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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,205

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Courtesy (probably) of the garbage that floats through the air during a domestic airline flight, I came down with the Porcina (swine flu) earlier this week. It is mild in adults, and I had no coexisting health conditions and no signs of pneumonia, and only two symptoms (a bastardly high fever and a controlled cough).

My wife has notified probably everyone in Ecuador. Everyone in Ecuador (even those whom she did not notify) is terrified of the Porcina. They all asked her, "Is he in the hospital? Is he dead?" She replied, "I am not that lucky." Giggling emanated from her at her computer desk all morning. (I will have to kick her "culo," si man.)

Her mother got on the phone with me and began jabbering something in Spanish (I didn't understand it, but it sounded frantic). I said, "Soy un puerco -- oink oink oink oink oink!" and there came nervous, relieved laughter.

And, happy first anniversary to us -- today, Oct. 31 (Hallowe'en), si man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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PDXbicycleboy Newbie

PDXbicycleboy   5

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T-Bone,

If I cough, sneeze, or wipe at my nose, my wife thinks I have the flu and I'm sorry you got it. I work in a school so I'm a marked man.

CONGRATS on your 1st year together!!! People going through Guayaquil: please heed T-Bone's advice about Guayaquil; that place is a lawless hole.

We are doing fine over here in Oregon although my wife thinks it's cold now--January and February are but hopefully she will be in Ecuador for a visit at that time.

-E

Courtesy (probably) of the garbage that floats through the air during a domestic airline flight, I came down with the Porcina (swine flu) earlier this week. It is mild in adults, and I had no coexisting health conditions and no signs of pneumonia, and only two symptoms (a bastardly high fever and a controlled cough).

My wife has notified probably everyone in Ecuador. Everyone in Ecuador (even those whom she did not notify) is terrified of the Porcina. They all asked her, "Is he in the hospital? Is he dead?" She replied, "I am not that lucky." Giggling emanated from her at her computer desk all morning. (I will have to kick her "culo," si man.)

Her mother got on the phone with me and began jabbering something in Spanish (I didn't understand it, but it sounded frantic). I said, "Soy un puerco -- oink oink oink oink oink!" and there came nervous, relieved laughter.

And, happy first anniversary to us -- today, Oct. 31 (Hallowe'en), si man.

"You know, I learned something today"

-Kyle from South Park

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,205

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If I cough, sneeze, or wipe at my nose, my wife thinks I have the flu and I'm sorry you got it. I work in a school so I'm a marked man.

CONGRATS on your 1st year together!!! People going through Guayaquil: please heed T-Bone's advice about Guayaquil; that place is a lawless hole.

We are doing fine over here in Oregon although my wife thinks it's cold now--January and February are but hopefully she will be in Ecuador for a visit at that time.

Brother E, si man! Tell wifey that the Specific Northwest can get as cold as Cuenca; what she doesn't know can't hurt her (yet), no man. And, anyone going through Guayaquil should most definitely heed PDXBicycleBoy's embassy review of Guayaquil. More than a year later, I'm still too enraged to post one... and the formal after-visa complaint to the Consul General and to the Department of State is also still brewing in the vat.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Mononoke28 Grand Master

Mononoke28   135

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Swine flu is not as bad as most people think if you don't have any respiratory problems. My 4 year-old niece got it a few weeks ago and gave it to my husband, all they had was a few days of high fever and a horrible cough, that's all. Oddly enough, I never got it.

Diana

CR-1

02/05/07 - I-130 sent to NSC

05/03/07 - NOA2

05/10/07 - NVC receives petition, case # assigned

08/08/07 - Case Complete

09/27/07 - Interview, visa granted

10/02/07 - POE

11/16/07 - Received green card and Welcome to America letter in the mail

Removing Conditions

07/06/09 - I-751 sent to CSC

08/14/09 - Biometrics

09/27/09 - Approved

10/01/09 - Received 10 year green card

U.S. Citizenship

03/30/11 - N-400 sent via Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation

05/12/11 - Biometrics

07/20/11 - Interview - passed

07/20/11 - Oath ceremony - same day as interview

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,205

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Oddly enough, I never got it.
You must not have been persuasive enough, no man. Try harder next time, si man. :)

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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