hey sonshyne. what'd you guys end up doing regarding the civil surgeon? i've called 2 so far. the first one wanted to charge me $200 just to fill out the I-693. that preposterous! so i called another one and she said that as long as we can show that he's had a syphillis and hiv test, an mmr, tetanus, and varicella vaccine, and a tb skin test then they'll fill out the i-693 and charge us $75 for the physical. how much did you guys have to pay?

Your absolutely right..it is my taxes....

I only had the I-134 notarized ....nothing else.

Hey Marsha.

Congrats to all the happy people who are soon to be reunited!

I finally sent the paperwork to Marlon. 2 pounds, 11.10 ounces = $39.50 USPS Express mail!

He should have it by next week and thankfully it is trackable!

SO now I wait... n finish the new HP book, organize my apartment, find a better weekend job etc...

*sigh*

Stats class is pretty much done, I have a very close A going into the project next week, should get at A! Hard work pays off!

*bleh*

I was wondering the same thing. I was concerned b/c we recv'd a bigger refund then I had anticipated on my return but found out it was "interest" for taking so long w/the ITIN application. I have the printed 1040 and I requested a letter that states what my husband ITIN is.

Now that I think about it Kimmy I think we should be fine. Those items were requested at NVC and if it was a problem someone would have mention it. Technically those forms are not even required again but still bring a copy for your records.

Ok, I've been on here asking about different ViOP services and cld each one. Basically the savings are not that much for me to go the extra route of either having my # changed or purchasing the equipment. I currently pay 35 cents a min thru AT&T as my long distance carrier. Anyway, I am interested in hearing more about this MegaFone. I was told I could purchase a CDMA phone here in the states and have it unlocked and they would be able to transfer service to my phone. Is that correct? What about MiPhone? Does anyone know about that?

My fiance has the megafon. He paid $1750J for the phone and it's $1000J a month. So worth it.. That's less than 15 dollars US a month. He also said that cable and wireless has the same program for $1000 a month but you just need the chip to put inside your phone. I wish we had that here.

I know a couple of ppl that bought the phones down there and said they were garbage. I'm looking to purchase the phone here but have no idea where to go or even start looking. I think the C&W deal is cld the 10/8. I was reading up on it yesterday. I didn't know those were cell phones as well. The way the article read I thought they were landline phones. I've also tried to locate a # for MegaFone online but I can't find anything.

we haven't had the best of luck with megafone. i think my fiance is on his 3rd phone. when it works, we can talk for about 49 seconds and then it drops the call. even though it's fickle, i've still managed to save about 50% on my long distance bill. he's got a miphone, c&w, and the megafone. he was telling me that one is his phones offers a package deal similar to megafone but hasn't gotten very far in checking it out. i've also heard about foreignphone (voip). it's linked with c&w and you connect this box to your cable modem. it's supposed to be like 17 cents/min to a cell phone. i recently tried using yahoo messenger to call him. i had to buy a phone card and it ended up being like 24 cents/min to call his cell. it's not as convenient because i have to be attached to my pc to talk to him.

my ideal situation would be to talk eachother through yahoo messenger. to me, just paying for an internet connection and being able to talk unlimited would be great. my fiance however, hates the internet.

i think there's another one called freedom phone.

There are places in Montego Bay that has them. I think my fiance has the number to a few shops...I'll ask him tonight and PM them to you. They are not the prettiest phones..but it's not his main one...so it doesn't matter. The only thing is sometime you have trouble getting through. But my calling card did the same thing so not that big of a deal. Overall, I think it serves it's purpose. And saving me and him a lot of cash...you feel me.

Can you tell me more about the MiPhone? I also have been trying to read up on that as well but it all seem so confusing. I cld "foreignphone" but the plan do seem worth it to me. It would cost me $39.99 a month for the package, then 17 cents a mins PLUS I would to change phone #'s. I have family across the globe and for me to change #'s seems a bit much.

My husband doesn't have access to the net. I was looking into adding a landline w/the net but he's tell me it don't make sense. Not sure why, but he must know.

Yes, that makes sense

Yeah he got some booster shots, varicella, Hep B (1 and then 2nd shot) So he should be okay now. Oh yeah and influenza ( i think that is what got him sick)

Yeah we have both Cable and Wireless, and Megafone. I am so damn happy for those phones I don't know what to do. Its so much cheaper then buying cards here and my tmobile bill has been so much lesser. The only thing is that we now have to watch my daytime minutes because I went over last month.

Happy Wednesday everyone

We're expecting a BOY!

Congratulations!!!!

Ditto

i don't know that much about miphone. i'm told that it has a flat rate for both domestic and foreign calls.

jonesie congrats on your baby boy!

WOOHOO!!!

So Jonesie is all well with the pregnancy?

Congrats Jonesie!

Nyseness you can buy a CDMA phone from sprint or verizon not the GMS chip phones. I've heard the phones you buy from the store don't work very well but the one my husband uses works 95% of the time. And it has never dropped a call. good luck!

CONGRATSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

We're going to have to fight for the right to marry our sons off to Rhonda's girl

Thanks I have a brand new Sanyo 8400 phone from Sprint at home. I bought it right before I switched my service to T-mobile.

Congrats to Jonsie and Rhonda on finding out the sex of your babies.

Congrats on Jengles on your new baby and the visa.

Good evening everyone.

Why are you paying 35 cents a min??? That is CRAZY! I know from previous posts people have given numerous other methods that #1-don't require purchasing $$ equipment and #2-are under 20 cents a min. Is there something I am missing? Just off of the top of my head I can recall Sprint calling cards are one way...then I personally use www.noblecom.com and have used www.tel3advantage.com in the past. All of which are under 20 cents a min. Hope this helps or clue me in....please

I don't purchase calling cards. When I call JA I normally just call from my home phone. It's not that bad b/c I don't call Javon often but w/my daughter going down I wanted a way for her to call me daily w/o putting us in debt. On average I pay about $300 a month for my phone service and that includes my landline (which I only use for long distance), my DSL, and my dish network.

Congratulations!

Wow, I am sure you can't wait to have Javon here to cut that expense a bit... I use my Western Union card to make calls to my hubby. It's 8 cents a minute for landlines and 31 cents a minute for cell phones. I add money to the card online and use that when I call him nightly.

Tell her to buy the jus talk phone cards it's 5 cents a min and is rechargeable. How old is your daughter?

We had no success the lady couldn't find our ITIN number. My tax guy just said to wait until he got here and recieved his social card. We filled an extension. Filing jointly gave us an extra thousand dollars. Its a blessing that the money will be here before he starts schools. I think the hassle of the ITIN for anyone that gets married in 07 and hubby gets here after the tax deadline just file an extension and apply once he gets his soc card here. Its much easier.




Congrats Jonesie on the baby BOY!!

and we are getting copies back!

. I am still waiting for my friend to get back to us. I would love a cheaper way than 19 cents a minute. I love talking to his mom every Sunday and she has no other family than us.
I would say if you used cards to get a ringyard card for 19 cents a minutes. I am still looking it to what my friend does with Vonage. I emailed him the other day so he will probably reply but who knows it could be soon come with him.
We pay 111 for com cast cable, land line (includes long distance) and high speed net. I had thought about switching to dish but that sounds a lot more expensive.

For those who are interested in the MegaFone, they use either a sprint or verizon phone. Credit cost $1200 per month, you talk alll you want as long as you want. I have a motorola v3c and i call my fiance in Orlando at least 10 times per day, Maybe more All he does is send a text message and i call him right back. It's way better than 5 cents a min. Try it.

Thats the same problem I had... After searching for a several days, I finally found someone to take care of the I-693A for $40. It ended up being a civil surgeon at a hospital complex. Maybe you should try calling one of those instead of an independent doctor's office. Hang in there and keep calling




CONGRATS

No they don't. The whole point of a notary is to witness someones signature to make sure that the person signing it is really THAT person. (I used to be a Notary Public when I worked for the bank) Who would have to sign your tax returns? It just doesn't even make sense. Just another Embassy joke

Same here

Congrats Rhonda, you ditched the girls club..I guess it's the year of the BOYS

Well, regardless of if they really need to be or not, or if they even make sense, the packet does have paperwork in it from the embassy that states they do need to be notarized. Would you really risk not doing it?

Congratulations!!!




Ringyard is still .19 cents a minute. It always connects and we have had no problems.

Hey everyone

A friend of mine has TalkAmerica (she added their international service to her land line) and she pays I believe 19 cents a minute to call Jamaica, and the monthly fee is low also. I use Ringyard when I call, every now and then I'll check www.sdicard.com to see if they have any specials on cards as well.

Everything is well with baby boy. Besides him preferring to lay his head right on my bladder (which is damn uncomfortable) he's great. When doing the US I saw his "goods" and shouted "is that a PENIS?!" everyone in the room cracked up...looks like lil man was ready for the camera and waiting . UKALien I was thinking the same thing - Rhonda's daughter is gonna have two men trying to court her

OFF TOPIC

For those that went through the AOS process..... How did you pay ? Check, money order, certified check??

If by check, how long did it take for them to process and cash the check(s)??

Your help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks !!
Kelly

PS Congrats to finding the genders of your likkle ones. My sons bday is Dec 5th (dag he'll be 14 !!!.....lets see if Rhonda-girl or Jonesie-boy will be the closest )

We paid by check, Kel. I'm not anal about checking all the small details, so not sure how long it took them to cash it.

Are you guys doing AOS now?

Hey Kelly -- Personal check. It took them less than a week to cash it.

Same here

Have not been here in a while so just dropping by. We paid with personal check. was cashed in about 10 days .

Been missing all the excitement. Trying to play catch up but phew! Things have changed. Just got back from Jamaica. Iffiesha's first trip home since she moved here last year. She was so escited and after two days she had enough. I think the slow pace in Jamaica is going to take some getting used to especially with her now juggling school, work and family life. But we are doing well. Went for her brothers wedding.

So they are doing a K-3 and I had a couple questions. Since I did the k-1 a year ago, I am not sure how to answer the question with the new process in jamaica.

1)To those who did K-3, what was acceptable in terms of the "proof of ongoing marital relationship." with them only being marraid about a few weeks by the time they start this process there is not much to go by. The info we normally use for the K-1 like pictures, phone bills, ticket stubd etc that they have tons of, would that count.

2) Do they need the I-134 or the I-864 for the jamaican interview?

3) How long is the k-3 process as opposed to waiting for the I-485 process.

4) With the new fees, am I right to assume that there is no fee with the K-3 if an I-130 is filed first and then K-3 filed after?

5) Would you suggest filing the I-485 with the I-130 if you intend to do the K-3.

Hope I am not asking too much. My process went so easy that I am not sure I understand what may be some of the pitfalls so I am just hoping you guys can help me out with advising my friends.

Another

Has anyone heard of the reggae artist named Daville?

If so, what do you think of his music?

Roy really likes him....I guess he's okay.....kinda cute....

I bought him his new CD a few months back -- that's really all he listens to.

Never heard of him...will have to check him out.

Andre is big into Sean Kingston now...Miami boy with Yardie parents...his music is good.

Oh and how could I forget about Akon...its all about Akon and of course Tupac