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America
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01.18.07DeflatedI talked to Catholic Community Services today. I was told that my father would be totally responsible for Vilay even if he were in an accident. I was, also, told that I could be declined as a sole sponsor due to my having not worked in the last three years even if I found a job making the required amount. It comes down to who has my petition in front of them. It depends of what mood they are in and what their regional guidelines are. I, also, called Congressman Turner's office. I talked to someone who is going to help me. ...
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01.14.07Hi! How are you?!?Vilay asked me one day why people he worked with would tell him "hi" and say "how are you" as they sped past him not even waiting or wanting an answer. It was a little over five years ago when we started our life together here in America before moving to France. I told him it was just the way Americans say hello. It made no sense to him. Why not just leave it at "hi" instead of asking how he was doing? I agree. It does seem silly and fake. Most people will ask you how you are doing when in fact they ...
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01.12.07DaysI am learning a new job in another department at work. I love it! It is fast paced and I never watch the clock. The people in the department are all friendly and work as a team. It makes all the difference in the world. I look forward to the day. Where is it that I am spending my days? I am being trained to work in the produce department at the grocery store where I work. I get to cut up fruits and vegetables all day. Next week, I will be trained to put the product in containers and price ...
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01.07.07Job searchI have spent the morning searching for higher paying positions in order to sponsor Vilay myself. I have given up on Dayton and am looking in Cincinnati. One of the jobs that appealed to me the most out of all the jobs that I have applied for is as a loan processor. So, I will start looking for that job title specifically. I have a background processing loans as an Office Manager. I was thouroughly trained for this and have over four years experience with loan processing at the branch level at both banks that I have worked at. It was ...
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01.07.07Letter to CongressmanCongressman Turner, I am an American by birth with three American children born to myself and my French husband. We moved back to the U.S. after my husband lost his job in France. We had no where to go. I have applied for my husband's green card and work authorization. I do not make enough money to be his sponsor and do not have anyone willing to take such a risk. My issue with all of this is simple. I am an American citizen. I have been married to my husband almost six years. We have three beautiful American children together. As ...
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01.04.07We are still waitingWe went to Cincy. We talked to the person that you check in with. We were told by her that she would have the request for information remailed to us. The person I talked to last week has not had it remailed as she had told me she would. The person that helped us today went so far as to take our phone number and promise to call us by Wednesday. She is going to find out what is going on with Vilay's work authorization. She told us that interim authorizations are no longer done since this September. I think ...
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01.01.07Happy New Year!I don't know if I will be able to stay awake long enough to watch the big apple (or whatever is used now) drop in New York on t.v. tonight bringing in the New Year. We took Angel back to her father today. We left at 8 AM this morning and only got back a little after 5 PM. We stopped to walk a little in Louisville and another time to eat. For the most part it was a straight drive there and back. We are a bit tired. Correction. Vilay and I ...
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12.31.06Appointment is setI have set an appointment for Vilay on Thursday in Cincy with an immigration officer. I could only do it today since my schedule for work wasn't posted until this afternoon. I think they may give him an interim work authorization. No one told us that he could get that before. I just read about it by chance online as I was setting his appointment. I was given information about an interim work authorization and what form to bring. I am praying that there is no fee attatched since we have paid for the real thing already. We don't have the ...
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12.29.06My life is a soapWe found out today that more information was requested back at the end of October on the I-485 form for Vilay. We never got the letter. It was most likely mailed to my mother's home and I will never know if she didn't give it to me or if it was lost in the mail. I really don't care at this point. We can't know what is being requested by calling. No information can be given over the phone. But, after talking to a representative I am pretty sure it has to do with the fact that I don't make enough ...
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12.21.06Making my own luckI have been reading some of my old posts to try and find my voice again. I think that it is helping. Once we moved from our apartment in Strasbourg into my husband's parents home, I lost my heart for writing. I want it back. I know that I miss France and that it will never go away. I know this because I have been reading my old posts about missing America and how I would think about and miss America every day that I was living in France. You can read one of my favorite posts here. I am happy today. ...
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