepared and all your documentation is in order. Make sure that any other potential red flags can be addressed with evidence or thoroughly explained.
    Be prepared that you might have to fight for your visa.
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    K and L reacted to Gary and Alla in Alla Graduates, Finally!   
    I think it is also important that both people have common goals and work together on something. I couldn't be more happy if I got the degree (I wasn't looking for one ) If one person has different ideas about family and children and goals, that would suck. One person is always going to feel resentment at the other, unless you have enough money that everyone can just do what they want Such is not the case here.
    If one is a strict parent and thinks that children are a priority and that their well being is what the adults are here for, and the other doesn't...don't have kids! Now our sons are having sons(two so far!!!!) It never ends, thank goodness!
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    K and L reacted to Gary and Alla in Alla Graduates, Finally!   
    First of all it is my favorite thing in life to do things with my family, it is what makes me happy. I am not too happy without them. I never go shooting by myself and really would rather stay home than go fishing by myself. I am looking for something new to do all the time, I get to do it also so why not? Thank goodness for that because they make use of it. I will admit that there were times I was NOT pleased staying up until 2 or 3 am waiting to review something Alla was writing for the next day. In case you wondered why I was posting on VJ at 2am when I could be "sleeping naked with Alla" it was because she was up late studying and I do not go to bed without her. I usually had to proofread her writing before she went to bed. There were times I said "STOP!" Enough is enough. She never stopped.
    She got a scholarship for 1/2 the tuition which we worked on (more than the visa) before she arrived. She started her education, seriously, 5 days after she arrived! She worked throughout her education, translations, interpretations, modeling, even worked in the college cafeteria as a cashier for a brief time. She made enough money to pay for the "other half", more or less. She refused, absolutely refused, to take a student loan. We had a couple of windfalls (nothing to retire on) in the way of bonuses and such and all that went to either her education or Sergey's. It was a priority. It is still a priority for the boys. Sergey now received a "full ride" for his master's degree, that will help a lot. Pasha was the top ranked male high school student for math in Vermont, so we have high hopes for him getting a good scholarship also.
    I had my heart surgery in early December 2009 and haven't had a bad day since. I was going to the ski resort WITH Alla and Pasha before new years eve! (NO I was NOT skiing ) I sat in the lodge with a book, but it would just kill me not to be doing something with Alla or the boys.
    Today I went fishing with Sergey. Tomorrow we are going back with Alla and going swimming (we found some new waterfalls and natural pools to play in ) Summer in Vermont is to-die-for. Winter sucks. Next Sunday we are going to go "shoot all the guns" and then Alla and Pasha will be going to Ukraine on Monday and Sergey and I will go later (when he goes back to school) So Sergey and I will be "batchin' it" for 3 weeks. Tater Tots and Goober Grape! All that bad sh*t Alla won't allow in the house AND we are going to shoot guns in the basement! (she hates that)
    Having a student and two dependent children makes for good tax returns, those pay for the tickets to Ukraine (so far anyway)
    My family IS my investment portfolio. I cannot do anything better with money than invest it in them. Good thing because there will be no "nest egg" to inherit when I croak off anyway. They spent it all now and I got to enjoy every penny of it! But they should all be well prepared to make their own way in life and two of four already are.
    All I can say is...make your family your pleasure and joy and you will always be happy.
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    K and L reacted to jundp in Thank God for my foreign husband!   
    Well....yes. And also maybe a TINY bit because the American women here get a little tired of hearing how ####### American women are compared to ________ (<-- fill in nationality) women. There are awesome and horrible men and women of every nationality. The broad stereotypes floating about VJ are insulting and really should have no place on an immigration forum!
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    K and L got a reaction from brettdresseur in USA is now Arizona   
    If you presented as much rambly incoherency in your EOR letter, I'm not surprised you were denied. I doubt it had anything to do with your respective ethnic backgrounds and more to do with you not doing your due diligence in thoroughly preparing your documentation.
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    K and L reacted to NY_BX in Child Custody In Egypt (Slightly Off Topic)   
    This is exactly what I was thinking. I didn't say anything because it's not my place to intervene in such a delicate matter. However, we're all talking about solidarity and about joining forces to stop destroying families (i.e. same-sex marriage, for example, which to me is rethoric from the stone ages), and then I read this from a lady that is not thinking clearly at all. I see her posts about visiting him and moving to a 3rd country with him and cooking and what not.... and it increases my worries for her. She sounds like a desperetaly inlove, hopelessly romantic lady that wants to do everything right this time around. I admire that wholeheartedly. The inquiries, however, show the other end of the spectrum.
    All this said, my advice to her, and anyone in a similar situation is: do NOT get involved in legal battles from past baggage.... especially when the battlefield is a country other than your own. Period. Done. Love and support, that's it. If HE decides to fight for custody, that's his battle to win or lose. Supporting someone to take away a child from his perfectly fine mother is insanity to the millionth degree. If the mother has engaged in criminal activity, in child abuse or anything like that; if the custody battle is to PROTECT the child, then that's absolutely different.
    I'm saying this with the outmost respect and sincere desire for you to succeed. My sister married a man who had a newborn baby from a previous relationship. The ex didn't have the financial assurances to take care of the little girl, but other than that, she was perfectly fit to be a fantastic (in the eyes of the law). My sister and her husband engaged in a custody battle that was epic, to say the least. What was the result? A huge dent in their bank accounts. That's it. My sister became a great stepmother and raised her as her own. Nothing more, nothing less... except money. Was it worth? She now says no. She can't forgive herself for attempting to take that now teenager away from her mom.
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    K and L reacted to Trompe le Monde in 2.5 Million British Men Too Fat   
    Well, in spite of high levels of obesity levels in Britain it's still lower than the obesity levels in the US, which last time I checked were pretty high for men. So far fewer men here are able their ####### in this country. I suspect many who can't see their ####### still believe they should be with a 10, thankfully for them there's the K-1 visa.
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    K and L reacted to TBoneTX in Cooking and difference in tastes   
    Every time I go to Ecuador, I consciously and fervently wish that I'd brought a pocket-sized container of pepper with me, sigh man. Also, both there and (post-marriage) here, I've had rice coming out of my, uh, nalga and most other bodily orifices, gag man.
    Mexican food IS heavily spiced, si man. South American stuff (and, by your account and the grapevine) Central American stuff ain't, no man.
    Fortunately, Mrs. T-B. experiments with spices and usually gets stuff to my taste (and she'll eat some, too). However, if she EVER uses cilantro in anything, her shapely hindquarters are being kicked back to Ecuador, si man, and I'll call one of the half-dozen blondes that I constantly tell her I'm keeping in the wings (imaginarily, sigh man ).
    It's hard to adjust from being single, si man. I was ready for a relationship (so much so that I'd fallen out of the "I want a relationship" tree and hit every branch on the way down), but I still found myself rattled, irked, or gritting my teeth because things (not just meals) were different because now there was a second person around -- a real, living, breathing human being with thoughts, wishes, needs, and preferences of her own, si man. Her presence marked a new chapter of life, si man.
    Even today, after 250 years of matrimony (give or take a couple of decimal places), we have distinct tastes. Mrs. T-B. will eat any flavor of ice cream, but she prefers either Neapolitan or "Cookies & Cream." I, conversely, prefer only chocolate, and at best I'll tolerate other flavors if I'll even eat them at all. Accordingly, I buy two containers of ice cream -- one for her, one for me. This keeps us both happy, with the added boon that Mrs. T-B. doesn't get into mine first or when I'm not around. (I can always tell, because the entire outside of the container, including the lid, is completely sticky, and melted drips adorn the freezer shelves and kitchen counter.)
    Because marriage = accommodation + flexibility + understanding, avoid thinking of accommodating two people's preferences as "double work." Rather, it's pleasantly "separate" or "parallel" at the same time that you're an unshakeable marital unit. (This is one time when 2 equals 1 -- two people, one unit.)
    Try to make things separately. Cook the plain arroz first, serve him his, add your spices to yours afterwards, and you both chow down. If (for example) you're cooking chicken in the oven, use two smaller Pyrex dishes -- one for unadulterated pollo, for him; and one for, uh, adulterated pollo for you. (Did that come out right, huh man?)
    As an alternative, you could eat out more often or all the time, slurrrrrrp man.
    Funny semi-tangent in regard to different menus: Nearly two years ago, I took Mrs. T-B. on a whirlwind tour of several Mexican border cities. In Nuevo Laredo (one of my favorites), we found a pretty good little restaurant. It was before the lunch crowd arrived, so approximately 6 waiters were pretty much all ours. Mrs. T-B. had them gaggled around the table as she went down the menu, asking about each item: "What is this -- is it spicy? What is this -- is it spicy? What is this?" The waiters were growing visibly confused, presumably because a fluent Spanish-speaker seemed clueless about what should have been common knowledge. After we ate and were walking out the door, I mustered my entire Spanish vocabulary and said to one waiter, "Mi esposa es una Ecuatoriana" ("my wife is Ecuadorian"). His eyebrows shot up as the mental light went on, and he said, "Ah! Si!" and rushed back inside, I assume to tell his colleagues the answer to the mystery. That was very funny, si man.
    The above was also a personal victory, because normally whenever I say anything in Spanish, people look extremely alarmed and point me toward the nearest bathroom, uff man.
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    K and L reacted to Jenn! in Cooking and difference in tastes   
    You should make note of the description of the forum in which you are posting:
    Post your experiences after arriving in America. How has your life changed? Share things like if you got work authorization; is it what you thought it would be; are you happy, etc.
    This is a general discussion forum, her question is entirely appropriate. If you don't like it, perhaps you should just not respond and move on to topics that interest you more.
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    K and L got a reaction from anka in Tax claim and immigration   
    If she wasn't a PLR for the tax year in question (or wasn't for enough of the year), you are supposed to include a letter waiving her right to be treated as a non-resident for the tax year.
    If she is treated as a non-resident, your spouse's foreign earnings do not need to be included unless it can be connected with trade/business in the US (such as the portion of a salary earned while on a business trip to the US) or income that is US sourced (such as interest or stocks). You can file as married, filing separately if you wish to have records of both of you filing as married for TY 2010.
    And if she is treated as a non-resident, you can STILL include her as a dependent:
    It's your call. A slower refund, if you're owed one, is not the end of the world.
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    K and L reacted to Rebecca Jo in Deported because parents came here Illegally   
    So what's your excuse Bob? When you entered the US as an adult and stayed illegally for years? You would deny others who came in innocently through no fault of their own the same opportunity afforded you? When you also had full knowledge of what you were doing?
    Hypocrite.
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    K and L got a reaction from HeatDeath in Yes we recieved Visa, one more question!   
    K1 is slightly different than CR1 because it's not an immigrant visa (and it's single entry, and doesn't act as an I551 upon entry) - the expiration date is more in the middle.

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    K and L reacted to Brother Hesekiel in Jobs for degree holders in the U.S.   
    A Bachelor's degree, with very few exceptions, is nothing but proof that you have a solid general education background. You are not a complete ididot, you can read and write English at an acceptable level, can compute, know a second language, and have been introduced in various fields of human knowledge. The Bachelor's is a preparation for the path of higher education. Due to the current economic situation, many people with a B.A. or B.S. work entry-level jobs and are glad that they are able to make any money at all. In order to get a decent job, a Master's or Doctorate degree is required. It's true, the Master's is the new Bachelor's and today's Bachelor's is about to become the place holder for yesterdays' High School Diploma.
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    K and L reacted to YuAndDan in vacation travel on conditional green card   
    WRONG!!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!! AP is only needed while waiting for adjustment of status.
    The Post states that they HAVE a green-card.
    Only trips out of the USA longer than 1 year without a travel doc would be considered to abandon LPR status. Not a 2 week trip.
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    K and L reacted to VanessaTony in Getting a Licence in Iowa   
    I am very happy for you but according to their rules this isn't allowed. I'm not really surprised though honestly, SSA don't know their rules, USCIS sometimes sends false RFE's.. just happens this worked in your favour so yay! It's most definitely not the norm from others who've discussed this with me (and the Iowa DOT itself).
    Maybe the rules changed since you arrived? Maybe you got lucky? Maybe this IS the rule but you got the one person who knows how to make it work.. in either event, nothing is lost by trying, I simply ask that people be aware that they MAY get denied and MAY get told to wait until they have the EAD or GC.
    Out of interest, as K&L mentioned, you've just been given ID stating you're legally able to remain in the US for 6 months, that's inaccurate. Maybe I'm just thinking wrong but that was one of the issues with the new Arizona laws (people renewing their licences had to prove status to get a new licence). You have no proof of status because you have no status. You're AOS pending yes, but as is frequently mentioned that isn't actually a legally recognised status. Your status is simply "out of status" but if confronted by ICE you can show your AOS NOA1 to show that you have filed and aren't deportable (even that sometimes doesn't work). It's sad and annoying but really you're "nothing" to the US once your I-94 expires until you get your EAD or GC so I'm really surprised they let you get it.
    But hey, like I said, can't hurt to try and at least you were one of the lucky ones
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