May 2012 Filers

[Pinkrlion 2,713]

Ugh- I'm nervous because my fiancé photo copied his passport stamps.. the main page with his info (page 2 and 3) and the stamps on his passport (page 4 and 5) right above the admitted stamp is a big DENIAL from a visit in march) and below it is the dates he arrived back in january.. matches all my other paperwork (copies of hotel receipts etc) little did i know paying the airport parking (2$) with a credit card would come in so handy, lol... the passport is so dark I'm paranoid they will try to send me an RFE... but if you take the time to look you can clearly see admitted. I guess I'm just over thinking it... but at this stage what else is left to do but over think? I have all my stuff ready for NOA2 and i scanned my own passport and all pages when i went to Europe back in June (for proof of ongoing relationship)... UGH this wait is driving me f-----ng insane... i wanted him here for the holidays so bad!! Now I'm just hoping for new years!!! Did anyone else do something similar like us? Not all pages of passport but just the info and stamped pages? Lucky for us they went in sequential order...

I copied my passport, highlighted the entries and put sticky note arrows on it.

[Kassil&Tierce 18]

that should be more than enough. I like how you are leaving nothing to chance!

Definitely not. My mind and body aren't used to this type of stress, particularly with the /three weeks/ it took them to actually get the RFE to me from the first notice. I want to be sure that they can't dispute anything and get us NOA2 so we can move on from this point.

[SweetDelish 38]

Definitely not. My mind and body aren't used to this type of stress, particularly with the /three weeks/ it took them to actually get the RFE to me from the first notice. I want to be sure that they can't dispute anything and get us NOA2 so we can move on from this point.

I know.. its awful. I nearly lost my mind on Friday when my friend in Sydney told me that she received my fingerprint sheet from the police station. yep.. they took my fingerprints, put it in an envelope and posted them to me. all for the tidy sum of $175 + $6 for the express post envelope. I called the police station with the intention of asking if any of them had attended a school to get their job. I took a breath and remembered my end goal, even when I said.. 'So I go into your police station, get my fingerprints taken, pay $175, give you an express post envelope, and as I'm walking out the door, the officer puts it in the envelope, seals it and posts it to me, 7 days later. Can you not see where he went wrong there?' he still didn't think they did anything wrong. Apparently 'Logic' is not something that can be taught. Luckily, I was told i could re-route it to the Police headquarters to get the police check done. so altogether wasted about 10 days, hopefully they won't enforce the entire 15 working days for processing.

Thx sweet delish! You put my mind at ease.. I guess I'll over think it all until I get some form of an answer.. thats just my personality haha. I'm sure you'll be together by Christmas!!!!

mine too.. mine too! I hope we are.. I booked our wedding for 20 December too.. positive thinking!

ohhh mid April filer approvals came through on those delayed Friday notifications!

[Kassil&Tierce 18]

Well, everything's tucked into the envelope to be mailed tomorrow. A scan of her passport and the entry stamp, plane ticket stubs, a photo from Shark Reef that has Las Vegas 2012 in the corner, a hardcopy of each photo I printed previously, a USB drive with every photo taken during her stay with digitally embedded timestamps that they can check and instructions on how to do so in case they're thoroughly computer illiterate, ten letters from various family, friends, and coworkers attesting to having seen us together during the visit this year, and a cover letter, under the 'return this on top' RFE letter, detailing the contents and the instructions on how to view the timestamp on the digital photos. Here's hoping it's enough for them.

[mrettercap 24]

My fiancee flew back to the states earlier today. Gonna be tough now that we're back in the boat of waiting seemingly aimlessly until we hear something from Vermont (hello? anybody?) but at least we've been able to have some time together so hopefully the time from now to NOA2 won't seem so long, and we had an absolute blast on our adventures as always.

Nice to see April approvals at VSC climbing steadily. Looking forward to seeing the first May ones pop out -- soon, perhaps?

I was hoping to be back with my lady and my puppies before next year, but it's not looking likely at this point!

Well, everything's tucked into the envelope to be mailed tomorrow. A scan of her passport and the entry stamp, plane ticket stubs, a photo from Shark Reef that has Las Vegas 2012 in the corner, a hardcopy of each photo I printed previously, a USB drive with every photo taken during her stay with digitally embedded timestamps that they can check and instructions on how to do so in case they're thoroughly computer illiterate, ten letters from various family, friends, and coworkers attesting to having seen us together during the visit this year, and a cover letter, under the 'return this on top' RFE letter, detailing the contents and the instructions on how to view the timestamp on the digital photos. Here's hoping it's enough for them.

Fingers crossed that this sorts it. God knows what the hell else they could expect you to provide as proof!

Edited October 10, 2012 by mrettercap

[Pinkrlion 2,713]

Well, everything's tucked into the envelope to be mailed tomorrow. A scan of her passport and the entry stamp, plane ticket stubs, a photo from Shark Reef that has Las Vegas 2012 in the corner, a hardcopy of each photo I printed previously, a USB drive with every photo taken during her stay with digitally embedded timestamps that they can check and instructions on how to do so in case they're thoroughly computer illiterate, ten letters from various family, friends, and coworkers attesting to having seen us together during the visit this year, and a cover letter, under the 'return this on top' RFE letter, detailing the contents and the instructions on how to view the timestamp on the digital photos. Here's hoping it's enough for them.

They are not going to use the USB, but everything else should be fine

[SweetDelish 38]

They are not going to use the USB, but everything else should be fine

yep, I wouldn't even bother.

Pinkrlion - your interview is next week!!! so close!!

[BrockUK 26]

I saw my fiancee on webcam last night. She looked ever so pale and neverous about her surgery next week. I thought we would call the USCIS today to see if any good news might cheer her up.

According to one of the officers on the other end of the line, our NOA2 is expected to be mailed or received by 12th December. Although I am not impressed and was slighly dishearten by this news, she seemed to be really happy about this.

Maybe we will be able to spend our first Christmas together finially, but seeing as our expedite request was approved, surely it would come before 12th December?

Anyway, I am just waffling on. I'd thought i would let you guys know that people who received their NOA1 at the end of May will seem to have their NOA2 beginning of December more or less in my opinion. Lets just hope they send over some manpower from CSC to VSC lol.

[Kassil&Tierce 18]

They are not going to use the USB, but everything else should be fine

yep, I wouldn't even bother.

I figure that if nothing else, it should help add a small extra measure of a "No, really, I'm serious. We did meet." vibe, whether or not they do anything with it. (And really, they need to get with it. This is the 21st century. Everything is computerized. I'm sure the government can afford high-quality antivirus software if they wanted, so they've got no excuse to not integrate computer systems into the process.)

[Kassil&Tierce 18]

Ordinally, I participate in (Inter)National Novel Writing Month, but this year there are going to be two major issues - one is that my laptop is in Portugal keeping the love of my life company, and the other is that if the RFE response is sufficient and all goes well, I might be in Portugal in November, for at least a bit. So this might be the first time I give this thing a miss since I first participated in it.

The changes to habit that come with serious commitment, no?

[Pinkrlion 2,713]

yep, I wouldn't even bother.

Pinkrlion - your interview is next week!!! so close!!

OMG, I am getting nervous and excited! I fly out next Tuesday, can't wait.

Edited October 11, 2012 by Pinkrlion

[Pinkrlion 2,713]

I saw my fiancee on webcam last night. She looked ever so pale and neverous about her surgery next week. I thought we would call the USCIS today to see if any good news might cheer her up.

According to one of the officers on the other end of the line, our NOA2 is expected to be mailed or received by 12th December. Although I am not impressed and was slighly dishearten by this news, she seemed to be really happy about this.

Maybe we will be able to spend our first Christmas together finially, but seeing as our expedite request was approved, surely it would come before 12th December?

Anyway, I am just waffling on. I'd thought i would let you guys know that people who received their NOA1 at the end of May will seem to have their NOA2 beginning of December more or less in my opinion. Lets just hope they send over some manpower from CSC to VSC lol.

Wow, you would think they would send it ASAP. Knowing you will be here by Christmas will definitely lift her spirits.

[Pinkrlion 2,713]

The changes to habit that come with serious commitment, no?

AMEN to that.

[Chrissie 2]

Hi guys!

I only just found this thread, it's nice to see more may filers out here. We got out NOA1 the 16th of May but haven't heard anything after that. I'm counting on the end of Nvember like my timeline says... We are hoping to have our wedding March 9th so I'm very anxious to see things go along.

[BrockUK 26]

Wow, you would think they would send it ASAP. Knowing you will be here by Christmas will definitely lift her spirits.

Yeah and that's what I don't get. Having saying that I saw their recent statistics and apparntly in September they were still having over 18,000 applications to go through in VSC. Makes me wonder how may people do they employee lol!

Hopefully if the surgery goes well she said that she wants to fly over to the UK and meet my family before we get married. She has her second fitting for her wedding dress today, just thinking forward and not looking back now!