Rocketta

Muslim women can't marry non-Muslim men, can they?

Islamically? No. But who's stopping them?

hmmm, the Sharia court maybe??

All very good questions. I know when I was in Jordan, I took a back seat and let my husband do all the talking but I know that when he gets to the US it will be reversed. I just wonder how he will handle it. Only time it became a problem for me was when I got mad because he wouldn't tell me what the shop keepers were telling him the prices were.

I just wonder what are some the issues non-muslims have run into in their relationship with the Muslim MENA?

I'll say a prayer, I'll cross my fingers, I'll wish you luck, basically anything as long as it works and you get reunited with your loved one.

If you would like to pm me I will give you my husbands email so that your husband can email my husband. My husband speaks arabic and came from Jordan, I am certain that he would be more than happy to help your husband out.

Thanks, I just don't know if my husband would ask for help from anyone but me.

Thanks everyone. I know I have places to go if I have specific questions.

Just respect to you, his wife, if you are ok with it and he is also then I will be happy to help.

Thanks.

How do you go about keeping doves? That sounds like it could be a nice thing to try.

beats me that will definitely be his thing.

i can speak arabic if you need.

but im also a woman so i dont know.

Thanks.... but what do you mean you are a woman?

Sarah is probably alluding to the fact it may not be appropriate for her to speak to your husband from either her, her husband's, your husband's or your POVs

Oh I see... well I can only speak for myself and it wouldn't bother me one bit. As far as I'm concerned my husband needs to get use to any and everyone talking to him if he's going to live in the US.

well I do not have a problem with people who want a better life. I do have a problem with one group benefiting from illegal immigration because they are the closest to the US over others. I think they should definitely relax the immigration standards and let more people in not more mexican, central & south americans or Canadians but more people around the world. There are millions of people all over the third world who would love to come to the US. I want them to have just as much chance as anyone and right now they don't.

What I hate is how big business uses illegal immigrants to keep wages low. Don't let anyone fool you, having many illegal immigrants doing a job reduces wages for labor and basic benefits the average worker receives.

I don't think illegal immigrants should be jailed or anything but I Do think people who hire illegal immigrants, and people who house illegal immigrants knowingly should be charged.

Just wondering if there was something in his native language. It would help a lot.

http://www.dvd4arab.com/forumdisplay.php?f=600 Perhaps this site, corner of expatriates by many useful topics, and members are cooperating to a large extent

Thanks I sent it to him.

i can speak arabic if you need.

but im also a woman so i dont know.

Thanks.... but what do you mean you are a woman?

Do MENA ppl keep birds as pets? I think some very orthodox Hindus do not believe in keeping dogs and cats in the house(maybe because they need to eat meat?) but I saw a lot of pet parrots in Nepal and India. My sweet Senegal parrot Lani Girl died in October '06 and I miss having a parrot in the house so much - she was my baby... Govi loves all animals as well and we have talked about getting another parrot - I have held off on getting another one because I want to get a bird that gets along with both of us.

My hubby wants Doves. He says his dad use to raise them.

Just wondering if there was something in his native language. It would help a lot.

Congrats!!

Well I went to sleep at 4:30am Sunday morning does that count? lol

I looked around, so long as you don't have any hits with your husband's name, if he does refugee he can get all the security checks done within two to three months of his first interview for refugee processing.

http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english...cm0.824032.html

http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rm/100030.htm

It is all up to you.

I wonder if he has already gone through these checks as he's registered already with the UN about refugee status before I met him?

Rocketta, good luck on telling the MENA how he going to have to live with pet and so on in his own home..let us know how this oppositional defiant stance works for y ou in the long rung......

Oh it will work out one of two ways. We will live happily with my cats or he will live happily without me and my cats. That's not negotiable. I don't worry about dealing with a MENA man. He has to worry about dealing with an AA me.

I suspect that my husband wouldn't want any pets in the house but he has no choice. I currently have 3 cats in the house and a spoiled brat of a dog in the house. I live with my mom and when I move she won't let me take the dog and the youngest cat but the other two are mine. There will be no discussion about whether they can come live with us. My cats are 17 and 14. I've known them much longer than him. They stay.. He says he understands but we'll see. Oh he also knows my dog Venus is going to try to tear him a new one when she meets him. She doesn't like males.

It will be on the actual NOA-2 you get in the mail Rocketta. It's the USCIS receipt number. When you call the NVC to get your case number from them, this is the number you will enter on the automated system to first hear if your case has been assigned a number or not.

Ohh thanks!

hmmm, where did you see the WACXXXX

wow that is really tough. I wish you all the best .. It's a tough decision. I don't know what I would do if I was you. Sorry your husband can't be there with you during this difficult time.

I'm of the opinion that racism has gone from completely to overt to mainly covert. Oh it exists but in forms that are harder to pin down and get people to believe it was racism. Which leads others to invalidate the opinion that racism still exists which just causes more of a rift between communities.

I'm married to an Iraqi and it's been an issue in my family. He says it's not an issue in his but I don't know that because they are stuck in Iraq and I haven't met them.

is he in the country illegally or just working illegally?

if you're not sure of the month why don't you try to just write the correct year or just give your best guestimation. I agree with everyone else who says N/A would be worse than a 'close but no cigar' date.

Yeah, stay on the meds and talk it out........those are the best things to get through this difficult time. Unfortunately many people who don't suffer from depression have a hard time understanding how disabling it can be.