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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Jordan
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You know you're an Arab when…

- You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal.

- You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport.

- You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.

- You say bye 17 times on the phone.

- Your parents don’t realize that phone connection to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades and still scream at the top of their lungs when making long distance calls.

- Your relatives alone could populate a small city.

- You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".

- You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother.

- When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover they know one of your uncles back home.

- You do all the housework and cooking if you are female

- You refer to your dad's friends as 3amo.

- You still came back home to live with your parents after you graduate.

- You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkin seeds. . .

- Your parents say you're becoming Americanized anytime you get into trouble.

- You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic.

- You have at least thirty cousins.

- You teach Westerners swearwords in your Arabic.

- Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer.

- You use your forehead and eyebrows to point something out. . .

- Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day.

- You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted you because they keep staring.

- You are proud to be an Arab.

- A visa is not a credit card.

- You flip out any time someone mistakes you for Mexican or Indian.

- Your hide everything from your parents.

- You go back to your parents’ country and people treat you like a member of the royal family.

- You went to a university as far away from home as possible.

- You have been told to not walk barefoot on the floor in order to avoid a cold.

- When you FLY BACK home you find 20 people waiting for you at the airport.

- You fight over who pays the dinner bill.

- You pronounce your p’s like b’s (bolice and bebsi)

- You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you a story of how he had to walk miles just to get to school.

- Your dad swears at you with words that affect himself.

- You only walk on the streets in groups of seven or more people and talk really really loud in Arabic together.

- If you are an Arab girl, you give the look of death to another Arab girl who looks better than you.

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:lol:

I recognized some of those in my honey!! :P

Allah tries his chosen people through many hardships, but those who persevere through adversity, surrendering themselves before the will of Allah, shall be blessed with a superb reward.

-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Anas bin Malik

A time will come when the sky is torn apart; when the stars scatter, and the ocean drains away; and when the graves are tossed about, and laid open. At that time every man will be told what he has done, and what he has failed to do; and every woman will be told what she has done, and what she has failed to do.

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Me too!!!

But drinking 6 cups of tea...... we Russians do that too (everybody calls me russian here, even though I'm not, so ... whatever :D ). In fact, I just wanted to make some more tea - that's how we stay warm.

And "open the light"! That takes me back to Morocco! Where did you find that? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Met online - May 2004

Met in person - August 2004

Got married - May 2005

Filed I-130 - July 2005

Filed I-129 - August 2005

Interview - February 2006 - 221(g) - still under investigation.

Another useless interview - July 2006 - got nowhere!

August 23, 2007 - he's finally here!

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My family does pretty much everything on this list...lol

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Iraq
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You know you're an Arab when…

- You say bye 17 times on the phone.

Oh My GAWD!!! What is with THAT!?!?!? When we talk on the phone, I make sure to tell my fiance that I have to go a GOOD 10 minutes before I really need to go because it takes that long to get him to hang up! I swear, it's like trying to pry a leach off my ###. (Not that I've ever REALLY had to do that.)

Sample closing of our conversations:

me: "Well i gotta go now...."

him: "OK.....have a good night sweetie..."

me: "You too."

him: "Tos bah al-akhair...."

me: "Yeah....back at you."

him: "Goodnight...."

me: "ok"

him: "Sweet dreams"

me: "ok"

him: "I'll call you tomorrow"

me: "ok"

him: "ahabitch"

me: "Can I go now?"

him: "sure....you have a good night"

me: "seriously...I gotta go.....bye"

him: "ma'a al-salama"

him: "I love you"

him: "sweet dreams"

(I hung up at bye)

(yeah, he's probably still talking to himself)

*************** K1 TIMELINE ****************

November 15, 2005 - I-129F Petition mailed to Vermont Service Center

Nov. 23 NOA-1 RFeceived / December 05, 2005 - NOA-2 Received

December 14, 2005 - Case # and packet received from U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan

January 15, 2006 - Completed packet mailed to U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan

March 26, 2006 - Letter received stating Visa Appointment scheduled for October 12, 2006

October 12, 2006 - Visa Interview - Approved!

October - December 2006 - Administrative Processing / Security Check

December 20, 2006 - State Department finishes administrative processing

January 24, 2007 - I FINALLY find out Visa is ready because NO ONE EVER called us from the embassy in Amman

February 27, 2007 - Passport sent off to embassy in Amman to have Visa put in

April 13, 2007 - VISA IN HAND!!! After 17 months....Friday the 13th...how fitting.

April 24, 2007 - Entrance into U.S. at Chicago O'Hare...YAY!!!

***************** AOS TIMELINE ******************

May 15, 2007 - Finally Married!!!!

May 17, 2007- Received Social Security Number

May 29, 2007 - Mailed of AOS/EAD Packet

June 9, 2007 - Received NOA-1

June 28, 2007 - Biometrics Appointment

July 26, 2007 - RFE for I-485 (need to re-submit W-2s for sponsor and joint sponsor)

August 18, 2007 - Recived appointment letter for I-485.

October 25, 2007 - Green Card Interview!

***************** Lifting of Conditions ******************

October 19, 2009 - Interview for 10 yr. Green Card - Lifting of conditions

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Jordan
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You know you're an Arab when…

- You say bye 17 times on the phone.

Oh My GAWD!!! What is with THAT!?!?!? When we talk on the phone, I make sure to tell my fiance that I have to go a GOOD 10 minutes before I really need to go because it takes that long to get him to hang up! I swear, it's like trying to pry a leach off my ###. (Not that I've ever REALLY had to do that.)

Sample closing of our conversations:

me: "Well i gotta go now...."

him: "OK.....have a good night sweetie..."

me: "You too."

him: "Tos bah al-akhair...."

me: "Yeah....back at you."

him: "Goodnight...."

me: "ok"

him: "Sweet dreams"

me: "ok"

him: "I'll call you tomorrow"

me: "ok"

him: "ahabitch"

me: "Can I go now?"

him: "sure....you have a good night"

me: "seriously...I gotta go.....bye"

him: "ma'a al-salama"

him: "I love you"

him: "sweet dreams"

(I hung up at bye)

(yeah, he's probably still talking to himself)

Damn girl you got that Iraqi accent down pat! :lol:

~jordanian_princess~

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Iraq
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Damn girl you got that Iraqi accent down pat! :lol:

Thanx...I try....LOL

*************** K1 TIMELINE ****************

November 15, 2005 - I-129F Petition mailed to Vermont Service Center

Nov. 23 NOA-1 RFeceived / December 05, 2005 - NOA-2 Received

December 14, 2005 - Case # and packet received from U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan

January 15, 2006 - Completed packet mailed to U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan

March 26, 2006 - Letter received stating Visa Appointment scheduled for October 12, 2006

October 12, 2006 - Visa Interview - Approved!

October - December 2006 - Administrative Processing / Security Check

December 20, 2006 - State Department finishes administrative processing

January 24, 2007 - I FINALLY find out Visa is ready because NO ONE EVER called us from the embassy in Amman

February 27, 2007 - Passport sent off to embassy in Amman to have Visa put in

April 13, 2007 - VISA IN HAND!!! After 17 months....Friday the 13th...how fitting.

April 24, 2007 - Entrance into U.S. at Chicago O'Hare...YAY!!!

***************** AOS TIMELINE ******************

May 15, 2007 - Finally Married!!!!

May 17, 2007- Received Social Security Number

May 29, 2007 - Mailed of AOS/EAD Packet

June 9, 2007 - Received NOA-1

June 28, 2007 - Biometrics Appointment

July 26, 2007 - RFE for I-485 (need to re-submit W-2s for sponsor and joint sponsor)

August 18, 2007 - Recived appointment letter for I-485.

October 25, 2007 - Green Card Interview!

***************** Lifting of Conditions ******************

October 19, 2009 - Interview for 10 yr. Green Card - Lifting of conditions

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Jordan
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wow my family does all the above you are too good :thumbs:

:lol: haha thanks! I can't take credit for it because I didn't write it! I got it off the net somewhere. :star:

~jordanian_princess~

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...

- You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal.

- You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport.

...

- Your relatives alone could populate a small city.

...

- When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover they know one of your uncles back home.

...

- You still came back home to live with your parents after you graduate.

...

- You have at least thirty cousins.

...

- Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer.

...

- A visa is not a credit card.

...

- You have been told to not walk barefoot on the floor in order to avoid a cold.

Methinks the above were pilfered from "you know you're a desi" list.

:lol:

Edited by CherryXS

2005/07/10 I-129F filed for Pras

2005/11/07 I-129F approved, forwarded to NVC--to Chennai Consulate 2005/11/14

2005/12/02 Packet-3 received from Chennai

2005/12/21 Visa Interview Date

2006/04/04 Pras' entry into US at DTW

2006/04/15 Church Wedding at Novi (Detroit suburb), MI

2006/05/01 AOS Packet (I-485/I-131/I-765) filed at Chicago

2006/08/23 AP and EAD approved. Two down, 1.5 to go

2006/10/13 Pras' I-485 interview--APPROVED!

2006/10/27 Pras' conditional GC arrives -- .5 to go (2 yrs to Conditions Removal)

2008/07/21 I-751 (conditions removal) filed

2008/08/22 I-751 biometrics completed

2009/06/18 I-751 approved

2009/07/03 10-year GC received; last 0.5 done!

2009/07/23 Pras files N-400

2009/11/16 My 46TH birthday, Pras N-400 approved

2010/03/18 Pras' swear-in

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You know you are an Arab....

1) You strap on an explosive belt, packed with nails and look for some civilians to blow up.

2) You refuse to speak out against the horror your brothers and sisters are committing around the world because secretly you approve, and your silence is dripping in blood.

Yes, I am prepared for the attacks that will come because of this post but it is time to end this nonsense. If the terrorists are such a small part of the Arab population and don't have the support of the mainstream, then please tells us why they are so successful and there are no protests against the radicals like when some newspaper draws a cartoon.

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