Yardies, at home and a farrin'

[Minfay 0]

(remember if its sitting on your couch eating, scratching and burping you either gave birth to it or married it!! LOL)

[Jamaicagyaldat 1]

Hey Everyone,

Okay here is the deal on the Embassy....The phone does ring and ring and ring...Sometimes you wait the entire 2 hours and get no one. Sometimes you wait half hour and get someone. Sometimes you wait 5 minutes. It just depends who is working that day. Just keep letting it ring. I would call on one speaker phone on my head and use my cell to call at the same time. I would push prompt 1 for one phone and prompt 2 for another etc. This worked pretty well!!! The day for me was always Wednesday.

DS230..They tell you to check back in 2 weeks. I checked back after 1 week and it was about 9 days and they had the interview date ready. Same for my friends situation...9 days...

Once you drop the DS230, figure about 4-6 weeks until the interview. This seems to be pretty accurate. You will get the date in about 9-11 days and then time to do the medical, pay the paymaster, and get ready for the interview.

I hope this helps! PM if you want....

Sara

Anyone that is familiar with calling the flippin Embassy especially the most recent folk.

Did the phone just ring and ring and ring and ring? If so, did anyone ever answer and if you waited, how long di you wait ?

Did you find a particular day (or time) of the week better to get through than another? I've been trying since 1:30pm (their time) and I've had no problems getting through to that final 1 through 3, but it just keeps ringin and ringin.

After the DS230 was dropped off, how long should I expect (yeah, expect....) anyway, when do you think they'll "know" when my date is actually scheduled for? Right away? wait a couple of days? a week?

Please provide me with some insight, of course that will help other "newbies".

Thanks!

Kelly

[luvtravlin 0]

Hey Everyone,

Okay here is the deal on the Embassy....The phone does ring and ring and ring...Sometimes you wait the entire 2 hours and get no one. Sometimes you wait half hour and get someone. Sometimes you wait 5 minutes. It just depends who is working that day. Just keep letting it ring. I would call on one speaker phone on my head and use my cell to call at the same time. I would push prompt 1 for one phone and prompt 2 for another etc. This worked pretty well!!! The day for me was always Wednesday.

DS230..They tell you to check back in 2 weeks. I checked back after 1 week and it was about 9 days and they had the interview date ready. Same for my friends situation...9 days...

Once you drop the DS230, figure about 4-6 weeks until the interview. This seems to be pretty accurate. You will get the date in about 9-11 days and then time to do the medical, pay the paymaster, and get ready for the interview.

I hope this helps! PM if you want....

Sara

Anyone that is familiar with calling the flippin Embassy especially the most recent folk.

Did the phone just ring and ring and ring and ring? If so, did anyone ever answer and if you waited, how long di you wait ?

Did you find a particular day (or time) of the week better to get through than another? I've been trying since 1:30pm (their time) and I've had no problems getting through to that final 1 through 3, but it just keeps ringin and ringin.

After the DS230 was dropped off, how long should I expect (yeah, expect....) anyway, when do you think they'll "know" when my date is actually scheduled for? Right away? wait a couple of days? a week?

Please provide me with some insight, of course that will help other "newbies".

Thanks!

Kelly

Thank you Sara for responding. Yes that helps ALOT !!!

[Elizabethnhenry 0]

Hey Mindy and Kimone!

You wont believe this look what they did to my man.

Should I send away my proof of purchase to get my free Jesus stick??!!!

Edited May 12, 2006 by Elizabethnhenry

[Jamaicagyaldat 1]

Sure no problem. I am glad to help. Everyone helped me a lot....

Christine James...I hope you go to Jamaica and do a Stella Got Her Groove Back.. minus the GAY MAN...lol...hahahaha..... : )

Have fun girl!

[Minfay 0]

You wont believe this look what they did to my man. Should I send away my proof of purchase to get my free Jesus stick??!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

[BelwinMills 0]

Yippe My family and friends booked their flights today. 8 are coming in on one flight in the morning and the other 8 one in the afternnon. Thats so there is enough room in the van to pick them up!!! Im so happy know I need to figure all the rest out. Time is not on my side. Thanks for the help gals this week. This is truely a great network of friends.

Does anyone have any suggestions of fun tourist things to do in Montego Bay? I have done a lot of tourist kind of things but I am trying to find different adventrues. Man I think I did the same tour of Jamaica 8 times with my professor Elmhurst College crew so Im looking for something new. Dwain wants to Scuba Dive is there a great place in Montego Bay to go? I would just like one differnet thing to do. The rest of the time Im going to stay at the pool and play king of the mountain on top of my floating island. A floating island is a big round float above the water.

Well, Im frezzing so its time to get under some warm covers for awhile before I need to clean for my get togthers this weekend.

Hey Mindy and Kimone!

You wont believe this look what they did to my man.

Should I send away my proof of purchase to get my free Jesus stick??!!!

That is great LOL

[rhondapayter 0]

Hey everybody,

Afternoon shift checking in. You guys have been chatting a lot lately I'm still not caught up. I have 15 pages to read as of right now! At least I won't be bored at work tonight

[rhondapayter 0]

Somthing funny...We got into a arugment......He was yelling words I could not understand. I was like you better be lucky I cannot understand rey rey rey...Anyways he kept calling the kids "picney"...somthing like that.....I'm yelling stop calling my children names and rey rey....I felt so silly when much later he explained that thats their word for kid, or child.

ooppsss..i would have said the same thing..

You guys need to brush up on your Patois

aahh Kim and i are freaking out!!!!

i guess the new Marriage Broker Law has come into play and they are re-calling all of the K-1...with the NOA 1 after March 6th....well i got mine march 17th...i am in a serious state of confusion!!!! wondering if it is EVERY single k1 visa OR if it for certian countries that are known for the whole mail bride???? i'm about ready to cry

What on earth is a Marriage Broker Law??? Good luck with your case - hopefully this won't apply to you.

[AnnTaylor 0]

Hi ladies/gents,

Today was another good day for us. Anthony received the official EAD card in the mail. Now on with the job hunting.

That's great Ann... congrats

Thanks, I hope he makes a good choice. He is very impressive on interviews and I am sure he will be given a lot of opportunities.

[brownnskinn 0]

.....He does it all the time. He says he can't sleep without holding me. I think it's cute even when he's mad, he does it subconsciously...

David dose this too....except I tell him I cannot breath,,, then he throws his leg, it over my thighs. Have no complaints about not sleeping, before he got here I could not sleep at all, I have no problems

[nannygirl82 0]

Well well well...

thank you kelly for giving me the number i got through to a real live person. who might add was not real nice but anywho..what happend i called and it rang and rang called back got the busy sound 2 times called again and waited for about 1 min. and someone answerd i said hi i want to check on my visa( i pushed number 3 cause all the other ones were busy) and she asked for the last name i told her...she put me on hold..asked for the case number i told her and she said..............you have a June 23rd APPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!! I ALMOST screamed in the phone... so i said ok well do you have a time for me?? and she said yes at 9:15...

SSSOO i am guessing that this law may not be effecting any of us for now....

SO kelly i am going to request your expertise in flights because you are a travel agent after all

and i think i will leave on the 22nd and come back the following friday...so if you can work you magic that would be great...i found on travelocity( i know i know you don't like those sites) but for Air Jamaica out of Philly for under 400...

[brownnskinn 0]

just got this from my lawyer today

Hi Shauna,

I heard from a client today from new zealand and saw the official letter discussing the recall. Visa journey was right. All aps are heading back to DHS for processing. I expect that mike will get a similar letter very shortly. Please fax/email it to me when you get it and we can discuss another option. (fly to jamaca and get married and adjust there); while usually longer they may offer this option to you since application is complete . (they offered this to my new zealand client). Let me know if this is an option for you and I can explore with the embassy to see if they will do it. We'll work this as best as possible and I'll work to get the two of you together as fast as possible.

Sincerely,

Cal

i am not sure what to do?? i e-mailed him to explain the differnt options

Won't you still have to go through the security checks?????

Good morning everyone

Last night was a better night...we made up. He told me that some "ugly gyal" try to get at him in his class LMAO - and one of them girls is preggie I laughed hard at that one. They had the nerve to ask him if he can "dance like a Jamaican in the videos" - he said no a big lie

Anyway, wanted to post this...gonna do some investigating about it

The "Certificate of Completion or Attendance" that is being offered in lieu of high school diplomas, is a part of Bush's "No Child Left Behind". This is how it works:

It is for students who are unable to pass both the Language Arts and Math portions of the 10th grade ISTEP. Students must take the same 10th grade test over in the 11th and 12th grades until they pass both portions. If they are unable to pass the 10th grade test by the 12th grade then they have two options:

1. Drop out and go to a GED program or,

2. accept a "Certificate of Completion" - it is NOT a diploma. Once a student accepts it, they cannot ever get a diploma or a GED.

A certificate of completion means that a student can never (as long as they live):

1. go to the armed services

2. go to college

3. go to trade school

4. go to journeyman's school

5. go to beauty school

6. go to culinary arts school

7. get a federal loan in their lifetime

This is the portion of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (2001) that Bush slipped in during the 2004 revision of the NCLB bill. It has not been publicized. At a high school in Indiana, in 2005, there were 87 seniors in the graduation class. Five got diplomas and 82 got "Certificates of Completion".

This is being referred to as the "Paper Plantation". It is better for students to drop out and get into a GED program so they may seek other forms of education, later in life, if they desire to do so. All 50 states have "Certificates of Completion or Attendance".

Please pass this information along to EVERYONE you know who has school age children. Clergy, please preach it from the pulpits. Our people MUST know this information. Thank you & stay blessed.

I don't think I like the idea....

[nannygirl82 0]

just got this from my lawyer today

Hi Shauna,

I heard from a client today from new zealand and saw the official letter discussing the recall. Visa journey was right. All aps are heading back to DHS for processing. I expect that mike will get a similar letter very shortly. Please fax/email it to me when you get it and we can discuss another option. (fly to jamaca and get married and adjust there); while usually longer they may offer this option to you since application is complete . (they offered this to my new zealand client). Let me know if this is an option for you and I can explore with the embassy to see if they will do it. We'll work this as best as possible and I'll work to get the two of you together as fast as possible.

Sincerely,

Cal

i am not sure what to do?? i e-mailed him to explain the differnt options

Won't you still have to go through the security checks?????

i don't know...i called the embassy today and they said nothing more about this to me...so i am guessing it isn't going to effect me after all?

[brownnskinn 0]

.....................you have a June 23rd APPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!! I ALMOST screamed in the phone... so i said ok well do you have a time for me?? and she said yes at 9:15...

Congrats I remember the feeling!!!!

Hey Mindy and Kimone!

You wont believe this look what they did to my man.

Should I send away my proof of purchase to get my free Jesus stick??!!!

How bout this... I Had a coworker ask a good friend recently how I was doing.....when she told him I was happy....he replied "I just wanted to know if he'd gotten his green card and left her yet"

WHAT???!!! I just know my eyes are failing me. There is ABSOLUTELY no way I read this correctly! Question, If he'd already gotten his green card and left you, that means what to your coworker? Not a @%$^ thang!

Lee

NOT A DAMN THAN

Hey ladies....get this....

I purchased a ticket to visit my other home...JAMAICA!!

He aint stopping me from visiting the people and places I love! I think I'm more excited to go down there now more than ever. And this has nothing do with revenge. (Well, maybe a likkle bit) It's more or less to say to myself (again) and to him aint no man gonna stop me from doing what I love!!! I can't wait to lay on that beach and have the sun beat down on my face. It's exactly what I need.

MY gosh good for you...Can I come ???