The Consular Queen's Impact on Family Reunification and Immigration

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Welcome. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to Event TV.

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I'm so excited that you are here. We have a special treat for you today. Yes, we do. We have an amazing, wonderful entrepreneur here, and she is coming up to tell her story. Mrs. Nordia Barrett. Hey, how are you, Miss Nordia?

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I am doing amazing. Dr. Shana, the queen.

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Great. It's Thanksgiving week. I'm excited. Yes, it is. I'm so excited. Yes. And I know that you have, even on Thanksgiving week, you are so, so busy. So I cannot wait to tell everybody what you're up to and your contribution to this world, because we all know that life is an event and we get to experience it, and you are experiencing it at the absolute. So I'm so excited to ensure that we get to talk to you and meet you today. All right, so tell us about yourself. Tell us about your amazingness in this world.

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Okay, so, you know, Dr. Shannon, sometimes I forgot my real name because I'm called consular queen.

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So often I always say the queen.

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But I am Nordia Barrett, and I am a jamaican by birth and jamaican by heart, and I live in Jamaica. In my mind, but actually by way of what city? I am in Atlanta, Georgia. Jamaican by way of.

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Yes. So tell us, Counselor Queen, how do you get that name? Tell us about counselor.

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Wow. So it's an interesting question to ask me how I got the name. So I went through the process of trying to migrate much sooner than my process would have allowed. So I didn't want my process to just go normal.

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So I decided that I needed to be here in the United States. So I did some communication with an attorney, and I said, listen, I'd love to be expedited. I'd love to be fast tracked to the United States. And it was a little iffy. However, I promised I would have done it by myself and then shared the blueprint. And after sharing the blueprint, I was initially called Expedite Queen. So I would have been expedite in a number of cases. But guess what happens? I ended up doing a lot of cases having to do with the consulate overseas. So we realized pretty soon that expedite queen would have limited me so much. So the consulate queen name is what is there now, and I'd love for my audience to also know that I go beyond consula. Right.

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And you do. I have seen you firsthand in action, and I'm so excited that you're here today. So tell us, what exactly is it that you do?

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I do a whole lot, but I do one thing. I unite families and change lives.

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Yes. That's what I love about you. You really do unite families and tell us what you were doing just a second ago. Oh, I was speaking to my potential royalties. There were some royalties as well on TikTok. So I was speaking to some potential royalties and royalties and just helping them to understand that this is the Thanksgiving season, right? And in the Thanksgiving season, this is when we kind of recognize that we have individuals in the family that are missing. Like, the turkey doesn't replace your minor that is overseas. You need them. You need them to be enjoying this, because while you're having this, you're not sure what your minor is having overseas in another country. So we were talking about that and how I could help them to at least have those minors here for Christmas.

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Right? I'm trying to catch my breath here. So continues. Tell us a little bit more. Okay.

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So I would have done a number of minors before, and normally when I do an expedited process with minors, that's something that can be closed in, like, two months. And your minor is here.

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And a lot of the times it's closed much sooner. So guess what, guys? Don't get satisfied with just sitting at home eating turkey lime in with friends, and your minor is not here. I know it can be super difficult without your spouse as well, but as it relates to your minors, don't sit satisfied thinking that your minor is okay while you're eating. Remember, if they're not close to you, not able to protect them, give them the level of protection and support that they need.

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Right. And this is such admirable work.

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How did you get into this?

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How did you, I want to use a word that I was forced.

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I was forced by nature into this because having gone through the immigration process myself and then helping other persons through the process, helping kids, helping spouses, helping families.

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It then dawned on me that while applying for jobs, no one in Georgia would have given me a job.

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Like, I've done interviews, and no one has given me any form of employment from it. And so with my coach, because I do have a coach, my coach started to communicate with me from time to time, and she inquired, did you get the job now? And I'm like, no. And she's like, that's because you don't need a job. You don't understand the gold mine that you're sitting on. And I'm like, okay, right? Because I really didn't understand the magnitude of what I was doing. I didn't know how much people would have benefited. I didn't even know that it was a niche out there that I could tap into.

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So, of course, I did not just see this by myself. I got coached into it.

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Okay, you got coached into it. Wonderful. Right. I was already doing what I was doing, but now it got streamlined.

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And the main thing I was told, queen, it's not a hustle, it's business. So initially I was like a hustle. Right, exactly. It is business.

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And thank you. I just kind of had to catch my breath there for a second. So pretty much you unite families. So tell me, how is it that families get disconnected? So families get disconnected for varying reasons. Someone left and we're going to probably say it's mom that left, right.

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And she enters the United States for a better life and to earn more because economically it's not making sense overseas.

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When she comes, it's making more sense and she's better able to support her family. Right. So she makes the move and in making that move, she figures a way out and her status is adjusted and she remains and have her status adjusted. While her status is being adjusted, she will ensure that that of the minor is also being taken care of. So sometimes it's the spouse, the stepdad, that new spouse or stepdad that would petition for the minor. Right. But while the minor is being petitioned for, that minor is on the outside, while mom is on the inside.

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This process sounds like super easy, the way I'm sharing it to you, but this is something that sometimes take years.

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I've dealt with minors where the last time they would have seen their parent was three years old. And at the time of me taking care of them and finishing off the process, they're eleven years old. So there's a big gap between three and eleven. There is a big gap. So tell me and just explain to everyone, mom has come over to America for a better life, right, to make more money, okay? Leaves babies back at home. So tell me, just explain to everyone, just what does that look like? What is the ramification on that family being separated at that length of time? So let's go back to that minor that was three years old when mom left and she's eleven years old when she meets with mom again between three and eleven. We're talking about, what, eight years? Eight years. Eight years. We don't know what happened with that baby between that duration of time. There's sometimes some work that needs to be done.

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Mom needs to probably get some therapy done for daughter and therapy done for herself because now you're walking back into my life wanting to be a mom I've not seen you from when and grandparents was probably not as stringent as mom would have been where discipline is concerned. So you know what happens when that child comes, parents having to discipline and streamline and get this baby back in line, that becomes a problem. So in trying to streamline, it's sometimes read as abuse when really it is not. All that needs to happen is just therapy between both parties to get them to kind of mellow again. Right.

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So when I see cases like these, and sometimes I pick that up much before the minor gets here, I will sometimes intervene and send them off to a therapist just to get some level of support before they end up coming together.

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Yeah, that's very important. So what you do in the immigration process is you pretty much expedite that process so the babies can be reunited with their families. Yes. Wow. Yes.

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Wow.

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And one of the things we can't do is to probably because some of these persons, when they come to me, they would have had a service provider before coming to me. Right. But we sometimes have to understand that the bulk of the work that service providers have, they don't have enough time to line all the miners out that they have and say, yes, let's expedite these one by one.

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They are sometimes so busy trying to get new cases that this does not happen. So when they come to me, they think it's all magic. Yes, it's magical. The concert queen works magic and the process ends really quick. Right. Okay.

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And that's pretty admirable because you look at the family as a whole, as opposed to another service provider that's looking at case by case. And that really matters with ensuring that the kids get over, the families are reunited and that they are amazing, productive citizens here in America.

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So tell me about how many families have you.

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Such. I've been in business a little over a year and I've lost count.

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Like, wow, a family will call and they'll say, it's Paul, don't you remember me? You helped with. I'll have to pause for a moment to remember, but I've lost count, to be honest, because especially with the expedite process, it's such a short process because my coach will tell you that she ensures if she's going to ask me to do something, she's sure. Because once I get that button, I'm going to run. I'm going to run until it's finished.

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So I quickly get those. So that's why there are so many, the numbers are so much. Right. So what is your, why why are you doing all of this? Why are you the counselor queen? Listen, if I were to backtrack to probably three to eleven years old, I would not have wanted to be that minor. Right. And as a teenager, as a teenager, I've lived in different places, different family members, and I've seen firsthand what they show you as a parent when the parent is around is a different thing that happens when they're outside of your parents presence. So this is why it dug so deep for me. And I'm saying parents don't get comfortable with your kids being outside. So having that experience and also seeing it happening now just the same, it rubs deeply. And sometimes I have to be careful how I feel about it because I may end up with no money. But of course, these individuals pay for their services and they're interested in having their children.

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Awesome. So you yourself have experienced this as well, is that what you're saying? Right. And then I don't want to think that at my age now that has dissipated. That's not the case. It's replicating. It's happening and keep happening.

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So that's a problem.

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Yes. It really seems like you are extremely passionate and connected to your work. Was there an instance where you experience exactly what the kids and families that you help before have experienced?

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And I would want to say yes to that because I have missed out on a whole portion of living with my siblings. So I have six siblings, three sisters, three brothers, and from about twelve years old, I was no longer living in a space, sharing space with them. So even if there was luck, I wouldn't mind sharing the luck with them instead of taking the abuse from who you believe would have been providing better care.

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So that rubs a bit, and I really don't want that as much children as I can stop that, for I'm willing to do so.

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Wow, that is so powerful. And I know that is the one thing that propels you forth, that brings you forth as a leader in your business, in your community, as well as entrepreneurship. Because now you can do something. Because back then you felt like you couldn't do anything, right. You can do one thing, and I'm sure you missed your family and now you've taken what has happened to you as a child and brought it forth to be able to help others and everyone out here who is watching. When I tell you this woman is genuine, she is absolutely, genuinely giving to the core and you could just feel that.

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I honor you for that, and I thank you for that, for building a business. And I like to share with everyone that a lot of time with our businesses. Our businesses are a form of ministry.

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It's our purpose and our passion. So I say thank you and I honor you for that because you were just telling me you were on a call, right.

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And you were sharing with some parents who are disconnected from their children. So tell me a little bit about that, what's going on and what you're sharing because it's Thanksgiving, right.

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People can do nothing about something they know nothing about.

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So if I don't build awareness, they won't know that there's something they can do to ensure that their minor is within their space. They can have their minors where they can secure them. And I was explaining to them that when they do come to the United States and they're with them, they're going to be going to school, going to the games, but at the end of the day they're with parents and parents get a chance to question what happened during the school day. When they are outside of the United States, there are things that are happening and it's best they don't speak about it. So there's a lot of buried hurt because what can mom do or dad do that is outside of the country while you're experiencing what you're experiencing inside, you may not have someplace to sleep, you know what I mean? So you sometimes have to think about those things that the minors go through, the level of hurt that they go through and whoever is watching and you have your minor away from you for a duration of time. Ensure to get some level of therapy for both yourself and the minor just to make things mellow again because you're not just going to move back in someone's life and they're just going to accept you like that because what is happening for the miners, they are forced to accept and it's a major accomplishment to be in the United States because the United States market itself so well, everyone wants to be here.

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So it's a huge accomplishment just getting here. But after they get.

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Is and you provide some support with that as well with the therapy and connecting people with different services in your business, right? Yes, and with connecting I will pull on a case and I hope my coach don't beat me, but she's going to say you love, don't mention specific. No, it's not a specific.

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It's just that she's going to love going back to consular. Yes, I do love getting people in, right. Even though I do sort people out within the United States, but I do like getting people in so you have a non immigrant that is coming in, and they're coming in because of sometimes illness.

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So they're coming to seek, like, health care and stuff. When these people come within my space, I don't internalize their issues. I don't internalize their concerns. What I do is that I will refer them, I pay and I refer them to a specialist that can actually take care of whatever that not necessarily situation, but the mental space, because sometimes what's going on, if you can hold here for a minute, they'll make it through until the process is over, and then they can come for treatment. So that's something that I also do because it matters to me what happens with my client.

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Right? Absolutely. And that's beautiful. And I know that you just go above and beyond the call of duty every single time. So with that being said, from being a small child, separated from her family and siblings, to six figure, multi six figure business owner, who do you become? What's the next iteration of the counselor queen? Listen, I have been manifesting and I have placed.

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Because I'm in the office. At the office, right? But there's also an office at home, and I've already placed that seven figures on it because I think it's reachable. I believe it's reachable, and I first need to see it and believe it.

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And guess what? There are stories that I have grown up on. Like stories that says, listen, rich people are not happy. All kind of negative things about rich people. I'm asking you out there, guys. Give me a chance to get there and come back to tell if that's how they really feel.

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Right? If it's a fallacy, yeah. Let me find that out for you.

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Let me find out for you. Awesome.

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Well, great. So that's what you want to do now here in the States, you have an event that is coming up. So tell us about the event. All right, so I want to be teaching my master class on December 16, 2023, to persons doing adjustment of status. Like, if you want me to walk you through that process in 90 minutes, just jump on and just book that $97.

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It's going to be 90 minutes. That is worth it.

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90 minutes is for anyone who's listening that does not know if you're inside. The United States and it can be marriage based and you're trying to petition. You're in the United States and you're trying to petition.

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Just touch base with me. So you adjust when you're in the United States, when you're outside of the United States, trying to come in.

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That's what's called consular processing. So that's the difference between consular processing, adjustment of status, hence, I am beyond consular. Okay, awesome. And that's good to know. And keep in mind everyone here who would like to connect with the councillor Queen, Ms. Nardia, you will have access to all of her links. So just check it out there, as well as the invitation that she's extended for the December event. And then you have another, larger event that's coming. Yes, that's coming up. That's for Jamaica. We're going to level up squared. So 2023, we had level up. 2024, it's level up squared. And this is going to be in Montego Bay and Kingston. The Montego Bay location is half Moon resort. And, you know, half moon is that nice place. Right. If you came last time, you know what you're coming for, right?

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Of course. The Kingston location will be announced in short order. And let me tell you guys, start putting your 575 together. I promise you to help you through this process and teach you how to make back your money. Awesome. Okay. All right, great.

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Now, there's one thing that you sent me. You sent me an amazing. Well, two amazing gifts. One here I want to share with everybody. Yes. The consular queens.

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This foundation is out of the care for my clientele. So the consulate Queens Journal for Immigrant spouses.

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It's for spouses going through the immigration process. Right, right. What tends to happen is that we take for granted our relationships. We take for granted that we know each other. But do you really know what bus your spouse left on this morning? Do you really pay attention? Who stays on what side of the bed? Are we paying attention to these things? So I find that that's not necessarily things that people do. It's when they end up in a Stokes interview. That's an interview where you're separated and you're being asked these questions. Then you start to recognize that you don't know the routine of your spouse. You know nothing. Not much about this person. So to save my clients from going through this, every client that comes through my door gets a complimentary copy of this book to help them through the process. And, of course, that comes with guidance. Yes. And you did an amazing job. I mean, it is very nicely done.

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Thank you. Very nicely done. Nice hard back, glossy, and great information that can help individuals divide the plan.

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So I'm so excited. So, Ms. Nordia, thank you so much for coming on the show, joining us and sharing with us just a little bit about immigration and what actually happens and why you are being called forth to do the work that you do, it is very important. So thank you so much.