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Title: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Grumpy on April 05, 2019, 04:49:21 PM
K1 and K3 immigration numbers are falling, some blame Trump policies.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/19/trump-policies-create-barriers-legal-immigration

http://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-application-denials-jump-37-percent-under-trump

K1
 Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen
 35,925    2014
 30,947   2015
 38,403    2016
 34,797   2017
 24,675    2018
K2
 Child of K1
 5,100     2014
 4,391     2015
 5,727     2016
 5,388     2017
 3,981     2018
K3
 Certain spouse of U.S. citizen
 392     2014
 182    2015
 102     2016
 15      2017
 6       2018
K4
 Child of K3
 71     2014
 39     2015
 20     2016
 8       2017
 0      2018


Many more links in the two articles

Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: BillyB on April 06, 2019, 12:26:41 AM
Not sure Trump policies affect K-1 and K-3 other than processing slowed down due to immigration officials getting busy elsewhere.

Googled your numbers to get a complete picture. Visas for professionals, artists, atheletes, other talented people and for agriculture skyrockets under Trump compared to Obama.

http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2018AnnualReport/FY18AnnualReport%20-%20TableXVIB.pdf

visa overstays outnumber illegal border crossings. The type of Visas that are abused the most got severely cut back under Trump.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 06, 2019, 02:09:59 AM
K1 and K3 immigration numbers are falling, some blame Trump policies.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/19/trump-policies-create-barriers-legal-immigration (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/19/trump-policies-create-barriers-legal-immigration)

http://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-application-denials-jump-37-percent-under-trump (http://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-application-denials-jump-37-percent-under-trump)

K1
 Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen
 35,925    2014
 30,947   2015
 38,403    2016
 34,797   2017
 24,675    2018
K2
 Child of K1
 5,100     2014
 4,391     2015
 5,727     2016
 5,388     2017
 3,981     2018
K3
 Certain spouse of U.S. citizen
 392     2014
 182    2015
 102     2016
 15      2017
 6       2018
K4
 Child of K3
 71     2014
 39     2015
 20     2016
 8       2017
 0      2018


Many more links in the two articles


A retired ICE agent (John Sampson) I know and some others in an anti immigration fraud group did a FOIA request. They found from the USCIS that in a 10 year period of time foreign spouses of USCs and LPRs had filled just over 84 thousand V.A.W.A. self petitions. The dreaded "silver bullet' I-360 potion that allows foreign spouses both women and men, to claim abuse and self petition themselves for green cards.   


Back in the day when this was an issue to me, I was told that in the majority of cases it is to be expected.


I got this the other day from an advocate for VAWA reformer. She a USC had this pulled on her by her Dutch ex-husband.



Quote
** PHONE #S BELOW **
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization just passed the House without addressing widespread fraud for VAWA green cards. The status quo remains in the House version!


OUR ONLY HOPE: CALL SENATE JUDICIARY MEMBERS NOW!!!


VAWA is also being written in the Senate Judiciary Committee without addressing the widespread fraud with VAWA green cards. Please contact staffers at AS MANY OFFICES AS POSSIBLE this week and next!!  (If you’re a constituent of one of these senators, clearly state so and demand someone take your call.)Deliver a QUICK “elevator pitch” to each of the Senate Judiciary offices. (Ask for the legislative director or chief counsel.)
Let them know:
-      Foreigners fraudulently claim abuse to get fast-tracked green cards under VAWA;
-      No evidence, interviews, investigations required – and Americans barred from submitting evidence;
-      Homeland security decisions made by obscure social work/VAWA immigration unit;
-      VAWA giving fast-tracked citizenship to fraudsters, criminals – even national security threats;
-      You were denied due process and couldn’t rebut these allegations with immigration officials;
-      Consequences to you [custody, job, security clearance, jail time, financial???];
-      Reauthorizing VAWA without addressing VAWA green card fraud is irresponsible.
If they want more information on this issue, tell them to visit ImmigrationFraud.com, VOIF.org or other sites you feel accurately portray the issue.

Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: GenMish on April 06, 2019, 05:31:40 AM
Hmmm

Its never been easier to contact someone internationally.

 I just checked the web traffic to several popular websites for international dating, also RWD for kicks. Web traffic is dropping to nosediving over the past 12 months, so we should expect K1 numbers to continue to fall especially with the new and improved fees.

 
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: krimster2 on April 06, 2019, 06:57:03 AM
this happened to a guy I used to ridicule on this board
ScotinCrimea!!!!!

another form of Russian roulette for you
though the version that has hollow points is more humane

Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: ML on April 06, 2019, 10:15:50 AM
this happened to a guy I used to ridicule on this board
ScotinCrimea!!!!!

I remember Scott and his story up to a point, but didn't see anything about a split.

I remember the typical thing concerning FSUW . . . his wife ignored his medical advice (he was only an MD) and instead did what a babushka down the hall from them suggested.

I remember also that he bought some sort of business building, and that even before any problems with marriage, it seemed that his wife and/or her mother had gained ownership  control of it.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: krimster2 on April 06, 2019, 10:59:18 AM
scot's story is WAY more complicated than that!!!!
OMG

let me give you an example, you can probably verify by searching back like 10 yr ago on this site
Scot was on the way to the bank to pick up $10,000 in cash from the bank
only person who knows is Scot and his wife
hours later Scot wakes up in the alley with no money while he was walking home from the bank
true story verified to me the by the SBU but Scot had "his side" of it

told Scot when he told me he was gonna take his Ukrainian wife temporarily to the USA
that if he did she'd leave him, scott called me all kinda names
so he brings her to the good ole USA
and less than a yr later she claims domestic violence
just like I told him....
Scot had to take care of her until she met some other richer guy so she could stay in the USA
where she still is to this very day thanks to Scot and Scot lost all the real estate he bought in Crimea to her as well plus several years of support!
in other words Scotty boy was played big time as a big time fool, as big as you can possibly ever be
all while he was bragging about how great he was, ON THIS VERY WEB SITE!!!!!!


does anyone EVER listen to me?
apparently not...
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Boethius on April 06, 2019, 12:04:07 PM
I wouldn't be so quick to blame her for the robbery.


Got a phone in your FSU home/apartment?  Authorities, if they choose, can instantly listen to anything in your home.  Then of course, bank tellers would know of the withdrawal, and could have tipped off anyone, including the police.


This post was composed without the aid of google.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: BillyB on April 06, 2019, 03:21:06 PM

Scot was on the way to the bank to pick up $10,000 in cash from the bank
only person who knows is Scot and his wife


A person can't just show up at an FSU bank and pull out 10k. Most outlets aren't capable of handling big withdrawals like that. Need to call bank ahead of time to let them know your intentions so they can secure the funds in the next few days. One or more bank employees had prior knowledge 10k was going to be pulled out by Scott.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 06, 2019, 06:48:28 PM

all while he was bragging about how great he was, ON THIS VERY WEB SITE!!!!!!


does anyone EVER listen to me?
apparently not...



In bold used to be my line....


Bigger fool was a RWD guy whose UW wife was an admitted pole dancer. Only it went further. She was also an escort for a website called eros. He told me all of this. She left him for an old rich guy 40 years her senior. She had a temper too. Used to hit him. Once she missed and banged up her hand hitting a wall. She used to post here also. Her avatar was her wearing a bikini. Of course everyone here defended her as they usually do for the women. I knew about the violence and prostitution so I suggested she was no prize and he should run for his life. But he didn't like this. He said, "F. U. BACK OFF!!!" in a post as he wanted her back. I got jumped by some of the posters for being hard on women. After that I pretty much gave up giving advice.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: krimster2 on April 06, 2019, 07:03:59 PM
" person can't just show up at an FSU bank and pull out 10k. Most outlets aren't capable of handling big withdrawals like that."

completely and absolutely false
almost all real estate purchases are done in cash with the money freshly drawn from the bank
$10,000 is nothing
I personally have withdrawn WAY WAY more than $10,000 and many times

"Got a phone in your FSU home/apartment?  Authorities, if they choose, can instantly listen to anything in your home.  Then of course, bank tellers would know of the withdrawal, and could have tipped off anyone, including the police."

true enough, but I "know" his ex-wife set it up, she robbed him blind
all his ex-wives did



Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on April 06, 2019, 07:08:34 PM
84,000 that's no joke.  those numbers are horrifying. 

The question is does this happen to men in England, the EU and Russia? 

I've never brought anyone from overseas but I do like to read and learn.  It seems to me there are several BIG risk factors which include....


1.  The above false domestic violence claims
2.  Alimony
3.  Risk of losing money if your pre nup does not hold up in court. 
4.  Getting sued by the federal government if your foreign ex asks for government support


So basically if anyone can elaborate on how a man's level or protection or lack of varies between the US, EU, UK, and RF. 

Spasiba Bolshoi. 





A retired ICE agent (John Sampson) I know and some others in an anti immigration fraud group did a FOIA request. They found from the USCIS that in a 10 year period of time foreign spouses of USCs and LPRs had filled just over 84 thousand V.A.W.A. self petitions. The dreaded "silver bullet' I-360 potion that allows foreign spouses both women and men, to claim abuse and self petition themselves for green cards.   


Back in the day when this was an issue to me, I was told that in the majority of cases it is to be expected.


I got this the other day from an advocate for VAWA reformer. She a USC had this pulled on her by her Dutch ex-husband.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: BillyB on April 06, 2019, 08:35:51 PM
completely and absolutely false
almost all real estate purchases are done in cash with the money freshly drawn from the bank
$10,000 is nothing
I personally have withdrawn WAY WAY more than $10,000 and many times


I've sent thousands at a time to Ukraine to buy my apartments in Ivano Frankivsk. At no time did I send more than 10k. The person at the receiving end of the money had to wait for days to pick it up till the bank had the funds. I'd say Scott's bank was more like the one I sent money to than the bank you used.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 06, 2019, 09:50:03 PM
84,000 that's no joke.  those numbers are horrifying. 


It is a number that flies over most peoples' heads.


At the US embassies the spouse/fiancee is told that if their USC or LPR spouse is abusive they can self petition themselves. This was the instructions to the embassy employees as something they should tell the interviewee. It was a women's shelter in Virginian that got this inserted into the regulations. Of course the shelters deny this gives their clients ideas of false allegations of abuse to get green cards. Even more amazing is a claim of abuse puts the ladies and the men (foreign men claim abuse too) on the fast track to getting LPR status. The usually 2 years wait (while married) to get a green card can be cut down to 6 months or so if abuse is claimed. Some women enter the country as spouses and take off a week later for a woman's shelter. The shelter gets reimbursed for their services by Federal VAWA funds. The fiancees' often push for an early wedding once entering the country and then pull the same thing.


I met this woman. She was 42 but looked 28. She had left her heartbroken fiancé and was staying where I was staying. She was going the abuse route. Only thing is is she didn't know she had to be married to file an abuse claim with the USCIS. I talked with the fiancé. He was a retired I.C.E. agent. She had split on him within a week. You would think he would have known better to have gotten himself into this situation. She eventually went back to Ukraine. 


(http://live.staticflickr.com/7852/47500721112_5de3a3486a.jpg)
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on April 06, 2019, 10:31:21 PM
Maxx, how much of a risk would you say are the other factors I mentioned such as losing half your assets, alimony, being sued by the government? 

What would you say the numbers look like in that category? 

Additionally, do Brits and Europeans have these problems? 

What about foreigners living in Russia? 





It is a number that flies over most peoples' heads.


At the US embassies the spouse/fiancee is told that if their USC or LPR spouse is abusive they can self petition themselves. This was the instructions to the embassy employees as something they should tell the interviewee. It was a women's shelter in Virginian that got this inserted into the regulations. Of course the shelters deny this gives their clients ideas of false allegations of abuse to get green cards. Even more amazing is a claim of abuse puts the ladies and the men (foreign men claim abuse too) on the fast track to getting LPR status. The usually 2 years wait (while married) to get a green card can be cut down to 6 months or so if abuse is claimed. Some women enter the country as spouses and take off a week later for a woman's shelter. The shelter gets reimbursed for their services by Federal VAWA funds. The fiancees' often push for an early wedding once entering the country and then pull the same thing.


I met this woman. She was 42 but looked 28. She had left her heartbroken fiancé and was staying where I was staying. She was going the abuse route. Only thing is is she didn't know she had to be married to file an abuse claim with the USCIS. I talked with the fiancé. He was a retired I.C.E. agent. She had split on him within a week. You would think he would have known better to have gotten himself into this situation. She eventually went back to Ukraine. 


(http://live.staticflickr.com/7852/47500721112_5de3a3486a.jpg)
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: BillyB on April 06, 2019, 11:05:06 PM
. She was going the abuse route. Only thing is is she didn't know she had to be married to file an abuse claim with the USCIS. …………….. She eventually went back to Ukraine. 


Actually Maxx, women don't need to be married to get the green card. As an unmarried person, they can claim domestic violence on their US citizen and apply for the U-visa which requires evidence of abuse and is a longer road to the green card but it's available to them since The US Congress created the U nonimmigrant visa with the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (including the Battered Immigrant Women’s Protection Act) in October 2000. Most women don't know about the U-visa so if they're not married to a US citizen, victim of DV and didn't start the process to get a U-visa, they will get sent home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_visa
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 06, 2019, 11:24:32 PM
Maxx, how much of a risk would you say are the other factors I mentioned such as
1) losing half your assets,


2) alimony,


3) being sued by the government? 

What would you say the numbers look like in that category? 

4) Additionally, do Brits and Europeans have these problems? 

5) What about foreigners living in Russia?


1) Unheard of, at least I've never heard of this happening. The judges play the PC game but know what the real score is. Usually the women get just get personal items like their car or laptop and clothes.


2) It happens but it is always short term. Maybe for a year.


3) The affidavit of support could be enforced but almost always it isn't. The worst that might happen is the lawyer representing the woman in the divorce trial might use it as a tool to get an alimony decision by the judge. There was something called the Stump decision in Indiana but that was a rare exception where the man was made to pay her support. It was at poverty level. Most women go get jobs.


4) Yes and Canadians also. Only with Canadians (unless they changed the law) a foreign spouse (there are no fiancee petitions in Canada) get their LPR status when they legally enter the country. A number take off immediately after clearing customs at the airport.


5) Sometimes the Western foreign spouse is hit with spousal maintenance because we are all considered rich. Russia and the FSU do not have the out of control divorce laws the West has.


You missed one


6) What is the worst that usually happens?


Heartbreak, from the double betrayal. First by the foreign spouse, second by the government. I've had people tell me they felt more betrayed and angered by their government than by their spouse. I have heard this over and over again.


Depending on the individual, the pain from the breakup is one of the worst experiences a man or woman can feel. American women I've noticed, take it the worst for being scorned. They go into shock when they discover the system won't come to their aid. Added to this when they discover there were political forces at work that set them up. It will make a liberal Democrat woman into a conservative pro-Trump supporter.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 06, 2019, 11:29:54 PM
Actually Maxx, women don't need to be married to get the green card. As an unmarried person, they can claim domestic violence on their US citizen and apply for the U-visa which requires evidence of abuse and is a longer road to the green card but it's available to them since The US Congress created the U nonimmigrant visa with the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (including the Battered Immigrant Women’s Protection Act) in October 2000. Most women don't know about the U-visa so if they're not married to a US citizen, victim of DV and didn't start the process to get a U-visa, they will get sent home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_visa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_visa)


She operated off of limited information. She should have gotten her victim to the altar then pulled her routine. She was as cold as ice to him from the time she stepped off the plane. Gave him sex once, probably to show him what he was going to miss. She was quite nice to me.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on April 07, 2019, 12:09:45 AM

1) Unheard of, at least I've never heard of this happening. The judges play the PC game but know what the real score is. Usually the women get just get personal items like their car or laptop and clothes.


2) It happens but it is always short term. Maybe for a year.


3) The affidavit of support could be enforced but almost always it isn't. The worst that might happen is the lawyer representing the woman in the divorce trial might use it as a tool to get an alimony decision by the judge. There was something called the Stump decision in Indiana but that was a rare exception where the man was made to pay her support. It was at poverty level. Most women go get jobs.


4) Yes and Canadians also. Only with Canadians (unless they changed the law) a foreign spouse (there are no fiancee petitions in Canada) get their LPR status when they legally enter the country. A number take off immediately after clearing customs at the airport.


5) Sometimes the Western foreign spouse is hit with spousal maintenance because we are all considered rich. Russia and the FSU do not have the out of control divorce laws the West has.


You missed one


6) What is the worst that usually happens?


Heartbreak, from the double betrayal. First by the foreign spouse, second by the government. I've had people tell me they felt more betrayed and angered by their government than by their spouse. I have heard this over and over again.


Depending on the individual, the pain from the breakup is one of the worst experiences a man or woman can feel. American women I've noticed, take it the worst for being scorned. They go into shock when they discover the system won't come to their aid. Added to this when they discover there were political forces at work that set them up. It will make a liberal Democrat woman into a conservative pro-Trump supporter.


There have been stories here and elsewhere of men losing money after a divorce.  Otherwise what's the point of the prenup.  Although Ive also seen sometimes the prenup doesnt hold up in court especially if the woman claims she did not understand the tenets or if she claims she signed it under stresss. 

I believe alimony can go hand in hand with the length of the marriage. 

You're saying a European or British man can also get falsely accused of domestic violence? 

It's definitely a very flawed system.  There are less and less men bringing foreign wives.  Also dating in Russia is not as easy as it was thirty years ago. 

Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 07, 2019, 12:35:18 AM

1) There have been stories here and elsewhere of men losing money after a divorce.  Otherwise what's the point of the prenup.  Although Ive also seen sometimes the prenup doesnt hold up in court especially if the woman claims she did not understand the tenets or if she claims she signed it under stresss. 

2) I believe alimony can go hand in hand with the length of the marriage. 

3) You're saying a European or British man can also get falsely accused of domestic violence? 

It's definitely a very flawed system.  There are less and less men bringing foreign wives.  Also dating in Russia is not as easy as it was thirty years ago.


1) Pre-nups protect to some degree if the woman is provided with her own attorney responsible to her. And the pre-nup is translated into her language. Then they work quite well. I've seen some effective agreements that agree to a certain good sum of money if the marriage lasts to a certain length of time and with bump ups year to year after that. Those are usually for rich guys with trophy wives.


2) Depends on the State. Some State laws say alimony can happen only if the marriage is more than five years. That premarital assets are off the table. Or the length of the alimony is half the length of the marriage.


3) Absolutely, and Aussies, Kiwis and others too.



Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on April 07, 2019, 12:57:09 AM

1) Pre-nups protect to some degree if the woman is provided with her own attorney responsible to her. And the pre-nup is translated into her language. Then they work quite well. I've seen some effective agreements that agree to a certain good sum of money if the marriage lasts to a certain length of time and with bump ups year to year after that. Those are usually for rich guys with trophy wives.


2) Depends on the State. Some State laws say alimony can happen only if the marriage is more than five years. That premarital assets are off the table. Or the length of the alimony is half the length of the marriage.


so assuming a guy has the flexibility to move anywhere, where would be the best and safest place (regardless of ethnicity or religion) to find an attractive and 10 year younger wife? 


3) Absolutely, and Aussies, Kiwis and others too.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on April 07, 2019, 01:01:07 AM

1) Pre-nups protect to some degree if the woman is provided with her own attorney responsible to her. And the pre-nup is translated into her language. Then they work quite well. I've seen some effective agreements that agree to a certain good sum of money if the marriage lasts to a certain length of time and with bump ups year to year after that. Those are usually for rich guys with trophy wives.


2) Depends on the State. Some State laws say alimony can happen only if the marriage is more than five years. That premarital assets are off the table. Or the length of the alimony is half the length of the marriage.


3) Absolutely, and Aussies, Kiwis and others too.


so assuming the guy has flexibility to relocate anywhere (and regardless of religion or race), where would be the best place for a guy to find an attractive wife 10 years younger? 
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 07, 2019, 01:24:58 AM

so assuming the guy has flexibility to relocate anywhere (and regardless of religion or race), where would be the best place for a guy to find an attractive wife 10 years younger?


The best wives IMO are Georgian. But Georgian women are generally are not interested in foreign guys as they feel strongly about keeping their religion, culture and family. Georgian women are somewhat like 50s wives, but not all of course. IMO Georgia is 10 times easier to establish a life in that any other FSU country.


Ukraine or Russia is easier for finding women. I don't know much about the Stans. I wouldn't be surprised that they are the happy hunting grounds for finding a younger beautiful wife.


If you like Filipinas then it's 100 times easier to find a young lass. I've got one chasing me who is 44 years younger than me. She's a first cousin of a wife of a friend on mine. Last time she called me I purposely didn't answer the phone. I mean 66 and 22 is a bit of a ridiculous age gap wouldn't you say? 
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: BC on April 07, 2019, 01:58:37 AM

so assuming the guy has flexibility to relocate anywhere (and regardless of religion or race), where would be the best place for a guy to find an attractive wife 10 years younger?

Maybe next door?

Not kidding...  It's amazing how many folks don't even know their neighbors and other folks on the block.  Really, the answer is networking and not switching country.  So what if your neighbor is an old man in a wheel chair?  His young nurse or daughter or some nice lass at the family BBQ he invited you to might be 'the one'.  There are a hundred, over time even thousands of possibilities right outside your door.  Costs nuthin' except overcoming fear.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: krimster2 on April 07, 2019, 07:01:58 AM
"I've sent thousands at a time to Ukraine to buy my apartments in Ivano Frankivsk. At no time did I send more than 10k. The person at the receiving end of the money had to wait for days to pick it up till the bank had the funds. I'd say Scott's bank was more like the one I sent money to than the bank you used. "

you have very little experience with Russian or Ukrainina banks
different process for receiving wired funds
vrs withdrawing hundreds of thousands from your account to purchase real estate
happens 20/30 times a day for the average bank's cash window
based on my experience
I've gotten a suitcase full of cash from the cash window
coordinated with my guard and car and made it from the cash window to the main highway in 3 min with a "suped-up SL300 that no car in Ukraine could ever catch
you have to be CAREFUL

this is why cutting dollars and euros to Russia would sink them almost immediately
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Patagonie on April 07, 2019, 08:05:07 AM

There have been stories here and elsewhere of men losing money after a divorce.  Otherwise what's the point of the prenup.  Although Ive also seen sometimes the prenup doesnt hold up in court especially if the woman claims she did not understand the tenets or if she claims she signed it under stresss. 

I believe alimony can go hand in hand with the length of the marriage. 

You're saying a European or British man can also get falsely accused of domestic violence? 

It's definitely a very flawed system.  There are less and less men bringing foreign wives.  Also dating in Russia is not as easy as it was thirty years ago.
Absolutely, false accusations are quite common, or lets me explain that the broad of the law is so large that barely everything could enter in the spectrum of the law. So the judge has just to interpret if the facts are an offence or not. So all depend of the judge. We have  just recently had an old teacher who killed himself in the forest because he bring a children by the arm because he was blocking the stairs at school, Mum filled a complain for violence. Teacher didn't survice, this is involuntary homicide but still an homicide.
Women are rarely sued for such false accusations and send to jail is not gotta to happen.
Consequences : a lot of men die but what is politically correct to say is that men are murders (rapists ...) and the women are mainly the victims, that's a lie more men are dying of homicide (voluntary and unvolontary) than women
It's why i am so tired of this hypocrisy
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Patagonie on April 07, 2019, 09:29:46 AM

1) Unheard of, at least I've never heard of this happening. The judges play the PC game but know what the real score is. Usually the women get just get personal items like their car or laptop and clothes.


2) It happens but it is always short term. Maybe for a year.


3) The affidavit of support could be enforced but almost always it isn't. The worst that might happen is the lawyer representing the woman in the divorce trial might use it as a tool to get an alimony decision by the judge. There was something called the Stump decision in Indiana but that was a rare exception where the man was made to pay her support. It was at poverty level. Most women go get jobs.


4) Yes and Canadians also. Only with Canadians (unless they changed the law) a foreign spouse (there are no fiancee petitions in Canada) get their LPR status when they legally enter the country. A number take off immediately after clearing customs at the airport.


5) Sometimes the Western foreign spouse is hit with spousal maintenance because we are all considered rich. Russia and the FSU do not have the out of control divorce laws the West has.


You missed one


6) What is the worst that usually happens?


Heartbreak, from the double betrayal. First by the foreign spouse, second by the government. I've had people tell me they felt more betrayed and angered by their government than by their spouse. I have heard this over and over again.


Depending on the individual, the pain from the breakup is one of the worst experiences a man or woman can feel. American women I've noticed, take it the worst for being scorned. They go into shock when they discover the system won't come to their aid. Added to this when they discover there were political forces at work that set them up. It will make a liberal Democrat woman into a conservative pro-Trump supporter.
6) What is the worst that usually happens?I was prepared to a divorce, in the sense i had read 100 cases in appeal of my local court before my marriage, this is why i had a prenupt on my contract, also advised by my notary.
but Maxx you told everything here
"they felt more betrayed and angered by their government than by their spouse"
My anger against my ex wife has gone but not all the risks that my country dropped on me, I felt in danger, not protected by my state, i had an opposite feeling, this country where i was born, could screw me up me anytime. And every day and every night during my divorce my health was compromised because my ex wife could do whatever she wants to f.... me applauded by the female extorsion organized gang of the court.
I felt a very little relaxed when i hired the best attorney of my oblast.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: ML on April 07, 2019, 10:18:42 AM
Despite I respect the words of attorneys who post here . . . I will again state that pre-marital assets will NOT necessarily be protected in divorce settlements and split is not necessarily 50/50 regardless of which state rules are being followed.

I have seen specific examples as follows:

1) Man has 1 million in pre-marital assets.  He and wife have 1 million in joint assets.
Judge says to man, you have 1 million over there, so I am giving the wife most of the 1 million in joint assets. 
Judge never has to say he is ignoring the pre marital rule, but result gives exactly the same split as joining the pre and post marital assets and splitting them 50/50.

2) Judge signs what looks like a 50/50 split, but . . .
Wife is given her share in after tax, liquid assets . . . while man gets assets appraised at their pre tax value and that cannot achieve the appraised value without considerable time and effort, and more money invested.

3)I have also seen wife get half of insurance settlement for pain and suffering from accidents occurring to husband . . . despite fact that law states such are separate assets.

Attorneys will truthfully tell husbands that it will be extremely costly to appeal rulings (even as they clearly go against laws) and such are rarely overturned.

Judges favor women because:
1) Women will mass, march and protest and vote out judges.
2) Men are ridiculed if they even suggest doing such.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: ML on April 07, 2019, 10:23:46 AM



If you like Filipinas then it's 100 times easier to find a young lass. I've got one chasing me who is 44 years younger than me. She's a first cousin of a wife of a friend on mine. Last time she called me I purposely didn't answer the phone. I mean 66 and 22 is a bit of a ridiculous age gap wouldn't you say?

But keep in mind, average gal there is 5 foot tall or so.
That won't work (i.e. won't look absurd) with 'most' western men.

And almost guaranteed that you will be supporting a much, much, much larger family (hers) than you will with an FSU  gal.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: GenMish on April 07, 2019, 11:00:23 AM
But keep in mind, average gal there is 5 foot tall or so.
That won't work (i.e. won't look absurd) with 'most' western men.

And almost guaranteed that you will be supporting a much, much, much larger family (hers) than you will with an FSU  gal.


In 23 years of marriage, my FSU wifes family never asked for a ruble. Even when dining out in Russia, I never got a chance to pick up the check. When we met in other countries, I picked up food and lodging costs but my in laws always insisted on paying their own airfare. Other than that, monies that we gave them we had to insist, as it was needed for medical procedures

Contrast that with Pinays that will have large families asking for money, but its often trivial amounts. The young lady in the Philippines I recently spent 3 weeks with was very open about it, and she felt quite generous saying she would only require her Moms $200/mo rent paid if we stayed together. Other family requests would be on a case by case basis.
  ML makes a good point, at 5 ft nothing a lot is missing for an American man. It will work, for me it worked 4 times a day with no pills, but you are really limited in positions and activities

THE MAIN POINT FOR MY POST
The Pinay showed me the YouTube with the techniques Philippine women use to find Americans(she found my FB page through my friends wife), how to date, the K1 Process including the immediate out of claiming abuse. Since I don't speak Ilongo, I don't know what other tricks or schemes the video outlines. I just want to say men, there is a playbook, and if you proceed check into which playbook your lady is or might be using.
  With a staggering 84000 self petitions, it had to be PLAN A for most of those 84000 when they started looking for a man and not the Plan B they hear about at their interview
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Boethius on April 07, 2019, 12:13:43 PM
4) Yes and Canadians also. Only with Canadians (unless they changed the law) a foreign spouse (there are no fiancee petitions in Canada) get their LPR status when they legally enter the country. A number take off immediately after clearing customs at the airport.

The law was changed five years ago, or more, mostly due to pressure from the South Asian community.  The foreign spouse must remain married for at least two years to obtain landed immigrant status.

There is a spousal support requirement, but no minimum income.  When I married, it was 10 years.  It's shorter now, but I can't recall what, and I can't be bothered to look it up.

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Heartbreak, from the double betrayal. First by the foreign spouse, second by the government. I've had people tell me they felt more betrayed and angered by their government than by their spouse. I have heard this over and over again.

Depending on the individual, the pain from the breakup is one of the worst experiences a man or woman can feel. American women I've noticed, take it the worst for being scorned. They go into shock when they discover the system won't come to their aid. Added to this when they discover there were political forces at work that set them up. It will make a liberal Democrat woman into a conservative pro-Trump supporter.

Why should the government be involved?  People make bad decisions all the time.  I understand the heartache, but live and learn.

This post was composed without the aid of google.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Boethius on April 07, 2019, 12:20:18 PM
If you like Filipinas then it's 100 times easier to find a young lass. I've got one chasing me who is 44 years younger than me. She's a first cousin of a wife of a friend on mine. Last time she called me I purposely didn't answer the phone. I mean 66 and 22 is a bit of a ridiculous age gap wouldn't you say?


As the better half would say, it is not ridiculous, if you have a young male neighbour. :P


This post was composed without the aid of google.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: LAman on April 07, 2019, 12:53:32 PM

 If you like Filipinas then it's 100 times easier to find a young lass. I've got one chasing me who is 44 years younger than me. She's a first cousin of a wife of a friend on mine. Last time she called me I purposely didn't answer the phone. I mean 66 and 22 is a bit of a ridiculous age gap wouldn't you say?

That's funny ((, several of my friends  got divorced from their Filipina wives and it was hell. They went after every asset they could, drained $$$ with the courts, turned daughters against their father. Might be easy to get a young one but later on, you may regret it.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on April 07, 2019, 07:51:04 PM

In 23 years of marriage, my FSU wifes family never asked for a ruble. Even when dining out in Russia, I never got a chance to pick up the check. When we met in other countries, I picked up food and lodging costs but my in laws always insisted on paying their own airfare. Other than that, monies that we gave them we had to insist, as it was needed for medical procedures

Contrast that with Pinays that will have large families asking for money, but its often trivial amounts. The young lady in the Philippines I recently spent 3 weeks with was very open about it, and she felt quite generous saying she would only require her Moms $200/mo rent paid if we stayed together. Other family requests would be on a case by case basis.
  ML makes a good point, at 5 ft nothing a lot is missing for an American man. It will work, for me it worked 4 times a day with no pills, but you are really limited in positions and activities

THE MAIN POINT FOR MY POST
The Pinay showed me the YouTube with the techniques Philippine women use to find Americans(she found my FB page through my friends wife), how to date, the K1 Process including the immediate out of claiming abuse. Since I don't speak Ilongo, I don't know what other tricks or schemes the video outlines. I just want to say men, there is a playbook, and if you proceed check into which playbook your lady is or might be using.
  With a staggering 84000 self petitions, it had to be PLAN A for most of those 84000 when they started looking for a man and not the Plan B they hear about at their interview


Can we verify the number is really 84k?  Sounds staggeringly high. 
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: krimster2 on April 07, 2019, 08:55:46 PM
"Sounds staggeringly high.  "

so...do...I...
kinda like the time I was at Disney and the sign said, "You have to be THIS HIGH to be on this ride"
dewd, I was like WAY higher than that but I still got on and I was just fine, no idea why they put that warning there
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 07, 2019, 09:12:01 PM
I'll try and dig it up. I posted the source here but nobody seemed interested.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 07, 2019, 11:44:47 PM

Can we verify the number is really 84k?  Sounds staggeringly high.


I am searching for it. In the meantime I am going to post links to information on this subject.


This 7 minute radio interview of a woman I also interviewed. This was back 2007. I don't know when the radio interview was.


http://www.spreaker.com/user/9808913/elena-maria-lopez-09-06-18
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on April 07, 2019, 11:54:13 PM



Elena @ 4:30 tells the percentage of these marriages being fraudulent. Most marriages are


http://www.newsmaxtv.com/vod/Elena-Maria-Lopez-Speaking-on-Immigration-Fraud/vid/0_9jjupsou 
Title: Found it K1 and K3 84,030 abuse claims in 10 years
Post by: Maxx2 on April 08, 2019, 01:38:23 AM





@ 2:53


http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/White-House-Staffers-Meet-With-Citizens-Who-Say-They-Were-Victims-of-Marriage-Fraud-487699471.html (http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/White-House-Staffers-Meet-With-Citizens-Who-Say-They-Were-Victims-of-Marriage-Fraud-487699471.html)


The News 4 I-team filed a FOIA request
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: BC on April 08, 2019, 03:26:34 AM
30% of K1's end up as WAVA.. sure that's a credible figure.  Are they all fraud, likely not, I'd tip probably 1/3rd or so, maybe a bit more but this is just guessing.

It doesn't take much to classify as a true blue WAVA, doesn't need to be black eye or worse.

Marital arguments, especially when law enforcement is called.
Alcohol, drugs, gambling problem.
Limiting freedom of movement - no, you have to stay home, you can't get a driving license, you can't visit your friend / family.
Controlling finances - here's your 'allowance', no you can't have a credit/debit card, you can't buy that, you can't have a car or other necessity.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Grumpy on May 17, 2019, 11:09:22 AM
Naturalizations, green cards and visas are also taking at least twice as long to process than they used to. The best explanation I could find is that the Trump administration reassigned staff from processing applications to reviewing old ones to find clerical errors or other reasons to revoke the same, I.e. witch hunts against brown people:

http://missionlocal.org/2019/02/sfs-bissap-baobab-to-close-as-owner-fights-immigration-case/

http://theintercept.com/2019/05/10/denaturalization-case-citizenship-kansas/

The second case suggests the policy started before Trump, but he accelerated it.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: BillyB on May 17, 2019, 05:44:51 PM
Naturalizations, green cards and visas are also taking at least twice as long to process than they used to. The best explanation I could find is that the Trump administration reassigned staff from processing applications to reviewing old ones to find clerical errors or other reasons to revoke the same, I.e. witch hunts against brown people:

http://missionlocal.org/2019/02/sfs-bissap-baobab-to-close-as-owner-fights-immigration-case/

http://theintercept.com/2019/05/10/denaturalization-case-citizenship-kansas/

The second case suggests the policy started before Trump, but he accelerated it.

I don't believe Trump has a witch hunt on colored people. My Ukrainian MIL is white and her green card paperwork is taking longer than normal to process. Trump does discriminate against lazy people. He wants people with skills and who wants to work.

Trump has increased seasonal worker visas by 30,000 two weeks ago to help with the booming economy. Most of those seasonal workers are going to be Hispanic.

http://www.apnews.com/3a7a25136e9a4857a76023364337436c

Trump wants to eliminate the lottery visa program, lower the amount family based visas, and greatly increase visas for skilled immigrants. Trump is attempting to drain brains from other nations for our benefit.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trumps-immigration-plan-high-skilled-workers
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on May 17, 2019, 08:37:11 PM
30% of K1's end up as WAVA.. sure that's a credible figure.  Are they all fraud, likely not, I'd tip probably 1/3rd or so, maybe a bit more but this is just guessing.

It doesn't take much to classify as a true blue WAVA, doesn't need to be black eye or worse.

Marital arguments, especially when law enforcement is called.
Alcohol, drugs, gambling problem.
Limiting freedom of movement - no, you have to stay home, you can't get a driving license, you can't visit your friend / family.
Controlling finances - here's your 'allowance', no you can't have a credit/debit card, you can't buy that, you can't have a car or other necessity.

Do 30% of K1's end up in VAWA?  This seems rather high.  Can someone verify the numbers please. 
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: GenMish on May 18, 2019, 04:23:55 AM
Do 30% of K1's end up in VAWA?  This seems rather high.  Can someone verify the numbers please.

Go to the links Maxx2 provided. In one of them there is a video , and during the video statistics are given. It is rather high. As I speculated in an earlier post, a number that high means its the visa holders plan A not a plan B backup if the man is an abuser
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: civi68 on May 18, 2019, 05:53:58 AM
It's doesn't surprise me that the numbers are so high. While some guys are fortunate enough to find the kind of woman that we are all looking for when we began this search, a lot end up with problematic situations and women. Or some end up with a woman that ends up not being that interested in them once she is here. Sometimes, it is the guy's fault for having emotional problems or being unrealistic about his partner (age or beauty differences). Most of us are not studs that choose this route so average to below average men seeking above average women in the looks department poses additional challenges.
Let's not forget that bringing a woman here for marriage is a risk. We try to control or minimize this risk with our choices but in the end the one factor we can't control is what the woman wants. That can change at any time. We can be kind, responsible, and do everything right but if the woman is no longer interested or only had limited interest, we did the best we could.
    As for the drop in visas, I suspect younger guys are not entering this dating pool as much as years ago, either due to not having the money or the trend of less interest in marriage among younger people. I found it interesting that when I read about the drop in birth rate in the US to Russian levels over the past few years that a big reason for the drop was less younger people dating. So, it was not just couple not having as many children but people not being in a relationship at all.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on May 18, 2019, 08:11:23 AM
It's doesn't surprise me that the numbers are so high. While some guys are fortunate enough to find the kind of woman that we are all looking for when we began this search, a lot end up with problematic situations and women. Or some end up with a woman that ends up not being that interested in them once she is here. Sometimes, it is the guy's fault for having emotional problems or being unrealistic about his partner (age or beauty differences). Most of us are not studs that choose this route so average to below average men seeking above average women in the looks department poses additional challenges.
Let's not forget that bringing a woman here for marriage is a risk. We try to control or minimize this risk with our choices but in the end the one factor we can't control is what the woman wants. That can change at any time. We can be kind, responsible, and do everything right but if the woman is no longer interested or only had limited interest, we did the best we could.
    As for the drop in visas, I suspect younger guys are not entering this dating pool as much as years ago, either due to not having the money or the trend of less interest in marriage among younger people. I found it interesting that when I read about the drop in birth rate in the US to Russian levels over the past few years that a big reason for the drop was less younger people dating. So, it was not just couple not having as many children but people not being in a relationship at all.


A lot of these marriages break up from outside interference. This is especially true by the new "friends" of these women. There is the financial incentive to break up a marriage. Olga was a Russian woman in Phoenix who made a living breaking apart these marriages. She'd get her women "friends" to loot their husbands when they were in lockup on false charges and then turn over to her.  I'll see if I can find the video of the news report.   



Young people especially males are not interested in settling down. Back when I was young everyone was looking for a wife or husband. I think people were hornier then. We had more testosterone pumping through or veins than the 'soy boys' do now (tell TC).



Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on May 18, 2019, 08:23:15 AM

I'll see if I can find the video of the news report.   



I found this one instead.


http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Some-Americans-Say-Immigrant-Spouses-Falsely-Claimed-Abuse-to-Stay-in-US-500960801.html
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Boethius on May 18, 2019, 10:05:22 AM
A lot of these marriages break up from outside interference. This is especially true by the new "friends" of these women. There is the financial incentive to break up a marriage. Olga was a Russian woman in Phoenix who made a living breaking apart these marriages. She'd get her women "friends" to loot their husbands when they were in lockup on false charges and then turn over to her.  I'll see if I can find the video of the news report.   
IMHO, a good marriage can't be broken up by outside forces.  If someone can break the marriage, it was built on a foundation of sand.

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Young people especially males are not interested in settling down. Back when I was young everyone was looking for a wife or husband. I think people were hornier then. We had more testosterone pumping through or veins than the 'soy boys' do now (tell TC).
I don't think the lack of marriage is about sex.  I think it's just generally more difficult, financially, now to start a family.  Most young people graduate with a boatload of debt.  Housing prices are higher, particularly in cities, than they were in the past.  In many cities, young people can barely rent a place to live, let alone buy a home.  I believe that, less religion, and growing up in a culture where divorce is prevalent, are all factors that mean marriage is not valued.


This post was composed without the aid of google.
Title: Re: Found it K1 and K3 84,030 abuse claims in 10 years
Post by: Omega82 on May 18, 2019, 07:21:49 PM




@ 2:53


http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/White-House-Staffers-Meet-With-Citizens-Who-Say-They-Were-Victims-of-Marriage-Fraud-487699471.html (http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/White-House-Staffers-Meet-With-Citizens-Who-Say-They-Were-Victims-of-Marriage-Fraud-487699471.html)


The News 4 I-team filed a FOIA request

It doesn't say how many of the 84K vawa claims resulted in the American being arrested? 
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on May 18, 2019, 07:30:51 PM





IMHO, a good marriage can't be broken up by outside forces.  If someone can break the marriage, it was built on a foundation of sand.
I don't think the lack of marriage is about sex.  I think it's just generally more difficult, financially, now to start a family.  Most young people graduate with a boatload of debt.  Housing prices are higher, particularly in cities, than they were in the past.  In many cities, young people can barely rent a place to live, let alone buy a home.  I believe that, less religion, and growing up in a culture where divorce is prevalent, are all factors that mean marriage is not valued.


This post was composed without the aid of google.


Didn't say "good marriage"


Boe, watch this video please


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1FUo57nrQ


I've talked with these guys 15 years ago.


Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on May 18, 2019, 07:51:18 PM

I don't think the lack of marriage is about sex.  I think it's just generally more difficult, financially, now to start a family.  Most young people graduate with a boatload of debt.  Housing prices are higher, particularly in cities, than they were in the past.  In many cities, young people can barely rent a place to live, let alone buy a home.  I believe that, less religion, and growing up in a culture where divorce is prevalent, are all factors that mean marriage is not valued.


And the word is out with men that they will get financially destroyed in divorce court. And women are encouraged to seek careers and being a housewife is not cool. 
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Omega82 on May 18, 2019, 08:07:17 PM
Do the fake vawa claims also happen in Europe?
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Maxx2 on May 18, 2019, 09:29:31 PM
I knew an Irishman that it happened to.
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Boethius on May 19, 2019, 10:19:20 AM

And the word is out with men that they will get financially destroyed in divorce court. And women are encouraged to seek careers and being a housewife is not cool.


Prenups will negate the effects of divorce.  But, if a man wants a housewife, he should have to pay a significant sum on a divorce, as the woman has given up her earning potential to take care of him, and a home.


I think most men want their wives to bring an income into marriage.  That's a big complaint on the RW forums about their American husbands.  The average wage generally isn't enough to support a family on one income.


This post was composed without the aid of google.



Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Grumpy on May 15, 2021, 12:44:19 PM
The consequences of immigrant admissions — generally speaking — include a range of the good, the indifferent, and the bad.

But there is one small category of admissions that includes nothing but failures, a category that the Department of Homeland Security never mentions, in administration after administration, and never seems to do anything about. But we may see, at least momentarily, a drop in them.

These are the 3,000-5,000 applications approved each year bearing the gentle term of “self-petitioning spouses”.

The immigration law is heavily tilted toward admitting alien newlyweds; in the last year for which we have data (FY 2019), 1,031,765 new permanent resident aliens were counted. Of these, fully 29.9 percent were admitted because they are married to U.S. citizens or to green card holders, with the former outnumbering the latter by about nine to one.

Within the newlyweds category, there is a troubling subset accounting for about 1.5 percent of the marriages. These relate to aliens whose marriages have collapsed, or were never genuine love matches in the first place. Routinely, the new alien spouse is sponsored for immigration by his or her resident partner. In cases where the marriage no longer operates, the alien may charge abuse and, under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), file a petition on her (or his) own behalf, thus the term “self-petitioning” alien.

The VAWA includes all sorts of provisions that help aliens making marginal claims of abuse; that the alien may have committed fraud, for instance, does not matter.

In each of these VAWA cases, the marriage has failed; either the resident spouse has, in fact, abused the alien spouse, or the alien has made false claims of such abuse (which can be devastating to the citizen). Under the INA, in either case the alien can be admitted, and DHS makes little effort to sort out the facts, and routinely grants the alien’s petition, usually without permitting the alleged abuser to testify (see here and here).

http://cis.org/North/Virus-May-Be-Reducing-MarriageRelated-Immigration-Fraud
Title: Re: K1 and K3 visa numbers down
Post by: Grumpy on December 08, 2022, 10:09:37 PM
 In the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, 967,400 adults swore the oath of allegiance at naturalization ceremonies across the country, the USCIS figures show. When taking into account cases of children who derived citizenship from their U.S.-citizen parents and other naturalization cases, a total of 1,023,200 immigrants became U.S. citizens in fiscal year 2022.

The number of adult immigrants who became U.S. citizens was only greater in 1996 and 2008, when 1,040,991 and 1,046,539 adults were naturalized, respectively, historical government statistics show.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-us-citizens-naturalizations-2022/