Good Morning everyone!
Well today marks the 4th month since cdj entered our waiver into system.And 4 months since dhs entered waiver into system (Nov.1,2005)
But I am afraid to call and check on it.
I desperately want to check but I can't get my fingers to dial the number.
I know that all waivers aren't approved within a 4 month mark.
But I noticed that most of you found out within that timeframe.Should I wait til next week?Should I call now?
EEny meeny miney moe.........
Have a fantastic Friday !!!!!!

Hiiii Ladies...My husband just called me at work and said the SS office called him and told him to com eto the office to sign his application beacuse they have the info from immigration now to go ahead and process his number.....woooohoooooooooo

Candy...yeah!!!!!!!! Hopefully any day now his number will be arriving in the mail!! My husband is still job hunting...seemed like it was easier when he didn't have status Maybe he is more picky now. He has a great seasonal job that starts every April and is exactly what he loves to do....but just to get to April is hard.

Charity...when can you send in an application to remove conditions? Is is 90 days before your 2nd year wedding anniversary or is it 90 days before his 2 year greencard expires? Just curious.

Marta...if you call, good luck. My friend turned hers in CDJ at the end of October but DHS said it wasn't entered into the system until the end of November. She plans on calling at the beginning of March. It is hard to guesstimate which date they go by and if they are behind. Whatever you choose, don't let them ruin your weekend!

Hey everyone!

Candy-Hope the SS Card will arrive soon!

Steph-Hope Miguel finds a job. I think most of them will be more picky now that they're "legal." Of course, all along Javier's been telling me how he can't wait to go back to restaurant work.

Hi to everyone else!

No news on our side yet. Just hoping something happens soon.

Marta I think you need to call DHS and find out about the waiver...call...call....calll

Lupe is back from the SS office and he got a letter from them saying he will receive his card in 7 days....Is everyone having a great Friday??

Stephanie: We can adjust status 90 days before his greencard expires. I wish it were 90 days from our wedding anniversary. We would fall under that category now. I just hope his greencard comes. I don't know what they will do about him not having pictures in his file. I hope it comes soon too so we can get his SS#. We need to refinance some things and need his number for that. Sorry Miguel can't find a job. Javier is going back to work on Monday for the same guy he worked for before he left. It pays really great money plus the guy is pretty decent to work for. He has other options but wanted to go back to him so I didn't argue.

Candy: I am glad Lupe will be getting his SS# soon. That is great!

Hope everyone else is having a good day today. I hope everything went okay with Benita and Alex. I can't wait to hear from her. I am so excited for them.

WHOOOO --- HOOOOOO.....GOT THE GREEN CARD IN THE MAIL TODAY!!!!!!!

Charity...the photo on the green card is the same one that is on the VISA inside the passport...so they probably have them on file?? I hope so...otherwise you'll have to visit the local USCIS office which would bite. Have you guys gone to apply for the SS card yet? Glad Javier is going back to work soon. We think Miguel got a job too, at a temp agency. Which is fine. April will be here before we know it.

take care everyone and hopefully we'll hear soon from Benita!

No we haven't been yet. I thought we had to wait for his greencard to come. I guess I was wrong. What do we have to take with us when we go to the SS office? If we can go now I will take a day off of work next week and run down there. It is about 2 hours away. Well if the photo on the greencard is the same as the visa then we should be okay. It was the print that was on the paper on top of his package. I think they must have it in the system somehow. We should be okay then.

Charity...the visa in the passport is all you need to apply for a SS card (and fill out the application too). Good luck!!

Okay thanks! I just wish I had asked sooner so we could have gone this week while I was off. Now I am going to have to ask for another day off to go to the SS office. I hope my boss won't mind.

Hey Charity....I hope your boss doesn't mind too. When we went on Monday it was complete insanity but it was also in Minneapolis. I don't know where the office is you'll have to go to but if you find one that isn't so busy, I'd reccommend it so you won't be there too long. Here is the link for SSA application. We brought his passport with the VISA, the filled out application, his license and his birth certificate...though they didn't care about the license or the birth certificate since all the info was in his passport.
http://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.pdf

When we went they said Miguel was already in the SAVE system and maybe that is why he got his number so quickly, who knows. I frankly was surprised it arrived so soon (and so were my parents who work for SSA). Either way, they will give you a letter that says "this applicant has applied for a number, blah, blah" and technically Javier can show that letter to his employer if they have any questions about his SSN. That letter is supposed to serve as a receipt and proof of applying for a number and should allow him to start working.

Glad Javier is home!! Does it seem real yet??

Is this weekend ever going to end? I am going to try to get dhs/juarez on the phone Mon.to ask about our 601.Icouldn't get through Friday.
I think I have put on 50 pounds since hitting the 4 month mark.
I miss my baby I can't believe its been 2 years since he has been in Mexico
Please dear God reunite this family.

Is it Monday yet?

Are we there yet?

Marta: We finally made it to Monday. Good luck on calling DHS today. I hope you get some good news. I know how I felt when I was going through that. Just know it will all be over soon.

Stephanie: Thanks for all the information. The SS office sends a representative to our town every week. I think I am going to try and find out when they do that so we can just go here. That way I won't have to take the whole day off. I just hope they have him in the system already. I am so glad he is here. It hasn't really sunk in yet. It still doesn't seem real. I can't believe I can actually go home today and he will be there waiting for me. YIPPEEE!!!!!

Good morning everyone. How about them Steelers? Altogether, good outcome to the game-sucky halftime show and suckiER commercials. Oh well.

UPDATE: Received a letter from Senator Mikulski's office on Saturday. It says they contacted the State Department on January 18 and requested that our case be handled promptly. The State Department has 30 days to respond, if they do not, I can submit another request for an inquiry to the Senator's office. Evidently the Senator's office thinks they're going to receive the results, and they claim they will notify me after the results have been "received and reviewed."

Hola muchachas....

Long time no see eh!

Charity glad you are finally with your man....

Stephanie.... what up girl? did you see GA? and btw congratulations on receiving your GC!

Marta... hang in there girl

And last but not least Melissa, I am glad to know your process is moving right along. I just wish you the best of luck!

To everyone else... Happy Monday

Good Morning Everyone.....Hope everyone had a great weekend.

I watched I think it was MSNBC this weekend and they were doing a story about like online predators that would prey on children.Well they set up a house and the men thought they were talking to 10,11,and 12 year old children and thought they were going to this house to meet them for....you know.Well the police had set up next door and I believe by the end of the sting they had arrested like 50 something people.ONE OF THOSE ARRESTED WORKED FOR DHS!!!!!!!!! IS THAT CRAZY OR WHAT???tHEY DO THESE EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PEOPLE WANTING TO COME TO THE US AND MAKE THEM GO THROUGH HELL AND LOOK AT WHAT ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS CAUGHT DOING.HE WAS GOING TO THE HOUSE TO MEET WITH A MINOR CHILD.........ARGHHHGHHHHH..........

Elvia----My how you've changed!!!! I thin I liked you better as a blond.



About that dhs guy....come on maybe he thought those kids were illegal and he was just doing his job......
YEAH RIGHT
Well I can't wait for the time I can call dhs AGAIN hopefully I can get thriugh today and not get that stupid recording.Last night I had the most wonderful dream....They sent me a telgram saying that the 601 was approved.Hopefully thats a sign.
If I can't get through I will walk there and sit patiently by the door till I get someone.

Hey guys. yeah charity it does seem unreal at first.

Melissa I hope you do get good news w/ in thirty days.

Elvia…I totally watched G.A. last night. I am so addicted. Miguel started making snide comments about the show and he was immediately banished into the other room. I am very curious about next week’s show……….is it Sunday yet??? Think they’ll get back together now since he knows she may die?? Ohhhh the suspense is killing me.

Melissa…way cool on the response…only 1+ weeks until the 18th. Are you gonna call them or do you have to wait for them to contact you? Again I am sending good thoughts out your way.

So we are going to the SS office on Wednesday. Hopefully that will give them enough time to get him in the system so we don't have any setbacks of any kind. I don't want to have to take another day off from work to go back down there again.

Stephanie and Elvia: What was the code Black? I wanted to stay up and watch the show but I have to go to bed. I am getting too old to stay up that late. I have stayed up and watched some of it before but never the whole show. It is a really good show. I just can't bring myself to stay up that late to watch it. I am in bed by ten at the latest most nights. What a old woman I am?!?

The thing was someone had shot himself with a bazooka but it never exploded. So the ambulance tech's hand was stuck in this guy's gaping wound and they were afraid if she took her hand out it would shift the bazoka bullet or whatever and it would explode. Eventually she freaked out and took her hand out but it didn't explode. To be continued...

Hey you guys I was looking through the ciudad juarez web site to look up phone numbers and they have this 800 number but in order to get it you have to get a pin number and it is $115.00 pesos .Has anyone ever tried this?.

I haven't tried it but I saw the signs at the consulate. It might be worth it if you knew you needed to call the consulate a lot. But it still won't help you with getting the DHS office.

Thanks for the update, Melissa. I wish I could have seen it.

G.A....and right when the ambulance tech took her hand out, Dr. Grey put her hand in so it wouldn't explode. So she is sitting there with her hand in this guy's stomach while everyone is trying to figure out what to do. It is a to be continued show, so next week YOU'LL HAVE TO STAY UP TO WATCH IT. ha, ha.

So..........what's up everyone? Does anyone think I should e-mail to check the status of the Advisory Opinion? Or should I leave well enough alone? If I e-mail I would hear something back more than likely by the end of the day.

Alright so nobody's responding. I'm going to err on the side of no this time and not send the e-mail. My last request was two Thursdays ago. I guess I should at least wait a full 2 weeks between inquiries.

I can't stand it Why do they have a timeframe to call.????It is 1 p.m. mountain time right?

No, it is noon mountain time right now.

Hey Stephanie,

Did you happen to watch when McDreamy gave the envelope to one of the nurses to give to his wife? I wonder what is in the envelope???? Divorce papers maybe? BTW I love the fact that George had his dream.... So cool.


Melissa... I think you should wait for the 2 week mark... I know it is hard but you can do it.

This is my pouting smiley (picture my bottom lip stuck out)

Did you happen to watch when McDreamy gave the envelope to one of the nurses to give to his wife? I wonder what is in the envelope???? Divorce papers maybe? BTW I love the fact that George had his dream.... So cool.


-----No, I didn't. What are you talking about...what did I miss?? I must know!

Melissa...I would also say wait until Thursday, though I am sure it'll be hard and would understand if you e-mailed before.

Any news from Benita yet?????????

Alright now I'm going to let you all in on just how weird I actually am. I believe in "signs"-basically that God presents physical signs to you of what's going to come to help you understand what the outcome's going to be. Well, I've had this feeling about NEXT Thursday, the 16th, for a long time. It will be exactly 9 weeks from the date we sent in the Advisory Opinion. My little page a day calendar for that day says "You're on your way to a spot at the top." I think that will be the day. Does that sound completely weird or what??

I spoke to Benita a couple nights ago and she and Alex are safely back home with Emily! I can't believe we forgot to post this. And I don't know where she is now! But yeah, they're home!

Thanks for the update MissLiss on Benita!! Glad to know they made it home and everything is o.k. I agree with you about signs or feelings. If you think that is the day, you should defenitely go with it. A woman's intuition is never wrong!

This is pretty cool and interesting. I just used Excel to calculate how many days we've been in "immigration" so far. As it turns out, from the day we sent in our I-129F (July 27, 2005) to today has been 194 days. Which in reality is not all that long. Just thought that was interesting.

It sounds like a true sign girl!



WHAT???? you did not notice..... What's wrong with you? LOL just kidding.... It was when the chief and George were by Bailey's door when Allison was examining her. They panned to McDreamy and he laid an envelope for her and went to join the chief and George by the door.....

Elvia, when's the interview????????? Make them work faster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny you ask..... I just got a call from the lawyer stating what I already knew..... I will not have an appointmet until June.... She said that some of the cases that she has been seeing are from May 2005 and are scheduled for this month.... *SIGH*
I have actually made a countdown to my B-day and it is still 119 days away So I am aiming for an appt around that time.....

MissLiss--I hopr your right about signs.Because if your right then the dream I had last night WAS SOMETHING!! I dreamed I got a telegram saying that we were approved.
BTW---Do they still telegram?

When I was just reading back over the last couple posts I saw my post where I said "Make them work faster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and all I could hear in my head was Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when she wanted that Golden Ticket, she says "Make them work nights!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Marta, I don't believe telegrams are used for anything. I've never sent or received one in my life.

definitely a sign

Darn you guys.... send some signs my way!

ELVIA- This one is for you kid.



Kicking CDJ to give you an appointment before the end of the month!!!!!

Awwww Thanks Marta *crosses fingers* Que Dios te oiga!

Alright I need something to happen. I am way too bored.

Someone...call someplace, get something approved, do whatever...just do SOMETHING!

Anyone watch Dancing with the Stars last week? Don't care too much about Tia, but was sad to see her professional partner, Maxim Shmaxim have to go too. Yeah, that's not his real name but it always sounds like that's what they're going to say-drives my mom nuts when I call him that. Anyway, he was an awesome dancer for a guy. He had a great personality. I think the old guy is the next to go.

Hey Melissa, I really don't watch anything but GA but I do watch the previews. I too want SOMETHING to happen! maybe we CAN do something!

What do you suggest? I'm up for anything!!

Elvia…ahhhh, now I remember that part you are talking about but I didn’t notice the pass off of the envelope. I could have been distracted by my husband making some comment. See, now that I missed an integral part…he’ll get it good. Don’t nobody get inbetween me and G.A.

I want to take a nap. My keyboard is starting to look soft.

I have tried calling dhs.
But I can't get through .I use a calling card and it uses all my minutes just listening to the answering service say EVERYTHING in english then the same thing in spanish!!!!!.THEN she has the gall to say"Please call back at your convenience during our normal bisness hours"!!!!
I call from the time it hits 1p.m.mountain standard time til they close and I get the same stupi message!!!!
I thought about walking right over there but once outside I thought better of it...it is a nine hour drive after all.

Melissa I smell a three way call to DHS!!! what do you think?