shadtov

Buenos Dias banda!

otra semana

Bring along a professional interpreter- if that's too spendy (usually is), bring along the uncle!!! I don' think they would allow you to act as the interpreter due to conflict of interest.... sad but true.

Good luck, buena suerte!!!!!

L.

I interpreted for my husband, but that was in 2004 in San Diego. Our interviewer was originally from the Phillipines. He asked questions slowly so my husband could answer a few on his own, but mostly I talked.

3 out of the top 4 posts are about Dems....have been started by Gary....

There is an incredible number of stories about Obama's flaws. I pass up far more than I post. It seems the media has finally stopped worshiping Obama and has started seeing him for what he is. The chances of an Obama presidency are going down by the day.

I haven't thought he's had a chance since day one...but mainly because people will only see skin color, and will obsess about his name.

Honestly though Gary, it's not like the Republicans are 100% behind their man either. How many times just on VJ have I heard that someone who votes Republican won't be voting this fall? hmmm, even YOU said that at one point.

Maybe this division in both parties will lead us away from the 2 party system. Dunno.

On the other hand, all of my friends who voted for Clinton in the primary have said they will vote for Obama in the fall. I don't know if all is lost. There will of course be people who will not vote for him b/c of the color of his skin and his name, but are the majority of those people Democrats anyway? Obama has raised more money than any other primary candidate-ever. That has to be a good sign.

juar juar juar juar

bueno ese canijo, ora resulta q es todo, ora hasta prietito salio

aquita

el bato morenito!! jojo

aaaa. que bonito tu bebe.

ahora, pasando a asuntos mas importantes que las pendejadas del Bullicioso.... hoy cumplimos 2 años de casados. Ay wey!!!! Y todavía lo veo a mi Bren y se me hacen atole las patitas :blush:

felicidades!

I don't know who Chris Matthews is - he sounds like quite the guy though.

He has a show called Hardball on MSNBC. He's an Obama supporter but I kind of wish he'd stop talking about it...

He doesn't help the cause. He's more irritating and embarassing than anything. I'm an Obama supporter, but I don't agree with trashing Clinton based on her gender. I don't mind people taking jabs at her politics and negative campagn style however...

Here's a link the NYTimes magazine article about him. It's long but page 1 describes him pretty well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine...amp;oref=slogin

What a wierd accusation. I haven't read/heard anything that leads me to believe that one of Barack's faults is sexism.

I don't he deserves it at all. But some of his supporters/the media clearly do. Chris Matthews is the first that springs to mind.

I agree. chris matthews has been incredibly offensive. It's surprising how far he's permitted to go on mainstream media. I understand people spewing on talk radio, but shouldn't he be called out for it?

I'm hoping that this open discussion will encourage people like Matthews to look at themselves and engage in a bit of self-reflection. Maybe he'll look at why he says what he says and how it impacts his own daughters.

Maybe it's better that it's out in the open. Then we can address it directly.

Lo malo es que dónde uno pone la raya? Estoy de acuerdo que con legalizar mucha de esta droga se merma el asunto. La pregunta es cuáles se apruban y cuáles no? No estoy de acuerdo de que todas se deban legalizar porque hay unas muy mortales y suponiendo que las legalizen, estos perros no se van a inventar algo más fuerte y más letal para sacar más plata? Hoooooombe!

Todo lo malo da plata o para lo que algunos llaman bueno, así sea la droga, la prostitución, la inmigración ilegal, todo, todito, todo. Son males que nunca se irán por más que traten de aplacarlos.

En mi opinión en cuanto a la corrupción entre policías y narcos yo creo que todo también viene a raíz de que esta gente no tiene buena educación ni buenos salarios. ¿Uds. creen que un policia que gane bien y esté bien educado se dejaría convencer tan fácil? No falta el degenerado pero creo que se le complicaría la cosa a los narcos.

Diana

de acuerdo, siempre hay gente corrupta, pero creo que existiria menos si no tuvieran que pedir mordidas para traer pan a la casa.

Es interesante leer tus opiniones de lo que esta pasando en Mexico. En San Diego, leia de la violencia en Tijuana y Rosarito, pero aqui casi nunca sale en las noticias.

Estoy de acuerdo que tenemos que disminuir la demanda para drogas en los EU.

Aqui en Seattle tenemos un albergue para alcoholicos. Alli viven con habitacion y apoyo si lo quieren. Si solo quieren regresar a su cuarto para tomar y dormir, alli pueden. Si quieren aprovechar de los programas para adiccion, alli pueden. Lo crearon pq se dieron cuenta que muchos "homeless" no querian usar los albergues pq no querian dejar de tomar alcohol (o no podian). No se las estadisticas, pero dicen que hay menos crimen en el area ahora que existe el albergue.

Solo hablo de eso pq es una manera creativa para trabajar con adiccion y el crimen que es una consecuencia.

No se si funcionaria para drogas tambien. No se. Creo que no solo hay una respuesta, pero muchas.

Que envidia de todos uds. que andan planeando viajecitos por aquí y por allá. Me suena mucho el de Abby para ir a conocer a Wachinton y lincon. Súper ese plan.

Seguiré comiendo mi healthy choice que sabe a puro icopor con Diet Pepsi que sabe a ya tu sa'e.

Diana

Ay, pobrecita. espero que te sientas mejor y que puedas disfrutar de la puente que viene.

jaja uno de ellos de ana y daniel es de guadalajara.. cualquier tapatio conoce Manzanillo de pies a cabeza jojojojo

ahh acabo de refinar.. que sabroso estuvo el lonche (o lonch pa'los que no son de guanatos!)

Manza es chido, tengo años que no voy pa'lla, la ultima playa Mexa que fui fue en Mismaloya (al sur de Pto Vallarta), muy perrona

y ahora, veremos como 'tan las playas de Hilton Head

aaaa, entonces, ya lo conocen. Durante la universidad mi marido trabajaba como mesero en Vog. Preferia a los clientes de guadalajara pq dejaban mas propinas... los de manza, casi nada!

Cuando vivia alli no podia trabajar y vivimos de esas propinas.

Tons, gracias a Ana y Daniel si fuera uno de ustedes que me compro mi chela y huachinango.

guenos dias banda loca del fuera de lugar

aqui llegando a la oficina, listo para ir el por coffee necesario de la mañana

vaya asi que andan enfermos..no me la vayan apegar q en 1 semana me voy a la playaaa

jajaja

saludos

a don?

quizas vayamos a mex en diciembre. espero ir a manzanillo. super calmado por ahi.

Daniel

p.d. a los newbies.

Mi marido es de Manzanillo! Te puedo dar recomendaciones si quieres. aaa... yo quiero ir tambien! Quizas el febrero que viene.

Crossed the border Sunday at the Detroit Tunnel.

Was reassured MULTIPLE TIMES by the incompetent dipshit who processed my visa (his first ever K visa processing! yay!) and by the senior guys there that the entry stamp (with expiration date) on my I-94 WAS the work authorization. Over and over when I asked over and over they said yes, you can work on this, it's the right stamp.

Now I'm struggling through my EI application and reading the EI thread it says the stamp is supposed to say 'authorized to work until ____' and while I have two stamps, one on the visa and one on the stapled I-94, they are identical stamps that state what day I entered and when the visa and I-94 expire.

So Customs swore up and down that this would allow me to work for the duration of my visa (aka 90 days) but I do not see anything that says 'authorized to WORK' and I am once again having a spaz.

Sunday was a day of hell thanks to the complications of going through Windsor instead of just flying straight from Toronto, and if I went through all this (which stressed me out enough to be having some fun reccurring medical problems that have me in extreme pain, and they won't go away until I'm not stressed anymore) for nothing my head is going to pop off.

Sorry to be so negative, but I did not appreciate being grilled for 1.5 hrs by a goddamn stupid ### who knew less about the visa process than I did ("You can cross the border as many times as you want before the 90 days expires, but if you try after the 90 days is up, you will self-deport." UH SAY WHAT?! ONE TIME VISA CROSSING, YOU #######!) and having him insult my fiance's reasons for messaging me online and state that TWO YEARS was not long enough to get married, and grill me on why I broke up with my last boyfriend-- I did NOT appreciate being treated that way. It was totally unncessary and unforgivably rude.

Someone please help me out with the stamp question?

When my husband and I crossed the border in 2004, the officer wouldn't even take our k-1 packet. I told him that he needed to and he was incredibly mean and told us to just cross over. Obviously that was wrong so we went back to the border 3 days later and then went through the proper process. They treated our case as though we had just crossed that day for the first time. It sounds like it wouldn't be very convenient for you to go back to the POE. That worked for us, but I lived only 1.5 hrs from the border. Otherwise, I'm not sure what can be done.

Another time when we crossed with my mother-in-law, an official told us that my mother-in-law's one entry visitor's visa was a multiple entry visa (It was sooo not and luckily we knew that). The airport officers seem to know a lot more that than the border officers.

I'm sorry they were so horrible to you.

Mountain of paperwork.....that's funny.

Not sure what it is like in other state's but Virginia is very very strict on the paperwork they require to get a driver's license, it took me a few months to get what they wanted together and then they would only give me one for a year. The lady at the DMV said they really tighted up after Sept 11. It is crazy, but I do understand it, just frustrating when the DMV is so busy to begin with lol.

At least they are a state that lets you hand over your old license and get a new one without having to do any testing.

Good luck getting your DL renewed without an EAD or Green Card. They will not accept receipts in the Northern VA area.

Hi... they did. My husband got his updated DL ( GOOD FOR 11 MONTHS) this morning. We were happy

That's great news. It's great when bureaucratic systems actually go our way.

Buenos Dias! Otro dia soleado aqui.

La lluvia regresara manana

Well I didn´t have a clue how useless the U.S. health insurance system is before I got here. Such a thing that happened to Chris and Gretchen would never happen to them in my country cuz there is no such a thing like being uncoverable. I feel for them In U.S. you can even have insurance for something and later on you can find out that specific thing you needed your insurance to cover has been removed from your health coverage by the insurance company. Just like that.

They obviously weren´t looking for your don´t have sex before marriage advice since they are married. They were looking for an insurance that would cover them and the pregnancy. Abortion isn´t a name of a health insurance plan at any company so that´s not an advice you should be giving either. Having a baby is a blessing and abortion isn´t an option for many people. When the parents don´t even consider something like that, you shouldn´t be even mentioning it. It pretty much shows what kind of a person you are.

Hopefully Chris and Gretchen will still be able to find some health insurance, that will cover them And Congratulations guys I know you are excited about having a baby together

Hi, we are still very excited to have a baby.

First alot of the insurance companies wouldnt insure Gretchen because she hadnt been in the USA for 11 of the last 12 months. Almost all did not offer ANY maternity icoverage. And i couldnt get it for me and her until we were married. She arrived in USA March 16th and we got married May 8th. we found out we were preggy about 4 days before we got married. I became self employed just last year and didnt have health insurance for the past year. I figured i would get it for us both as soon as we got married and even if i had it , it would have been an individual policy which means there is every loophole in the book for the insurance company to not cover anything. It seems group insurance is the way to go.

I have since learned that most just pay the pregnancy costs out of pocket so that is what we will do. i am told its $4000-$8000 for a normal pregnancy and up to $20,000 for a complicated one. There are two hopsitals that have cash programs to pay it and we will do one of them. I am hoping to get group insurance with my business in the next few months and then we will have insurance, but nothing will be covered on the pregnancy.

Chris

Make sure to apply for the discounted price, if the hospital offers one.

Also, I know it would be quite stressful, but you could take a part-time (20 hrs/wk) job at a place that offers insurance for part-time workers, like Starbucks. UPS does too, but that's quite a bit of heavy lifting. I know there are others out there. They would cover both you and your wife.

Another option is to look into a state program that covers pregnant woman, no matter their status. However, as you filed the Affidavit of support... that might only be worth it if you guys were really desperate and couldn't cover the private costs.

I hope her pregnancy will be smooth and easy. wishing you well.

My fiancee has been denied a visitor visa because she is divorced. Can she cross the border and get married in a texas town without a visa. She has a mexican passport. If so is it better to get married first and then file for a K-3 visa or just file the K-1 visa and wait.. Thanks for the help.. Terry

She wouldn't be able to cross without a visa. K-1 and K-3 both take time, but I don't know if one is quicker. You could search previous posts where people posed the same question: K-1 vs. K-3.

Even with the February memo things aren't super fast. We hit the 4 year waiting mark this past April 1st. Our case has been on an officer's desk in Seattle since March 14 and we haven't heard. We were told in late April that we would have a decision within 90 days. That message came through our Senator's office.

I think there may be further delays for those of us who applied for AOS through our local offices rather than through the Chicago lock box. I don't remember when that change was.

dunno... It's a world of waiting...

Carina,

Estare pensando en ustedes el Miercoles. Que bonito que ya les llegue la hora del matrimonio.

Abby,

Acabo de leer la experiencia que ustedes tuverion en la embajada. Que horriblemente les trataron. Gracias a Dios que todo salio bien. Es una de las experiencias que les hace mas fuerte como maridos. Esos momentos te ensenan la fuerza de su matrimonio.

Que planes tienen todos para el finde?

-heather

Hola compañeros de lucha:

yo sigo leyendoles a todos solo q a veces se me es imposible postear..

La verdad es q la imparcialidad q se detecta en Visa Journey,es demasiado evidente,tienes q ir con sus ideas para ganarte el respeto de esta gente y yo creo q ninguno de nosotros aca esta dispuesto a venderle el alma al diablo para caerle en gracia a la gente, la verdad es q a veces cansa el ver como algunos mienbros se llenan la boca hablando,criticandoy masacrando por doquier y nadie dice NADA.....esto esta lleno de bullies.... vi lo del papa Len y la verdad q si hubiera sido la tal nessa,la ambar o cualquiera de esas desocupadas o descerebradas te aseguro q nadie dice nada, preo fuiste tu una latina la q lo dijo y viene y te binca una moderadora,,injusto,,injusto,,,injusto,,, ya sabes q aqui y en otros foros eres querida y respetada asi que no te turbes, ya una vez lo propuse LEN PARA PRESIDENTE!!!!! tu opinion es valiosa Len asi como la de todos mi amigos de este foro...

Dios les bendiga

Su amiga

Abby

Gracias Abby y a toda la banda por sus palabras de apoyo. En verdad que si me sentí muy mal ayer - ser señalada en el foro como apestada, o como si fuera yo el pinche anticristo. Seguiré pensando qué hacer respecto de mi estancia en VJ.

Puedes seguir aqui con nosotros y dejar de platicar con esos cabrones por un rato. Aqui te respetamos. Solo tengo unos meses platicando contigo aqui, para ya se que eres una persona abierta a todo que ofrece el mundo. Eres muy buena persona y me da pena q te hacen sentir asi.

tu amiga, Heather

hola banda.. aqui medio mal y de malas.. aunque estoy agusto ahi en cemex, hay un chingo de gente a la q le vale madre si te corren o no, con tal de que ellos no queden mal (y no, no es mi jefa, es otro pinche vendedorsete, q ni siquiera es mi superior)... hoy me mandaron a mi casa y me 'suspendieron' por unos dias por un pequenio descuido que tuve, empezando ayer, no estan tolerando nada de errores, asi q basicamente me toco mala suerte de ser el primero, aunque se que hay gente que no me quiere trabajando ahi...

lo q mas me molesta es q basicamente no me puedo volver a equivocar, o simplemente estan esperando a q la riegue para correrme.. y la neta no me pone de buenas pensar que voy a regresar a un lugar donde tengo q estar cubriendome las espaldas, es buena paga, pero se que puedo encontrar chamba en otro lado, y no me gusta andar de lamebotas tampoco para que se les olvide o les 'caiga bien'..

Que malo! Lo siento que estes pasando por esto. No importa lo que te paguen si te tratan asi. Odio a las personas que abusen a lo demas pq tiene un poquito de poder. No es bueno para tu salud. Lo bueno de tener un trabajo es q es mas facil encontrar otro. Puedes usar esta "vacacion" para buscar otro?

de veras, lo siento mucho

We have a two party system. Libertarians always lose. Bob Barr is goofy. Ron Paul got no traction because alot of his ideas were unrealistic. So really I have a choice between two Socialists and a so-called Republican who espouses views I dont agree with. Having the right to vote doesnt mean we should exercise it irresponsibly. It looks like Obama will win. If that's what people want, we get what we deserve. At the end of his term, I predict we will be further in debt, the country wont be unified, the Palestinians will still be occupied, we will still be in Iraq, our standing internationally will further decline, the Iranians will take adavantage of perceived weakness. the energy crisis wont be remedied, social security and medicare fixes will be passed to future adminstrations and we will all be paying more taxes without having universal health care.

You forgot curing cancer too.

It was FDR's New Deal that turned this country around after the Great Depression. He started out not believing that government could help many of the problems of the Depression like Hoover but soon came to the conclusion that the government can and does have a stake in lives of its citizens.

Good point.

I have a few evangelical and non-evangelical Christians in my family (I see the distinction as those who believe in proselytizing the faith and those who do not). Although the evangelicals in my family are against abortion and opposed to gay marriage, they are much more focused on reducing poverty, protecting the environment and ensuring human rights for all people. There has been a schism in the evangelical movement as people coming up have challenged the historical narrowness of the focus. The movement, led by many young people, is turning to the AIDS crisis and to environmentalism. A great effort has been put into mitigating the international AIDS crisis by evangelicals as it effects millions of souls already living on this earth. Many evangelicals believe that we are endebted to the earth as a gift from God and are responsible for caring for it and for "all God's creatures." Isn't that what they teach in Sunday school, anyway?

I think there are a lot of people, like one of the previous posters, who feel stuck between two parties. Because although they see abortion as a moral issue, they also see caring for the poor and our environment as moral issues as well.

Hola diablilla y bienvenida,

Sí claro, el que le hayan mandano un RFE demora un poco más la aprobación de cualquier petición. Por eso es bueno estar seguro de todo antes de enviarlo. Pero tranquis que eso en cualquier momento se lo aprueban.

Diana

Mil gracias por su respuesta Mononoke, entonces a lo q me doy cuenta lo q me toca es esperar!

Bienvenida a "fuera del lugar". No te tengo una respuesta pq fue hace 4 anos que solicitamos el AOS, pero te mando suerte para el camino.

Pq compartimos una casa con otra pareja, ellos cuidan a los gatitos cuando viajamos. El problema es que se portan increiblemente mal los gatitos cuando no estamos para darles atencion. Nuestro Dieguito (el diablito) hace el bano en el lavabo de ellos... y si no guardo mis zapatos... orina encima de ellos tambien, para contarme lo enojado que esta.

Tan bonito regresar a la casa despues de un buen viaje con esas noticias...

Pero, lo bueno es que nuestros amigos no nos hechan la culpa. Saben que son animales.

Entonces cuidado mavi con quien dejas a tu gatito!

Diiiiiaaaaaantre!!!

Ojo que no permitas a tu Dieguito abrir un catbook allá en fb que se conecta con Gabriel (el mío) a enseñarle maldades!!! jajaja...

que imagen!

Pq compartimos una casa con otra pareja, ellos cuidan a los gatitos cuando viajamos. El problema es que se portan increiblemente mal los gatitos cuando no estamos para darles atencion. Nuestro Dieguito (el diablito) hace el bano en el lavabo de ellos... y si no guardo mis zapatos... orina encima de ellos tambien, para contarme lo enojado que esta.

Tan bonito regresar a la casa despues de un buen viaje con esas noticias...

Pero, lo bueno es que nuestros amigos no nos hechan la culpa. Saben que son animales.

Entonces cuidado mavi con quien dejas a tu gatito!

I called USCIS customer service last week and i spoke to this lady i told her my EAD has been pending and it's over 90days i haven't received any decision yet and she said she was going to put a service request for me and today i received this letter.

U.S Department of Homeland Security

National Benefits Center

P.O.box 648006

Lees Summit, MO 64002

US. Citizenship

and Immigration

Service

Wednesday, May 7,2008

Dear Applicant,

On 05/07/2008 you, or the designated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us atvthat time was the following :

Caller indicated they are: Applicant or Petitioner

Attorney Name: Information not available

Case type: I-765

Filling date: 02/08/2008

Receipt #: MSC-**-***-****

Beneficiary(if you filled for someone else): Information not available

Your USCIS Account Number(A-Number) A*********

Type of service requested : Non-Delivery of Employment Authorization Card.

This status of this service request is:

Based on your request we researched the status of this case. We are actively processing this case. However, we have to perform additional review on this case and this has caused a longer processing time. If you do not receive a decision or other notice of action from us within 6 months of this letter, please call customer service at the number below.

I already made infopass appointment for friday... Has anyone ever received anything like this please help USCIS is going to give me a heart attack

I definitely would go to the infopass. The officer in Seattle CIS told me that if my husband's card hadn't arrived by the 80th day, that we should make an infopass appt and request for it to be expedited.

good luck!