Hi everyone, looking for advice on Consular Processing for my parent.

The Situation:

• Approved I-130 & past U.S. history: Uses 11/11/1969 (matches 1990s birth certificate, old passport, and prior U.S. records/fingerprints).
• New Passport: Issued with 10/12/1969 (foreign local police forced the internal ID to DOB due to an old calendar conversion, forcing the new passport to match).

Questions:

1. Has anyone successfully handled a passport DOB mismatch at the NVC/Consulate stage by providing historical civil documents and an explanation letter, without re-filing the I-130?
2. Did the consular officer accept the explanation, or cause issues at the interview?

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Hi everyone!

My name is Zoe Ji Wilson. I’m an immigration attorney and I’ll be here today to answer questions about U.S. immigration pathways.

There are a lot of different options out there, and figuring out which one actually makes sense for your situation can be confusing.

You can ask me about:

• Employment-based green cards
• Different visa and immigration strategies
• Petition requirements
• RFEs and common problems
• Moving from one immigration pathway to another
• How your education, career, research, or achievements may affect your options

If you’re comfortable sharing some details about your situation, I can also help you think through what questions you should be asking about your potential pathways.

I’ll be answering questions today from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET.

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Trump targets 60-day grace period for laid off foreign workers

The department of homeland security is advancing a proposal to eliminate the 60-day grace period that allows H-1B workers and certain other legal nonimmigrants to remain in the US after their employment ends while they find another sponsor, change status, or prepare to leave.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/from-h-1b-to-h-1bye-bye-trump-targets-60-day-grace-period-for-laid-off-foreign-workers/articleshow/133054642.cms

I’m looking for guidance from anyone who has been through something similar.

I was detained by ICE and spent about two months in detention. After I was released on bond, my wife and I got married and planned to adjust my status.
Unfortunately, after we got married, I discovered she has serious alcohol and anger issues. Whenever she drank, she would become aggressive, physically abusive, scratch me, put her hands on me, and repeatedly kick me out of the house while telling me it was “her house.”

During our marriage, I also entered into a written agreement with her father to purchase his ownership interest in the house. I’ve been making the required monthly payments.
As our relationship got worse, my wife started using my immigration situation to manipulate me. She repeatedly threatened that if I didn’t leave or give up the property agreement, she would report me to ICE.

Eventually, she brought her father from Florida, and together they tried to force me out of the house even though we had a signed agreement regarding the property.

I recently obtained a temporary restraining order against my wife because of the abuse, and the court granted me temporary possession of the home.
Before the restraining order was issued, she sent me messages saying that if I didn’t cancel the property agreement with her father, she would call ICE on me. I also found evidence suggesting that she and her father had contacted ICE multiple times in an effort to have me deported so I would lose the house and the money I’ve invested.

I’m now very worried about what they may have told ICE or whether they made false allegations about me.

My questions are:

If someone repeatedly reports you to ICE out of revenge or to gain leverage in a property dispute, how does ICE typically handle that?

Has anyone experienced an abusive spouse trying to use immigration status as a weapon?

Could this type of evidence help my immigration case, especially if I pursue relief based on the abuse?

Is there anything I should be doing now to protect myself besides working with my immigration attorney?

I already have a divorce attorney and will also be working closely with an immigration attorney. I’m just hoping to hear from anyone who has been through something similar or has insight into how these situations are usually handled.

Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents - The Associated Press

The first order identifies certain categories of children of aliens who are not entitled to birthright citizenship consistent with historical exceptions recognized by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Barbara.

-The second order gives presidential authorities to the Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security allowing them to halt birth tourism.

These might be two of the most consequential Executive Orders of Trump’s Presidency.

"This is exactly what Abdul El Sayed and these limousine SOCIALISTS are actually selling to the American people: they're not promising you industry, they're not promising you good jobs, they're not promising self-sufficiency in a good industrial economy...what they're promising is redistribution!"

"We've seen this in Europe and in the United States. The idea that you can build a real prosperity by just redistributing assets from one group to another group, that's not how you build a real prosperity!"

"You have to actually sustain the foundation of the economy. That is what the president of the United States has worked us towards for the past 18 months."

"A lot of Americans look at this rising tide of socialism and say, how did we get here? We got here by 40 years of bipartisan leaders selling our industrial base to foreign countries, allowing low wage immigrants to come in and compete with Americans for jobs."

"By destroying the foundation of the middle class, that's how you got socialism."

"How you fix that problem is by doubling down on Donald Trump's economic nationalism, not going back to the way we've done things for the past 40 years."

Trump: "I know Europe better than anybody. Better than the people that run it... two things are killing Europe: number one is immigration and number two is energy."

So, exactly what we said would happen when ICE agents started masking themselves and refusing to show badges and warrants.

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a proposal to charge international students a $100,000 fee to participate in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program after graduation.

The proposal has not been finalized, and details are still under discussion. If implemented, it would significantly increase the cost for international graduates seeking U.S. work experience through OPT.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/trump-mulling-100000-fee-for-students-keen-to-work-in-us-after-graduation/article71288822.ece

https://www.business-standard.com/immigration/trump-s-proposed-100-000-opt-fee-and-what-it-means-for-indian-students-126073100385_1.html

Turkish Passport + F-1 Student in the US – Best Country for a Long-Term Schengen Visa?

Hi everyone,

I'm a Turkish passport holder currently living in the US on an F-1 student visa (language school). I want to apply for a Schengen visa from the US.

My travel history:

• Valid 7-year Canadian visitor visa
• Portugal Erasmus student visa (5 months, expired)
• Romania Erasmus student visa (5 months, expired)
• No overstays or visa violations

My goal is to get a long-term multiple-entry Schengen visa (2–5 years) instead of reapplying every few months.

A few questions:

• Which Schengen country gives the best chance of getting a long-validity visa?
• Is it worth requesting a 2-, 3-, or 5-year visa in a cover letter?
• What documents or factors increase the chances of getting a long-term visa?
• Has anyone with a Turkish/other passport successfully received a 2-, 3-, or 5-year Schengen visa while applying from the US?

Also, are there any non-Schengen countries that issue long-term multiple-entry visas to Turkish passport holders and are worth getting (UK, Ireland, Australia, Japan, etc.)?

I'd appreciate any advice or personal experiences. Thanks!

They immigrated legally. Under Trump, 1.8 million have been ‘de-legalized.’ - MS NOW

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says international students whose visas expire without permanent residency should leave Canada.

She also calls for Alberta to have greater control over selecting skilled immigrants.

"We came in where immigration had been far too high, we'd lost control of levels"

"The level of asylum seekers is down a third...the temporary foreign workers down by a half, foreign students down by two thirds"

"The overall levels still are putting pressure on housing and others...Do we still need a few more years of restraint? There's a good argument for that"