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    Jon Stewart Slays The Food Stamp Fraud Dragon In One Hilarious Clip

    in Current Events and Hot Social Topics

    Posted

    My daughter gets food stamps. She works full time, but her husband is very ill with diabeties and this past year had part of his feet amputated. They have turned him down for disability 3 times and he is unable to work. They have 4 kids. Her oldest daughter is from a previous marriage. The state of AL loads her child support onto her EBT card. She can use the child support portian anywhere and for anything. But can only use the food balance for food. So if you see someone using EBT card for something other than food, it may be coming from the child support balance.

    Older American woman Younger Algerian man

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Hi, It's been a while. I just popped in and noticed I was mentioned in this thread. Hachemi and I celebrated our 7th anniverary in Sept. We are still very happily married. My husband has not changed since the day I met him. He still adores me as I do him. In our case there is an age difference of 12 1/2 years. But what I think helped make our marriage be succesful, is that I met him when he was in his 30's and I was in my mid 40's. Now my sweety is 40 and I hate to say my age now. (You can do the math). LOL. He still adores me as I do him. We have so much fun together. It took him 5 years of working min. wage crappy jobs and finally someone saw in him what I did and gave him a chance. He has a great job, been in his position 2 years, and making pretty decent money with great benifits.

    I wish I had some good advice to give. It's just hard for me to give any helpful advice with such a large age difference and the guy being so very young. So I will just leave it at that.

    My friend Cheryl and her husband Kamel (Algerian) are still happily married also for 7 years. We met here on visa journey and since they are about a 100 or so miles from us, we meet often in person and spend time together.

    Kat, so nice to hear that you are happy. I don't know if you remember, but my husband is from Setif also.

    Algerian visas? Tourist or Family visit?

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    It will be a "family guest visa" and you will need a notarized invitation from the city hall of the place of residence of the Algerian host.

    You need a copy of you flight itinerary. You have to buy the ticket to get the visa. They have to know the dates you will arrive and how long you plan on staying. I never had to have a "letter of employment" and I have been 4 times to Algeria. They ask for your employer name and address on the visa application. I am not employed and I just put "not employed."

    http://www.algerianembassy.org/consular_affairs/visa_to_algeria.html

    Secretary Napolitano Announces Final Rule to Support Family Unity During Waiver Process

    in US Immigration News and Discussion

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    Secretary Napolitano Announces Final Rule to Support Family Unity During Waiver Process

    Released: Jan. 2, 2013

    Contact: DHS Press Office, (202) 282-8010

    WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the posting of a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate relatives (spouse, children and parents), who are in the process of obtaining visas to become lawful permanent residents of the United States under certain circumstances. The final rule establishes a process that allows certain individuals to apply for a provisional unlawful presence waiver before they depart the United States to attend immigrant visa interviews in their countries of origin. The process will be effective on March 4, 2013 and more information about the filing process will be made available in the coming weeks at www.uscis.gov.

    “This final rule facilitates the legal immigration process and reduces the amount of time that U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate relatives who are in the process of obtaining an immigrant visa,” said Secretary Napolitano.

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received more than 4,000 comments in response to the April 2, 2012 proposed rule and considered all of them in preparing the final rule.

    “The law is designed to avoid extreme hardship to U.S. citizens, which is precisely what this rule achieves,” USCIS Director Mayorkas said. “The change will have a significant impact on American families by greatly reducing the time family members are separated from those they rely upon.”

    Under current law, immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who are not eligible to adjust status in the United States to become lawful permanent residents must leave the U.S. and obtain an immigrant visa abroad. Individuals who have accrued more than six months of unlawful presence while in the United States must obtain a waiver to overcome the unlawful presence inadmissibility bar before they can return to the United States after departing to obtain an immigrant visa. Under the existing waiver process, which remains available to those who do not qualify for the new process, immediate relatives cannot file a waiver application until after they have appeared for an immigrant visa interview abroad and the Department of State has determined that they are inadmissible.

    In order to obtain a provisional unlawful presence waiver, the applicant must be an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, inadmissible only on account of unlawful presence, and demonstrate the denial of the waiver would result in extreme hardship to his or her U.S. citizen spouse or parent. USCIS will publish a new form, Form I-601A, Application for a Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver, for individuals to use when applying for a provisional unlawful presence waiver under the new process.

    Under the new provisional waiver process, immediate relatives must still depart the United States for the consular immigrant visa process; however, they can apply for a provisional waiver before they depart for their immigrant visa interview abroad. Individuals who file the Form I-601A must notify the Department of State’s National Visa Center that they are or will be seeking a provisional waiver from USCIS. The new process will reduce the amount of time U.S. citizen are separated from their qualifying immediate relatives. Details on the process changes are available at www.regulations.gov.

    Sultan's Kitchen

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Kabsa is delicious! When I make it I don't remove the chicken, I just add he rice and cook it in the oven. It steams very nicely in the oven. I usually use Uncle Ben's rice because its pretty much fool proof in this recipe plus you won't have to soak it like basmati. For the spice mix I use curry powder,tumeric, cinnamon, cumin, all spice, cardamon and coriander. No cloves as I find it a bit strong. I don't add carrots but imagine it would taste good. I mix the yellow raisins in with the rice instead of putting on top.

    Thanks for the tips! I have been to busy to make it the last few days, but I am going to try it soon! Inshaallah

    Sultan's Kitchen

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted · Edited by Meriem_DZ

    Cooking with Alia's youtube video's has many great Moroccan recipes. She has a Saudi friend that just started a youtube channel and this is her first recipe video. Alia has made a few videos with her on her channel.

    http://www.youtube.c...withalia/videos

    This is a Saudi recipe called Kabsa. It looks really good. I am going to try it soon!

    http://www.youtube.c...M&feature=share

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0XZviBdDLM&feature=share

    Has marriage & life been what you expected?

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    We will be celebrating 6 yrs of marriage in Sept. After Hachemi got here he adapted really well. I survived teaching him to drive. lol. That was a hoot. I thought I was gonna die several times. We did have a horrible wreck when he had his permit but it wasnt his fault. Our car was totaled, but we were ok. Cant say that for the motorcycle that was crushed between us and the dude that hit us. He was hurt pretty bad, but survived. Hachemi is now a great driver and goes anywhere he wants.

    He was hired with his first application after getting his green card at a boat manufacturing plant. He worked there one yr before he decided to go back to school. He already had a computer science degree. He went to the community college and got an associate degree in computer networking. He graduated with special honors and had a 3.96 gpa. While he was going to school he would visit the convenience store down the street to get coffee when he was studying late. They asked him if he needed a job. He told them he would work if he could get hours around his classes. He worked there for 3 years.

    Toyota was building a huge manufacturing plant about 45 miles from our house. He thought about applying but we had made plans to go visit his family in Algeria November of 2010. We stayed for a month and when we came home he decided to apply and was hired. There were 43,000 applications and they hired 1200. It is a wonderful company to work for and they have the best insurance I have ever had. We put our house up for sale and bought a house in the town closer to his work. Thank God it only took 45 days to sell!

    I had already had a hysterectomy when we married. I would most likely been to old to have kids, but I know several women that had kids in their 40's. It just wasnt meant to be. We had discussed this fact prior to marrying. Hachemi has crohn's disease which is well controlled with medication but he always worried about having kids because he didnt want to pass it on. We have kitties as our kids. He loves his kitty cats!

    My husband is now a citizen and is very happy living in the US. He misses his family, but not Algeria. He talks to them on Skype every Sunday for a couple of hours. Hachemi is still the sweet loving man I first married. He hasn't changed a bit. He just adores me and I feel so lucky to have him. Hachemi does not cook or clean. He really doesnt know how. Thanks to his mom and sisters who did everything for him. Every once in a while he will run the vacuum. I dont work so it's all up to me and I don't mind. He works so hard at his job, I just don't ask him to help. I also do the yard work because I am afraid he will run over my flowers. I am very particular about my plants and flowers LOl. I didnt even let my son do it because he is so careless. I let my next door neighbor borrow my riding mower last week and when I got home I almost had a heart attack because he mowed my yard in return for letting him use the mower.

    If I had any advice for your SO's, It would be that taking any job, even though it is not what they want to do, will build work history. Just be patient and hang in there. It took Hachemi about 5 years to finally get a great paying job with wonderful benefits.

    Meriem (F)

    MENA Gardens

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Thanks B for A. I have really enjoyed it!

    Mommy2 Z n S, it is really not that hard. If you can did a big hole that will get you started. Just remember the bigger it is the more cost to build and it is harder to take care of. That is why this one is so much smaller than my other one I had. lol. Lowe's and home depot is where I bought my supplies.

    WoM, I love that bush. Wonder if the humming birds like it. I want to plant some flowering bushes that will attract humming birds.

    InLuvnwaiting. What a great sitting area. That gives me a great idea for my yard!

    Meriem (F)

    MENA Gardens

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Thank you WoM! Inluvwaiting, our house is L shaped. It is the back-side of the house. I just thought that was a perfect place. I went out with a shovel to test the ground's hardness and it was a soft sandy dirt. I started digging and before I knew it I had a big hole. LOL At our old house several years ago, when Hachemi first got here, he asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I told him a hole in the ground. I had big plans to build a gold fish pond. I lined out the shape with the water hose and my son and hubbie spent 3 days using a pick ax and shovel digging that pond. The ground was so hard. He came home from work that day I was digging , he got out of his truck and gave me a stern look. lol. He was remembering that other hole. He was laughing going in the house saying "don't talk to me!" Like, don't ask me to dig. LOL. I said "its already dug!"

    Meriem (F)

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