cosmiclobster

We use it too. My wife loves it. If your wife uses the phone a lot, this is a very good service as you have unlimited minutes for the monthly fee. And the free calls from China are a great bonus. Chalk up another happy ITalkBB user. Did the year package and got 2 months free. Unlimited calling to anywhere in the us, most of Europe and cell and land lines in China. Plus, callers in China have access to 3 US numbers - home, work and cell if you want, and only pay for a local call! Plus conference calling, call waiting and all the other crap thrown in. I've got cable modem internet and phone quality has never been a problem. Can't beat it with a stick!!

Papa Bear: My lao po found CA practice tests on line (in Chinese) and studied them and got 100% on the written test (which she also was able to take in Chinese). The only problem is that she was just good at memorizing the correct answer to the questions she practiced. Now that she is starting to practice driving, I'm finding out that there are a lot of driving rules that she is totally unaware of (like crossing a solid white line). I take her out to practice driving once a week and as soon as she breaks one of the rules of the road, her lesson is over for that day. Just a word of caution - if she found the questions ahead of time and studied them and passed, if does not necessarily mean she knows most of the rules of the road!! Good luck!!

Don't give these Guys anymore ideas or we all will be broke ! You have to think of these new INS fees as an extra value duty tax on a Luxury imported item , Doesn't that sound creative Actually, that is pretty creative!! But all in all, considering the apperance and performance of my luxury imported model versus the past performances of their domestic equivalents, it is well worth it!! B)

Opps! Didn't notice the other thread - heh heh heh I'll only need to pay $545 for the removal of conditions on her conditional 2 year green card. So I don't feel totally screwed, just screwed half assed. Hey, maybe this is a way for them to balance the budget!!! Lets see . . . 12 million illegal aliens each paying a grand for a green card, thats 12 TRILLION dollars!!! What's next, $500 drivers licenses?? I got a great idea - they could charge $500 for a social security card and make them expire every few years. Think of all the revenue!!!

Fees are going UP !! I485 Adjustment of Status = $1010.00 Yes, that's One THOUSAND and ten dollars after July 30th!!! Read it and weep and then write a letter to both of your senators, your congressman and every other person in the food chain right up to dubya. http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments...edule052907.pdf

Well Trigg, we are proud of you for having survived the event! Oh yeah, kudos to Mop Ling!! Thanks for the warning, but being a dozen states away, I feel relatively safe! My lao po cheated and found copies of the test in Chinese and was able to take it in Chinese. Her knowledge of traffic laws are so so but she has a good memory and got 100 on the written test!!(something that I have never done!!) We go out for practice drives in deserted parking lots on Sundays (for parking skils) and residential areas with very little traffic. After a half hour of driving she has sweat dripping down her face!! It's also hair raising for me because she is not currently on my insurance and I fear for the life of my Volvo!!

Thanks guys. Yes, I know they're not for me!!! We are in the midst of trying to create a little lobster and her friend gave her these saying they would help. I never did find out exactly what they are, more than keeping her cycles regular. I do have a feeling that they skewed one of her blood tests off the scale. She has stopped taking them and we will do her blood tests again soon to get an unmedicated evaluation. Don't you love China where you don't need doctor's prescriptions to get medicine?!? On the other hand, she has a thyroid problem and needs to take a thyroid pill daily. With my insurance I can get 30 pills for $10 - without insurance they are $37 for 30 pills. Her sister sent her 4 bottles with 100 pills in each bottle. Total cost in China for a bottle of 100 pills? 6 yuan !!!

Hello everyone. Can you tell me what these pills are for, or what they do? Do they have an English name? Has anyone taken these pills?? Thanks if you can help!!! http://cosmiclobster.com/jpegs/pills_large.jpg this is what they look like: http://cosmiclobster.com/jpegs/pills.jpg Thanks again!!

If he really has a wife then the USCIS and the district attorney should get involved. She should be able to find a temporary shelter to stay in the USA while she pursues squeezing the nuts off this idiot! The 134 promises support for a number of years and she deserves to get it!

Nice link Carl I's funny how in the US you are presumed innocent until proven guilty, but we treat possible visitors to the US as guilty until proven innocent. "Every alien shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status..." or in other words: "Sure, you can apply to come and visit the wonderful US of A. As long as you know and accept the fact that we will assume you have criminal intentions unless you can prove it to us that your case is the exception." That's gotta leave a bad taste in your mouth!!!

It's amazing how many times the local SSA office screws up!! I would go to a different SS office and ask to talk to a supervisor. Explain that she came here on a fiance visa and that there is a typo in her records. If those people are also brain dead, go to a 3rd office and ask to see that supervisor until you find someone smart enough to realize that it is just a typo and is able to correct it. Good luck!!

It's kinda like closing the barn door after all of the aminals have run off. They are giving a hard time to the people who come here legally but still have no idea of what to do with the 10+ million who willingly and knowingly broke the law to come to the USA. We do need a law that will protect perverts from being part of the immigration process to prevent future Jany's, but they could have done that as part of the months long background check process. Our current administration has consistently made govt more top heavy with more departments and bosses while the US citizen gets more burdened by complicated regulations and stacks of paperwork that is confusing and often misleading. Just my 2 yuan.

The welcome letter is a good sign!!! I'd say you are approaching the 21 month reprieve from having to deal with our swell govt!!! Glad to hear that it was just one employee who had no idea of what was going on versus having a real problem with your case!! FYI, we got our welcome letter about a week AFTER Amy got her green card

Best advise yet............Prove beyond a shadow of a doubt........Now if I can just figure out a way to get my boss to understand this..........lol.......Any suggestions? Tell him it's a matter of the heart and the love of your life. If he doesn't understand this, then there are other bosses out there . . . (I realize this is easier said than done, but I have walked away from more than one job as a matter of principle!) This is obviously a last resort - hang in there for a bit and hope for some beaurocrat to make a mistake and do something right for a change!!!! Again, good luck!!

I'll 4th that! My wife still has her hukou card and she uses it in China every time she goes back.