Calling cards vs.phone bills

[panamania79 2]

What if you choose from the large variety of calling cards to call your fiance/spouse ? Does the USCIS take this as proof or do they require a phone bill ?

[SupportOAFJF 0]

In my opinion it is so not worth all that money...u find prrove ur relationship in so many other ways..letters,cards, email phone bills are rediculous unless u get a good rate

[*JG* 2]

I used phone bills.

[SupportOAFJF 0]

I used phone bills.

did u have a long distance service or did u use ur phone carrier ?

[*JG* 2]

I used phone bills.

did u have a long distance service or did u use ur phone carrier ?

That is a actually a very good question because I forgot to mention that.

We used LD through 3U telecom....tied to my home & cell phones; but you dial an 800 number and when prompted, dial in the JA number. So, my phone bills actually showed hundreds of calls to the same 800 number, never a JA number. I guess it happens a lot cause it was not questioned.

[panamania79 2]

In my opinion it is so not worth all that money...u find prrove ur relationship in so many other ways..letters,cards, email phone bills are rediculous unless u get a good rate

I agree.I'll just keep using my "presidente" card.

[IrieCat 2]

I have been in Maine now since Sept 1st and my phone bills are a huge stress... sooo much money to call St Lucia. I think 52 cents a minute. I have well over $1000 in phone bills (almost paid them all) and finally called the phone company and blocked all overseas calls, otherwise I could not dicipline myself. So now I use www.enjoyprepaid.com and get about 17 cents a minute - much better! I can also top up Louis' digicel online. This way all the phone bills are paid BEFORE we make calls. Unfortunetly the 800 #s do not show on my phone bill!

I also finally convinced Louis to try e-mail. Since his own home has no running water etc internet is not an option at home but I convinced him to go to a mutual friend's house to use her computer. (he is not real fond of her) He can also sneak at work and check once in a while. But lawd! Trying to teach him over the phone to use e-mail - what a PIA!! LOL I told him he had to figure it out becuase without my huge phone bills we had to have some "proof"... We also have written each other a couple snail mails but there is another headache - the Lucian mail system!

Cat

[panamania79 2]

I used phone bills.

did u have a long distance service or did u use ur phone carrier ?

That is a actually a very good question because I forgot to mention that.

We used LD through 3U telecom....tied to my home & cell phones; but you dial an 800 number and when prompted, dial in the JA number. So, my phone bills actually showed hundreds of calls to the same 800 number, never a JA number. I guess it happens a lot cause it was not questioned.

Was that expensive ?

[panamania79 2]

I have been in Maine now since Sept 1st and my phone bills are a huge stress... sooo much money to call St Lucia. I think 52 cents a minute. I have well over $1000 in phone bills (almost paid them all) and finally called the phone company and blocked all overseas calls, otherwise I could not dicipline myself. So now I use www.enjoyprepaid.com and get about 17 cents a minute - much better! I can also top up Louis' digicel online. This way all the phone bills are paid BEFORE we make calls. Unfortunetly the 800 #s do not show on my phone bill!

I also finally convinced Louis to try e-mail. Since his own home has no running water etc internet is not an option at home but I convinced him to go to a mutual friend's house to use her computer. (he is not real fond of her) He can also sneak at work and check once in a while. But lawd! Trying to teach him over the phone to use e-mail - what a PIA!! LOL I told him he had to figure it out becuase without my huge phone bills we had to have some "proof"... We also have written each other a couple snail mails but there is another headache - the Lucian mail system!

Cat

Do they have internet cafe's in St.Lucia ? After my fiance changed jobs,he e-mails me from one of them.They are all over Panama City.+

[IrieCat 2]

I have been in Maine now since Sept 1st and my phone bills are a huge stress... sooo much money to call St Lucia. I think 52 cents a minute. I have well over $1000 in phone bills (almost paid them all) and finally called the phone company and blocked all overseas calls, otherwise I could not dicipline myself. So now I use www.enjoyprepaid.com and get about 17 cents a minute - much better! I can also top up Louis' digicel online. This way all the phone bills are paid BEFORE we make calls. Unfortunetly the 800 #s do not show on my phone bill!

I also finally convinced Louis to try e-mail. Since his own home has no running water etc internet is not an option at home but I convinced him to go to a mutual friend's house to use her computer. (he is not real fond of her) He can also sneak at work and check once in a while. But lawd! Trying to teach him over the phone to use e-mail - what a PIA!! LOL I told him he had to figure it out becuase without my huge phone bills we had to have some "proof"... We also have written each other a couple snail mails but there is another headache - the Lucian mail system!

Cat

Do they have internet cafe's in St.Lucia ? After my fiance changed jobs,he e-mails me from one of them.They are all over Panama City.+

They do have some but he needs a "how to use a computer" crash course. He has never used a computer before and teaching e-mail over the phone is not easy!

:-)

[Jesse and Hema 2]

I get my cards through comfi.com, and I printed out a statement of all the calling cards I bought with the I-129f. Doesn't prove that I actually called HER, but it showed that I called someone a lot, and it wasn't cheap. I doubt it really helped much, but figured I'd give my two cents.

Good luck!

[panamania79 2]

I have been in Maine now since Sept 1st and my phone bills are a huge stress... sooo much money to call St Lucia. I think 52 cents a minute. I have well over $1000 in phone bills (almost paid them all) and finally called the phone company and blocked all overseas calls, otherwise I could not dicipline myself. So now I use www.enjoyprepaid.com and get about 17 cents a minute - much better! I can also top up Louis' digicel online. This way all the phone bills are paid BEFORE we make calls. Unfortunetly the 800 #s do not show on my phone bill!

I also finally convinced Louis to try e-mail. Since his own home has no running water etc internet is not an option at home but I convinced him to go to a mutual friend's house to use her computer. (he is not real fond of her) He can also sneak at work and check once in a while. But lawd! Trying to teach him over the phone to use e-mail - what a PIA!! LOL I told him he had to figure it out becuase without my huge phone bills we had to have some "proof"... We also have written each other a couple snail mails but there is another headache - the Lucian mail system!

Cat

Do they have internet cafe's in St.Lucia ? After my fiance changed jobs,he e-mails me from one of them.They are all over Panama City.+

They do have some but he needs a "how to use a computer" crash course. He has never used a computer before and teaching e-mail over the phone is not easy!

:-)

I know.I am the one who's computer illiterate.My Manuel can take them apart put,them back together,make them talk,etc.

[panamania79 2]

I get my cards through comfi.com, and I printed out a statement of all the calling cards I bought with the I-129f. Doesn't prove that I actually called HER, but it showed that I called someone a lot, and it wasn't cheap. I doubt it really helped much, but figured I'd give my two cents.

Good luck!

I know.I buy my calling cards at the "bodegas" in my neighborhood.I have like 3 shoeboxes full of them.That's okay,everybody's 2 cents helps.

[*JG* 2]

I have been in Maine now since Sept 1st and my phone bills are a huge stress... sooo much money to call St Lucia. I think 52 cents a minute. I have well over $1000 in phone bills (almost paid them all) and finally called the phone company and blocked all overseas calls, otherwise I could not dicipline myself. So now I use www.enjoyprepaid.com and get about 17 cents a minute - much better! I can also top up Louis' digicel online. This way all the phone bills are paid BEFORE we make calls. Unfortunetly the 800 #s do not show on my phone bill!

I also finally convinced Louis to try e-mail. Since his own home has no running water etc internet is not an option at home but I convinced him to go to a mutual friend's house to use her computer. (he is not real fond of her) He can also sneak at work and check once in a while. But lawd! Trying to teach him over the phone to use e-mail - what a PIA!! LOL I told him he had to figure it out becuase without my huge phone bills we had to have some "proof"... We also have written each other a couple snail mails but there is another headache - the Lucian mail system!

Cat

You are preaching to the choir, girl.

At least he has some sort of internet access. Andre had none. The phone was all we had.

$1,000 in phone bills since September? A drop in the bucket. It could always be worse.

You seem very wise on the blocking thing. I really respect that.

[Jesse and Hema 2]

I have been in Maine now since Sept 1st and my phone bills are a huge stress... sooo much money to call St Lucia. I think 52 cents a minute. I have well over $1000 in phone bills (almost paid them all) and finally called the phone company and blocked all overseas calls, otherwise I could not dicipline myself. So now I use www.enjoyprepaid.com and get about 17 cents a minute - much better! I can also top up Louis' digicel online. This way all the phone bills are paid BEFORE we make calls. Unfortunetly the 800 #s do not show on my phone bill!

I also finally convinced Louis to try e-mail. Since his own home has no running water etc internet is not an option at home but I convinced him to go to a mutual friend's house to use her computer. (he is not real fond of her) He can also sneak at work and check once in a while. But lawd! Trying to teach him over the phone to use e-mail - what a PIA!! LOL I told him he had to figure it out becuase without my huge phone bills we had to have some "proof"... We also have written each other a couple snail mails but there is another headache - the Lucian mail system!

Cat

IrieCat, do you know how much Digicel charges for calls to America?