HBO

Thanks Missy1 for the phone card website. I am using VIP Communications which is not bad but I will check out this site. Thanks again

http://www.discountedcards.pushline.com/

Here is a website that gives great rates for Nigerian calls....hope this helps out!

The wait is pretty bad, but keep your relationship strong by communicating often. It has been a long wait, but before you know it....it comes around. We just have to keep each other going?

When was the last time you saw him?

Hey guys,

I just wanted to start something that could benefit us all. Nigeria is such a huge country. Hopefully, we can help each other out as we travel this visa journey......

Missy

Hi Missy1,

Hope all is well with you. I am a June filer, my fiance is in Nigeria. Thanks for the thread Missy, I am sure it will help while we wait for VSC to make a decision. :crying: :crying:

Enjoy your weekend

Constance...what state is your Significant Other from?

Good morning Missy,

Hope all is well with you. My fiance is in Oyo State, Ibadan. I called VSC yesterday and all the lady said was that my case was pending. As if I didn't know that. My fiance called this morning and all I could do was cry. :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

Hey guys,

I just wanted to start something that could benefit us all. Nigeria is such a huge country. Hopefully, we can help each other out as we travel this visa journey......

Missy

Hi Missy1,

Hope all is well with you. I am a June filer, my fiance is in Nigeria. Thanks for the thread Missy, I am sure it will help while we wait for VSC to make a decision. :crying: :crying:

Enjoy your weekend

Congratulatons to all VSC Approvals!!! I wish you all well and God's Blessing.

One of my favorite singers is Reba McEntire and her song: Forever Love is BEAUTIFUL.

To all of us who's waiting for our love one to join us:

Forever Love by Reba

The first time I laid my eyes on you I knew.

We'd spend this life side by side.

I still feel the same though you're so far away.

I swear that you'll always be my...

Forever love. I promise you.

Someday well be together.

Forever love. I wont give up. no matter what.

Ill be waiting for you. forever love.

Minutes and hours and years may go by.

But my heart knows nothing of time.

So don't cry, just keep me right there.

In your dreams. and hold on to these words of mine.

Forever love. I promise you.

Someday well be together.

Forever love. I wont give up. no matter what.

Ill be waiting for you. forever love.

Love is the road to our destiny.

Nothing can change what is meant to be.

:crying: :crying: :crying:

Yes Kanyiri,

All is well now, EXCEPT, a sister is ready to date!!!!!!!!! So if you want to help that progress, how about asking your hubby to teach me how to tell this man in the Ghana native language, that I think he is hotter than ten active volcanoes, the burning bush, and a bushel of serrano peppers, AND I want to take him out, get him drunk, and have my way with him!!! Just kidding, but I do want to have my way with him!!!! In an innocent sort of way..... MAYBE............ LOL!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS on the birth of your son. Such a blessing.

Besangin,

You are too funny, not the burning bush. Are you in the States or in Ghana? You are a breath of fresh air. Keep up the good work, you really made me smile today. Your gift from God can not be taken and from a far I can see it. I would love to purchase your book when it is completed. Let me know.

Constance

Yesterday I went to the doctor and she asked me if I smoke and if I want to quit. So she told me about Chantix and that it doesn't mess with your head, etc and, since I can have it for free, I said why not? I've been planning on quitting for so long, I know I have to quit, I just wasn't doing anything about it.

So today, October 13th 2007 I'll quit smoking. I know I can do it. Next is try to convince my hubster to do the same.

Congratulations!!! I quit 2 years, 4 months, 10 days ago. No medication, no gum just quit. You are going to feel GREAT!!!!! :dance:

Fee increases!! They haven't updated their computers since the 70's??? What are they actually doing with the extra money??!! Even FEMA fired the chief when the ship sank! What the hell is wrong with USCIS?? I want heads to roll....

He was speaking of the process in California. USCIS is a government entity. Need I say more.

Conference will start in 6 to 7 minutes. I am all ears.

Congratulations to all that have received their Aproval from VSC

I haven't heard anything about K! visas before the July surge-you?

This conference call with USCIS is a complete waste of time.

The questions they chose to answer weren't very good questions. I'm disappointed too.

It is all about people who have not recieved their NOA1 yet.

I REALLY, REALLY wish that Mirla, Byron and Soch would get their approvals too.

ME TOO... I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR EVERYONE ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FILED EARLIER THAN ME... BUT WHY ME??? OH GOD IM NOT COMPLAINING. I JUST COULDNT BELIEVE UNTIL NOW! THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIFT LORD GOD!!! I WISHED FOR IT ON MY BIRTHDAY GUYS... I PRAYED FOR IT AND I KEPT MY FAITH.

THANKS FOR THE WISHES!!!

KEEP THINKING POSITIVE EVERYONE!!!

shai

Is anyone else on this USCIS call???????? AHHHHHHHH-what idiots!

I am, what a waste of time. They are chasing their tail even regarding the receipts. The people on VJ know more than they seem to know.

How bad did you just want to start yelling at the Mrs. Rogers, Head of Customer Service at USCIS. Now I understand why her staff don't know anything...

Sister Rogers was reading from a cue card. She was to animated for that to be coming from the top of her HEAD. Dang, I wasted my time now I have to stay late and deal with this Northern Virginia traffic.

Conference will start in 6 to 7 minutes. I am all ears.

Congratulations to all that have received their Aproval from VSC

I haven't heard anything about K! visas before the July surge-you?

This conference call with USCIS is a complete waste of time.

The questions they chose to answer weren't very good questions. I'm disappointed too.

It is all about people who have not recieved their NOA1 yet.

they did say that the adjudication process will be done according to the receipt date but we know better than that. And that it will get worse before it gets better because they are addressing the delay in receipting not the actual process, which I am assuming the K-1. We should continue to pray that this process will be over soon and to our advantage.

I REALLY, REALLY wish that Mirla, Byron and Soch would get their approvals too.

ME TOO... I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR EVERYONE ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FILED EARLIER THAN ME... BUT WHY ME??? OH GOD IM NOT COMPLAINING. I JUST COULDNT BELIEVE UNTIL NOW! THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIFT LORD GOD!!! I WISHED FOR IT ON MY BIRTHDAY GUYS... I PRAYED FOR IT AND I KEPT MY FAITH.

THANKS FOR THE WISHES!!!

KEEP THINKING POSITIVE EVERYONE!!!

shai

Is anyone else on this USCIS call???????? AHHHHHHHH-what idiots!

I am, what a waste of time. They are chasing their tail even regarding the receipts. The people on VJ know more than they seem to know.

Conference will start in 6 to 7 minutes. I am all ears.

Congratulations to all that have received their Aproval from VSC

Here is the response from my RSVP:

Thank you for your RSVP to our Friday, October 12, teleconference on “USCIS Receipting Delay - How Does This Affect You?” at 2:30 EDT. We have received a very large response to this teleconference and would appreciate your sending us questions you may want answered during the call ahead of time. In addition, if more than one person in your office plans to listen-in, we ask that you please just use one phone line to dial into the call as we have a limited number of phone lines available.

We will provide the guidelines for the call and the call-in number by late in the day Thursday or Friday morning. In the meantime, you may wish to review our previous Annual Reports to Congress and our recommendations to USCIS at www.dhs.gov/cisombudsman.

Thank you again,

CIS Ombudsman’s Office

Hello everyone,

Hope all is well with everyone considering. I've RSVP for the teleconference. I will take a lonnnggggggggg lunch.

Thanks

I wish they would send my $#%& application to CSC!

I am wishing the same, thanks for making me laugh. It's been 120 days for me, I am trying to have the patience of Job. :crying: :crying:

I'm all cried out. :crying:

Hello everyone,

Hope all is well with everyone considering. I've RSVP for the teleconference. I will take a lonnnggggggggg lunch.

Thanks

Do you think you have the worst job you can think of? What do you think is a bad job?

I voted other after I saw this:

When you have an "I Hate My Job" day, try this:

On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the

thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by

Johnson & Johnson.

Be very sure you get this brand. When you get home,

lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone

so you will not be disturbed.

Change into very comfortable clothing,

make yourself a cocktail and sit in your favorite chair.

Open the package and remove the thermometer.

Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that

it will not become chipped or broken.

Now the fun part begins.

Take out the literature from the box and read it carefully.

You will notice that in small print there is a statement:

"Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson

is personally tested".

Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times,

"I am so GLAD I do not work in the thermometer quality

control department at Johnson & Johnson."

HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMEMBER,

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A JOB

THAT IS MORE OF A PAIN IN THE ### THAN YOURS.

This is too funneeeeeeeeeeeeee. I am literally crying. Thanks I needed that laugh. I pray I didn't disturb my neighbors.

Thanks for the input but let me clarify. I am the USC and am REQUIRED to have a visa to enter into Nigeria. In the past we would download the application and send the correct documentation + $100.00 to the consulate or embassy. The fees have increased and there is a new way to get the visas issued. You go the the website as stated previously enter the infromation and pay online. I have no sure idea what the new fess are because now I'm stuck trying to fill out the form. It REQUIRES you upload a picture from your PC, but the pixels are so tiny (100-140 height x 120-160width). I have tried dozens of times but it's not working. But wait there is a help desk phone number...IN ABUJA!!!! aaaarrrgggggg!!!!!!! If anyone has had success with this in the last couple of weeks can you let me know how you did it. Now I have tried calling the consulates in both New York and Atlanta..and the embassy in Washington. IF you can get someone to answer the phones...EVERY SINGLE TIME they transfer you to a FULL mailbox. Help please I am at the end of my rope.

Yeah my girlfriend and I thought that was what we were suppose to do. It took us hours to download the picture to find out that we didn't need to do that. I called the Embassy in DC and got a different answer. You will probably need to call. And yes it will take some time to get them but I was blessed to get them one morning early. Another thing, the website required that we purchase tickets first. By the time, I finished explaining that I shouldn't have to purchase the ticket to get the VISA, what if I didn't get the VISA. The lady told me to bring the application, correct fee, and letter of invitation. I had no problem. Keep trying to call them please. Another thing, I had my girlfriend FedEx me her passport and fee, I walked both ours into the Nigerian Embassy and got them back in three days.

Thanks for the suggestion...In checking the website today they have listed that they will not accept walk-up anymore and they refer you to they're new website. I was unable to contact them today due to a holiday so I'll try again tomorrow. I also tried about 10 times to upload a picture onto the application but no luck again... At this rate I may just cancel my trip.

http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/immigration.shtml

check out this website. I think the website you are on is for people in Nigeria because it states the amount in Naira.

Don't give up, try the numbers from the website above. Food for thought, they are never in the office on Monday at the DC-Embassy. October 1st is a Nigerian holiday therefore; they celebrate here.

Thanks for the input but let me clarify. I am the USC and am REQUIRED to have a visa to enter into Nigeria. In the past we would download the application and send the correct documentation + $100.00 to the consulate or embassy. The fees have increased and there is a new way to get the visas issued. You go the the website as stated previously enter the infromation and pay online. I have no sure idea what the new fess are because now I'm stuck trying to fill out the form. It REQUIRES you upload a picture from your PC, but the pixels are so tiny (100-140 height x 120-160width). I have tried dozens of times but it's not working. But wait there is a help desk phone number...IN ABUJA!!!! aaaarrrgggggg!!!!!!! If anyone has had success with this in the last couple of weeks can you let me know how you did it. Now I have tried calling the consulates in both New York and Atlanta..and the embassy in Washington. IF you can get someone to answer the phones...EVERY SINGLE TIME they transfer you to a FULL mailbox. Help please I am at the end of my rope.

Yeah my girlfriend and I thought that was what we were suppose to do. It took us hours to download the picture to find out that we didn't need to do that. I called the Embassy in DC and got a different answer. You will probably need to call. And yes it will take some time to get them but I was blessed to get them one morning early. Another thing, the website required that we purchase tickets first. By the time, I finished explaining that I shouldn't have to purchase the ticket to get the VISA, what if I didn't get the VISA. The lady told me to bring the application, correct fee, and letter of invitation. I had no problem. Keep trying to call them please. Another thing, I had my girlfriend FedEx me her passport and fee, I walked both ours into the Nigerian Embassy and got them back in three days.

Hello,

I'm a little confused....you are a USC wanting to go to Nigeria? If that's the case, you shouldn't need a visa, your US passport should be sufficient.

Shanon

I had to get a VISA for Nigeria, at the time it was $100.00. And yes they did check at the entry point in Nigeria. I am close to DC so I drove my application, letter of invitation and the money order to the Nigerian embassy on a Monday. Was given an appointment to pickup the VISA on Thursday.

I totally agree. I am learning a foreign language (Yoruba) so that I will know what my fiance is saying in his language. I bought an electronic Sudoku, now that's a challenge. We should have the patience of Job. Read it.

Kama Sutra????? Too funny

Where are you studying Yoruba? It may be an issue of circumstance, I'm from a smaller area so maybe those things jut aren't available here. My fiance speaks Hausa and of course a few other dialects, but let's not get crazy, I'd like to learn just one. I keep imagining our children talking about me right in front of my face and I don't even know I should be punishing them!

http://www.abeokuta.org/Yoruba_Training.html - they probably have one for Hausa. Good luck

I totally agree. I am learning a foreign language (Yoruba) so that I will know what my fiance is saying in his language. I bought an electronic Sudoku, now that's a challenge. We should have the patience of Job. Read it.

Kama Sutra????? Too funny

Where are you studying Yoruba? It may be an issue of circumstance, I'm from a smaller area so maybe those things jut aren't available here. My fiance speaks Hausa and of course a few other dialects, but let's not get crazy, I'd like to learn just one. I keep imagining our children talking about me right in front of my face and I don't even know I should be punishing them!

You are not going to believe this. I purchased a book with cassette tapes at the Lagos airport and Hausa language is in the book, along with Yoruba and Igbo. I also purchased an English/Yoruba dictionary from Amazon. com. I could make copies from the pages and forward to you if you would like.

A few of the people I met there send emails to me in Yoruba and English, so I think I am good at it. NOT

I will send you a website that has Yoruba beginners course. Hold on for a second. I also have to pretend I am working.

Congratulations!!!! Nora and Ryan. I am very happy for the both of you.

Kama Sutra????? Too funny

There are books on it.....lol.....so it's possible to study alone but not fun lol

I better keep it real, if you know what I mean. I will get the game, book, etc when he gets here.

this thread is now making me miserable...this used to be a happy place...####### happened?!

I SOOOO AGREE!! Waiting is hard enough....this place was originally helping alleviate some of the stress of waiting.

We can study the kama sutra but not practice? Practice makes perfect.....I need my hubby for that!

AMEN to that.

this thread is now making me miserable...this used to be a happy place...####### happened?!

i know everyone is high strung because there are no approvals right now, but come on...ive been waiting 87 days now, some have been waiting longer, some less...lets just play nice...wanna write a letter or 20?...DO IT...if you dont want to, then DONT...if you want to debate and argue, theres plenty of that going in the Off Topic forum...you can discuss anything under the sun...that is not what this thread is for, and quite frankly, its depressing...

until i see some movement at the VSC ill be browsing about, trying to keep myself busy...some suggestions for anyone interested:

1. read a book (or several)

2. knit a quilt (or a sweater!)

3. learn a foreign language (your fiance's or a completely new one)

4. start a small business...ill be guiding tours in NYC starting in November, if anyone is interested =)

5. write letters to congressman, media, etc (concerning immigration or any other issue that interests you)

6. excercise (join the gym!)

7. search for businesses and/or organizations that concern immigrants from your fiance's country (maybe there are some local ones)

8. learn to cook (expand your horizons)

9. study the kama sutra (for obvious reasons)

10. research the potential presidential nominees for 2008 (this would do us ALL some good)

I totally agree. I am learning a foreign language (Yoruba) so that I will know what my fiance is saying in his language. I bought an electronic Sudoku, now that's a challenge. We should have the patience of Job. Read it.

Kama Sutra????? Too funny

My question is directed to those who have passed the different POEs in the USA:

Definitely "liquids" are prohibited for carry on luggages, what about for luggages to be checked in , does this also apply?

I have been to many asian countries and liquids are okay inside the luggages to be checked in, but of course USA is quite strict about it because recently my Aunt wanted to send a bottled herbal medicine to the US from the Philippines via DHL but they wont accept it, the post office refused too.

I want to bring a liquid chinese medicine that I have been using for along time now for my allergies but not sure if it will be allowed even if I check it in. It is in a plactic bottle ( like shampoo)

Your input is highly appreciated.

Thank you,

Myla

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Can you ship it to your US address? Not sure how that work International. I am sure it will be fine inside your check in luggages. When I went to Africa I took my own Tranquil Moment a very large bottle (unopen) in my check-in luggage, had no problem.