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  1. 1 hour ago, Sterling said:

    I could be mistaken, but I think that once you are married, the foreign spouse can apply for the green card on their own.  

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding that the American spouse has nothing to do with the green card.  Only the marriage itself.

    Mahamit, if I remember correctly, applied for his green card immediately, and since Danielle was never able to prove fraud, he was allowed to stay.

    Danielle had already filed the paperwork. If Ashley didn’t file the paperwork then Jay would have to find someone else to sponsor his green card. I’m guessing the key is whether any paper work has been filed.

  2. 45 minutes ago, Morgalisa said:

    I get State Department warnings/notifications for countries I have travelled to. This is an excerpt from the Russia warning notice which  would probably apply to Ritchie:

     

    "Russia enforces special restrictions on dual U.S.-Russian nationals and may refuse to acknowledge dual U.S.-Russia nationals' U.S. citizenship, including denying U.S. consular assistance to detained dual nationals, and preventing their departure from Russia."

    Wow, it’s like it’s 1989 again

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  3. 10 hours ago, TwirlyGirly said:

     

    First, you must have a driver's license from your home country (remember, many of the countries of which these "90 Day Fiance's" are citizens are poor countries, in which driving and owning/having access to vehicles is a privilege enjoyed by those who have money).

    It may very well be neither Fernanda or Larissa have driver's licenses from their home countries.

    I should have been clearer about needing an originating home licence, and the international licence is more of a courtesy than a requirement. Having a valid drivers licence IS required.

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  4. 4 hours ago, snarky snarkerson said:

    Yes, but that would also mean the person has a license in their home country. I would not be surprised, even if she requested a Jeep, if Fernanda did not have a Mexican license. Many don't.

     

    As far as obtaining a license here, it would sort of be pointless. Nowadays, in order to secure a license, she (or any of the others) would need to go through the written and road tests, and then would only be granted a license for the duration of their visa (so 90 days or less). I'm not sure what it would look like during the period where they adjusted their status, but they probably would need to wait until they had at least been granted their work permit (as part of the green card application) before being allowed to secure another drivers license. 

    I should have been clearer about that, you need an actual ‘home’ licence’ to be granted an international drivers licence. It’s more a courtesy thing and not every country recognizes it. Imagine watching robotic coltee trying to teach Larissa to drive with no a/c!

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  5. 50 minutes ago, Bridget said:

    A few posters in the Live Thread suggested that Fernanda hop in her Jeep and volunteer/keep herself busy since she’s so bored during the day.

    I can’t believe I’m defending a teenager who wants her mother-in-law to be her BFF and for everyone else to love her (plllllleaase!), but....last time I checked, it’s against the law for her drive in the US during the first 90 days.

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but if Fernanda (and other foreign spouses-to-be) had gotten into her Jeep and wanted to participate in organized activities during the day, there isn’t a whole lot anyone can do by themselves during the first 90 days, especially from the legal side of things.

    She isn’t legally allowed to drive in this country (I’d imagine Larissa was in the same position) and while we did hear about Jay driving Ashley’s car at night,  he’s either an idiot who didn’t know/care about the restrictions or he had some all powerful international/Jamaican license to use in case he needed to show ID. I don’t remember the exact requirements for initially getting car insurance here, but I’m pretty sure the foreigners can’t be added to their future partners’ plans on day 10 even if they have a license to drive in their home country. 

    I don’t even know what the rules are for foreign spouses to work or go to school after they’re married and are waiting for their green card (it’s way too late to Google), but in terms of volunteering before anyone says “I do”, those options are more limited than you’d think.

    Many places that need/take volunteers (libraries, humane society, hospitals, senior citizen communities) also require fingerprints, TB tests, background checks, and valid identification. Most companies can’t/won’t risk allowing someone to volunteer, no matter how great they are, if they can’t provide certain documentation. Most companies don’t even want to take the time to train someone only to have them end up leaving a few weeks later.

    A lot of the manufactured drama seems to stem from desperately bored folks who are homesick and irritated with the limitations that are placed on them. 

    I don’t know what’s holding “the foreigners” back from walking through their neighborhoods, stopping for a coffee & small talk with the locals or even attending a lecture or art show at a library. I realize we aren’t dealing with a group of Einsteins, but if they’d ever actually leave the house by themselves during the day, they might be a lot happier. If they could be on some sort of schedule, get out and go somewhere (utilize a ride share company, ride the bus/subway) to explore their new hometowns, and practice their English while interacting with others, I think they’d be a bit happier and a hell of a lot less upset, clingy and/or resentful. Just my 2 cents.

    I know there are people on this board who have married someone and moved away to a new country. There are others who’ve gone through the K-1 visa process as well. Would anyone mind sharing what their first 90 days were like? You undoubtedly have much more knowledge than I do about this issue. Thanks in advance for sharing your experience(s).

     

    You can drive on an international drivers licence which is good for a year. It’s just a piece of paper from your local automotive club that extends you the privilege. Although it was frightening learning to drive on the other side of the road. Most times I would cycle, but without dedicated lanes even that was scary. I lived in nw Florida where public transport was scant and it was so bloody hot. I volunteered at the local school but what saved me was the hodgepodge community of Australian ex pats around the country. Message boards saved my life. It was 1998 so it wasn’t too tech with  no Skype or Facebook. We even had a dial up modem. It was very expensive to ring home, but a necessary indulgence. It got better when I gained some independence and friends, but yep it’s hard and I’m not an overly whiney person. I think for me it was a mixture of culture shock and home sickness.

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  6. 41 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

    She's marooned in suburbia for hours every day. I don't fault her for being mad. She's not handling it very well but I get it. 

    I did it and I was 26. I would count the minute till my husband came home. He was literally the only human contact I would have in those first few months. Homesickness sucks.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Toaster Strudel said:

    On instagram, Larissa is posting screenshots of Colt flirting with other women online. She is not exaggerating. She says she is devastated and going over to her friend's house.

    She has posted new screen shots where Coltee is telling someone that he is going to handler her so they can be together. Pass the bucket! He’s making Jesse bearable.

    39 minutes ago, gonecrackers said:

    The picture speaks volumes: about half of Debbie; Cousin Crazy cropped out; Flower Cousin & Kids fully visible around the bride & groom.

    Eeeew on Colt-ee's pants hugging his crotch-ee.

    Does he not look in the mirror? His crotch area has blinded me.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Mothra said:

    "Cohen" is a special name in Jewish history, and bearers of that surname used to--maybe still do--have religious obligations that "ordinary" Jews don't--my source is stories by Sholem Aleichem, who ought to know.  Pairing "Cohen" with "Stein"--"stone" doesn't make any sense at all.  "Stein" is a common part of other Jewish names, like Rosenstein (Redstone) or Goldstein, but Cohen (priest) plus Stein (rock)?  Wha?

    I am sorry to say that I think Leida thinks she is being funny with her use of these names, and that feeling fits with what I have learned about antisemitism in Indonesia. People who are not members of minority groups often make jokes which are not funny at all to the people who are being made fun of.  I don't think Leida is appropriating a Jewish identity at all; I think she's making fun of Jews.

    I imagine that she thinks it makes her sound successful and rich in America. I wonder if she used it in Indonesia? I’m amazed at how so many different people with different life experiences bond on a message board about these strange people

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  9. 3 hours ago, Empress1 said:

    Not to mention that he said he grew up in a household with a lot of yelling so doesn't want Olga to talk to him a certain way, but doesn't get that he's mirroring the behavior he grew up in by the way that HE speaks to HER. You could see the anger simmering just beneath the surface in the talking heads when he was talking about anything he didn't like (Russian hospital rules, Olga not doing what he wanted, etc.).

    It also looks like he spends a lot on his car. It looks like a newish SUV. 

    His living quarters may have to be small if that's what he can afford, but they don't have to be dirty. There is zero reason for there to be garbage strewn around that place like it was.

    Why oh why didn’t eyebags at least do the dishes. Leida didn’t even sleep at the hovel that night yet her perfumes were unpacked. I smell a rat!

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  10. 2 hours ago, charmed1 said:

    As a black person, especially a 20-year-old black person who grew up in an all black area, when you’re in a crowded area and don’t see another black face, you notice immediately. He’s uncomfortable, and I don’t fault him at all for that. “I was the only black person there,” is a sentence I and many other black people have said over time. Those people could have been staring at Jay because they thought he was famous (camera crew in tow), but in that moment, he said he felt they were staring at him, not her. 

    I was in a mall I just wandered into in Memphis. I was acutely aware that I was the only white person. Obviously it doesn’t even compare but I get it.

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  11. Melbourne uni and Monash uni offer a five year degree in law and med. No general Ed, and if you don’t have the equivalent of a 4.0 gpa  when applying forget about it. I don’t know if it’s the same in Indonesia as Oz but I think we’d be similar 

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  12. 20 hours ago, doyouevengohere said:

    Colt seems to love the attention.  Before this weekend, I commented that he sure seemed to love himself a lot.  All his lives on IG were done in an "aren't I smart " sort of way.  He had commented on being depressed himself and coming out of it and I thought it was just because he was in a good place and trying to encourage others, but now it just seems like he wants people to understand how great he is......  Mom Debbie is a hoot on her IG though; she has a cute sense of humour and isn't mean.

    He sure loves to post of a selfie of his perceived secky self

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