Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Vietnam	Magic Jack	"reliability" is not in the algerian broadband vocuabulary	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-17 19:08:00
Vietnam	Magic Jack	it's not me that has it, it's over in algeria and i highly doubt he's done that; he tried it on someone else's computer and it worked fine so it's something to do with his pc or his connection i guess but i dunno what or how to fix it and he's not very computer savvy so it's kinda hard to figure it out by phone or chat... i thought about maybe getting him setup on my logmein and going in and looking around to see if i could find a problem Edited by Karonya and Adel, 17 September 2010 - 04:29 PM.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-17 16:28:00
Vietnam	Magic Jack	we get terrible reception with the magicjack. the computer it's connected to uses DSL and is well above the minimum KBPS requirement. I can't hear him at all and there is tons of noise and horrible snapping sounds. I've contacted magicjack support and they basically shrugged their shoulders.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-17 15:32:00
Vietnam	Magic Jack	thanks! sometimes my thickheadedness costs me! wish i had known this long ago	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-21 21:14:00
Vietnam	Magic Jack	k, i'm confused. i've heard of magicjack but when i looked at their site they gave international rates? ah am i being stupid? yes i think i am... if i send the magicjack to adel in algeria, i'm calling the number for that magicjack, which will be an american number and not cost me much of anything? is that how it works? Edited by Karonya and Adel, 21 July 2010 - 06:53 PM.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-21 18:53:00
United Kingdom	12 Hour Layover => British Airways at Heathrow	i was stuck there on an 11 hour layover that turned into 19 hours; there are some chairs with no armrests but not many and they get taken quickly and jealously guarded i ended up sleeping on the floor on a heating vent cuz it was freezing cold in there. next time i'll do the yotel thing as mentioned above! i was stuck there on an 11 hour layover that turned into 19 hours; there are some chairs with no armrests but not many and they get taken quickly and jealously guarded i ended up sleeping on the floor on a heating vent cuz it was freezing cold in there. next time i'll do the yotel thing as mentioned above! i was in terminal 4 so that may have something to do with it; not a lot of shops in that one	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-12 12:11:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F touch?	they filed for k3 not k1	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-23 12:51:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Question 7 on I 134	do you file your tax returns as self employed? i assume you do... gross income attach last filed income tax return and schedules if you have some sort of agreement with this company that you get paid even if there's no work then i would think it wouldn't hurt to have a letter from them	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 16:31:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Weight worries	You are going to fit right in here in the US.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-08-04 13:19:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	certified w/return recipt to p.o. box, mistake?	they sign when they pick up the mail from the post office box and yeah maybe just a little paranoia it's all okay, i've sent to po boxes and i've worked at the post office. it's all good!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-11-16 20:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	certified w/return recipt to p.o. box, mistake?	it's ok, that works. I do it all the time at work. I take it you haven't received the return receipt yet?	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-11-15 13:12:00
Philippines	Worried	hi , my husband used his house as asset for the affidavit of support but when he went to the courthouse, the title still has his ex-wife's name on it cos the judge forgot to forward the divorce decree to the title office so it wasnt change yet. But the judge has a court order letter that says the ex-wife has no right of the house ownership anymore once the divorce is final cos it's a quitclaim deed. I'm just worried will that create a problem during the interview at the manila embassy if ever the consul will see the title still has the ex-wife's name in it as co-owner? Pls help, thanks he needs to get that quit claim deed filed ASAP. hopefully it is the original or the recorder won't take it. I don't know what the embassy will say about it, or if they will even know, but just in general he needs to record that deed. trust me, i work in title insurance and i see problems like this all the time from divorces. if he can't get the original he needs to get a new deed and record a certified copy of the divorce decree awarding him the property.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-14 12:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	What do we do first??	i'm not sure about egypt but i know it took me six weeks to get married in morocco. had to have approval from the government for us to marry as i was a different religion than he was (at least that's what he told me ) ...made the rounds of courts and police and courts and police nothing goes quickly in MENA countries!! it's still going to be a lot of paperwork and waiting whichever visa you go with...	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-16 21:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CSC is finally awake !!	you won't get notified of someone else's approval unless it has a "y" for text and email alerts. Do VSC and CSC give different file numbers? If not then how do you know which one it was filed at?	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-10-18 09:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	any updates on CSC?	That touch was just in response to an address change. Nothing exciting and totally expected... I should probably add that to the timeline huh...I'll go do that	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-10-14 22:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	any updates on CSC?	how depressing is it that we can't even get an estimated approval time anymore? When I first filed the estimated date was the end of september to the first two weeks of october.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-10-14 22:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2010 CSC Filers	approved!! received today, dated 12-9. no touches, texts or emails either! but who cares, woot!!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-12-14 17:58:00
Middle East and North Africa	any body hear about that : visa cancled without prejudice	Home visit? that can't be normal can it?? when did home visits start for a k1 visa?	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-08 22:20:00
Middle East and North Africa	It feels like the night before Christmas .....	Congratulations! the day we all dream of....	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-16 21:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	embassy info for algeria	could those who have completed their interviews with the embassy at algiers possibly review the embassy and update the information on the embassy page? i think the info there is kinda old as far as packets and requirements and things.... help us out wouldja?? i know you're probably busy (hopefully because of approval) but just a few minutes when you have time would be appreciated!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-21 16:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	Need some advice about Divorce in Egypt	you must read my mind i try to say this before but you read my mind and say every thing i try to say earlier , you so smart , will be glad if you accept me as a frined here in vj	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-30 12:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	Need some advice about Divorce in Egypt	ahmed/rachel, you rock! isn't it kind of sad that we are all so impressed with a statement that is saying what all husbands should say??? (i hope you guys understand what i'm saying here, not meaning anything against ahmed/rachel)that it's rare enough to make us take notice... but be that as it may, i too feel it a breath of fresh air to find one so open and understanding about his duties and obligations as a husband. Rachel, you got a good one!!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-26 18:25:00
Middle East and North Africa	Need some advice about Divorce in Egypt	I did not say that cheating , name calling and laying are acceptable behavior .I was thinking about it like its divorce and it really hurts me when i see a couple after they go that far and when they are so close to be togther after so long painfull journey they want a divorce . And all what i said just want them to think twice before they divorce . you can only try to make it work for so long. enough is enough at some point and this treatment is unaceptable. he obviously doesn't think it's very important how far they've come and such a journey.... the divorce hurts you? his treatment of her should hurt you more in my opinion... good for you Sandra and have an awesome time on your trip!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 23:48:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	Karonya, do you believe your divorce was due to cultural/religious stressors? Not to be intrusive, just curious because of the topic. I think that was the beginning of it. we had some issues in the very beginning that had to do with language and cultural roles of women. we worked through those (i thought) but then i think he began to regret not marrying someone that understood without being told what her "traditional" role was, and in the end just fell apart but at the same time became very religious and began to force that on me. it made life very hard to constantly be hammered about changing my religion every day. and when i say every day, i do mean every day. i think his background and family upbringing/training and being treated by his family as "king" which he certainly was, made it impossible for him to compromise with me. he ended up doing some things that made him the ultimate hypocrite in Islam. so, his upbringing played a big big role i believe, in that he felt he was boss and that was that. he wasn't that way when i met him (maybe he was and hid it?) or for the first 5 or 6 years. but in the end, it came down to him being a weak person and not able to view himself with honesty and possibly not have cared enough about me to try. I dunno... just my hindsight view of things and i certainly made some mistakes, of course, but i was willing to work on myself and adjust to what he needed. it takes two to make marriage work and he wasn't willing, so there ya go, i think i rambled a lot, hope it makes sense	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 14:26:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	I believe anyone can change in time regardless of where they come from. Life and marriage is unpredictable. The only weird quirk my husband had upon arriving to the US was the need to keep tabs on me as if I were a child. When he saw how much it bothered me and how it affected our relationship, he stopped. He has told me that he does treat me differently than he would had he an Egyptian wife. He believes he would be "harder" on an Egyptian wife. Whatever that means. Maybe he means that he would be harder on Egyptian wife because she would understand and have grown up with the same rules of marriage. He can't exactly hold you responsible for those rules if you don't know and agree with them. I think it's wonderful that he listened to your feelings about what he was doing and stopped. Of course in the end it all comes down to who that person is and how mature they are. To you too i wish much happiness and long lasting marriage!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 14:12:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	Well my husband is going the opposite way I guess... At first he took time out for "breaks" several times a day regardless of what was going on. He still does his prayers but now he goes into the bedroom for privacy and does it. When he first got here, he would have a "fit" if I served more than one dish of food on one plate AND we all had to sit on the living room floor on pillows. Now it's ok if we do sit on the couch or even at the kitchen table for dinner and fix our plates straight out of the cooking pans! I like to think that it's a compromise between the both us. Isn't that what a marriage is about? Making a life that both of you can live with! Finding work is still a hard thing. It's true, it doesn't matter how competent they are, or how well they speak english, a good job is pretty scarce, but then it is for everyone.... Absolutely it is about compromise! and i've very happy you and yours can do that. i wish you much happiness and joy in the coming years of your marriage!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 14:05:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	I agree with Je veux and LaL~ I kind of figured that when people seem to drift off it's because they are adjusting to new levels of their relationship not because divorce or anything. I do agree though it is a big adjustment once your SO gets here and with any relationship there are ups and downs. That's when you talk to friends in "private". Too many times I have seen somebody post something personal and get all kinds of reactions that are good and not so good, to put it nicely! you have positive attitude and also agree about the private thing. I think if you post personal things here, you can't really say boo hoo about the responses you get in return that you might not like	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 13:25:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	Agreed. a lot of people do that yes, everywhere, not just MENA couples and not just people who have spouses/fiance/fiancee's from overseas. When i said stress/problems/issues others don't have, i meant background cultural and otherwise yes. I think religious clashes come later in marriage, if they do come at all. And my ex-husband was not a slave to MENA culture either. He did not require food music tv either. But eventually he became that way (i'm not saying yours will!!) over years of marriage, not the first 12/24/48/60 months. We were married for 9 years. I wasn't really intending for this to get into a discussion of specific things that can go wrong in MENA marriages, but now that we are here, it seems to be turning out very interesting! Don't get me wrong, i never intend to say that they are all the same or that everyone fits into one category. But there are generalities in common to our marriages i think. I can always be wrong!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 13:23:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	So - in asking how successful MENA marriages are you don't want to factor in those who seem compatible or seem to have good intentions? So really, in other words you are asking - of those who seem "mismatched" in any way - how many of those were successful? Am I misunderstanding? yes you are misunderstanding and i'm not sure why what i said makes you think that. i did not say anything in my original post about leaving anyone in or out of the factoring. my response you have quoted was to the quote i was responding to, that in my statement in my original post, the added stresses/problems/issues i was talking about in MENA marriages were not incompatibility or immigration purposes only.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 11:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	I believe it depends more on how compatible a couple is (in every aspect) than whether or not one of the components is MENA. Also, whether or not both parties entered into the marriage with good intentions (not seeking immigration only). About added stresses, etc. Although we all can't avoid the stress of immigration we can avoid the stress of marrying someone who is completely different than ourselves. For example, if I were to marry an uber religious Muslim man who expected an obedient wife who was religious and dressed the part, etc. I would be setting myself up for disaster. Trouble is many women enter into a marriage with someone who has impossible expectations of them thus the stress, fighting, etc. Love is not enough alone. Of course it's true about compatibility and good intentions. my statement on MENA couples and added stresses assumed those were not issues. also the issue of "uber" religious muslim male who expects... etc... is not what i am talking about either. obviously, an "uber" religious muslim male would not marry you if you were not "uber" religious also and wore Hijab etc. and if he did, then possibly it would be for immigration purposes and then that turns into an issue of is he really an "uber" religious muslim.... I'm not sure what your definition of "uber" religious is but just because someone's husband when they met and married is not attending Mosque, praying 5 times a day, dressing in a thobe, not sleeping thru the day and up all night during Ramadan, doing the extra prayers before and after regular prayers, reading Qur'an and reciting it, etc.... does not mean he will not become that way. We all have seen people here start to attend church more and more as they get older. Of course, he has every right to change how he lives his life and practices his religion, but this will also change how he views his wife and what SHE is doing. Not to point a finger at her, but in the way it effects HIM and his path to/with Allah. I did not imagine this. Did you? Did you think about what would happen, what you would do if your man becomes uber religious? In christianity, if a man becomes uber christian, there are not the same big issues with the wives as there are in Islam... think about it. the added problems, stress and issues in my mind when i posted this is the difference in culture, background, the basic things we are taught (sometimes unintentionally) of watching our parents and how they communicate and interact with one another when we are growing up, language barriers, little things said and done here that are affronts and offenses there, issues of parenting and the roles involved in that, issues of MENA males not finding jobs because we all know it's hard for them (and not because of their abilities or lack of experience) and becoming disenchanted with the land of enchantment... this is what i am talking about. I know that everyone has different experiences. But in general an american born citizen marrying a British/Australian etc. born citizen typically has a close enough cultural background that the differences aren't DIFFERENCES! if you get my meaning... yes it's good and great and wonderful for everyone to discuss as much as possible about what they expect from their future husband/wife...what they imagine the roles to be... but it is hard to think of everything you should discuss. for example, my ex had no idea i did not think the same way as he did about some things in general and even though i tried to get him to discuss our roles and what we expected from one another, it just didn't occur to him that it needed to be discussed or that anyone would think differently. i'm not saying he's naive or narrowminded. i'm just saying it didn't occur to him. He used to tell me to stop "trying to be an american woman". lol In a perfect world, we would discuss everything with each other and have everything worked out beforehand and "learn about each other properly before marriage". But, no perfect world here. Misunderstandings happen every minute of the day all over the world and how you handle them depends on your experience in the world, what you were taught and your personality. And please don't think i'm lumping all MENA men together! I am not one of those women who blame all middle eastern/north african men for my one apple that had some worms inside! (and i certainly have some of those myself, we all do!) obviously i am not since i am trying again... so anyway.... Edited by Karonya and Adel, 23 July 2010 - 11:28 AM.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-23 11:26:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	i'm not sure how to do that... still a newbie tho i see now my status says junior member!! woot! yay for me! Edited by Karonya and Adel, 22 July 2010 - 07:00 PM.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-22 18:59:00
Middle East and North Africa	divorce rate/mena/couples	Does anyone have any idea what the divorce rate is for MENA couples? and maybe more specifically for female american citizen and MENA male? Just curious... i would be part of that statistic and i hope no one is offended by this question. i am certainly not suggesting it's high or low or anything in between. a lot of extra stresses/problems/pressures in our marriages that others don't have... just wondering!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-07-22 18:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	I think its bad news...	You could go with Lufhtansa through Algiers and that will be an easy flight. A good attorney will set you back about 750 to 1000 but they know how to do a withdrawal of the first k1 and then refile the second k1 and address the deficiencies in the fist case. You may not have frontloaded enough as far as evidence and they dont want to see cutesie stuff. They need letters from family members, proof of visits, chat logs, call logs, proof his family knows alot about you, etc. Lawyers know how to do that and an experienced k1 attorney can show you how do to this. I dont know enough about how much his family has been involved but they can for sure sway the embassy if they met you. If they dont know who you are, its going to be a problem. Start sending everything you can towards that embassy and dont be destroyed if it falls apart. You can regroup and do this. You just in my opnion, need to take another trip there... and go actually to Algeria....There will be no doubt in their minds if you actually go to his hometown and meet everyone I agree. i think it's a big obstacle that you haven't been to his home country and met his family. I went to Algeria last december and had no problems at all.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-08-18 13:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	Change the way I dress?	Sorry.. if you feel so pressured in a Christian town / Country how about then you pack and move to Arab country may be you feel more relaxed there!! No one forced you to live here! I just cannot understand why so many Muslim people feeling the guilt of so called being abused or targeted by others in a country that accepts all religion practices. Only people who cannot stand up for themselves find excuses of their surrounding to justify their weakness. now that was an absurd statement. Tell that to the millions who died in the Holocaust. Plus the 3rd sentence doesn't make any sense. "I just cannot understand why so many Muslim people feeling the guilt of so called being abused or targeted by others in a country that accepts all religion practices." oh yeah, we're accepting yeah, let's see, wasn't it just a couple of weeks ago there was a big Qur'an burning planned? ok now it's time for you to blast me... go for it	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-23 20:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Change the way I dress?	I think I accidentally opened a very volatile subject, so I will leave it as it is. Thanks for the advice that I got and I apologize if I stepped on anyone's toes or caused some sort of hostile feelings in anyone. I think I won't post unless its serious from now on to avoid any further confusion. ahhh post what you feel you want to discuss and ignore the comments that aren't posted to help, just hinder.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-23 14:08:00
Middle East and North Africa	Change the way I dress?	"Geeze, I was in high school three years ago and now I feel like I'm making huge decisions. Where does the time go? " i'm not saying how long it's been since i was in high school Edited by Karonya and Adel, 23 September 2010 - 02:07 PM.	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-23 14:05:00
Middle East and North Africa	Change the way I dress?	I agree, this is the place to discuss that kind of issue. I also agree that in the beginning it's exciting to do something new but with some people it tends to wane with time...i would take my time making the decision, introduce a few things here and there. I was that way at first years ago, but now i don't do it every day, just now and then, and that's worked out for me. I think caybee has hit the nail on the head with that post!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-09-23 11:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	He never says sorry...	I read it as two seperate issues - one that they get into arguments and sometimes he's wrong but he doesn't apologize for being wrong AND that he's having adjustment issues. They may be having arguments due to the adjustment but they may be having other arguments not related to adjustment that he also doesn't apologize for. I've been through the adjustment phase (lasted over a year) and it sucked so bad for both my husband and I but I never felt it was a good excuse for either of us to behave badly. And we did behave badly at times. Adjustment does not give this guy the right to be mean to his wife. Now we don't know what the OP's idea of harsh is, like you said. But he should be in tune with what his wife's idea of harsh is and act accordingly and vice versa. It's very easy to run out of patience with someone who refuses to do anything but sit around and mope and act like a jackass especially when you've bent over backwards to get him here. ditto!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-10-05 11:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Visa to visit Algeria	no problem, if she has any other questions, give me a yell!	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-10-05 11:36:00
Middle East and North Africa	Visa to visit Algeria	oh! No. have to have it before. I recommend using the Algerian Visa Center. the algerian embassy tends to not update their website much and some of the things they are requiring for a visa do not appear. It's an extra 31 dollars but well worth it. tip: a new requirement is a notarized letter of explanation by the applicant stating who you are, where you're going, why you're going, what you're going to do there and where you're going to stay. Having an original invitation is a MUST now, didn't use to be...	Karonya and Adel	Female	Algeria	2010-10-05 11:27:00