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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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Today, Sunday, we've been married for 2 years or so

And your point is, ma'am?

Ah -- fishing for wishing, I see ma'am. I have composed a song in your honor, see here ma'am:

[ahem, harrumph]

We wish you a happy 'ver's'ry;

We wish you a happy 'ver's'ry!

We wish you a happy 'ver's'ry,

And survive one more year!

(Good, good! Especially the "we wish you a happy 'ver's'ry" part, si man.)

Just think, intuit ma'am: if you make it one more year, you'll have been married for Many years, just like me man.

Just gonna go out to eat....

Someone's stuck in a sordid Groundhog Day tape-loop, sigh man.

my hair is now gingerish/redish my way of starting anew

Fotos or you're still a rubia, see ma'am and oj tak.

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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Saturday GS report, see man:

Arose unwillingly at o'dark-Many; was on road by Many a.m. (Many minutes earlier than usual, huh man).

Had Many GSs on itinerary and opportunistically found a great Many others, record-setting man.

The take, see man:

box of Many (2x2x2+2+2+2) bath/kitchen linens (2x2x2+2+2+1 usable) = $1, whee man

floor mat for T-B.-mobile = half a buck, cheap man

large truck for Mini-B. + Adidas shirt = buck-&-a-half, deal man

cracker platter shaped like fish, made of twisted wire & beads* = buck-&-a-half, half-price man

Many drinking-straws = half a buck + a dime, deal man

huge plastic jar = dime, wow man

Many (2+1) shirts for Mini-B. = $2, talked 'em down man

Many (2+1) books for Mini-B.** = $1, talked 'em down man

full can of "Many-in-1 foaming toy-cleaner" = $1, steal man

new-with-tag Gap shirt for Mrs. T-B. = $1, find man

huge plastic spatula + kitchen knife = 2 dimes, deal man

2 shirts for Mini-B. = $1, wee man

shoeboxful of Legos for Mini-B. = $1, wee man

Total = $Many.Many, whee man.

*Our only "indulgent" purchase of this sojourn, si man

**"Rainbow Fish to the Rescue," "Who Am I? Pets," & "Moose's Loose Tooth," literary classics man

Community GS yielded most of finds, concentrated area man. Mrs. T-B. very sorry not to have accompanied, no she man, upon mid-experience phoned-in report that most sales were run by Spanish-type people, the chicas among whom typically have excellent taste in chica-clothes, si señoras ma'ams.

After some burnout, Mrs. T-B. sounds ripe for returning to the GS trail, whee she man, and she even told us of a big affair pending in two weeks, she 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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Saturday non-GS report, see man:

Couldn't reach new dry-cleaner, so dropped stuff at last week's alternative place, $i man.

Returned to casa at noon:Many, homeboy man.

Mrs. T-B. picked us up at 1 p.m. for lunch, she & Mini-B. man.

Dined heartily at Burger King with use of coupons, ingest man.

Returned to casa; desperately desired siesta; mowed lawn instead, conscientious man.

Took only semi-successful siesta (with cat, who was successful), no zzz and miu man.

Awoke to shepherd Mini-B. while Mrs. T-B. went to some Zumba affair at a club, she man.

Mrs. T-B. left at Many:Many p.m. and promised to be back "by Many," she and sigh man.

Warmed up refrigerated (cooked) dinner for self & Mini-B., me and wee man.

Dined like sloppy bachelors, piggy me and wee man.

Played Trains, catch, cars, trains, Hot Wheels, blocks, pillows, & trains with Mini-B., wee man.

Mrs. T-B. didn't come home till Late News time (=Many p.m.), temporally delinquent she man.

Mini-B. asleep as soon as head hit pillow, zzz wee man.

Watched late news, see man.

Dished the warsher; warshed kitchen rags + new purchases, domestic man.

Must de-dish warsher and fold laundered stuff, domestic man.
On Sunday, must watch football, do Many laundry loads, and go to Aldi, no rest for weary man.

No sign of the stunk at this writing, no stink man.

Mornin', Commie-babes!

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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[back after a swing through the forums for company-man purposes]

Can someone help this guy more than I can, please man? He has been an extremely impressive VJ contributor, and he needs us now.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/516957-separated-filing-divorce/?p=7275176

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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Saturday GS report, see man:

Arose unwillingly at o'dark-Many; was on road by Many a.m. (Many minutes earlier than usual, huh man).

Had Many GSs on itinerary and opportunistically found a great Many others, record-setting man.

The take, see man:

box of Many (2x2x2+2+2+2) bath/kitchen linens (2x2x2+2+2+1 usable) = $1, whee man

floor mat for T-B.-mobile = half a buck, cheap man

large truck for Mini-B. + Adidas shirt = buck-&-a-half, deal man

cracker platter shaped like fish, made of twisted wire & beads* = buck-&-a-half, half-price man

Many drinking-straws = half a buck + a dime, deal man

huge plastic jar = dime, wow man

Many (2+1) shirts for Mini-B. = $2, talked 'em down man

Many (2+1) books for Mini-B.** = $1, talked 'em down man

full can of "Many-in-1 foaming toy-cleaner" = $1, steal man

new-with-tag Gap shirt for Mrs. T-B. = $1, find man

huge plastic spatula + kitchen knife = 2 dimes, deal man

2 shirts for Mini-B. = $1, wee man

shoeboxful of Legos for Mini-B. = $1, wee man

Total = $Many.Many, whee man.

These weekly lists fill me with anxiety as I wonder where you are putting all this stuff - I have images of towers of GS sheets and many boxes of drinking straws piled up around the house.

Very jealous of the Lego though - that's an amazing price

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Morning everyone,

So after cleaning the kitchen in my new place for half a day....I have to say ....gross people gross. I used q-tips to get out questionable sticky stuff out of the fridge, the kitchen was stinky so I was going to wash it until I saw all the crud that was inside so had to sweep it out wash it and then re-wash with essential oil/oil/water/vinegar solution. The bathroom has questionable hair in the drawers....me no want to touch it but must (with gloves). Cannot wait till I got it cleaned out. For now....candles are lit in every room, windows open....that shall take the dingy stink out. It better....

:)

GC received on the 28th of February, 2014 - no interview, no additional RFE's

Divorced as of September, 2014

NOA1 for ROC 14 October, 2014

Life goes on, my ex-husband is a moron.

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Douse in gasoline and set on fire :)

Oh no.......

J you just triggered Tark to retell his "man walks into the pet shop and asks for 30000 cockroaches" joke.......

:rofl:

GC received on the 28th of February, 2014 - no interview, no additional RFE's

Divorced as of September, 2014

NOA1 for ROC 14 October, 2014

Life goes on, my ex-husband is a moron.

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Douse in gasoline and set on fire :)

I kind of want to do that to the kitchen tbh haha but begers cannot be choosers and I am happy it is "mine"

GC received on the 28th of February, 2014 - no interview, no additional RFE's

Divorced as of September, 2014

NOA1 for ROC 14 October, 2014

Life goes on, my ex-husband is a moron.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Singapore
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OK -

Please ask Jonas to help you -

--get on a PC

--launch a web browser

--goto http://maps.google.com

--enter your address there

--search for ethnic shops, using the right search terms

report back, when able.

lmao i dont need jonas to help me use google maps. i know how to use it - and we have visited many since i got here. i still have not been able to find some of the stuff i need, e.g. curry leaves.

Flying to Seattle on 6 May 2014!

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Today, Sunday, we've been married for 2 years or so Facebook tells me. :luv:

For some odd reason I thought you were married longer than me. Lol

You don't remember your anniversary date? I bet your hubs loves that.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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