Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	Love Mari!! Keepin in touch with my fellow Decemberites...Lena's repeat medical was a success and we are ready for the interview in Kiev. Upon calling yesterday, dates are full for May but there are usually cancellations so I will be calling everyday to try to get her squeezed-in for a late May spot. I wish all of those still patiently waiting for their NOA-2 to hang-in! It'll come soon! Congrats to those who recently received the good news. Igor and Lena	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-05-12 04:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	Tita Mari Ouch! For real I do have a steep neck right now I felt you stepping on my neck LOL.. Don't worry you'll get there and I am continue praying for you and everyone here so we can all get through Visa thing smoothly! What is the Flip seminar? Exactly what I'm worried about now is the medical exam... All the best for you and K. All the best for everyone on this thread! Ning Lena decided to go last Monday for her medical exam in Kiev, Ukraine and because the doctor questioned something on her chest x-ray, she is now required to take a 6 hour train ride back next Monday for 3 daily sputum tests at 50 USD each test. We pray all will go well and then pursue the interview. Keep her in your thoughts Decemberites and thanks. Igor	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-04-27 15:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	CONGRATULATIONS NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Updated 4.13.2011 VSC: CSC: Edited by Lena and Igor, 25 April 2011 - 01:09 PM.	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-04-25 13:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	We received our NOA-2 today by text, email and hard copy. 122 days! Yippie! Congrats Mari and Kadir! The rest will follow soon. Lena and Igor	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-04-18 18:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	Good Morning fellow December filers: Awesome Job with the recipe posts!!!!! What a pleasant surprise coming on the site this morning, we had 4 new recipes to add to our VJ International December Family Cookbook!!!! Our VJ December filer family cookbook is well on its way to becoming a very unique interesting keepsake! Below is a recap of those who have contributed to date: Derek & Callie (Australia); Michael & Lise (Canada) Alex & Joan (Dominic Republic); Sean & Sonoko (Japan) Nikolacoldada (Mexico); kristen_maroc (Morocco) Gsummit (Nigeria); Marcia & Danny (Poland) Swissmiss2 (Switzerland); Mari & Kadir (Turkey) Turano_Family (Ukraine); Gyselle (Singapore) Mochamich (Haiti); Inna & Stass (Israel) Lena & Igor (Ukraine); Crazy_for_Iza (Armenia) Wendie and Sam (United Kingdom) Let’s all encourage members from the countries below to contribute! We would love to have contributions from the following countries: Albania; Argentina; Brazil; China, Columbia;; England; Germany; Guyana; Ghana; Guatemala; Honduras; India; Ireland; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Macedonia; New Zealand; Peru; Philippines; Russia; South Africa; Taiwan; Thailand; United Arab Emirates; Venezuela I will update the contributor list next Monday, have a wonderful week everyone! And America too!	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-04-04 09:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	To be honest, Lena's borscht in the Ukraine was much better than mine. It's a 7 hour time difference and you know that Skyping is definitely not the same as cooking together in real life. But, thank God for Skype! Marriage...within 2-3 weeks of her arrival in Detroit. Can I really plan? I hope it will be in July when my daughter comes home to visit from Maui to be at our wedding. Here's the recipe (from Lena). Ukrainian Borscht PREP: 1 whole chicken or meat of your preference 3-4 potatos peeled and cut in small pieces 2 carrots - diced 1-2 small beets - peeled, cut and slivered 1 onion - cut and sliced thin 1 cabbage (small) - cut and slivered thin parseley 1/4 cup 2 cloves of garlic 2 Tbs tomato paste 1 cup tomato juice salt pepper Cut and boil chicken in a large pot of water - fill pot halfway with water (may substitute with meat) Decrease heat to medium, cover slightly and simmer for 30 minutes Add beets - increase heat to medium until beets are nearly cooked through Add carrots Add potatos Saute onions in oil until clear, add tomato paste and tomato juice (mix well) When potatos are nearly cooked through, add onion, paste and juice to pot Add 5 cups of water to pot Add cabbage (maybe 3 cups) - continue with medium heat and slightly covered mince garlic and add to pot add salt and pepper to taste Turn off heat when cabbage is cooked through Add chicken or meat (cut into small pieces) Let the pot rest for 15 minutes It's done and it is truly delicious! Don't forget to add a dollup of sour cream in the center of your bowl of borscht. Take my word and my son's word for it! Enjoy Now, about the challenge...we'll see...	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-04-03 12:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	Nice of you to keep up with us. My SO walked me through "making borsht" last night via Skype. Her English is intermediate and my cooking skills have much to be desired. The borsht was great. My son had two bowls, me too. This dish is Ukrainian. Makes me miss her more! Hoping for good news soon, for all of us.	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-04-03 05:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	Thanks for adding us to the group. We are biding our time and gathering docs for Lena's interview in Ukraine. We wish our fellow December filers God speed! So well worth the wait. Wish I had more patience though. I miss her borscht:-) Igor	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-03-05 20:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December Filers	Yeah you made it!!!! LOL... wonderful. Hey if you have friends that are also Dec K1 2010 filers, please invite them to join us! The more the merrier. Mari Mari if it's no trouble, please add us to the timeline. We too are December petition filers. Thanks Igor	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-02-25 13:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1	Congratulations!	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-06-29 10:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Boarding plane in a few hours!!!!	Congrats and fly safe. My SO flies on Monday. Ukraine - Frankfurt - Detroit.	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-07-09 17:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K-1 Approved!	Congratulations! You will be together soon.	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-08-08 05:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K-1 Visa Approved	Congratulations! Wishing Oksana a safe journey to the good old USA!	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2012-01-10 08:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Approved!!!!!!!!	Congratulations. Is it really -27 degrees in Kharkov?	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2012-02-02 15:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	what is considered large age difference?	Thanks guys...my beautiful fiance is from ukraine...I sent I-129F off Friday just nervouse about everything. Don't want any delays its already been 9 months since we've been together but we email everyweek and I call her atleast once a week...thanks again Don't worry, I'm almost 14 year's Lena's senior. Nothing was mentioned during her interview in Kiev. Happy journey! :-)	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2011-07-10 13:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	sveta,s visa approved	Congratulations Ron and Sveta!	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2012-10-24 06:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	update	Congratulations Ron and Sveta! All will be good. Wait till her visa is in hand before purchasing her airline ticket.	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2012-10-05 03:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	last update for those who care	I think your plan sounds lovely. A very nice touch! Congratulations! Sleep is what she'll need. Empty the fridge of all of the processed foods! Stock-up on potatos, fresh vegatables, fruit and black bread! Buy bleach and Tide. Be prepared for Mrs. Clean taking over! Oh, don't forget home shoes (slippers).	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2012-12-13 16:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	last update for those who care	Tell Sveta to start packing. Congratulations Ron.	Lena and Igor	Male	Ukraine	2012-12-13 07:58:00
Philippines	She's doing it again.	I got to tell you, they are adorable. Even when she makes me mad deep in side I feel like smiling. If you enjoy those antics and laugh at them, then congratulations, that's all that matters. The O.P. does not appreciate his wife's tantrums, and is crying for help, so his situation is different. Edited by Laser1, 04 April 2012 - 03:56 PM.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-04-04 15:54:00
Philippines	She's doing it again.	No Offense....let me ask you. Did you hire a lawyer for your K1 process? For them hiring a therapy is like hiring a lawyer for K1 process. Just a waste of time and money. They are having sweet little moments and he is confusing that with problems. I don't think that makes sense. The type of people who visit Visa Journey for advice are usually those who would not need a lawyer; but others certainly may need one. But those who visit Visa Journey for marriage advice probably DO need therapy.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-04-04 07:01:00
Philippines	She's doing it again.	You both need to learn conflict management ... how to "fight fairly" in a marriage. There are plenty of books and classes on that subject.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-04-03 11:25:00
Philippines	Detroit area	Opo. hehe	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-05-30 22:16:00
Philippines	Divorced american man now married to filipina	and the exwife still his beneficiary? something good is still going on with them No, that just means that his ex-wife has had a lot of influence over him, and is still influencing him. She may be using the children as a tool to get that (i.e. "If you die, who will take care of the children?") Or she may be using guilt, especially if he left her. I would urge the OP to gently persuade him to change those things. Edited by Laser1, 27 May 2012 - 06:22 AM.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-05-27 06:13:00
Philippines	Divorced american man now married to filipina	That's pretty normal in the U.S.. It is bad manners to text her during dinner, though. The larger problem, it seems, is that you do not have access to money.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-05-25 14:26:00
Philippines	bad american or bad problem	“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” -Eleanor Roosevelt	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-06-06 11:04:00
Philippines	bad american or bad problem	The best way to help is to leave it alone, to pull out and not get involved. This is a social problem, and adding yourself to it just complicates it.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-06-06 05:29:00
Philippines	How Long are you Visiting Earth ?	I've seen smoked salmon at a breakfast restaurant here in the U.S., but that's about it.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-06-03 19:10:00
Philippines	Report her or Not?	Nope here are some things he did: the roles is somewhat reversed from the OP. Of course though I have tried to caution the girl and her family. Even been looking into how I could bring her here under Au Pair or something. .... He doesn't sound like a bad guy; just new and naive; apparently jumping into things there too quickly.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-04-30 16:39:00
Philippines	Report her or Not?	I'd say report her, primarily because you do have first-hand knowledge about her actions. To make the report effective, be careful to stick with the facts that you know about what she is doing; try to avoid giving your opinions about her.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-04-29 20:27:00
Philippines	Problems with Family....need advice	My fiancee will be isolated enough with just leaving her family to be with me. On the bright side of this, my financee has a sister and family in San Francisco(I am in Michigan) so It looks like I will spend the holiday there so she will be feel welcome...she will be in here hopefully December 22, so the plan is to meet her there with her with her family there and bring her to Michigan after the Holidays to begin our new life together. Have you thought about moving to San Francisco?	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-11-28 14:50:00
Philippines	Father would not give up K2	... so perhaps in the alternative consider coming to some sort of deal where the child can return to visit the father for a few months every year or two. Good idea. Offer to have the child spend summers or Christmas with the father... even if it is not legally required.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-12-07 10:42:00
Philippines	Father would not give up K2	I don't understand why people think this is even remotely reasonable. That's your problem if you don't understand, not the O.P.'s, or mine. The father in this case clearly wants to be a part of his daughter's life and any man or woman that would attempt to sever that relationship is a monster and/or full of spite. The mother needs to decide what is more important to her, the daughter or her kano fiance. The OP has to decide if the suffering of his fiance's family back home would be worth the cost of interfering with the father's parental rights (because I can almost guarantee that the girl's father will not make life easy on the woman's family that remains in the Philippines).	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-12-06 14:10:00
Philippines	Father would not give up K2	If the father is reasonable, she may be able to negotiate an equivalent amount of time with the child, perhaps a one or two week visit per year.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-12-06 10:20:00
Philippines	USPS Express mail international missing?	You might also want to consider using USPS "Global Express Guaranteed". Fedex ships the package under contract, and the rates are a lower than normal Fedex.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-12-14 13:10:00
Philippines	money problems in paradise...	I don't know many people who would give 10k to their wives families in the US so how do you justify doing it for someone in the philippines? Correct, especially not for an adult brother's motorcycle accident. That would be totally unreasonable.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2012-12-19 14:50:00
Philippines	sending money to the family back in the phils	You might want to consider setting a date, a few months from now for when you will lower or cut off those payments. So maybe tell her that, in 3 months, you will lower payments to $100. It can be easier to negotiate that with people when the change is not immediate, allowing time to prepare for it. Edited by Laser1, 05 October 2011 - 06:29 AM.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2011-10-05 06:28:00
Philippines	The bar girl...	I just don't see how any marriage can be anything but a long time John after someone has done something like that.   Most any guy who marries such a girl would fear that; that's the elephant in the room.  I guess some react by positioning himself as that master, in a certain sense, with her as a willing trophy, splurging on her to keep other guys at bay.  And that others try to educate her instead, hoping that changes her mindset. Edited by Laser1, 09 September 2013 - 11:06 AM.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2013-09-09 11:03:00
Philippines	What's the best way to send a laptop to the Phils?	Yes, you can take two laptops in your carry-on luggage, and bring just one back.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2014-02-07 17:02:00
Philippines	What's the best way to send a laptop to the Phils?	It is generally best to bring the laptop with you as carry-on luggage when you travel to Phils.  Then you will not have to pay any fees.	Laser1	Male	Philippines	2014-01-29 15:38:00