Dante & Geor

More THAN, not more then.
Apparently you are not going to let it go. And then we get FIVE PARAGRAPHS about your eyes? The other poster was right, this is about your ego. No one cares about your money or your nationality in the PI. Now you play the handicap card. Are you for real? What next? Stay tuned as they say!
News flash: You are likely small potatoes. You appear to need acceptance because of, well, anything you can think of. No one here is going to coddle you. You give the truly disabled a bad name. How about stopping the me me me whine for a while?

SO, he saw the guard 6 feet away from him? And he has an eyesight problem? And he was without glasses? And he needs the girl to go everywhere?
Let's get some things straight?
I believe that anyone who has an eyesight problem, especially that bad, would never forget the glasses, or even if anyone ever did, you'd find a way to get a new one, or yours by mail, etc. That being said, I see clearly a real big MUD - Made-Up Drama, I believe the OP might have some problem, but well none of his pictures he's wearing his so important and expensive glasses. You're failing since the beggining buddy.
Another thing I see that seems very wrong is, if he trusts his fiancee so much, why he didn't give her the money in advance, knowing about his ''condition''? Why she didn't ask you for it while you was still at the hotel?? Or if she did, why didn't you trust her?? When my fiancé was in Brazil, as soon as we'd exchange money, I'd keep half of it, if not ALL of his money, because here, Iam the citizen, I know about the place, where to go or not, how to react to certain situations and people, or how to deal with money in public, and HE is the foreign, so for his (and mine) safety, we had to plan. That being said, made my fiancé realize that I wasn't trying to ''keep his money for myself'', but keeping BOTH of us safe if we were out, we'd divide the money between the two of us in advance, while at home, just in case. Things always worked, and we were never caught up in a bad situation.
I've been reading his posts since he joined VJ, and all I see is a big guy who acts like A KID when doesn't get what he wants, the way he wants, when he wants it. All in all, WHY DIDN'T YOUR FIANCEE PUT YOU IN A SAFE PLACE, CALMED YOU DOWN, AND TOLD YOU TO WAIT??? WHERE IS SHE IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION? (okay, at the medical, but still). She never says a word? You act like a fool, in her home country and what does she says?
Buddy, you're not in America, you do not rule anything there, not even in your own country (go figure, this is why you're going through this process like everyone else), you need to respect the rules and be THANKFUL if SLEC didn't send an email to the consulate to mess with your life. You should be focusing on what the future holds, the good things, and take others advices. Everyone here tried to help you, but you didn't care. You're lucky if she gets the visa, while others (who have more sense) are still waiting. And do not need to reply to this, if you'll say another excuse.
Anyway, I wish you good luck, more sense, and patience for your future wife.

Darren...
Quit making excuses. Your tantrum had nothing to do with your eyesight. And please don't tell me that poor eyesight is something I don't understand. I understand it very well. I go nowhere without my glasses. You made a choice to behave like the Ugly American. As a fellow American, I was ashamed by the arrogance and ignorance contained in your email.
It's plain and simple. You had other choices, but you chose to behave poorly. You also chose not to listen to those with experience at St. Lukes.
By the way, how is it possible for you to forget your glasses? If your eyesight is that bad, you would have known that you weren't wearing your glasses even before you stepped out of your friend's car at the airport. What's up with that?
Also, I never travel without a spare pair of glasses. With your eyesight, why would you choose to travel overseas without a extra pair. And please don't use the excuse that your glasses are too expensive to risk losing them overseas. Look at the position you put yourself in because you chose not to take along an extra pair of glasses.
Further, why didn't you choose to have your friend FedEx your glasses to you? You could have had them in three days. Or, why didn't you choose to simply get another pair of glasses in Manila? I guarantee they are way less expensive there. You could have done so in a day or two. Instead, you chose to go around blind. You seem to be making a lot of poor choices and not owning up to the consequences of them.

@OP: Maybe you have a special vision problem......but I'm 20 years old and I'm a -9 in both eyes. Without contacts, or glasses, I can't see further than five inches from my face.....
What does it have to do with anything anyway?
.........btw I'm half Filipina (not that it has anything to do with anything either...)

Darren,
first, congrats to the success of ur 2 hectic days. and sorry to hear about ur disability but i just wonder, if u are almost blind how come u saw the guard who urinated 6 feet away from u.....?
cheers

Trying to get sympathy? You make me laugh! No sympathy for you.
Your vision has nothing to do with your tantrums. You're vision is not the problem. Your ego is the problem!
C'mon! Admit it. You made an a$$ of yourself. Your EGO got the best of you. You threw a fit because you didn't get what you wanted and you felt embarassed with mom and dad watching.

Darren...I emailed St. Lukes to find out whether your fiancée would be allowed to accompany you to your face-to-face meeting with them. My thinking is that you would not want to squander your valuable time with your fiancée by going to the meeting without her.
I also emailed the mayor of Manila to demand that he round up and remove all street vendors from Manila while you are there. I'm not sure where he will put them all...do you have any ideas?

yep, I agree.....
I don't know if just me or what, but I feel afraid for his girl......I read several of his post....most of them were out of context.....sorry, I know this isn't the issue....but dude, reading his post makes me want to cry for the poor girl....

You need to chill. You sound so irrational. No wonder they didn't let your crazy a$$ in!

Darren- I know nothing about the PI...but, please stop tantruming at the Medical Center as they don't give a rat's butt who is ' paying' for your fiancee's medical ...futhermore..... if I were a Filipina, I would be offended at your comment about it mostly being the American who pays for it.
Your fiancee does not need you in there holding her hand micro managing it all. Go grab a coffee and calm down before the Med Center e-mails the Embassy complaining about you.
Good Luck.

Perhaps the OP does not think she is old enough to be considered competent and able to handle the medical herself.

You really think you have "power" to tell SLEC what to do, huh? I'll applaud if you do.
FYI, St. Luke's doesn't give a d*mn who pays for your fiancee's (and other's) medical. There is no policy on who should pay or where the money comes from. You paying for her medical doesn't mean SLEC should follow your demands. AS IF! you are their boss.
Well, then NO medical for you. That's SIMPLE! Your " I want it my way coz I'm American and I'm paying for her medical" attitude put yourself in danger, NOT SLEC.
Sure, why not...? But If I was the CO, I would pause for a second and wonder why you didn't "trust" your fiancee to carry the money herself. and, I doubt the CO would give a ratz caboose whether you were let in or not. No medical = No interview. DUH!

This list was NOT produced by USCIS. It's from an article by Baughman and Wang, immigration attorneys:
http://lawbw.com/home/why-uscis-might-think-your-application-is-fraudulent/
Please do not try to mislead people into believing advice or information comes from USCIS or any other US government agency unless you know for certain that it does. While the information may, indeed, be accurate, the source is not an official US government source.

+1 especially considering the boy is only 18. He's got his whole life in front of him. Over 50% of all marriages end in divorce. No need to rush into anything. Spend some "serious" time together... weeks together over a period of years. Honestly, what's the rush. Statistics show if you marry, there is over a 50% chance it was a poor decision. You guys have never met, he's only 18, he's not even in the working world yet. Give it time.

After reading all of your content, I have some questions that keeps repeating on my mind...
- Do you even have a tourist visa yet?
- Have you decided on which type of visa are you sticking to? You went through tourist, to lotery, to work, to even religious... and ALL of your posts you wanna know about the Green Card. I am not making assumptions, I'm just putting 2+2 together, and it's kinda weird that all of your questions leads to it.
- why is it so important? Shouldn't you be concerned about making your relationship work at first and make his family accept the age difference between you and him? And last but not least, is he concerned about the same things as you?
....For the posts above, my bet would be 2 letters. G & C.

I don't think you should make assumptions about people like that. Maybe she wants to stay because she has nothing to go back to? Maybe she left her whole life behind and burned bridges? Being the immigrant and leaving your whole world behind is a scary thing....and going back because it didn't work out could make someone feel embarrassed. Don't judge someone you don't know...you're not in their shoes.

I want you to know, I reported your thread (because of the title).
I believe this is a deliberate attempt to insult Filipino people.
I am an American. My parents paid for braces to straighten my teeth. DO ALL AMERICANS NEED DENTAL WORK?
Phew....how can some1 be so obtuse..?

Have a great week ya'll March filers!! :thumbs:
Let's hope and pray for more approvals! Jan, Nema, Jacque best wishes for you girls!! :thumbs:

The OP states that she has enough to cover her airport fee's and others. She is asking is it necessary to have American money. My wife came her with 50 American dollars and did not spend 1 penny of it. What's ridiculous is you telling someone who obviously loves their USC to maybe rethink her decision based off the fact that she doesnt have a lot of money. What if he doesnt have a lot of money? What if every penny he had went to paying those airport fee's? You know, you may have visited your wife in the PH using a rowboat, but any international flight will feed you on the plane. Your above statements come across as "ridiculous".

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So f.ckin' excited!!! Thank ya'll for been there when I had a question!!
:dancing: :dancing:
EDIT: Lol! Blame the emotion, but I think posted on a different site. Feel free to move it!!

WOW... this topic has over extended... ^_-
No need to be ultra sensitive , we are here to vent & to get info .
Anyways best of lucks to everyone ,to those who whine (like I do), to those who feel that they deserve it more or other perspective blablabla.
A slice of Pizza and a Dr. Pepper plus a little don't worry be happy to all

Sick 'n tired... so like we say over here
A otra cosa mariposa! Feel free to translate it!
So much bitterness over here, needing for READING COMPREHENSION 101

Bitterness bitterness
Thank God I'm not like that!
Due to lack of reading comprehension here it goes again:
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Bitterness bitterness
Thank God I'm not like that!

Geez take it easy ya'll it was an internal joke between march filers. We didn't start the hate and rudeness was some gal saying she deserve more than others because she was waiting 10 months... that's ridiculous (lack of a better word) NO ONE DESERVE MORE THAN OTHERS. And that's it.
The lack of your reading comprehension started all! I never mention my case with any particularity! I was talking for ALL VSC FILERS. And there comes a girl saying "I deserve more than you" get out of here!!