Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Krikit @ May 6 2008, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ May 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ May 6 2008, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay, come on now. You can't just comment and not provide a link. The one I am talking about (and assuming Kathryn is talking about) is here: http://www.visajourn...h...764&st=1020 starting on page 69. post 1031. and it goes on. Grrrrrrrrrr. What a jackass. Oh, and this.... QUOTE (speaking_softly @ May 5 2008, 10:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now...a previous poster commented about exorbitant costs and how many other developed countries process immigrants at little or no cost. Well thats just grand! But the real question is, why isn't the U.S. citizen spouse emigrating to the foreign spouse's country? Seems like it would be easier and lot less stressful given that the developed country's is so immigration-friendly, no? The fact is that your spouses all wanted to come here to live and not the other way around. I think that says a lot about the good ol' U.S.A. Yes, things take longer, but here in the States we run a lot more security checks on any prospective immigrant (and rightly so) than any other country. Well, this just boils my blood. What an idiot. Yes, we all came here because the US is the best country on the planet. What an arrogant and moronic thing to say. Nice, hey? It's a wonder I have a tongue left from biting it so hard the last couple of days!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-05-06 13:50:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Kathryn41 @ May 6 2008, 10:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ May 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ May 6 2008, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay, come on now. You can't just comment and not provide a link. The one I am talking about (and assuming Kathryn is talking about) is here: http://www.visajourn...h...764&st=1020 starting on page 69. post 1031. and it goes on. Yep, that's the one I meant too. Idiot. I just finished booking my INFOPASS appointment to get the I551 stamp to extend my freaking extension letter--"acting like I expected my case to be adjudicated in 3 months', my #######. No clue, he has NO freaking clue. Meanwhile, my husband just got laid off this morning and I will probably have to go looking for work again and I am freaking out that the stamp won't be sufficient for potential employers, based on recent accounts in the forum. He has NO FREAKING CLUE!!!!!!!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-05-06 10:54:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Krikit @ May 6 2008, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay, come on now. You can't just comment and not provide a link. The one I am talking about (and assuming Kathryn is talking about) is here: http://www.visajourn...h...764&st=1020 starting on page 69. post 1031. and it goes on.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-05-06 10:10:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Kathryn41 @ May 5 2008, 10:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ May 5 2008, 11:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Len_and_Bren @ May 5 2008, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Some people are just plain irritating. Can't decide what do I dislike the most: stupidity or condescension. Maybe I should do as many of our sisters have done and take off for a while.- and come back when I'm about to remove conditions. Oh don't go into the removing conditions forum right now, we've a world class pontificator in there driving me crazy. You and me both! Yipes, what an idiot! Seriously.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-05-05 23:35:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Len_and_Bren @ May 5 2008, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Some people are just plain irritating. Can't decide what do I dislike the most: stupidity or condescension. Maybe I should do as many of our sisters have done and take off for a while.- and come back when I'm about to remove conditions. Oh don't go into the removing conditions forum right now, we've a world class pontificator in there driving me crazy.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-05-05 22:16:00
Canada	The Vent	well, finally got back here to the US, finally got my luggage that AA managed to misplace, and I am kinda sad. every time I go home to Canada, so many things change. I don't feel totally at home here, but I am starting to not feel at home there either.......I hate this kind of limbo.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-05-01 16:26:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (trailmix @ Apr 29 2008, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (liz_legend @ Apr 29 2008, 04:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I haven't even been to OT in about 2 months (I think..) I haven't been there for a while either, but had to go see where Cassie posted!! I used the word shite, and my word, did that ever feel good. LOL	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-29 17:33:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Apr 29 2008, 12:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ Apr 29 2008, 12:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, I am officially sick to death of the Off Topic Forum. It's either politics or racism or people making sexual innuendoes at each other. I've decided to stay out of it for the sake of my mental health. Guess I won't be on here as much anymore. LOL I hate it too. Some of the topics are so horrible and so are some of the people. Bleh Why, oh why do I respond to some of the ####### in OT????? /end vent	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-29 15:45:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Krikit @ Apr 29 2008, 11:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Apr 29 2008, 12:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Got to walk in the Atlantic Ocean for almost 2 hours on Sunday -- yay! Today is my last day here in Canada for a while -- boo! Going home to see my poor lonely hubby -- yay! My poor lonely hubby is still waiting to hear if he's got the managerial job he's done two interviews for and hasn't heard a thing in two weeks -- boo! We think my sister-in-law is having a boy -- yay! I don't trust ultrasounds as far as I can throw them -- boo! I'm feeling weird today. Yay! booo! hehe	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-29 12:25:00
Canada	The Vent	Got to walk in the Atlantic Ocean for almost 2 hours on Sunday -- yay! Today is my last day here in Canada for a while -- boo! Going home to see my poor lonely hubby -- yay! My poor lonely hubby is still waiting to hear if he's got the managerial job he's done two interviews for and hasn't heard a thing in two weeks -- boo! We think my sister-in-law is having a boy -- yay! I don't trust ultrasounds as far as I can throw them -- boo! I'm feeling weird today.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-29 11:34:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Krikit @ Apr 24 2008, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Apr 24 2008, 06:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My sister-in-law is sick with the flu, so I won't get a chance to see my niece and nephew before flying back to Tulsa. I haven't seen them in almost a year and they are growing up so fast. I am one sad auntie tonight. /end sad rant Awwww. Can someone not go and pick them up and bring them to see you? They live six hours away, and gas prices are jumping like crazy right now, and my mom just got over bronchitis herself (not good with a recovering suppressed immune system). Add all that up and a visit isn't possible right now.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-25 07:55:00
Canada	The Vent	My sister-in-law is sick with the flu, so I won't get a chance to see my niece and nephew before flying back to Tulsa. I haven't seen them in almost a year and they are growing up so fast. I am one sad auntie tonight. /end sad rant	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-24 17:34:00
Canada	The Vent	Methinks you have already answered your question. I'm with Len -- at least give them the head's-up so they could try for a refund if you decide against having the wedding. And there is nothing wrong with a vow renewal ceremony down the road when finances aren't so tight for you (IMHO )	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-07 16:21:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (IR5FORMUMSIE @ Apr 7 2008, 03:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Apr 7 2008, 02:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> thanks everyone for the wellwishes! The procedure went so smoothly I was back home by 10am! The Lortab is wearing off a bit now but I am resting comfortably watching Law & Order and scanning VJ. I am saving the doughnut for supper I love that show. Especially that episode when Mr. McCoy says, "now Arthur" and "only if your client allocutes," oh wait, that's all of them. Doughnuts for dinner, now that's a real Canadian. I hear ya. I love watching the older episodes so I can hear all the lenny-isms.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-07 15:29:00
Canada	The Vent	thanks everyone for the wellwishes! The procedure went so smoothly I was back home by 10am! The Lortab is wearing off a bit now but I am resting comfortably watching Law & Order and scanning VJ. I am saving the doughnut for supper	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-07 14:22:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Apr 6 2008, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good Luck tomorrow Cassie!!!! Have a big doughnut when you are done!!!! That's the plan	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-06 22:13:00
Canada	The Vent	Ok, so I'm having a minor day surgery thing tomorrow at 7:15 am. to prep for it, I have had to: --drink a large shot of milk of magnesia --not eat anything from lunchtime today, until I get home tomorrow, and only allowed liquids until midnight --as of midnight, I can't even have liquids I want a doughnut right now SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-04-06 19:29:00
Canada	The Vent	So, I booked my tickets home online through American. Two of the three flights are on United, operated by Air Canada. So I call American tonight to find out how to reserve certain seats (ie ones with leg room, since I have a high risk of blood clots) on the non-AA flights. After 15 minutes of dealing with their darn voice recognition software, I finally get an operator. Who proceeds to tell me that he can't do anything, I have to call Air Canada. After 15 minutes of dealing with their "press 1 for reservations" system, I finally get an operator. Who proceeds to tell me that he can't do anything, I have to call United. After 15 minutes of dealing with their darn voice recognition software, I finally get an operator. Who proceeds to tell me she can't reserve the seats I want until the day of my flight.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-03-20 20:48:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Len_and_Bren @ Mar 17 2008, 11:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Mar 17 2008, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> this is going to bug me until i figure out what thread y'all are talking about! okies.... http://www.visajourn...howtopic=116344 much thanks for the enlightenment	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-03-17 15:57:00
Canada	The Vent	this is going to bug me until i figure out what thread y'all are talking about!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-03-17 10:41:00
Canada	The Vent	**hugs to Karen** !!!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-03-15 17:52:00
Canada	The Vent	Hugs to Nini and Len!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-27 10:08:00
Canada	The Vent	I'm just glad to have the internet back after going a whole week (GASP) without it -- gotta love major ice storms!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-18 18:48:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Dec 7 2007, 10:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Emancipation @ Dec 7 2007, 07:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hate my life right now...... i love my hubby and that is perfect.. but the rest of it.. sucks.. I should be more "up".. it's flipping Christmas, but I'm just really really discouraged right now.. I am appalled at my work environment and I am really anxious about the lack of resources this close to the Holidays... This is a crappy time of year for this toxic mix of bad luck, terrible management and lack of opportunities. Hate is a pretty strong word. Christmas is usually a time, particularly for women I think, when our expectations of what these holidays should "look like" are often skewed. I know it doesn't help when you hate your job. I worry for you about the toxic part. Talk to your husband. If it's that toxic, you don't want it leaking into your relationship. No job is worth that. No job is worth your health, both mental and physical being. Know that we care about you and hope there are smoother roads ahead! Big Hugs, Carla Amen to that! Hugs to you girl!!!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-07 09:27:00
Canada	Hometown Canada	Born in Cape Breton, lived the majority of my life in a teeny weeny community called Pleasantville, Nova Scotia. Fun fact? Erm, not sure a community of 300 people has much in the way of fun facts	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-03-02 19:24:00
Canada	What am I forgetting?	all-dressed chips Mr. Big bars toothpaste (because toothpaste here tastes funky)	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-03-26 19:53:00
Canada	Why I don't want children	We have 5 nieces and nephews to spoil......and give back to their parents when we're done.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-09 19:47:00
Canada	How long after interview do you wait to move to US?	I waited 5 days.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-09 19:51:00
Canada	Is it just me.......	QUOTE (Emancipation @ Apr 9 2009, 07:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Apr 9 2009, 08:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ....or does Passport Canada have a special process that makes your passport picture look ten times worse?????? just sayin'! yes .. yes they do honest to goodness, I opened my passport today and I couldn't believe how grouchy I looked! Then I looked at my old passport and it's a wonder that I wasn't flagged as a serial killer! I am a nice person, I promise!!!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-09 20:00:00
Canada	Is it just me.......	....or does Passport Canada have a special process that makes your passport picture look ten times worse?????? just sayin'!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-09 19:55:00
Canada	Little Differences Between Canada and the U.S. (Easter Time)	*sigh* my momma makes the best hot cross buns. Reading this thread makes me miss her right now, especially since she and Dad were supposed to come visit this week, and they had to cancel because she got sick and the doctors told her to stay home for now. I am fortunate, my company gives Good Friday as a holiday -- the former owner and I'd say 90% of the company's employees are Christian -- but this is definitely not the norm here in Oklahoma. As a Christian myself, I consider this weekend a very important part of my faith to observe (even more so than Christmas, actually) and I am surprised at how few churches offer Good Friday services! Fortunately I have found a church to visit that does a wonderful service -- I have to go somewhere else as my church does not have one itself.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-06 22:08:00
Canada	A Canadian Apology	QUOTE (flames9 @ Apr 13 2009, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh don't worry, in a few months, some one else will post the same thing, and it starts all over again,lol haha ain't that the dang truth!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-13 15:16:00
Canada	Procrastinating........	QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Apr 7 2009, 06:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Apr 6 2009, 09:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just wanted to add an update to this thread: DHL attempted to deliver my passport today -- will have to go and pick it up tomorrow and see if there are any mistakes! hehe So it took about as long as they said it would -- about 3 weeks or so and the website is saying a month, so not bad at all. Thanks for the update Cassie! I don't know if you saw mine...think I maybe put it in the vent thread instead of here, but mine was returned to me the day after it arrived in Gatineau saying there was shadows in my passport pictures and my guarantor didn't sign the copy of my driver's license and indicate she had seen the original. I just sent it back to her today to resend for me once she's done what she needs to do. So, not even day 1 again! Sorry Carla! The good thing is (based on my experience) -- once they get it, they're pretty prompt in getting it back to you.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-09 19:53:00
Canada	Procrastinating........	Just wanted to add an update to this thread: DHL attempted to deliver my passport today -- will have to go and pick it up tomorrow and see if there are any mistakes! hehe So it took about as long as they said it would -- about 3 weeks or so and the website is saying a month, so not bad at all. Edited by Cassie, 06 April 2009 - 09:59 PM.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-06 21:58:00
Canada	Procrastinating........	QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Mar 16 2009, 09:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I did indeed Cassie. I hope it's not rejected though! I went to a local photographer/camera dealer to get my passport pictures and they had an ajustment on their picture processor for Canada style passport pictures, so I think I'm okay there, but then I took my whole package to send to my gf in Canada, so that she could be the guarantor, and mail the whole thing to Ottawa...(why did you say Quebec???), however I realized after I sent my package out, that I didn't cut and seperate the pictures I sent. They had the two pictures side by side, and I didn't cut them! They also didn't have a friggin stamp for the back, so they hand wrote it in, their place of business and the date the picture was taken. *sigh* Again, hopefully they'll accept what I sent and not send it back. I feel utterly NAKED without my passport. I can only hope it doesn't take very long at all and I have it in my hot little hands soon. haha I just realized you said hot little hands as well! So, I sent mine to my gf on...Thursday. Let's keep each other informed as to who gets theirs when. 'Cause it says to mail it to Gatineau (basically Ottawa! ) I hear you about feeling naked without the passport -- me too! I need my little piece of Canada here with me! I will definitely let you all know when I get it back.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-03-16 21:30:00
Canada	Procrastinating........	QUOTE (Reba @ Mar 16 2009, 07:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does anyone know that if I renew my passport, and have them mail my new one to here in the US, if the application has to be mailed from the US? Or when my Mum comes to visit next month can I give it to her and she can mail it from TO? I think it gets sent to different offices depending where you live right? Reba, I filled out the 153 form (for adults, changing my last name). This is what it said about mailing: Applying by Mail Mailed-in applications are processed in Canada. BY MAIL Passport Canada Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Gatineau QC K1A 0G3 CANADA BY COURIER Passport Canada 22 de Varennes Building 22 de Varennes Street Gatineau QC J8T 8R1 CANADA DO NOT mail or bring your application to a Canadian government office in the USA. However, passport applications and related forms are available from these offices. it doesn't make any differentiation about where you mail it from as far as I could tell, just about what method you use to mail it. So I took it to mean that it doesn't matter if it comes from the US or Canada. So my parents are gonna take care of it for me in Canada. QUOTE (Krikit @ Mar 16 2009, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry to hear about your Mom, Cassie. If you need to visit her while you're waiting for your passport you'll be fine crossing into Canada without it by land..... just bring your Canadian citizenship doc. You'll only need the passport when coming back to the US after this coming June..... but they only ever want to see your greencard anyway. I have no idea where "home" is so pay no attention to what I just said if you have to fly, though. Unless you can fly to a US border and drive across. If push comes to shove, I'll fly to Maine and drive to NS. Driving for a week or so to get home is not my ideas of a good time. But she seems to be getting better each day, so I am hopeful I won't have to make a trip any time soon.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-03-16 21:27:00
Canada	Procrastinating........	Got the passport application in the mail to my parents, who are getting a family friend to be my guarantor, and then it's off to Quebec to be processed. It was a ####### to find a photography place willing to take photos to Canadian standards, but I now know where to go in the future. Can't wait to get the new one back in my hot little hands! Carla -- did you get yours done??	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-03-14 21:41:00
Canada	Procrastinating........	Thanks for the info and encouragement. I will get going on it, I am just not motivated at all to do paperwork right now, I guess it's because I touch paper all day, it's the last thing I want to do when I come home! Kathryn, if you read this, did you get your old passport back, or should I make a copy of it for filing for citizenship purposes before sending it in?	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-03-03 18:48:00
Canada	Procrastinating........	So I am freaking out a bit. I need to renew my passport and I just can't work myself up to do research and the paperwork to get it done. Did I mention that it expires in a month? And that my mom is in the hospital again and I am afraid that as soon as I put the application in the mail I am going to need it? *sigh* /end rant.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-03-02 19:29:00
Canada	What do you do?	Before I came to the US, I worked in various historic sites and museums doing all sorts of stuff, from research to exhibits to co-ordinating events to pretending to being a resident of a French fortress in 1744. Had loads of fun, miss it terribly, terribly, terribly. I have had a couple of jobs since moving here, the two main ones was a stint in medical records for a home health care company, and my current job as a project co-ordinator for a division in an environmental engineering firm. I try not to focus on the fact that I help to manage projects worth millions of dollars!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-04-17 17:06:00