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Jenn! Grand Master

Jenn!   918

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1. Santiago, Chile

2. San Juan Islands, Wash.

3. Koh Samui, Thailand

4. Iceland

5. Milan

6. Republic of Georgia

7. London

8. Loreto, Mexico

9. Park City, Utah

10. Cali, Colombia

11. The Danube

12. Niseko, Japan

13. Oahu

14. Antwerp, Belgium

15. Melbourne, Australia

16. Tlemcen, Algeria

17. Sopot and Gdansk, Poland

18. Erzurum, Turkey

19. Hyderabad, India

20. Manchester, England

21. Tallinn, Estonia

22. Fogo Island, Newfoundland

23. Singapore

24. Port Ghalib, Egypt

25. Whistler, British Columbia

26. Guimarães, Portugal

27. Olympic Park, Wash.

28. Dresden, Germany

29. Oualidia, Morocco

30. Zanzibar

31. Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

32. Tozeur, Tunisia

33. Hangzhou, China

34. Iraqi Kurdistan

35. Durham, N.C.

36. Kosovo

37. Pingyao, China

38. Salonika, Greece

39. Okinawa, Japan

40. Budapest

41. Miami

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I lived in Durham, NC for 4 years and can't imagine taking a holiday there. wacko.gif

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rsn Experienced

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There are many nice "koh"s in Thailand to visit, in addition to Samui. Nice or interesting places I've been to in Thailand: Koh Samet, Krabi, Nakornsawan, Hua Hin, many places in the NE such as Nong Khai, etc. Places I've been to that sucked: Bangkok.

K1: 01/15/2009 (mailed I-129F) - 06/23/2009 (visa received)

AOS: 08/08/2009 (mailed I-485, I-765, & I-131) - 10/29/2009 (received GC)

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Ban Hammer Grand Master

Ban Hammer   13,330

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i disagree with that list. should be more like (in no particular order):

1. normandy

2. pearl harbor

3. washington, dc

4. auschwitz

5. bataan peninsula

6. gettysburg

* ~ * Charles * ~ *
 

I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

 

USE THE REPORT BUTTON INSTEAD OF MESSAGING A MODERATOR!

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alienlovechild Mentor

alienlovechild   75

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Never heard of many of those places but I've been to:

7. London

11. The Danube

19. Hyderabad, India

23. Singapore

40. Budapest

I'd like to go to:

1. Santiago, Chile

17. Sopot and Gdansk, Poland

21. Tallinn, Estonia

I'd like to see other countries on the list but maybe not those cities.

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Flippant answer:

42. Canandaigua, New York, si man.

Hat-off, hand-over-heart response:

+100 to Charles' list, 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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I have been to:

7. London

13. Oahu

15. Melbourne, Australia

23. Singapore

28. Dresden, Germany

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"When a man is educated, an individual is educated; when a woman is educated, a family and a country are educated."

— Mahatma Gandhi

The timeline... (Frankfurt) for the kids visas

10/22/2007 Filed I-130 x 2 in person + paid 710 USD (355 each )

10/22/2007 Filed DS-230 part 1 x 2

10/22/2007 Received the document checklist and FRN (case) numbers

12/18/2007 I-130 petition approved, but I didn't know. I was away at the time, didn't get confirmation letters til I got back from the states.

12/20/2007 Notice of Approval arrives in tha mail. According to the date received stamp on back of envelope at my post box.

Will now wait til hubby is back from Iraq to fax in checklist readiness, even though, I have been ready since day of lodging I-130's. all except medical.

02/18/2008 Faxed the "checklist" back to the consulate.

02/25/2008 Medicals completed.

02/25/2008 Appt letters in mail for appt on March 7th. Cant go due to prior military commitments. Emailed consulate and received an amended appt date of March 12th 2008.

03/12/2008 Visa interview - APPROVED x 2

03/27/2008 Visa's finally generated. I emailed the consulate. they apologised for the delay. They forgot to issue the visas after approval.

03/31/2008 Received visas

04/26/2008 Flying out of Frankfurt to next duty station on orders.

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Jenn! Grand Master

Jenn!   918

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I've been to 9 places on that list. But Manchester and Durham? Really? :lol: I tried to see what the author's perspective was but the link's broken.

Sorry, try here: http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/travel/09where-to-go.html

The link in the OP was a mobile link that's no longer active.

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