Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 5)

DonnaJay · December 3, 2007

Donna and I are now married. We went to the courthouse last week.

At the SS office we found out that Donna needs an I-94. The I-94 was not given to her when she entered the country. I've read a lot on this and I'm still not sure of the next steps to take. I've read that SS will not except an out of date I-94. (We married a couple of days before the 90 days was up on the K-1 visa). Can the I-485 be submitted without this information at this time? My wife is ready to start working. Please advise.

Jengles · December 3, 2007

same thing happened to hubby, but he went back to JA and got one on his re-entry. I think there is a process involved in getting an i-94, it might take a while. You can try going back to her point of re-entry, it basically means someone didn't do their job.

I think she is out of status on day 91 if the i-485 isn't filed, if you can't go back to her point of entry. I would suggest filling the i-485 without the i-94 info and letting them RFE you in the meantime and applying for the EAD, because on day 91 SS will not give her a social security number.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Forever Young · December 3, 2007

**********MONDAY CHUCKLE**********

Happy Monday All!!! I hope everyone had a great weekend!!! Anyway, back to the grind!!! :no:

Enjoy,

Gill

**************************************************************************

Rum Head

A Jamaican is strolling down the street in Kingston and kicks a bottle lying in the street.

Suddenly out of the bottle comes a Genie.

The Jamaican is stunned, and the Genie says,

"Hello master, I will grant you one wish, anything you want."

The Jamaican begins thinking, "Well, I really like drinking rum."

Finally the Jamaican says, "Is rum me like fe drink, make me pee

rum." man!

The Genie grants him his wish.

When the Jamaican gets home he gets a glass out of the cupboard and pees in it. He looks in the glass and it's clear. The ting look like rum. The ting smell like rum. He takes a taste and it is the best rum he has ever tasted.

The Jamaican yells to his wife, "Beverly, Beverly, come quick nah man."

She comes running down the hall and the Jamaican takes another glass out of th e cupboard and pees in it.

Drink up woman, is rum! Beverly is reluctant but goes ahead and takes a sip.

It is the best rum she has ever tasted. The two drink and party all night.

The next night the Jamaican comes home from work and tells his wife to get two glasses out of the cupboard. He proceeds to pee in the two glasses. The result is the same, the rum is excellent, and the couple drinks until sun up.

Friday night comes, and the Jamaican comes home and tells his wife,

"Beverly tek one glass and we will drink rum."

His wife gets the glass from the cupboard and sets it on the table.

The Jamaican begins to pee in the glass. When he done fill it, 'im wife ask, "But Winston, why is one glass tonite?"

Winston raise the glass and say, "Because tonite my love, you drink from de bottle.

*JG* · December 3, 2007

Here's one thing I found on this site for you:

As for the I-94, I would try Jahan & Christine's approach with the POE to get one. Failing that, was an entry stamp placed in the passport showing the class of entry, probably on the page facing the visa? If so, use that as evidence of status in lieu of the I-94.

*JG* · December 3, 2007

You could also try filing an I-102 Form to apply for I-94 if it was lost, destroyed or mutilated. From what I read, it costs to do this.

Tonya · December 3, 2007

Thanks so much Gill..I live for your daily chuckles........ :lol:

*JG* · December 3, 2007

MiPhone pulls plug on Cash Plus' MegaFone - Case in court over indebtedness

published: Sunday | December 2, 2007

The long-distance, prepaid telephone service provided by MegaFone, using Oceanic Digital's network, has collapsed in a dispute over payments, leaving out-of-pocket subscribers scrambling to determine where to turn for reimbursement.

Precisely how much Oceanic, which operates in Jamaica as MiPhone, is owed is not clear.What was confirmed on Friday was that MiPhone had pulled the plug in the face of the dispute.

"We terminated the contract and that's a recent development," Colin Webster, MiPhone's chief operating officer, told Sunday Business.

The matter appears headed for court, but in newspaper advertisements at the weekend, MegaFone, a subsidiary of Carlos Hill's controversial Cash Plus Group, told its customers to look to Oceanic, which operates in Jamaica under the name MiPhone, for recompense.

"Customers with defective phones who also have unexpired subscription are entitled at their option to a replacement phone, or a refund," the Megaphone ad said. "The refund has to be negotiated with MiPhone and accordly dealers are required to take customers' submissions to use as 67 Slipe Road."

While MiPhone has announced the launch of its own service to replace the MegaFone franchise, Webster described the assertion of its former partner as "unfortunate". The implication was that those obligations belong to MegaFone .

Carlos Hill presides over a organisation that has taken large amount of cash from thousands of mostly small investors with promises of returns of more than a 100 per cent a year.

While he has been at loggerheads with regulators over an alleged lack of transparency and his failure to register in accordance with the law covering trading in equities, Hill has announced a flurry of business ventures and ostensible purchase deals.

MegaFone was among the earliest of his forays. Subscribers were initially offered unlimited calls to the UK , the United States and Canada for a flat J$50 a day or $990, excluding tax, per month. These rates were later increased to $65 and $1,150, respectively. Subsequently, the arragnement was adjusted to allow MiPhone call cards to be used on the MegaFone system, a move that addressed MegaFone 's distribution problems but afforded MiPhone additional purchase on the scheme.

But even as the MegaFone system appeared to grow in popularity tensions were clearly emerging behind the scenes. Three months there were rumours of a quarrel over MegaFone 's reported debt at the time both Webster and his chief financial officer Mary E. Thomas declined to comment on the issue.

MegaFone and Cash Plus officials could not be contacted for comment on Friday, but MiPhone's Webster confirmed that it was the same issue that had resurfaced he again refused to give numbers.

"It's the same matter at the end of the day," he said.

With MegaFone pulled from its network, MiPhone moved swiftly to offer customers a MegaFone subscribers attempting to make calls are greeted with an announcement that the service was not longer available.

"However, to assist all customers who have come to rely on this product MiPhone has introduced a new product that offers similar benefits," the announcement says. "For the same $999 you will get 1,003 minutes to the U.S.A., U.K. land line and Canadian numbers."

Although Webster disputed his company's liability to MegaFone's customers, as suggested in that company's advertisement, he said persons who had bought MiPhone cards for use on their MegaFone handsets would receive what they paid for.

He however made clear that they would not be able to renew subscription on the original MegaFone plan.

Forever Young · December 3, 2007

WOW !!! That's not good ATALL!!!! We gave up on Megaphone a while ago...but still, I have a number of family members and friends that not only use it, but depend on it!!!

Shame... :no:

Gill

nannygirl82 · December 3, 2007

i would start calling around to find out what to do....jomo's girl's advice sounds right....butmaybe like jengles said she might be out of status and there might not be anything you can do.....i really would start calling i guess uscis and ask them what they would advise you to do....because i know for the aos you need to copy of it for the packet...

shrewdgal · December 3, 2007

I know, right! We still have one but it is useless.

*JG* · December 3, 2007

I kept thinking it was too good to be true.

shrewdgal · December 3, 2007

Well, out of the FIVE we went thru. ONE was good. Happens to be the ONE he lost. hmph!

Ok, I have a question. I am going down for two weeks at Christmas. I fly out Christmas Eve. What do I do about gifts? Claim them? How does that work? I know they will probably search my bags if I say I am not bringing anything, b/c lately I always get grief.

Any advice?

*JG* · December 3, 2007

Well, my advice would be to not claim.

Are your gifts such that you can carry them in your purse or wrap them up in clothes or something they couldn't find them if they searched?

I claimed around Christmas time and it was not worth the hassle. And, in the end, they charged me a higher fee then what I paid for the items. I even had receipts for all of it as proof. They barely glanced at those.

shrewdgal · December 3, 2007

Well, some of it can be wrapped, but then I was trying to bring him a CD player for his car. so. I am guessing..dont get that?

I thought you could bring up to $500 of items without paying?

bummer.

*JG* · December 3, 2007

Not how it played out for me. And, they were really jacka$$es about it too.

What I did after that was anything I was taking, I wrapped up in other clothes or put in shoes, etc. Hid it all. And, I carried anything possible in my purse cause they never went in there. We just sent some stuff down via a friend of ours, and she just snuck it through same way.

If you feel you must claim, hide as much as you can.

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