Good News from Jen & Blake
For those who dont know the story:
We meet online (help.com in fact) decided to meet in real life to see if we could ‘work’ as a couple and also for a bit of a holiday (to see the USA hehe XD) we did plan on me going home and coming back some time again but when it came to me going home we couldnt part. He proposed to me and we got married - kinda a mad moment XD why wait if everything was so right?! we got married in Vegas and it was awesome. Soon after the wedding we applied for me to become a perma resident which was very slow and was taking its sweet time. Well we finally got some good news after almost a year of praying and hoping. Lemme tell it as it happened:
I woke up yesterday all sad and down in the dumps. Seeing Blake trudge off to work again while I sit on my butt and watch the day go by. Another day of watching help.com or playing WoW (yippee - not) I was bored and lonely (depressed to tears actually) and needed some thing to cheer me up. Blake persuaded me to track the paperwork online = the ‘application to work’ stuff. Good news!!! the US gov has approved of letting me work. So Im gonna have to start looking for a job. No more sitting on my butt - yippee!!! (just got the card today) Any ways - Blake picked up the post that day and gave it to me as we usually do - and there was another piece of good news in there ^_^ a letter from the US gov about my ‘perma resident application’ = they have set a date for the interview. 1 more step towards being a perma resident. To be able to live with Blake as a normal couple do - roof over our heads, food in the fridge and love in our hearts ^_^
2 bits of good news in 1 day - and when I was feeling all lonely and upset too lol.
So now its all systems go!!! hehehe find a job - and sort out all of the paperwork for the interview which is in July. Gonna take a while to sort it all out which is why we have a month ^_^ all we need to do is prove that we love each other and that Im not here for the wrong reasons. Shouldnt be too difficult lol esp with all our goofy pics and emails and the skype logs of 8 hour long phone calls to each other lol
This open post was written 1 year, 6 months ago | V/U/S: 1,074, 70, 17 | Edit Post | Leave a reply | Report Post
Reciprocity (0)
Since writing this post Ditzy may have helped people, but has not within the last 4 days. Ditzy is a verified member, has been around for 2 years, 8 months and has 27 posts and 3,722 replies to their name.
Post Tags (10)
Replies (70)
Where were you?
You can also watch events on Help.com as they happen
wooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! go you, now you can become a profesional cook and make those tastey iced buns in your avatar and send them to me!!
Ditzy invited 70 users to read this post 1 year, 6 months ago.
hehe yeah - Jenny’s Bunz ^_^
lol Jeb - lovely lovely Cali - where the earth really does move ;) and the love is so hot it sets forests on fire hehe
Congrats! Hope you get “perma residence”, lol.
Best luck!
hehe 3 woops! and totally worth it ^_^
Congratulations!
I hope you get everything you want and need out of life!!
Wishing you the best of luck!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, Congratulations to you and Blake. It is great to hear nice things about in here too. I am happy for you. I got married to my husband before we came here also … I know what you went through. Have fun with your pressure free life from the US Gov.
Sweet story! Congratulations and best wishes for your future together! Welcome to the USA. :)
frikkin sweet girl, congrats :)
uuuh, and to Blake. congrats
eeeeeeeeeee!
tank you all ^_^ we’re soooo excited. We’re nearly there. To be properly living together and working and stuff. Like real married couples
Its like my life (work wise and money wise) has been on hold - until now - now we can actually start living
w00ty w00t w00t :) yay for help.com couplesssssssssss
was it hard to get it all put through? the paperwork etc?
im thinking about goin there next year…..
congrats hun… im so excited for you… as with everything in the usa… time is a virtue… it seems to take them soooooo long to do anything… lmfao..
Thats perfect news, so glad to hear things are moveing onwards and upwards for you both!
I know things like that can take forever but when it finally happens it makes it taste all the sweeter for the wait :)
hehee, I’m happy for you :) Good Luck! Woooo!
eeeee hehehehe ^_^ yes it is wonderful. Gonna start job search today. Americans dont have job centers so it could be interesting in the hunt. Probably just a lot of red pen and newspapers - Blake is already looking for me also around his work place and asking friends. He is such a sweet heart.
and Courty yes it has taken ages. Multiple forms, lot of money, lots of appointments and a lot of sitting and waiting. It is some thing I dont suggest you do unless you have a solicitors XD Blake and I did it the hard way and it is hard. We now wish we did hire some body. We would not have made some of the silly mistakes we have made. You can get the forms online - but be careful coz you might miss 1. The instructions arent very clear.
actually… search out your unemployment agency.. they can help you with finding a job.. goodluck..
eeeeee thank you ^_^
I personally do not like agency’s coz they take a huge amount out of your pay check. However if needs be I will use the company Blake went with. They only put some body in a temp to perma situation. They dont just send you out to lots of temp situations ^_^
There is a new block of office buildings that have just opened up near Blake’s work. As soon as I can (sorted out resume and suit) Im going to walk around there and deliver resumes and offer me for employment. Ive never done this before but right now is the perfect chance coz of the new companies ^_^
The state employment office is not an agency that takes pay… It is a government office designed to reduce the unemployment % for the state or city! They help you find a job for free! It is funded by state taxes and businesses pay to list there job openings there.
I will be coming down to see you guys July 6th!!! And leaving July 10th ish… I will tell ya exact dates when I gots me plane tickets!
found out I need social security number 1st (doh) another form to fill out grrrr - but it shouldnt take too long!!!
Ditzy wrote:
found out I need social security number 1st (doh) another form to fill out grrrr - but it shouldnt take too long!!!
for us here in america.. we should have asked if you had one… hahahahahahahahahah…
hahaha - form is now filled out just need to go to the office :S then I need to open up an American bank account (I cant see them paying into my Brits bank account - too much hassle) YAY things are still happening.
Need to talk to a college or some thing about my British qualifications and exactly what they mean in America - American equivalent for GCSE’s and stuff.
Trying to sort out paperwork for the interview also - I finally have it all in order ^_^ need to find a way to print of the skype records and find the letters we sent each other
Thats awesome! Now Ditzy, since you have ALL this WONDERFUL experience in how to deal with government agencies… How abouts you helping me figure out which Chinese visa to get? :P
lol - Im not that clever :P althou you probably want a work 1 :)
moving along ^_^ applied for my social number (should be arriving in the next 1-2 weeks) and I finally opened a new American bank account WOOT now all I need to do is call a college about my qualifications, sort out a resume and find a suit lol then its job hunting all the way for me
I noticed the “in mourning” in your new user name and wondered why. Stumbled on this post. What a wonderful story! Good vibes/blessings to you and Blake.
mines a help.com hookup too silverwings, so you can add me.
erm..and i think you mean ditzy…she went from england to the states…
haha yeah that probably was me Silverwings ^_^ and yeah you can add both me and Blake to your post ^_^
Vegas was crazy. We were lucky enough to see both sides of Vegas. The quiet red rock areas and the loud night life stuff. The conservation was beautiful. We saw it the day before the wedding. It made us both really think and appreciate us meeting. The night life we saw after the wedding lol we went and saw all the free stuff along the strip. The pirate ship thing and the volcano and even the fountain dance that people will recognize from oceans eleven. I think we even stood where they stood lol. We had a great time. The wedding was beautiful and small and private. Nothing too ‘Godly’ it was perfect. They even rang the bells for us ^_^ (keep meaning to post pics but cant right now coz the codes have been removed) yes I do have an accent lol very British and everything out here is very different. The driving, the shopping, the products even the washing machines lol
(((hugs Silverwings)))
lots of many happy years of martial bliss to look forward too - lots of goofing about and just being happy lol
Well Ditzy i wish you all the best in your new found happiness and hope it all works out for you. It gives hope to the rest of us that something can go right in life if we just hold onto it. All the best
Thank you Robyn :)
Immigration interview is tomorrow :S little bit nervous :S will let yall know how it goes. Really early in LA so leaving at a ridiculous time to avoid all the traffic. GULP!!! paperwork is sorted and we think we are as ready as we possibly could be :S
All my good thoughts heading your direction Ditzy…Good Luck…We are cheering for you!!
eeeeeeeee just got back from LA :D interview was quick! I mean really quick. He basically asked our names explained a bit about stuff and told me Im gonna get a 2 year green card WOOP!!! I am now a fully legal American resident and can put all that paperwork away for 21 months (which is when I need to start the process of renewing it) WOOP after the 2 years I renew it to a full 10 years.
We even saw the Hollywood sign on the way back - was totally cool. So much stress has just evaporated in the last few hours its not even possible lol :D
Hehe woop woop woop!!!
hehe thank you 4 :) just nice to know all of this is over :) no more paperwork to worry about :)
congrats darlin :) Must be an awesome awesome feeling! let life begin :)
hell yeah its an awesome feeling :D finally start proper living with out worrying about what I can and cannot do :D
Yay! Hows that Resume looking?
tried 2 receptionist jobs yesterday :) 1 was already filled (was at a salon so not really my style) and the other has a message to call me back (Dental reception so could be good - they said leave message to all those interested in the job) gonna be browsing the internet later for more possible jobs to apply to :) fingers crossed for me
Do you have any idea how hard it is to type with crossed fingers? This took me close to 2 full minutes!
Sully wrote:
Do you have any idea how hard it is to type with crossed fingers? This took me close to 2 full minutes!
rofl That’s why I cross my toes instead of my fingers.
good plan Fizzy :D I might need to remember that :D I was born with 2 of my toes crossed :D (just another interesting fact about me :D)
really? I didnt know what it meant - I just think its weird lol
Weird is all how you look at it…I have pointy ears, some might think that’s weird, but I think it’s cute..lol
hehe pointy ears is cool :D you could be like an elf or halfling :D I have a freckle on my middle toe that I think is awesome :D when I 1st noticed it I thou it was dirt and scrubbed it lol
rofl, I just got the cutest pic in my head of you trying to scrub off a freckle!
haha its a really funny memory too :D
Oh here is something really weird about me… I have tons of freckles on my left shoulder and arm, but very few on my right.
WOOP WOOP found a job ^_^ receptionist for an awesome small company ^_^
YAY! Ditzy has a job!!! I hope I get one as soon as I finish this course… I need the money!
Hay now you guys can save up and come to Thailand for a visit! By the time you have the vacation time I will have a house!
Hey this is probably a very late response, but after loggining onto Help for the first time in about a year my first thoughts were I wonder how ditz is getting on and I was so pleased to see this post YaaY true love holds out
Invite Others to Help
A logged in and verified Help.com member has the ability to setup a Friends List and invite others to help with posts.