Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 4)

[eric_drewry 0]

I'm pretty happy with Cable & Wireless Canada's Foreign Phone. Cost is in Canadian dollars.

For $34.95 a month I get Unlimited Calls to US, Canada, and Great Britain. 0.03 to a Jamaican land line, 0.17 to a Jamaican Cell phone. I have an Indiana phone number and a Jamaican number. So I am a local call from JA.

Call forwarding is great, I have gotten online and changed it to forward to the embassy, then call my US home phone number from the office when I needed to call the embassy. I also change it with my cell browser to call my wife when I'm on the road.

Now as she is planning on leaving JA, she is giving her family and friends a local number that they can call her on.

Hey family!!!!

I don't know if anyone has tried this (mobilecaller.com) but i got 541 mins for $20.00. You can register your house phone and cell phone. My hubby has alot of friends and fam back in the yard and this really cut my bill 75%.

Hope everyone's having a good day.

I think those rates you quoted are for land lines. Cell minutes are $.19 per minute. I still think that's about the best deal I've seen.

Watch out for all the connection fees from this provider. When it comes to calling a cell in JA Ringyard is still a better deal, cause they don't have connection fees and such.

Ringyard is what I am using now. I still have $ .10 a minute but once I use that purchase up; it'll change to .19 per minute. You're right, there are no connection fees and the rounding is good too on Ringyard.

[brownnskinn 0]

Hello all. The stranger is back. First thing VISA APPROVED Thursday April 19th.

Of course as the rest of our case went it was another roller coaster ride. Here’s how the last month or so went. Where I left off we were told Nickiesha needed another physical on her interview on Feb 20th. They also told us that they would schedule her a BLUE SHEET interview before her police report expired on March 23rd, if we got the physical done quickly. That day we scheduled another physical for just a few days later. The following day I requested the appointment. It took weeks for them to come back with an April 3rd date; of course this was too late for the police report. Calls reminding them of their promise by myself and Indiana Senator Lugar’s office had no effect. So Nickiesha goes for an expedited police report. She returns as scheduled to pick it up. They tell her sorry it’s not ready we will send it to your local police station for Thursday April 5th. Of course that is too late so we have to reschedule the interview. Of course it did show up in the afternoon on April 3rd. I manage to get an April 19th date at 12:30, which is 1:30 here in Indiana. Around 2pm I get a call from Nickiesha, they will not let her in for the interview; her name is not on the list. I tell her to wait across the street; I’m going to make some calls. I call Senator Lugar’s office, they say they’ll call the embassy and see what they can do. I call a few times myself, I get routed to voicemail and then eventually to the idiot security guard that was giving my wife the problems in the first place. End result of my calls the idiot tells me that we will have to get another appointment. I tell him that this isn’t the end of it they will be hearing from a US Senator. About 45 minutes later I get a call from the senator’s office. They tell me they found where she did have an appointment and had no explanation why she was not on the list. He still had them on the line at the time. He asks me if she is still there. I say yes she is waiting across the street. I was told she should come back in 5 minutes they will let the security guard know she can be let in. I would have loved to see that man’s face when he was told. I suspect the office was embarrassed over the situation as when she got to the door they brought her straight in, took her passport and police report and she was out of there in less than 20 minutes. Throughout this whole procedure they including the previous interview they never asked her one question.

Nickiesha’s flight is next week Saturday. Four years and five scheduled interviews later finally a visa.

I long time overdue!!!! I am soo happy for you guys!!! Your wife has a wonderful man who perservers(Sp)!!!!!

[brownnskinn 0]

hey guys just join VJ and a give a big up to everyone

Big up, and welcome!

[eric_drewry 0]

Thank you all for the well wishes.

Now for the hard part adjusting to life in the US.

[nannygirl82 0]

Thank you all for the well wishes.

Now for the hard part adjusting to life in the US.

so true.....

[brownnskinn 0]

I've been thinking, the Yardie compund is a really cool idea. But until we can settle on a location hows about we HOUSE SWAP! Kinda like that show Wife Swap, except were not exchanging husbands and wives, were swapping homes for a weekend.

I think it would be even better if we did do a "wife swap"!!! Wouldn't that be funny to see how everyone else's Jamaican husband REALLY was??!!!

Your a mess. No I think not.

[missjones 0]

Good Morning Everyone.

Has your hubby or wife ever said something to you that was just hilarious or unbelievable??

When I was living in JA, my husband told me that we could not eat from paper plates because they cause cancer. I laughed so hard I almost peed on myself but he kept a straight face…he was dead serious. Because he was so serious, I couldn’t stop laughing.

Also, I was in the kitchen and out of nowhere a lizard fell on my arm. My husband says it means that I am pregnant. (Hey, I’m actually pregnant, so maybe this one is true...)

I thought I heard it all but maybe not, what does your SO tell you???

~Miss Jones

[brownnskinn 0]

HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT...I JUST GOT A EMAIL REPLY FROM THE EMBASSY THAT CONFIRMING THAT THE APPT FOR MAY 24TH IS FOR AN INTERVIEW ..I AM SO HAPPY...IF HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MEDICAL IN TIME FOR THE RESULTS TO GET TO THE EMBASSY WHAT HAPPENS THEN ?

Congrats on your interview date, but If you are not sure if your SO has "smoked", then you should really find out and reschedule both if need be.

[brownnskinn 0]

Who lives in Atlanta?? We were planing to go to Atlanta for a PriAmerica siminar, but it looks as though we won't be attending the siminar, but we thought we could enjoy the city instead :energetic:

Hey Denden I have been working all weekend but I live in Atlanta!!!!!

Well, we should be in the area in August. We'll have to link up.

[jlvr 1]

I'm pretty happy with Cable & Wireless Canada's Foreign Phone. Cost is in Canadian dollars.

For $34.95 a month I get Unlimited Calls to US, Canada, and Great Britain. 0.03 to a Jamaican land line, 0.17 to a Jamaican Cell phone. I have an Indiana phone number and a Jamaican number. So I am a local call from JA.

Call forwarding is great, I have gotten online and changed it to forward to the embassy, then call my US home phone number from the office when I needed to call the embassy. I also change it with my cell browser to call my wife when I'm on the road.

Now as she is planning on leaving JA, she is giving her family and friends a local number that they can call her on.

Wow, that's a cool plan. And they have that in the US? I need to check that out.

[eric_drewry 0]

Yes, at http://www.foreignphone.com/

I'm pretty happy with Cable & Wireless Canada's Foreign Phone. Cost is in Canadian dollars.

For $34.95 a month I get Unlimited Calls to US, Canada, and Great Britain. 0.03 to a Jamaican land line, 0.17 to a Jamaican Cell phone. I have an Indiana phone number and a Jamaican number. So I am a local call from JA.

Call forwarding is great, I have gotten online and changed it to forward to the embassy, then call my US home phone number from the office when I needed to call the embassy. I also change it with my cell browser to call my wife when I'm on the road.

Now as she is planning on leaving JA, she is giving her family and friends a local number that they can call her on.

Wow, that's a cool plan. And they have that in the US? I need to check that out.

[SupportOAFJF 0]

HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT...I JUST GOT A EMAIL REPLY FROM THE EMBASSY THAT CONFIRMING THAT THE APPT FOR MAY 24TH IS FOR AN INTERVIEW ..I AM SO HAPPY...IF HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MEDICAL IN TIME FOR THE RESULTS TO GET TO THE EMBASSY WHAT HAPPENS THEN ?

Congrats on your interview date, but If you are not sure if your SO has "smoked", then you should really find out and reschedule both if need be.

HEY DENDEN..THANK YOU..YEAH I THINK I WILL NEED TO RESCHEDULE IF THEY WILL LET ME..I JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE EVEN THOUGH HE'S USING THIS THING AND THAT THING TO CLEAR IT UP

[lovelyjodie 0]

Also, I was in the kitchen and out of nowhere a lizard fell on my arm. My husband says it means that I am pregnant. (Hey, I’m actually pregnant, so maybe this one is true...)

~Miss Jones

Yes thats true.

[brownnskinn 0]

Good Morning Everyone.

Has your hubby or wife ever said something to you that was just hilarious or unbelievable??

I thought I heard it all but maybe not, what does your SO tell you???

~Miss Jones

I'm bout use to it now, but I tell you I have had my share of laughs

[nyseness 0]

good suggestion nyceness. my fiance's immunization records are lost so he will be getting them prior to his medical.

hey belwin- did your hubby have to start all over with his immunizations? Do you know which specific shots he did get?

eric- what will be your wife's port of entry?

He had his shots that were done when he went to school. He said he had to get two shots and one more a little later in May. I sent him 250 for the whole process. There was a green sheet stating him not to go to a doctors clinic. So he didn't want to ruin his chances so he stuck to the plan. I think so far this whole thing has costed me 3,000 USA dollars paperwork and his items to get. By the time I get my hubby here about 3,500. This is my airfare, hotel, police records, rides to Kingston to get them, doctors visit, passport, birthcertificate, passport photos. I am so suprised they are uping the fees too.

Wow Jax that seems like a lot.