September 2009 K-1 Visa Filers

[paciencia y fe 2]

oh so many posts to catch up on! where to start?

kayla kayla kayla...i am SO happy that your mom is okay and out of the hospital! You had all of us so worried about you when you didn't come around. I am so sorry to hear of all the complications from the initial gastric bypass. And I know how stressful it can be when an immediate family member is sick - it's damn scary to go through. so please know that every day we are all sending you big hugs and good vibes.

AandD - we are all still rooting for you!! can't wait till you get your good news.

Gaynto - good luck to you guys!!! I can't wait to hear how everything goes tomorrow.

For everyone who gets to be with their honeys this holiday season - yippee!! enjoy every second and i am so happy for you. For those of us who will not - hang in there and know that we are all here to support each other. i know that for me at least holidays are an especially hard time to be so far from the one you love.

And now a little update from me - we finally got Jose Luis' vacation schedule squared away and yesterday I called to make the visa appointment. They don't have our requested week available yet, it should open up for appointments next tuesday. So i'll be on that phone bright and early and hopefully will get something for the 13th or 14th of January. And I am happy because now I finally know when I will see my love again - I'll be headed down there on Jan. 9 - exactly one month from today. wish it were much sooner - but still, yippeee!!

hope everyone has a great day.

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

AandD:I'm on countdown as well, going to Jamaica dec. 22 and this will be our 2nd christmas as a couple but the 1st time spending christmas & new years together, I can barely contain myself.

YEAAAA! And I leave for Italy the 23rd, arriving early Christmas Eve! I can't wait.

Not sure how other consulates handled this but Antonio went to the medical today and when you come in, you turn in your passport. Well, he was the first to arrive and when they call names they pull from the top so he was called last Grumpy Italian this morning.

Same thing happened to Fuat yesterday

I just looked at your time line again and your interview is TOMORROW!!! Can't wait to read good news.

I know I am so excited! Hope things went swimmingly with Fuat's medical other than the back @ssward way they call people in! It's hysterical that Antonio is NOOOOT a morning person, but he took one for the team and got there at 7am just to sit around for 5 hours. Poor baby!

He's on his way, to pick up the results, as I type this. I am sure there will be no problems.. but he is so worried because he says he's never had a physical before. That's why he insisted on doing it right now, even though we have two months before our interview.

I keep telling him that he would have had a medical check up when he did his military service, but he says he didn't.. they just gave him vaccinations. He has no record of them though, so they gave them to him again yesterday. His arm was so sore, but being the only son in a Turkish family he is very spoiled. His mother and his sisters were giving him a massage last night because his arm was sore . Poor Baby

You poor girl.. and for the record, Italian sons are the same way! We will have our hands full when they get here. I am not looking forward to flu season! : )

Italian sons are the same way ? Yes.. we have our hands full. There was one night, last year, we were talking on MSN web cam and his sister was behind him, ironing his clothes for the next day.. it was after midnight and I could not believe he would be telling ( not asking) his sister to iron his clothes. She was making hand signals to me that one day I would be the one doing it.. and I firmly said, "Maybe sometimes.. but I am going to be more than happy to teach him how to do laundry and iron." She thought that was hilarious.

He was sweet, and tried to iron his own shirt the next day. But, he had this bright idea that it would be easier to spread it out on the floor instead of using the ironing board. Ended up burning the carpet :)

I am well prepared for what I am going to have to go through with this situation. I have about 60 university students, from Turkey, that come to work with me every summer.. I get such a kick out of watching the guys trying to do their own laundry for the first time. They take pictures to send home to their mothers and the Turkish girls stand in the hallway, watching them and laughing. Some of them can actually cook.. but most bat thier eyes at the Turkish girls and get them to do it for them.

We've made a deal.. He's going to teach me to cook Turkish food ( although I am going to take a class also).. and I am going to teach him to wash and iron his own clothes

Now, I just have to get myself used to keeping a clean house to Turkish standards or he's going to have to get used to living in a house where the wife isn't home all day and the entire house isn't going to be scrubbed top to bottome every day

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

And now a little update from me - we finally got Jose Luis' vacation schedule squared away and yesterday I called to make the visa appointment. They don't have our requested week available yet, it should open up for appointments next tuesday. So i'll be on that phone bright and early and hopefully will get something for the 13th or 14th of January. And I am happy because now I finally know when I will see my love again - I'll be headed down there on Jan. 9 - exactly one month from today. wish it were much sooner - but still, yippeee!!

hope everyone has a great day.

GREAT! Oh.. I am so glad it looks like it's going to work out and you are not going to have to wait months and months.

Ahem... Kjenkins.. I would like to point out something here ( I am not rubbing it in.. really... promise.. I swear...just in good fun ). If you recall, she didn't get her NOA2 until at least a month after me.. and her interview is going to be more than a month before mine

[Gaynto 0]

AandD:I'm on countdown as well, going to Jamaica dec. 22 and this will be our 2nd christmas as a couple but the 1st time spending christmas & new years together, I can barely contain myself.

YEAAAA! And I leave for Italy the 23rd, arriving early Christmas Eve! I can't wait.

Not sure how other consulates handled this but Antonio went to the medical today and when you come in, you turn in your passport. Well, he was the first to arrive and when they call names they pull from the top so he was called last Grumpy Italian this morning.

Same thing happened to Fuat yesterday

I just looked at your time line again and your interview is TOMORROW!!! Can't wait to read good news.

I know I am so excited! Hope things went swimmingly with Fuat's medical other than the back @ssward way they call people in! It's hysterical that Antonio is NOOOOT a morning person, but he took one for the team and got there at 7am just to sit around for 5 hours. Poor baby!

He's on his way, to pick up the results, as I type this. I am sure there will be no problems.. but he is so worried because he says he's never had a physical before. That's why he insisted on doing it right now, even though we have two months before our interview.

I keep telling him that he would have had a medical check up when he did his military service, but he says he didn't.. they just gave him vaccinations. He has no record of them though, so they gave them to him again yesterday. His arm was so sore, but being the only son in a Turkish family he is very spoiled. His mother and his sisters were giving him a massage last night because his arm was sore . Poor Baby

You poor girl.. and for the record, Italian sons are the same way! We will have our hands full when they get here. I am not looking forward to flu season! : )

Italian sons are the same way ? Yes.. we have our hands full. There was one night, last year, we were talking on MSN web cam and his sister was behind him, ironing his clothes for the next day.. it was after midnight and I could not believe he would be telling ( not asking) his sister to iron his clothes. She was making hand signals to me that one day I would be the one doing it.. and I firmly said, "Maybe sometimes.. but I am going to be more than happy to teach him how to do laundry and iron." She thought that was hilarious.

He was sweet, and tried to iron his own shirt the next day. But, he had this bright idea that it would be easier to spread it out on the floor instead of using the ironing board. Ended up burning the carpet :)

I am well prepared for what I am going to have to go through with this situation. I have about 60 university students, from Turkey, that come to work with me every summer.. I get such a kick out of watching the guys trying to do their own laundry for the first time. They take pictures to send home to their mothers and the Turkish girls stand in the hallway, watching them and laughing. Some of them can actually cook.. but most bat thier eyes at the Turkish girls and get them to do it for them.

We've made a deal.. He's going to teach me to cook Turkish food ( although I am going to take a class also).. and I am going to teach him to wash and iron his own clothes

Now, I just have to get myself used to keeping a clean house to Turkish standards or he's going to have to get used to living in a house where the wife isn't home all day and the entire house isn't going to be scrubbed top to bottome every day

Antonio always tells me when I am talking to his mother than I am always scheming a feminist plot. His mother is very forward thinking for an Italian mother, but her actions haven't caught up, at least where her baby is concerned. But he does cook and help around MY house when he comes to the US. And the housekeeping thing... OMG! His mom is coming in March, I could eat off her floors. I tend to be a good housekeeper but the bar they set is pretty damn high! You think she will freak that my cat jumps on the counter to see what you are doing in the kitchen??.. I am desperatly trying to break him of this habit before she gets here!! Any cat whisperers in here?.. this is my first time with a cat.. I am generally a dog person... I can train a dog, but this freaking cat owns me instead of the other way around..

Edited December 9, 2009 by Gaynto

[AandD 20]

Antonio always tells me when I am talking to his mother than I am always scheming a feminist plot. His mother is very forward thinking for an Italian mother, but her actions haven't caught up, at least where her baby is concerned. But he does cook and help around MY house when he comes to the US. And the housekeeping thing... OMG! His mom is coming in March, I could eat off her floors. I tend to be a good housekeeper but the bar they set is pretty damn high! You think she will freak that my cat jumps on the counter to see what you are doing in the kitchen??.. I am desperatly trying to break him of this habit before she gets here!! Any cat whisperers in here?.. this is my first time with a cat.. I am generally a dog person... I can train a dog, but this freaking cat owns me instead of the other way around..

I have 3 cats...they are the masters...what to say.

Edited December 9, 2009 by AandD

[4lovewelive 0]

I was reading the last posts and started smiling. I was also thinking about the Turkish topic, which proved to be very interesting and useful. There are so many differences between USA lifestyle and other countries', even if they might be minor things, tiny lil details. I read something about one Turkish man worried that he might catch a cold from the AC or if he goes to bed without drying his hair I got the same problems. Im not a very good friend with the AC, and we dont use it that much in my country. I never go to bed without drying my hair and the list can go on. As for housecleaning, I know Italian families care a lot about it. There are so many different things and I think it takes a lot of time and patience to adjust to each other's lifestyle. And, of course, alot of compromising.

[Gaynto 0]

I was reading the last posts and started smiling. I was also thinking about the Turkish topic, which proved to be very interesting and useful. There are so many differences between USA lifestyle and other countries', even if they might be minor things, tiny lil details. I read something about one Turkish man worried that he might catch a cold from the AC or if he goes to bed without drying his hair I got the same problems. Im not a very good friend with the AC, and we dont use it that much in my country. I never go to bed without drying my hair and the list can go on. As for housecleaning, I know Italian families care a lot about it. There are so many different things and I think it takes a lot of time and patience to adjust to each other's lifestyle. And, of course, alot of compromising.

Antonio has the AC thing going too. Are you terrified of ice and very cold drinks too... Last summer when I was at Antonio's aunt's house in Italy, Antonio's mother fell down and after we checked her over and made sure she was ok, I fixed her a glass of water. The only bottle of water was in the freezer, so it would be ice the next morning for the cooler.. When I handed her the glass of water, all the cousins and family..."Oh My God NO IT'S COLD, it will ruin her stomach".

You don't know the real flavor of a Coke until you have had it at room temperature. BLAH!! And if you order something WITH ice, they will drop a piece the size of dime in your drink.

[4lovewelive 0]

Hahaha, this is really funny! And I thought I was a freak cause I dont drink cold drinks ))) Good to hear Im not the only one. Just the other day I was a lil shocked to see that my baby is having a glass of coke with so much ice in it, even if its winter. Well, the thing is my throat is pretty sensitive and I can catch a cold very easy if i drink cold drinks. Im used to drinking everything at room temperature, even Coke I do drink cold drinks in summer, I even put ice in them but thats just in summer and even then I gotta be really cautious....

[Gaynto 0]

I have 3 cats...they are the masters...what to say.

That's what I was afraid of!!

ahhh I miss the days he was too little to get up on things!

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

Looks like a lot of posts to read.. and they look like they are going to be funny too.. I am sure I will have some stories to share but right now I am doing something CRAZY.

I was supposed to leave for Istanbul on Friday. Fuat got his medical results, called me, told me he passed and said "honey.. can't you come today?"

I just changed my flight and am leaving for the airport in ONE HOUR.

AHHHHHH.... I will have to wait until I get to Turkey to read all the fun stuff.

I'm off.... YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[Gaynto 0]

Looks like a lot of posts to read.. and they look like they are going to be funny too.. I am sure I will have some stories to share but right now I am doing something CRAZY.

I was supposed to leave for Istanbul on Friday. Fuat got his medical results, called me, told me he passed and said "honey.. can't you come today?"

I just changed my flight and am leaving for the airport in ONE HOUR.

AHHHHHH.... I will have to wait until I get to Turkey to read all the fun stuff.

I'm off.... YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

HOT DAMN! Have Fun! Enjoying your "ironing" !! : )))

[Maggie_Kenyth 1]

Looks like a lot of posts to read.. and they look like they are going to be funny too.. I am sure I will have some stories to share but right now I am doing something CRAZY.

I was supposed to leave for Istanbul on Friday. Fuat got his medical results, called me, told me he passed and said "honey.. can't you come today?"

I just changed my flight and am leaving for the airport in ONE HOUR.

AHHHHHH.... I will have to wait until I get to Turkey to read all the fun stuff.

I'm off.... YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

HOT DAMN! Have Fun! Enjoying your "ironing" !! : )))

cute hahah

[4lovewelive 0]

WOW Jenn, you beat all the crazy stories with yours Have fun and take lots of photos!

[Mrs. Gil 1]

Woo hoo! I got everything straightened out with the consulate. We have our interview 1/14/2010!!! The end of the year can't come quick enough.

[brightskte 18]

So I called DOS today after getting delivery confirmation that our Packet 3 had been received yesterday. Well, Montreal has ALREADY logged it so he's just waiting for an interview!!!!! I had heard a lot of people saying on the canadian forums that sometimes the consulate wont log received packages for like a week or so. This is the best news I could have gotten right now.

yayyyyy!