Embassy interview is coming
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Silence, exile, and cunning.
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Businesses in Cambodia pretend to be the direct source of products/services, when smaller business tycoons decide to jump into the internet provider business, talks to a bigger tycoon veterans, convinces them to give him a small slice, the process gets repeated over and over until the combined amount of slices now look big enough to be considered a full pie, finally it gets branded by itself thus a new Internet Provider is born.atst wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:43 pmWhat, can you translate into english for us dummies please?rockyboy612 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:27 pm In the land full of middle men among middle men, i wonder why they even bothered getting the license in the first place. They bulk purchase from the main big telcos anyway, they could have just named themselves as resellers.
Shit hits the fan when something gets broken badly and the job to fix it gets passed down over and over and over until it reaches the main source.
This applies to restaurants too.. You order beer but they don't have it, no problem, they'll walk over to the neighbor restaurants and buy it for you. It's up to them if they mark up the price even further.
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That post had me wondering. I didn't realize till now that OnLine is actually what became of Telstra - the first ISP here and a joint venture with the Australian government. It didn't really pan out so well for everyone...rockyboy612 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:36 pm Businesses in Cambodia pretend to be the direct source of products/services, when smaller business tycoons decide to jump into the internet provider business, talks to a bigger tycoon veterans, convinces them to give him a small slice, the process gets repeated over and over until the combined amount of slices now look big enough to be considered a full pie, finally it gets branded by itself thus a new Internet Provider is born.
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... l-it-quitsBigpond started a joint venture with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
(MPT) in 1997 when it signed a 35 year agreement with the government. The deal gave
it and Cambodian-Canadian operator CamNet exclusive rights to provide internet services
until February 2002.
But less than a year later MPT launched another joint venture, Camintel, in direct
competition with Bigpond. In July 2001 MPT again breached the exclusivity agreement
when it granted a license to MobiTel to run its Telesurf ISP.
Silence, exile, and cunning.
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Married to a US citizen and living in the US - eligible to apply for citizenship in 3 years - or 18 months living in the US. Otherwise, 5 years. She can leave the US for up to 6 months total per year.GMJS-CEO wrote:Just about to get the next green card for my wife, she can apply for citizenship in a year. After application it’ll take 1-2 years for them to process it. The process is just painfully long.
After the citizenship application it is not advised to leave the US until naturalization is obtained.
Supposedly on the green card lists the starting date.
Good luck GMJS-CEO!
About the advice on life in America...
Missus’ older brother has already told her how much she will suffer in the US. Apparently he knows much more about the big world outside living on his house boat on the Tonle Sap.
How dirty it is. Lack of law or rules. Poor sanitation in general. How she will get sick because of unhygienic restaurant conditions. Lack of internet. Poor medical care, Etc. And she will be worked to death on arrival.
I told her she will be smothered with love on arrival.
She will be worked to death meeting the neighbors, cooking yummy food, keeping the home clean, learning more English (she wants to a nurse in the US), getting a driver’s license, seeing the GI doctor for her stomach aches, the Neurologist for her migraines, seeing the OB/Gyn doctor, and deciding on whether to buy or build a house. And deciding on what to replace the 140,000 mile, 10 year old car with. And seeing the big beautiful state, with it’s beaches, mountains, deserts, rolling hills, and cactus. And fishing.
Thanks for all the well wishes.
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All the best, Nuke
(sincerely)
One for you and your girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTH5Re1bBhk
(sincerely)
One for you and your girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTH5Re1bBhk
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You should tell her to visit all those doctors in Cambodia. It will be cheaper and she can talk to them in Cambodian language. Doctors in USA are expensive and not familiar with Cambodia stomach issues.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:45 am
She will be worked to death meeting the neighbors, cooking yummy food, keeping the home clean, learning more English (she wants to a nurse in the US), getting a driver’s license, seeing the GI doctor for her stomach aches, the Neurologist for her migraines, seeing the OB/Gyn doctor
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Yeah, that is correct with the 3 years but you can file 90 days before the 3 years date. https://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-early ... calculatornewkidontheblock wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:45 amMarried to a US citizen and living in the US - eligible to apply for citizenship in 3 years - or 18 months living in the US. Otherwise, 5 years. She can leave the US for up to 6 months total per year.GMJS-CEO wrote:Just about to get the next green card for my wife, she can apply for citizenship in a year. After application it’ll take 1-2 years for them to process it. The process is just painfully long.
After the citizenship application it is not advised to leave the US until naturalization is obtained.
Supposedly on the green card lists the starting date.
Good luck GMJS-CEO!
2 years down and 1 more to go! The current wait after we file that citizenship form (N-400) is 14-18 months for our office that would cover it https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/
When they finally get to process her form in the middle of 2023 she would take the English test and USA Civics test. Pretty sure they are easy.
Oh, hopefully you do not have the hellish time we did getting a driving license. The different DMVs in the same state couldn't agree how to process a license for her, some said she wasn't eligible to drive and another said she was.
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That’s great that you are so close to the goal line.GMJS-CEO wrote:Oh, hopefully you do not have the hellish time we did getting a driving license. The different DMVs in the same state couldn't agree how to process a license for her, some said she wasn't eligible to drive and another said she was.
Good luck GMJS-CEO! And hopefully future congrats to your wife soon.
I’m hoping that the DMV will take her Khmer driver’s license and then convert it got a Texas license.
If not, there’s always going to driving school, taking the written, and then the practical. She has to get a driver’s license. Everywhere in the US uses it for ID.
Physicians in Cambodia are so hit or miss. Most don’t explain tests results and or meaning. Often she gets an IV and then bag of pills with orders to take for a few days. A previous Khmer GI doctor was wanting to do a gynecological exam on missus as well as check out her breasts. She’s gone to them, with all sorts of different answers. Hopefully the ones in the US will be more unified and consistent. Plus there’s the Health Savings Account. All tests and visits get paid off the pre-tax account anyways.
Thanks for all the good wishes and suggestions.
Please keep ‘em coming.
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Congratulations! How long did you end up waiting then from when you started the application?newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:45 pm Interview was about 5 minutes. Conducted entirely in English. No translator called in. Embassy officer was complaining that missus brought a him big book of evidence for him to skim through. After reading about and hearing the horror stories, not sure if it was because Missus was well prepared, the years at ACE building up her skills and confidence, or because the embassy and had already decided to grant the visa before she even stepped in for the interview.
Questions were simple. How did you meet? Have you met the parents in law? Questions and tone akin to meeting stranger at a potluck luncheon, as not a life or death formal embassy interview.
Now we can more forward with our lives.
Next, buying an airplane ticket.
And cleaning the man dump, otherwise known as home, to female standards. An impossible task.
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1.5 years. That’s applying for a CR-1 Visa with a US citizen sponsor.daeum_tnaot wrote:How long did you end up waiting then from when you started the application?
The pharmacy lady that missus goes to WING started in 2018 with her green card husband sponsor is still waiting for that interview.
A K-1 visa application is supposedly faster but will be under more scrutiny and have a higher chance of rejection.
Hope this info helps.
Good luck and I wish you success.
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