November 2010 Interviews

[LotofPatience 65]

LOL, at first I thought, Loto has a strange countdown ticker. Then I started laughing at myself for even thinking that because it was obvious that he was controlling his own countdown ticker.

And I wouldn't say it is good bye because most of us will be active again on this site in two years. I will come bye and check out the site regularly though, so to keep up with the happenings. I have learned a lot on this site.

jujuswife, I tricked Ricardo

Loto

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Yaddie... tell him bout wi nuh lol

[LotofPatience 65]

Yaddie... tell him bout wi nuh lol

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

OMG Loto why are you understanding all this... geez you're so .. just too exposed...

Edited December 1, 2010 by RICARDO4EVA2

[jujuswife 1]

Loto, the international man, literally lol. Loto, don't tell me you live in, say, Brooklyn or Queens and you are surrounded by Caribbean people.

OMG Loto why are you understanding all this... geez you're so .. just too exposed...

Loto is too funny.

[LotofPatience 65]

Loto, the international man, literally lol. Loto, don't tell me you live in, say, Brooklyn or Queens and you are surrounded by Caribbean people.

jujuswife, I live in Westchester county

Loto

[jujuswife 1]

jujuswife, I live in Westchester county

Loto

9 hours to go before the interview. Very cool!!! Good luck. So Westchester county huh, there might be a few of us Caribbean/Caricom people out there.

[jujuswife 1]

NOVEMBER INTERVIEW DATES-----Total: 22

November 1—6 Week One

nrodgsxr---- Germany, Nov 1 @ 08:00 Approved

RICARDO4EVA2----Jamaica, Nov 1 @ 08:30 Approved

TomD----Philippines, Nov 3 @ 06:30 Waiting…for approval

Mamamimi----Chile, Nov 3 @ 1:30 Approved

nix and lai----Philippines, Nov 4 @ 06:30 Approved

SOLIL----Colombia, Nov 4 @ 07:00 Approved

November 7—13 Week Two

I & G----Costa Rica, Nov 08 @ ? Approved

Vinnette---Jamaica, Nov 09 @ 07:30 Approved

Boldee-----Nigeria, Nov 12 @ 07:00 Approved

jamerican--Jamaica, Nov 12 @ ??:?? Blue slipped, rescheduled for Dec 7

November 14—20 Week Three

March 1-----India, Nov 15 ? Approved

maryANDRich----Columbia, Nov 17 @ 07:00 Approved

ak205----India, Nov 19 @ 07:30 Approved

okie26rashid----Pakistan, Nov 19 @ ? Rescheduled for Dec 10

November 21—27 Week Four

Waiter----Pakistan, Nov 23 @ 08:00 Approved

Jovista----Albania, Nov 23 @ 09:00 Approved

Cocacola7890 ----India, Nov 24 @ 7:30

November 28—30 Week Five

Jujuswife----Guyana, Nov 29 @ 07:00 Approved

rosaline----Guyana, Nov 29 @ ? Approved

KaashParinda----India, Nov 30 @ ? Approved

bwelty----UK, Nov 30 @ 09:00

RichiJenny----UK, Nov 30 @09:00 Unfortunately denied for now, hopefully not forever

[mamamimi 8]

Good for you. I just spoke to my hubby he was approved.

APPROVED APPROVED APPROVED. HE WILL PICK UP HIS PASSPORT ON WEDNESDAY. I WILL POST THE REVIEW AS SOON AS WE SPEAKT O ONE ANOTHER ON THE PHONE. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

:dance: Yayyyy you are approved!!!! Sorry for the delayed congrats!!! so very happy for you sweetie!!!!! YAYYYY!!! :dance:

jujuswife, I live in Westchester county

Loto

Loto is a know it all!!! hahahahhaha!!! just kidding...he is a very smart person!!! :dance:

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

jujuswife, I tricked Ricardo

Loto

Hehehe you did it again... I'm glad your wife was approved ... She'll be easy with the adjustment since she was around prior.

Have a Goood vacation to India... I hope your ticket was on the cheaper side ( 8 days before)

Edited December 3, 2010 by RICARDO4EVA2

[jujuswife 1]

:dance: Yayyyy you are approved!!!! Sorry for the delayed congrats!!! so very happy for you sweetie!!!!! YAYYYY!!! :dance:

Loto is a know it all!!! hahahahhaha!!! just kidding...he is a very smart person!!! :dance:

Thank you Emily. I understand why you are busy. My husband is here with me now. He arrived today. Everything went smooth. He was so lucky. No issues at all.

[TomD 4]

Spoke to a lady at the Senators office today who deals with VISA stuff. She was nice but started giving me lines about how many people they have to service yada, yada, yada. I told her I understand all that and am not upset with her but all of this is BS from where I am standing. The USCIS alone has 18,000 employees and that's not counting the contract workers they us. They dont fill out much paperwork as we put it all together they do reviews.

I with her everything that has happened including my wife's not having the NSO Doc during the interview. She told me that the Embassy puts everyone's file in a complete pile when our documents are all in and if we didn't have all our documents in then we went back to the bottom of the pile. That's is what was explained to her. Wow that sounds fair to me. I made a comment about how I wished the IRS worked that way. She said the IRS has a different system. I said yes they do they have one that works. I stated that citizens should be treated better and this process is broken. I have waited quietly for 9 1/2 months and enough is enough. She told me this was not so bad because other have been waiting 2 yrs. I said you cant say that. First you wait for something 9 1/2 months that's important to you, complete paperwork, pay fees and be corresponded to 3 times in the process then tell me its not so bad or is not long. I told her I recently had to pass on a Great job at a National Laboratory outside of Chicago because of my knowing nothing about when my wife would be allowed to enter the USA. This has put is a hardship on me that didn't need to happen. Employment must be important to the Government because they ask for AOS and they put lots of emphasis on that information.

She ask me to call her back when 4 week have passed from the date the embassy had all our papers. I told her all our papers has been in to the Embassy since Nov 5. That is according to the Embassy call center and the Embassy and I forwarded the email to her. I then ask her, So now from what your telling me the Embassy may or may not have told us what other documents might be missing and if they find more paperwork missing then I am back to the bottom of the pile again. What kind of fairness is this. Our paperwork was reviewed by two other Government Departments. She said she really cant do anything but for me to send in my information to her and she can put in a inquiry as to our status. Then she tells me she is working with 200 other people. Poor over worked Government Employees. I should have told her oh that's not bad, there are others who are working with thousands. somehow I don't think she would get the joke.

She was friendly and did understand my frustration and our conversation was pleasant but we did see things differently but she understood and really has no play in all of this. I am just looking for help and thats what they are their for. At least thats what they say when they are running for office.

So then I go on to the Embassy site to find out who I could contact and express my frustration with about this whole process, I found the below statement on the US Embassy web site. Being a curious type I clicked on the English Version...

We are here to serve you according to the laws of the United States of America. We are committed to customer service.

Customer Service Statement:

English Version

Tagalog Version

I clicked on the English Version and there was nothing there which seemed appropriate.... This is at least telling the truth for a change. I guess everyone in the State Department is working on Wikileaks... Exposed...

Sorry for rambling but it make me feel better and get into the Christmas Spirit...

[OBX 51]

Tom sorry nothing has been resolved yet. How frustrating for you. I sure hope someone gets on the ball and you have some resolution soon.

[TomD 4]

Tom sorry nothing has been resolved yet. How frustrating for you. I sure hope someone gets on the ball and you have some resolution soon.

Thanks OBX. Hard to believe all this for one little paper not being the Original. And we got the original to them in 2 days. I just hope they dont find something else after all this waiting and then its back to the bottom again. Been there and done that. Well they cant mess with me much more. They have done their worst so not much more they can do. If push comes to shove I will live their. That will be good for the Philippine economy...ha ha

[mamamimi 8]

Thank you Emily. I understand why you are busy. My husband is here with me now. He arrived today. Everything went smooth. He was so lucky. No issues at all.

Awesome news jujuswife!!! So glad everything went smoothly!! Enjoy your husband and may you always be this happy!!! Happy Holidays..... :thumbs:

Spoke to a lady at the Senators office today who deals with VISA stuff. She was nice but started giving me lines about how many people they have to service yada, yada, yada. I told her I understand all that and am not upset with her but all of this is BS from where I am standing. The USCIS alone has 18,000 employees and that's not counting the contract workers they us. They dont fill out much paperwork as we put it all together they do reviews.

I with her everything that has happened including my wife's not having the NSO Doc during the interview. She told me that the Embassy puts everyone's file in a complete pile when our documents are all in and if we didn't have all our documents in then we went back to the bottom of the pile. That's is what was explained to her. Wow that sounds fair to me. I made a comment about how I wished the IRS worked that way. She said the IRS has a different system. I said yes they do they have one that works. I stated that citizens should be treated better and this process is broken. I have waited quietly for 9 1/2 months and enough is enough. She told me this was not so bad because other have been waiting 2 yrs. I said you cant say that. First you wait for something 9 1/2 months that's important to you, complete paperwork, pay fees and be corresponded to 3 times in the process then tell me its not so bad or is not long. I told her I recently had to pass on a Great job at a National Laboratory outside of Chicago because of my knowing nothing about when my wife would be allowed to enter the USA. This has put is a hardship on me that didn't need to happen. Employment must be important to the Government because they ask for AOS and they put lots of emphasis on that information.

She ask me to call her back when 4 week have passed from the date the embassy had all our papers. I told her all our papers has been in to the Embassy since Nov 5. That is according to the Embassy call center and the Embassy and I forwarded the email to her. I then ask her, So now from what your telling me the Embassy may or may not have told us what other documents might be missing and if they find more paperwork missing then I am back to the bottom of the pile again. What kind of fairness is this. Our paperwork was reviewed by two other Government Departments. She said she really cant do anything but for me to send in my information to her and she can put in a inquiry as to our status. Then she tells me she is working with 200 other people. Poor over worked Government Employees. I should have told her oh that's not bad, there are others who are working with thousands. somehow I don't think she would get the joke.

She was friendly and did understand my frustration and our conversation was pleasant but we did see things differently but she understood and really has no play in all of this. I am just looking for help and thats what they are their for. At least thats what they say when they are running for office.

So then I go on to the Embassy site to find out who I could contact and express my frustration with about this whole process, I found the below statement on the US Embassy web site. Being a curious type I clicked on the English Version...

We are here to serve you according to the laws of the United States of America. We are committed to customer service.

Customer Service Statement:

English Version

Tagalog Version

I clicked on the English Version and there was nothing there which seemed appropriate.... This is at least telling the truth for a change. I guess everyone in the State Department is working on Wikileaks... Exposed...

Sorry for rambling but it make me feel better and get into the Christmas Spirit...

TomD I am so sorry for this mess!!! I hope that you hear some good news soon and that your wife will be with you here in the US!!!

Hang in there Tom!!! Happy Holidays to you!!