Anonther Moscow Approval

[shikarnov 7]

I dont know the answer to that question due to the vageries of the way the law is written. Check out this website which has a PDF of the IMBRA Law. Check out Part 2 sections 2-5. It is all about American men and foreign women. Then the rest of the document is vague about the sex of the person seeking a foriegn spouse. But, it seems pretty man-centric to me. Plus, it IS part of the Violence against WOMEN act, and of course there is no Violence against MEN act.

For what its worth, here's the act in HTML format from the Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc109/h3657_ih.xml

Z

[slim 1,533]

Miss a day, miss a lot....

OK, so if there's not enough women in Congress and only 16/100 Senators.... then who voted for so few of them? Are we to believe that only men vote? Last I checked, women have had suffrage for a long time. (That was probably even the first "feminist" issue.) If there are too few women in office, shouldn't we blame the people voting, or more appropriately, not voting for them?

This was a similar issue when black men were trying to get into politics. Even when they first ran they weren't getting elected. Why? Not enough voters were voting for them. (Not getting into the race issue, simply illustrating one side of voting/representation.) Once people started voting for them, they got elected. The same will eventually happen with women. I really don't see women's votes getting disqualified simply because they're women though.

And as far as women only getting 75% of what men get and having to put up with all the comments and this and that.... business is business. If you're not getting paid what you're worth, that's your problem. Do what you have to do to get the job you want and keep it, even excel at it. As for women having to worry about how they look.... nobody did that to women except other women. The only requirements men have ever had about your looks is that you look like you don't have a #######. (No mustache is also nice, but often not even required.)

[native 0]

"Too much documents Keerk!! Too much!!" LOL

Knock on wood, Ira was a trooper with the documents. Of course, I was the one freaking out due to philosophical objections to having our privacy invaded. Once Ira is here, safely, and her status is legally sound, I plan to found an organization geared toward doing everything possible to raise hell for the USCIS and DOS. Somebody's got to jar these agencies out of their complacency.

Z

let me know when you do that,ill be a very loud protester.

[shikarnov 7]

Knock on wood, Ira was a trooper with the documents. Of course, I was the one freaking out due to philosophical objections to having our privacy invaded. Once Ira is here, safely, and her status is legally sound, I plan to found an organization geared toward doing everything possible to raise hell for the USCIS and DOS. Somebody's got to jar these agencies out of their complacency.

Z

let me know when you do that,ill be a very loud protester.

Rest assured, I'll be certain to let you know.

Z

[Kotenochek 0]

OMG... our turn tomorrow

I hope it goes as smoothly.

It will. It will. I'd wish you luck but you don't need it. Let us know when she's approved!

Congratulations!!!! I love good news.

As an aside, it seems like we'll be crossing paths in the air. I fly to Russia on the 29th to get Ira, and we'll be returning on May 5.

Wow I can't believe how much activity we've seen here lately. So many USCIS approvals, interviews, visas, and homecomings!

I just sent all the paperwork I put together to Nadya over lunch. $163.00 via DHL, but at least I know it'll get to her. She got her packet from the embassy yesterday, so when I called today she was frantic. "Too much documents Keerk!! Too much!!" LOL Damn me and my procrastination, if I'd gotten these documents to her earlier she'd have seen that I've filled out everything her packet is telling her to fill out, including the supplemental DS-156K. I couldn't get a word in edge-wise for about 2 minutes as she rattled off all this stuff in her packet. I had to put the phone on mute for a bit because I was laughing so hard. She was genuinely freaked out.

Then she said that she has her immunizations, but not the documents to show the immunizations. I told her not to worry, that she could just get her immunizations again and get it documented this time. This did not sit well at all. "Not Keerk! Not! Too much immuneezatsia BAD!" Then she said she'd go get some documentation. LOL. I don't think I'll ask how she's going to get that document.

Haha funny the way you tell us about it:)

I had to re-do my immunisations too,since i did not have a record and i am still alive:))also they did not do all in moscow for interview,so when i came here for filing AOS i had to do more..:)Tell her not to worry:)

[Ilya R. 0]

Quesiton for someone from St. Petersburg.

When my I130 gets aproved and we move to the next step, do they setup interviews, medicals in St. Petes or Moscow? Thanks in advance!

[eekee 182]

Moscow

Quesiton for someone from St. Petersburg.

When my I130 gets aproved and we move to the next step, do they setup interviews, medicals in St. Petes or Moscow? Thanks in advance!

[ramzis51 0]

Well, we got our approval last night. She was in and out in about 2 hours 40 minutes. She said everyone was pretty friendly, and she said that there were two women consuls who were conducting the interviews. She said the woman consul who did her interview smiled all the time when looking over our documents and that it made her (my fiancee) nervous. We spoke only briefly after the interview, so I will post more details later today once I have had a chance to talk with her some more.

Super congrats - the patient one, Alane & Ramzis