New Beginnings

I've never seen that there before but I think it's good advice for everyone. I hope it's on other consulate's websites because Morocco is certainly not the only country to see scam marriages.

Happy Thursday Mena!

I cannot believe I'm starting another thread! This is like the best week ever!

Arrive in Casa and go directly to the embassy to get the documents you need there to get married in Morocco. Have your husband get his police record and all of his necessary doc. BEFORE you get there. Also have him meet with the person that will marry you to get everything straight. It is possible but you will be constantly on the go, it helps if you know people if ya know what i mean lol. Good luck! I am proof that it can be done. Arrived in Morocco Dec. 17th and got married Dec. 27th 2008

http://casablanca.usconsulate.gov/marriage_requirements.html

It took us about 15 days in Tetouan.

What Kenza said is great advice. Also scan all of the documents you're bringing and have him start getting them translated. This will save you at least a few days if you don't have to wait for translations!

Doing great, I guess you saw by our siggie that our ROC was approved. We are so relieved. It's one less thing to worry about!

I didn't know that Ali's full name was Mohamed Ali. That will be quite a conversation starter for him here in the US.

I daydream alot....I don't think that laundry has ever been in my daydreams though!

LOL and that's why everyone just calls him Ali!! I like to throw it out there once in a while... just to keep him on his toes

Good morning everyone!

Have you started your classes yet Laura?

Have a great morning Jackie, Kelly, and Andrea!

Yes! We started on Monday! It's been going great so far. I think Mohamed Ali is really enjoying it too.

How are things with you?

Good Morning!

I hope everyone has a great day! Today I'm stuck in meetings all day... better bring my coffee!

That's great news! Congrats!

does anyone know if Morocco has molasses?

We're heading there in May if you'll still be there!

Good luck!

Congrats! Such good news for you guys!

I've always just sent things with priority shipping with USPS. Never had any problems but if it's something important I would probably use UPS or Fedex

Can't promise anything but sounds good to me too!!!

Salaam everyone. Just wanted to drop by and say hello to everyone.

Hope all is well.

Been almost 8 weeks since the interview. Still just waiting with no news. Anywho....take care all!

Come on!! He needs to get the visa soon! You don't want him to miss this lovely winter we're having

How have you been?

I am not perfect either, never claimed to be. Forgiveness can be so difficult, but isn't it mandatory for us to do if we want God to forgive our sins? I'm not trying to preach!! And don't ask me if I can easily forgive, because in most cases it is more than difficult!

I'm with you on that one. However, in my religion we're not forgiven of our sins until we truly from our hearts repent of them. I think Sandinista is referring to people who haven't done that. If someone offends me and sincerely asks for forgiveness and realizes in their heart why it was wrong there is no choice but to offer forgiveness. If you don't truly repent of your sins you won't be allowed into heaven.

If someone continues to offend me and cannot see why they're in the wrong, I'm not going to forgive them. I will ignore them and not concern myself with them, but I won't be there like a dog that's been kicked too many times.

Congrats! Have a safe journey!

Yes, religion is about forgiveness. But as the confession of sins for the Lutheran church I attend states:

O almighty God, merciful Father, I a poor, miserable sinner, confess to You all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your punishment now and forever. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being. Grant me by your Grace, your great Salvation both now and forever. Amen.

I know I'm not perfect and never will be. So unfortunately, I still hold on to some of that stuff.

I think the most helpful thing to me was just realizing that people are idiots. If someone has said something racist to me or about my husband's nationality you can bet I will never help them with anything. I know that's vindictive but I don't care.

Morning, Mena!

I have a birthday party for a 4 year old tomorrow and then just relaxing before we start school on Monday.

Thank you all...At this point, I am still unsure of what to do. My fiancee is checking on things in Morocco with a lawyer and also the family court judge. The papers that need to be translated, can we do them before I head to Morocco? Or do I need to have them translated there? As far as my record, it was a stupid night out with friends, and I was caught driving. But, I know how some look down at drinking, let alone drinking and driving, especially in Morocco. Like I said...STUPID mistake! Since 3 years ago, I have not even had a speeding ticket or anything. I just want to do what is best.

It will be much cheaper to have the documents translated in Morocco.

I would marry with only 2 weeks you'll be much too stressed about the time and probably have to bribe everyone to hurry it up

I agree with the above posts. It took us about 15 days to get married in a fairly big city so you might want to keep that in mind.

Your record may or may not increase it.

We applied for the CR1 and were approved right away.

It's time to calm down and breathe. It's like what they used to tell us before a test when talking about studying the night before. If you don't know it now, you won't ever know it.

Take a break from this and just relax

Congrats!

I agree, I wouldn't waste the money/time to try to get a visitor visa. It will be very hard to overcome the intent to immigrate.

Would it be possible to make a few more trips there?

Anyone have any good tips for learning Arabic???

Good Morning Mena!

If you want to learn classical I would recommend Rosetta Stone. I loved it when I purchased it to learn French. It basically tricks you into learning the language.

If you want to learn a dialect I am a visual learner so I start with letters and pronunciation and then put words together even if I don't know what they're saying. Then I just like to learn a few words a day.. starting with verbs and how to conjugate them!