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    missing in action

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I have been here over 4 years and i have seen a lot of people come and go , just a fact of VJ life....

    Yup.

    And if people really want to keep in touch with the person/people they miss, I am sure there is always a way-unless they don't want anyone to contact them and leave no info. Just because some ppl I liked stopped posting here doesn't mean I never talked to them ever again. ;) I still keep in touch with ppl who stopped posting years ago.

    Some members add their email addresses to their profile so if you view profiles you can sometimes find them through AOS, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and even URL locations. Excite wasn't available so I put mine under Yahoo.

    Leaving P.I. in a couple of days without fiancee

    in Philippines

    Posted

    We made it out to White Island in the early morning. My fiance does not dig the sun like I do.

    We went to : Soda Springs, Ardent Cold Water Spring, Hot Spring (Which was my favorite place to relax in a pool of water 37 Celsuis), We went to Volcano Observation Station and enjoyed the cool weather up there. Went to a couple of cool waterfalls.

    I will try to post some pics of the places.

    One day we rented Motorbikes and cruised all over the island.

    It was a blast there.

    We took my friend's SUV on the ferry so were able to drive all over the island. I am going to try to post the picture of the Ardent sign but am not sure I remember how

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    Leaving P.I. in a couple of days without fiancee

    in Philippines

    Posted

    Good luck with the documents. Did you get a chance to check out Johnny's Dive Shop? They have great room rates, excellent food and wonderful diving spots including the reef off White Island. We stayed in the Paris Beach Resort next door to Johnny's but next time it will be all Johnny's.

    We stayed a Golden Sunset and it was 1400 peso per night, and a great place with the White Island in front this place.

    Only Diving I did was in the bed between the sheet.

    But I will be back to Camigun, I have been to Hawaii, Tahati, Cancun, lots of the Caribbean and this place ranks up there in beauty.

    Did you go out to White Island? We spend about 4 hours snorkling and had a blast. The coral is a bit rough on the feet but other than that, Camiguin is a great place. We did the water falls places and the hot pools. We also went up into the mountain for lunch at a mountain resort but don't remember the name and did Italian dinner but again forget the name of the place.

    Philippine call centers ect ect

    in Asia: East and Pacific

    Posted

    Wow, maybe we should just let this post die a natural death, the posts are getting a bit strong. Pete is correct in saying I filed a year before IMBRA took affect and there was some sort of slow down in the summer of 2005. I read and heard that the embassy was processing more professional visas thus caused an impact on the K visas but can't validate that. Let's just leave it at that and push on, there are much more important things to worry about :thumbs:

    Why are you calling me Pete, you know I hate that name. Just wait until I see you sister you knucklehead :wacko:

    Philippine call centers ect ect

    in Asia: East and Pacific

    Posted

    I don't know where you're getting your information or misinformation. US companies are paying USCIS to process petitions within 15 days which has nothing to do with visa processing. And it's not taking anywhere near 6 months to get an interview in Manila.

    I beg to differ...it IS taking up to and exceding 6 months to get an interview...the k-1 seems to be moving a bit faster than the rest....but if its not 6 months its close!!

    Jazzy

    Something was posted a long time ago that American companies were paying extra to have professional and labor visas processed quicker. When we went through Manila it took about 2 months from Manila receiving the petition until the interview, now it is much longer. Back when Manila was publishing the cases for interview each month many more were starting to appear that were outside the spousal/fiancee area. I know caregivers are in very high demand and companies are making a nice profit in providing the labor force to support the need.

    Yes it actually was posted a long time ago by me. Again, USCIS processing employment based petitions in 15 days. This has absolutley nothing to do with Visa processing at the consulates. The embassy is still processing and setting interviews in order of when they are received. Keep in mind there was quite a back log of IMBRA affected petitons recently. Now the embassy is or has recently received those log jammed files. You were quite fortunate to have received an interview in 2 months. You can see the post and the USCIS program here.

    http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27962

    http://www.visaportal.com/agencies/article...?article_id=172

    I am not sure about you being the first to post about this, I have seen posted older than your join date referring to the increase in other visas through that Manila consulate that had deterioriated the output of the spousal/fiancee visas and that started occurring before IMBRA came into affect.

    I have several friends who went through Manila prior to the summer of 2005 and they all said they were able to the interview within a couple of months of Manila receiving the petition so would appear to have been the norm and not fortunate for the petitioner/beneficiary.

    First to post about what?? Can you tell me where I said I was the first to post about anything? Am I in some kind of weird twilight zone? Did you even click on the link that I had posted? The post from before was about premium processing for petitions at USCIS. Nothing more nothing less. Just because USCIS agrees to process employment based petitions faster for $1,000 doesn't mean there are more of them! There is a numerical limit on employment based petitions. Premium processing only affects USCIS processing, there is no agreement for DOS to process thoses visas any faster. So we have evidence that you have a friend who got an interview in 2 months and Jasman0717 here who got an interview on 2 months. So 2 couples out of thousands and you state that it's the norm. :lol: Take a look at Jasman0717's timeline, he filed 2 weeks before IMBRA took effect. Than they had their interview scheduled while 10,000 petitions were held up at USCIS due to IMBRA. Duh Gee!! I'm sure that had nothing to do with it.

    Well, I took a look at Jim's timeline and he actually filed a year and two weeks before IMBRA took affect, better get your facts straight too. Up until the summer of 2005 many were going through Manila in just a couple of months and then the embassy increased visa issuances but not in the K area. It is too bad Manila doesn't publish the list of visa interviews each month, that list certainly did show an increase of other visa petitions.

    So anyway, what was it you said, "Duh gee", I know IMBRA had nothing to do with 2005, it didn't take affect until March 2006 genius.

    Philippine call centers ect ect

    in Asia: East and Pacific

    Posted

    I don't know where you're getting your information or misinformation. US companies are paying USCIS to process petitions within 15 days which has nothing to do with visa processing. And it's not taking anywhere near 6 months to get an interview in Manila.

    I beg to differ...it IS taking up to and exceding 6 months to get an interview...the k-1 seems to be moving a bit faster than the rest....but if its not 6 months its close!!

    Jazzy

    Something was posted a long time ago that American companies were paying extra to have professional and labor visas processed quicker. When we went through Manila it took about 2 months from Manila receiving the petition until the interview, now it is much longer. Back when Manila was publishing the cases for interview each month many more were starting to appear that were outside the spousal/fiancee area. I know caregivers are in very high demand and companies are making a nice profit in providing the labor force to support the need.

    Yes it actually was posted a long time ago by me. Again, USCIS processing employment based petitions in 15 days. This has absolutley nothing to do with Visa processing at the consulates. The embassy is still processing and setting interviews in order of when they are received. Keep in mind there was quite a back log of IMBRA affected petitons recently. Now the embassy is or has recently received those log jammed files. You were quite fortunate to have received an interview in 2 months. You can see the post and the USCIS program here.

    http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27962

    http://www.visaportal.com/agencies/article...?article_id=172

    I am not sure about you being the first to post about this, I have seen posted older than your join date referring to the increase in other visas through that Manila consulate that had deterioriated the output of the spousal/fiancee visas and that started occurring before IMBRA came into affect.

    I have several friends who went through Manila prior to the summer of 2005 and they all said they were able to the interview within a couple of months of Manila receiving the petition so would appear to have been the norm and not fortunate for the petitioner/beneficiary.

    StarProg is single

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Congratulations Gary, I know you have been waiting for this for a long time. I sure wish I could climb aboard that plane and fly back with you, I miss the Philippines. I am just thankful that Claudeth is here with me! Best of luck my friend

    Error for Active Topics

    in Site-Related Discussion - Updates, Ideas, etc.

    Posted

    I keep getting the following error whenever I click on the 'Active Topics' link on the upper right side of each page:

    The error returned was:

    Sorry, but you do not have permission to use this feature. If you are not logged in, you may do so using the form below if available.

    This is the normal way I read posts

    Captin Ewok has it down today as well as the Search feature and view new posts....I think it's all tied into the same function. He posted it earlier.

    Mary K.

    PS.............see the following link: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22728

    Thanks for the info. That is the normal way I read all posts so wouldn't have seen any posts about features being down. :D

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