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As of a few moments ago, the petition along with all supporting documents has been filed online. Thank you all for your input, advice, and links. It's very much appreciated.

I've read in several different places that if this goes wrong it could mean permanent denial of any future visas. They can reject the application if they suspect that you entered the country on a tourist visa with intent to stay and apply for residency. It's considered immigration fraud. I would...

I think this is what we're going to do. We have all the paperwork ready. I'm just waiting to receive my new passport. I realized just before we got started with everything that my passport was going to expire in March. I'm waiting to send everything in with a copy of the new one just to be sure...

We were married in Argentina, but also married in the US a few years ago. From everything we've been reading it looks like the safest way to do it is just to apply from here and put up with the unbelievable wait time. The consequences of screwing it up could result in her never being allowed...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has experience with immigrating to the US with an Argentine spouse. I am a US citizen married to an Argentine woman and we have a 12 year old son with dual citizenship. My wife currently has a valid tourist visa. We are trying to determine if it is possible...

I agree. VPN's are good for getting around some thing but many of the most popular services are recognized and their servers are in databases. If a bank catches you coming in through a known VPN, they will almost certainly block access and ask you for verification of your identity. Some just...

I just applied for an account with Charles Schwab which was incredibly (and surprisingly) easy. I was astonished that it would call my Argentina cell phone to give me security codes. It doesn't seem to approve automatically, but it didn't ask me for anything more than my address, SS number, and...

I've tried that. Wells Fargo won't let me validate to an email address. I know it did at one point, but they seem to have removed that option.

I was reading that Schwab is very good for international use. I'll have to see what they require to open an account. I want to get all my money out of Wells Fargo. I did find a VOIP number that I was able to use to receive texts from Chase, where I have a single credit card account. Hopefully...

I was hoping some of the US expats might be able to recommend a bank that lets you conduct your business without making you jump through 1000 hoops for everything you do. I've been a customer of Wells Fargo for quite some time and everything I try to do is beyond ridiculously difficult. Any...

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The problem with the number comes up with filling out the application forms everywhere. They all want a phone number and, of course, won't take the format of an Argentina number. I've put in made up numbers in US format and had some recruiters say they tried to call and couldn't reach me. When I...

I have more than 20 years of experience in tech support roles, including internal support at Google here in BA. I'm fairly good in 4 different coding languages, have linux administration experience and SQL database experience. I'm not a newbie trying to break into anything. Also have an...

I wasn't able to set anything up with Google Voice or Skype from here. I did manage to get TextMe working, though. Gonna update my info with a US address and phone number and see if that makes any difference.

I've tried using a relative's address, but the problem is always the phone. (I'm now looking into forwarding lines from the US as others have suggested in this thread.