~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

She is like a robot...asks their received date and then asks me if it´s been longer than 6 months since we sent it....I tell her I will have to count that if she can´t

[Jeraly 4]

Hahaha - what did she say to that?!

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Alright...so the lady protested against everything I said. She said I was in processing times and all that #######. According to her they are working on November 2007 APs and the fact that half of the people that filed in March with me already have GCs and I can´t even get an AP didn´t seem to bother her cuz the answer to that from her manual is "We process applications as they come" Anyway, I didn´t give up and after her last sentence she read from the manual I said I didn´t agree cuz more than 30 days ago I was told I was already out of processing times and I was told to call in 30 days to place a service request so that´s why I am calling and that´s what I wanna do. So she finally transferred me somewhere else where the other lady placed the service request for AP without much hassle so now I have a number from her and I should receive a letter from them by mail. So we will see. I wanted to do the same for work permit (since the last time they told us the work permit should be adjudicated on July 28 or earlier - which is 10 days away) but she said the system wouldn´t take it yet, cuz we need 55 more days for to do that I explained her about the July 28 but all she says is system won´t take it yet. So I´ll deal with work permit later. Maybe I´ll call them on July 28 to let them know what they promised me

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Hahaha - what did she say to that?!

To that, she said "Alright" To me it´s really unbelievable the way they speak and react. After I told her it wasn´t more than 6 months she read like a 3 minute paragraph from her manual to explain why that could be or whatever...

[*julez* 124]

Hey Marta, my guess is that you're gonna have a cute lil baby.

I don't like knowing ahead of time. There are too few surprises in this life, and not knowing the sex of the baby is a good surprise to look forward to, IMO. I only found out with my third baby, but didn't tell a soul (including my ex). And I only fiund out cos I already had two boys and wanted to menatlly prepare myself if it wasn't a girl. I really wanted a girl! Got her, of course, and she is the biggest drama queen diva on this earth!

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Well we didn´t know it before and so it was a surprise when we found out too...I don´t think if the same surprise is 4 months earlier or 4 months later it makes it a smaller or bigger surprise We were playing with the idea of not letting the doc tell us, but to be honest, we saw it on the ultrasound pretty clearly before we gave her permission to tell us...so And everyone we tell is really excited about it and I think it´s fun

[*julez* 124]

In that case, you must be having a boy! Congrats to you both! You should name him Julian, since he'll be born on my birthday!

For me, I liked the surprise, but everyone is different. It was not meant as a criticism.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I liked the surprise too We´d prefer if the baby was born in December though...but baby will do it´s own thing

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Ooops...she said work permit service request is 55 days away. I just counted it and it´s exactly 09-11

Hey do you think there is a little chance that by then I´ll at least have a GC interview date or will that be also postponed (as much as the other stuff is). If it´s gonna take as long then I´m facing maybe a January 2009 interview in the best case scenario. I can apply for naturalization 3 years from wedding date right? Or is that wrong? Maybe I will be able to become a citizen even before I get a GC. Now I wanna laugh but I don´t know if it´s funny

[Jeraly 4]

Hahaha - what did she say to that?!

To that, she said "Alright" To me it´s really unbelievable the way they speak and react. After I told her it wasn´t more than 6 months she read like a 3 minute paragraph from her manual to explain why that could be or whatever...

Eww - that sucks... at least it sounds like they are getting the ball rolling a bit on one thing though... guess that is better than nothing..

In that case, you must be having a boy! Congrats to you both! You should name him Julian, since he'll be born on my birthday!

For me, I liked the surprise, but everyone is different. It was not meant as a criticism.

Hehehe!! I dunno if I would prefer the surprise or not - I think I would find it easier to mentally prepare myself earlier than later - we both really want a girl so as horrible as it sounds, waiting nine months to find out we had a boy would be hell!! I'd prefer to know earlier to get my head around it if that makes sense

We want a boy and a girl eventually though so

And congrats Marta!! Now I want to check those scans again!! Heheh

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

You can´t see it on the scans You have to get here and see the dvd

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

And maybe I should file for another AP right now cuz if it goes on like this with me and I wanna travel the next year maybe the AP will go through by next year. Ooor it will go through sooner than the first one did

[*julez* 124]

Maybe you should apply for emergency AP so you can make the wedding?

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

But don´t they consider it emergency when you need it in like a week? And is that a brand new application or is it connected to the one I already have there?

[Jeraly 4]

I dunno - maybe there is something in what Julez is saying - if you apply for it and they question it, you can always say that it is taking much longer than the processing times and therefore had to apply!!! Ok - so it's not life or death but still... what are they going to do!?