Add Visa pages to US passport

On Mar 16, 10:33 am, DevilsPGD <spam_narf_s...@crazyhat . net > wrote:
> In message <1174048566.875675.78...@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups . com >
>
> "yaofeng" <yaofengc...@gmail . com > wrote:
> >I can't advise you on how to not pay SS but it can be done and has
> >been done. Saving money, your money to begine with, will motivate you
> >to find the correct form from thousands upon thousands of Federal
> >Forms to file.
>
> Translated, you don't know either, huh?
> --
> Insert something clever here.

No. I don't know the exact details because the rules may have
slightly chenged. Being an immigrant who naturalized a long long time
ago, I did it in the beginning in the early 80's. My point is the
fairness of the system does not change. Uncle Sam does not
intentionally screws anyone, foreign or native. If someone has no
intention of staying in the US to enjoy the retirement benefits when
he gets to the age, he doesn't need to pay into the system.

DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message <1174048566.875675.78090@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups . com >
> "yaofeng" <yaofengchen@gmail . com > wrote:
>
> > I can't advise you on how to not pay SS but it can be done and has
> > been done. Saving money, your money to begine with, will motivate
> > you to find the correct form from thousands upon thousands of
> > Federal Forms to file.
>
> Translated, you don't know either, huh?

Apparently, if you are paying SS, you might not have to, but if you fail to
discover this, you are stupid.

I only come to the US and work here for enjoyment. It's a paid hobby. I
subsidise it with money from home, as no one could live in a 1st world
country while earning 2nd world wages.


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ant wrote:
> DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>>In message <1174048566.875675.78090@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups . com >
>>"yaofeng" <yaofengchen@gmail . com > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I can't advise you on how to not pay SS but it can be done and has
>>>been done. Saving money, your money to begine with, will motivate
>>>you to find the correct form from thousands upon thousands of
>>>Federal Forms to file.
>>
>>Translated, you don't know either, huh?
>
>
> Apparently, if you are paying SS, you might not have to, but if you fail to
> discover this, you are stupid.

It also is a bit stupid to state that non citizens don't have to pay it.
Some non-citizens working in the US don't have to pay it, however most
do have to pay it.

yaofeng wrote:
> ant wrote:

>>Welcome to the bullshit non-americans get to enjoy when dealing with any of
>>the US gov't entitites we deal with to enter the US. They're totally
>>un-accountable, they are inefficient, capricious, not to mention
>>bureaucratic and expensive! And often they are, er, not incredibly bright
>>either.

> They may not be accountable to you. They are to us. As Shawn
> suggested, we have representation because we pay taxes.

You seem to be suggesting that the TSA, for example, is
accountable to its masters, the taxpayers?

Events would suggest not ...

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Craig

In article <1173797317.551267.303020@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups . com >,
"yaofeng" <yaofengchen@gmail . com > wrote:

> After getting successive complaints from the Aruba and the Lativia
> customs official on my passport running out of space for Visa stamps,
> I finally sent it to the State Department at the beginning of the
> month to get more blank pages added. The Aruba customs official only
> complained somewhat jokingly. But the Lativia customs official was
> very unfriendly during my last trip. I can't afford to have my
> passport in the State Department for 6 weeks so I sent along $60 for
> expedited service. The processing time for expedited service is two
> weeks.
>
> The SD received my application on March 5. I tracked it with the USPS
> certified mail. As my next travel date of March 22 is approaching, I
> am getting jittery. I called the SD inquiry line. The automated
> phone answering system didn't get me anywhere. You just can not get a
> human to answer the phone. My email to the SD asking for status of my
> application went unanswered too. So much for our tax dollars. I
> guess it all goes to paying for the war no one is working in the SD
> anymore.
>
> What to do?

Call your congressman.

Shawn Hirn wrote:

>>The SD received my application on March 5. I tracked it with the USPS
>>certified mail. As my next travel date of March 22 is approaching, I
>>am getting jittery. I called the SD inquiry line. The automated
>>phone answering system didn't get me anywhere. You just can not get a
>>human to answer the phone. My email to the SD asking for status of my
>>application went unanswered too. So much for our tax dollars. I
>>guess it all goes to paying for the war no one is working in the SD
>>anymore.
>>
>>What to do?
>
>
> Call your congressman.

I think he meant 'what to do to get some action'.

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Craig

On Mar 13, 10:48 am, "yaofeng" <yaofengc...@gmail . com > wrote:
> After getting successive complaints from the Aruba and the Lativia
> customs official on my passport running out of space for Visa stamps,
> I finally sent it to the State Department at the beginning of the
> month to get more blank pages added. The Aruba customs official only
> complained somewhat jokingly. But the Lativia customs official was
> very unfriendly during my last trip. I can't afford to have my
> passport in the State Department for 6 weeks so I sent along $60 for
> expedited service. The processing time for expedited service is two
> weeks.
>
> The SD received my application on March 5. I tracked it with the USPS
> certified mail. As my next travel date of March 22 is approaching, I
> am getting jittery. I called the SD inquiry line. The automated
> phone answering system didn't get me anywhere. You just can not get a
> human to answer the phone. My email to the SD asking for status of my
> application went unanswered too. So much for our tax dollars. I
> guess it all goes to paying for the war no one is working in the SD
> anymore.
>
> What to do?

Because of the northeaster I didn't get my passport Saturday. But it
is in my mailbox today when I came home. The State Department added
24 blank pages to my fully stamped original passport. For those who
are interested, the original passport has 24 blank pages, numbered 1
to 24, for Visa stamps. The added pages are bound in the center fold
of the passport between pages 12 and 13. The new blanks are numbered
A through X.