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"You Want The Truth?" USAID's International 'News Media Propaganda Industrial Complex'
The clip is decades old, why has it gone nowhere is all this time? Try again screetchy sore loser -
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USAID: The Big Exposure Reveals...
Did you actually listen to the clip you provided, Here is what Senator Warren said: "Pursuant to Rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend." This is what you believe is an emotional breakdown? -
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UK immigration
IMHO it is essential that this letter clarifies specifically (even at the expense of making it a bit - but not too much - longer than might otherwise be desired) why the OP is not accompanying his wife on this occasion, contrary to the information she provided in support of her visa application. In other words, how and why has the plan changed in the meantime? -
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US Social Security
Where the guy says he talked the SSA "America number" he's talking the main SSA Customer Support which is geared towards applicants living in the U.S. However, for an overseas applicant that main support number will send a message within their IT system to the "Office of International Operations and Earnings" in Baltimore which has a separate phone number....and that main number will recommend an overseas applicant try contacting Int'l Ops directly or their local SSA office. And this "Int'l Ops" section is who Manila deals with/forwards applications to after Manila does it's processing. Int'l Ops webpage below. https://www.ssa.gov/foreign/ I've dealt with Int'l Ops actually two times for two different applicants.....myself and my wife several years back when we applied at different times...applied from Thailand thru Manila. It can be a pain to reach the Int'l Ops 410 area code phone number during their Mon-Frid normal business hours due to the number of folks calling....call on a weekend you will immediately get a voice recording saying you are calling outside of their business hours...call back during business hours....Mon-Fri. I called just a few minutes ago on this Sunday afternoon, got thru on the 2nd ring, and heard the recording. Also, where this video guy said apparently his "nephew" missed the SSA call implies to me he probably gave his nephew's U.S. phone number versus giving them his own phone number which maybe didn't work too well in the Philippines. By missing that call that may have thrown a monkey wrench into the applications processing, but IMO since he said he got a letter saying he was not eligible for SSA benefits then maybe their is a problem with his SSA record. I got the sense for the video some key details were left out by the applicant. Years back when I was calling SSA Baltimore Int'l Ops regarding my application I got a human after about 3 tries, explained the issue that I was concerned about why it was talking so long for approval as Manila had forwarded it Baltimore Int'l Ops almost 60 days earlier. The Int'l Ops reviewed by application during the call, told me he's unsure as to why Int'l Ops hadn't looked at it already since Manila had relayed it them them 58 days earlier, but he said my application looks fine....he said he would approve it, and I got final approval a few days later via my SSA online acct along with a formal snail mail letter a few weeks later. Now with the wife's application "Manila" made a typo in her application while doing the application phone interview....a typo that caused her benefits to start 4 months "before" her requested benefits begin date (Manila admitted they made the typo). The wife and I called Baltimore Int'l Ops...didn't have an issue in reaching a human being. To fix the issue Baltimore Int'l Ops had to recall two payments made within days of each other right after the application approval...and then Int'l Ops had to redo the application on their end....fix the typo in the wife's "Master SSA Record" to use their own words. When the dust settled about 4 months later/issue fixed her payments start flowing at the correct amount. I also hand walked two of my dual citizen Thai-American neighbors thru the application process but didn't have to deal with Int'l Ops...only Manila. 1st neighbor's application thru Manila went smooth....this was done by scheduling a phone interview to take the applications. However, the 2nd neighbor's application done about 2 years later (around later 2022) took months and months just trying to get the Manila phone interview setup....that was talking so long he just applied online. SSA relayed the online application to Manila within a week or so which is a common procedure depending on the applicant ....Manila scheduled and did the phone interview about 2 months later. Manila then forwarded the application back to Baltimore Int'l Ops for final approval and his application received final approval in about two weeks. Other than Manila not scheduling the phone interview until approx 2 months after Baltimore relayed them the application the process went smooth (but slow in this applicant's case). However, at that time which was around 2022 some applications even for U.S. residents was taking an extended time as the neighbor's sister living in California (sister also a dual citizen) had to wait approx 3 months just to get an appt an her local Los Angeles social security office to submit her application in person as she didn't want to submit it online. Basically when you apply from SSA with a non-US address you will be dealing with your local SSA office (Manila for this part of the world) and SSA Int'l Ops Office in Baltimore....those two offices will be the ones to review/process the application. But if you are applying at your local office in the U.S. or applying online with a U.S. address the application if process via one of the several regional processing centers and Int'l Ops in Baltimore is not involved for those applicants with a U.S. address. Yes, there are no shortage of SSA application horror stories on the internet and I'm sure a lot of the horror stories was self-inflected by the applicant or the applicant feels a disapproved application was unfair...BS. My recommendation to anyone overseas who wants to apply is submit the application online (you do not need a SSA online acct just to apply) and don't try to start the application process via Manila phone interview which many people use to do....like me, like my wife, and like one of my neighbors---this method use to work pretty good but not so much now. I think times have changed and SSA now really wants people, whether living overseas or in the U.S., to submit their application online vs trying to start the application process at their local SSA office as it's less workload for SSA.
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