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[Little_Vixen 1,869]

28 minutes ago, MandW said:

To put it bluntly ....if your so disappointed then don't come here, this is America the home of the brave and the land of the free and the country that protects yours. and "making things so unpleasant and tumultuous"?? , the stock market has broken records since this administration has been in, tax breaks have been implemented to help the lower and middle class that need it, and the economy has boomed! and the unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest since 1945 and speaking of 1945 if it wasn't for this "disappointed country that will make you feel unpleasant" you would be speaking German right now. 

I've been around the world and seen "unpleasant" I've lived in China for 3 years and seen "unpleasant" and every time my plane lands on USA soil I'm so thankful I live in a country that protects my freedom and yours.

I'm going to be my blunt Dutch self here for a moment, so excuse me for pissing you off in advance. But this is exactly the 'American attitude' us foreigners can't stand. Every time we express any fear or doubts about this very big and life changing decision, in which we bring up some very real issues and concerns, we get slapped in the face by this very list.

My views on your country have changed a great deal since I met my fiancé. There are many things I love about the States and I think it's a wonderful place. But to be honest, if things were different, he'd be moving to the Netherlands where we have a working healthcare system, paid holidays, proper sickdays, insurance that actually covers things and a retirement plan that allows my 85 year old grandmother to enjoy her grandkids in stead of wrapping groceries at Wallmart.

Edited February 7, 2018 by Little_Vixen

[Naes 12,205]

@CaptainAmerica

I think we just got the preview 😂😂

[RevGreen 86]

36 minutes ago, MandW said:

To put it bluntly ....if your so disappointed then don't come here, this is America the home of the brave and the land of the free and the country that protects yours. and "making things so unpleasant and tumultuous"?? , the stock market has broken records since this administration has been in, tax breaks have been implemented to help the lower and middle class that need it, and the economy has boomed! and the unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest since 1945 and speaking of 1945 if it wasn't for this "disappointed country that will make you feel unpleasant" you would be speaking German right now. 

I've been around the world and seen "unpleasant" I've lived in China for 3 years and seen "unpleasant" and every time my plane lands on USA soil I'm so thankful I live in a country that protects my freedom and yours.

is this for real? please tell me it's satire.

[MandW 310]

5 minutes ago, Little_Vixen said:

he'd be moving to the Netherlands where we have a working healthcare system, paid holidays, proper sickdays, insurance that actually covers things and a retirement plan that allows my 85 year old grandmother to enjoy her grandkids in stead of wrapping groceries at Wallmart.

in other words a free hand out..

and I'm not pissed, you have every right to say and speak your mind as well as I do. hopefully when you do come here you will see USA isn't all that bad and may actually love it here :-)

satire

[Naes 12,205]

4 minutes ago, MandW said:

in other words a free hand out..

and I'm not pissed, you have every right to say and speak your mind as well as I do. hopefully when you do come here you will see USA isn't all that bad and may actually love it here :-)

No it's not a free hand out. It is called taxes being used actually for the people who live and pay (because people actually can afford to).

Edited February 7, 2018 by Naes

[Little_Vixen 1,869]

1 minute ago, MandW said:

in other words a free hand out..

and I'm not pissed, you have every right to say and speak your mind as well as I do. hopefully when you do come here you will see USA isn't all that bad and may actually love it here :-)

satire

I apologize if your initial message was satire. I sometimes have a hard time distinguishing sarcasm/satire and actual over the top American patriotism.

I actually do love it there, save some minor 'inconveniences' that I mentioned earlier.

[MandW 310]

I believe everywhere has its inconveniences some more than others.

[KAF 56]

27 minutes ago, Naes said:

I always check what happened in other months before getting upset. If July doesn't show a bunch of approvals, I know even if I look at June or August I won't see a bunch of approvals (this is because I know that day would mean they won't be updating that day)

 

However, also as I said before, most of these early cases will once be jumped over. So always give yourself a month range.. Getting sad at this stage is pointless, and unnecessary. At least it is unnecessary yet. 

Oh no. Im sad. I trusted the process. I got friends here who got to be with their SO within 4 months. And I got to wait more than 6 months now is just sooo disappointing. Suddenly uscis got so slow.  So yes, i get sad. I know it may be pointless now but this is why some already withdraw their applications. 

 

But yes. We just try to remain optimistic regardless. 

[Naes 12,205]

3 minutes ago, KAF said:

Oh no. Im sad. I trusted the process. I got friends here who got to be with their SO within 4 months. And I got to wait more than 6 months now is just sooo disappointing. Suddenly uscis got so slow.  So yes, i get sad. I know it may be pointless now but this is why some already withdraw their applications. 

 

But yes. We just try to remain optimistic regardless. 

I'm trying to think this way sometimes... some people withdraw to follow a different route, and maybe for some it was better this way... 

 

but yes for now lets stay optimistic for our sakes and our relationships sakes  

Edited February 7, 2018 by Naes

[MandW 310]

6 minutes ago, KAF said:

Oh no. Im sad. I trusted the process. I got friends here who got to be with their SO within 4 months. And I got to wait more than 6 months now is just sooo disappointing. Suddenly uscis got so slow.  So yes, i get sad. I know it may be pointless now but this is why some already withdraw their applications. 

 

But yes. We just try to remain optimistic regardless. 

I love this nation and yet I feel disappointed in the process for our K1, 6 months! and counting! when just last year there was 1 month from NOA1 to NOA2.  6 months or even 4 months is beyond ridiculous! I seen a lot of scans where the petition was withdrawn , we don't know the reason why and could be a many of factors but I feel if a petition was withdrawn it meant their relationship wasn't strong enough at least that's how I want to view it and keeps my relationship with my fiancé strong as I know one day she will be here. But 6 months when I was told it would be 3 at the beginning of this really sucks.

Edited February 7, 2018 by MandW

[Bunbunbunny 32]

27 minutes ago, Little_Vixen said:

I'm going to be my blunt Dutch self here for a moment, so excuse me for pissing you off in advance. But this is exactly the 'American attitude' us foreigners can't stand. Every time we express any fear or doubts about this very big and life changing decision, in which we bring up some very real issues and concerns, we get slapped in the face by this very list.

My views on your country have changed a great deal since I met my fiancé. There are many things I love about the States and I think it's a wonderful place. But to be honest, if things were different, he'd be moving to the Netherlands where we have a working healthcare system, paid holidays, proper sickdays, insurance that actually covers things and a retirement plan that allows my 85 year old grandmother to enjoy her grandkids in stead of wrapping groceries at Wallmart.

I was gonna reply too when i first saw that comment, now i dont have to anymore 

[noraliz73 243]

27 minutes ago, Little_Vixen said:

I'm going to be my blunt Dutch self here for a moment, so excuse me for pissing you off in advance. But this is exactly the 'American attitude' us foreigners can't stand. Every time we express any fear or doubts about this very big and life changing decision, in which we bring up some very real issues and concerns, we get slapped in the face by this very list.

My views on your country have changed a great deal since I met my fiancé. There are many things I love about the States and I think it's a wonderful place. But to be honest, if things were different, he'd be moving to the Netherlands where we have a working healthcare system, paid holidays, proper sickdays, insurance that actually covers things and a retirement plan that allows my 85 year old grandmother to enjoy her grandkids in stead of wrapping groceries at Wallmart.

I would move to Egypt in a heartbeat.  I actually hope that we can buy an apartment there by the Red Sea or in New Cairo and retire there in about five years.  I know my fiancé will face challenges here as non-White foreign man in today's political climate.  The reality is, however, that I have a 20 year old girl in college who needs me for advice, an 18 year old son who will be going to college and needing someone to help with editing his homework and a 12 year old son who is still my "baby."  None of them live with me, but we want to take an active role in their lives.  I see my 12 year old every other weekend.  My daughter calls me almost every night.  I go to see my older kids in Massachusetts several times a year when I visit my parents, and I am sure it will be more often when my fiancé comes since both he and my older children speak Arabic.  I lived in Egypt for a year as a kid and I hated coming back here.  Since we filed for the K1 visa, there has started to be political tension in Egypt too.  I don't know how things there will be even weeks from now.  People are not very happy with their president.  I'm scared for my fiancé.  It seems you can't win anywhere.  We are going to make the best of things here because of my children.  We will go to the mountains and see all the things they don't have in Egypt.  I can't wait to show him around!  He's never been here!  Although we hope to have a child, I am 44 and have had my tubes tied.  It would take a real miracle!  So, I am looking forward to family times with all of us together here.  That is the whole reason he's making this sacrifice.  After a few years, we will see where we end up when the kids are more independent.  But, by then, we may be grandparents.

[CaptainAmerica 115]

22 minutes ago, RevGreen said:

is this for real? please tell me it's satire.

Despite other insistence, I don't think it was. Some of us here are clearly not keen on making friends on an *immigration* forum. 

[YandJ 40]

56 minutes ago, MandW said:

To put it bluntly ....if your so disappointed then don't come here, this is America the home of the brave and the land of the free and the country that protects yours. and "making things so unpleasant and tumultuous"?? , the stock market has broken records since this administration has been in, tax breaks have been implemented to help the lower and middle class that need it, and the economy has boomed! and the unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest since 1945 and speaking of 1945 if it wasn't for this "disappointed country that will make you feel unpleasant" you would be speaking German right now. 

I've been around the world and seen "unpleasant" I've lived in China for 3 years and seen "unpleasant" and every time my plane lands on USA soil I'm so thankful I live in a country that protects my freedom and yours.

It is disappointing to enter the country in times of blatant racism being a foreigner. Before you jump on me telling me to stay home and don't come, I'm home since I'm the petitioner and I'm the US citizen. You telling someone to stay home for not being able to relate to your experience is wrong. Someone coming from a different country and dare to say a different color may have a harder time in the US because whether we like it or not racism is alive and well. 

[Little_Vixen 1,869]

1 minute ago, noraliz73 said:

The reality is, however, that I have a 20 year old girl in college who needs me for advice, an 18 year old son who will be going to college and needing someone to help with editing his homework and a 12 year old son who is still my "baby." 

Exactly the reason why I'm moving out there. He is a father of 4, two still live at home. Their mother is deceased so he is all they have. I can't take him away from them. A child needs his dad even way after they're out of the house. At their wedding, the birth of their child, to bail them out when they've been stupid stupid (yay teenagers). And I hope I will be able to give their life a positive influence too. It's been a long time since they had a strong female rolemodel. I pray I am up to that task.