My Interview Kingston, Jamaica June 24th, 2008

[Forever Young 1]

Whew!! Well after readng this ere i dont know if I am more scared than ever! That was a roller coaster ride. had to stop reading 3 times just to catch my breath. Thanks for this experience it really does help.

Were there really over 200 interviews that day? That is crazy. Mi tell yuh seh its wan exodus outta Jamaica. Now I am more nervous about the mister going the interview alone. He is very soft spoken and may get all tongue tied if someboday start yelling at him like this lady. I just dont know if I can afford to fly down there again plus for our anniversary

No, no, no no, NO! Stop those thoughts right now. You are going to do exactly what I tell you to do right now.......what I told Gill and what I told Tre. You are going to pep talk that man of yours before the interview. You are going to quiz him over and over until he knows everything backwards and forwards. You are going to prep him with so much proofs, he is going to overwhelm them. You are going to build his confidence, even if you are pretending. In turn, this is going to build yours. Evan is going to walk in there like he owns the place. He will be fine.

Most importantly, in 9 days or whatever your timeline says, the two of you are going to reconnect and reassure each other.

STOP stressing about things before they even give you reason to stress over them. You can do this, Marlita. You have come so far. The wait has been hard; but it is not going to kill you. Just hang in there. We will talk you through it. We will pray for you. Please do not stress until you absolutely have to.

It's almost over.

And last; but not least, the approval rate on the Yardie thread has been very, very good as of late. We do know what we are doing and we seem to be getting better and better with time. You will benefit from that knowledge and experience. Trust us. Trust Evan. And most importantly, trust yourself!

DEAD ON!!! DYAM RIGHT JG...LITA, I HAVE KNOW YOU CAN PUSH HUBBY THROUGH THIS!!

HE WILL BE FINE!! JUST MEK SURE YOU QUIZ HIM CONTINUOUSLY!!! HEAD-UP & GAME FACE ON!!! YOU HAVE BOTH WAITED TOO DYAM LANG FUH AVE DIS JACKASS OOMAN SPOIL DEH RUNNINGS!!!

Bless,

Gill

[foreverido 2]

Hey Trelawny, You and my wife are so similar..lol. She would have done the same thing at the embassy. I remember going to Scotia Bank one time this year and the people working in the bank were giving us the run around...she FLIPPED THE HELL OUT on them. We immediately got "first world" customer service. It was funny to see them running about after she talked. we didnt even have all the paperwork that was needed and the allowed us to conduct the transaction anyway. :rofl:

[culture1 0]

Blessed Love.Conquers Again. Trelawny...Thanks so much for sharing this experience. I will begin tonight drilling the questions, building the confidence...can see that your advices i hear make a difference. Congratulations.

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

Hey Trelawny, You and my wife are so similar..lol. She would have done the same thing at the embassy. I remember going to Scotia Bank one time this year and the people working in the bank were giving us the run around...she FLIPPED THE HELL OUT on them. We immediately got "first world" customer service. It was funny to see them running about after she talked. we didnt even have all the paperwork that was needed and the allowed us to conduct the transaction anyway. :rofl:

Foreverido;

Some people PM me and told me that I was kind of rude and wasn't I afraid of being DENIED. My answer to them was NO to both questions. I was not being rude, the officer asking the question was extremely RUDE. I'm usually a quiet person, but sometimes...u know you have to show out a little (just a little). I still maintained my good manners. My grandmother taught me something from a very early age...always GREET people. It makes a world of difference. I told her GOOD AFTERNOON several times and she was just plain RUDE. To tell you the truth and knowing my CRAZY 'self (I would have kept on saying GOOD AFTERNOON until she replied with a big SMILE on my face). That's why I said, shall we start this again. I think what put her in her place was that I NEVER took my eyes off of her. Even when she looked away...my eyes were right there to meet her eyes when she looked up.

[kishmar 0]

Hey Trelawny, You and my wife are so similar..lol. She would have done the same thing at the embassy. I remember going to Scotia Bank one time this year and the people working in the bank were giving us the run around...she FLIPPED THE HELL OUT on them. We immediately got "first world" customer service. It was funny to see them running about after she talked. we didnt even have all the paperwork that was needed and the allowed us to conduct the transaction anyway. :rofl:

Foreverido;

Some people PM me and told me that I was kind of rude and wasn't I afraid of being DENIED. My answer to them was NO to both questions. I was not being rude, the officer asking the question was extremely RUDE. I'm usually a quiet person, but sometimes...u know you have to show out a little (just a little). I still maintained my good manners. My grandmother taught me something from a very early age...always GREET people. It makes a world of difference. I told her GOOD AFTERNOON several times and she was just plain RUDE. To tell you the truth and knowing my CRAZY 'self (I would have kept on saying GOOD AFTERNOON until she replied with a big SMILE on my face). That's why I said, shall we start this again. I think what put her in her place was that I NEVER took my eyes off of her. Even when she looked away...my eyes were right there to meet her eyes when she looked up.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!

[Tash 0]

What an experience. You're good though, lol. Congrats on getting the Visa. I guess they know who to walk over, and it definitely wasn't you.