u/NoHopeLeft101

Hello Everyone,
Hope you all are well and happy 4th of July!

I was travelling from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Hartford,CT with a 3 hr layover in Greenville, SC. My flight got delayed which made me miss my connection. They had two options either I wait till Monday or go to Portland, ME. Well after a bit of contemplation, I ended up here lol. I booked a hotel for a night and my friend will drive all the way from Hartford to Portland.

My question: what are the must do activities/ sight seeing we can do? We have only a day + today is 4th of July. Where can we see the fireworks? I have never been to Portland (and sorry for my ignorance- I didn’t even know we had a Portland in Maine lol - I only know about the Oregon).

So yes, please excuse my ignorant brain and suggest me some MUST do things here + a nice place to watch fireworks.

So far, it’s a pretty city. Can hear the seagulls from my hotel room. Reminds me a bit of the UK.

Appreciate any help and thank you! Happy 4th of July again!!

Hello Everyone,
I have Chase Sapphire Preferred card and I booked my flight through it. Unfortunately, my flight got delayed and I am stuck at the airport. I know Chase Sapphire users can get reimbursement. What would be the process for that? I am still at the airport and my rescheduled flight will fly early morning on 4th of July (I know it sucks because this whole trip was to celebrate 4th of July with my family).

I would appreciate any help!

Thank you.

Hello Everyone!
I would really appreciate if yall can judge my accent and try to guess where I was from and where do I live currently? I always wanted to do this but never got the opportunity so here I am on Reddit asking strangers to judge my accent! 😅

I have been confused few times based on my accent so I really want your guys thoughts.

Thank you!!

Link: https://voca.ro/1o2dckKVAySi or judge

Hey Guys,
I submitted my first ever manuscript related to MRI and Spine Analysis to JOR Spine (it’s my first so a bit excited, nervous and impatient).

It’s been almost 2 months since the status on online portal turned “Under Review”. How long will it take to get reviewer comments? Should I send a follow up email? I didn’t know it would take so much time for reviewers to review my manuscript and make a decision.

Does anyone got any idea about JOR Spine? I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you! :)

Hello Everyone,
This group has always been my source of hope even during my darkest and lowest. But I have now reached a point where I don’t see anything positive for us anymore. This government is extremely anti-immigrants and they have no intention of lifting pause anytime soon or caring about immigrants. I have now completely given up all hope.

Every day I am looking for any update, any positive news but in-fact I am seeing even worse things being done against immigrants. No idea when the judge will rule on CLINIC case, no idea if the Public Charge rule that got concluded will help us out, the government will try to appeal or find some way to destroy our lives. Every day I cry, every night before I sleep - I pray for any positive news in the morning. This pause has affected my life badly and I am at a point where it’s getting extremely difficult to work and stay focused at my job and this whole situation is playing with my mental health badly.

With all this in mind, I am requesting everyone help me weigh the pros and cons of joining the lawsuit. I can join the red eagle law suit since it’s not too expensive but I can’t afford individual lawsuit since they can cost a lot of money.

Should I join the lawsuit? Can it be a negative thing for visa decision? My parents are already done with the interview and are in 221g AP due to pause - the visa officer did verbally approved them but said due to pause can’t issue visa.

Please help me out! I am alone in the US and I want my parents with me at any cost. We did every single thing legally and this is just beyond ridiculous by the government.

This group has always been a source of hope for me and I thank everyone and I wish everyone the best and i understand how difficult it is to be separated from their loved ones.

TLDR: Should I join the lawsuit? What are the pros and cons? Can it be a negative thing for visa outcome? Interview already done and given 221g AP. Insights from the moderators/ people with first hand legal knowledge/experience would be specifically appreciated. Can’t file/afford individual lawsuit but I can afford red eagle one.

Hello Everyone,
I am in desperate need of any help or words. I lost my brother who was only 27 years old in October 2025. He died suddenly due to cardiac arrest. There’s not a single where I don’t remember and miss him. Because of his loss, I fell in severe depression and now I am on antidepressants. But it’s very hard for me to move on or do daily things because I miss my brother terrible. Anything I achieve, I don’t feel like celebrating because I can’t get to celebrate it with my brother.

But what hurts me the most is that my mom is in severe depression and it hurts to see her in this condition. Today she called me and started crying and told me she died when my brother died. Everyday I am extremely scared if something will happen to her because I see cases that after passing of child, some parents can’t bear the pain of loss and they pass away too in like 1-2 years so I am extremely worried. I am also away from my home country Becz I am working and I already took holidays and I can’t go back to them and she is alone in my home country.

I don’t know what to do. I am so lost. I feel so hopeless. I feel so empty. I feel lonely. I feel like I am a living corpse. I feel like the rest of my and my family’s life will never get back to normal (and I don’t want to get normal but our lives aren’t normal anymore after my loss of brother). I don’t look at the pictures anymore and if I happen to see my brother’s picture then it hurts me badly. I get this sharp pain in my chest and stomach which is too hard to describe.

I hope someone can tell me that my parents will be fine. My dad is strong but my mom is extremely devastated. Please help! 🤲🏼

Yesterday, I was walking home after my work and I had a panic attack because I kept thinking the worst possible scenarios of the pause that is in place for immigrant visas. I had to sit on the side of pavement, and was unable to walk for a while.

When the pause was new, I was very optimistic and very hopeful that it won’t be for like (like come on 75 countries? Families? No way it will extend more than 3 months) but here we are. It will be almost 4 months on 21st May (in 3 days).

I have lost all hope, I don’t know why the judge is taking so much time on making a decision (like come on this cause is surely important than everything else). I feel scared all the time with “ what ifs” and i worry for my elder parents in my home country who are old and alone. I have no siblings in my home country so I can’t wait for them to be here. Everything just feels so unfair especially when the pause is totally unjust and there are countries with worse statistics not part of the pause. This is all diplomatic and politically motivated.

I used to give people hope that the pause will be lifted soon but now I have no words for anyone and I am completely hopeless. It has taken a serious toll on my mental health. I am just so sick and tired of this!

I am sorry for ranting and demotivating but I wanted to share my feelings here and maybe someone will give me some positive words. There is no one in my real life who is going through this so I keep coming back to this group for motivation because I see so many families separated (kids, spouses, parents, siblings).

Yesterday, I was walking home after my work and I had a panic attack because I kept thinking the worst possible scenarios of the pause that is in place for immigrant visas. I had to sit on the side of pavement, and was unable to walk for a while.

When the pause was new, I was very optimistic and very hopeful that it won’t be for like (like come on 75 countries? Families? No way it will extend more than 3 months) but here we are. It will be almost 4 months on 21st May (in 3 days).

I have lost all hope, I don’t know why the judge is taking so much time on making a decision (like come on this cause is surely important than everything else). I feel scared all the time with “ what ifs” and i worry for my elder parents in my home country who are old and alone. I have no siblings in my home country so I can’t wait for them to be here. Everything just feels so unfair especially when the pause is totally unjust and there are countries with worse statistics not part of the pause. This is all diplomatic and politically motivated.

I used to give people hope that the pause will be lifted soon but now I have no words for anyone and I am completely hopeless. It has taken a serious toll on my mental health. I am just so sick and tired of this!

I am sorry for ranting and demotivating but I wanted to share my feelings here and maybe someone will give me some positive words. There is no one in my real life who is going through this so I keep coming back to this group for motivation because I see so many families separated (kids, spouses, parents, siblings).