January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?

[Pam&Josh 0]

Aah, I'm a giant - 172.2 cm here, or 5'7 if you prefer!

Cecile, glad to hear the medical went okay!

And thanks for the feedback - I think you and Pam are right, and that it may the best thing to do (well, until I've spent a week there and then you'll hear me complaining about my allergies and my messy sister ), so I think I'm going to be phoning my mother this evening.

My whole family's pretty poor at the moment, actually! (Part of that is my fault, as my dad's saving every penny he can for flights for everyone to the wedding). My sister just graduated university and left the house she was sharing last week. She was hoping to get back her deposit as she and a couple of the other girls she was sharing with had made an effort to leave it clean and tidy. Unfortunately one of her male housemates decided that on the last day he was going to smash windows and generally leave a mess everywhere for 'fun'. Well, there went my sister's and all her other housemates' deposit. I hope that somehow she manages to get money back off him but I have a feeling it's going to be hard to track him down...

Rachel, you're not the only giant - 172,5 cm.....but not idea in other metrics!

Let us know what your parents will tell you! It might be the best way to spend some time with them.

About your sister' deposit, it sucks!!! I would be so so mad at that guy! He should be the only one hold as responsible! (even if I don't know what are the actual rules about sharing a house)

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

And thanks for the feedback - I think you and Pam are right, and that it may the best thing to do (well, until I've spent a week there and then you'll hear me complaining about my allergies and my messy sister ), so I think I'm going to be phoning my mother this evening.

I'm sure after 4 days I'll start feeling bored and hating them all

Too bad for the deposit!!

[sunnybear 0]

I must say I am sooo happy to see all the filers earlier than ours being approved today and yesterday! Gives me hope that they are not going to forget about me haha! Come on CSC keep giving people their NOA2's that have been waiting entirely too long!!!

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

I must say I am sooo happy to see all the filers earlier than ours being approved today and yesterday! Gives me hope that they are not going to forget about me haha! Come on CSC keep giving people their NOA2's that have been waiting entirely too long!!!

That is exactly what I thought this morning when I saw these approvals! This is going to be your turn soon!

[lucie&damon 0]

Glad everything went smoothly Cecile!

Woaw girls! i've never thought I'll be the tallest once in my life with me 156 cm!!

sunnybear : I hope CSC finished to work on all "the forgotten filers of December" and will start working on "the forgotten filers of January" tomorrow !!

[sunnybear 0]

Gosh I hope you guys are right! Gareth gets so upset when I mention this site as he thinks it fills me with too much false hope and that I need to only worry about our own journey but I told him it does give me hope to see that it is not just us waiting!!! He such a grumpy Bear haha. Love him to bits though. But yeah I appreciate you guys so much and will keep holding out hope until that gorgeous NOA2 arrives!!!

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Aah, I'm a giant - 172.2 cm here, or 5'7 if you prefer!

You gals are all so short

My ex gf is 6 ft, or 184cm lol.. my daughter (from this ex) is expected to get the same size, if not taller (I hope not but yah, I'm 6'1 so who knows :S ).

Oh well, guess it's no wonder, us Dutchies seem to be the tallest in the world lol (guess we got kicked a lot under the butt when we were young lol).

It's actually funny that I had an ex of that size once when you think about it that I fall for smaller girls.. guess I'm in more luck now as my fiance is about 150 cm

Cécile: Glad to read everything went smooth.. My thoughts are with you on the interview as well which will be your next step

As for me.. hmmm.. today I have sent the last thingie of my packet 3 back to the embassy... they should have it tmr morning and I wonder how long it will take until I receive packet 4

Edited July 3, 2008 by JeroenAndMichelle

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Haha, I almost said earlier, 'wait til Jeroen gets here, I bet he's surrounded by tall women living in the Netherlands.'

sunny - they'd better give you an approval soon or we'll all have to send our fiancés/ourselves to CSC with burning torches!

Pam - hurrah for being the same height!

Yes...it should be that guy held responsible (unfortunately responsibility legally is shared, so the landlord was perfectly within his right to take everyone's deposits) but whether they can get a hold of him...

I rang my parents and they said they'd love to have me home. They agreed that I could probably get temping work (and worse come to worse my dad said he'd pay me to paint a mural on his surgery wall). So I'm thinking I may hand my notice in next week and go back to live with my parents in September no matter what.

...I just hope I can get temping work!

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

A quick update: I got my blood test results tonight and everything is good.

I also asked for a copy of the medical forms, they only copied the first page of the form. I had read on other posts that some people gave a copy of the DS-3025 for AOS in order to not do a new medical. the page they copied for me isn't DS-3025, but I think I'll give this for AOS too, since it does show when the exam was done (good for a year) and some of the info of the medical. I hope it will be good.

For girls, I asked the doctor about the HPV/Gardasil vaccine requirement (as I read on the UK and the Canada forum that it was a requirement now), and he said it was probably new, that the embassy did not give him any information about that, therefore he won't do it. Another French girl who went to another doctor (FaustineJason, with doctor Meyers) said she didn't get it either. I'm planning on getting it once I'm in the US though.

Jeroen, I hope they will contact you soon for your interview! Who knows, since they gave you a call a few days ago, maybe they will call you as soon as they have your checklist (and btw you and your girl and ex (and everyone from the Netherlands) are giants!!!!)

Rachel, I am glad you are going to be able to do this I am sure you will enjoy spending this time with them as much as they will enjoy it (temping work or not)

Edited July 3, 2008 by Cecile and Bryan

[dbears 1]

Gosh I hope you guys are right! Gareth gets so upset when I mention this site as he thinks it fills me with too much false hope and that I need to only worry about our own journey but I told him it does give me hope to see that it is not just us waiting!!! He such a grumpy Bear haha. Love him to bits though. But yeah I appreciate you guys so much and will keep holding out hope until that gorgeous NOA2 arrives!!!

he probably just missing you so much. I do hope and pray you would get that NOA2 and get it VERY SOON!.. it will come, there is no reason why it won't and same time next year, you and gareth would be smiling at how you have overcomed this process, you guys would be laughing remembering his grumpiness.

Aah, I'm a giant - 172.2 cm here, or 5'7 if you prefer!

You gals are all so short

My ex gf is 6 ft, or 184cm lol.. my daughter (from this ex) is expected to get the same size, if not taller (I hope not but yah, I'm 6'1 so who knows :S ).

I'f rachel is small, then I would be a dwarf ...a chubby dwarf ... oppsss, they said one should not put himself/herself down... i will rephrase it... i am not tall but with more to love

I rang my parents and they said they'd love to have me home. They agreed that I could probably get temping work (and worse come to worse my dad said he'd pay me to paint a mural on his surgery wall). So I'm thinking I may hand my notice in next week and go back to live with my parents in September no matter what.

...I just hope I can get temping work!

That is good to hear at least you would have more time to spend with your family before going to the US. btw, do you have interview date already?

A quick update: I got my blood test results tonight and everything is good.

YAY!!! one step done... next will be interview and im sure you'll do great!

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Haha, I almost said earlier, 'wait til Jeroen gets here, I bet he's surrounded by tall women living in the Netherlands.'

it's so true lol

get temping work

For a second I thought you wrote 'tempting work' lol

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

A quick update: I got my blood test results tonight and everything is good.

That's really great news.. not only for the visa but also for yourself of course

btw, about the forms, don't they send it to the US embassy or consulate themselves? Thats what they do in the Netherlands at least, the forms will be included in the brown envelope that we have to take with us to the states if I am not mistaken (or so I thought since that includes the stuffies we need for our AOS).

Jeroen, I hope they will contact you soon for your interview! Who knows, since they gave you a call a few days ago, maybe they will call you as soon as they have your checklist (and btw you and your girl and ex (and everyone from the Netherlands) are giants!!!!)

Yeah I hope so too, and you're right, it seems they are pretty fast over there

and lol, it's so true... with my 6'1, I am actually just averaging lol

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

I'f rachel is small, then I would be a dwarf ...a chubby dwarf ... oppsss, they said one should not put himself/herself down... i will rephrase it... i am not tall but with more to love

No worries, my fiance is a US born filipina and she is like 5 ft something herself, and like you said, not tall but more to love as well with her

[dbears 1]

I'f rachel is small, then I would be a dwarf ...a chubby dwarf ... oppsss, they said one should not put himself/herself down... i will rephrase it... i am not tall but with more to love

No worries, my fiance is a US born filipina and she is like 5 ft something herself, and like you said, not tall but more to love as well with her

Oh really?!! .. I didn't know your fiance is Fil-Am (Filipino-American). I did know there are many asians in Hawaii.

Well, hope you will get interview date soon so you could be with your fiancee. ... i wish i could visit Hawaii someday.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

A quick update: I got my blood test results tonight and everything is good.

That's really great news.. not only for the visa but also for yourself of course

btw, about the forms, don't they send it to the US embassy or consulate themselves? Thats what they do in the Netherlands at least, the forms will be included in the brown envelope that we have to take with us to the states if I am not mistaken (or so I thought since that includes the stuffies we need for our AOS).

Nope, apparently in France they do it differently. They gave me the forms (in a closed white envelope) and the x-ray, and I will be giving it at the embassy on my interview day. Then they probably put it in the brown envelope like they do for other countries.