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    Baby Girl Ear Piercing

    in Middle East and North Africa

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    Even though I think little girls are cute with their ears pierced, I think it is better for the girl to decide on her own, I had mine pierced when I was 7. I don't think I was even ready then! Everyone in Lebanon was pressuring me to have Malak's ears pierced while we were there; mama, sisters, brothers, grandma, aunts....but I won! She is almost 11 months old and her ears are free of holes. She was always rubbing her ears and I just knew she'd rip earrings out, or, like Sara said....rip them out on purpose cause she is so freaking nosey. In our house, it will be a decision she will make for herself when she is old enough.

    Visa in hand!

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Thank you all sooooo much! It still seems surreal to me....Nita, I know how you are feeling....you are the next one from Lebanon! And just a little over two weeks!

    Amanda, glad things went over without a hitch....though I am a little jealous! But I can't be too jealous since he got his today too. :innocent:

    I am still praying from the bottom of my heart for much more happy news for everyone waiting!

    Angie

    Happy Friday !!!!!!

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Happy Friday everyone!

    Tasha, that really sucks. There was a thread on medicals being lost somewhere, and it seems I remember them saying maybe 3/4 of the time they are simply misplaced, or the rep overlooks them. Maybe you should try to call them again and make them look a little harder. Just a thought.

    Nice and cloudy/rainy here in good old Kentucky today. I hate Kentucky.

    ~Angie

    Visa in hand!

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    :dance: Abed got his passport back today with his visa in it! :dance:

    He texted me at 3 am saying he got "the call", then called me 3 times before I finally woke up at 4 am, then I couldn't go back to sleep, still nervous, but happy and excited. I'm going to be so dead at work tonight! Only 1 month in AP....thank God!

    Now to figure when we can get him here!

    Much love and prayers for everyone still waiting.

    ~Angie

    Who will pop first?

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    (F) Congratulations! (F) Glad you are both healthy! Sorry you had to go through such a difficult labor...and daddy says *he* is tired! Silly man! He should be there with you....Can't wait to hear the name you pick (and see a pic!). You really should ask the nurse to have him in the nursery so you can rest, I know it is hard to have them leave you, but you need to regain your strength.

    Now....praying Henia is healthy and has her little princess!

    Destination: AP

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    OH! And, it may not be that big a deal about the misspelling....when the translator translated my name from our marriage certificate, he jacked it all up, spelled it 3 different ways...and ours was fine. Maybe you should email the embassy and ask them if it would be OK....of course you may not get a straight answer, seems like they go all around my question most of the time, but nevertheless, email them and see.

    Good Luck!

    Angie

    Destination: AP

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Try to get him to get another copy of the birth record right away and then immediately go to any translator to have it translated and then certified. It *IS* possible to get it done before the interview, but he is going to HAVE to do it right away. The certificate may take a day or two to get, I can ask Abed how long it'll take, maybe he knows, and I know the translation and certification is about 2 days time. Unless the owner of the shop dies, like in our case, then it might take 4 days and a bit of freaking out! Don't worry, just make his booty get to moving!! I'll prolly text you this too just in case you don't see it right away.

    Have a good/safe trip! Tell Beirut HI! from us.

    HUGS,

    Angie

    now what???

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hi Rajaa,

    For a K-3, the embassy in Casa will contact your husband with the packet 3 information. He will need to get the documents on the checklist they provide him. The only shortcut is looking on their web-site or USICIS's website as to what they may request and having it ready when they contact you. My hubby needed a family extract (not a birth certificate) though.

    Or, of course, you can wait the 90 days and see if the CR1 is received at NVC.

    Hope that helps.

    ~Angie

    PS... "thirdsjen": It *IS* possible for the CR1/IR1 to get lost....ours did! We were approved for both 130 and 129F (K3) on March 12, 2008 and the K3 arrived, but not the CR1, and it still, to this day, has not.

    How do I convince my MENA man??

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Hi Rajaa,

    Just as a little info on how you can both gets things you want....the interview in Casa and the residency (just in case). The 129F is good for 4 months, but can be extended. Once you receive the notice, it takes about a month to get to the embassy and them to contact you (in our case anyway), once that is done, you get everything together and then let them know you are ready, then the interview is scheduled. I know you want to be with him asap, we all want that for ourselves. But, if he lets them know it is taking a little longer to get the papers requested together, the consulate CAN extended the petition and he could have the interview in January. Just a thought, and of course this is only for the K-3, the CR1/IR1 only depends on when you can get the papers to NVC and they haven't even received your petition for that yet (they *STILL* haven't gotten ours from March 12, 2008...it was lost or they are holding it).

    Just my thoughts on this, I wish you the best in whatever you both decide. (F)

    ~Angie

    Questions about AP

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Hi everyone!

    Wow, I thought I got buried! Anyway, there is no news as of yet...I will contact my congressman's office tomorrow, don't know how much good it'll do, but from what I have been told by my mom's friend (who is very political and has helped others in immigration issues), Lebanon is a major refugee point for Iraqis, more specifically rich Iraqis and the US Embassy is completely overwhlemed with them at this point, which could in turn hold us up. I am being patient, as I have been for the over a year since we have filed. As someone mentioned on another thread, I have the patience of a (insert bad word here) Saint now.

    In other news, I start a new job on Wednesday, I haven't worked in over 5 months. Trip to Lebanon and then coming back to live with my parents so I have help with Malak. It isn't the greatest job, but it'll help keep my mind off things for a while I suppose, though I am going to hate leaving Malak while I go to work all over again. (this time it feels even worse than when my maternity leave was over!). I need some distractions, or else I will worry and cry myself to death (never mind spend every last dime I have going shopping!).

    Amanda (Sweet_Peach), I PRAY with all my heart Hayz doesn't have to go through AR and he can come home with you. Hopefully since he is Lebanese and not Pali, he won't have to go through it.

    S and S, thanks for the info about Amman, he will prolly go through there or Praque, but either way, he still has to have the transit visa.

    Anyway, thanks again for all the answers and advice, it has helped ease my mind that it is just another step. But, I still have hopes of him being here for our daughter's birthday. She really really misses him, and he misses her. Sometimes I wonder if I made the right decision in even going there for them to meet, it is so hard on them both.

    OK, ok....enough rambling, hope everyone is well and we all have good news very soon! (F)

    ~Angie

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