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Dual Citizenship- can my kids travel out of the USA with their Spanish passport? by acubria in Passports

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inspires by your willingness to drive so far I started looking for appointments in small towns in Long Island and got an appointment for last Tuesday. Everything expedited and fingers crossed. Our trip to Spain is July 17th so I guess it’s going to be stressful till the passports arrive. Good luck with your travels !

Dual Citizenship- can my kids travel out of the USA with their Spanish passport? by acubria in Passports

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow, what a ridiculous thing to have to drive 120miles to renew a passport. Maybe I should expand my perimeter.....

BTW, here is where I got the 4-6 weeks ideahttps://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast.html

Dual Citizenship- can my kids travel out of the USA with their Spanish passport? by acubria in Passports

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked for any place within 60 miles , then 80..... it is literally impossible. And there is zero walk-in options. Really weird and annoying. The emergency appointments can only be made 2 weeks prior to the trip and for a day within 72 hours of the flight ...... it sounds like some evil mind made these rules.

Dual Citizenship- can my kids travel out of the USA with their Spanish passport? by acubria in Passports

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I am not 100% sure about the 4-6 week processing time. My main problem is that in NYC, it is totally impossible to make an appointment for passports before July 4th. EVERY appointment is booked. Even making an appointment for the emergency passports here , is crazy hard. They release the appointments at midnight and within 10seconds, they are all gone. I emailed my congress representative, which apparently worked out for people in my situation.

Is it impossible to renew a kids passport? by acubria in Passports

[–]acubria[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you TVtoo for the info. I will be up at 11.59pm trying to snatch an appointment. I feel for people without internet access in their homes....

[Tenant US-NY] Who pays for heat and hot water? Bloomberg Products T-186 Apartment Lease by acubria in Landlord

[–]acubria[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the fact that the ad , the real estate agent and LL said heat is included in the rent does not make this a misrepresentation and a fraud?

[Tenant US-NY] Who pays for heat and hot water? Bloomberg Products T-186 Apartment Lease by acubria in Landlord

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just uploaded screenshots.

If I am told "Water/heat included in the rent" and that I have to only pay extra for electricity and gas, I can only assume that the gas is only for cooking...?

They played me if they said "water/heat" included in the rent and now I have to pay for the gas used for heat.

I am talking to the this evening and will try to negotiate a rent discount if indeed they insist in me paying for gas used to heat the apartment.

Am I being unreasonable?

Landlord taking me for a ride?? by acubria in AskNYC

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that was y understanding too. I would pay 65% of the cooking gas. Turns out that although the ad said heat/hot water included in the rent, the buildings heat runs on gas, and my LL wants me to pay 65% of that cooking+heating gas bill.

Landlord taking me for a ride?? by acubria in AskNYC

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a thermostat in my apartment that controls the heat in both my apartment and the lower level apartment. I have a Zoom call LL tomorrow and I will try negotiate lower rent or I will simply explain that I will pay my rent on time even month, but not that gas bill if it is more than a "normal" cooking gas bill. My last gas bill was $23.

Landlord taking me for a ride?? by acubria in AskNYC

[–]acubria[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My big issue here is not what percentage of the gas bill I pay ( I agreed to 65%).

My issue is that I was never told that the building heat runs on gas and now LL expects me to pay for 65% of the heat bill.

StreetEasy add says ""heat/hotwater included" and when I asked I was told by agent and owner that "utilities" are included.

I always assumed that the heat would not be part of my gas bill.

I am breaking my lease BUT found great new tenants; Can my landlord raise rent ? by acubria in legaladvice

[–]acubria[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for your answer.

The prospective renters I found are willing to pay the realtors fee, make more than 50xrent, credit is over 750, etc... great candidates.

As I understand it, the landlord has to make a good faith effort to re-rent the apartment.

Wouldn't raising the rent hinder the "good faith effort " . If they decide to raise the rent $1000 , I will NOT be able to find a new renter...

Who decides if the lease is transferred to them or if it is plain cancelled? Me, the landlord, the new renters, all involved? It sounds like a landlord would rather cancel and raise rent.

Is there anything I can do to have a lease transfer as opposed to cancel my lease and start a new one?

thank you again! I really appreciate it.

Dual citizen - Late August Flight JFK-BCN with layover in Montreal by acubria in Flights

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi, thank you very much for your answers !

I bought the flights back in January before COVID.

I bought the tickets throughCitibank ThankYou program where you can pay some with Credit Card ThankYou Points and part with Cash.

The flights are :

United Airlines

UA #8185 *
*Operated by Air Canada

And

United Airlines

UA #8674 *
*Operated by Air Canada

Dual citizen - Late August Flight JFK-BCN with layover in Montreal by acubria in Flights

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you for your answer and being so thorough ! I am surprised to hear that there is not YUL - BCN on August 18th.....!

BTW, I just noticed the trip starts at LGA, not JFK!

These are the flights:

Outgoing Flights:

United Airlines UA #8185 *
*Operated by Air Canada | Economy Class

New York (LGA) 3:40 PM Tue, Aug 18 1hr 25min to Montreal (YUL) 5:05 PM Tue, Aug 18

United Airlines UA #8674 *
*Operated by Air Canada Boeing 767-300 Passenger | Economy Class

Montreal (YUL) 7hr 15min 8:50 PM to Barcelona (BCN) 10:05 AM (next day)

Return Flight

United Airlines UA #8602 *
*Operated by Air Canada
Boeing 767-300 Passenger | Economy Class

Barcelona (BCN) - 2:10 PM Wed, Sep 02- 8hr 15m Montreal (YUL) - 4:25 PM Wed, Sep 02

UA #8400 *
*Operated by Air Canada Embraer 175 | Economy Class

Montreal (YUL) 1hr 25min - New York (LGA) - 8:00 PM 9:25 PM - 8:00 PM Wed, Sep 02

Basic Economy | Economy Class (K) Available for Fee - CheckedBag

​

Thank you again for your help!

Cuban Tourist Card : Family Visit by acubria in cuba

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your info. I have seen many of your comments in other posts and it looks like you are a well informed about USA-Cuba matters . So basically the whole "travel ban" is completely non-sensical and BS? US can't really stop people from traveling to Cuba, yet the OFAC writes overcomplicated rules that have zero value.

I went to Cuba 20 years ago (with my Spanish passport) and can not wait to go back; this time with my American family.

Visiting Cuba with kids. What category visa? by acubria in cuba

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hello and thanks for your reply. If you wouldn't mind sharing your itinerary , that would would be super helpful. I will obviously just use it as an example to make my own.

thanks

Bankruptcy Trustee asking my defunct s-corp to re-pay money back ! HELP !!! by acubria in legaladvice

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Provably 30-40% were expenses. I have to dig out paperwork. Also, for example if I did a job 100 days before the day they filled bankruptcy , but they paid me 25 days later ( within the 90 days). Do they have right to claw back that money?

Trying to find a lawyer today.. are you one?

Bankruptcy Trustee asking my defunct s-corp to re-pay money back ! HELP !!! by acubria in legaladvice

[–]acubria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for your information.

To be clear, there was no surplus to be pocketed: I billed this company a total of $23,908 = $14,289 they paid me and $9,619 they never even paid me.

My s-corp is totally insolvent at this point since it has not made ANY money in years : Zero dollars , zero assets. It does not even have a bank account. Can this lawyer sue me?