After deciding to take the plunge and marry now instead of waiting for him to come here (mostly because of our wonderful President and his irratic ways) I am getting ready to move to Jordan for a year till we all can come back as a family.
I put my house up for sale and am getting a mortgage for it. there is an apraisal i am waiting for and then will get my tickets.. i put my notice in for work... giving three weeks notice. The movers come on July 1st. I see avail space for my girls and me on the flight on July 4th... I just want this all to go smoothly.
once in jordan, we wish to marry quickly.
What can i bring into jordan for long term?
What is the best way to send the rest of my stuff I would need? Can my mom send my medications there for me? How long does the stuff take to get there.
Anything else i should know????
Wendy
Full Version: moving to Jordan lots of questions
what exactly are u looking to bring into jordan? you can bring medicine with you, i did, and a lot of it....i think DCF is the way to go with amman....i did it and lived in jordan myself for one year....maybe you could rent a storage and keep all of your belongings there until u and samer can come home...i cant imagine why you would want to bring anything other than clothes, shoes, etc there....furniture and stuff like that would be a headache and a lot of money....
be prepared that marrying in jordan takes 4-6 days....know that u will need a lot of copies and translations. an affadavit to marry signed by you at the embassy (that needs to be translated too) a blood test (HIV_ thru a local government clinic...and i think it ended up costing us about 250$ for everything...i recommend planning a reception at a hall...they are very cheap. and the embassy really likes to see that u had one (or at least i believe so)\
good luck with everything, i believe that the fact i lived in jordan with sofyan the entire processing time is really what got us a straight, same day approval...inshallah things go smoothly for you too...if u have any questions, feel free...
kelly
be prepared that marrying in jordan takes 4-6 days....know that u will need a lot of copies and translations. an affadavit to marry signed by you at the embassy (that needs to be translated too) a blood test (HIV_ thru a local government clinic...and i think it ended up costing us about 250$ for everything...i recommend planning a reception at a hall...they are very cheap. and the embassy really likes to see that u had one (or at least i believe so)\
good luck with everything, i believe that the fact i lived in jordan with sofyan the entire processing time is really what got us a straight, same day approval...inshallah things go smoothly for you too...if u have any questions, feel free...
kelly
You are going to move to Jordan? Will you file for DCF and have a sponser here? I would have done it that way but because I was the sponser, I had to keep my job here to fulfil the affadavit of support papers. So we married in Jordan and I filed in the states using the K3. Good thing we did K3 cuz the I130 took 17 months to approve!
Interviews now are running 9 months to a year away. I hope for your sake that Amman starts to get quicker on those interviews!
Good luck and keep in touch with us here in case you have more questions. What part of Jordan will you be in? My husband is from Alhusn.
Jackie
Interviews now are running 9 months to a year away. I hope for your sake that Amman starts to get quicker on those interviews!
Good luck and keep in touch with us here in case you have more questions. What part of Jordan will you be in? My husband is from Alhusn.
Jackie
I will need clothes mostly. I would also like my mom to send me my medications but not sure if they can be mailed to me? I think the airlines allow only 40 lb bags and two at that... I wanted to bring extra but dont think i can. I am a bbw so the stores there seem to have mostly smaller sizes, i would need extra clothes sent to me.
We are not planning a reception because to be honest, his family isnt too thrilled with him marrying me. I am his second marrige and the first one was to a woman who was from malta. It didnt go well at all. So it will be Samer, my two girls , and his youngest brother...
Samer said it would take 5 days. And no we are not doing a direct file as my lawyer said with how backed up it is, he can handle it all from here. I said fine I dont have to fudge with anything. I have a statement saying I am disease free from my doctor.
He got a job working on road construction in Aqaba. So I think we will be there. It is alot hotter then Amman was tho which isnt too good for a michigan girl..lol bring on the snow~!!!
Wendy
what exactly are u looking to bring into jordan? you can bring medicine with you, i did, and a lot of it....i think DCF is the way to go with amman....i did it and lived in jordan myself for one year....maybe you could rent a storage and keep all of your belongings there until u and samer can come home...i cant imagine why you would want to bring anything other than clothes, shoes, etc there....furniture and stuff like that would be a headache and a lot of money....
be prepared that marrying in jordan takes 4-6 days....know that u will need a lot of copies and translations. an affadavit to marry signed by you at the embassy (that needs to be translated too) a blood test (HIV_ thru a local government clinic...and i think it ended up costing us about 250$ for everything...i recommend planning a reception at a hall...they are very cheap. and the embassy really likes to see that u had one (or at least i believe so)\
good luck with everything, i believe that the fact i lived in jordan with sofyan the entire processing time is really what got us a straight, same day approval...inshallah things go smoothly for you too...if u have any questions, feel free...
kelly
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I am filing here in the usa filling out the papers before I leave I need...
I do not make enough to sponsor him, so my best friend said she would do it....
He is from Sweila?spelling??? In Amman. We will be moving to Aqaba.
Thank you Jackie.
Wendy
You are going to move to Jordan? Will you file for DCF and have a sponser here? I would have done it that way but because I was the sponser, I had to keep my job here to fulfil the affadavit of support papers. So we married in Jordan and I filed in the states using the K3. Good thing we did K3 cuz the I130 took 17 months to approve!
Interviews now are running 9 months to a year away. I hope for your sake that Amman starts to get quicker on those interviews!
Good luck and keep in touch with us here in case you have more questions. What part of Jordan will you be in? My husband is from Alhusn.
Jackie
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We are not planning a reception because to be honest, his family isnt too thrilled with him marrying me. I am his second marrige and the first one was to a woman who was from malta. It didnt go well at all. So it will be Samer, my two girls , and his youngest brother...
Samer said it would take 5 days. And no we are not doing a direct file as my lawyer said with how backed up it is, he can handle it all from here. I said fine I dont have to fudge with anything. I have a statement saying I am disease free from my doctor.
He got a job working on road construction in Aqaba. So I think we will be there. It is alot hotter then Amman was tho which isnt too good for a michigan girl..lol bring on the snow~!!!
Wendy
what exactly are u looking to bring into jordan? you can bring medicine with you, i did, and a lot of it....i think DCF is the way to go with amman....i did it and lived in jordan myself for one year....maybe you could rent a storage and keep all of your belongings there until u and samer can come home...i cant imagine why you would want to bring anything other than clothes, shoes, etc there....furniture and stuff like that would be a headache and a lot of money....
be prepared that marrying in jordan takes 4-6 days....know that u will need a lot of copies and translations. an affadavit to marry signed by you at the embassy (that needs to be translated too) a blood test (HIV_ thru a local government clinic...and i think it ended up costing us about 250$ for everything...i recommend planning a reception at a hall...they are very cheap. and the embassy really likes to see that u had one (or at least i believe so)\
good luck with everything, i believe that the fact i lived in jordan with sofyan the entire processing time is really what got us a straight, same day approval...inshallah things go smoothly for you too...if u have any questions, feel free...
kelly
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I am filing here in the usa filling out the papers before I leave I need...
I do not make enough to sponsor him, so my best friend said she would do it....
He is from Sweila?spelling??? In Amman. We will be moving to Aqaba.
Thank you Jackie.
Wendy
You are going to move to Jordan? Will you file for DCF and have a sponser here? I would have done it that way but because I was the sponser, I had to keep my job here to fulfil the affadavit of support papers. So we married in Jordan and I filed in the states using the K3. Good thing we did K3 cuz the I130 took 17 months to approve!
Interviews now are running 9 months to a year away. I hope for your sake that Amman starts to get quicker on those interviews!
Good luck and keep in touch with us here in case you have more questions. What part of Jordan will you be in? My husband is from Alhusn.
Jackie
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Are you bringing your kids with you to Jordan?
Yes My daughters are going with me. They loved it when we went for the extended vacation for march/april. I am going to homeschool them. They are 10 and 12.
Wendy
Are you bringing your kids with you to Jordan?
Wendy
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Jun 19 2006, 12:43 AM) 
Are you bringing your kids with you to Jordan?
Wow that sounds like a good experience for them good luck!
Thank you. There is another woman who's daughter is afraid to go to Jordan and I told her to talk to my daughters... My one daughter didnt want to leave at all. People are shocked that there is mcdonalds, burger king, ect there... and they have so much family activities. Nothing what you see (in the media) or expect to see.
I have had mixed feelings from friends. I had one friend i have known for 17 yrs tell me, they can kill a wife with no problem there. Or my girls and I could be sold into the sex trade... Dear God where do they find this? Another friend asked if he will allow me to come home, like I would be held hostage.
The funny thing is, when I went there, people asked me if America has drug dealers on every corner. If we really shoot people all the time as seen on tv. And the funniest comment was, do people really have sex with anyone they want at any time no matter where they are? Ok too much tv has Americans living soap opera lives in their eyes. Jerry Springer is the minority not the majority!!!
The best thing i can tell my friends is... My family went to Petra for the weekend. While waiting in the car for them to come out with pleanty of cold drinks for the car ride back to the apartment. I had a woman see me in the car. She was dressed from head to toe in the black burka , seeing only out of the netting. She came close to the car and said to me, " American?" I said "Yes". She said ,"Oh I love Americans!" Which totally blew my mind. I have been trained by the media to think if a woman is covered from head to toe and can see only out of the mesh she must be an extreamest... and not like Americans... I am just as guilty as my friends in some ways. That woman changed how I see things and how I am manipulated by the media.
Ok quite off track here.... LOL
Wendy
Wow that sounds like a good experience for them good luck!
I have had mixed feelings from friends. I had one friend i have known for 17 yrs tell me, they can kill a wife with no problem there. Or my girls and I could be sold into the sex trade... Dear God where do they find this? Another friend asked if he will allow me to come home, like I would be held hostage.
The funny thing is, when I went there, people asked me if America has drug dealers on every corner. If we really shoot people all the time as seen on tv. And the funniest comment was, do people really have sex with anyone they want at any time no matter where they are? Ok too much tv has Americans living soap opera lives in their eyes. Jerry Springer is the minority not the majority!!!
The best thing i can tell my friends is... My family went to Petra for the weekend. While waiting in the car for them to come out with pleanty of cold drinks for the car ride back to the apartment. I had a woman see me in the car. She was dressed from head to toe in the black burka , seeing only out of the netting. She came close to the car and said to me, " American?" I said "Yes". She said ,"Oh I love Americans!" Which totally blew my mind. I have been trained by the media to think if a woman is covered from head to toe and can see only out of the mesh she must be an extreamest... and not like Americans... I am just as guilty as my friends in some ways. That woman changed how I see things and how I am manipulated by the media.
Ok quite off track here.... LOL
Wendy
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Jun 19 2006, 12:56 AM)
Wow that sounds like a good experience for them good luck!
LOl this is funny but I know about it already ..what your friends said to you about life in Jordan is the same things people told Mark" my husband" before he visits me for the first time..he was very surprised when he came here in fact shocked!!!!we was able to walk in the street together at 3 Am with no fears and he said WOW this is amazing ..when he is here we come home each day at 1 Am and he loves it here because it's very safe and i's totally the opposite of what he heard..Sex trade"!!!! wow that was funny to hear !!!
my husband walk in the streets and he knows know problem ...before Mark comes here in the first time he thought the same "about people here hating American" and he was shocked to see how very very nice people are with him every where we go even people we never met ..they talk and laugh and joke with him and always smiles ...Media is very corrupted now !!!!and the funny thing in Egypt people see all American Tv and think all western women are cheap and have sex with any one ..it's CRAZY ..and they think all men cheat on thier wives and they are always drunk and bla bla bla!!!!
I think the Media is the one of the reason of this big conflic between East and West.....
I hope oneday ..people like us" who help 2 world mix together" will help both East and West see the true face of each other and get closer and have better ways to communicate ...
my husband walk in the streets and he knows know problem ...before Mark comes here in the first time he thought the same "about people here hating American" and he was shocked to see how very very nice people are with him every where we go even people we never met ..they talk and laugh and joke with him and always smiles ...Media is very corrupted now !!!!and the funny thing in Egypt people see all American Tv and think all western women are cheap and have sex with any one ..it's CRAZY ..and they think all men cheat on thier wives and they are always drunk and bla bla bla!!!!
I think the Media is the one of the reason of this big conflic between East and West.....
I hope oneday ..people like us" who help 2 world mix together" will help both East and West see the true face of each other and get closer and have better ways to communicate ...
You know Salwa...I couldnt have said it any better!!!
I think the Media is the one of the reason of this big conflic between East and West.....
I hope oneday ..people like us" who help 2 world mix together" will help both East and West see the true face of each other and get closer and have better ways to communicate
Wendy
QUOTE(Salwapasserby @ Jun 19 2006, 05:45 AM)
LOl this is funny but I know about it already ..what your friends said to you about life in Jordan is the same things people told Mark" my husband" before he visits me for the first time..he was very surprised when he came here in fact shocked!!!!we was able to walk in the street together at 3 Am with no fears and he said WOW this is amazing ..when he is here we come home each day at 1 Am and he loves it here because it's very safe and i's totally the opposite of what he heard..Sex trade"!!!! wow that was funny to hear !!!
my husband walk in the streets and he knows know problem ...before Mark comes here in the first time he thought the same "about people here hating American" and he was shocked to see how very very nice people are with him every where we go even people we never met ..they talk and laugh and joke with him and always smiles ...Media is very corrupted now !!!!and the funny thing in Egypt people see all American Tv and think all western women are cheap and have sex with any one ..it's CRAZY ..and they think all men cheat on thier wives and they are always drunk and bla bla bla!!!!
I think the Media is the one of the reason of this big conflic between East and West.....
I hope oneday ..people like us" who help 2 world mix together" will help both East and West see the true face of each other and get closer and have better ways to communicate ...
Wendy ..Please keep in touch with me and take care of yourself and your beautiful daughters..
Take care and God bless you
Salwa
Take care and God bless you
Salwa
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