i-601: General Moral Support, i-601 app

[elvia 0]

Hey Steph, Charity, eLVIA,BENITA, AND mISS LISS

hAD SURGERY YESTEDAY AND IM FINE . iN ALOT OF PAIN . SORRY COULD NTO GET AN MUCH TODAY. TALK LATTER . HOP[E ALL IS WELL.

Oh Ashley... I am glad that you are doing fine and in pain as expected. Please take care of yourself. Act like hubby is your butler and ring him for service

Benita... I forgot to tell you that Emily is way too cute. but of course you know that

Stephanie... I did not see the last 15 minutes of GA.... por piedad fill me in

Charity... I am glad you are doing better and am looking forward to getting all of your stuff and having a plan.

[chagalafamilia 0]

Ashley: Make sure that you get enough rest. That makes the healing go faster.

Charity: No I heard her coughing, it was from sinus drainage, so I gave her some benadryl to dry it up and this morning she was fine. Alex would sleep no matter what. He would just some toys out for her or put on Barney to keep her entertained. Funny though I get home and then I have to run out to fix a problem at his brothers work. Then end up bringing his lazy butt home and he and Alex take it easy all afternoon and evening while I (the pregnant one) run around, just does not seem fair. But I find it really hard to drop everything and just sit around. I tried to go to bed early and that did not work either.

Elvia: Si, Emily es mas bonita del mundo.

Edited April 6, 2006 by chagalafamilia

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Benita: Well I am glad Emily was okay. Sorry you had to run around all evening. I thought maybe since you left work early you would get to go home and relax. I have found out relaxing doesn't really happen very much at my house. Javier always has something to do and something for me to do. We seem to run all the time. I was planning on having a nice relaxing weekend but Javier's truck is messing up again so now we have to take it to get fixed on Saturday. It's always something with us.

Ashley: I hope your knee is doing okay. Glad your surgery went well. How long do they think you will be off your feet?

Elvia: Yeah, we definitely need a plan. As you can see above, everything seems to be blowing up on us right now. We are still planning on doing the separate account thing for his truck payment. I don't know what we are going to do about that stupid credit card. Agh! It's so aggravating.

Everyone else: Have a great Thursday!

[elvia 0]

hola girls....

I e-mailed CDJ and this is what I got back......During this month we will be scheduling appointments for the cases that were received in April 2005. Your file was received in September 2005 and from that date it could take from nine to eleven months for an appointment to be available. We know that it is a long time but unfortunately there si nothing we can do but to wait. We are doing our best to get all the applications processed as soon as we can.

IV Section.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Elvia: I can't believe it is taking them that long. Maybe it won't turn out to be that long. Hopefully they will have decided something about the immigration stuff by then though. It may turn out to benefit you that it is taking so long.

[elvia 0]

Elvia: I can't believe it is taking them that long. Maybe it won't turn out to be that long. Hopefully they will have decided something about the immigration stuff by then though. It may turn out to benefit you that it is taking so long.

well Raul and I were discussing that same thing. I think we have decided to go the out of country route even if it does pass.

[chagalafamilia 0]

Elvia: Remind me as my brain quit functioning with this pregnancy...When he goes for the interview for the I-130 do you guys have to file the I-601 waiver as well??? And when she said "from that date it could take from nine to eleven months " is she talking about from September 2006, if that is the case then July will be the appointment month, RIGHT????

Charity: Is this what you are talking about?? How can you prove how long you have been here? Couldn't you just say you have been here for 5 or more years??

US Senate reaches breakthrough on immigration reform

Washington - US senators said Thursday they had reached an agreement paving the way for a sweeping reform of the nation's immigration laws, including how to handle some 11-12 million illegal residents.

The deal is an attempt to bridge divisions between senators - Republicans as well as opposition Democrats - who proposed letting all illegal immigrants earn US citizenship eventually and hardliners who reject anything that smacks of an amnesty.

Senator John McCain, a key figure in the debate over immigration reform, said US President George W. Bush was expected to endorse the compromise later Thursday.

The deal would put illegal immigrants in three groups. Those who have been in the US for more than five years would be allowed to stay and have to fulfil the requirements from the bipartisan proposal.

Those who have been in the country for less than five but more than two years would have to leave, but would be allowed to re-enter as temporary workers with a chance to become US citizens in the future.

Illegal immigrants who have been in the country for less than two years would be required to leave, but could get in line with all other people hoping to work in the US.

If the bill passes, Senate negotiators will meet with leaders of the House of Representatives, which approved a much tougher version of immigration reform in December, to iron out differences.

Before Thursday's compromise, the liberal bipartisan plan would have allowed all illegal immigrants to earn citizenship eventually after a waiting period, the payment of a fine and back taxes, and a criminal background check.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Benita: I am not sure what you are referring to. I have been here and there and everywhere so I think I may have missed something somewhere. Or maybe I am just an idiot. Please clue me in.

[chagalafamilia 0]

Charity: NOT YOU. I am using "you" as in the illegal aliens. Couldn't "they" just say "they" lived here for more than 5 years???

Edited April 6, 2006 by chagalafamilia

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Oh okay. Sorry, my brain just isn't working good today. I don't know what my problem is.

[elvia 0]

Elvia: Remind me as my brain quit functioning with this pregnancy...When he goes for the interview for the I-130 do you guys have to file the I-601 waiver as well??? And when she said "from that date it could take from nine to eleven months " is she talking about from September 2006, if that is the case then July will be the appointment month, RIGHT???

yeah we will have to file the 601 when we go for our appt. I was expecting an appt in June but by the looks of it I will have to leave in July or August. I am just ready to get this done and over with. I want to move on CDJ!!!!! GIVE ME AN APPT

[mnmex 0]

I bet you will need some kind of tangible proof of the five year residency requirement. Who knows what that may be but I just can’t see politicians agreeing to take somebody’s word on how long they have been here even though they expect us to take their word all the time……………………..

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Where has everyone been? No one came around on Friday and now no one is here today. Is everyone that busy?

[mnmex 0]

It has been kinda crazy for me these past few days! But spring is here so I am much happier. Yesterday we went to the rally in St. Paul, MN. The newspaper estimates 30,000 people. Isn’t that awesome! It was very exciting to see all the energy. Let’s hope the politicians notice it too.

Hope everyone has a good week.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Yeah, let's hope. It sounded like things were going good there for a while but now it seems they hit a wall right before their 2 week break. I am not sure if they got anywhere or not.