Richard90027
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Hi fellow VJyer's,
Need information about this one... Been browsing for DE CS but mostly will charge $400. It's just too much. Anybody who had been to a "cheap" civil surgeon (and cheap vaccinations) here in Delaware or maybe somewhere in Maryland????? (or any close states to DE)
That is really high, My wife got her Vaccines at my HMO and for the Civil Surgeon to update the Vaccine record was $70.00. Sounds like you are getting the whole medical exam done.
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Your words not mine. There are non-religious terrorists out there and a small number of violent non-Muslim faiths but their numbers pale by comparison.
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I'm far from high maintenance.
I dont wear make up, wear expensive clothes or eat expensive food. Hell, I dont even brush my hair alot of days
Please don't bother posting a picture!
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Hello. I have a question for folks living or who have lived in the Philippines. Does the post office there close from Dec 24 until Jan 5? I wonder if this is a country wide thing or just a province thing? Anyone know? Thank you.
They do open most of those days but they are too busy stealing packages to make any deliveries!!
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I know to avoid USPS and Phil Post...but what would be the more reliable choice...UPS/Delbros, FedEx/Air 21 or DHL? I don't have a DHL in the town I live in so I'd have to drive an hour and a half to go to one...so I'd probably want to choose between FedEx or UPS.
We have used Fedex. Cost $50.00 for three sheets of papaer
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Chrome is notoriously buggy. It's nice to play with, but not an everyday browser yet.
I use chrome on my windows and Linux machines and have no problems at all. Must be you that is Buggy
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Where do you rank as a taxpayer? You may not feel rich earning $35,000 a year, but you're in the top half of taxpayers. Make $70,000 and you earn more than 75 percent of fellow taxpayers.
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/artic...ary_negotiation
1% of us pay 40% of the taxes? seems like we are telling USC's that it is good to not make money and bad to succeed.... I wonder where VJ'ers fit into the breakdown....
Before the end of this presidential term it will be a lot worse.
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yay! we're eligible for the waiver!
my fiance got in line at 8am and was done at 3pm.
they asked him questions about how often he talks to me, the names of my parents, and about him crossing illegal...and the lady didn't believe him about him just walking across the border. she said she lives on the border and nobody can ever just walk across with no questions...but he did! lol...
anyway, we will call after going back to my fiances parents and make the waiver appointment
woooohoooooo!one question though:
they didn't keep my I-134 form, but they kept copies of my taxes and letter from my bank. why?? i did have three additional sponsors and they took all of that information...should i worry about them not having my I-134 form??
Anyone that comes here illegally should be banned for life!!!
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What's the hurry to go to Russia? If she waited this long, why can't she wait one or two more months?
I have done everything on time so far, and I already told my wife that she's not going outside the USA with a piece of paper (AP). Instead, she MUST wait for her GC. She agreed!
I thought you had not yet filed you AOS
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how unamerican to bash the president
Actually it's very American! Been happening for forever
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God that's all we need is the right wing loonies going even more loony than they already are spurred on by the idiots at Fox talking out their ####### holes. If those people at fox had any brains or intelligence they'd be really dangerous. Best thing for it, shut down fox and put something decent on TV lol!
Shut down Fox and completely lose your freedom. Its an extreme left winger that would want to shut down any media!!!!
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I don't know if this is the right sub-forum to post it, but I'll try.
Shortly (if all goes well at the POE
) I will life with my wife in El Paso, TX. I read that I can use my German driver's license for half a year and then have to have a Texan driver's license.
Does anyone know if I have to do it all over again or if I can simply show my German driver's license at the DMV and get the Texan one?
You will have to apply and Test..
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I posted this question in another thread, but I think that thread was misplaced. I think (hope) this is the right forum...
My question is about the standard customs form you have to fill out when entering the US. In particular what about no. 15?
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel...e_cbp_decla.pdf
Normally a visitor will not LEAVE items in the US, so normally it is $0. But they're really only visitors until they become residents, which is the only reason why things are remaining in the US at all. (And you know, laptops are more than $100.)
So what's the question????
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What was the nature of the fraud??
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has anyone else's sweety experienced allergic welts for the first couple of weeks when she first got here,on her forum,they even show pictures of this allergy they get........is it nerves.....or something else????????
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But the DVD's from US won't work on DVD players in the Phils. It's a regional restriction to prevent piracy.
DVD's created on a PC do not have country/regional codes, I have copied many of my DVD movies and sent to the Philippines and they work fine. Im sure the wedding DVD was created on a pc...
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Any federal Workers in the house?
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Federal Employees at the Trough
By Paul B. Matthews
Last week, USA Today reported that nearly one in five federal government employees now earn over $100,000. The paper also reported the average federal salary rose to $71,260, almost $31,000 more than the comparative average private-sector wage.
Within the Department of Defense, over 10,000 employees (as of June 2009) now earn at least $150,000 per year, a 5½-fold increase in the number of employees eclipsing this salary threshold from just eighteen months ago.
At the same time as federal employee salaries have been soaring, total private sector earnings have steadily declined as the unemployment rate escalates (now at 10%) and the average workweek declines. In fact, in November, private-sector employees worked an average of just 33.2 hours, slightly above the all-time low set in October (33.0 hours) and well below the forty hours guaranteed to federal employees. Simultaneously, average private sector hourly earnings totaled $18.74 per hour, significantly below the implied hourly wage rates ($34.25 per hour) paid to the average federal employee.
However, simply analyzing the growth in total paid compensation fails to capture the true explosion in benefits paid to federal workers.
For example, government employees almost never work on weekends. And if a federal employee does work on Sunday, he becomes eligible for Sunday Premium Pay. Federal employees are also entitled to compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay, a benefit few private sector firms are able to offer.
Paid time off for federal employees is also extremely generous. Employees with less than three years' tenure earn twelve paid days off per year. For service between three and fifteen years, workers are guaranteed eighteen days off with pay. And when an employee reaches fifteen years of service, this benefit grows to twenty-four days.
Federal employees are also guaranteed ten federal holidays with pay.
With all this time off, some government workers might be hard-pressed to use actually use it. No worries -- federal workers have a very liberal carryover policy: thirty days for all employees. However, if you get stationed overseas, this policy expands to forty-five days. And if you become classified as a "Senior Executive Service," a "Senior-Level" [employee], or a "Scientific or Professional Employee," the policy expands to ninety days.
Naturally, at retirement, or if an employee decides to leave government service, any unused time is compensated for with cash -- a lump-sum payout that could easily amount to between $6,000 and $17,800 based on the "average" federal salary figure. For senior-level employees who earn the highest pay levels, such payouts could easily total $30,000 and might even exceed $50,000, thereby eclipsing the average annual salary of an American in the private sector.
The benefits continue. On top of paid time off, federal employees are also eligible for half a day of sick time per biweekly pay period. Thus, in a 52-week year, each full-time employee may accrue 13 days of sick time. There are also no limits on the amount of sick leave an employee may accumulate. Moreover, when an employee retires, any unused sick pay is added to the calculation of the employee's retirement annuity, thereby increasing the value of the annuity payouts received by federal employees during retirement.
And yet there is still more. As part of the Student Loan Repayment Program, a benefit enacted by Congress in 2007, all federal government employees are eligible for up to $10,000 per year in student loan forgiveness, a benefit capped at $60,000 per individual. (This benefit requires ten years of government service.)
Health care benefits provided to federal employees are also quite extensive and lucrative. Notably, there are a minimum of nine national pay-for-service health care plans from which an employee may select. To supplement these nine national plans, there are a number of additional agency-specific plans as well as state-specific HMO, HDHP, or CDHP plans that are also employee options.
On top of basic health care insurance plans offered to its employees, the federal government also provides a full range of vision and dental care plans. Of course, all of these insurance programs are heavily subsidized (up to 50% of the total cost for a family policy) by the U.S. taxpayer.
Finally, the federal government even provides a subsidized life insurance to its employees. Under this program, employees pay only two-thirds of the monthly insurance premium while the U.S. taxpayer covers the rest.
On top of all these incentives, Congress has recently decided to expand the handouts. While consumer prices have steadily declined throughout 2009 (the annual CPI rate fell 0.2% through October), the U.S. Congress just passed legislation that would provide an across-the -board 2% pay raise for all federal employees. As such, federal employees will soon receive a 2.2% real pay increase as private sector wages remain stagnant or fall.
Currently, the U.S. Office of Personal Management estimates that there are just over 4.2 million federal employees. Thus, based on the average salary figures reported by USA Today, total wages paid to all federal employees now total nearly $300 billion per year, or about $1,000 for every man, women, and child in the United States. Add to this figure the costs of insurance, paid time off, and retirement benefits (which have not even been quantified here), and the total federal outlay to "pay" federal employees soars by billions more.
Simply stated, this trend cannot be sustained.
With last year's U.S. federal deficit of more than $1.4 trillion, it will become increasingly difficult to reduce the government's level of red ink, particularly if the federal government continues to expand. However, it now seems quite obvious that the government employment will continue to expand, especially under a nationalized health care system or once Obama's new Consumer Financial Protection Agency officially becomes part of the government Leviathan.
Americans and the media remain almost uniformly against the large bonuses being paid to Wall Street bankers -- even though these bonuses must come from the (albeit subsidized) revenues generated by these firms. Given what has been going on in the public sector, perhaps it's about time for Americans to refocus their anger on the public bureaucrats who feed daily at the trough of the tax dollars generated by their indentured servitude in the private sector.
$70,000.00 is about middle income now days isn't it, or at least it is in California
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But if you think about it, if a petitioner can barely afford the application fee and AOS, he or she REALLY needs to take a hard look at if he can afford to petition his foreign bride (or groom) at this time. I say $10K cash in bank is needed on the day the beneficiary touches US soil. Otherwise poverty moves in, and love moves out. [i] Peace and Happy Holidays[/i].
Merry Christmas!!!
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TFC
in Philippines
why pay for TFC if you can watch in online.I watch ABS CBN and GMA program Live Streaming at this site. Watch Philippine programs Live Streaming
Just install the silverlight so the video would play. It has different channels to choose from, and you can also watch some previous episode of your fave program.
While wowowee is airing in the Philippines, you can watch it too here in the US.
:thumbs: Because i'd rather watch on big screen rather than sitting in front of PC
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I'm just wondering if records of my sending regular money to my fiancee is a good or bad thing to be seen during the interview in Manila.
I thought maybe this wasn't a good idea because maybe some interviewer might be suspicious if my relationship was based on money.
On the other hand sending some regular money monthly may show that I have the ability to support my future wife and am serious about the relationship.
Besides it would help my girl.
Thanks for helpful comments from those that have done the interview already.
During the whole process I sent $100.00 per week plus three visits to see her. I think it showed that I was serious about the relationship and she had no problems during the interview.
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Ive never watched Wowee even when I was still in the Philippines, its a nonsense show and you really dont learn anything from it.
Just an honest opinion.
You don't learn anything by replying to threads like this either, but here you are
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The show attracts viewers by showing half naked women.
. I'd rather watch Seinfeld all over again, and again and again. Willie has a bunch of hot models on the show right nowSome nice Eye Candy..............
Yes they sure did attract me. The half naked girls are really beautiful... WOWOWEE!!!!!!
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Looks like my wifes body!
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TFC
in Philippines
Those who have TFC, how much does it run monthly, and how do you go about ordering it. I understand that both Dish Network and DirecTV carry it. My cable company is a very small, local outfit, so I'm sure I'll have to switch to satellite in order to get it.Time Warner cable charges $12.95 in Los Angeles
Those who have TFC, how much does it run monthly, and how do you go about ordering it. I understand that both Dish Network and DirecTV carry it. My cable company is a very small, local outfit, so I'm sure I'll have to switch to satellite in order to get it.Time Warner cable charges $12.95 in Los Angeles
Ted Nugent: "Mao Tse Tung lives and his name is Barack Hussein Obama"
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TED NUGENT is a real Patriot, Great Guy