US Military Spouses

[Beth/ Paris Heart 2]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Im glad that USCIS has a heart for our Military boys. Best of luck!!

Paris Heart

[B&J.S 0]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

[B&J.S 0]

LOL ok, the only reason i like it is i get so much information from them, but im not friends with the other wives, they havent met me.. as long as they know i exist then thats ok with me!

i hope you will get in touch with your FRG so you can subscribe to the newsletter.

I believe I will ... he already agreed that ... but with the same time he still nags, I could tell you everything from the base myself ... yea yea, that's also required too !!!

Take Care

ling

Hi Ling, yes, some of the guys aren't really into the whole FRG thing, but I guess they forget that we (their spouses) need the contact, plus they can help you with lots of things before you get there ..... e.g. finding accomodation .... what the area is like in preparation for your arrival ..... stuff to do when you're there .... they'll even let you know where the nearest grocery store is .... or schools etc.

I'm going to contact mine this week .... they're easy to find, just pull up the base via google which you'll be at, and look for the link for the FRG.

I'm sure it will come as no surprise that I intend to be quite active within my group when I arrive .... I will be especially happy to help with aspects of immigration I guess by then I'll be an expert, and so will everyone on here.

x

Yea, asolutely I believe it for most guys, but for my husband, well, mmm, he's always the slower one ... sometimes that drives me crazy and pisses me off ... and when he knows he gets me pissed off for things like that, he just feels never happier than that ... I strongly recommend the host here to add in an icon that for me to beat on his butt ...

ling

[Army_Wife 2]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

You guys need to call the Military Immigration Helpline .... they seem to be really helpful and your call takes you through to the hub of USCIS. They sort expedites over the phone ..... they did one for me the other week .... OK VSC turned me down, but it wasn't for deployment.

Ling, get your Hubby to call them, the number is in my signature, they'll at least be able to pull up your file and give you an idea of what's happening. They do it while you're on the phone.

Ha ha, wanting to bang your SO's on the head and butt is funny

I just want to bang USCIS on the head ..... I can't believe they won't give the military guys an expedite after they've come back from Iraq and seen all that horrid stuff .... c'est la vie

[ruby_jade 0]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

LOL in short he is stupid! he just lost his passport before he was deployed and only told me recently,, now he is gonna get a new one in baghdad on the first week of may... its so frustrating because he is so stubborn and wont listen to me sometimes...

maybe if i can do this then he will get back into his senses!!!

btw ling do u have myspace??

Edited April 21, 2008 by ruby_jade

[Jamericanlove 31]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

LOL in short he is stupid! he just lost his passport before he was deployed and only told me recently,, now he is gonna get a new one in baghdad on the first week of may... its so frustrating because he is so stubborn and wont listen to me sometimes...

maybe if i can do this then he will get back into his senses!!!

btw ling do u have myspace??

My hubby needs to get his passport as well and he is in Iraq now. I am going to tell him to ask his commander how he would go about doing it. I think he will have to go to baghdad as well to the US embassy

[ruby_jade 0]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

LOL in short he is stupid! he just lost his passport before he was deployed and only told me recently,, now he is gonna get a new one in baghdad on the first week of may... its so frustrating because he is so stubborn and wont listen to me sometimes...

maybe if i can do this then he will get back into his senses!!!

btw ling do u have myspace??

My hubby needs to get his passport as well and he is in Iraq now. I am going to tell him to ask his commander how he would go about doing it. I think he will have to go to baghdad as well to the US embassy

ya the US EMBASSY IN IRAQ is in BAHGDAD! i hope your SO can get one too.

[B&J.S 0]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

You guys need to call the Military Immigration Helpline .... they seem to be really helpful and your call takes you through to the hub of USCIS. They sort expedites over the phone ..... they did one for me the other week .... OK VSC turned me down, but it wasn't for deployment.

Ling, get your Hubby to call them, the number is in my signature, they'll at least be able to pull up your file and give you an idea of what's happening. They do it while you're on the phone.

Ha ha, wanting to bang your SO's on the head and butt is funny

I just want to bang USCIS on the head ..... I can't believe they won't give the military guys an expedite after they've come back from Iraq and seen all that horrid stuff .... c'est la vie

OK, thanks Sarah, I will ask him to call the military helpline and see if there's any luck for my case. and as my SO said, if they still not gave me my visa, when he comes to me on his R&R, he's going to go to the US Embassy in my area and raise the hell up ... I thought my VJ would be lonely before I found this forum, but now I don't feel it anymore, and I love here.

Everyone here have a wonderful VJ and all of us will be with our love ones after all these.

ling

[B&J.S 0]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

LOL in short he is stupid! he just lost his passport before he was deployed and only told me recently,, now he is gonna get a new one in baghdad on the first week of may... its so frustrating because he is so stubborn and wont listen to me sometimes...

maybe if i can do this then he will get back into his senses!!!

btw ling do u have myspace??

Same here with my idiot, he's stubborn too, always thinks he's right and could handle everything, but most of the times he screwed up things...

Yes, I have myspace, but I am just too lazy to get on there often I am going to add this link in my signature, feel free to add me anytime.

ling

[ruby_jade 0]

GRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told my SO about this 9 days visa...then he said that this guy he works with took only a week to get a visa for his wife,

then he said that he cant ask him how they do it now because he is on a different base !!!

.. i wish i can smack him like this

Hahhaha, sorry, Ruby, I don't mean to laugh, but your SO sounds just damn similiar with mine ... I wish I could do that to him sometiems too ... cause they sometimes just not quick witted enough- a polite way to say idiot ... my DH is applying for the expedite for me too, but now it took 2 weeks and I still see nothing yet ... Mmmm, was looking for an icon that beating on butt, I would love to beat on his butt instead of his head, that might make him more slower if I beat on his head ... lol...

ling

LOL in short he is stupid! he just lost his passport before he was deployed and only told me recently,, now he is gonna get a new one in baghdad on the first week of may... its so frustrating because he is so stubborn and wont listen to me sometimes...

maybe if i can do this then he will get back into his senses!!!

btw ling do u have myspace??

Same here with my idiot, he's stubborn too, always thinks he's right and could handle everything, but most of the times he screwed up things...

Yes, I have myspace, but I am just too lazy to get on there often I am going to add this link in my signature, feel free to add me anytime.

ling

ok ive added u in MYSPACE.. u can go check it out..

yeah i know what its like,, mine is kinda immature but i love him ...

you take care

ruby**

[MarineBabe 0]

Hi Sarah, Jamericanlove, Ling, Ruby_Jade, and Paris Heart,

How is everyone doing? Now it’s time for me to share my little VJ.

Let me start with how I got into this insane situation. I was a graduate student in the US when we got married before his second deployment in 2005. Because of some personal reason, we didn’t file the petition. We could have done this without any pain two years ago.

But anyway, because of some family emergency, I flew back home in January. None on us realized that I would have a hard time to get a non-immigrant visa until someone told me last month. We were so devastated when we found out how serious the situation was. I probably would not be able to come back to the US until 2009. But I had to come back to the US ASAP. Fortunately, I found this forum and found out something called DCF!

We understood that my husband had to be a resident to file I-130 in Taiwan. But since this is the fastest way, we still decided to try it. In the first two days, we had no way to contact the right person. He called American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)… they hung up on him. He called the base legal … they said we had to wait. He called military help line…they said they couldn’t expedite our petition because we had not filed I-130 yet…As you could see, none of them was helpful. At that point, my smart hubby decided to write AIT an email asking for help. Meanwhile, he found the number of Taiwan desk of State Department. The gentleman gave my husband the direct number to the immigrant unit at AIT.

He called and explained the situation to the lady answering the phone at AIT. She told us she knew of our case via the email my hubby sent and she would let her boss know. On that same day, the unit chief called and said he would do his best to help us file in Taiwan. But because my husband could not leave the US to file I-130 in Taiwan, the chief had to make sure if this was within the boundary of law. On April 7th, the chief let us know that my husband could fax his I-130 first and then send the original one and the rest of the supporting documents to him, and I could hand in my part in person. So my hubby filed I-130 on the 9th. And I handed in my part on the 14th.

In Taiwan, there are only four hospitals that can conduct medical exams for immigrants. So it is not easy to make an appointment. But when I was there on the 14th, he had his people make an appointment for me and ask the hospital to have my result ready on Thursday (17th). I did the medical exam on the 14th and picked up my result on the 17th. I had an interview Friday (18th) and received my IR-1 3 hours later. I flew out on the 20th. This is what my hubby and I did not expect. When I was there for the interview, one officer there told me that they had never spent so much time on any applicant. But thanks to the chief, I made it here. He was so willing to help. Because of the time difference between Taipei and Washington (12 hours), he had to call Washington and wait for their response in his office late at night. We greatly appreciate his help. He made this happen.

I don’t know if my experience provides any helpful information. To those whose husbands are getting deployed, maybe you can try the DCF route if you have valid reasons. If the consular is willing to help, things can be done way faster. Good luck to all of you.

[Army_Wife 2]

Oh my goodness MarineBabe, thankyou for this .... I know it will definately help someone on here at some point. There is no way any of us would think this sort of thing would have been possible, but you have proven that it is.

I'm sure everyone on this thread would agree with me when I say thankyou for your in depth account as to how your process was conducted.

Now, you go and enjoy the time with your Husband, and please let us know how you're doing when you get the chance.

It just goes to show, that where there's a will there's a way. We Military Spouses live an 'out of the box' lifestyle .... therefore it's great to see when one of us literally thinks 'out of the box' we get stuff done.

I'm going to add you to my friends list MarineBabe so that we can keep in touch .... that way if we ever need to find information out concerning the immigration process of a particular country in the future for our FRG's, we know who to contact.

You and your family are in my thoughts for a safe deployment, and a happy reunion in 2009.

[BexandAlan 0]

Wow thats a really inspiring story. I don't know if it makes me happier or just utterly crazy with rage that I know they are able to turn something like this around so fast. Congratulations.

Oh Sarah Jayne I love your signature. I needed that little giggle today thank you!

Hope everyone is well.

I WANT MY APPROVAL and I WANT IT NOW !

[ruby_jade 0]

thanks marine babe for sharing!

i dunno if i can do that here in the philippines.. we havent filed yet..

but your lucky i guess!!

[Thewhites 0]

Hi ladies!

I'm going through the k-1 visa process right now with my Fiance. We filed in early Feb, but we recently found out that he will be deployed. We have ask JAG and the mil. hotline about the expedite but weren't given any help in doing so. They said that all we could do was wait. Does anyone know anything about the expedite?

WE are also thinking of just voiding the k-1 ( breaks my heart.. all that work and waiting!) and just getting married in Canada a few months before he is shipped off. While he's gone, I am going to Korea to teach English and thorugh that that would be the perfect time to apply for the k-3 in Korea, while my hubbie was away.. so hopefully when he comes back, I will be alloed in the states and we can start a 'normal/ life.

Any ideas about how to make the expedite work, or if there's some huge red flag on my second option of the 130/k-3 thang?

Thanks!!