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LarrySpencer
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Ok....before you say, "What in the heck did you do that for?", "Why didn't you just do it before she left", or the perverbial, "Not a snowball's chance in hell" - which I have grown to expect from you bunch of lugs. Let me pose a question - after my preamble - I call it that because they are always so stinking long.
After receiving a J-1 visa for a scholarship paid for by American tax dollars, my wife (not at the time) studied in the U.S. We married (secretly) in July, just prior to her returning to the DR, without filing any paperwork at the time for her return - and because you're going to ask or make a comment - it's because she wanted to receive her degree and certificates for completing the porgram, didn't want to disappoint her family, and we didn't exactly have the $50,000 sitting around that the program would require her to pay back for the scholarship should she fail to return to the DR.
My wife now lives in Dajabon, where she has lived since July 26, 2005. I am able bodied, can actually feed myself, have the use of both of my legs....and obviously my hands....we do not have a child together, she is not being persecuted for her race, and the whole list of other things. The only thing that we really have going for us is that the degree she obtained wasn't on the list of needed education for her country. So, in my last ditch effort, before I pack my bags and head out there in July is to pose this question...
Does anyone know of someone who has obtained a J-1 visa waiver, or a lawyer who has succeeded in this procedure under similiar circumstances, or how to obtain permission from the dominican government for her to leave prior to completing the two years. For some reason, when I have posed the question or what kind of success rate they have had in these cases, they don't seem to want to talk to me anymore, but they sure do right up to that point when they are asking for the money. "Oh sure, send us 500 for the lawyer fee and 250 for the filing fee and we'll get it done for you!" So the question is, how should I pack my suitcase, light or heavy? Don't worry, I've spent some time in Dajabon and know what I am getting into should I stay there for any given period of time.
Don't worry, I am prepared for heavy and have the resources to make it just fine while there.
After receiving a J-1 visa for a scholarship paid for by American tax dollars, my wife (not at the time) studied in the U.S. We married (secretly) in July, just prior to her returning to the DR, without filing any paperwork at the time for her return - and because you're going to ask or make a comment - it's because she wanted to receive her degree and certificates for completing the porgram, didn't want to disappoint her family, and we didn't exactly have the $50,000 sitting around that the program would require her to pay back for the scholarship should she fail to return to the DR.
My wife now lives in Dajabon, where she has lived since July 26, 2005. I am able bodied, can actually feed myself, have the use of both of my legs....and obviously my hands....we do not have a child together, she is not being persecuted for her race, and the whole list of other things. The only thing that we really have going for us is that the degree she obtained wasn't on the list of needed education for her country. So, in my last ditch effort, before I pack my bags and head out there in July is to pose this question...
Does anyone know of someone who has obtained a J-1 visa waiver, or a lawyer who has succeeded in this procedure under similiar circumstances, or how to obtain permission from the dominican government for her to leave prior to completing the two years. For some reason, when I have posed the question or what kind of success rate they have had in these cases, they don't seem to want to talk to me anymore, but they sure do right up to that point when they are asking for the money. "Oh sure, send us 500 for the lawyer fee and 250 for the filing fee and we'll get it done for you!" So the question is, how should I pack my suitcase, light or heavy? Don't worry, I've spent some time in Dajabon and know what I am getting into should I stay there for any given period of time.
Don't worry, I am prepared for heavy and have the resources to make it just fine while there.