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SO glad to see your picture Gemmie! He's adorable!! I wondered the same as Alex & Rachel about the reflux? No ideas other than that.

The 'grand dame' of this thread, Emily, will be 3 on July 3rd. SO hard to believe!! Her favorite thing of late is her Nabi Junior tablet, which has also saved us a lot of grief. LOL It's funny to watch her navigate on it like a pro. If you've not seen them, have a look. They run on an Android system and have puzzles and games they can play. What a lifesaver! Here is a recent picture of her sipping on her new Minnie Mouse cup that one of my friends sent for her. Sorry it's a little dark but you get the idea.

Our other big news is that we are in the process of selling our house and building a new one! LOL We close Wednesday on our current house so we're moving into an apartment this weekend while we wait on ours to be built. We are not only building one with more space, but in a different town (slightly better schools) and a neighborhood with a lot of young families with kids. Em really needs that interaction since she's an only child, so we're happy there will be so many kids around for her to play with and have as school friends one day. We're really excited. The apartment is only about 50 square feet less than our current house, plus there is a pool in the community so - we won't be suffering too hard this summer. They estimate our house will be done around the first part of October so we'll at least be in well before the holidays.

Anyway - sorry I've been away a while - I love seeing all your pictures and hearing the updates too!

I can't see any pictures because my stupid work blocks everything.

But I am so happy for you Jewel - how exciting! And boy that went fast - 4 to an 8 and you weren't screaming down the walls? I think you're a better woman than me.

No baby Christmas pictures?

I am SO very sorry to hear about your mom, Lynne. I have a Brit friend here whose mom is also facing terminal cancer, and she is debating hard over what to do. Her brother is still there so I think that's the only reason she isn't going back for now. Just no easy choices with something like this. It's good that she can spend time with Georgie though, but I'm sure the separation is still kind of hard for you as a family. But - you do what you have to do. And Georgie getting a little of her UK culture isn't a bad thing either.

I can't see a picture for some reason. And little kids in wellies are about the cutest thing! LOL

Great to hear that the MPs are going to be looking at it. I just hope it bears fruit.

Also good advice about seeking a UK solicitor - and I truly hope that consult ends up helping you and Wes, RJ. That'd be wonderful.

I think I'm the thread killa!

Aww - I always love pictures of Mad-Ag! Serious is right - but cute as a button too! We loved Skyfall too - glad that you had 'nanny' there to babysit so you and Jon could get out a little. I swear, that is SO necessary for your sanity. My niece has started babysitting to make a little $ so I believe we will be employing her sooner rather than later. We love dinner and a movie - our favorite kind of date.

I am SO excited that your sister is having a boy and that all seems to be going well so far with the pregnancy. How exciting for all of you!

Here's a picture of Emily sitting with a friend of mine, scrounging her smart phone of course (she can unlock mine with ease and navigate from app to app - frighting really). Sorry it's not a better picture but I realized this is the best I have on my work computer. LOL It was taken about two weeks ago.

Sadly, she has really no interest in potty training yet. She will tell us when she has pooped, but hasn't made that step in logic yet to 'I need to poop - put me on the potty'. We haven't been trying TOO hard either though - will probably pick that up after the first of the year. My sister said her daughter (who was fast at everything) had no real interest in it - and couldn't 'grasp' it - until she was at least 2 1/2, so I'm not that surprised (or concerned). We're likely going to start her in a two day a week preschool in August, so she'll need to be potty trained by then at least.

She is also still in her crib instead of a toddler bed! LOL She does so well in the crib that we've been in the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mode. She has never climbed out of it, and climbed into it once (last night!) to get a stuffed animal. We have a friend with a 3 1/2 year old son who just made the transition so we don't feel so bad. But Mad-Ag is making me think we are behind!! Eeek!! That said, it sounds like she's forced your hand a little bit. I will be very curious to see how it goes - so keep us informed.

I'm sorry your family wasn't more excited and stuff - but I remember you telling us a little about the family dynamics before so - I guess you weren't too surprised. But still - it's kind of a bummer anyway.

I don't think I could have tolerated my MIL in my face after I had Emily (moreso, during labor!!), but I probably wouldn't have had the balls to say that - so kudos to you! This experience should be what YOU want it to be so I'm glad you're standing up for yourself. And that Bill is supporting you too.

Congratulations - a boy!! :) You would think the ultrasound tech could have made it a LITTLE more exciting than that - geez! But ultimately it doesn't matter of course. How did the family take the news?

Poor Maven. There is nothing worse than still being forced to be connected to an ex. I couldn't get unconnected from mine fast enough. Did you talk to your mom yet?

Gemmie - so - boy or girl??!! :D

Where have all the baby ladies gone?

Gemmie - how are you feeling?

Geez

Usually it really jumps when you go from employee + a spouse to family coverage (to add kids or what not) - but it really does depend on the employer and insurance - and what sort of agreement they have. Welcome to the US health system, I'm afraid!

Children should be raised in a two parent environment . Preferably with their biological father and mother. That means male father and female mother. Child rearing is in the mothers sphere.

Welcome all, to the 1950s!!

Man I love time warps!! Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!

Take the Mormon's for example...

Ok, Mitt.

Oh - uh, er...

It's more about the loss of traditional values today and the roles of men and women today. Again feminist may take that as a knock, but it's not. It's just a fact that you see more and more of. Things have gotten twisted around so much that it's actually affected the family life and the value system.

And women are solely to blame for that. Got it. I'm glad that's been cleared up for us all.

It's not just politics. Like the article pointed out it's career orientated women in general.

I have a career and a husband and child.

Trailblazer, I tell ya!!

White House party crasher Tareq Salahi is also a poll watcher.

I think that scares me more than a black panther member.

You can remove conditions on your own if you are divorced and have proof you entered the marriage in good faith. There is a 'pinned' topic in this forum which discusses that very situation.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/220094-divorce-before-removal-of-conditions-on-permanent-resident-status/

Get yourselves to a safe place first and then worry about the immigration part of it.

It's likely to be more of red flag at the consular interview than the petition stage - particularly with the affidavit of support. I would defer to those members from the PI to relate their experiences and give advice, though.

I personally think proof of the pending visa (plus everything else you described) is enough. The visa stuff alone proves you have no intent to stay.

Ah, the US health system! My insurance through work for my family is really nothing more than a glorified discount program by the time you factor in the deductible we have to meet. I changed employers and am making more money, but the insurance SUCKS at this new employer.

Check out the 'Finding Work in America' forum here on VJ. We can also move this thread to that forum if you'd like.

Moving thread from K1 process forum to K1 progress forum.

Ron, the "hard" rule is that you MUST get the divorce decrees - all of them. Each and every one of them. You are required to prove that you are free to marry. Our government allows you ONE way to do that: you give them all prior marriage termination documents.

You are asking our government to grant you the privilege of bringing a foreigner here to marry you. The rules say that if you want them to consider your request, you must prove that you are free from all prior marriages - free to marry. Period. No other option. Anything you thought based on the number of lines on the form is wrong. If your attorney told you only the two most recent matter: wrong. You must get the documents, and you must do everything in your power to get them to her and to the embassy/consulate before her interview.

It does not matter how brief a marriage was, or how long ago, or how or why it was terminated: you MUST prove via a decree or certificate that it was legally ended - and ended legally. It is a) proof that you are, in fact, free to marry, and b) your fiancee MUST know about each and every one of these marriages, and how it ended, or the officer may think that your are defrauding her. Not everyone will marry someone who has been married and divorced many times - or marry someone who has had several prior wives, say, die from unknown causes. You are demonstrating the truth about your past, and proving you are free to marry the person you are bringing here to marry. The officer can and will ask her about all of your prior marriages and divorces, and the rules require you to provide proof of how they ended, and that they ended.

When you get each and every decree - and if you work it, you may be able to get them prior to her interview - everyone is right: make sure you scan and email copies to her, not just to your attorney, because if your attorney screws it up and fails to get them to the consulate or embassy in time, as least your fiance can bring them to her interview, along with the rest of the documents she is bringing, nothing out of the ordinary - and so demonstrate that she knows your history, in addition to being able to fulfill the documentation requirement. She can always explain that you misunderstood the form, if that is the case, but that everything is complete now - IF she has all the decrees with her.

Now is not the time to be confused and angry. Now is the time to say "Wow - I am lucky to find this out now, maybe in time to pull it out of the fire." Now is the time to cowboy up and get her the documents, to be the hero here, to make it happen for her. Good luck getting them!

"i can not beleive it i still had the docs." - do you mean you have found your other divorce decree?

Your original post says: "sveta has full copies of the last 2 divorces the others are in another state and sveta has visa interview in 1 week " - Have you found one missing decree, but still need to order another, for a total of 4? Are there others? Get them ALL.

^^This.

I hope that the consulate doesn't deny the visa because you didn't list all your prior divorces as requested at the I 129 f phase. They likely won't, but they could if they had any doubts about your case at all - citing misrepresentation on your part. Whether your fiancee knows about the divorces could be irrelevant to them if they decide you knowingly concealed a material fact. People have been denied for lesser things.

I hope all goes well for you.