farah2005

6 more days!!!

enjoy your reunion!

congratulations!!

Hey everyone. My husband left a few hours ago to take a week vacation from my town. I'm really sad about that. After all the hard and tireless work I did to get him here...he's been here 3 months and already going away for a week. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy he has such a good friend to take him accross the country whenever they decide to go.. but I don't think it's fair, ya know?? It's not even for a job..it is just for fun. Just to get away. I want to get away too but I can't!! I have a son and a home and work to tend to! I'm not mad at him.. just upset with the situation. Maybe I'm just jealous?? Jealous that I can't do those things.... But then.. he is part of this family too and shouldn't he be here working and supporting the family too?? I can't sleep when he's gone.. I don't feel safe in my house... Things just aren't right....Sorry to rant and whine but I'm just really having a hard time with this.

amal

hi Amal,

i m sorry to hear that but as you know are going throw 2 big adjustements in our life,first is being married and share your life with somebody, second being in a foreign country .i agree that ,in married couple it might not be normal to go for vacacion without your SO but for our situation maybe it s normal,people are different in adjusting ,for me i like being around people and having freinds but right now i m adjusting to my lonelyness and sometimes during the week end when my husband is with me i feel that i want to be alone ,it s strange ,and i don t understand why! my husband even tought that he did something wrong to make me feel that way.

other thing,maybe he realy doesn t see the problem of him going in vacacion without you ,maybe it s one of the cultural difference problem. for exemple,my husband s freind invite us to go to the movie theater ,i wasn t in the mood for a movie so i told my husband that he can go,without me i realy don t have problem with that ,but he wouldn t, he said it s not normal for him to have fun without me ,i felt guilty because he is right,we waited so long for me to be here and part of being married is doing stuff togethet so i went to the movie teather with him.

but i beleive that the best way to solve it is comunication,talk about it !you don t have to fake that you are fine with that .and don t feel guilty ,because you are not!

good luck

hi girls

sorry if i don t post much .

Angelk , Mary thanks again for your messages .it s so nice of you to keep in touch

well, here is my news;

after i waited more then 3 weeks for the SSC my husband took a day off from work and we went to the SS office on the 24 th feb ,they asked for my birth certificate the women there said that it will take 6 weeks to get it translated from arabic,i tried to gave her the translation that i used to apply for my visa but she said they use only the SS translators. so the ssc will take at least 7 weeks to arrive.

i m still studing the florida driver s manual ,and i found in there website that in florida the new drivers needs to take a 4 h drug and alcohol classes .so i m doing it online .the package cost 55$ it includes the 4 h coursse and "Rules of the Road" and "Road Signs" practice tests,my husband teach me to drive in the weekends ,we go to this big parking land of an office deppo and i drive only when there is no guard there ,because as you know without a learners permit i can t drive somewhere else.

about the job,i need to passe the foreign pharmacy test first then work as an intern for 1 year then pass the Naplex test to get the license so i can work as a pharmasist wich will take a long time ,so i think i will start looking for a job as a pharm technician other wise i don t know what i can work i don t have any work experiance or other diploma.

i m still hesitated about starting work because i think my english is not good enough ,so i registered to this class to improve my grammar and pronouciation the class cost 65 $ for 8 weeks ,the class will start on march 22nd,they also have free ESL classes there.

about my adjustment,it s going good but i miss having freinds,i m a people person and like to be around people.

well, sorry to take your time for reading my message

kelly,i m counting down for your interview

take care

and good luck to you all.

Farah,

I am trying to get Hicham to take the Drug and Alcohol Awareness course online too. And do you know what? I looked at some of the websites from the Department of Motor Vehicles and you can even take your permit test online through some of the authorized places. If you pass, your print out the information and bring that to your local drivers license office to get your actual permit. (I don't know if you will have the same issue -- but when Hicham just got a state ID in August, it took more than a month to mail it to him -- they do background checks now for non-US citizens due to some of the 9-11 hijackers legally getting ID's in Florida even though on terrorist watchlists. However, they will give you the number that will be on your card and tell you that you are good to go with that until your card arrives.)

Twila

HI Twila,

yes that s exactely what i m doing

i m using this website to take my alcohol and drug coursses ;

http://www.lowestpricetrafficschool.com/new-drivers.php

At the end of the course,you have the choice to take the DMV exam online ,for that you need to pay $ 19,95 fee.

congrats!!!

cool,congrats!!

congrats!

hi girls

sorry if i don t post much .

Angelk , Mary thanks again for your messages .it s so nice of you to keep in touch

well, here is my news;

after i waited more then 3 weeks for the SSC my husband took a day off from work and we went to the SS office on the 24 th feb ,they asked for my birth certificate the women there said that it will take 6 weeks to get it translated from arabic,i tried to gave her the translation that i used to apply for my visa but she said they use only the SS translators. so the ssc will take at least 7 weeks to arrive.

i m still studing the florida driver s manual ,and i found in there website that in florida the new drivers needs to take a 4 h drug and alcohol classes .so i m doing it online .the package cost 55$ it includes the 4 h coursse and "Rules of the Road" and "Road Signs" practice tests,my husband teach me to drive in the week ends ,we go to this big parking land of an office deppo and i drive only when there is no guard there ,because as you know without a learners permit i can t drive somewhere else.

about the job,i need to passe the foreign pharmacy test first then work as an intern for 1 year then pass the Naplex test to get the license so i can work as a pharmasist wich will take a long time ,so i think i will start looking for a job as a pharm technician other wise i don t know what i can work i don t have any work experiance or other diploma.

i m still hesitated about starting work because i think my english is not good enough ,so i registered to this class to improve my grammar and pronouciation the class cost 65 $ for 8 weeks ,the class will start on march 22nd,they also have free ESL classes there.

about my adjustment,it s going good but i miss having freinds,i m a people person and like to be around people.

well, sorry to take your time for reading my message

kelly,i m counting down for your interview

take care

and good luck to you all.

congratulations!!!

congrats Twila and Hicham

Hicham and I watched "Hello America" a few nights ago and I wanted to recommend it to all of you if you get a chance to see it. It deals with an Egyptian couple and how they adjust to moving to the US and their new life (or lack thereof) here.

Twila

hi,

is the movie has an english subtitle?

Yes...that is the good thing about ART Movies...there are English subtitles for the people like me who are slow at learning Arabic!

Twila

my husband is worse,he gave up on learning arabic,now he switch to frensh !

so, what is ART?

i m cancer my husband is Aries

congratulations!!!

Hicham and I watched "Hello America" a few nights ago and I wanted to recommend it to all of you if you get a chance to see it. It deals with an Egyptian couple and how they adjust to moving to the US and their new life (or lack thereof) here.

Twila

hi,

is the movie has an english subtitle?

welcome to VJ and wish you a speedy visa process!

congratulations!!!

thank you for the replies.

thanks mdyoung that was helpfull

yes i think it should be pinned!

after a month that i arroved to the US my SScard never arrived,i called but the women that answered didn t have any idea about appling for the ssn as part of the visa process .

i went to the ss office and took my passport, green card ,birth certificate and the s-5 form.

the employer told me that it will take 6 weeks to get my birth certificat translated from arabic ,she didn t accept the translation that i used to apply for the visa .she said that they use only there translations!!

and i have to wait an extra week for the card to arrive.

am i the only one in this situation ?? i never heard of a sscard that takes more then 7 weeks!

Here is a link to some documented interviews which may give you an idea:

Middle East/North Africa Interviews

~Kiya~

hi kiya

the links to the interviews are not working!! do you have this problem also??

hi Hicham,

welcome to the forum and hope you have a speedy visa process.

it needs to be pined

hi

when i had my CR 1 interview i took all the pictures before and after marriage ,printed e mails , and greeting cards that he and his parent send me ,printed skype calls as we didn t have any phone bills .

the interviewer asked me to show him our pictures where we met .

I just returned from Morocco myself yesterday morning after a 3 week visit with my husband. We just

miss each other so much. that I believe we made the most out of each and every second. Of course leaving

and returning here to the states is painful for us both. Still waiting as VSC and time determine the fate of our case.

Karen H.

hi Karen,

hope your waiting will end soon and you won t be apart any more.

good luck!

good luck!