Saska+Tim

Most people, including me, would be fully agreeable towards prioritizing claims by people from Haiti whose lives have been ruined by the earthquake, no doubt,
even if it meant our own applications would be delayed.
Few people would agree to have their own applications delayed because people who clearly broke the law get priority, as is the case now.
Also, if I recollect correctly, about 30,000 people from Haiti claimed asylum in the US, though I could be wrong, a much smaller number than the 800,000 expected to file now.

Glad to see January is finally moving along. Here's hoping the rest of us will hear some good news soon!

Cekanju je dosao kraj....Viza nam je odobrena!!!!

Finally got a text ( no email) that card was ordered. 2+ months after interview I can finally breathe!

Just wanted to update everyone. We had an Infopass appointment today due to our interview date being more than 60 days ago and no updates. He asked us a couple of questions and requested the extension letter. I explained our situation,and he asked if we had had the interview "upstairs" in the same building. I said yes, and he checked his computer. He was kind of mumbling under his breath and read off his screen, "This case is in transit." He seemed confused by that, and I was worried that it meant our case had been sent back to USCIS Los Angeles or something. Then he clicked on another screen and said, "It looks like you are a 10-year green card holder. Congratulations!" He checked again, and said that yes, our case was approved 7 days ago and it is in transit to the facility that produces the green cards. I explained that we hadn't received anything in the mail (like an approval letter), and he said that is normal since it was just approved a short while ago. He said just wait for the green card in the mail in a little more than 2 weeks. I am cautiously excited and hopeful that he had the correct information. I know some people on VJ received an email from the card production facility once the card had been sent out. I heard they send them priority mail so that they can be tracked online. Hopefully by now our case has arrived there and card production will be ordered soon. The online status still says initial review and no touches since January 5th. I'm so appreciative of the officer being nice to us and answering our questions instead of just talking about normal processing times like all of the other people I have spoken with. Good luck to everyone else!! I will update my info once I have an actual approval date in hand.

NO!
I married for the love, not for the money. I had more money, great job, in my home country, than here, and left all that and my family and friends because I wanted him. And never was sorry for bringing that decision. Money wont buy you a happiness!

Do not delete emails and phone messages offering not to report him. You may need them if he files under VAWA and claim you abused him. You will need those messages to protect yourself.

Thank God!
Every illegal immigrant who is pregnant and about to jump over the fence carries a future American citizen. If you would write the laws, we would probably take down the fence then?

Um..what?
wow!
First of all, she does not get any special preferences, quicker processing, or special consideration. Her husband, her USC child, her current pregnancy, her husband's job, etc has absolutly ZERO bearing on this process. She can be 'sick' all day but unless she can prove with medical documentation that she MUST go to the US (thus qualify for an expedite) she will not be processed any faster.
Secondly while there is no 'waiting period' as you say, this process for her will still take months and the child will probably (more than likely actually) be born is Austrailia - to feed her anything else would be irresponsible. The OP needs to be well prepared for the length, stress, and difficulty of this process
OP - I wish you the best of luck but do not be fooled, you are in no better situation (based on what you've so far stated) than the rest of us
Good luck

how can 2 people get married without seeing eachother face 2 face, without a kiss, without holding hands at least once, when other couples spend thousands of dollars just for simple things like that? just wondering

You mean Swiss cheese border security, on top of which we reward all the lawbreakers with amnesty every 20 years or so?! As they say in South Philly, God forbit!

It's the petition approval that will not be granted. No visa has been or will be even applied for until a petition is approved. Petitions are not visa applications.

whatever one involves not lying. If your marriage is failing and you're considering divorce then file for divorce and ROC with a waiver.
If your relationship is still loving and healthy then joint.
Neither way is more or less risky if the marriage is/was legitimate and you have proof of such.

If it's at the point where you're pretending you've been kidnapped in order to get her attention....time to collect your pride and move on.

RUN don't walk. This has nothing to do with culture, nerves nothing. What is your Age difference, how long have you actully been to gether in person, how did you meet? If the relationship is bad in the honeymoon period odds are it will not get better over time!!

Sounds like you're spending way too much energy on a person that doesn't deserve it (or want it)

If she acted like that now, that it's like she doesn't care, whats the use of continuing the process, its a waste of time, give your time for someone whose worth for your love and attention.
Sorry to hear about your experience.

If she wanted and appreciated you then you would never have to chase her... She would be available to you always. Give up and go home. Take all your papers with you.

Such proposals are stupid.
If you do not allow the purchase of sweets with EBT cards, people will buy something else with EBT cards and buy sweets with the money they saved buying something else with EBT cards. They still have the same total combined "currency" to spend, you have not taken money "away" just told them which currency they can use for what. Why on earth would anyone suggest such BS?
The problem is that we hand out welfare without implementing a method to end the need for welfare. You want food stamps? Fine, you will have them. You will also go to school or you will not get food satmps or other welfare.
We should help people and we should help them not to need help.
We also need to limit the welfare funds that can be received in aggregate. One of the problems we have is that the welfare lifestyle is better than the people living it could ever possibly do on their own with their own skills and education.
REQUIRING that people work (even minimum wage jobs) in addition to going to school, will assure they have a PATH out of welfare in both work experience and education. We should pay for both the education and the child care if needed so they can work.
This is not a cheap and easy solution. It is far less expensive than doing what we do now.
So you provide something else and they buy cheesecake with the money they saved on the stuff YOU bought. How does this make any difference?
The problem is not cheesecake.

IT is really heartbreaking.... Gay people love as hetero people and I personally think they should have the same rights....
This is really sad..... really sad... at least for hetero couple, no matter what, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, not for them.... Sad sad sad!!!
:cry: :crying: :(

Towards the end of my first marriage my wife was communicating with a ale co-worker behind my back. This was before everyone had cell phones so she was using the home phone.
If I answered when he called he would just hang-up. Once I hit *69 and called him back, he was freaked-out to say the least.
I confronted her and explained that I have no problem with her having male friends but if they are just in it for friendship then they'll respect me as her husband by introducing them-self to me. He never did...
To be honest, our marriage was already on the rocks but I was trying to see if it was salvageable at that time. Just a few weeks later she disappeared for 3 days (yep my daughters and I had no idea where she was and she almost lost her job for no shows). Turns out she was with him! Ended up in bed and everything. At that point I figured they did me a favor because that was when I knew there was no going back.
If you want to get to the bottom if it, either contact her directly or tell him to contact her and invite her to the house for dinner. If she's just a friend that won't be a problem but if there's more you'll pick it up in their body language when in the same room.

Well, I think men and women CAN be friends. Most of my friends are men actually.
But when you lie to your spouse about someone and hide to contact them, then it can definitely not be defined as friendship.

Every time I read your OP here one thing really bothers me...
There is a whole lot of HER THIS, HER THAT, ME THIS, ME THAT. I've read a few of your other posts and get the same thing...
Where is the US or WE?
In another thread you flippantly commented about using the "Paint job for your hood" money to pay DHL Fees, that in itself is nothing but taken in the larger context of your other posts (including this one) something is becoming very clear:
There is a disconnect between you and her.
If you want to fix things then fix that disconnect.
Some things I thought were odd (take no offense because I'm not judging, just commenting):
You have a Filipina ex-wife but seem to not understand Filipino culture very much.
Why would you leave a Sprint Phone that isn't activated with her? What use could it be to her, all phones in the Philippines are GSM (SIM) based.
In your thread about the FedEx shipment (went with DHL, good choice BTW), I already mentioned the money comment but there was a lot in there that just seemed like you hadn't given a lot of thought to what & why you're sending stuff to her.
For example:
The only documents you need to send her hard copies of are things like Divorce Decree, Affidavit of Support and supporting evidence that requires signatures or official seals/stamps.
Images, chat logs, etc can be printed by her for pennies on the dollar at any "Computer Shop".
This is a process that both parties should be invested in, if not then it will be 100 times more difficult than it needs to be.

Who is this 'lady' you keep referring to? A lawyer? A friend? A neighbor?
Also, you can see why you got denied, right? I'm going to spell it out. Or rather, type in short sentences.
You were married to his brother. For three years. Didn't disclose it. Either to your current husband. Or the US government, for that matter. Both, VERY bad ideas. Interview day, husband discovers your previous marriage. To his brother. That he had no bleeping idea about. You want the immigration CO to believe this is a bona-fide marriage. REALLY?
You've made a grand old mess and unfortunately the USCIS doesn't look too kindly upon the "young, drunk and/or stupid" excuse. That said, I do wish you the best in reuniting with your husband. Good luck and keep us posted.