Yi_&_Me

Hopefully the Civil's in KC know more about the K series exams than they do in the SW part of the state. We went in Monday with the vaccination book and the medical book and the Dr. started a new full physical. After talking to him he left and a nurse came back in after referencing the manuals and figured that a new TB skin test and a whole new series of shots are required. Looks like the TB test will have to be completed but the majority of the new shots as of 01/09 are not age appropriate. Back tomorrow for round two. Good Luck

Congratulations!!!!!

Hopefully you are not out in front of the Consulate this early. Enjoy the $10 Coke and wait for the pink! Good Luck

Congratulations! It seemed like an easy overcome, just took some time.

We went through SFO in late January. It was the easiest return of the five trips I have taken (2 SFO 3 ORD). We were processed at the same time and the new officer trainee asked all the questions of me. Yi asked about what additional food we could have brought back and they all laughed that we did not bring the abalone and squid. The senior officer was stationed in Taiwan for five years so it was a food story session. The mysterious sealed envelope, passport and I-94 were all that were asked for. Stapled the I-94 to her passport and away we went. All the trouble that we had for the lost X-Ray, replacement, and worries were for nothing, just as many had stated it would most likely be the case. Good Luck and enjoy it!

There is a gentleman who used to say that we weren't always seeing the complete picture. He would get PM'd by the people with the white results. He leaves for an extended time and the white slips posted on the board increase, coincidence? I know many others receive these PM's as well. I wanted to ask the same question.

Numbers are great. If you are honest with them, they will always be honest with you. Problem with trying to reach an "estimated chance of success" calculation is this is way too heavily influenced by the human factor that you will never be able to take into account. How will you account for outliers? Will they be discarded? Will you run the ASTM to make sure that they are a true outlier? Same rules for K-1/K-3/CR-1? More emphasis placed on prior marriages/divorces for the spousal visas? Different sub-categories for English ability? Differing stats for each provence? The empirical data is available, but the human factor remains an unknown variable that you will never be able to quantify in an equation. Did the VO not hear correctly the answer given? Does the VO think that certain areas are more inclined to fraud and did that influence their decision? Was your loved one nervous the whole time? Seems that small items have lead to denials. Each case is weighed on its own perceived merit. If what the GUZ peolpe have stated before is true, each case is not reviewed extensively prior to the interview but briefly scanned just before the interview.

Sad day in Bronoco land. Maybe Red Miller is still available Don't need, don't want "The Chin"

I guess Pat Bowlen saw it the same way. Same man who said Shanny had a job for life. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3800768

If you are traveling via SkyPier to HKG this is what their website has about check-in policy: http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/transpo...-prd-ports.html A couple of weeks ago we checked at ZhuHai and if I recall correctly a printed check-in page was allowed. United will not allow you to print complete boarding pass away from HKG. The one thing that the ladies at Jiuzhou Port were adamant about was the 2 hour lead time upon ferry arrival to plane departure, regardless of not having any checked bags. This one has a flow chart and other items to help get started. I'm sure your lady won't let you forget to get your refund on the departure tax. Yi's already hounded me to make sure we will get ours. http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/transpo...-prd-ports.html Good Luck Steve

Not a Lions fan but a lifelong Broncos fan. Gearing up for the completion of the colossal collapse, game starts in 20 minutes. I don't know which is worse, knowing after week 8 that your chances of going 0-16 are better than 50/50 or watching a 3 game lead with 3 left evaporate.

46-10!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX Interesting..Since we are going that farrrr back.. Super Bowl XXV 1990- 20-19...Wide right! Wide right! Good ole Bill Belichick was the Defensive Coordinator for this game...so sad... Also the Pats Super bowl record 3-1....Who cares about four straight, Wins are better than stats any day. The Bills super bowl record???? 0-4!!!! Enough said. Ah, the bandwagon just show up before the XXXVI game? If you would care to remember the Pats lost XX and XXXI. I believe that would make their record 3-3 in the big game. .500 not as glamorous as .750?

Congratulations!

Almost 7:00 again outside the Consulate. Nabeshin & Xu and Wang have their moment under the lights shortly. Good Luck to both and all others today. Steve

Congratulations!