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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWe can officially say..........
Yay! 'bout time, eh?
PlatyPiusMale02006-08-24 05:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion for anyone who knows the answer!

Question for anyone who knows the answer!



*ahem*


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PlatyPiusMale02006-09-02 23:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresBenificiary Moving house!! How to Notify NVC?
Well, if you're "moving house" (a very expensive undertaking here in the states), won't the house still have the same number on it?

:P
PlatyPiusMale02006-11-17 09:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresLife is All Over for Me......
That kind of attitude right now might be an indication of things to come....
PlatyPiusMale02007-10-05 14:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry
QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Dec 8 2007, 11:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Germanchick2502 @ Dec 8 2007, 02:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Why should NVC be affected? The application will NOT as was the case at the SC all come in at the same time. They will slowly arrive just like it always was the case. And even if they have more petitions than usual: the dimension will be different to what USCIS experienced. I think it will maybe be a backlog of 2-3 months at NVC. The consulates should be affected the least as they only get small portions of the huge pile each. I think the worst part will be processing at USCIS- NVC will be slightly slower- Consulates will be least affected.

@rebeccajo: the thing is: It is ONLY the I-130s that have been held back by USCIS. How many times do we have to explain this. I think no one here would complain if they thought we had been treated fairly. But I-130s have been the petitions that have been held on hold for MONTHS now. I mean its all dandy for the people who are still being processed. But to tell us to just wait patiently and everybody had to wait just like us: NOT true. How long did you wait for notification? A week, maybe two? Or maybe even 3? I don't think you waited as my husband and I have been for over 16 weeks now. And still: nothing. The only hope is that Chicago will have the capacities needed. But thats guess-work. How can you say everybody has waited like this? Yes, they will count from the day they received the petitions initially. But who cares? They are never ever going to make the usual time frame. Never ever. So, I don't care if they start counting with the issuing date of the NOA1 or the original date they received it. It doesn't matter. They are not going to make the 6 months. And seriously: all I care about is not even the time this whole fricking process is going to take (my estimate is 18-24months) all I care about is that they finally start doing something, anything. And if it is hiring people all over the world to call the petitioners to inform them. But just waiting without knowing what will happen. If anything will happen. You can't tell me that's normal. Sorry, if you do I am not going to believe you. This is not normal. Stop criticizing us for something that is natural. All we want is that someone pays attention not only to part of the filed petitions but also to the I-130 petitions. And probably now you will say that everyone has been affected equally by the backlog. Not true! Everything has been moving for months. Everything but the I-130s. You can believe us or not. But please respect our feelings and don't say this is normal. I know you can't understand what we're going through because you have never been in the situation and also you are with your loved ones (and I am happy for you). But I think I and the others who have been waiting more or less patiently have a right to be with our loved ones too.


Well, I can say everybody has waited because across the entire community processing times have been affected. Honestly, they have. Every petition type (with the exception of the I485) has slowed to a snails pace. The only reason I485 has not been affected is because CSC started humping those petitions about two years ago - and don't get me started on what I believe the political reasons for that was - and they already had the staff and system in place to keep pumping those through.

Look - I've been in this stuff long enough to realize that ANYTHING is possible with DOS/USCIS. Maybe they have been sandbagging your petitions. On the other hand, maybe they've been 'processing' them but they aren't receipted out to the customers. Weird and unlikely, I know, but like I said - in my mind that is just as possible as the fact they've been lying about gathering dust. That's why I asked if in the case of delayed K1's, were people getting NOA2 quickly after they received their delayed NOA1s. I don't know if they were but I'm asking YOU people if they were. After all, as you say, these are your cases, not mine. You are the one with a dog in this fight and not me. You should be arming yourselves with knowledge rather than conjecture.

Here's how I see this system and the quandry you get yourself into when you try to figure out what they are doing. You can look at all the negatives (the receipting date chart) and that looks really bad. Hell, it is bad. You start researching other things and convince yourself that they are sandbagging you. The flip side is - are you researching to try and learn what might happen AFTER the supposed sandbagging? Are you looking to see how other petition types were handled? I'm asking because unless you research ALL supposed scenarios, you probably are going to put yourself into a deep, dark depression and end up right around the bend.

I'm now done in this thread. I feel I tried (apparently not very well) to give you all another way of looking at this - a way to give yourselves some hope. I don't believe there was ever any place in the thread that I said you sit and just wait patiently so I'd appreciate it if that was attributed to wherever it properly belongs.

And I'd really appreciate if everybody would stop looking at my timeline and using that against me when we try to have an educated discussion. You don't know my story nor my husband's - you don't know about us and our lives, and you don't know what we have been through or what we face as a married couple in the future. Suffice it to say that once you are reunited, sometimes the fates are against you in a far worse way than immigration ever was. And do you know why that is? Because yes one day you will be reunited. And then normal life kicks in. Whatever that means.


See why I refuse to be helpful to people on VJ, rebeccajo? It's much more satisfying to ridicule and torture them. They'll just jump all over you if they don't agree with your advice, so why even bother?

But then, your wait wasn't long enough so nothing you say carries any weight at all.....

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PlatyPiusMale02007-12-09 08:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCompletely Lost and Heartbroken
QUOTE (pushbrk @ May 1 2008, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (WantingMyHubby @ May 1 2008, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (pushbrk @ May 1 2008, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Since he's the criminal and the USC, neither of you needs a waiver of criminal inadmissability to enter the US. He's here already. If he can't visit and you don't want to try, then you'll need to wait until your visa process is complete.


Thanks for the reply. I know we don't need a waiver to enter the US, I was wondering if any other USC knows about the waiver to enter Canada so he can visit while we wait out the visa. The border guard said there's some "humanitarian pass" that we can look into, but I've found no information on any such pass.

Apparently, Canada is extremely stringent on past criminal activity, but it doesn't make sense that he has been admitted 4 times in the past and no one has ever mentioned it...and suddenly, the border guard today says that he (my hubby) isn't allowed. It just kills me.


Visa Journey is a board focused US immigration. You need to contact Canadian immigration on this.



You really are a bit of a chopf##k, aren't you? I'm opinionated, rude, and pretty much offensive, but even I wouldn't have said that. (The "criminal" comment)

And yes, VJ is a board focused on US immigration, but some people have experience with Canadian immigration as well. And ultimately, the OP *IS* concerned with US immigration - she just needed help on getting him into Canada for a visit. It's an amazing concept that there may be people on here who know a few things other than USCIS-lore.
PlatyPiusMale02008-05-02 06:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
Mags has NOTHING to do with anything I say on here. Leave her the hell out of it.
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-19 14:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
QUOTE (MsZ @ Jun 19 2008, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You're one messed up person, PlatyPius. Do you think you are intimidating? Or do you think being disgusting with references to beastiality makes you look clever?


No, I just really hate people like you.
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-19 14:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
QUOTE (MsZ @ Jun 19 2008, 01:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't show my country as Canada. I'm a US citizen. My husband is Canadian. And of course that has nothing to do with you.

You are the one with the issues one of which is a pretty poor choice of phrases when you are communicating on a forum that is frequented by people from all over the world.


What the F##K are you babbling about? Are you mental? Fine. Don't blow a goat. Blow a domestic, non-country-specific, no known breed dog. Is that better? PC enough for you? Good. Piss off.
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-19 13:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
QUOTE (Ilya R. @ Jun 19 2008, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (PlatyPius @ Jun 19 2008, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (MsZ @ Jun 19 2008, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Considering the comments about herders and their various animals typically directed at those in the middle east, I think the comment about the goat was indeed racist.


You show Canada as your country - what does that have to do with the ME, and where the HELL did you get a correlation between blowing a goat and the ME anyway???? It could have been a gopher, could have been a dingo...I use all of them frequently.

You have some SERIOUS issues.....


I think its time for you and for your bicycle seat to find some inner peace together....



Good suggestion. Mags and I are going for a ride tomorrow morning.
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-19 12:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
QUOTE (MsZ @ Jun 19 2008, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Considering the comments about herders and their various animals typically directed at those in the middle east, I think the comment about the goat was indeed racist.


You show Canada as your country - what does that have to do with the ME, and where the HELL did you get a correlation between blowing a goat and the ME anyway???? It could have been a gopher, could have been a dingo...I use all of them frequently.

You have some SERIOUS issues.....
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-19 11:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
QUOTE (rkl57 @ Jun 19 2008, 12:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Being called the c word in a family immigration forum might bring out the negativity - so unacceptable


Except that I didn't start the name-calling. So was that retroactive name calling because she somehow knew that I was going to call her that at some point in the future?
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-19 07:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
QUOTE (MsZ @ Jun 18 2008, 08:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And the goat comment was way out of line. In fact, it seemed racist.


Actually, if anything, it would be sexist, not racist. Is there really a race that fellates goats? For working at a "big company" and being in science, you aren't too bright, are you?

You might want to read back through the posts and see just who it was who insulted whom first, cuz it wasn't me....

You've been a b!tch to me, and you've been a b!tch to RebeccaJo. Consider any long wait you have to be karma biting your #######.
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-18 21:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOKAY VERMONT FILERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
QUOTE (Ilya R. @ Jun 18 2008, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You know what always annoyed me? Knowitall idiots who always were too scared to do something themselves. And those same people were annoyed by some who tried to stand up for something the believed in. Who are you to tell us how to proceed with our cases? Do you work for USCIS? Vermont Center? Do you have lots of inside knowlege that we do not? Nope,you are just bitter old man trying to make everyone around you become bitter like yourself.


Perhaps you wouldn't quite so much of a c##t if you were to go ####### a goat or something....
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-18 16:25:00
PhilippinesTo all Filipinos have you change your greetings from Merry Christmas to Happy Holiday?
QUOTE (mich08 @ Dec 24 2008, 03:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Careful with overgeneralizng there, platypus....have you met ALL baptists? didn't think so....by saying we have NO tolerance, you have pretty much become as intolerant as you deem us to be. if you're so tolerant perhaps you should be so kind to stay on your high road and tolerate my intolerance....otherwise you are lowering yourself to my bottom dwelling level by not tolerating me. WELCOME to the world of intolerance! you'll fit right in! having DIFFERENT standards or belief systems does not always equal discrimination...I, yes I, a Baptist took a Gender class this summer at my local university...almost everything in that class went against everything I believe... HOWEVER, one thing I appreciated was the professor's careful attention to the nuances of DIFFERENCES and DISCRIMINATION.....and as i spoke up in class with arguments against gender blending and feminism, she KINDLY accepted my position as an interesting and stimulating addtion to the discussions, though it was DIFFERENT than her own....though she was as liberal and 'open minded' as they come, she didn't get her panties in a bunch and go off calling me discriminatory....it'd be nice to see more of the conservative positions given this response rather than the cliche 'all conservatives/baptists are the worst discriminators out there'.... our country is beautifully made up of DIFFERENCES that come with various races, religions and backgrounds...so you and i add to that beauty...you seem to be very open minded...until you talk about Baptists...not really very consistent...at least i'm consistently different and openly say that i do not agree with every religious view but i don't hate or treat those people differently....and i don't go around making overly general and largely untrue ignorant statements about religions that i am not a part of, just because they may hold a few positions that are different than my own....Really, not trying to rant and i hope i don't sound angry, coz i'm not....just have to defend my own and let you know that i as a baptist discriminate against no one when they come to my register and i wish them a Merry Christmas! (how am i supposed to know what holiday they celebrate? don't really have time to get out my calendar of world holidays and my table of appropriate greetings....those people who try to wish every thing to every one crack me up....but more power to you for trying....as for me, i'm just making a little effort to share MY celebration with other people....if you like it great, Merry Christmas...if you're Jewish, sorry....but I don't normally ask what religion you are before I give you MY Christmas greeting...If we're friends and you're an all-tolerant pagan, you won't be offended when I say Merry Christmas, because you're so open minded that my christian greeting will be embraced by you as warmly as any other.....in a truly tolerant world, perhaps....i)

I do celebrate in memory of Christ's birth though I know he wasn't born on Dec. 25 and that this holiday came about as a blend of Catholic and pagan traditions.....but it's a day to remember why Christ came - what would he do? I didn't see him toning down his religious messages to keep the majority or minority happy....he called the beggar, the #######, the samaritan, and the religious zealots all sinners.....and then he proceeded to tell them he loved them and continued to die for them....he didn't discriminate....he called sin what it was but never stopped loving the person....if i do that, i'm called discriminatory.....so be it....still hope those discriminating against me find the love of Christ this season......

Merry Christmas!

p.s. i'm not filipino...i shouldn't be here! sorry!


QUOTE (PlatyPius @ Dec 23 2008, 10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For everyone's enjoyment....
Seems there are others pulling this "religious discrimination" #######. Note that she is Baptist - the worst (IMO) of the denominations who actually do the discriminating themselves...and have NO tolerance at all.

QUOTE
Woman claims 'Merry Christmas' got her fired
Company denies claim, says she is 'a disgruntled employee'

updated 5:44 p.m. ET, Tues., Dec. 23, 2008

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A Christian woman claims she was fired from her job because she greeted callers with "Merry Christmas," but the vacation rental company says it's no Scrooge and the woman is just a disgruntled employee.

Tonia Thomas, 35, said she refused to say "Happy Holidays" and was fired, even after offering to use the company's non-holiday greeting. The Panama City woman filed a federal complaint that accuses the company of religious discrimination. She is seeking compensation for lost wages.

"I hold my core Christian values to a high standard and I absolutely refuse to give in on the basis of values. All I wanted was to be able to say 'Merry Christmas' or to acknowledge no holidays," she said Tuesday. "As a Christian, I don't recognize any other holidays."

Thomas said she is Baptist.

Company disputes claims
Her former employer, Counts-Oakes Resorts Properties Inc., said she wasn't fired for saying "Merry Christmas," but would not elaborate.

"We are a Christian company and we celebrate Christmas," said Andy Phillips, the company's president. Thomas is "a disgruntled employee," presenting a one-sided version of what happened when she was fired Dec. 10, Phillips said.

Liberty Counsel, an Orlando-based legal group that advocates for people discriminated against because of their religion, is representing Thomas before the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. Their complaint also accuses the company of harassing and taunting Thomas after she was fired by calling the police to watch her pack her belongings and leave.

Thomas could have hard time winning the case, said G. Thomas Harper, a Jacksonville-based labor attorney who writes a newsletter on Florida employment law.

"I wouldn't think an employee has the right to insist (on saying Merry Christmas) unless that really is a tenet of their faith. She would have to make a strong case that was part of her beliefs, if not, it becomes insubordination," he said.

Found another job
Thomas has found another job, but she makes less than the $10.50 an hour she earned with the rental company. She said the trauma of being fired and the pay cut has made for a tough holiday season for herself, her husband and their 6-year-old son.

Harper said when it comes to holiday greetings, the smartest choice might be ignoring the season.

"The best option is just not to say anything," he said.





Since your concept of paragraph structure and punctuation are very sub-standard, I read only the first sentence or so of your babbling rant.

No, I have not met every Baptist. I was, however, a Baptist at one point in my life. The intolerance of the 3 Baptist churches I was involved with at various times is what led me to 1) my POV about the intolerance of Baptists and 2) my abandoning of the Christian faith in search of something real.
PlatyPiusMale02008-12-24 04:09:00
PhilippinesTo all Filipinos have you change your greetings from Merry Christmas to Happy Holiday?
For everyone's enjoyment....
Seems there are others pulling this "religious discrimination" #######. Note that she is Baptist - the worst (IMO) of the denominations who actually do the discriminating themselves...and have NO tolerance at all.

QUOTE
Woman claims 'Merry Christmas' got her fired
Company denies claim, says she is 'a disgruntled employee'

updated 5:44 p.m. ET, Tues., Dec. 23, 2008

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A Christian woman claims she was fired from her job because she greeted callers with "Merry Christmas," but the vacation rental company says it's no Scrooge and the woman is just a disgruntled employee.

Tonia Thomas, 35, said she refused to say "Happy Holidays" and was fired, even after offering to use the company's non-holiday greeting. The Panama City woman filed a federal complaint that accuses the company of religious discrimination. She is seeking compensation for lost wages.

"I hold my core Christian values to a high standard and I absolutely refuse to give in on the basis of values. All I wanted was to be able to say 'Merry Christmas' or to acknowledge no holidays," she said Tuesday. "As a Christian, I don't recognize any other holidays."

Thomas said she is Baptist.

Company disputes claims
Her former employer, Counts-Oakes Resorts Properties Inc., said she wasn't fired for saying "Merry Christmas," but would not elaborate.

"We are a Christian company and we celebrate Christmas," said Andy Phillips, the company's president. Thomas is "a disgruntled employee," presenting a one-sided version of what happened when she was fired Dec. 10, Phillips said.

Liberty Counsel, an Orlando-based legal group that advocates for people discriminated against because of their religion, is representing Thomas before the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. Their complaint also accuses the company of harassing and taunting Thomas after she was fired by calling the police to watch her pack her belongings and leave.

Thomas could have hard time winning the case, said G. Thomas Harper, a Jacksonville-based labor attorney who writes a newsletter on Florida employment law.

"I wouldn't think an employee has the right to insist (on saying Merry Christmas) unless that really is a tenet of their faith. She would have to make a strong case that was part of her beliefs, if not, it becomes insubordination," he said.

Found another job
Thomas has found another job, but she makes less than the $10.50 an hour she earned with the rental company. She said the trauma of being fired and the pay cut has made for a tough holiday season for herself, her husband and their 6-year-old son.

Harper said when it comes to holiday greetings, the smartest choice might be ignoring the season.

"The best option is just not to say anything," he said.


PlatyPiusMale02008-12-23 22:10:00
PhilippinesTo all Filipinos have you change your greetings from Merry Christmas to Happy Holiday?
QUOTE (luv2uallday @ Dec 22 2008, 04:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You know what. I don't care about making sure EVERYONE is happy. I just try to remember why we IN AMERICA celebrate christmas. Whatever people's religion i don't care about I just care about celebrating christmas for what it is the BIRTH of our lord and savior Jesus Christ...

And you are wrong it is political correctness it is about stripping the rights of THE MAJORITY in order to make the MINORITY happy. That is wrong... True this is a melting pot but that doesn't mean that the Majority should bow down to the wishes of a small minority... Somewhere in this world someone is going to be offended by something and just because that one person is offended doesn't mean that EVERYONE should conform for that one person or even a minority. that is a dictatorship type thinking. EVERYONE should not lose their rights of traditions and values just to conform to placate a minorities grievance. We see this on TV all the time someone is hurt by the image of santa clause or traumatized because Jesus is the reason for the season whatever.. I'M TIRED of our holiday being hijacked and all of us being dictated to what's acceptable or not. all in the name of making someone happy.. I'm tired of people saying "you should respect other's beliefs" well if you are too busy respecting other people's beleifs how can you respect your own??

if somone hates christmas tough I don't care not my problem. and if someone wishes me some other holiday greeting I don't care about that either i will just say merry christmas.... I'm not going to cry file suit or try to trample over the rights of others just to get my way.. In this country this is a CHRISTIAN holiday it is a day to celebrate. Other's can join in thats cool but if they don't like it they can sit the party out. But they should not end the party for everyone just cause the party isn't how they like it or think it should be.......



So to all the BHUDDISTS, TAOIST, HINUISTS, MUSLIMS, JEWS, WHATEVER MERRY CHRISTMAS..... May you all be blessed..... and a blessed new years....


MERRY CHRISTMAS


"the rights of THE MAJORITY in order to make the MINORITY happy."
So. Imagine that gays were suddenly the majority (Since being gay, we all know, is a CHOICE). You would be okay then with everything in the US being "gay-centric", since they would be in the majority? You would find yourself a gay lover and move in with him, get married, etc. all because the Majority rules?

I'M TIRED of our holiday being hijacked
Easy there Sparky.
How many f##king times do you think Pagans think the same thing? Y'all stole Yule from "us" and made it your own holiday. THEN you have the balls to post babble like "Jesus is the REASON for the SEASON!". *buzz* wrong answer. Yeshua (for that is his name, not this "jesus" #######) was not born on December 25th, nor did his existence have any bearing on the fact that winter (for winter is the SEASON) occurred/continues to occur. The reason for the season is the tilt of the Earth and our hemisphere's distance from the sun.

I don't give a dingos kidney what you tell people in greeting during the holidays. I DO have an issue, however, with the fact that you're a total tool.

Edited by PlatyPius, 23 December 2008 - 12:07 AM.

PlatyPiusMale02008-12-23 00:06:00
PhilippinesTo all Filipinos have you change your greetings from Merry Christmas to Happy Holiday?
It's a matter of respect, really. There are several holidays that converge at one period of time. There's Christmas, Yule/the Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Shortly after that is New Year's day. Even if you want to believe that all of those others religions don't exist and/or are wrong, there's still the simple matter of wishing someone Happy Holidays instead of saying Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Both of them being holidays, I would bet that's where "Happy Holidays" actually came from - the American tradition of condensing things.

luv2uallday, don't you realize that YOU are the one who is being militant and arrogant by whining about "Happy Holidays"? If someone isn't Christian, are they still supposed to wish you a Merry Christmas? Some will, some won't. There aren't many people who actually get offended by "Merry Christmas", so I don't get your anger and forceful screaming of MERRY CHRISTMAS!!1 at people.

PlatyPiusMale02008-12-22 16:03:00
PhilippinesTo all Filipinos have you change your greetings from Merry Christmas to Happy Holiday?
QUOTE (luv2uallday @ Dec 22 2008, 11:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (charles! @ Dec 22 2008, 07:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (luv2uallday @ Dec 21 2008, 11:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I will probably get a TOS warning for saying merry christmas i'm sure and I'm sure in TOS the name JESUS is a derisive and offensive word, but I don't care. And to all the political correct lunatics out there MERRY CHRISTMAS!! may you be loved may you be happy and most of all lay off those who want to call christmas for what it is christmas....

you might consider reading the tos to see
http://www.visajourn...h...&page=terms


I was being a smart you know what. I know it's not in the TOS but I was using that ridiculous statement to make a point. More and more our freedom of speech and expression is taken away from us day by day. I'm sure one day Christmas and Jesus WILL be added in the TOS restrictions in the name of offending nobody. Everyday the shackles around our hands and mouth become tighter and tighter everyday there is one less word we can say..

This Happy holiday ####### is just one example. In the name of offending nobody you end up offending EVERYBODY it seems. Happy holidays makes me sick to the stomach if I hear that one more time i will throw up on them. so MERRY CHRISTMAS and GOD BLESS YOU.

. I do think tho that saying Merry Christmas to someone you KNOW does not celebrate is just ignorant and rude... <-------- to respond to this. that statement is ignorant.. this IS CHRISTMAS by the majority of this nation. If they don't like it they don't like it. We should not worry about placating everybody and surely can't tell everyone happy this this and that that all the time. I am tired of people like this telling everyone else what the should and should not do. this is a perfect example of political correctness gone wild. So to all those who don't celebrate christmas MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO.


Then you won't be offended when I wish you a Happy Yule, a Merry Winter Solstice, a Blessed Samhain, a Happy Ostara (Easter - yes, Pagan in origin), a delightful Mabon, a wonderful Lammas, a Joyous Beltane, and a Happy Mid-Summer I assume. Do you HONESTLY believe - in this country - that it's Xians who are the "oppressed" ones? I can't even tell people IRL what my religion is without risk of being preached to, fired from my job, ostracized, or other forms of discrimination. It's Xians doing the discriminating against others. Open your eyes.
PlatyPiusMale02008-12-22 11:32:00
PhilippinesTo all Filipinos have you change your greetings from Merry Christmas to Happy Holiday?
QUOTE (luv2uallday @ Dec 22 2008, 12:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (franksonb @ Dec 21 2008, 11:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I wonder if Filipino's here in America have change their greetings from Merry Christmas to Happy Holiday?


Well i'm the husband to a filipina we still say merry christmas. I am tired of hearing happy holidays. This political correctness gone amuck should stay with the crazies.... i was at college and i was greeted happy holidays and I shot back merry christmas to you too and it was like I commited a mortal sin..

So Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

GOD BLESS YOU

and it's time to celebrate the birth of our lord and savior JESUS CHRIST

Now i know i will probably offend the athiests pagans and what not.(A blessed christmas to them too) But, that's their problem. Not mine.

I will probably get a TOS warning for saying merry christmas i'm sure and I'm sure in TOS the name JESUS is a derisive and offensive word, but I don't care. And to all the political correct lunatics out there MERRY CHRISTMAS!! may you be loved may you be happy and most of all lay off those who want to call christmas for what it is christmas....


Since "Christmas" as it is celebrated today is just the Pagan holiday Yule with a Xian spin on it, bet your ####### I'm going to say "Happy Holidays" rather than Merry Christmas.

See, By saying Happy Holidays rather than "Happy Yule!", I am acknowledging that you might have your own holiday to celebrate rather than the one I celebrate. Happy Holidays is a non-confrontational way of offering holiday greetings. I don't get offended if someone tells me "Merry Christmas", even though I'm not Christian. I wouldn't be offended if I were wished a Happy Hanukkah either. I know that there tend to be some zealots here in the US who WOULD be offended if I wished them a Merry Yule though, so I stick to Happy Holidays.

Who's REALLY the intolerant one?

I doubt the person thought you committed a mortal sin, but I'll bet they were shocked by your vehemence in wishing them a "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!"

Zealots tend to shock and frighten everyone.
PlatyPiusMale02008-12-22 09:55:00
PhilippinesMaawa po kayo sa kanya
Have no idea what the "story" says, but that sure looks like a dude with anorexia and really bad teeth....



QUOTE (tallcoolone @ Jan 11 2009, 08:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow.

In USA that's called a double bagger

First: You drink a lot of beer then you put a bag over her face and a bag over your face, just in case her bag falls off.


Actually, that's a triple-bagger. You forgot the bag by the door in case someone walks in.
PlatyPiusMale02009-01-11 10:16:00
PhilippinesBESAME MUCHO
QUOTE (charles! @ Feb 15 2009, 06:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (pepe N pilar @ Feb 15 2009, 05:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
First, let's define davenport. A davenport, according to The Free Dictionary, is a large sofa, often converted into a bed.

Hence, davenport wrestling is when a man wrestles with a woman on a davenport sofa! Below is a classic example of davenport wrestling:


ahhhh ok! i was wondering where davenport was unsure.gif


Davenport is in Iowa.

It's an antiquated term used by lower-class people to refer to a sofa or couch.
PlatyPiusMale02009-02-16 02:56:00
PhilippinesWhen a Filipino says 'it's ok' for no
QUOTE (jasman0717 @ Jan 17 2009, 03:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (DARUMA07 @ Jan 17 2009, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hell, I thought I was the only one having this problem. unsure.gif When you guys come up with the answer. Please let me know. We could make millions..... biggrin.gif



laughing.gif We are the brotherhood of confused husbands


I think her (Mags') plan is to raise my blood pressure until I have Head Explody. Then she'll get both houses and my vast fortunes. She has almost reached her goal. My average blood pressure has increased by 30/20 since December of 2006. I think it will only take one more "I'm not bothered/wherever you want to go" to finish me off.
PlatyPiusMale02009-01-17 15:34:00
PhilippinesWhen a Filipino says 'it's ok' for no
Me: "Where would you like to eat?"
Mags: "I'm not bothered."
Me: "Mexican?"
Mags: "Hell no!"
Me: "Chinese?"
Mags: "Ugg."
Me: "McDonald's?"
Mags: "No."
Me: "Then...where do you want to eat?"
Mags: "It doesn't matter."

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!


(I think it's a woman-thing, not a culture-thing)

Edited by PlatyPius, 17 January 2009 - 02:16 PM.

PlatyPiusMale02009-01-17 14:15:00
PhilippinesKeeping the PEACE in Philippine Forum is it possible?
What is it with all of the rude noobs in this forum? You know a topic is getting "interesting" if the rest of us hear about it.

For the record, people all over VJ - not just the PI forum - have been trying to get TCO banned for a long, long time. He's an arrogant jerk. Take nothing he says seriously, because I doubt he has more than a couple of IQ points to rub together.


PlatyPiusMale02009-04-06 10:30:00
PhilippinesIllinois man married to a Filipina complains of bias by neighbors
QUOTE (Completely @ Aug 25 2008, 04:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (honey_me @ Aug 22 2008, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (PlatyPius @ Aug 22 2008, 07:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (charles! @ Aug 22 2008, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i'm not really seeing the bias in the story.


Me either. I'm seeing "zOMG! I'm so persecuted because my wife is from the Philippines!!!" but I'm not seeing any evidence of it at all. It's a simple property dispute. One person has to be right and the other wrong. Who he is married to has nothing to do with it. What he's going to do now, is GIVE some people a reason to hate Filipinas. Good job, moron.



good.gif good.gif


We are always be discriminated wherever we go, and we are prepared for this.. Some are not.. But time will come all this things made us Filipinos to be stronger than ever..


Here we go.... "Oh Woe! Everyone hates me! Everyone dicriminates against me!"

Sorry - like Charles, I've never seen it here in Indiana; and I lived with a Filipino for 5 or 6 years.
PlatyPiusMale02008-08-25 08:24:00
PhilippinesIllinois man married to a Filipina complains of bias by neighbors
QUOTE (charles! @ Aug 22 2008, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i'm not really seeing the bias in the story.


Me either. I'm seeing "zOMG! I'm so persecuted because my wife is from the Philippines!!!" but I'm not seeing any evidence of it at all. It's a simple property dispute. One person has to be right and the other wrong. Who he is married to has nothing to do with it. What he's going to do now, is GIVE some people a reason to hate Filipinas. Good job, moron.
PlatyPiusMale02008-08-22 07:50:00
PhilippinesTROPHY HUNTERS
Trophy Hunters = FAIL!
PlatyPiusMale02008-10-25 21:21:00
PhilippinesDid you buy your ticket before or after the interview?
Most people wait until they're actually approved. Most also wait until the visa is in hand.
PlatyPiusMale02008-01-21 13:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWhat happened to common courtesy?
Right.

Well, I can write "wind" off as a lost cause. Common Sense must cost more than it used to....
PlatyPiusMale02007-09-30 18:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWhat happened to common courtesy?
QUOTE (wind @ Sep 30 2007, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I mailed my I-129F on 9/4 (CSC). End of the month now. No NOA1, check not cashed. Don't we deserve an acknlowledgement of receipt that they got our petetions?


Yes, it's called a NOA1. If you don't get one, they didn't get your stuff. Even better is the accepted practice of sending the I-129f package in via Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation or Certified. Then you at least know that they have it, even if they don't. Knowing if they received it is your responsibility, not theirs.

QUOTE (wind @ Sep 30 2007, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
After all, we are paying tax to support them, not to mention we are paying for their service. As a tax-payer and paying customer, do we deserve a little respect and courtesy? I have to vent a little. I'm getting frustrated and upset being treated like a dog.


I'm not quite sure where you're getting this feeling from. Do you think that they honestly have it in for you? Do you think they are all sitting around playing computer games (or posting on forums from work? *cough-cough*) rather than processing your application? How is there no respect or courtesy? How are you being treated like a dog? All of my dogs were fed and watered, brushed, petted, played with, and generally adored.

Yes, you are paying for their service. If you are dissatisfied with their service, maybe you should take your business to their competitor.... oh, wait......

Edited by PlatyPius, 30 September 2007 - 05:57 AM.

PlatyPiusMale02007-09-30 05:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIpods and mobile phones are not allowed at the US Embassy London
QUOTE (StillThePrettiest @ Feb 8 2008, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't think anyone has a problem with the embassy policy, just with the rudeness of the poster who... was rude wink.gif


Yeah, I was a little rude. (For me it's only a little...) For that I apologize. I really shouldn't even be on VJ right now. I'm stressing about the diet, stressing about the weather, stressing about part of our roof going away, AND trying to keep from being really rude and blasting "a certain person" with all of the hate and venom that they deserve. It was that person who put me in a crappy mood today. As I said, I should have stayed away from VJ...then I wouldn't have been in such a bad mood.

Anyway, while the OP had no need to explain to me why he needed his cell phone, he did so anyway and I feel like a ####### for going off on one of my rants about people and their attachment to gadgets. So, I apologize to the OP.

I do NOT apologize to Mox. Whether I was a d!ckhead or not, it isn't his/her/its place to tell me what or how to post. That ability is limited to LaL, Mags, William, and Ewok ONLY.

Edited by Rocinante, 08 February 2008 - 06:16 PM.

PlatyPiusMale02008-02-08 18:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIpods and mobile phones are not allowed at the US Embassy London
QUOTE (mox @ Feb 8 2008, 10:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do you really think the problem was your solution? It was not. The problem was your snideness. There's no call for it here. Leave *that* at home please.


Wow! I've fallen behind.... I didn't realize that they had made you a moderator, too!
PlatyPiusMale02008-02-08 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIpods and mobile phones are not allowed at the US Embassy London
QUOTE (mox @ Feb 7 2008, 10:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Rocinante @ Feb 7 2008, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
To paraphrase:

"wah. I can't possibly live without my phone or iPod. People will think I am uncool if I am actually aware of my surroundings and can hear the cars before they run me down!"

There's absolutely no call for that kind of snideness. The OP's question basically comes down to "what did people do with their electronics while they were in London."


And my reply basically comes down to "Leave your ####### at home." Seems like a simple solution, eh?
PlatyPiusMale02008-02-08 08:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIpods and mobile phones are not allowed at the US Embassy London
QUOTE (scottsvisa @ Feb 7 2008, 04:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am going to London for my interview in a few days and I really really want to bring my Ipod and mobile phone but the embassy say

"Please do not bring mobile phones or any electronic devices, such as Blackberries, iPods, or PDAs as they are not allowed within the Embassy
Do not bring large bags, such as backpacks, suitcases or packages to the interview as there are no storage facilities on Embassy grounds."

They also say if you want to bring such things you can leave them at train stations but the nearest one that holds items is Victoria or Charing Cross and I can't make that journey before my interview early in the morning.

Could anyone tell me what they had to do in order to bring a phone and or ipod to London or what you intend to do with your stuff when you go for your interview?


To paraphrase:

"wah. I can't possibly live without my phone or iPod. People will think I am uncool if I am actually aware of my surroundings and can hear the cars before they run me down!"
PlatyPiusMale02008-02-07 20:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMy fiance opened the Sealed Packet!!!!
I've always wondered what I would have done if Mags had opened that. Half the time I think I would have called it a day, as I don't think I'd want to be with someone dense enough to open the packet that isn't supposed to be opened.

It's been done many times before. You have to send it back and have it "resealed". Failure to do so will result in no visa for you.
PlatyPiusMale02008-03-26 20:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportscashed incorrect amount
QUOTE (Haole @ Apr 27 2008, 04:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Steve and Amara @ Apr 26 2008, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We went in out I=129F peition to the Californian SC on the 9th of April. It was signed for on the 17th April. We havent as yet recieved a our NOA stating that the check has been cashed, however my partners account has had $435 debited (by EFT). We wrote our check for 455$ and I just checked lots of websites to see whether there has been an amount change for the peition, but it still appears to be $455.
We have checked and it was cashed by USCIS.

what do we do?
Any thoughts?

We are a bit worried, we dont want the process to be slowed down anymore than what it is already is...

cheers!

Don't know the process for EFT but if you wrote the check for $455 USCIS screwed up. Don't thing you can do much as they destroy the check after "cashing it" electronically.
Just have to wait and see what happens. May slide by as paid or you may get a RFE.
Not a great way to start out a very stressful process. Hopefully USCIS just got the screw ups on your case out of their "system"!!! headbonk.gif


They don't destroy the checks after cashing them....the returned check is how you get your case # so that you can track your status online.
PlatyPiusMale02008-04-27 06:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOk that tears it
The BIG detriment to people on VJ has been this silly "May Filer", "July Filer", etc thing. I don't know who came up with that bright idea, but they should probably be bludgeoned publicly. Waiting is hard to do. It's even more difficult to deal with if half or more of the people in your happy little "June Filer!!!!111" group have already been approved and you're still waiting for a single touch. Not to mention the whole segregation thing... "Don't talk to HER....she's a MAY filer!" An exaggeration maybe, but I don't, for the most part, see these "XXX Filers" posting outside of their happy little cliques.

Stop comparing your case to everyone else. That's the secret bit of knowledge I'll pass on to everyone. Just ignore any and everything to do with immigration/visas. Hell, avoid VJ until you have your NOA2. Use VJ to help with the process, then leave until you need VJ again. Once your SO is here, you can come back to VJ to stay. Then you can just compare willies or truck size rather than processing times.
PlatyPiusMale02008-04-27 06:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMy Fiance gave me the deadline for his waiting....
I can't believe you haven't told him to stick that deadline up his @$$ yet.....
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-09 08:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMy Fiance gave me the deadline for his waiting....
Sounds like a control-freak to me.....
PlatyPiusMale02008-06-07 21:44:00