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Ya, I figured it was a scam. I just would go for the free Computer.

Just wondering if anyone actually got a free computer for sitting thru their lil sceme.

Wow, I just looked at when I joined VJ April 2004.

Ummm Yep I'd say I'm a vet of VJ

any of the Geico comercials (except for the one with Peter Frampton cuz I like him! )

I got this card in the mail from this company called Directbuy.

membership to save thousands of dollars of retail items.

Anyways,

The lady on the phone said that if we came to the presentation that we would get 2 free gifts ( one being a Dell computer) plus a chance to try our key ( was attached to postcard) in a lock to see if we win $50,000.00 makeover or take the cash.

I looked online about this company and it looks like it's had alot of complaint. Pay 5000.00 to join their club plus 300 a year fee. Ya have to make up your mind that day or you can never join.

Just wondering if anyone actually went to thier presentation and if they really did get the free gifts?

Sounds like a timeshare type deal to me and if we actually went there would be no way that we would buy into this even with their pressure tactics.

Hello everyone. How are you? I moved to the US in June and married my husband. Ok, first, it was ok. After a month living with my mother in law in a crazy situation, I have so much stress and feel very depressed.

I used to be a student in the US and graduated from American university. Of course I was single at that time and I enjoyed my American life pretty much. I enjoyed studying, working on campus, interacting with many students etc.

Now, I have education with no job, no be able to earn, and live with my mother in law, too. I like her, but she is not my biological mother and there are tons of things she does which upset me. There is no way I can consider her like my real mother. I am sure people in this site have some similar experiences. The biggest issue is money and her not understanding common sense.

It drives me crazy and now, I am really having a hard time dealing with it. I did not even tell her how much money we have. She takes me everywhere, but everything is soo expensive and there is no need for me to buy expensive things while my husband is working crazy to make money.

I feel so stressed out and started getting so upset easily. I know it is not very healthy. Until I get EAD, I have no idea how to kill this boring and crazy time. I really hate to spend money since I have no job.

Maybe just for new environment or not having school, different culture, language etc.

Anyone here to share some experiences?

Maybe you're spending too much time at home with your mother-in-law.

If your still waiting for EAD, how about volunteering your time while you wait?

While I was waiting for EAD I volunteered at the Aerospace Museum doing office work. It gave me something to do, got me out of the house, mingled with people and kept my skills up to date.

What did you study prior to moving permamently to the states? If it was something like teaching you could volunteer tutoring elementary students at thier school or a public library. If you enjoy history, volunteer at a museum. If you're in a medical type field, try using your free time working with Red Cross or reading to the Blind, volunteering at a local hospital or retirment home.

There's tions of places that would welcome your help!

Search online for your city's comerce, or find a charity that you would like to support and call them up.

All the jobs I'm applying for are BS too.... I considered taking my degree off my resume to apply for some of them because they only required high school education, but I'm proud of my degree. Shame though, right now I feel like I worked my ### off for 4 years for a degree and sometimes it seems like it was a waste of time. A monkey could do my job.

I'm finding the same thing, but especially with the rate of pay. Ten years ago, I was making $16/hr as a payroll administrator in Canada. A few weeks back, I was called by an agency here in NC for an accounting assistant position. She asked me what my minimum acceptable pay rate would be, and I said (swallowing my pride) $10 - $12/hr. She said "Oh.... we don't get many positions that pay that well." Talk about taking one giant step backwards. Oh well, whatcha gonna do??!

Oh I hear ya!! Back home when I worked for Revenue Canada I was paid over $15.00 per hr and that was 10 yrs ago!

Here the minimum wage is 5.85 hr. The same type of job I did back home they offer a whole 8.50 to 9.00 per hr. It's sick!

I feel terrible applying for jobs at that rate. I even applied for one at 6:50 per hr. People back home would laugh at me if they knew.

It's been over 3 months since I've been out of work here and I can't get a job. have 2 degrees which are useless here.

I've applied at Temp agencys and nothing there either.

I'm getting so depressed. I hate it here!

uhhhh yep

I heard that She was living in a rest home for quite some time thanks to her Dementia.

The lady that played Blanche used to visit her daily even though Estelle didn't recognize her. What a wonderful thing to do huh?!

RIP Ms Getty

What about Northern Oregon? My sister lives in a city just outside of Oregon called Tigard.

We grew up in Vancouver, BC and she loves it there. Not as much rain as Seattle and it's a day trip to the border.

My first job was pretty easy to get, then I moved on to a Office position what I thought was going to be a great place. It was a great job ( worked there for 2 yrs, but they got rid of my boss and got this other guy who hated me & I hated him. I knew it wasn't gonna work out and thought about looking for work. Then one day I had a confrontation with this guy and quit right on the spot.

It's been 3 months now, been to tons of interviews but nothing so far.

I'm even applying for things that I would consider "beneath me" back home. The pay here is pathetic, less then half of what I was paid at home and most don't offer benefits.

Just another reason to add why I hate this place and wish I had never came!

For alien workers who have already secured LPR status, the impact of being laid off is not much different from that of a US worker. The alien green card holder would continue to be in lawful permanent residency status while he or she looks for new employment. Many immigrants who have recently obtained their green card status may be rightfully concerned about leaving their positions too quickly after getting permanent residency. The USCIS will sometimes accuse an individual of not having appropriate intentions when they got permanent residency. However, an involuntary termination of employment will not trigger that type of problem. Also, depending on the applicable state law, the alien LPR might be eligible for unemployment compensation because he or she is lawfully present in the US and is available and authorized to accept employment.

source: LPRs and employment

Unemployment insurance is not a means-tested benefit. Usually, a

sponsor (such as yourself) would have to agree to pay back any

means-tested benefits such as welfare that may be given to an

applicant. But unemployment does not qualify.

source: Unemployment is not a means tested benefit

Many immigrants who have recently obtained their green card status may be rightfully concerned about leaving their positions too quickly after getting permanent residency. The USCIS will sometimes accuse an individual of not having appropriate intentions when they got permanent residency.

That part does not apply to someone who got their green card through marriage.

Unemployment insurance is not a means-tested benefit. Usually, a

sponsor (such as yourself) would have to agree to pay back any

means-tested benefits such as welfare that may be given to an

applicant. But unemployment does not qualify.

This does!

For alien workers who have already secured LPR status, the impact of being laid off is not much different from that of a US worker. The alien green card holder would continue to be in lawful permanent residency status while he or she looks for new employment. Many immigrants who have recently obtained their green card status may be rightfully concerned about leaving their positions too quickly after getting permanent residency. The USCIS will sometimes accuse an individual of not having appropriate intentions when they got permanent residency. However, an involuntary termination of employment will not trigger that type of problem. Also, depending on the applicable state law, the alien LPR might be eligible for unemployment compensation because he or she is lawfully present in the US and is available and authorized to accept employment.

source: LPRs and employment

Unemployment insurance is not a means-tested benefit. Usually, a

sponsor (such as yourself) would have to agree to pay back any

means-tested benefits such as welfare that may be given to an

applicant. But unemployment does not qualify.

source: Unemployment is not a means tested benefit

That was good! LOL

My 12 yr old daughter is here visiting for the summer and she met the little girl across the street and invited her to go swimming in our pool. A little while latter Shelby says, Can Elsie go in the house for a minute? She needs to go to the washroom. The little girl said Ummm what's a washroom? I need to go to the bathroom!

I told Shelby, They call it a bathroom here hon.

Then they decided to go bike riding and Shelby said to elise, " I just have to go get my runners I'll be right back! "

Elise looked at me and I said , It's ok, she just needs to put on her sneakers.

I am starting to get used to things down here, like instead of saying thank you they say "UhHuh"

I'm even doing that now. And on Sunday I even wore my shoes in my inlaws house! My daughter asked why I still had my shoes on?! I said, Oh it's OK , it's an American thing! " LOL

I know how ya feel, I've lived here in Utah for 3 yrs. and still no real close friends. I have aquaintences but not someone I can call up out of the blue and go shopping with etc..,

As for work. I was working at a firm but everyone there was Mormom and were very tight knit. They all grew up together etc.. I felt like such an outsider and I hated it so much that one day I just up & quit. Big mistake! Its been 3 months now and I can't find a job anywhere! It's so depressing!

Money is too tight to even think about visiting my family & friends back home.

My hubby is working double shifts just to make up for the money was bringing in. I feel so bad. He said it doesn't bother him but still... I know it does. Everyday he comes home and asks if I have found anything yet!? I lose out on so many jobs becasue I don't speak Spanish! Ummm it's not even a bilingual country here like Canada is, and they expect you to be fluent in it!

Right now my little girl is here visiting for the summer and I can't even enjoy that because I am too busy trying to find a job.

People here are so unfriendly! unless of course you're Mormon, then they'll accept you with open arms.

I hate it here but I'm stuck here. My hubby has no intentions of ever moving. So as my mum would say " you made your bed, now you lie in it!"

Sorry your Wedding wasn't what you imagined it would've been Hannah.

Maybe you're family didn't feel it neccesary to acknowledge your marriage because you had already lived together.

This was my 2nd marriage. When I married my exhusband I had just gone thru Cancer surgery Chemo, lost most of my hair,etc. I was released from the hospital a week before my planned wedding. My sister planned the whole wedding. I was thankful,but it wasn't MY wedding. I vowed that I would have the wedding I wanted when my Hubby & I married.

My parents& sister were the only family members who bothered to show up on my side of the family

My younger brother chose to go camping in Idhao (One state above me) instead of coming to the wedding. He said it was too far.

We didn't go on a honeymoon. Just spent one night in a beautiful B. & B. We plan on going somewhere exotic on our 5 yr anni.

Just remember, The Wedding lasts one day, your marriage and knowing you chose the right person will last a lifetime. All that really matters is that your together.

typical customs guy that thinks he is God cuz he has a badge and a gun.

So glad I don't have to go thru that BS ever again. I had the customs guy from hell and didn't go thru the border again for almost 2 & half years till my visa was in my hot little hands. There was no way I was gonna let them treat me like a crimminal again.

I have a friend from Denmark who is coming to visit my parents in Canada this summer and was wondering if Denmark is on the visa waiver program? I would love to have him come visit me here in the states.

Just wondering if that's doable?

I will be 47 next week ( eeek) I had my daughter when I was just turning 35. The only complications I had were later on in the pregnancy when I would get pretty tired. I only gained 18 lbs total and she was 6 lbs 14 when she was born. Back in Canada, it was mandatory you have amniothentisis after age 35. During a previous pregnancy though, The baby wasn't growing much, did amnio and lost the baby due to the amnio test.

I think it was a good decision to wait to have her in my 30s. My ex & I were muture enough and finacially stable to look after her.

My Hubby is 41, never had kids and would love to have one. I don't think he understands that it's just too late now. Fertility stuff here is too expensive. I'm old!

Here in Utah, it seems the girls here get married very young ( 18, 19) and pop a baby out within a year after. People look at me weird that my daughter is only 12 when most women in their 40s are grandparents here.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!

JOHN McCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure – right from Day One! – that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

####### CHENEY: Where's my gun?

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay, too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

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ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

I have every email including the first one he sent me. I also have chat logs.

We both have all cards, letters momentos saved as well. LOL were both pack rats!

I came here on a K-1 visa. At the time,a few weeks before my k-1 interview, my daughter's father refused to let her move to the states. ( Yes, my ex is a dickhead, that's why he's my ex!)She has now turned 12 and by law legally allowed to choose where she wants to be. I also have signed court papers stating so and that my ex will not interfere with this.

She of course wants to move here and we want to start the proceedings. She was at the time listed on my K-1 . I had told the lady at my interview that Shelby would not be coming and to please take her off the k-1. The lady told me that she would leave it on because many times the father changes his mind and then the child can follow up to 1 yr.

It's now been 3 yrs. I just recieved my 10 yr greencard with conditions removed.

Once we start the process, who does the paperwork/Noa's etc... go to? does it go to my daughter? I'm afraid that my ex will unexpectedly "lose" the paperwork to delay this process. (He did that with our divorce)

Also, I am hearing that it could take up to a year before she will get her visa, Is this true?

It's been pure hell being away from my little girl and when I told her it might take a long time she was very upset. She thought that she would be able to move here this summer.

Once she does get her visa and move here. Will there be limitations on it as in having to wait for AP etc...? I know my ex will want her to come to visit him once she has moved here.

Any advice?

My hubby's family & the heat/nice weather , other then that, absolutley nothing.

Got my new greencard in the mail today. Yay!!!

The ties are your lease agreement, or mortage/deed to a house, a job...bank statements or a letter from your employer. The idea is to bring proof when you enter the US to visit, that you are going to be returning.......that you're going about this immigration legally, and not just going to stay here in the US after your marriage.

And there is no gaurentee even with these documents that the border guards will let you in. It is totally up to each individual guard whether he lets you in or not.

Well I would not try to just cross and get married int he states.While it is perfectly LEGAL to enter the states and get married , and then go back home to Canada (not stay in the states).Most border control have no clue about this and as soon as you mention wedding will automatically think you're coming to get married AND Stay there. It is totally up to the border guys whether they will let you thru. If you click on my name on the left and click on "My Story" you will see what happens when you are too honest and not given the proper information.

I seriously would wait, apply for the K-1 cross and marry in the states . Then you can always have an unformal "wedding" in Canada if this is what you want to do.

Goodluck