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Jawi....don't go thinking no ones interested....we are your ever ready readers, so...........wha qwan? sister....come true with the story! We love it.

Lawdamerci.....Jawi give me more....i've been at the whole story, and i know there's gotto be more. i'm worried for Toya, cause she might be HIV + herself! member when Ian tricked her before she went down to JA? so maybe there's more grief in store for her/Fitz....and i'm kindof glad that Chantal got the bracelet like a mawgadog git a bone! Keep it going Jawi, and love you like cook food! culture1

Hey y'all .. i'm going down on May 1st redeye, for interview 5-5 (at Last!!!! Why did this one take so long???) ....then some R&R with family and wait on the paperwork to come back....Oh Warm Water to swim in. I'm counting on that approval, won't allow no disbelief in my head right now. Did you others who've been thru the interview feel so anxious like this?

Congrats Lovesponge....hope yours goes smooth and sweet, no problems!

Dillon....you're man arrive today? i really hope we can travel together....my SO has never traveled, it's a long trip out to CA...so much more fun to be together. but , hey , whatever?

Hey Jawi........love the stories. Script writer!!!!! you rock, and you teach. love and blessings to you!

Spring showers , may flowers , june weddings?..

I really do....it's been tortuous to just wait. Now i can really enjoy making some plans.....i'm going on Sidestep right now to plan my dates. It sure would be nice to have him fly back, but it seems so unpredictable. Just hoping for the best....for all of us on VJ.

Dillon...you back already? your report makes it sound pretty easy.......and we've rehearsed those questions so many times. i'm hoping to stay for 2 weeks...Yes, i need some loving and warm water to swim in.

only....???...39 days! Jah Love!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We finally got an interview date: 5-5-09, 8:30 am. YES! i'm ecstatic for some forward motion.

Wow...it's hard to stay on top on this thread.....so much to talk about!! my home computer is broke, so this is my only work time to peek in.

even though i don't chime in much, i just want you all to know how helpful all this is...just knowing that others are going thru these issues....LDR's...its a real blessing

Dillon....looking forward to hearing about your interview.

me...still waiting, no news, cept they finally emailed me back with " no, no further information needed. no date of interview to report"....at least it was an answer.

My SO......he works when he can...i work 40-50 hours /week...so if i need to help out, i do...but it's not too often that he asks. I've never had anyone support me, don't plan to support anyone but me.....BUT, plans and reality don't mesh. And yep, trust your guts, ladies...........love can be blind, but my guts never lie.

Ells...you in bay area? let's get together!

Love to all....Culture1

Dillon......hey girl, how are you? how did the interview go? how come you got time to check the computer? hey..?

You know ...we dropped off his DS230 forms on 2-17, and still have no interview date. so don't count on those dates working like planned, as i've found out and had to change my vaca request and flight...not to mention the heart ache!

My guy recently paid 150 us for 5 vaccines at mobayhope, plus a tip 'to make it good'...whatever the going bribery charge is. The police records cost $100 us. I never believe in the set fee...it is all subject to change ..and who's asking.

If anyone needs a great place to stay close to Mobay airport...my friend in Coral Garden has a villa up on the hill, awesome views, safe...3 gen of women, cooking up the best homestyle , very reasonable rates for both rooms in the main house and a single studio apt/kitchenette. These people are GREAT and can take great care of both short or longer visits. Hit me up for details if you like.

ya know this economy is hitting Jamaica real hard, and i get lots of requests to help out. i'm almost about to change my number ...but waiting to get this interview passage to go thru, then many changes ahead. But how do you deal with the money requests...or bring this/that for everyone...and those you haven't met yet!!!

Oh, i'm dying for some spooning........

DILLON.........congratulations!!!! BRING BACK SOME GOOD LUCK FOR ME!!!! SO happy for you both!!!!!

THANKS to everyone for the encouragement.....i need it. Once i get past this down feeling, i'm going to start fighting back, I'm going to dog them , i'm going to get ANGRY .... and i'm searching for who to pressure..maybe Barbara Boxer, i met her once. AND when i do get to that interview...........they are already going to know my name it's wierd journey!...i hope all goes well for Dillon Today!!!

Spring cleaning .........clean out the dark clouds of winter and celebrate LIFE..........and LOVE. Blessings....Culture 1

I am stumped Culture! I have no idea what else you can do, what are they telling you now?

when I call the 202#.....they Still saying no date, no request for info, just wait.

Email....they are only sending back the auto response...even with "2nd inquiry", 3rd...**Special**2nd request in the subject line.

Phone...he says he calls, never gets thru, has been disconnected a couple times, but still hasn't found out any reasons.

My guy is going to Kingston next week but he said that this week........we're both sick of the delay, getting irritable with each other over the assumptions. It's been a real test of our committment and if i didn't hear his reassurances at the end of the day, i might give up. But i'm talking thru my weaknesses, praying, dancing, breathing, working, watching fares.

Hey........Dillon...are you there, don't you have your interview tomorrow???? i'm so caught up in my stuff i just realized. I wish you the best....i'll be vibing you all day, let us hear from you how it went ASAP....Blessings on your great trod. Culture1

Whoa...take that picture down, looks like what we see too much of in San Fran!! Don't like the saggy boxer butts either....give me clothes that fit and look clean and a leave me curious.

hey ....i'm still waiting for that interview date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the calls/emails have no news. i'm hoping america idol can distract me from this nightly frustrations.

any ideas?

Any good news today culture1?

Hey Dillon........NO, sorry to say, and i continue to nicely send my daily email inquiry....which they don't seem to be responding to at all other than the usual receipt/notice type of reply...so i am stumped. and so frustrated. and i called yesterday and was told no date is in the system....try next week. do i have to wait a week.....another week!!!! another month?????what the F......? Does anyone have any other ideas ...i'm suggesting to him to go to the embassy and see if he can get some answers...or is that too presumptuous ?? and anyone......what is the number that my SO should be calling and asking for a supervisor ? want to be sure we got that.......what else. Pins in a voodoo dolll...........i can do that.

Dillon.........how long you going for? bring back some luck...C1

Morning, Y'all......it a day longer and spring forward, and hey, good bye winter......sorry to those still facing snow and cold, but i'm ready for spring, ready for the changes, already seeing tulips blooming and my plum trees in bloom and ready to get out of my winter of discontent. i was expecting ..by watching the timelines of others, that i'd be happily waking up in my sweets' arms by now..........but NOPE. I'm still waiting. He's never received the letter of interview date, he's called and yes it was sent. no one seems to be cooperating with us about getting that date by other means beside the mail....for crisesakes......it's 2009, who uses snail mail for urgent information!!! i am comforting myself with lots of beres hammond, no disturb sign song! Blesssings to all the Yardies, may your spring be full of flowers and fun and LOVE. c1

Ok as a result of my last trip on Valentines day and the reason why I have been crying everyday and blaming my SO for no damm reason. IM PREGNANT (thats how i feel about it) But overall am happy

Congratulations to you!!

That's Great!!! Congratulations and Blessings on a healthy pregnancy. AHHH!

Oh these stories are so heartwarming and so i got to add my own unexpected romance. i went to Jamaica 4-07 to recover...too many friends/family dying, i was drained and lost. i hadn't been back to JA since 1972 ( i was 20...do the math) so...oK, i'm old, i'm not looking, i'm avoiding the guys hustling in Negril.. No problem, i'm pretty confident of myself...........so i'm staying at a shared house in west end, loving the neighbors, feeling at home and not in the tourist scene, which is my style. i'm happy to walk/talk to the locals.....so my neighbors invite me to go swimming up in the hills, meeting up with other friends...caravaning our way ...somewhere to swim. along the way, we pick up more friends, and there he is... and he asks to ride in the backseat with me. We stop for some drinks and he buys everyone a guiness/snacks (wow?)...we put on my cd ( he loves my taste in music.), we start singing together, he's sweet, this is fun but....i'm still on guard, just want to heal my heart, not fall into fantasy or infatuation. I'd been free for 5 years and although i never planned to stay that way.......it gets harder to meet someone, who's not only tolerable (oh those bad internet dates!!!) but worthy. You know, worthy!!!! of all the time/distraction/lifedetours/change of plan...all the emotional #######....So, i'm on guard. We get to this gorgeous stream (i refuse to let anyone know the name)...so beautiful, an old stone bridge the kids were jumping off of, beautiful huge trees, flowers, clean clear water...so cool, so sweet......i swam, played with the kids, we sang we picnicked we washed our hair/locks. And i was not paying any attention to Him! ( but he was watching me) i was healing my heart in that water....every time i went under and came back up i felt renewed, reborn...like pain and heartache washed away, like a new clean ness i never felt and i had this huge smile on my face...no one could see the tears, but i gave it up and came out new! when we got in the car to leave....Rally asked me if i was free? yeah, i'm free (of course i'm free, i'm SO Free now!) and we hold hands....this time the songs are even sweeter and we sing to each other on the ride back. just before we arrive...he writes his number on my hand, and tells me to call him later, wants to take me on a real date. He says.." my heart tells me you're the one", but let's be friends first. Yes, friends first! for about 24 hours! I sweated that number right off my palm, and couldn't call him....but he hunted me down and showed up. We never left each other from that point on. He is the BEST! i'm so grateful for his loving kindness/honesty and dedication. i went back in August, stayed 3 weeks with him, and he proposed while holding me in the beautiful blue Caribbean water. Been back 2 more times, trying to go to different parts of JA each time...have to get away from his gazillion family/friends so we have time just for us!!!. It's such a big deal to bring someone this fast into your life, to trust your heart, and shut up the voices in your head begging for reason.........Life is short. My friend Sue said before she passed, Open your heart to all possibilities of LOVE. I truly believe that and i'm diving under.... coming up with a smile on my face. Blessed Love! Hope we can be together for our 2nd anniversary...........

Finallly a good word..... ...the embassy admits it has my SO's ds230, it's been there since 12-9!!!!!! now we are still waiting for that interview date.....UGH! But i'm wondering too about the timing of going for interview, can i stay long enough to take that flight back with him??? it's his first too, so i'd love to be there by his side...best flight ever for me! It's seems next to impossible to figure out the plan, so...i'm trying to go with the flow. My work is going flip out when i hand in that time off notice without enough notice....but i've warned them, Love trumps work.....cause i know it will be there when i get back and i'm going to be delegating what can't wait. (healthcare.......never ending work!) Our 2 year anniversary is 4-10.........would be nice to be coming home on that date, or at least be together. culture1

I have been calling at least 2 times/week, they say it's not in the system that they received his ds230 ....check back in a week...every time. they don't know why, they suggest he go to the embassy with another....we did that. still not in.

OK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>i just checked my email again.......and got a very non-official looking response (usually they say Dear Madam.....signed: KingstsonIV) this didn't...it says: Mr. P......, you should be hearing from us in about 3 months." 3 months???? 3 months???????????? are you kidding? i'm really confused......what's going on? ideas?

Jah give me strength!

Nikki, check out this thread here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...45416&st=90

Just go to the 2nd to last page, that has the most up to date info. I believe you get the non impediment from the RGD - that link is there - AThe visa fee and the other forms aren't until after you are approved and through the NVC, you have lots of time to prepare for that - just get your I-129F and G325A together (for both of you) with all your proof, letters of intent to marry, etc... and send it in!

THANK YOU FOR THE INFO SUS ...I'LL CHECK OUT THE THREAD !!

Thanks, Sus, from me, too. I didn't know you needed the no impediment document in Jamaica. I went to the website (http://www.rgd.gov.jm/?q=certificate_production) and saw that they charge $5000 JMD for a document saying that you AREN'T married! Highway robbery! Why is THAT the most expensive record to request? I hope that is a typo and it's really $500.

We just paid 120 us for the Certificate ....total robbery!!!

the packet 3 has the info about what to do once it gets to the embassy......but don't count on things working like they should, especially the mail. My SO had to go pick up at the embassy a second packet 3...cause it never got thru the mail. best of luck.....be meticulous, duplicative, and organized. culture1

HELP yardies....i need some help or at least some commiseration..... The Embassy is jerking us around...an i ain't talking chicken. We've been waiting to get the interview date. He had the ds230 delivered DHL on 12-9....and a month later they say, it's never been delivered. they say to give it another week...maybe the election, maybe the weather....whatever...so, we finally get it together and he delivers, hand delivers the damn forms this time. and we wait. and i call and check and .........no, they have no receipt of his forms. WHat??? so he calls ...and is told that yes, they have it....just wait till it gets processed and we will get the letter with the date for interview. it's now been 14 days and still no interview date. the email response...no form. my calls daily....no form received. So what the friggin F ck do we do, besides wait some more???? Has anyone experienced this? anyone got ideas? any one as pissed as me ? Yardz....? culture1

Welcome Sam.....i sometimes i wished we had just got married like that.........Jah Bless your marriage and journey on the road of life. C1

Trelawny...that poem on women was so right on! thanks for speaking the truth

Thanks to Bob Marley..........saw your rainbow today and you still come to the rescue with your great songs

Vegas......that would be really run to meet ya'll

Shaunsgal.......go girl, get that man!

Dillon.....i'm still shuffling papers, but close, very close.....any news for you?

TiefS!!!! my man had his car stole right out of his yard in Negril, phone grabbed off the counter at a market in mobay, and the police ...well i won't talk about what dey tief!

Sad state of affairs in the world.....when we prey upon another ....guess that is survival of the fittest, so y cyan blame the youth if they hustle for food! when they don't get nuff education.

Well...i'm off to see the Mighty Diamonds, wishin my sweeties arms were around me. culture1st

Hey y'all...my SO has been waiting for his interview letter since 12-9, and he's thinking the consulate employees may be changing due to the government turnover....could that be real? or do you think the problem is the postal system? i'm frustrated....we're ready and waiting! Culture1

BLESSINGS on your marriage! congratulations...and have many great anniversaries ahead...the whole world celebrates with you! Culture1