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Hello, I am a United States citizen. My child was born in Pakistan and i have already obtained child's US passport. Is there anyone in this forum who could please guide me about what documents do i need for my baby to travel to United States. I am getting all different stories that I need from Birth certificate to NADRA NICOP card etc etc. I have Birth certificate for the baby, issued by Union Council in Pakistan, I was not able to obtain NADRA or NICOP card for baby as our marriage is not registered in NADRA data base because we belong to Ahmadiyya Community which is declared Minority in Pakistan and Pakistan Government does not recognize Marriage certificate issued by Ahmadiyya Community. My wife, still in Pakistan has Ahmadiyya on her ID card and mine is written as Muslim. Due to this issue, Our marriage is not registered and we could not get NADRA NICOP card for the child. What documents do i need for my child to travel to USA ? Thank you for your help in advance and i hope to hear from someone soon

Are you saying that they waited out for the ban AFTER interview was had? Or they rescheduled as well?

I wanna give an update here. We emailed NVC and they didn’t get back to us, instead just made my appointment. I tried to contact the embassy to push back our interview but they said there might be a significant wait. Right now I’m just choosing to go with the interview which is in August. For now. Would love to hear everyone’s opinions. Regarding my F1 overstay and if it triggers the ban, my lawyer says I didn’t, and ChatGPT says it’s a grey area. From what I researched on this website it’s saying the same thing. Some people go about the interview fine while some get rejected. But according to current law I should not have triggered the ban.

Reddit says that there is an office in the ministry of interior (مكتب العلاقات مع المواطن بوزارة الداخلية) that handles same day passports for emergencies. Might be worth contacting them and seeing if they could issue a new passport in the week leading up to the interview if it’ll have less than six months validity. (Edit: mods, sorry for the Arabic but figured giving the specific name in a foreign script would be useful in this case.)

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Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the "Moving to the US" forum.

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Tuesday-on-Wednesday report, see man: Breakfast for us was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Breakfast for Mini-B. was 2 corn dogs, ingest wee man. Up-cleaned miu-barf, gastrically prolific miu man. Got to Skilled Noosering facility on time for Uncle T-B.'s discharge, punctual we man. Noosering consultation was thorough and efficient, a model for other places to follow man. Uncle T-B. missing one pants & some undershirts, mistakenly taken by laundry man (?). Got Uncle T-B. home & inside, relieved senior he man. Loaded his pill-caddy with stuff from Noosering facility, load we man. Went to lunchroom to retrieve him a lunch, retrieve we man. Upon return, Uncle T-B. was fiddling with his electric scooter, good grief man. His lunch got cold while we took down the item information for a new charger, man. We managed to extricate ourself, self-extricate we man. Retrieved a lunch for Mama T-B., retrieve we man. Mama T-B. engrossed in irritating Many-page questionnaire from Pain doctor, senior she man man. Many questions in there are truly stoopid, man. We managed to extricate ourself, self-extricate we man. Returned to the casa, return exhausted we man man. Mini-B. gaming with an amigo, delay lunchtime man. We bought Uncle T-B. a Many-year CD at Many.Many% -- si man, Many.Many% -- interest, financially $avvy we man. Lunch for Mini-B. was onecan of Chef B. S+Ms, ingest wee man. Lunch for us was onecan of Chef B. mac & cheese*, ingest we man. *bought Many months ago on supermarket dented-can closeout, financially savvy we man A deep siesta was then taken, zzz we man. About a minute into the siesta, ex-Mrs.-T-B. called, call ex-she man we man man. She sounded a bit shaky about her up-breaking with the Rojo, rattled ex-she man man. We told her that everything happens for a reason, accepted by ex-she man man. She will take Mini-B. to lunch on Wednesday, lunch ex-she man wee man man. Din-din was breaded chicken fingers in honey-mustard, nuked mixed vegetables, & lemon cake, all from Aldi ingest Two Guys man. No chica would ever consider such a din-din, culinarily ingenious we man. After din-din, we retrieved Uncle T-B.'s 2 'scripts and delivered them, retrieve & deliver we man. Uncle T-B. seemed fairly cogent, hope he complies with hygiene man. We extricated ourself rather efficiently, self-extricate we man. Movie night was more Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 +2) for the week, quota met already man. And it didn't rain all day, imagine that man! No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must take Mama T-B. to Pain doc on Wednesday afternoon, last real hope for senior she man man. No other plans for Wednesday, no plan we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

We need even more threads like this.

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Absolutely, and get them even if they're not readily available.

Pleased to be nuts. Good writeup!

So my sister got a call on Saturday to confirm address. She thought it was a scam so she only confirmed what the person said (he did apologize for calling from a private number). We checked the status after the call and both I-130 and I-485 between Saturday and Sunday 6/14-15 showed cases approved. Looks like she may be getting her GC without an interview as the notice letter mentioned if we don't receive the card by X time then contact them. What do you guys think? Sent in adjustment package Jan 31 2025 RFI for I-765 February 2025 Received work permit May 2025 Case approved June 2025 Citizen child filed for mom ALL THE BEST EVERYONE!!!

I can confirm that the CFO does ask, at least as of now, for a police clearance for the petitioner. Source - I had to provide one before they would approve my wife. She actually has to go back now that we provided it.

Kingston Embassy, Received IL June 17 for August 21 2025. DQ May 23 2025.

Just reporting from reading May 2025 filer thread - Two additional people who filed on June 4, got interview scheduled end of July. That's 4 cases now of people who filed first week of June and got interview date scheduled within a week of application. Three of those have been confirmed to have submitted under 5 year rule though, so it maybe that would be part of the criteria for such a speedy scheduling of interview. But I am still hoping those of us under 3 year rule don't have to wait too much longer

Here in NH they have a special oath ceremony every year on 4th of July at the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth. I assume it is run by the Manchester Field Office. Normally the oath ceremonies are no nonsense business like, but this one (and probably others held on 4th of July across the country) have much more fanfare. The public is also allowed to attend. It's a celebration of the patriotism. I wish I had submitted earlier to have had a chance at that ceremony....

Yeah it's mainly for reaping benefits in their home country. Canadians, for example, are no longer eligible to hold TFSA (tax free savings account) once they become LPR or American citizen. So if they continued to hold that type of account after becoming an LPR, they are representing themselves as a nonresident alien. Same with using Canadian healthcare which is only limited to Canadian residents.

To be honest none of this is even the biggest concern. It’s that welfare fraud is usually a felony and there’s a decent chance they’ve committed it already. That’s the biggest red flag for why they need a lawyer. Even the false documents stuff is lesser, and that’s a huge deal in immigration.

Also I got two duplicate interview notices in the mail.. Not sure what's up with that. One envelope said it was from the National Benefits Center and I don't remember if the other one was as well.. The receipt, dates and content are the same and there wasn't anything new on the USCIS website.

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I paid with separate money orders ($1440 for I-485 and $260 for I-765) and it processed the cases successfully, I think that USCIS expects three separate G-1450 forms for each application instead of one. Someone else might know for sure though. If the I-765 doesn't get processed but the others do you can file it online later at least. I guess you'll find out what happens soon.

As a US citizen who used to work in the UK on a visa, I remember those lengthy notice periods -- mine was 3 months! My understanding is that "resignation with immediate effect" is often a breach of contract and that a UK employer could sue for damages from the financial effects that results from one's sudden departure. The flipside is all UK employees get 5.6 weeks mandatory paid vacation regardless of the job and one could sue for burnout. Some UK employment contracts allow employers to give "garden leave" after an employee's resignation, which could be served in the US, but then the employer would be giving "free money" to the resigning employee.

You have no path to apply for green card as illegal status you could marry but he has no job and the income to support you and has already shown (subsided housing) that chances are you would become a "public charge" On top of working illegally in the US breaking the law? all the above is against any petition filed on your behalf

Hi allysa what is the update have you able to petition your children?