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[Nessa 23]

entao eu mandei uns lactaid pra minha irma e um dvd com videos do Ben. Quando cvhegou no brazil, eles cobraram 150 reais de importacao do dvd. ja viu isso? eu coloquei no papel la que eu estava mandando um dvd de presente, o que eu faco na proxima vez pra que eles nao cobrem isso da minha mae? colo dentro de um livro e digo que estou mandando um livro? sera que eles cobram traxa de exportacao de livro?

[K and L 27]

Perhaps say digital photos instead - they may have thought you were talking about something else (such as videos of a US tv show that isn't popular in Brazil)

Edited November 6, 2009 by K and L

[Fe M 0]

Alguém sabe se tem algum problema eu pedi os atestados de antecedentes, tanto o da polícia federal quanto ao da secretaria de segurança pública sem os formulários que estão no site do consulado. Quando me perguntaram pra que que era eu disse, mas agora fiquei pensando se tem alguma diferença em quando pede com aquele formulário ou se não, se devo pedir novos com os formulários ou não. Alguém saberia me responder?

[Carolina+James 1]

Recebi meu NOA2 no e-mail hoje!!

Eita alívio, meu RFE demorou demais! Agora falta pouco para matar a saudade!!

Eu ainda tô confusa sobre a parte no Brasil! Pelo que a "Fe M" falou, posso fazer o exame médico e pegar os atestados da polícia apartir de agora, já que possuem validade grande? Se for, melhor, deixar tudo prontinho pra não acumular tudo no final do ano!

[K and L 27]

Parabéns!

[Carolina+James 1]

entao eu mandei uns lactaid pra minha irma e um dvd com videos do Ben. Quando cvhegou no brazil, eles cobraram 150 reais de importacao do dvd. ja viu isso? eu coloquei no papel la que eu estava mandando um dvd de presente, o que eu faco na proxima vez pra que eles nao cobrem isso da minha mae? colo dentro de um livro e digo que estou mandando um livro? sera que eles cobram traxa de exportacao de livro?

Nessa, para evitar a cobrança, tens que colocar também o valor do produto, mesmo que seja presente. Funcionou comigo pelo menos. Quando não fizemos isso, fui cobrada de alguns presentes que recebi, e eram só roupas e chocolates, nada eletrônico ou caro. Da última vez colocamos a descrição correta e deu tudo certo, ainda que fossem somente mais chocolates (fã de chocolate Dove aqui ).

[K and L 27]

BTW, Nessa, do they have internet? You could use the internet, even if they have slow internet. There are lots of technologies available using the internet.

[Nessa 23]

yeah but like a 2 minutes video has 200 mega wich takes me like 2 hours to upload. in order to do that i have to do during midnight to 6 am, when they don't deduct the amount of daily internet usage. it's way easier for me to make a few videos, burn and send to them.

e nao foi caro, o dvd custa 1 dolar eu acho e de lactaid eu probably gastei uns 35 dolares. no final umas 8 caixas de lactaid mais 1 dvd acabou custando uns 115 dolares

[Nessa 23]

sobre os atestados e o medical, acho que tem 90 dias de validade os atestados e 1 ano o medical, nao? se for assim go ahead e faz tudo agora. se por acaso a tua entrevista demorar mais de 90 dias, vc pede os atestados de novo.

[K and L 27]

A two minute video can be compressed to be much less than 200MB. Most 1 hour TV shows are 160MB or less when compressed, so recompressing your video should make it around 5-6MB, per video. Video compression is why real time video streaming (including services like Skype) are possible.

What kind of camera are you using to create the videos? I can look for some tools that would convert your videos to something much smaller, and then your family back in Brazil can enjoy videos of your son much faster, without having to wait for the slow postal system (or worrying about importation fees!).

Edited November 13, 2009 by K and L

[Nessa 23]

i'm using JVC everio 1920 fullhd 120gb hard drive . i can record as avchd or mpeg2. when i recorded as avchd, they couldn't play in brazil, my mom had to take to some place for the guy to convert the files. when i recorded as mpeg2 they could play just fine. the size for both is usually the same.

[Fe M 0]

Ai, agora bateu o desanimo geral.

O I-130 foi aprovado no dia 3 de novembro, ficamos super felizes pensando, agora no NVC costuma ser rapido e tal, mas quando chegou a carta com a aprovacao, eles pensam que eu to nos EUA ainda, mesmo tendo preenchido tudo que ia fazer a entrevista no Rio e tal, mas agora temos que preencher o tal do I-824, que sao mais 340 dolares e 2 meses de aprovacao pelo site. Vamos ver com o advogado se tem algo diferente pra fazer mas acredito que nao. So queria desabafar...

"The above petition has been approved. The petition indicates that the person for whom you are petitioning is in the United States and will apply for adjustment of status. He or she should contact the local USCIS office to obtain Form I-485, Application for Permanent Residence. A copy of this notice should be submitted with the application.

If the person for whom you are petitioning decides to apply for a visa outside the United States based on this petition, the petitioner should file form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, with this office to request that we send the petition to the Department of State National Visa Center (NVC).

...."

[Carolina+James 1]

Poxa, sinto muito Fe, espero que dê tudo certo...

Passei aqui para deixar este link:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=224868

É uma thread do pessoal K-1 que vai ter a interview no Rio, várias dicas e detalhes para quem precisar!

Its a thread from the K-1 people that are having their interviews in Rio, many tips and details.

[K and L 27]

The first software that comes to mind isn't the one that will do the absolute best job at the compression, but should get it down significantly: DivX. It comes in two parts, a converter (there's a free trial, but I think you have to purchase the pro version of the software for $20 to keep it) that will compress it to a significantly smaller video file, and a video codec (which your family will need to download & install to view the files -- windows DivX codec, mac DivX codec). I think you would need to buy the MPEG converter plugin ($10) to do your video files, though.

Another option is AutoGK -- it also uses DivX or Xvid for compressing (and like DivX, your family would need to install the Xvid codec in order to view it -- windows; it's more complicated on the mac and installing this quicktime plugin would probably be the best way on mac). That tutorial shows you how to burn it to disk, but obviously you know how to do that already & it's not a requirement for using AutoGK.

AutoGK is 100% free, so I would go with that as a starting point (and the fact it's got everything you need already is a bonus!), but DivX may be able to get it smaller with better quality -- I haven't messed around with AutoGK to see how good the quality is.

Regardless of which one you choose, there are three things to note:

1) Video compression can also take hours, but you don't have to be there while it does it. I don't know how long it would take for 3-5 minute movies, as I typically compress things that are 1-2 hours long, and that usually takes me a few hours. But once it's done, the upload and download should take minutes.

2) Take some time to play with the compression settings to see how good the video is afterward. Decreasing the frame rate per second (fps) is an easy way to reduce the size of the video - a 600x400 video going from 50 fps (typical for HD recordings) to 25 fps (more than sufficient for non-HD) will be reduced in size by half. I wouldn't reduce it to less than, say, 25 fps. If your camera is recording video in HD, this is the first step to take to make the size smaller!

3) After you're done, before you send it, you should be able to get a little bit more compression by sending it as a rar or zip file. Google rarlabs and winzip to find programs to do those things. Windows XP and later has a built in unzip function, but winzip and winrar will compress things better than xp does.

[Ladylethal 12]

Olá meninas! Ando meio ocupada mas não me esqueci de vocês e vim saber notícias!

Vejo que temos gente nova no pedaço, welcome!