saidsgirl

Hello Everyone....

Well, .................HE'S HERE!!!!!!!!

Said arrived yesterday afternoon at about 3:00 to JFK-New York. His immigration/customs experience was very smooth, and there was no negative experience at all.
The officer asked if the purpose of his trip was for marriage? When do you plan on getting married? Do you know she was married before? Has children? Are you a Muslim? Is it illicit for you to marry a woman who is not a Muslim? At that point, the officer was sincerely interested in the belief that as long as she has faith in God, it is ok to marry. He asked if he intended to work while he was here. (Duh....) Welcomed him to America, stamped his passport, did not give him a temporary EAD even though he asked and sent him on his way.

Customs was fine - they wanted to think that some mint root he was bringing was hemp.....but other than that the entire process was painless. The worst thing about the whole thing was the huge line to get through immigration, which in turn, made him miss his connection by mere seconds! DRAT!

So, since they had no more flights that night to Orlando, they sent him to Tampa and I had a little extra drive. BUT...I did not care!! We drove to Tampa to get him and there he was at 11:15! After all this time!!!!!! I now have my sweetheart here with me..... and we are so happy!

I'd venture to say that maybe it is better to go through the larger airports to avoid such terrible hassles in immigration. Just a guess though.

Peace & sunshine..
~kristine

amylass

Huge congrats Kristine and Said!

What a wonderful way to start the New Year and your lives together.

All the very best,

Amy

jcapulet

Kristine,

I bet you two are all smiles!! I am really happy to hear his POE experience went smoothly Congrats on your reunion, I remember what a happy day it was when Cory arrived Best wishes on the wedding plans!

Juliet

Khadija

I'm so happy for you!

Patty Khadijah

soulsender

Wonderful news! hope this makes it the best new year ever for you. good to hear news like this.

katesuiter1

Many congrats to you both! Enjoy your new life together!!!

Kate. xxxxx

souls canuck

oh how lovely.. good for you 2.. starting off the new year on the right foot..

good luck to you both

llorona

Hello Kristine,

Glad that Said is finally here with you. Have a wonderful 2004!


take care,
llorona

sibsie

Brilliant news. You must be so pleased. And more good reports from the East Coast POE's.

MarDae

Congratulations!!! Quick question since my fiance will be going through JFK in two days and really needs to get the EAD stamp...how aggressively (maybe that's not the right word but you know what I mean) did he try to get the EAD stamp. I'm just wondering because I've heard that sometimes if you don't spell it out for them exactly what you want they don't know what you're talking about and send you on your way. Just wondering. Congratulations on such a great New Years present!!!!!!

MarDae

saidsgirl

hello.
it s me Said ,well about your question of the ead stamp ,i am sure i explained to them what i need ,but my be the time was not suitable, the man i asked were overwehlmed by lots of files and he was some how irritited so,u see what i want to say ,may be it is just question of the suitable time. may be your fiance will get that ead stamp.
ok, goodluck and i hope every thing goes smoothly for him.

thank you all for all the good wishes

said

MarDae

Thanks for letting me know. Glad to have you in the States It's too bad an overwhelmed POE inspector can determine whether or not you'll be able to work right aways. Doesn't seem fair. It's good to hear that the rest of your experience went well.

Welcome to the US!!!

MarDae

Pallyn

In case he doesn't get the stamp at POE, I would try making the trip to Philadelphia before you are married to see if they will issue him a free 90 day work card. They did it for my husband back in the day (same day), and he earned all of the AOS money himself. I don't know if anyone going through Philadelphia has tried this lately, but it might be worth a try.

MarDae

I'll definitely have to look into this if he can't get the stamp. The issue is even more complicated because he'll go through immigration in Dublin. He'll try to get the stamp there if he can but the last I saw anybody report they were able to do that was in 2001. It's worth a try. I don't even know how he'll be able to get to US immigration in JFK since he'll have already gone through in Ireland. It's going to be an interesting experience to say the least. It'd be great if he could get the 90 EAD on the spot if he can't get it when he comes in.

Thanks!!!

MarDae

Noorah101

Congratulations, Kristine and Said! And Said, welcome to America! I'm glad to hear the POE experience was a good one...we needed some good news on that around here :-)

Kristine, don't forget to keep us informed of all the AOS experiences :-)

Best Wishes to you both,
Rene