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Ukraine: my wife still will not evacuate

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She is in Nikolaev - there was still a small window to get out by crossing the Bug by boat.

Her mother stays. She stays.

She know Ukraine will eventually win.

The price will be so high.

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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Prayers to you and them.

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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I understand how you feel. My wife is in Kherson.

 

Every year she goes for several months at a time to care for her elderly parents. This year was no different, and she was planning to return in April. Since the invasion, we've only had contact by email, and haven't heard from her since Friday morning. Her last message warned me about phone service and Internet being shut down, so at least I know why I haven't heard from her, but my fear for her safety can still be overwhelming.

 

Prayers for your wife and mother-in-law.  Prayers for Ukraine.

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On 3/7/2022 at 9:07 PM, RnJ2021 said:

Street bombed today. So many people I knw are panicking.  Jenny (and Lena, her mom) are rocks. They know Ukraine will win. Tragically, they do not know the cost.

Hopefully Zelenskiy will give in and make a deal with Russia before his whole country is destroyed and many more people die.

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

If you suck at playing the trumpet, that may be why.

Dogs can't take MRI's but Cat scan.

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my stepdaugher refuses to evacuate her city also.

she has a friend who finally reached her who evacuated from Kharkiv, so if/when it gets bad in her city they will travel together.

wife is more angry than i have ever seen her.

RoC sent 10/30/21

NOA 11/16/21

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RnJ2021   59

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Jenny evacuated to Lublin Poland - heading to Frankfurt to wait for the interview. I will see her soon. Her mother is working for the army in Nikolaev.

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26 minutes ago, Prizm123 said:

my stepdaugher refuses to evacuate her city also.

she has a friend who finally reached her who evacuated from Kharkiv, so if/when it gets bad in her city they will travel together.

wife is more angry than i have ever seen her.

For us immigrants to the US .. we make a voluntary choice..we have the chance to count the cost even though most of us will look back and say “ i didnt know it would cost that.”  But to face the decision to leave in such circumstances is overwhelming to me as i think about it .. what it must be to your family and friends who are in the midst of it is incomprehensible to us who are not there 

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On 3/10/2022 at 6:06 PM, spookyturtle said:

They sound like strong people. May God be with them and protect them. 

 

RoC sent 10/30/21

NOA 11/16/21

Check Cashed 11/18/21

Biometrics Waived 01/19/2022

 

 

Beware the fury of a patient man.- John Dryden

Political attempts to require that others share your personal truths are, in their limit, dictatorships.- Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Prayers to all who are affected.

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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23 hours ago, Neonred said:

Hopefully Zelenskiy will give in and make a deal with Russia before his whole country is destroyed and many more people die.

Making a deal on Putin's terms will destroy Ukraine. That is why Ukrainians fight so hard. 

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1 hour ago, RnJ2021 said:

Making a deal on Putin's terms will destroy Ukraine. That is why Ukrainians fight so hard. 

It's a no win situation.

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

If you suck at playing the trumpet, that may be why.

Dogs can't take MRI's but Cat scan.

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On 3/5/2022 at 7:17 PM, RnJ2021 said:

She is in Nikolaev - there was still a small window to get out by crossing the Bug by boat.

Her mother stays. She stays.

She know Ukraine will eventually win.

The price will be so high.

Prayers for you all

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On 3/6/2022 at 9:08 AM, Dahnlor said:

I understand how you feel. My wife is in Kherson.

 

Every year she goes for several months at a time to care for her elderly parents. This year was no different, and she was planning to return in April. Since the invasion, we've only had contact by email, and haven't heard from her since Friday morning. Her last message warned me about phone service and Internet being shut down, so at least I know why I haven't heard from her, but my fear for her safety can still be overwhelming.

 

Prayers for your wife and mother-in-law.  Prayers for Ukraine.

God bless you all. I pray for their safety

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