Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
USCIS Service Centers	vermont has done it	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-03-03 10:31:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Approved	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-04 08:02:00
United Kingdom	APPROVED!!!	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-12 09:46:00
United Kingdom	Got my visa :)	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-03-22 09:21:00
United Kingdom	One more milestone	Wishing nothing but the best for you.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-27 00:37:00
United Kingdom	Cadbury's Dairy Milk	http://shop.ghirarde...CFTzqJAodj2jamA try that for fine American chocolate. As America's longest continuously operating chocolate manufacturer, Ghirardelli has established its position as America's premium chocolate company for more than 150 years. We are one of very few American manufacturers that make chocolate starting from the cocoa bean through to finished products. Throughout the process, we take special steps to ensure that our premium chocolate delivers our signature intense, smooth-melting chocolate taste. Intensive quality assurance in the selection of cocoa beans means that Ghirardelli accepts only the highest-quality beans. We reject as many as 40% of the beans that are offered to us. Beans that are not selected are sold to other manufacturers. In all of its chocolate product, Ghirardelli uses a proprietary blend of cocoa beans that has been refined over the company's 150-year history to provide the company's distinct and intense chocolate taste. Ghirardelli roasts the cocoa beans in-house to ensure the company's signature flavor profile is consistently maintained in all chocolate products. We also use a different roasting process whereby we remove the shell first and then roast the small nibs inside. Because the nibs are fairly uniform in size, we have more control over the temperature and time, so we can get a more specific flavor. Other companies roast their beans before removing the shell, which requires over-roasting the outside portion of the bean in order to roast the inside. This could impart a burned flavor to their chocolate. Finally, Ghirardelli uses an intensive refining process to ensure that its chocolate truly melts in your mouth! Ghirardelli has no grainy feel because we refine most of our chocolate flakes until they are 19 microns (human hair is 100 microns in diameter). Other mass market chocolates are refined to only 40 microns.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-02 23:57:00
United Kingdom	Freaking Finally for TracyTN	Congrats!!! woooo hooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-03-22 09:24:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Delta Has Gone Crazy	oh my. I got 2 round trip tickets, for me and my son, from Wichita to Hong Kong for $1857 in march. Check United if they fly there.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-02 19:07:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Our Daughter is Born	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-18 19:43:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Going back to Russia	Wrong!! The woman should support him all summer while the man drinks beer and watches t.v. on the couch of course! If she abondons him in this time of need he should find another woman, and fast.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 10:24:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Travel to Cuba	This has nothing to do with the questiom. It really is a seperate question. How do you show proof of having met in the fiancee's country and submit that proof to the government when travel there is not legal? seems to me like running to the police station and confessing to a crime?	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-03 00:32:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	**I am back**	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-09 13:26:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	INTERVIEW	congrats	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 10:15:00
China	(off topic maybe) we just wanna cry!	Here is some follow up. I cleared NVC on March 8. I emailed the consulate and they told me that they knew the package was on its way because they had received the Case # from NVC. They told me it takes 2 months to clear customs. However I can send her the I-134 in 5-7 days by usps Global mail? using the online mail format will get you a response from the consulate in 3-5 days, save your money on calling them. Jim	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-04-16 16:13:00
China	(off topic maybe) we just wanna cry!	Why is China so slow to get anything done? I realize I have been working on this for like five minutes compared to most and I feel everybody's pain. From my research we are looking at one of the longest Visa process on the globe. Jim	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2006-12-04 16:53:00
China	Time from NVC to Packet 3	Today is 85 days from the time NVC approved our petition and still no packet 3 from Guangzhou. At what point do I worry? Jim	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-05-31 20:59:00
Asia: East and Pacific	My wife had her interview at 10 AM on Friday, 02 February 2007 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam	congrats! My wife had her interview She arrived at the US Embassy at 7 A.M. She was called for her interview at 10 A.M. She was finished at 10:15 A.M. She told the American man that interviewed her was very nice. The man asked her all of about maybe six questions Sorry, I cannot post the questions asked The interview lastest about 15 minutes. She was told to return to the US Embassy on Monday afternoon to receive her visa? This is a great for the both of us!!! I wish everyone lots of success in their story of bring a foreign bride home to America	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-02 21:04:00
Asia: East and Pacific	My wife got Visa on her hand on 2/14/07	Congrats!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:39:00
Asia: East and Pacific	SHE GOT IT!!!	Congrats!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:40:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Got my NOA2	Congrats Just want to share with you all: I got my NOA2 in the mail yesterday with no RFE's. 96 days from filing - which is average nowadays for TSC -> CSC. Moving on... I'm happy to see many of you pass the interviews this month in HCMC...	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 19:05:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Interview Rally For tway22	I had only met my fiancee for three days before we are engaged. I have a feeling it is very common and that interviewers are very used to seeing this sort of thing. Good Luck! I'm sure all is well. Jim	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-05 13:43:00
Asia: East and Pacific	HOTELS in Saigon ... with *fun* details :-)	Hoang Kim is the name. It's actually in district 7 right on the edge of District 8. Yes there is a tub with a shower head in it. The place is brand new and quite nice for the price. 50,000d for a taxi to down town. Yeah the cheapest room at Metropole is now $130 usd but they are awesome rooms and a great pool but if your straying 2 weeks or more then $130 a night is a killer. Hi, can you give me the name of the district 8 hotel with vip suite? Got a tub? I have heard of the Metropole but wow, I heard it was $40 a night ... INFLATION IS A B*TCH. ILOVETAN [/quote]	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2008-07-06 00:53:00
Asia: East and Pacific	HOTELS in Saigon ... with *fun* details :-)	I'm in district 8 right now with my wife. We spent 300,000d a night for a new vip suite and the staff is awesome. Hoang Kim is the name. Only 4 floors but quiet and nice. 200,000d for a lesser room but just as nice and always hot water and fresh towels. I stayed at Hotel Metropole last time at $180 usd a night. This is wayyyyyy better. There is a restruant up the street that delivers great american Italian food called the Red Tomato, great food, Home away from Home Jim and Nhi	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2008-07-04 05:33:00
Africa: Sub-Saharan	He is HERE!!!!!!	Congrats!!!!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-04 16:23:00
Africa: Sub-Saharan	Dual Citizenship	Edited by Augustajim, 22 February 2007 - 09:34 PM.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-22 21:31:00
Africa: Sub-Saharan	Approved and livin' it up at home	congrats	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 09:48:00
Africa: Sub-Saharan	Interview for my Ghanaian Husband in Greece a Sucess	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-22 22:47:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I'm illegal alien and she is on social security welfare. Who would pay the fees and how?	Boy oh Boy, I work for Cessna Aircraft Co. in wichita Kansas. The fee's to date for me are $170, I expect her medical to be $100, and I saw a consolate fee of $130. If my math is any good at all thats $400. Suck it up and pay the fees if you can't your only a burden on society, Sorry, my opinion only!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-01-19 22:55:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Approved!	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-06 21:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-12 09:44:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Almost there!!	Congrats!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:38:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Breaking news: Wife coming home today	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 22:19:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Thank GOD for VSC	Congrats!!!! that was tough to say, lol!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:55:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally after waiting...	congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-08 09:28:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3 VISA APPOVED TODAY!!!!	Congrats!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:25:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Where do i send the I-130	i have no real knowledge of your situation but i found this, it may be of help or i may be totally lost. OK, Ready To File Here is how the procedure typically goes: 1- There is an initial “interview” where the USC and the foreign spouse appear to submit the I-130 and its attachments. Some Consulates accept these materials by mail, courier or in person with an appointment or only on specific days. Check the website of your Consulate for tips OR contact them directly to inquire. For a list of members' cover letters for I-130 and visa applications, please read this thread (and contribute your finished product!) 2- The I-130 is adjudicated. Once the petition is approved, the foreign spouse may apply for an Immigrant Visa. 3- The foreign spouse’s visa application will include The Packet Formerly Known As “3”. This will include DS-230 Part 1 (the visa application) and a checklist of required documents. It may include information about the medical procedure for your area and certainly instruction for the Affidavit of Support I-864. If you have all of the documents for the petition + visa application ready at your first visit to the Consulate (to file the I-130) you may persuade the Immigrant Visa workers to accept the visa application early and start a provisional file for you. Submit photocopies of all supporting documents unless otherwise directed by the Consular staff! Bring originals to the interview(s). Remember that all FORMS submitted must be originals. 4- The foreign spouse has the final interview. The US citizen spouse does NOT have to be present at the final interview. When all name checks are cleared, the Machine Readable Immigrant Visa (MRIV) is glued into the immigrant’s passport. Expect delays of one to ‘some’ days for visa issuance after a successful interview. Immigrant Visas are (with a few exceptions) valid for six months; the first entry to the US must be made before expiry. If you are unable to enter the US within 6 months, contact your Consulate. It is permissible to enter the US with the Immigrant Visa and leave again to complete your business outside the US. If you will be out of the US for more than 6 months, please do more research on maintaining your Permanent Resident status. 5- The foreign spouse enters the US, and at the port of entry will have their MRIV endorsed with a stamp. That is now proof of the immigrant’s new status: Permanent Resident. It is adequate evidence for most purposes and is equal to the I-551card that will be mailed to them, also known as the Green Card. The foreign spouse receives immediate work and travel authorization from the “green card stamp”, and will only need their social security card before starting to work. You may have already applied for this on the visa application DS-230 II. If you have applied for the Social Security number via the visa application, your SS Card s mailed to you separately within a month. Your Green Card will be mailed to you in the same time frame.If you haven’t received anything within a month, it’s time for follow up. Note: If you have been married for less than 2 years when you enter the US, your Permanent Resident status has “conditions”. A CR-1 PR is no less a PR than anyone else, but they do have an additional step to take 2 years after they enter the US. Please see the Guides for Removal of Conditions (form I-751). The visa resulting from a DCF case is the same Immigrant Visa that one would get by filing I-130 in the US: CR-1 or IR-1. I recommend the following reads to anyone who is becoming a Permanent Resident, so you can better understand your rights and responsibilities	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 04:48:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	So Happy!!! Packet 4 received today!!!	congrats	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-28 01:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	noa1	congrats	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-28 01:36:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Letter to your Congressman	I called my congressman, they all should have an immigration specialists on hand, in my case they told me call as much as I wanted and they would do all they could to help. Only problem was you must have a dire need for them to expedite. I was told unless it's a medical condition there is little then can do to help. Since 911 the hands of the congressman are tied is what I was told. My congressman was able to check on my case and make sure that all was good and look for any problems prior to an RFE. Hopefully all states are as willing to help as mine. Jim and Nhi	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2008-07-04 05:20:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	VISA ON HAND!	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2008-07-04 05:09:00