Yardies, at home and a farrin'

[jkb919 0]

Ok to the few of you that are on here right now...I am bout to go to fedex the DS230...do I need to send any passport pics of Adrian with it?????

[eric_drewry 0]

Ok to the few of you that are on here right now...I am bout to go to fedex the DS230...do I need to send any passport pics of Adrian with it?????

If things haven't changed, you need that at the time of the interview.

[Sbys 0]

And whoever is in MN, how long did it take to get an EAD approval?

We're in MN. We sent our AOS and EAD in the same package 12/20 and we have biometrics this coming Saturday, 3/11. And we're hoping to be like Jamie and Andre and get an approval email next week

If you don't send in EAD papers with your AOS then he'll have to wait until he has the green card to work. I'm dreaming of 6 months for that - but we'll see what happens.

Glad to hear O'Neil is adjusting well

Well I finally got through to the embassy and they said that since I already have the DS-230 form filled out and signed by Adrian to over night it to them and they will set an interview date, as Eric already said they have already made April interviews so I will probally get a May date

They said they mailed packet 3 out on Fed. 21st and that people are having problems not recieving them in the mail, but she did say that someone can go and pick it up for him, which is a good thing.

So tonight I am going to Fed ex to get the DS230 form on its way to JA...

I am happy now...a few more months and he will be here....I know you all know how I feel.

Wow Joanna - that's great! I can't believe they were so accomodating! Sounds like you could go ahead and get your employment letter going. Congrats

Ok to the few of you that are on here right now...I am bout to go to fedex the DS230...do I need to send any passport pics of Adrian with it?????

If things haven't changed, you need that at the time of the interview.

Yeah, that's right. Just the DS-230 for now.

[jkb919 0]

Great, thanks for the replys...I just got back from Fedex, it will go out tomorrow and should be to the Embassy on Friday or Monday.

[Sbys 0]

Great, thanks for the replys...I just got back from Fedex, it will go out tomorrow and should be to the Embassy on Friday or Monday.

Yay! Now you can go obsess over the other papers

[BelwinMills 0]

Hi everyone. It looks like things are going great for most everyone. Sorry I haven't been on lately. I have been focusing on loosing weight before my trip on March 27th. Trying to get back to the weight I was when last I saw Dwain which has been 2 yrs and 7 month but who is counting. I'm almost there with a weight loss so far of 23 pounds. I would love to get back to the weight when we first started dating 6 years ago so another 35 to go. Michele we are still planning on getting married in August. We are going to find a villa to have it at when I'm down in March. It is going to be on August 5th. Hopefully I will be on here a little more frequent. To keep in touch with everyone. Once the school season widens down I know for sure I will be on every day. Everybody have a great week and take care.

[Jamaica to CT 0]

Hi everyone. It looks like things are going great for most everyone. Sorry I haven't been on lately. I have been focusing on loosing weight before my trip on March 27th. Trying to get back to the weight I was when last I saw Dwain which has been 2 yrs and 7 month but who is counting. I'm almost there with a weight loss so far of 23 pounds. I would love to get back to the weight when we first started dating 6 years ago so another 35 to go. Michele we are still planning on getting married in August. We are going to find a villa to have it at when I'm down in March. It is going to be on August 5th. Hopefully I will be on here a little more frequent. To keep in touch with everyone. Once the school season widens down I know for sure I will be on every day. Everybody have a great week and take care.

Good to see you again Jax . Congratulations on the weight loss! Have a great trip and reunion and try to have some fun amidst the wedding planning. Keep in touch.

Everyone have a great Thursday.

Michele

[woogietail 0]

Hi everyone. It looks like things are going great for most everyone. Sorry I haven't been on lately. I have been focusing on loosing weight before my trip on March 27th. Trying to get back to the weight I was when last I saw Dwain which has been 2 yrs and 7 month but who is counting. I'm almost there with a weight loss so far of 23 pounds. I would love to get back to the weight when we first started dating 6 years ago so another 35 to go. Michele we are still planning on getting married in August. We are going to find a villa to have it at when I'm down in March. It is going to be on August 5th. Hopefully I will be on here a little more frequent. To keep in touch with everyone. Once the school season widens down I know for sure I will be on every day. Everybody have a great week and take care.

Good to see you again Jax . Congratulations on the weight loss! Have a great trip and reunion and try to have some fun amidst the wedding planning. Keep in touch.

Everyone have a great Thursday.

Michele

Ditto that!

[rhondapayter 0]

Jonesie...sending your foreign vax records doens't mean anything to these people. you have to have a us civil surgeon sign for those vax. that's where the supplement comes into play. we took the vax card in, she signed for the ones he had in JA and she administered two more that he needed. it cost about $80 for everything and we were given the supplement copy and sealed to mail in with AOS.

Also, the good thing about the AP documents are...vacation oportunities..emergencies that could come up...we had to get it just in case something every happened with his daughter. we wouldn't want to not be able to go down just becuase of some stupid document.

just my opinions.

d

I know a lot of discussion has come up regarding civil surgeons and such, but we did NOT use one at all! We just sent a copy of the paper the doctor gave him when he did the medical in Kingston stating which vaccines he had been given. We had no problem at all. No RFE and Tony already had his interview and received his Green Card. I don't think there's any consistancy with this stuff.

[jkb919 0]

Goodmorning everyone.

At work as usual...hope everyone has a great day, my day has not started out so well, about 15 mins before i was leaving for work this morning I got the worst stomach ache...I am better now, but boy was that awful...I thought I was going to be late for work but I am better now.

Rhonda - how was your trip?? we want details and pics

[rhondapayter 0]

Congrats Jill and Lake!

Yes, CONGRATS!!! I know it's a huge relief to have that done with

Anna -- I think you are skinny if you need a whole new wardrobe. Keep up the good work -- you are my hero. You are very successfully sending all your lost weight down to me.....

Eric & Joanna -- Any luck with the Embassy?

Darah -- Yes, thank you very much. I used both letters -- yours and Jamie's. I am done with my "packets" Just waiting for the Marriage Certificate, the passport photos (getting those tomorrow) and the Vaccination Supplement (Dr on Friday). Thank you, again!!

sjb -- Welcome back. Hope you guys had a wonderful time!!

Regarding the pictures -- I am waiting for my friend (with the digital camera) to send them to me. I will see her again tonight and bug her about it. I promise

Rhonda is coming home -- this will end the VJ quiet spell

Mindy, You are so evil I don't chat THAT much

[rhondapayter 0]

Our trip was wonderful. Damien was so happy to see his family and friends. We spent quality time together - it felt like we fell in love all over again. We had dinner with my mother, aunt and Damien's father and brothers - it was very nice. He was a little emotional at the airport. He made out of JA with no problems with the AP but they made him wait 45 minutes in Fort Lauderdale so we missed our flight to DC - after waiting in line for almost an hour because part of the airport was closed so 6 international flights landed at the same time. US Airways booked us on the next flight with no problems. I miss JA already.

Shemanya,

I'm so glad you guys had a good time. You deserved it You both waited long enough to get the damn AP!! Glad you made it back safely.

[jkb919 0]

Ok we have all been giving Mindy a hard time about not sharing pictures with us but there are a couple other people that have not shared with us either.

Shemanya and Anna where are your pics???? Is there anyone else????

[rhondapayter 0]

Well I finally got through to the embassy and they said that since I already have the DS-230 form filled out and signed by Adrian to over night it to them and they will set an interview date, as Eric already said they have already made April interviews so I will probally get a May date

They said they mailed packet 3 out on Fed. 21st and that people are having problems not recieving them in the mail, but she did say that someone can go and pick it up for him, which is a good thing.

So tonight I am going to Fed ex to get the DS230 form on its way to JA...

I am happy now...a few more months and he will be here....I know you all know how I feel.

That's good news Joanna! At least they can give you an interview date once they receive the DS-230. I know you're excited

Ok Ladies, I finally just finished catching up! And you all say I chat too much

Jamie: Happy belated Birthday and Congrats on the EAD approval I know that's a huge weight off your shoulders.

Mindy: You're officially a married woman now Sorry you were sick on your wedding night. What is the White Rum supposed to do? Bring a fever down? I'll have to ask Tony if he's heard of that.

Jonesie & Mindy: We want wedding pics ladies

Goodmorning everyone.

At work as usual...hope everyone has a great day, my day has not started out so well, about 15 mins before i was leaving for work this morning I got the worst stomach ache...I am better now, but boy was that awful...I thought I was going to be late for work but I am better now.

Rhonda - how was your trip?? we want details and pics

The trip was good and bad. The good thing is we had great weather - warm and sunny - the hotel was beautiful, the beach and pools were great, etc.. The bad thing is we both got sick Tony got really sick the first night - he had way too much rum but he's drank more than that in the past and he's never gotten sick before. I had stomach problems the first night. Then the 3rd night I got REALLY sick - I think it was food poisoning or something.

The food there was awful. It was weird and nasty. I was afraid to eat anything after that but we had 3 more days of vacation so I ate only what I thought was "safe" - bread, pasta, etc. and only drank bottled water and Pepsi. I will NEVER go back to this resort due to the nasty food and strange rum. I don't know if we'll even return to Punta Cana again. There are plenty of other Caribbean islands to explore. And there's always Jamaica!

If you are going to the Dominican, be very careful choosing your resort. Our's was listed as a 4 star and yet we still had problems Also, our A/C in our room had to be "fixed" 4 times before it finally begin working right and there was a huge language barrier between all the guests and employees. All the employees spoke Spanish, a lot of the guests spoke French, German, Italian, and some English. It was hard to meet people and chat with them.

All in all, we still managed to have a good time, but I don't see us returning to the Dominican.

[jkb919 0]

WOW Rhonda, that sucks that you got sick while on vacation. I was wondering how DR was, I had told Adrian that I wanted to go there some time, but now with your experience we might think of some where else, I have always wanted to go to Trinidad.

Rhonda I asked you a while back but you never responded, dont you get "mandatory" vacation in July...I couldnt remember if it was you or Jamie who's work closed in July and you had to take vacation?

Joanna