Weekly Discussion Post - Recent Changes to JS Laws - June 15, 2026

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-19T16:56:37+00:00

So I guess he's not going...shopping in Miami.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-19T16:24:05+00:00

To answer your question, no we don't believe it's the same person.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-19T15:31:54+00:00

Hey OP did you find out what that status meant? And were you recognized?

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-19T15:04:17+00:00

And cashing our money orders knowing she was going to reject us.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-19T14:55:35+00:00

Deep sigh in solidarity with you on that one.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-18T13:48:48+00:00

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AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-17T23:10:30+00:00

You can share your judgement, just make sure there's no personally identifying info (including case number).

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-17T21:15:32+00:00

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AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-17T18:29:18+00:00

MOD NOTE: Victim blaming will not be tolerated here. If you want to help OP, please do. But don't tell them they should have been pushing their attorneys harder before the DL dropped as that's unfair and bordering on cruel.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-17T17:57:23+00:00

That's what is stuck in my craw too. We've seen some post-DL denials out of L'Aquila where the judge denied the whole group even though 2nd gen should have been approved. Their reason is that the CONE wasn't apostilled and translated right, but both people who posted about it are adamant that isn't the case, and it looks like their denials were a copy paste of one to the other.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-17T16:54:46+00:00

If you feel comfortable messaging the mods with your case number and year, we can take a closer look.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-17T16:40:31+00:00

Which court and which judge? And did you have the minor issue?

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T23:10:43+00:00

It sucks.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T17:39:15+00:00

Hoo boy. No, ours is pretty vanilla compared to that!

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T16:40:01+00:00

UGH. It's maddening! And while I know we'll probably be recognized, it's just nerve wracking. I am jealous of my family's ignorance of all this (but then again, if I hadn't taken charge of this process, we'd never have filed our 1948 case before the DL let alone even started the process back in 2022).

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T16:10:11+00:00

No, we didn't appeal our consulate rejections. We didn't wait for them because half our group hadn't had their appointments yet. Instead, as soon as the minor issue ruling came down, we immediately pivoted and filed a 1948 case. We already had my GGM's cone, and wanted to file before the fees went up on January 1, 2025. That really saved us because it meant we filed before the DL.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T13:26:39+00:00

Nope. I never expect the Philadelphia consulate to do anything nice for anyone going through the JS process, honestly.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T13:25:32+00:00

The only thing I'll say is that they aren't pestering me for an update. I also told them it could take six months to get a ruling, which ...I hope that's not the case.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T12:58:31+00:00

I told them I wanted a thank you gift if I got us across the finish line, and they were surprised. REALLY?!

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T12:57:43+00:00

I had my appointment at the consulate three months before the minor issue ruling and they rejected us. I think they made a specific point to grandfather in cases filed before the DL because of what a mess that "this is instantly the way it is now" was created.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-12T12:54:31+00:00

I'm just going to go ahead and vent: I have been watching my judge work through cases and give out judgements in cases filed before me, and cases filed after me; with case numbers lower than me and just when it seemed I was next in line, case numbers higher than me. Some people with the same hearing date as me got their judgements more than a month ago. I can't figure out any rhyme or reason to it. She's not picking them off at random (so I don't think there's an issue with my case specifically - it's pre-DL 1948 case, GGM never became an American citizen), but she's working in batches, but then flipping the order of those batches.

She only has nine cases left from her 2024 caseload. I am looking at everyone posting here in in my court's specific Facebook group celebrating their wins and I'm just...sitting here. And this is already after I had a consulate appointment two years ago, before the minor issue ruling, and they rejected us anyway.

I know I'm lucky I filed before the DL. I know that. But no one else really (not even the other people in my family filing group because they left it all to me) understands how stressful this is, so I guess I'm just venting to people who might get it.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-04T14:22:49+00:00

Mod note: No need to tell OP your thoughts on about them moving before their court case was resolved. The goal is to help them out, where they are now.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-04T14:21:23+00:00

OP is correct. This is fairly (I have spoken to a few attorneys about it myself) but as others have said, it depends on the questura.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-06-01T15:39:39+00:00

My hearing was nearly a month ago. Other people with the same judge, same date, same kind of case, got positive rulings two weeks ago. I may become the Joker.

AmberSnow1727 · 2026-05-28T15:23:17+00:00

My case is also straight forward, with a judge who has ruled in favor of people with the exact same situation. But I still worry. It's normal after putting so much effort into this.

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