NVC Filers - September 2014

[AustinCanada 681]

And done

Superstar!

If you wanna get over a fear of needles... do what I did and get deep vein thrombosis. You get blood work done every day for a while then every three days, then every week, every two weeks etc etc etc

No, Thanks! That sounds like my worst nightmare! I'd rather go through the NVC stage again from the beginning!

My husband came with me to my migraine clinic a couple days ago. I have to get blood work at each visit (just once a month) and then the injection of the actual medicine. My hubby refused to even look in my direction for both!!

I'm so glad that I'm not your husband!

Funny story, my husband just had a form of LASIK eye surgery done last Thursday. He's been making video blogs about it. He asked me to film the eye surgery. Let's just say, half way through his first eye (with all the scrapping and clamps and such) and I nearly passed out. For the rest of the surgery, everyone in the room was asking if I was alright

LASIK!? I've heard so many LASIK horror stories, but I've also heard tons of success stories!

I hope his LASIK surgery went well and he now has 20/20 vision.

[nanana 74]

we got our IIN and case # today!

I want to submit ds 261 and when I start is shows my midden name ( i have sent my old passport photocopy to uscis with my midden name but now I have a new one with my hubby's surname)

Should I remove my old name and write what I have now in my new passport? has anyone experienced that before?

Edited September 11, 2014 by nanana

[Saylin 1,605]

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LASIK!? I've heard so many LASIK horror stories, but I've also heard tons of success stories!

I hope his LASIK surgery went well and he now has 20/20 vision.

Technically, the eye surgery he had done is called PRK, but I said LASIK since before a few months ago, I had never heard of PRK (versus knowing of LASIK). Anyways, it's gone well. He has a high pain tolerance, so he didn't have much pain. Just some irritation (like an eyelash in his eye, as he described it). Worst for him I think was the extreme light sensitivity (he had to wear sunglasses pretty much all the time for a few days). As of yesterday, his vision was 20/50 (his eyes are still healing). He said he woke up today seeing extremely well though, so probably closer to 20/20 now. And if anything goes wrong in the next two years, he can go back and get it corrected for free, since he paid for the highest package (little over $3k) which covers that, just in case.

[Kanuk 42]

Don't watch it! I barely even looked at it, I was just watching every few seconds, over my glasses, to see if the frame was shot. But from those glances, I got very warm and hot. One of the assistants noticed, and took the camera from me as I took not only my sweater off, but my shirt as well (I was wearing a thin tank top underneath). Another assistant brought me a bottle of water. So nice, haha. The guy doing the actual surgery said it's completely normal and lots of people don't feel well after watching. He even mentioned one guy, who had been standing, completely fell on him while he was doing the surgery So yeah, suffice to say, after watching the surgery and hearing everything my husband is going through (irritation and such), I'm never doing eye surgery. I can't even touch my eye (tried getting contacts once and nearly passed out)

OMG

Eyeballs...... ewwwwwwww

[Saylin 1,605]

OMG

Eyeballs...... ewwwwwwww

And that's why I'll happily stick with my eyeglasses (until they make an eye drop that fixes everything )

[Rlelle09 28]

Hey guys! I am currently filling out the Ds-260 and need a little help.

1. I have seen someone ask this, but never caught the answer to it back in August I believe. I did co-op in high school sorta like an internship, do I add that as employment?

2. The ds-260 asks me to list all secondary institutions and above that I attended. I did not graduate from high school, but did go to college for medical office admin. And received a diploma. Should I just state the college institution (post secondary) or secondary and post secondary?

Your help is appreciated.

[jsumner86 403]

Thanks! Your turn is coming up. Maybe Tuesday?

Thanks! I think most of Scotland is remote and rugged without any cell signal? Either way it is beautiful and I'm really enjoying the few days we have left here.

Thanks!

Thanks! I hope you're right. At this point just having and knowing our interview date will be a big improvement.

Thanks!

Thanks! At least we found the site. I don't understand how anyone could go through this year long process in the dark without VJ.

Thanks! The sooner the better! We were ready for that interview with all supporting documents about a year ago!

Scotland is beautiful... Me and my wife are laughing because our flight is on the day that Scotland votes a yes or no for their indepedence.. She loves it in Scotland, but doesn't like people mistaken her as Scottish. Hope you enjoy your time together! It will be much happier knowing you're moving forward! Make sure you get an earlier interview date with London!!

Thank you!! I am reading everything over and over again. I have all our documents gathered. Just looking over them every other day as I read something new on here.

No problem! Good luck on your journey!

[bdrew612 1,071]

Technically, the eye surgery he had done is called PRK, but I said LASIK since before a few months ago, I had never heard of PRK (versus knowing of LASIK). Anyways, it's gone well. He has a high pain tolerance, so he didn't have much pain. Just some irritation (like an eyelash in his eye, as he described it). Worst for him I think was the extreme light sensitivity (he had to wear sunglasses pretty much all the time for a few days). As of yesterday, his vision was 20/50 (his eyes are still healing). He said he woke up today seeing extremely well though, so probably closer to 20/20 now. And if anything goes wrong in the next two years, he can go back and get it corrected for free, since he paid for the highest package (little over $3k) which covers that, just in case.

Is this your husband?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8

Edited September 11, 2014 by bdrew612

[AustinCanada 681]

Technically, the eye surgery he had done is called PRK, but I said LASIK since before a few months ago, I had never heard of PRK (versus knowing of LASIK). Anyways, it's gone well. He has a high pain tolerance, so he didn't have much pain. Just some irritation (like an eyelash in his eye, as he described it). Worst for him I think was the extreme light sensitivity (he had to wear sunglasses pretty much all the time for a few days). As of yesterday, his vision was 20/50 (his eyes are still healing). He said he woke up today seeing extremely well though, so probably closer to 20/20 now. And if anything goes wrong in the next two years, he can go back and get it corrected for free, since he paid for the highest package (little over $3k) which covers that, just in case.

I think PRK is supposed to be safer than LASIK. I've also heard of "No Touch". But how do you perform surgery if you don't touch?

$3,000+!? I used to see a LASIK ad of $499 (CAD) per eye in Vancouver. It looks like they went under. Maybe it was too cheap and people didn't trust them.

[Saylin 1,605]

Hey guys! I am currently filling out the Ds-260 and need a little help.

1. I have seen someone ask this, but never caught the answer to it back in August I believe. I did co-op in high school sorta like an internship, do I add that as employment?

2. The ds-260 asks me to list all secondary institutions and above that I attended. I did not graduate from high school, but did go to college for medical office admin. And received a diploma. Should I just state the college institution (post secondary) or secondary and post secondary?

Your help is appreciated.

1. If you were paid, I'd say yes. If you weren't, I'd say no. Just my opinion though.

2. Hmm, probably best to include high school, as well as college. Then just mention you didn't actually receive any degree from high school.

Is this your husband?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8

Haha, that's funny, cause both my husband and I had been making that joke every night he wore his sunglasses at night. He even posted a picture to Facebook wearing his sunglasses at night

I think PRK is supposed to be safer than LASIK. I've also heard of "No Touch". But how do you perform surgery if you don't touch?

$3,000+!? I used to see a LASIK ad of $499 (CAD) per eye in Vancouver. It looks like they went under. Maybe it was too cheap and people didn't trust them.

PRK and LASIK both have their pros and cons. My husband ended up going with PRK. Never heard of No Touch though

And yeah, think it was about $3400 something (for both eyes). Includes like a two year guarantee Yeah, not sure I'd trust the company just charging $1k in total.

[Rlelle09 28]

1. If you were paid, I'd say yes. If you weren't, I'd say no. Just my opinion though.

2. Hmm, probably best to include high school, as well as college. Then just mention you didn't actually receive any degree from high school.

Haha, that's funny, cause both my husband and I had been making that joke every night he wore his sunglasses at night. He even posted a picture to Facebook wearing his sunglasses at night /quote]

Thanks so much Saylin! Is it okay to estimate dates? or do i need to order my school transcripts?

Edited September 11, 2014 by Rlelle09

[Saylin 1,605]

Thanks so much Saylin! Is it okay to estimate dates? or do i need to order my school transcripts?

If there's no easy way for you to find out, then yes, estimating is alright.

[NVC_2014 7]

Hello

Just got an email about the IV fee invoice but still cant pay the fees online.

Is this normal or should I call NVC..is there a time lag between email and actual invoice generation on the site

Thanks

[NVC_2014 7]

Thanks for the reply Saylin, was kinda worried since she doesn't have her shot records that i will mean more delays. but now im relieved...

Hello Abutalha

After getting the IV invoice mail how much time did it take for the invoice to become payable online...I just got my email for the payment.

Thanks

[samreen23 461]

Came someone repost the ranting thread link please?