Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Middle East and North Africa	Need help, I am very worried...	I hope someone is able to help and find out.... my mind went back to the time Monicas hubby passed away while he was in Morocco and she was here. I hope its not a similar situation. Maybe the OP will come back and update us all!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-02 13:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	interesting video from arab festival in Dearborn	Oh well, then carry on ... I havent been reading into other groups other than MENA & Citizenship in awhile... I said what I felt about all of this in my first post.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-04 13:08:00
Middle East and North Africa	interesting video from arab festival in Dearborn	I believe Charles closed the other one and said Do not restart this...	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-04 13:05:00
Middle East and North Africa	interesting video from arab festival in Dearborn	So, in all fairness to the previous topic that WOM shared the link to, this topic should be closed too. Im not thinking this topic would go in a helpful direction for our MENA group & theres better things to focus on and chat about in here.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-04 13:01:00
Middle East and North Africa	interesting video from arab festival in Dearborn	Both groups in the 1st video were wrong. 2 wrongs never make a right. He that is without sin, cast the first stone. -Jesus	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-04 12:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	Intro and Worries	Hi ! Welcome to VJ! My hubby is Egyptian and we live around Houston	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-07 22:09:00
Middle East and North Africa	July 2012	Looking forward to the whole month. On the 12th is my 12th yr at work, so vacation time starts again. The 15th I finally get to celebrate my neices birthday, she'll be 5 and I've never been around for her bdays. On the 19th is my baby brothers 26th bday and my oldest step sisters bday plus Adams naturalization interview, then we start vacation from then on til the 27th. On the 22nd is our 6yr anniversary!!! Loving this month!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-02 13:24:00
Middle East and North Africa	What happens at the port of entry?	Wow! I can not imagine what he was thinking and feeling during those hours! Scary!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-11 12:33:00
Middle East and North Africa	How many of you saw your significant other online before flying across the country to meet in person?	It was probably copied in an Egyptian movie. Did I ever tell you about the time that Ammar was watching Sound of Music with me and then informed me that this was really an Egyptian movie? I was like ummmm... no... this is a musical based on the biographies of real people. My German teacher in HS went to school with Von Trapp grandkids. Then he realized the Egyptians just copied it and never credited that. Now he doesn't trust anything LOL. bwahhahaha gooo figure! reminds me of the other day there was some egyptian music video or something of sorts with a guy singing... but it starts off by playing the tune to the pink panther so i started humming with it.... Adam looked at me like WOW! How did you know this!? lol I was like honey... they stole that from the pink panther movie! Edited by ~PalmTreeGurl~, 27 June 2012 - 08:55 PM.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-06-27 20:52:00
Middle East and North Africa	How many of you saw your significant other online before flying across the country to meet in person?	Met Adam online & there was this little tiny picture of him on his profile page. I did ask him for a better one & he sent me 3 where he was with some friends. Got to see him & his mom, dad, grandparents & sister all on webcam a lot before I ever flew out there. Glad I did, it was great to see their smile everytime we got on webcam. He got to meet my mom on webcam even though she didnt live near me, we did a 3 way conference call then set up webcam with me and with her. He met my grandparents for real when they flew out to Egypt for a 3 day stop over before vacationing in Israel. Im happy with how things went for us. Worked for us!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-06-25 21:58:00
Middle East and North Africa	This is the day !	Thanks everyone!!! We got there at 11am. His appointment was for 12:30 & the letter said be 30 minutes early. We waited in the car til 12, then went to the door where security was. He had to take off his watch, belt & everything out of his pockets. He went to drop off his letter at the window and we waited from 12:15-12:45 when they called his name. He said the officer started with swearing him in, then the 6 out of 10 test questions, then went over personal questions. He was asked when was our anniversary, where does he work and live & where he worked in Ga. The officer wanted to keep the originals which was our marriage certificate & birth certificate but Adam told him we needed them back. (I know the interview letter said to bring originals of everything you sent a copy of) so I don't know why the officer acted like he needed the originals but he made another copy of them instead. He asked about the past 3 years in taxes bcz we pay around $300 to the IRS each year and he wanted a copy of those receipts. Adam told him that isn't what the interview letter asked us to bring so we didn't but that I could get them if he needed them, so he said its ok and you are approved & stamped his N400 with the red approval stamp. Then he had Adam sign off on the name change sheet but the officer made a mistake and added his old middle name & Adam told him he doesn't want a middle name so the paper got redone and Adam got to sign it with his new name. He was told not to wait in the waiting area like others were doing bcz he would get a letter in the mail for his oath ceremony in the city closer to us. Houston is about 40 miles away and so is Beaumont. He said we live near Beaumont so he will have his oath ceremony there. Edited by ~PalmTreeGurl~, 20 July 2012 - 10:12 AM.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-20 10:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	This is the day !	Hubby is Approved! Got to sign at the end with his name change & will await a letter in the mail with a time & date for his ceremony!!!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-19 13:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	This is the day !	Lol yep ! Always! Sunday is our 6 yr anniversary! We are going to spend a few days at a hotel on our Galveston beach & we are both off work for 9 days paid vacation	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-19 11:20:00
Middle East and North Africa	This is the day !	We are here at the office an hour early... Better be early than late so here we are. Plus, you never know with Houston's traffic & we live 40 miles out. Hubby is looking handsome in his black slacks & dark yellow colored shirt	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-19 11:12:00
Middle East and North Africa	This is the day !	3 1/2 hours away til hubbys naturalization interview! I will let you all know how it went when we make it back home!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-19 08:49:00
Middle East and North Africa	Paying the fees	im pretty sure they dont accept personal checks.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-26 11:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	A/P MOVING FORWARD	Well first, welcome to visajourney and congrats to you! My hubby went through the visa process 4 1/2 yrs ago. Hopefully through visa journey you will find the support and advice that you need. Best wishes !	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-31 20:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	May His flight and entry go smoothly	WOW, I've never heard of a married MENA guy coming over to the USA on a visitors visa!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-06-06 00:42:00
Middle East and North Africa	To my friend Wassim & his soon to be bride!	Exciting Wassim! Best wishes to you! Adam & I were in Houston eating at Alladin on Westheimer this afternoon. Never been to that one before. We'll have to plan a get together lunch or dinner sometime with you and Shatha when we all get a free day. Edited by ~PalmTreeGurl~, 02 August 2012 - 10:13 PM.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-08-02 22:12:00
Middle East and North Africa	To my friend Wassim & his soon to be bride!	Yep, I saw the pictures! You & Shatha look fantastic together! Your family did the photography?! They did a wonderful job! I loved the pictures !	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-21 11:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	To my friend Wassim & his soon to be bride!	Wassim, best wishes on your soon to be wedding this weekend in Jordan! Safe travel today with all your family & friends! May you and Shatha have a wonderful blessed marriage on Saturday! Can't wait to see pictures of you and your lovely bride! ~ Tamara & Adam	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-11 00:23:00
Middle East and North Africa	This Is Happening!	congrats & best wishes!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-27 10:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	urgent question help guys	Hi, welcome to visa journey! Hope you find answers that you and she need. May I ask if she and you are close in age? Does she come on visa journey to read too? Maybe she can ask some questions and get some answers as well.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-24 17:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Ten years :)	Congrats and wish ya'll many more happy years!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-08-02 12:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	Miami South Beach Vacation	Adam will be a citizen the next time you vacation?! Awesome. Congrats! If you think of any hot Egyptian spots or spots where people speak Arabic? We are waiting on Houston to schedule his interview date.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-06-10 18:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	Miami South Beach Vacation	totally understandable! We have a lot of "middle eastern" restaurants here but Adam says none of them make food like he's used to in Egypt. I still enjoy the food wherever we go. Dimassi's is a popular one we go to in Houston bcz its a buffet & has a huge variety.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-06-10 18:24:00
Middle East and North Africa	Miami South Beach Vacation	Wow! Florida vacations! lol Adam & I will be going back to florida again this year... we went to destin last year & loved it! I don't know if we are willing to drive further than that though...	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-06-10 17:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	Waiver for meeting...	Many of the women on here have spouses that are muslim. Many of the women took trips to their hubbys home country or even to a different country to meet up and spend time with them. He'd have to meet you to marry you & I think it would be hard or rare for him just to get a waiver to come over here....	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-08-13 17:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Egyptian wedding.. next steps?	At the Embassy before we married we went to get my "free to marry paper" It had a place on there to write both our religions on it.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-08-29 00:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	The day i've been waiting for is soon coming	Best wishes!!! Keep us posted how it goes! And happy early bday to ur fiance.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-08-22 13:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Heyyy whats up	So, also curious to know.... I know you told us you are buddhist and I see you've been wearing hijab & scarves a bit lately with pictures posted. Is this something you're trying or just like the style and look? I know of a lady who's an atheist, married to an Egyptian and she did a blog about being muslim for a month where she fasted this ramadan & participated in the whole outwardly things of being muslim. Just curious whats up for you. Edited by ~PalmTreeGurl~, 01 September 2012 - 12:42 PM.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-09-01 12:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Heyyy whats up	hey Sarah & Betsy! Today is hubbys 28th bday!!! He's at work til 5pm then I have work 2-11 so we will be missing each other. But... I got his bday cake & a cute card for him so its all good! His naturalization status updated yesterday to being in line for his oath ceremony & that he should be getting a letter soon! Cant wait to get that letter with the date & time!!! I'll keep you all posted! Have a great day!!!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-09-01 12:22:00
Middle East and North Africa	Abuse Victims	This is ridiculous!!! Whoever she is, I hope she gets help and away from him!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-08-06 12:49:00
Middle East and North Africa	age differience urgent help plz	To the OP: Big Deal... is your fiance able to come online to visajourney and ask us some questions that she may have? Many of us are more than willing to help out, but I'd like to know what questions she may have as an American going through this process.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-09-13 19:20:00
Middle East and North Africa	age differience urgent help plz	Hi! Welcome to Visajourney! Can you fiance come online here and speak to us ladies? It may be easier for her to ask questions that SHE has as well.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-09-12 20:06:00
Middle East and North Africa	Lesson Well Learned	Again best wishes Z. Hope for your fiances sake you are the real thing. On a side note: Even women that are redneck, barefoot, no teeth have butts that men look at. lol Anyways, have a great day everyone Im heading off to work!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-09-26 08:24:00
Middle East and North Africa	Emergency	Curious to know how it went ! Update us when you can !	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-09-25 11:27:00
Middle East and North Africa	SPOUSE VISA VS FIANCE VISA	welcome to VJ! Well, there is no guaranteed visa so IMO just do what is right for you & him. I married my hubby there, filed for k3 spouse visa and when he came we flew out to my family in Houston & had a church ceremony -worked out perfect and we had both families at some point for our ceremonies.	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-09-26 19:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	Happy Couples ....	Yep! Happily married now for 6yrs this past Sunday Hubby has been here for 4 1/2 yrs and is waiting on his oath ceremony letter. We drive into Houston occasionally to buy the mid eastern groceries like fresh pita bread, fuul, a certain cheese he likes, basterma, lamb or beef sausage, egyptian rice, and other little things they have. He does like refried beans but not the same way as his fuul. He actually made homemade bread last night & we ate boiled eggs, beets and the bread he made. Adam & I do work alot but whenever we are together we spend it going places together- restaurants, mall, movies, or whatever. We always have a great time in whatever we do. If we are home just relaxing, he has his arabic tv through https://www.elafnettv.com// I told him yesterday that one day Im just going to learn awhole bunch of arabic so I can understand what the movies are always laughing or singing about in arabic. It seems like every show he watches they laugh like crazy or they break out in singing mode. I love it! Since we moved to Texas 3yrs ago we live very close to alot of my family. Most all of my family works alot but when we come together we all have a great time whether we go out shooting pool, playing card & board games at our moms house or going fishing down in galveston. Hubby loves fishing and so does my mom & grandfather. I just like to get a tan I really enjoy my life with my husband and he definitely is a blessing in my life!	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-07-27 10:44:00
Middle East and North Africa	How to deal with leaving	Happy Anniversary Jeanne & Wael !	~PalmTreeGurl~	Female	Egypt	2012-10-28 12:32:00