SALAM-DEEN

NAMECHECK COMPLETE!

Happy for You Let's celebrate now

Hmm....so the certificate IS important....eh....

Together4ever : in which kind of circumstances, if you don't mind me asking?

Salam Sister,

I am originally from Morocco, my wife is American and she converted way before we got married. When we tried to get married at the mosque in Dallas, the Imam there may God forgive him, asked to see my wife and conduct some sort of a quiz. I was like where the h.. did you get that from...he was like I am trying to be sure that she is sure what she is doing blah blah...Anyway to make a long story short, I went to another mosque in Plano Texas, all I was asked is to bring them my American Civil certificat and pay a fee...

Speaking about the ISlam Certificat, no one can tell you that you are or are not Muslim but Allah. from the moment you say Chahada you are reborn Muslim...However, if you think you will need that Certificate, I am sure you will find another mosque...

if you want I can ask my wife to email you or get in contact with you( she is not into Internet or VJ)

Good luck,

chill out mate...you have been approved ..your going to be receiving your welcome letter and GC in the mail..

FBI checks are completed..if they werent you wouldnt be approved...

just sit back and hassle the postman lol

the ADIT think isnt anything you have to worry on from what i have read an i didnt worry and i have my GC ...

take it easy

kath

I agree you should receive your actual Green Card(even if it's not green) in about 2 weeks or so. Con grats

Congratulation!

Good Luck. I feel bad for him since Khemisset is about 200KM from CASA

Congratulations

Congrats to every one who have got heir visa and i beg u all to pray for me caz i m gonna be intervied on 26th of March plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz pay every one i just wanna be with my sweet heart may GOD help us all and good uck to every one.

praying for you

CONGRATULATIONS,

Prayers for a smoth Journey for the people who are still waiting

Best Luck

After trying all the online web sites, Delta was the cheapest, so I asked my friend's friend who has a travel Agency, if he could offer a better price. Sure enough he did offer me almost$130 less. However, I had to pay him cash or check.

The flight he got me has the shortest itenerary, compared to Lufthansa or Air France, Dallas New York and then Casablanca, the duration of the flight with transfer is 15 hours, and best of all I am leaving and coming back on a weekend.

I might use the Chicago compnay you suggested Chasnik

Thanks everyone for your ideas.

Have a nice weekend

:energetic:

Thank You guysGood Luck for the ones that are still stuck in the process

Hi everyone,

just wanted to share with you all , finally after 15 months I received my conditional Green Crad on the mail 2day.

I could not make it that far without the help of VJ members.

Good luck everyone

God Bless

see you USCIS DEC2008

Salam All

What's the Cheapest way to get tickets to Morocco?I was looking online, offline, and Travel agency. I am thinking to go home on May for 3 weeks from Dallas. However the tickets were kinda of pricy.

I ended up buying a ticket from an agent after he offered a better price when I showed him Delta and Expedia price ( the catch was I had to pay by any mean by not Credit Card).

any ideas?

Congrats, I envey You

Thank you for your reply , I really appreciat it

You guys rock :energetic:

hey yassine realy happy to hear from you every often ....what do you think of poeple in Michigan !! or do u know some moroccan live there ?? i already know my fiance's opinion about life in Michigan ..lol but i want to know point of view from moroccans ..by the way my fiance so intersted to have some moroccan recips for (HARIRA)( TAGIN) etc...she went allover the city of GRAND RAPIDS looking for (HALAL STORS) she found some .. hey yassin what id you ador eating fish and your wife HATE that !! what you gonna do ? lol.. hey thank you for everyone let us share much things ..i will be happy to hear from you...

yassine

W salam

I do not abour Michigan, I was in Wisconsin for a while, people were nice but it was freaking cooooooooold

My wife does not like sea food as well, the only sea food she likes is fish and chips, or fried fish sticks

here is an interesting Moroccan receipe a l'American check this link out: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/0018..._and_olives.php

hope that helps

My guess would be about a week. Some wait much longer, but it seems to be rare.

Thanks everyone:) one more question is it a week from approval mail? or the welcome notice? I am kinda of confused

Hi Everybody

On March 12 I received 3 emails that the USCIS mailed me a welcome notice on March 08, which I received a week later on the mail.

Then on March 13th I received 2 emails saying that the card was ordered, and that I should receive it within 30 days.

After that on March 19th the USCIS sent me 5 emails for Approval notice.

My question is when should be worried if I do not receive my card, since a lot of people here say they received there cards couple of days after receiving there welcome notice?

Thank you

CONGRATS HAPPY FOR BOTH OF YOU

I am Moroccan too, my name is Yassin and I live in Dallas Texas for a year now...I lived in Boston MAssachusetts before, and from my experience, every state or region in the Us has its own characteristics...

What were your impressions of Boston? My husband is from Cairo and isn't here yet but I'm curious as to what others in NA think of Boston as far as how welcoming the people are, etc.

Well, I do not have a definitive answer on how welcoming people are in the North East in general and Boston in particular. But I will tell you this, people in the south are more warm and welcoming. People in the North East, and I mean NYC and Boston, are most of the time in a hurry, some of them are rude, and they do not even say Hi or answer you back. Then again, maybe it's just me...

Hi

We recently had our AOS interview and were approved but pending FBI name check so no Green Card yet. But the interview officer took my husbands

I-94 card from his passport. Is this bad? Can he still travel? He came here on a K-3 visa.

Thanks

It's normal that they took the I94 as he is adjusting the status and he wont need it anymore. You can travel, if you have either your AP or Green Card.

thanks for the information. I guess I need to call and ask them.

Have a look at my reviewed post...You may need to get an infopass and ask your local USCIS office to updete your address if you have a pending application with them

Best luck

I mailed the change of adress (AR-11) via mail to USCIS (Kentucky).

Will I get a confirmation that they received the form?

Anyone here that experienced the same situation?

I mailed my change of address to the USCIS, and I never got a receipt or something that proves I did what the law requires. The second time though, I sent the change of address with a signature required mail (I think it was flat rate mail). You can find out more from the post office. And I got a mail receipt that they received it.

Also, I called the 1800 number for change of address. And they sent me something in the mail for the change of address. However, when I went to the USCIS local office, I found out that my pending application DID NOT SHOW the new address. so, I had to give them again my new address there.

I suggest you do these three things just to be on the safe side if you have a pending application. If you already got your G card, you could just update your address online.

Page 92 of the 2006 USCIS Ombudsman report notes:

"...Currently, USCIS requires customers to file Form AR-11, Alien’s Change of Address Card, to comply with the statutory requirement to report any change of address within ten days.114 No receipt is provided to the customer to indicate the AR-11 has been received and/or processed by USCIS, despite the fact that the customer can be held criminally liable and removed from the United States for failing to file the AR-11.115 Many USCIS customers presume that by filing Form AR-11 and complying with the statutory requirement, they are updating their address in all records retained by USCIS. However, USCIS does not use Form AR-11 to update customer addresses in its immigration benefits databases. As a result, customers must notify individual USCIS offices separately. However, no language on Form AR-11, or in the accompanying USCIS website instructions, informs customers of the need to provide such separate notification.

A September 2005, DHS IG Report discussed problems relating to applicants who change addresses after applying for benefits.116 The report notes that this problem impacts customers, who lose a place in line and with it a chance at earlier benefits, and USCIS employees, who waste time determining why applicants did not show up for interviews. Similar to the Ombudsman’s recommendation, the IG Report observed that change of address issues can be resolved by USCIS transitioning from paper-based processes to modern electronic, person centric, integrated systems."

I mailed the change of adress (AR-11) via mail to USCIS (Kentucky).

Will I get a confirmation that they received the form?

Anyone here that experienced the same situation?

I mailed my change of address to the USCIS, and I never got a receipt or something that proves I did what the law requires. The second time though, I sent the change of address with a signature required mail( I think it was flate rate mail). you can find out more from the post office. and I got a mail recepit that they received it.

Also, I called the 1800 number for change of address. and they sent me something in the mail for the change of address. However, when I went to the USCIS local office, I found out that my pending application DID NOT SHOW the new address. so, I had to give them again my new address there.

I suggest you do these three things just to be on the safe side if you have a pending application. if you already got your G card, you could just update your address online.

Page 92 of the 2006 USCIS Ombudsman report notes:

"...Currently, USCIS requires customers to file Form AR-11, Alien’s Change of Address Card, to comply with the statutory requirement to report any change of address within ten days.114 No receipt is provided to the customer to indicate the AR-11 has been received and/or processed by USCIS, despite the fact that the customer can be held criminally liable and removed from the United States for failing to file the AR-11.115 Many USCIS customers

presume that by filing Form AR-11 and complying with the statutory requirement, they are updating their address in all records retained by USCIS. However, USCIS does not use Form AR-11 to update customer addresses in its immigration benefits databases. As a result, customers must notify individual USCIS offices separately. However, no language on Form AR-11, or in the accompanying USCIS website instructions, informs customers of the need to provide such separate notification.

A September 2005, DHS IG Report discussed problems relating to applicants who change addresses after applying for benefits.116 The report notes that this problem impacts customers, who lose a place in line and with it a chance at earlier benefits, and USCIS employees, who waste time determining why applicants did not show up for interviews. Similar to the Ombudsman’s recommendation, the IG Report observed that change of address issues can be resolved by USCIS transitioning from paper-based processes to modern electronic, personcentric,

integrated systems."

Hello Yassin (in texas) nice of you to come on, what did you find the hardest adjustment to make or the things that surprised you the most. You are in texas and i am in Okla. so i know knowing the Spanish is important in this area and i had already told my guy this.

Salam

I think there was, and there is still many bumps along the road. First, I had to make adjustement with the American food....Second, I had to be more understanding to the American way of life, the culture, the religion, the costumes... Third, I realized after working in many jobs that the best way to better my self is to get more education.

By the way, I came to the US in 2002 as a student before I met my wife

I haven't welcomed you to the Dallas area yet . . . WELCOME!! I live over in the northeast Dallas area (Richardson/Garland). My husband isn't Moroccan and he isn't here yet, but if you have any questions I can help you with . . . don't hesitate to ask. But I see you've been in the States for a few years, so I think you know a bit more than someone who has just arrived.

Take care,

Catherine

Thanks Cathrine

I used to live in Garland, now I moved to Addison as it's closer to both our jobs...If there is something I do not like about Texas, it's the Allergies. My advice to the Moroccan who are moving to the US, if you have minor health issues try to take care of it Before coming to the US as health care is way too expansive

Yep, that is true and it is worse the further south you go (more water and greenery). I think I will be taking my husband to get allergy medication once he gets here. I've gone for allergy testing and did shot therapy, so now I am on flonase and allegra (during the worst times of the year).

Since you've been here a year you have probably experienced the worst of the summer heat . . . and the August ozone alerts too!! Imagine all that in Cairo!! My nose was always coated on the inside with black stuff after I'd been out during the day! I didn't have my usual allergy problems there, LOL, just couldn't breathe due to the pollution and the dust!

I went to Egypt 1998 I did not have any problems with my allergies there. Yes, I experienced the two extrems in Texas August was over 100F and Jan 0F...

Another advice for the MENA new immigrants to keep in mind, it's gonna take time to adjust with the weather in the US, no matter where you gonna be located, you will have to deal with humidity, cold and heat...

Also, try to get an International drivers licence from back home, and a certificate that you have been driving for more than 4 years. without these documents you will have to take driving classes before letting you take the state Driver's Licence exam. the certificat for driver's licence is very important to get Insurance discount....

Best of Luck everyone

Hello Yassin (in texas) nice of you to come on, what did you find the hardest adjustment to make or the things that surprised you the most. You are in texas and i am in Okla. so i know knowing the Spanish is important in this area and i had already told my guy this.

Salam

I think there was, and there is still many bumps along the road. First, I had to make adjustement with the American food....Second, I had to be more understanding to the American way of life, the culture, the religion, the costumes... Third, I realized after working in many jobs that the best way to better my self is to get more education.

By the way, I came to the US in 2002 as a student before I met my wife

I haven't welcomed you to the Dallas area yet . . . WELCOME!! I live over in the northeast Dallas area (Richardson/Garland). My husband isn't Moroccan and he isn't here yet, but if you have any questions I can help you with . . . don't hesitate to ask. But I see you've been in the States for a few years, so I think you know a bit more than someone who has just arrived.

Take care,

Catherine

Thanks Cathrine

I used to live in Garland, now I moved to Addison as it's closer to both our jobs...If there is something I do not like about Texas, it's the Allergies. My advice to the Moroccan who are moving to the US, if you have minor health issues try to take care of it Before coming to the US as health care is way too expansive

Hello Yassin (in texas) nice of you to come on, what did you find the hardest adjustment to make or the things that surprised you the most. You are in texas and i am in Okla. so i know knowing the Spanish is important in this area and i had already told my guy this.

Salam

I think there was, and there is still many bumps along the road. First, I had to make adjustement with the American food....Second, I had to be more understanding to the American way of life, the culture, the religion, the costumes... Third, I realized after working in many jobs that the best way to better my self is to get more education.

By the way, I came to the US in 2002 as a student before I met my wife

i Agree with you life wont be easy anywhere in the world ..im realistic..i already know about life in the us ..but i did not experience it ..what make make happy to see much VJ friends participating with thier ideas..thank you everbody ..come on guys let me hear your voice your opinions ..lol chokran bezaf

Salam Yassin Marhaba

I am Moroccan too, my name is Yassin and I live in Dallas Texas for a year now...I lived in Boston MAssachusetts before, and from my experience, every state or region in the Us has its own characteristics...

Life in the US it's not as easy as a lot of people may think, it takes a lot of patience and hard work to make your dreams come true. The first thing you will need for that, is to be able to speak English, and when I say English I mean American English, not the English we learnt in high school in Morocco...

Second, if you are willing to learn Spanich or you do speak Spanish, you will be more competitive on the job market.

Third, one has to beleive that life is a journey, and that this world was not created in one day....

With that said I beleive that if you have a sweet heart that's supporting you with love you will be able to fit in the American Dream

Once again Good luck