The blue boxes and hearts on our avatars

[Nagishkaw 510]

"Annie" is fine

cos its my name

Welcome to the blue boxes and (L)s heaven Annie!

My name is Xenia ... but you can call me Eau or X

Correction, thats Eau, Special Operations Officer, Commander of VJ Intelligence.

[WifeOHunkyJohn 2]

Hee hee I once yelled at my hubby for gov. speak.. he was referring to I-485, blah blah blah... I said "you mean paper for greencard right - Don't make it complicated!! I cna't handle the stress boy!!".. lol.. good times..

I know what that feels like.

I worked in a UK government related office, and got a call one day that had me baffled. Because everyone is known by initials, and forms are known by numbers, I got this person who said something like:

"Hi, can I speak to [letter letter] about [number number] and [number number] because [letter letter] over at [letter letter] got [number number] instead of [number number] and [letter letter] of [letter letter number number] needs [letter letter... or was it number number] to verify [number number] before they [number number] the [number number] to [letter letter]."

I was like...

"pardon?"

and this very polite voice at the other end of the phone went...

"you're new, aren't you?"

Said it all, really

[SoL. 0]

Welcome Annie!

[LovinLiberia 0]

Don't forget you I-134's and I-864's!

[Emancipation 2]

Oh man.. forget all the other topics.. now you guys have me hooked and crying I'm laughing so hard..

I love that there are ranks here... I've never been in the military.. my daddy wouldn't "allow" his little girl to be in cadets.. boo.

[WifeOHunkyJohn 2]

At least they are nice enough to call the biometrics the biometrics, right?

And thank you all for the nice welcome

Good to know that we can be a part of something fun and friendly while we endure all these immigration hurdles. Makes the journey less lonely, I can tell you

[LovinLiberia 0]

I laugh til I cry in here, too. I don't have a fancy rank, but I am a nurse's aid!! Omoba and I help remove the wounded and dead from the battlefield.

Edited May 9, 2007 by PrincessMetzger

[SoL. 0]

OH how could I forget the I-134 and I-864???

I don't have time to look at another threads anymore, this one is the best

[Emancipation 2]

Now why would we have wounded & dead around these here VJ parts?? *thinks for a sec......................

Soooo you guys are pretty busy then huh?

[LovinLiberia 0]

hey, we are 6 1/2 pages away from 200. I don't think I'll be able to join the 200 page party because I'll be at lunch. *cry cry cry* I missed the 100 page party, too.

[WifeOHunkyJohn 2]

Now why would we have wounded & dead around these here VJ parts?? *thinks for a sec......................

Soooo you guys are pretty busy then huh?

I actually am supposed to be working on the edits for my still-in-progress first novel and this is more fun. And getting a giggle from the fact its not just me that trips over all these abbreviations is reassuring. Makes me feel less clumsy

[LovinLiberia 0]

Emancipation, not really...because our commander or whatever is really good at what they do...most times it's a direct hit to the enemy and we just remove the dead.

[WifeOHunkyJohn 2]

hey, we are 6 1/2 pages away from 200. I don't think I'll be able to join the 200 page party because I'll be at lunch. *cry cry cry* I missed the 100 page party, too.

then we should all type faster

[eau_xplain 2]

Yeah it can get quite complicated, if somebody hears anybody going thru this process it sounds like reading chemistry or the periodic table

I-129f for K-1, right?

And then after, the I-485.

Yes AOS, O'really?

Aha, and maybe you need the AP plus the EAD.

And others are going thru K-3's.

Wait until you get past AOS. Then you'll have to do form numbers .. I-751 for removal of conditions, N-400 for naturalization. Hard enough to remember acronyms, how much more form numbers!!

[LovinLiberia 0]

Now why would we have wounded & dead around these here VJ parts?? *thinks for a sec......................

Soooo you guys are pretty busy then huh?

I actually am supposed to be working on the edits for my still-in-progress first novel and this is more fun. And getting a giggle from the fact its not just me that trips over all these abbreviations is reassuring. Makes me feel less clumsy

Definately not just you. Sometimes I have to sit and stare at the screen and go down a mental list of what can fit that abbreviation until SOMETHING makes sense.