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I feel for you Kathy. My husband will go to Lousianna tomorrow for Hurricane relief. They will be there for two weeks. Am worried too.

HI Vj family,

I've been so worried since the first time I heard about the hurricane Gustav and it is pointing directly to Louisiana. My husband is in Louisiana and so near in the eye of the depression. ,and I know power will be knock down for nearly a week of probbly more.We wont talk until the power is back.

And also, I know we have fellow members from LA. Let's pray for them to be safe always.

ABOUT QUESTION NUMBER 36

36. Has Anyone Ever Filed an Immigrant Visa Petition on Your Behalf?

WHAT TO ANSWER, YES OR NO? IM A K1 VISA APPLICANT... IM CONFUSED BECAUSE IN THE VJ EXAMPLE THE ANSWER IS NO,BUT MY FIANCE FILED IT FOR ME RIGHT? SO IT MEANS YES?

The question number 36 means if anyone in the past ever filed a visa petition for you. Your fiance now is not counted for that. You will put No if no one in the past ever filed visa petition for you and only put yes if there is anyone in the past has filed a visa petition for you.

Hello guys,

I bought Namyang E-5 in Oriental Store product of Korea and it ended tasted like a Yakult. hehe.

Buti na lang nakahanap ka na ng kasing lasa ng Yakult . Masama daw sa naglilihi ang di nakakain ang gusto

Lol. You really made me laugh after i read this. Hahaha. I'm not preggy yet, but we are hoping this month , hehehe.

Hi Ate Gay,

Parang kailan lang eh. Ngayon aalis na kayo. Have a safe trip. And Welcome to US. Take care.

Muaaaaaaah.

Shape

Hello,

Thank you. I really , really appreciate your post. Naku, mahilig pa naman aco sa rice. Pero i will try to lessen my rice na. And i hope i read your post earlier, i just bought vergetable oil, sana pala olive oil na lang binili co instead na vegetable oil. Next time, bili aco olive oil yun na gagamitin co. Thank you sa advice na yan. hehe. Sa sodas, wala naman problem kace i don't drink any types of sodas for more than a year na. About junk foods, pringles, piatoss at cheeze curls ang madalas co kainin, pero water therapy aco everyday. I drink more than 2 liters of water everyday. Sa sweets mahilig aco eh. And madalas rin aco walking sa bakuran while playing my cat or doing gardening.

I will do some of your advices especially sa olive oil. hehe.

Thanks a lot.

Shape

Hi Shape,

I have 2 years old son and I am not gaining weight.. probably a little but not a lot because I am pregnant right now..

Some people has a different types of metabolism, merong madaling matunawan meron namang matagal.. When we are getting older our metabolism is getting slow.. kaya kahit konti lang ang kain natin eh tumataba pa rin tayo..

This is what Ive been doing for the last 3years in the country where I dont really sweat that much... Dry Summer and dry winter kasi dito.. Bihira ang humidity..

1. I tried to stay away from rice..

Carbohydrates kasi make our bellies big.. kasi rice is number 1 carbohydrates.. Which is not good in a place like USA, or other countries that has no humidities.. Maganda lang ang rice kapag nasa pinas tayo, dahil nagbibigay ito ng lakas sa tin, kasi nga very humid sa pilipinas..carbohydrates is pampalakas..

2..Try to cook without sauteeing the onions and garlic.. THere is another way of cooking without sauteeing, try to experiment it how to.. Ito lang ang ginawa ko, and I also watch my husband cook in his american version of filipino foods..(paano kaya yun..??) When we just got married, when I cook something that he liked, he will say this is good, but how can we avoid the oil?. So when he cook stirfry or what we called adobo sa atin, he does not sautee the garlic and onions in vegetable oil.. Kasi nga daw may sariling oil na ang chicken and meat..

If you cant help sauteeing garlic, try to use olive oil.. this is very healthy for you and your husband..

3. Avoid sodas, sweets, and junkfoods..

4. Try to eat vegetable salad and avoid rice at night.... Iceberg/romaine lettuce, with carrots, cucumber and then just find a non fat dressing.. You can bake chicken on the side or meat para gawing ulam sa salad

At first I do not like the taste of raw veggies, tiill I get used to it.. and felt different whenever I ate rice.. .. Nasanay kasi tayo sa rice.. and if you think about it, psychological lang ang isipin na hindi tayo mabubusog if walang rice..hindi rin pala...nasa isip lang ...Later on masasanay ka rin ng walang rice but of course hahanap hanapin mo rin minsan.. Now a days kasi, when I eat rice once in a while I feel heavy and bloated even the next day, kahit ang kasama ko sa bahay, she realized na nasa isipin lang pala natin ang habit ng pagkain ng rice..

Actually meat is not going to make you fat.. Especially in the US they have lean meat,which is purely beef, wala na minsan taba.. even sa pork nila, they take off the skin and fats.. Meat actually will give you a source of protein..

Higit sa lahat, try to keep yourself moving.. even just dancing, or any move that will make you sweat like walking, even 30 mins a day.. Kasi even the things I mentioned above, we still have to keep our body moving at all times..

Tea is good but I would rather not recommend it.. I read some medical issues about Herbal Tea (for Slimming).

Sorry ha, my post is too long.. goodluck sa iyo.

Hello jom, dbears and Shape. Welcome to PI Off Topic Thread.

Hello rin po. And thank you.

Am feeling a very emotional post here. Hehehe. Am so happy for you and jego. Muaaaah.

hi everyone,,,,,here's my experience last august 28,2008,,we got to the airport at 4pm with my fiance and our son.our flight was 7:30pm...we got straight to hawaiian airlines check in counter..we have 4 big luggages bags,2 balikbayan boxes..3 hand carried bags...the lady told me i have to pay my travel tax...only me...then we proceed to immigration,,,they ask for my son exit permit,,

our flight to honolulu took 10hours....we got here exactly 11:30am....5:30am there in the phils.i didnt sleep on the plane ..(grabe iyak parin me..my son cannot sleep too.

when we reached in honolulu airport..we go straight to counter 8,,,,they took my packet and our passports..then the immigration officer told us,,i have to wait for awhile... soon we can go.,she instructed us to get married within 90days..and dont leave the country...for honeymoon lol....then they called me for my finger scanning,,and they keep my xray film....i put my xray film in the tube.but before i passed it to them ..i put it back on the envelope...wow it so easy here...no more questions....from honolulu to maui it took only 20mins. by plane......finally after 3yrs of waiting we are here...THANK YOU GOD.......

iyak ako ng iyak non paalis ako baha na nga ng luha lol.. ...grabe sa bahay palang ..yakap yakap ko mother ko ngawa talaga ako then father ko..lahat sila umiiyak kasi grabe iyak ko.naawa na fiance ko sa akin .habang nasa car kami iyak parin ako .hay grabe experience ..but now im ok na.nalampasan ko na..IM REALLY ,REALLY HAPPY na...ng dumating kami dito lahat ng relatives ng fiance ko naghihintay na pala sa amin..binigyan nila kami ng welcome party and happy sila kasi finally andito na kami,,,,

the weather is good here...all i can say is wow,,,very nice place talaga....ipinasyal agad me ng fiance kasi nakita nya kung gaano ako nalungkot ng umalis kami jan.......my fiance brought me to the philippine store here..so plenty phil stores here...and we went to place called little manila here..lahat ng pinoy dito don nakatira,,,and wow may tanim sila malunggay ,papaya.kamote.jus like im in the philippines...when i got to the store today nakita ko may tinda sila walis tingting and tambo hahahah..may dried fish,tinapa,daing and all fresh bangus ,,galunggong and tulingan ,hipon lahat meron ....marami sila tindang lutong ulam parang karinderya lol,,wow di ako mabobored dito..2days palang ako dito..but i really like it here na lol...and also we got to the beach today....para akong nasa boracay...golden brown lang ang sand dito....im so happy..kasi ang saya saya ng anak ko at fiance ko bonding sila sa beach playing together..im just looking at them..nanaginip ba ako..totoo ba to..di ko alam na ang ganda pala dito .binigyan me ng fiance ko ng maui map guide ko here so that i can drive around with my son pag nasa work sya.para di ako mabored.pd lang me drive 90days gamit phil.license..after that take test na me for license here...............thank you so much to my vj family sa support nyo..for those who still waiting .keep faith..i praying for you guys..GODBLESS everyone.....

Hello guys,

I bought Namyang E-5 in Oriental Store product of Korea and it ended tasted like a Yakult. hehe.

yummy.

And burger patties too . . yummy

Our VJ weekend. Thats my husband grilling lol with Robert and Mari with their daughter Kiray, Jeff and Letlet ( taking the picture)

What about walnuts?

while we have the fire going, might as well throw on some hot dogs...

hmm, this also seems to give new meaning to " chestnuts roasting on an open fire...."

Thanks for the responses, I'm glad mine is similar to everyone elses. I suppose the SSA office just wasnt familiar with a k-1 visa. I was just worried because the lady at the office said there was an issue, but I suppose in this case I'll just have to wait and see what happens with AOS.

Good luck.

Anyone care to chat, Im there

Hi,

My I-94 (departure recod) was only stapled also in my passport. (to be specific on page 18.)

Hey everyone,

I've been having some issues getting my ssn with a K-1 visa. when I entered the country on my k-1 visa in June, I think I got a "newbie" border guard, he kept asking for help from his supervisor and what not. He stamped my passport above my visa and then stapled the little I-94 card thing inside the passport. When I went to go get a SSN, I waited over 2 weeks like everyone had told me, so my info would be in the "system" and they still had to talk to INS about my visa. Took almost a month to get my ssn. After we got married, I got copies of my marriage cert. and I took it in to social security, and the lady there told me they had to talk to INS again because they were having an issue with my I-94.

So what do you think the deal is? did the border guard who processed me when I entered the country mess up on my I-94? and if so will that cause an issue when I apply for adjustment of status? Is it normal to just have a card stapled into the passport? or was I supposed to receive more?

any advice or input is greatly appreciated

Congrats.

Hello everyone,

I finally received our greencards in the mail (K1-K2) today, just want to share my excitement and happiness.

For those who are still waiting....Trust in the Lord because He will make all things beautiful in HIS time.

I really appreciate the members who helped and extended words of hope and encouragement while we're on this journey......

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!

GOD BLESS US ALL.....

JOHN AND AMY

Lol.

Hello.

Hi Shape... How are you doing.? How's Kansas treating you? Hope your doing fine....

Hello. I am fine here, thank you. It's getting cold in here. Starting to wear long sleeves. hehe

does this warm things up.....

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Here are some Marshmellows to go with the fire....

When I called the NVC they told me our MNL case number

Yes they said that. Just wait at least a week before you call the USEM to set for interview schedule. (Just to make sure that USEM received the papers already from NVC before you make the interview appointment).

I called NVC and was told my petition was sent to Manila. Should I call the embassy and ask if they received it? Or should we just wait for them to send a letter? What is best?

The NVC will send letter to petitioner and inform petitioner that they forwarded the papers to USEM. However, you can call USEM also to set interview schedule after let's say a week that NVC sent the papers to USEM.

Hi guys!!! I received my green card from the mail today!!! . I like to thank everyone here in Visajourney who has been a big help for us in this process. To those who are still waiting for their green card, I hope you will all receive it soon. God bless

That's good news. Congrats.

My oh my.... my simple request has caused quite a stir! Freedom of speech is such a wonderful thing!

I hope you find your soul mate through VJ or in any other sites. Good luck in partner hunting.

Green Card Recieved Today Finally

Congrats.

In my suggestion, it would be better to just have all the shots as possible in St. Lukes. It's cheaper in Philippines than in US. Besides, when you pay the medical fee in St. Lukes it's a package already whether they give you 2 or 3 or 4 shots of vaccine.

And the form DS3025 (vaccination report issued by St. Lukes) is very important.

Good luck.

who will fill up the ds3025?

DS3025 will be given to you after you had your medical. It's a vaccination record of yourself from St. Lukes.

do I need a special NBI clearance for my Interview? or would that be the same NBI clearance stating valid for travel to USA?

THANKS GUYS...pLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME

erin

It's just a valid NBI clearance issued by NBI stating travel abroad or travel to USA.