Waiting for a NOA2 from VSC for your I-129F?

[Courtney 1]

so THAT'S what's taking so long! They're sitting there in their little cubicles, thinking of new and cruel ways to toy with us...

Hey Courtney - I saw your post about visiting the UK. Not sure if you will be permitted to enter, but it sounds like you have a lot of proof tying you to the US. Just be confident and polite. I hope it goes well!!

I'm visiting in Jan with my 8 y/o daughter and am already freaking out if they will admit us. Never had probs before, but adding a kid to the mix makes me nervous. Good news is I have 2 other kids, a full time job, mortgage, etc. to come back to, so I think it will be OK.

Fingers crossed for both of us!!!

Why would she not be permitted to enter UK. As far as I know, every American with a passport may enter at anytime. Been there several times. Maybe I'm missing something?

Ahh, my sordid past... Back in Feb '08 I was denied entry to the UK. I didn't have a return ticket to the US, and i couldn't prove strong ties to the US (so i got to hang out in a detainment room for 8 hours. good times). So i'm going back to the UK this friday, just for a short vacation, and have lots of proof that I will be coming back to the US... but still, i'm terrified. I know the worst that can happen is that i'm sent back to the US, but that truly will be awful.

I didn't mean "back in Feb '08", obviously, since we're not there yet... Back in FEB '07 would be more correct. I need to learn how to use the Edit button

[Jason-Sasha 1]

so THAT'S what's taking so long! They're sitting there in their little cubicles, thinking of new and cruel ways to toy with us...

Hey Courtney - I saw your post about visiting the UK. Not sure if you will be permitted to enter, but it sounds like you have a lot of proof tying you to the US. Just be confident and polite. I hope it goes well!!

I'm visiting in Jan with my 8 y/o daughter and am already freaking out if they will admit us. Never had probs before, but adding a kid to the mix makes me nervous. Good news is I have 2 other kids, a full time job, mortgage, etc. to come back to, so I think it will be OK.

Fingers crossed for both of us!!!

Why would she not be permitted to enter UK. As far as I know, every American with a passport may enter at anytime. Been there several times. Maybe I'm missing something?

Ahh, my sordid past... Back in Feb '08 I was denied entry to the UK. I didn't have a return ticket to the US, and i couldn't prove strong ties to the US (so i got to hang out in a detainment room for 8 hours. good times). So i'm going back to the UK this friday, just for a short vacation, and have lots of proof that I will be coming back to the US... but still, i'm terrified. I know the worst that can happen is that i'm sent back to the US, but that truly will be awful.

I didn't mean "back in Feb '08", obviously, since we're not there yet... Back in FEB '07 would be more correct. I need to learn how to use the Edit button

So, this was 8 months ago? Did they tell you the exact reason for turning you away was because you had no proof of returning? Like if you had a roundtrip ticket there would have been no problems? Just curious, that's all.

[Bill y Bella 0]

Ahh, my sordid past... Back in Feb '08 I was denied entry to the UK. I didn't have a return ticket to the US, and i couldn't prove strong ties to the US (so i got to hang out in a detainment room for 8 hours. good times). So i'm going back to the UK this friday, just for a short vacation, and have lots of proof that I will be coming back to the US... but still, i'm terrified. I know the worst that can happen is that i'm sent back to the US, but that truly will be awful.

Next time walk through immigration backwards. They will think you are leaving and they won't bother you.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

huh?

[Courtney 1]

so THAT'S what's taking so long! They're sitting there in their little cubicles, thinking of new and cruel ways to toy with us...

Hey Courtney - I saw your post about visiting the UK. Not sure if you will be permitted to enter, but it sounds like you have a lot of proof tying you to the US. Just be confident and polite. I hope it goes well!!

I'm visiting in Jan with my 8 y/o daughter and am already freaking out if they will admit us. Never had probs before, but adding a kid to the mix makes me nervous. Good news is I have 2 other kids, a full time job, mortgage, etc. to come back to, so I think it will be OK.

Fingers crossed for both of us!!!

Why would she not be permitted to enter UK. As far as I know, every American with a passport may enter at anytime. Been there several times. Maybe I'm missing something?

Ahh, my sordid past... Back in Feb '08 I was denied entry to the UK. I didn't have a return ticket to the US, and i couldn't prove strong ties to the US (so i got to hang out in a detainment room for 8 hours. good times). So i'm going back to the UK this friday, just for a short vacation, and have lots of proof that I will be coming back to the US... but still, i'm terrified. I know the worst that can happen is that i'm sent back to the US, but that truly will be awful.

I didn't mean "back in Feb '08", obviously, since we're not there yet... Back in FEB '07 would be more correct. I need to learn how to use the Edit button

So, this was 8 months ago? Did they tell you the exact reason for turning you away was because you had no proof of returning? Like if you had a roundtrip ticket there would have been no problems? Just curious, that's all.

I got a little handy list of all the reasons I was refused entry.

1. I stayed in the UK as a visitor from September 2006 to February 2007, a period of 5 months

2. I only returned to America 2 weeks ago (from 2/25/07) for a medical appointment.

3. I had no return ticket

4. I previously entered the UK from Eire and consequently only had leave to enter for 3 months.

5. I left my job to travel to the UK in September and was at the time, not employed.

I wrote that almost verbatim from the document I recieved at the end of that terrible day. A little repetitive, no? But reason enough to deny me entry I suppose. I think the girl was pretty new to the immigration job. She had to do a lot of re-asking questions, and there was one point I was pretty convinced she was crazy. She kept saying "july" instead of "june" as the day I met my fiance online. She said it about 10 times, and I corrected her every time. I think she must have been trying to trip me up. It wouldn't have taken much at that point- 8 hour flight after about 15 hours of travelling, and then sitting me (terrified) in a detainment room with little to no sleep in 24 hours... It was rough. I think i've blocked out most of it.

[MKCT 0]

Mirla,

You have every right to be pissed. Keep calling. Call all day long if you have to. You can call in addition to Pat. (Skype does 1-800-numbers).

Keep calling. Appeal to them nicely that you're application is over 5 months. If they give you 7-month bullshit, just blow your top. As soon as 6 months comes, you have to let every congressman, news outlet, USCIS officer know every minute of the day that they better do something with your case soon.

Hang in there, but fight the system!

Gail

It reminded me to a song....FIGHT THE POWER!!!! :lol:

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Afterforever, to answer your question....nope...i got no email, or no touch...they even said when i called the regular customer service line that they still didnt have anything in the system about the RFE....

[MKCT 0]

Afterforever, to answer your question....nope...i got no email, or no touch...they even said when i called the regular customer service line that they still didnt have anything in the system about the RFE....

What if they are bullshitting you?

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

The reason i doubt that is because they gave me a specific date.

[Courtney 1]

So, this was 8 months ago? Did they tell you the exact reason for turning you away was because you had no proof of returning? Like if you had a roundtrip ticket there would have been no problems? Just curious, that's all.

I think about this a lot. I think I've decided that even if i had the return ticket, I'd still have been denied entry. This is my thought- there must be some kind of quota to fill... I 'm not saying that I shouldn't have been denied entry- but the US must deny entry to a certain amount of UK visitors. So I just helped fill a quota (i like to think this, so please don't pop my bubble). I read somewhere that there's a "reciprocal" policy. The UK deals with visitors from the US in the same way that the US deals with visitors from the UK. Maybe if the US denies so many UK visitors a year, the UK needs to reciprocate, or vice versa. And since my case was pretty clearly stupid- i had "overstayed" my visa (did you know that if you go thru Ireland to get to England you only have a three month stay as a visitor? I didn't know this), they decided to refuse my entry. I truly don't think the lady in immigration thought I was going to try to live there. She was even (at one point, when my head was on the table during my questioning) trying to lead me to the "right" answers. She said "Are you SURE you were'nt just taking leave from your job in the US?". Wish I'd thought to say yes (although it wasn't true, and I was too exhausted at that point to lie).

[Jason-Sasha 1]

so THAT'S what's taking so long! They're sitting there in their little cubicles, thinking of new and cruel ways to toy with us...

Hey Courtney - I saw your post about visiting the UK. Not sure if you will be permitted to enter, but it sounds like you have a lot of proof tying you to the US. Just be confident and polite. I hope it goes well!!

I'm visiting in Jan with my 8 y/o daughter and am already freaking out if they will admit us. Never had probs before, but adding a kid to the mix makes me nervous. Good news is I have 2 other kids, a full time job, mortgage, etc. to come back to, so I think it will be OK.

Fingers crossed for both of us!!!

Why would she not be permitted to enter UK. As far as I know, every American with a passport may enter at anytime. Been there several times. Maybe I'm missing something?

Ahh, my sordid past... Back in Feb '08 I was denied entry to the UK. I didn't have a return ticket to the US, and i couldn't prove strong ties to the US (so i got to hang out in a detainment room for 8 hours. good times). So i'm going back to the UK this friday, just for a short vacation, and have lots of proof that I will be coming back to the US... but still, i'm terrified. I know the worst that can happen is that i'm sent back to the US, but that truly will be awful.

I didn't mean "back in Feb '08", obviously, since we're not there yet... Back in FEB '07 would be more correct. I need to learn how to use the Edit button

So, this was 8 months ago? Did they tell you the exact reason for turning you away was because you had no proof of returning? Like if you had a roundtrip ticket there would have been no problems? Just curious, that's all.

I got a little handy list of all the reasons I was refused entry.

1. I stayed in the UK as a visitor from September 2006 to February 2007, a period of 5 months

2. I only returned to America 2 weeks ago (from 2/25/07) for a medical appointment.

3. I had no return ticket

4. I previously entered the UK from Eire and consequently only had leave to enter for 3 months.

5. I left my job to travel to the UK in September and was at the time, not employed.

I wrote that almost verbatim from the document I recieved at the end of that terrible day. A little repetitive, no? But reason enough to deny me entry I suppose. I think the girl was pretty new to the immigration job. She had to do a lot of re-asking questions, and there was one point I was pretty convinced she was crazy. She kept saying "july" instead of "june" as the day I met my fiance online. She said it about 10 times, and I corrected her every time. I think she must have been trying to trip me up. It wouldn't have taken much at that point- 8 hour flight after about 15 hours of travelling, and then sitting me (terrified) in a detainment room with little to no sleep in 24 hours... It was rough. I think i've blocked out most of it.

Whoa. Well, I kinda have to agree with the UK. Sorry to say that. But if you were there for that long and even left your job to live in the UK, they must have viewed you as an illegal immigrant. And maybe even USCIS will have some questions about this. They really want each petitioner to be a productive, responsible provider for the "new arrival". Not saying that you're not. but it may raise questions. Hmmm. I really wish you the best of luck. I know you say each trip is judged on it's own merit, but I'm sure they will have questions for you. I would even consider calling the UK embassy here in the States and double check that everything will be fine.

[Courtney 1]

so THAT'S what's taking so long! They're sitting there in their little cubicles, thinking of new and cruel ways to toy with us...

Hey Courtney - I saw your post about visiting the UK. Not sure if you will be permitted to enter, but it sounds like you have a lot of proof tying you to the US. Just be confident and polite. I hope it goes well!!

I'm visiting in Jan with my 8 y/o daughter and am already freaking out if they will admit us. Never had probs before, but adding a kid to the mix makes me nervous. Good news is I have 2 other kids, a full time job, mortgage, etc. to come back to, so I think it will be OK.

Fingers crossed for both of us!!!

Why would she not be permitted to enter UK. As far as I know, every American with a passport may enter at anytime. Been there several times. Maybe I'm missing something?

Ahh, my sordid past... Back in Feb '08 I was denied entry to the UK. I didn't have a return ticket to the US, and i couldn't prove strong ties to the US (so i got to hang out in a detainment room for 8 hours. good times). So i'm going back to the UK this friday, just for a short vacation, and have lots of proof that I will be coming back to the US... but still, i'm terrified. I know the worst that can happen is that i'm sent back to the US, but that truly will be awful.

I didn't mean "back in Feb '08", obviously, since we're not there yet... Back in FEB '07 would be more correct. I need to learn how to use the Edit button

So, this was 8 months ago? Did they tell you the exact reason for turning you away was because you had no proof of returning? Like if you had a roundtrip ticket there would have been no problems? Just curious, that's all.

I got a little handy list of all the reasons I was refused entry.

1. I stayed in the UK as a visitor from September 2006 to February 2007, a period of 5 months

2. I only returned to America 2 weeks ago (from 2/25/07) for a medical appointment.

3. I had no return ticket

4. I previously entered the UK from Eire and consequently only had leave to enter for 3 months.

5. I left my job to travel to the UK in September and was at the time, not employed.

I wrote that almost verbatim from the document I recieved at the end of that terrible day. A little repetitive, no? But reason enough to deny me entry I suppose. I think the girl was pretty new to the immigration job. She had to do a lot of re-asking questions, and there was one point I was pretty convinced she was crazy. She kept saying "july" instead of "june" as the day I met my fiance online. She said it about 10 times, and I corrected her every time. I think she must have been trying to trip me up. It wouldn't have taken much at that point- 8 hour flight after about 15 hours of travelling, and then sitting me (terrified) in a detainment room with little to no sleep in 24 hours... It was rough. I think i've blocked out most of it.

Whoa. Well, I kinda have to agree with the UK. Sorry to say that. But if you were there for that long and even left your job to live in the UK, they must have viewed you as an illegal immigrant. And maybe even USCIS will have some questions about this. They really want each petitioner to be a productive, responsible provider for the "new arrival". Not saying that you're not. but it may raise questions. Hmmm. I really wish you the best of luck. I know you say each trip is judged on it's own merit, but I'm sure they will have questions for you. I would even consider calling the UK embassy here in the States and double check that everything will be fine.

Thanks, I may just do that. I'm not worried about being seen as a productive and responsible provider- i've been steadily employed at a good paying job since i left the UK. And I was steadily employed up til the day I went to the UK. I paid my own way in the UK, and am not worried about how I'll be viewed to the US embassy. It's the UK i'm worried about at this point.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

so THAT'S what's taking so long! They're sitting there in their little cubicles, thinking of new and cruel ways to toy with us...

Hey Courtney - I saw your post about visiting the UK. Not sure if you will be permitted to enter, but it sounds like you have a lot of proof tying you to the US. Just be confident and polite. I hope it goes well!!

I'm visiting in Jan with my 8 y/o daughter and am already freaking out if they will admit us. Never had probs before, but adding a kid to the mix makes me nervous. Good news is I have 2 other kids, a full time job, mortgage, etc. to come back to, so I think it will be OK.

Fingers crossed for both of us!!!

Why would she not be permitted to enter UK. As far as I know, every American with a passport may enter at anytime. Been there several times. Maybe I'm missing something?

Ahh, my sordid past... Back in Feb '08 I was denied entry to the UK. I didn't have a return ticket to the US, and i couldn't prove strong ties to the US (so i got to hang out in a detainment room for 8 hours. good times). So i'm going back to the UK this friday, just for a short vacation, and have lots of proof that I will be coming back to the US... but still, i'm terrified. I know the worst that can happen is that i'm sent back to the US, but that truly will be awful.

I didn't mean "back in Feb '08", obviously, since we're not there yet... Back in FEB '07 would be more correct. I need to learn how to use the Edit button

So, this was 8 months ago? Did they tell you the exact reason for turning you away was because you had no proof of returning? Like if you had a roundtrip ticket there would have been no problems? Just curious, that's all.

I got a little handy list of all the reasons I was refused entry.

1. I stayed in the UK as a visitor from September 2006 to February 2007, a period of 5 months

2. I only returned to America 2 weeks ago (from 2/25/07) for a medical appointment.

3. I had no return ticket

4. I previously entered the UK from Eire and consequently only had leave to enter for 3 months.

5. I left my job to travel to the UK in September and was at the time, not employed.

I wrote that almost verbatim from the document I recieved at the end of that terrible day. A little repetitive, no? But reason enough to deny me entry I suppose. I think the girl was pretty new to the immigration job. She had to do a lot of re-asking questions, and there was one point I was pretty convinced she was crazy. She kept saying "july" instead of "june" as the day I met my fiance online. She said it about 10 times, and I corrected her every time. I think she must have been trying to trip me up. It wouldn't have taken much at that point- 8 hour flight after about 15 hours of travelling, and then sitting me (terrified) in a detainment room with little to no sleep in 24 hours... It was rough. I think i've blocked out most of it.

Whoa. Well, I kinda have to agree with the UK. Sorry to say that. But if you were there for that long and even left your job to live in the UK, they must have viewed you as an illegal immigrant. And maybe even USCIS will have some questions about this. They really want each petitioner to be a productive, responsible provider for the "new arrival". Not saying that you're not. but it may raise questions. Hmmm. I really wish you the best of luck. I know you say each trip is judged on it's own merit, but I'm sure they will have questions for you. I would even consider calling the UK embassy here in the States and double check that everything will be fine.

Thanks, I may just do that. I'm not worried about being seen as a productive and responsible provider- i've been steadily employed at a good paying job since i left the UK. And I was steadily employed up til the day I went to the UK. I paid my own way in the UK, and am not worried about how I'll be viewed to the US embassy. It's the UK i'm worried about at this point.

I dont want to burst your bubble. I'm sorry. I just look at everything from every angle. Take a letter from your current employer, paystubs, phone bills, copy of your lease or mortgage, bank statements, hell even childrens' birth certificates and grocery shopping lists. You shouldn't have a problem. And I'd be as open and honest as possible when they ask you about February. I truly hope you will have a great trip. I'll be watching to see how it goes.

[MKCT 0]

** USCIS!!!! 3.30 am and I just came back from my best friend's birthday, I know her since I was 6 years old....and she just moved in with his boyfriend, actually now fiance and I'm very happy for them....I'm glad she didn't have to go through all the bullshit we are going through right now, like somebody told me tonight.....you have to deal with all this stupid people at uscis and put your life on hold cause of this fuckin waiting......damn!!!!! But anyways, let's keep thinking positive....for the poeple who are left on VSC....our time is coming soon....!

Edited October 23, 2007 by Mirla

[Toshtishtash 1]

Coutney, forgive me if i'm wrong.... But when you come to the UK as a visitor, I thought that the maximum time for each stay was 3 months no matter where you fly into (Whether it be Ireland or London). This is of course if you come in on the visa waiver program. If you have an actual visitors visa, you can stay for up to 6 months.

Have I got that wrong?