Adventures in Immigration

There was supposed to be a large fee increase for immigration issues but... https://rapidvisa.com/federal-judge-blocks-uscis-fee-increase/?fbclid=IwAR1kHWr8avI96WCeYvzCVCFKnxjxTFTkD8HhGbIZAEgEtud9WIQKfFdJ0RM There is an injunction against the fee increases. This may help me when I decide which Visa to apply for after our civil marriage. This may assist me after we get married with the financial burden. But according to this article, these fee increases were instigated by the Trump Administration. I cannot vouch for a accuracy of this claim, but at least it is in character with the man, who hates immigrants & apparently hates black & brown people. Damon.

  A quick update: I received an email from the lawyer in Ecuador that my document has been accepted & is correct. To review, this was my Affidavit of Marital Status, showing that I am not currently married, & nor was I ever married. This document as well as the Apostille document, were translated into Spanish for the local Ecuadorian authorities. On the part of my fiancée, she has just received her new  cedula , which is like a national ID card. This shows her marital status right on the card (in this case  soltera  for single & never married). Also she needs to apply for a  Curaduria . This is a legal process of transfer of guardianship. I was able to (finally) find some information on it at:  https://centrojuridicongya.blogspot.com ... ecial.html When a person exercises parental authority over their children and decides to marry or remarry, they need to go through a legal process to be able to marry. This applies to various cases, both for sin...

  The latest from Ecuador  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yDwdt0Koz2Ua_VUW2EDhn_mV8UosWpUC/view?fbclid=IwAR3Uw-0UDT1gekZdj7ma4ByqfigRsY4tdZlO2Hf2tnLuB0ObvQXaoU5kg64 : The National COE, in permanent session on Friday, September 11, 2020, unanimously by the full members, resolved: Issue the guidelines that will be mandatory once the state of exception regime has ended. Upon completion of the period of validity of the renewal of the state of exception issued by Executive Decree 1126, Constitutional Opinion No. 5-20-EE / 20 and in strict observance of article 226 of the Constitution of the Republic, for the purposes of developing and implementing measures of prevention and control to contain the massive contagion of COVID-19 in Ecuador, the organisms and institutions of the Central State and the Governments Decentralized Self-Employed, in exercise of their powers, must develop and implement regulations and public policies that ar...

  An update on things.  I have had to change the date yet again, but it is only a minor adjustment. I will be flying down to Ecuador on 10 October. We have an interview schedules in Guayaquil on 13 October, & if everything is good to go, we will have the civil ceremony on 20 October. This also requires me to stay for 2 weeks rather than one, but this simply gives me more time to get to know the country, as well as total immersion in the Spanish language as well. Sort of like learning how to swim by being pushed into the deep end of the pool...

  Went today to get my documents apostilled. Wouldn't you know it the state capital is shut down due to COVID concerns still (my county government buildings were not, to put it into perspective). So I had to drop them off with an SASE to return them to me when done. Working time 7-10 business days. So that puts me behind 2 weeks. I may miss my date of 10-5-20 because the documents need to be reviewed in Ecuador as well.

  In order to get married in Ecuador, I need several pieces of documentation: Certificate of Marital Status, translated & apostilled. Birth Certificate, translated & apostilled There are other pieces of documentation necessary, but they do not apply to me (divorce certificates, death certificates...)   Today I stopped by the courthouse to pick up the Certificate of Marital Status. Only $10 and notarized. However, it is in English so I need to get a translator for that. And for my birth certificate. I located someone nearby that can do it, usually takes a day or two.    Next up, though is to get the documents apostilled. What is that, you ask?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention   Basically it is like a notary for international documents. For that it will be a bit harder. For that I will need to travel to Harrisburg to get my documents apostilled. So I will be taking a day this week to do so.   One nice thing that came up is...