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Hi you guys. I need your help on how to renew my 2 yrs greencard. Can anybody help me the step by step on renewing my green card. Thanks I really appreiciate it.

Your Passport is all you'll need, unless the country you are visiting requires you to have a VISA. Then you'd need that as well. You need the Green card for re-entry to the US, not to leave the US. Your travels have nothing to do with Citizenship in the future and will not affect the process.

You mean my Philippine Passport? Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it. :-)

Hi Guys :-)

I have a question. Me and my husband are planing to go on a cruise vacation. I already have my green card. what papers do i need to travel out of the US? will this affect my application for citizenship in the future?

Thanks all.

My husband hired a lawyer coz he wants to make sure that everything will be smooth and fast that's before we found this website. Luckily our lawyer.. she is so organize and took good care of our case and it was a package deal from k1 to AOS paid (2500). we never had problems. But obviously VISA JOURNEY can save you money.

I never recieved any support from my fiance( husband now) not even a single cent. He only send me money for my medical, visa and plane ticket.

Evelyn

Sorry to hear that, Too bad he didn't feel the need to help out his future wife.

What are you sorry about it? I'm a grown up woman and I made my own money before. Now that I'm here he give everything I need and he does support my family back home too out of his generosity. I don't need to work myself as an RN here. And I also remember he doesn't need to smuggle louis vuitton stuff (Fake One) back here when he visit me to sell here and make extra money to support me back home.

I'm glad you don't need to work yourself as RN here

I'am glad you are a grown up woman and made your own money before

I am also glad now that you are here, he give everything you need

Congrats on not having to smuggle LV (fake One) back to USA to support you when you were back at home

Oh thank you that you are glad about it. And yeah it's really funny that someone like you claiming to be rich and doesn't use coupons smuggled fake stuff from PI to bring over here...lets see if you remember this

QUOTE (tallcoolone @ Jul 12 2008, 10:33 PM)

My last trip. I brought back 12 Rolex (Fake of Course) but good quality for the price. You can buy (2) Mans/Woman from 300 to 500 pesos for two.

I had 2 Coach Purses, For some reason Coach is very popular in USA.

I bought Louis Vuitton Rolling Luggage and packed my clothes in and left my old Luggage in PI.

I had about 10 Louis Vuitton wallets/Check covers and Some Izod small purses.

Another good thing to bring back is DVD, YOu can buy a single DVD with 25 movies on it for 150 pesos. They play fine on US DVD.

HAHAHA that's funny

I've had fake LV's too that my friends bought me from Korea they are quite pricey too 150 usd- 200usd, you really can't tell the difference from the Original unless you are an expert but I didn't brought it here just to show off I don't wanna fool people as if I am RICH and besides I don't wanna risk bringing fake items here it might cause trouble at the POE.

But there are LV's coach's etc etc that are really cheap looking becoz they are made of poor materials .

This is not a bash anyone thread.. It is a genuine question if missing something in the culture. I am embarrassed to even ask this.

I give my fiancée 300 american dollars for support each month. It is never enough though. I realize 300 a month is not a great deal, but should be enough to live on or am I way off here? It is starting to really hurt our relationship at this point because within 15 days she has gone through the 300 this month, and asking for more even though have asked her to budget money since I am sadly not a rich man. Would someone please illuminate the situation?

ConfuseDone.....

I have gone trough the same and then I recalled an old saying;

Give them a fish and feed them for one day....teach them how to fish and they feed themselves for a lifetime.....

After talking it over, any money i have sent was to be used ONLY and ONLY start and expand a very small bussiness....

While there were some false starts and training and adjustment along the way, now it is self sufficient and very little handouts or acceptance of any handouts....

I am sorry to say but some and I say some....not all.....have problems handling money or budget.....so some training is required.

Best Wishes...

well said! i use to send my fiance ~$150/mo just so she could be comfortable, as she still lived with her parents. she wasnt working, but was looking for a job. so ~8months ago, i sent her the capital to start a Sari-sari store.. costed me $800 smackers... anyway, she's been making a killing since... she nets approximately 40-45 thousand pesos monthly, and will have a 'lil business to leave to her family when she comes here. haven't been sending her any money. and she's already saved up enough money for her medical exam, fees, and plane ticket to the US! now that's teaching to fish!! ;p cheers!

There you go....you see there are SUCCESS stories after all (not just mine!!)....

Don't you buy that #######, bubba. $800 capital to net $900 a month? Sounds like a fisherman catchin' an anchovy and tellin' everybody that it's a 50 pound albacore. Well, I'll shut my mouth!

It's impossible to have a net income like that from a sari-sari store I agree. Maybe it's a money lending business?

5'6??? business hehehe IMPOSSIBLE for a sari sari Store.

This is not a bash anyone thread.. It is a genuine question if missing something in the culture. I am embarrassed to even ask this.

I give my fiancée 300 american dollars for support each month. It is never enough though. I realize 300 a month is not a great deal, but should be enough to live on or am I way off here? It is starting to really hurt our relationship at this point because within 15 days she has gone through the 300 this month, and asking for more even though have asked her to budget money since I am sadly not a rich man. Would someone please illuminate the situation? :crying: :crying:

ConfuseDone.....

I have gone trough the same and then I recalled an old saying;

Give them a fish and feed them for one day....teach them how to fish and they feed themselves for a lifetime.....

After talking it over, any money i have sent was to be used ONLY and ONLY start and expand a very small bussiness....

While there were some false starts and training and adjustment along the way, now it is self sufficient and very little handouts or acceptance of any handouts....

I am sorry to say but some and I say some....not all.....have problems handling money or budget.....so some training is required.

Best Wishes...

well said! i use to send my fiance ~$150/mo just so she could be comfortable, as she still lived with her parents. she wasnt working, but was looking for a job. so ~8months ago, i sent her the capital to start a Sari-sari store.. costed me $800 smackers... anyway, she's been making a killing since... she nets approximately 40-45 thousand pesos monthly, and will have a 'lil business to leave to her family when she comes here. haven't been sending her any money. and she's already saved up enough money for her medical exam, fees, and plane ticket to the US! now that's teaching to fish!! ;p cheers!

Sari-Sari Store?? and earning the NET INCOME of 45,000 pesososesssssssssssss???? SERIOUSLY??? that's way too much!

This is not a bash anyone thread.. It is a genuine question if missing something in the culture. I am embarrassed to even ask this.

I give my fiancée 300 american dollars for support each month. It is never enough though. I realize 300 a month is not a great deal, but should be enough to live on or am I way off here? It is starting to really hurt our relationship at this point because within 15 days she has gone through the 300 this month, and asking for more even though have asked her to budget money since I am sadly not a rich man. Would someone please illuminate the situation? :crying: :crying:

Wow she's a high maintenance PINAY what the heck... for the crying out loud! Is she not working? 300 dollars is too much. And she is asking you for more money support? Oh boy you have been FOOLED!!!!

OBVIOUSLY SHE IS ONLY AFTER YOU FOR THE MIGHTY DOLLAR. YOU got yourself in trouble. A true Pinay at heart don't ask for money. SHE IS MAKAPAL ANG MUKHA tell her that!

Use Vonage or magic jack.

Me and my husband are playing farm town.

My life here in the US is amazing...I'm happy That I married Robert he is best person I've known, his family is so loving..His parents are the best, his sis is one of a kind. We are sorrounded by nice people ..we live in a nice subdivision in Amery very peaceful and quite. I'm just lovin it. Here the pics of my friends and family here :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! More Blessings and Good Health :-)

its not your problem anymore i guess because youve done your part, being here in usa is hard because life here is different from the life in pi...its just normal for your wife to miss everything in the pi but for me i wouldnt bother so much my husband of doing everything just to make me happy and not be sad because of missing pi coz i chose to be with my husband here in usa. though my husband is also doing something just to make me happy...i mean if your wife is too sad everyday then she should have not married a foreigner...hehehehehe...little things can make a person happy if he or she chooses to be happy but if that person chooses to be sad then its her problem. theres a lot things to do...clean the house, try gardening, try to go to school or try to have pets etc etc...anyway just relax its just part of adjusting life in usa. God bless you.

Very well said! Tama talaga lahat sinabi mo

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!

It's normal to get bored but you have so many options..you have to choose "to bore yourself or to get busy" During my first few months here I never get bored coz I want it that way I love my hubby so much that my world revolved around him and besides after all the pressures and stressed of being far away from each other getting bored can be set aside. But lately I got bored I need friends I need to interact with more people so I make new friends here , they invited me to a party once and since then we became friends they introduced to me to other people so now I have friends. They are not Filipinas though but still they are friends and they are good for my sanity. We are living in a small town with no FILIPINOS in the AREA it's just a matter of knowing and introducing yourself to people.

It's getting warmer now.. so their are so many things to do. You can make your lawn beautiful, make a garden, plants flowers or whatever you want to do..go for a bicycle ride, go for a walk know the place get used to it. My hubby's working 12 hours a day and I don't drive yet , I'm not working either so my goodness getting bored is a choice. I lived and work in manila for several years I know what the city life is. On your spare time take here out to the city or to different places go watch a movie ,shop til you drop or redecorate your house. If she still get bored .... Perhaps she doesn't love you that much..she is selfish and not considerate with all the hardships and long process you went through just to be together again instead she whine and complain of being BORED!!!! If she gets bored in the summer time how much more in the winter..GEEZZ baka kalbuhin nya buhok nya!!!

okiee so my husband has an interview june 23rd @ 8am so my question is if u have too much evidence is it a red flag to the person interviewing??? or thats a good thing???

I think that is a good thing. In our case we only have few evidences :-) as long as your relationship is genuine their is nothing to worry about. Good luck :-)

Before I went to bed last night, I decided to take a bite of two pieces of Ritz crackers. Mr Bill wasn't pleased about it. He threatened to divorce me. Sigh! What will I do?

lol seriously??? i hope ur just kidding...

my hubby eats cookies in bed and even cereal and ice cream and more... sometimes he makes a mess, but i also do the same. so its not a big deal for us... though cookies can be a pain coz of its crumbles and you can feel the texture while you're sleeping

We already kissed and make up. No more eating crackers in bed. You're lucky your husband doesn't mind you eating something in bed. Mr Bill is a bit fastidious and he doesn't want any food in bed.

My next question is are there really some people who do not want any cookie crumbles in the bedroom?

Before I went to bed last night, I decided to take a bite of two pieces of Ritz crackers. Mr Bill wasn't pleased about it. He threatened to divorce me. Sigh! What will I do?

no eating in bed

Yup, no more eating in bed.

Who wants a cookie crumble in their bedrooms? especially in bed itself? Isn't it nasty that while you are sleeping you can feel crumbles of crackers on your skin... that's kinda gross!!

Before I went to bed last night, I decided to take a bite of two pieces of Ritz crackers. Mr Bill wasn't pleased about it. He threatened to divorce me. Sigh! What will I do?

you gotta be kidding us!! Me and my hubby eats in our bed but we make sure we don't make a mess. But my husband is such a clean freak...He is like MONK(Monk Tv show) but goodness threatened you for a divorce is beyond imagination. It sounds funny though!!

Her = Matagob, Leyte

Him = Originally from Minnesota, but reside in Wisconsin now

We are in amery Wisconsin now but I am from Bacolod City, Philippines.

if you don't get that birthday fixed, 16 and 17 is kinda too young to marry, don't you think? in the states, she would still be in high school, probably 10th or 11th grade?

I don't think this is relevant to the OP's question.

I agree!

That kind of girl is a cetified gold digger, social climber son of a beyotch . I don't think you need advice ..just simply use your coconut shell. For crying out loud...it's obvious!!

If things didn't go her way she would throw a fit. And if I tried to talk to her and explain why things couldn't be done, I would get slapped. She would always say that we lived near my family but hers were so far away. But I have full custody of my 10 year old daughter, and not go to far away from her mother due to visitation rights. And she knew all about that from day 1 in 2004.

Please, no offense here..just an opinion but true to SOME.

This has been a common problem to some of relationship. Age gap, when the man is more mature and the wife is so immature and can't handle tough situations (most young women look for refuge and would sometimes think of the present bad situation and not care for the future or their responsibilities as married woman). Divorced husband with kid/s and hooked with responsibilities with ex wife, seems very tough for young women or to any woman to handle. Jealousy is always the common cause of argument for most husband and wife even if the woman will tell you "it's ok that u have a kid or it's ok that you will visit your daughter, or it's ok that you text or call your ex wife for the sake of your kid/s" BUT it is NOT TOTALLY OKAY! bad feelings could be acccumulated and will burst badly that could lead to extreme and very dangerous relationship crisis.

Allen, I hope you could solve this problem. If you love her, take a step like showing that love of yours.Try to win her heart again. I should say, give some time for this like sending her flowers, etc. BUT if this wont work, then you have to decide for divorce. It's a tough situation but maybe she is so young for you or maybe she is not for you. To protect yourself, you have to cancel any immigration papers. Do every step legally, like, court hearing if you both should pursue your marriage or decide to divorce.... I still hope things will work out and hope that she is not using you for her own welfare. Ask God's wisdom so that you can handle things alright.

Oh please!!!!! Don't bother to make it work or the please that woman if you don't wanna get fooled again.

It's unfortunate but really you need to send her back. Teach her a lesson. Drag her to the airport..kick her #### and leave her on the sidewalk crying.. Just kidding ;-)

It's very sad ..but it sounds like you were used.

She's A BEE OTCH.!! Withdraw your support right now. It's obvious that she used you for the MIGHTY GREEN CARD!! For pete sake you deserve someone better. Talk to your lawyer and stop the AOS process and send the girl back home where she belongs. I am a filipina and I hate that those kind of people are giving us bad reputation. True loving Filipina's are not like that believe me.