Paul & wubit

Well when iam in africa i loose weight. Maybe because i do a lot of running around. and everybody always wants to feed you. but i dont eat all the time either. even tho i love the food. But then again all the food is fresh. So i would say you can loose weight on african food.

Atleast i do. Now My SO Eats all the time and She has great weight

Paul & Wubit

Another thing to keep in mind if you want to ship your car over is whether or not it meets US safety guidelines.. My car didn't, so I was unable to take it here from Canada...

The car is going from The US to africa as i will be leaving the car there

so it does not have to meet US guide lines

Hello all

i was just wondering has anybody shipped a car over seas

And if you have who did you use and how much did it cost i have been quoted 2000,00

to ship one of my cars so far but that is just to one POE i still have to get it to ethiopia

I could drive it from djibouti to addis but the roads arent that great

Thanks

Paul & Wubit

Well i must say good luck in your journey and life in russia

And i just want you to know that you are not the only one moving.

I am doing the same thing But iam not going to russia .

Iam going to ethiopia and live there with my soon to be wife.

I will be renting my house out In The US and put my things in stoarge,

And i might ship one of my cars over there.

I have the kind of job where i can live any where in the world i want

We dont have childern just me and my Baby Girl

SO i will go there and learn more about the ethiopian Cultre.

And we will do the visa process while iam there and i might just start a bussiness there as well . Since i have my investors licence to do bussiness there and plus the cost of living there is real cheap .

and when i say cheap i mean cheap our dollar is strong there.

So i will be leaving in july plus i just came back from there about 3 weeks ago . and i dont have any bills just me, and then if we want to come back to the US we can.

So good luck to you and moving to russia

Paul & wubit

Hello

Ok I will get in on this one I met my baby in djibouti africa i was there working for about a month and she worked in a resturant.

Soon as she walked over to me i knew she was the one for me.

And we spent everday and eveing togeather the whole time i was there .

and as soon as i got to the states i got on a plane 2weeks later and flew to her home of Ethiopia and i stayed there for 2 months with her we got enggaged and i will be going back in june to get married and then i will stay there until we get her visa. i like it there and i dont want to be without my baby. I love ethiopia. and i love my baby the best thing that has happed to me

She is my soul mate . and there is no ocean big enough to keep us apart.

Paul & Wubit

Hello all

well i was reading this post and iam a usc and my fiance is ethiopian

and she does not understand this process but to be honest with you i really dont care if she does or does not understand it.

Because i have the kind of job where i can live any where in the world i want. so to make it easy on us iam going to rent my house out in the Us

and store all my things and go live over there with her till we are done with all this process. plus i like it over there anyway. but i will be getting married over there. but i feel for the ones where this process is so stressful . i all will be okay in the long run .

Just thought i would share my take on this I just need to be with my baby and i dont like this long space between us .

Hello Everyone

I just joined Vj last week and i wanted to say hello to everybody

My name is Paul !!!

And iam a USC and my SO is Wubit and she is in Ethiopia And i just came back from there

about 3 weeks ago and getting ready to go back over there late june. and get married and

start this long process But i will be filing over there instead of in CONUS. so maybe it wont be to long

But how ever long it Takes i will stay there till we are done. Iam in no rush to come back to the US.

But i have learned a lot from all of you here at vj.

As i start this process i will start my time line

Paul & Wubit

I know you all dont know me

But anyway welcome home and glad you had a safe trip

Hello all

I was just wondering how do you put picture and the flags page

i would like to make my page look nice but i dont know how to do

can some one help

Hello

I really dont see what the big deal is USC divorce all the time They divorce on a monday and get remarried on a tuesday

I was reading a post eailer today and the guy was flying overseas and he was waiting on his divorce papers before he leaves so he can get married overthere and he said that if they did not before he left he was going to have them sent to him but he going to stay there 2 months and get married

so people do that all the time i would not even worry about it

dont stress over it

Good moring !!!!

Who ever said that cruel remark just needs a foot right up there ###

we all on here have enough stress dealing with our heart"s being so far away. Dont worry about that #######!!! Do what makes you happy and file your K1 and be with you SO People will always have somthing negtive to say. But let it roll of your back just like water and move on with your next step All of us here are going through the same stress and we all have to stick togeather and get through this process .

And like others have said whoever said that is jelous of what you have and they dont have a life. So dont worry about that at all. we all are here to support one another and help each other.

So dont be sad just keep moving foward and we are here for you

Paul

Hello i have not even started the process yet and iam already stressed out, And i have no kids yet but i know how you feel cant eat cant sleep and the mind is going in all differnt directions. It is so hard being away from the ones we love and that fill that void in our lives. Iam just glad that we all each other here to make through this process. and one day we all will say those words VISA IN HAND She or he is on his or her way home so we all are to help and support one another. My SO is in ethiopia and trust me iam sooo alone with out her. and i just got back from there .

I hope this helps

Paul

And in order to get a resdient card in Addis after you are married you can only stay in the country 4 months then you have to exit the country and re enter and you have to do that for a total of one year. then you can get a resdeint card,

Yeah, I remember the resident issue being rather obscure. One of the things we were told back then (I tried to do the DCF) was that I'd have to married to the Ethiopian national for more than a year.... I stopped listening at that point because I knew I could get my wife home faster going through the USCIS over here.

What you might want to do is send an email to the US Consulate and ask if the DCF option would be available to you seeing that you will be in Addis for about a half year and that you have your (future) spouse and business there and all. Their email address is consaddis@state.gov . Give it a shot.

Da nader!

Ok i will do that

i have another question

Right now my better half is in djibouti doing some things over there i was wondering if she needs to get a police cert from there before she comes back to Addis Because when she leavs there she will not be going back and if she needs one i can tell her to get it while she is there. I do know that they did detain her while i was there in djibouti back in oct because she did not have her passport on her and i to go and get her out

Da nader!

Hello all

speaking of police cert.

I have a question ? My fiance is Working in Djibouti africa but she is from Ethiopia. And we will be getting married in Ethiopia so what i need to know is does she need to get a police cert from the country she is working in. Because when she leaves where she working she will not begoing back. there so if she needs one i can tell her to get while she is there.

Thanks

The K1 unfortunately isn't the best bet for his circumstance.

Right. Unfortunately, those circumstances weren't clear until after I posted my earlier response. There was no mention of a back-and-forth, a business in Addis, etc. I have since suggested that he try and pursue the DCF path since that would likely be the most beneficial in his (rather unique) case.

Well i must say iam glad i found you all

I think the k 3 might be better In order to do DCF you have to be a resdient i think

And in order to get a resdient card in Addis after you are married you can only stay in the country 4 month s

then you have to exit the country and re enter and you have to do that for a total of one year. then you can get a resdeint card,

I was able to do bussiness and everything because i got my investors licence

Now if i can file DCF on my investors licence i might just go that route or k 3

all i know iam just trying to get all my stuff togeather before i go

and as i start this process from beging to end i will keep eveybody posted

Amesegnalehu

The K3 will realistically take about 6 months these days. It'll be difficult to do that from over there, though. Not impossible but difficult. DCR? You mean DCF? Not an available option at the Addis Ababa Consulate unless you are a bona fide resident in Ethiopia. It's not that easy to establish bona fide residency (papers and all) over there as far as I remember. Besides, the DCF process, the consulate had me know, easily takes a year as they do not adjudicate I-130's in Addis Ababa. Those that are accepted there are actually sent to Nairobi for adjudication.

Got a question for you: Seeing that it is March and you are looking to head back over in June, why have you not considered the K1 as an option? You could do the filing at this poibnt and then head over there to be there for the interview. If she wants a traditional wedding ceremony in Ethiopia, you can have that, too. Just don't get legally married over there (the process described above). Save that for after you arrive here with her. That would make it all quite a bit less complicated and it would seem to fit your plans better.

Cheers!

Hello

I thought about the k1 but being that i will be going back and fourth so much over there.

I thought it would easier just to do it all there i just br.ought a house over there and when i go back in june iam going to be starting a bussiness there also while i was there in january i got my investors Licence so that i can do bussiness there so i will be back and fourth a lot That is why i was just going to do everthing while i was there And she is not in a rush to come to the states.

So let me ask you this if i get married there should i file there or here.

How did you do it you got married over there. right And also i talked to the ethiopian embassy in washington dc and they told me to do it all over there

So iam just trying to see which way i will go i need all the input i can get

Rgrds

Paul

I might be presumptuous but this poll really only concerns people who married a beneficiary from the 3rd world. My presumption gets even more support when considering the poll about whose standard of living has increased or decreased in the US:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6293

What we have over there are people from Western Europe, Australia, and Canada complaining about their lowered standard of living. Not too many people from Russia, Philippines, or Pakistan complaining about their low quality of life and low wages in the US

hello

well i must say that when i marry my baby in june and we get all our stuff done

i wll send her mother and father some money to help them out . Not because my wife to be wants me too

As a matter of fact she does not even know that is part of my plan. The reason is i will do this is because my mother and father have passed on and i helped them out and now her mother and father become's my family. and every little bit helps.and anthing i can do for thr family i will do no big deal

Paul & Wubit

...how about a blood test do you have to that and if you do how much is that and where do you go to that .

What blood test? The only (mandated) blood test in this whole process is the one for the visa medical down the road. You can find information on the Consulate visa process by clicking on this link. There is no mandatory blood test for you to get married. If you want to have one done prior to getting married, I'm sure your Ethiopian SO can tell you where those can be administered.

Thanks

Now i was wondering how long do you think the whole procss will take

and do you think i should file a k3 or should i do DCR

Iam going to stay over there during the whole process iam not comming back to the US till it is all done

I have enough over there to keep me busy while iam there. and i think it would be best to be there during

this Plus i dont want to be with out my baby if you know what i mean.

Rgrds

Paul

Selam:

Got your PM earlier but haven't gotten around to replying. So, I'll just reply here for the benefit of others that may be browsing the site for the same info:

Here's the information that the US Consulate publishes:

Marriage information: Consular officer issues a free to marry document for a U.S. Citizen or a legal permanent resident. Then the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs should authenticate the document so that the local municipality office accepts the free to marry document.

A fee of $30 or the equivalent in local currency should be paid for notary and any other document execution.

Source

I've done this 2.5 years ago and it's really quite simple (plus, my wife and her family knew exactly what to do and where to go and all of that):

First, you go to the US Consulate and obtain the "free to marry" document. Bring any divorce decree you may have or any other document that details the validity of your claim that you are free to marry with you. If you've never been married before and your county doesn't provide any document showing that you are not married, your word will have to do. At the US Consulate in Addis, you'll be asked to fill out a form and state under oath that you are free to marry. Then you pay the fee ($30.00) and get the signed and notarized paper. You take that document to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have it authenticated. The fee for that service back in 2003 was ETB 300.00 - appr. $35.00 - for this "foreign document".

With this authenticated document in hand, you and your future spouse along with your "witnesses" proceed to the Addis Municipal Building - this place is very crowded. You bring ID's and plenty of passport pictures of bride and groom with you (they attach pictures to any and all certificates in Ethiopia - very odd thing). There are several "stations" you have to visit at the municipality but they are all fairly close together. Bunch of papers to fill out as well and a few fees to pay. I don't remember all of it exacty but I think I left between 300.00 and 500.00 Birr there.

After all forms are filed and fees paid, you wait for your name to be called. You enter a room and sit down at one of two stations where people are married and where the marriage is registered. That part takes all of 5-10 minutes. Then you head out and return later in the day to retrieve your marriage certificate(s).

The marriage certificates (at least of them) should be taken back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be authenticated for future use in your spouse's immigration process. The fee this time is ETB 150.00 since it is now a domestic document that you have authenticated. And that's it. You're done.

The visa is going to be a bit more complicated and costly - and it takes more time.

Information about K3 visa process

Information about the CR1/IR1 visa process

Good Luck!

how about a blood test do you have to that and if you do how much is that and where do you go to that .

Thank

hello all

I need some help here if anyone has got married in addis ethiopia

I need to what is the process i keep hearing differnt things i need to have to get married

and i would like to know what do i need to do after i get married there to start the process for the visa

and where do i go and how much does it all cost.

Iam going to be there for about six months when i go back in june.

But i would like to know from some one who got married there where did you start for getting married and wher did you end and what you had to do. the reason i ask is because i want to know what paper's i need to take with me so that i have all the papers i need and i dont want to for get anything.

I would be thankful for any help

Thanks

Paul

Hello all.

Iam new here and iam just getting ready to start the Process

Now i have a plan. and i would like to know any input that any body could give me.

Here is my plan. i met my finacee in oct 05 and when i first met her i knew she was the one for me.

Now she lives in Addis Ethiopia. I met her in djibout africa.Now i was just in addis about 2 weeks ago, i stayed there for a month.

we got engaged and iam going back in june. and we are getting married. Now my plan is to stay there for about 4-6 Months and while iam there i will start the visa process.

What i need to know is what form do i file first. and also do i need to be there for the intewview.

Now i read that the US embassy there prosess in one day and also the interview is within 5 working days

But i dont know. Also the ethoipian embassy in washington Dc told me to file all papers there Do not file any papers in the US.

So if any one could advise me on this i would be thankful

I will be Starting my timeline soon. after looking at all the forms looks lik i will be making a lot of trips across the globe. I miss my baby This is hard but at least i can go there for long peiords of time

Thanks

Paul

Hello all

Iam new to this but My heart is in ethoipia and i talk to her every day.

her time is 8hr ahead of mine so i know the getting up and going to bed differnce.

It is hard when your heart is 7000 miles away. But as we all know that all of us will have our hearts close to us soon.

Hello, I would like to hear from someone that is dealing with the U S Embasy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

My case is at the National Visa Center, it was completed on the 20 of January 2006. The National Visa Center informed me they are waiting to issue an interview date to my wife who is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Does anyone knows anything about the Embassy in Addis Ababa and the processing time and the interview itself? Please, I would like to know something on this subject.

Kyle

Hello Kyle

I can not answer your question but if it will make you feel any better i am getting ready to start my process in addis also But i have heard that it is pretty fast there That is what a friend of mine told me but i guess we will see. how often do you go to addis. I just got back from there about 3 weeks ago and iam getting ready to go back in june to get all this stuff started. but iam going to stay there about 6months to try and see how longs it takes

sorry i could not give you more info but i can loan you a paddle to help with this boat that we are in Smile

Rgrds

Paul