January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Cecile - that meal sounds amazing! Wow! I'm jealous - Indian has to be my favourite food (although it's hard to choose...I love food in general, really).

Pam - Glad to hear you arrived safely, and what a sweet story! I hope you manage to settle in well.

Re. SSN...I'm going to try for after marriage, as I'd prefer my SSN to be in my married name and it seems a little pointless to go through the hassle of getting everything in my maiden name and then have to change it.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Well if my man would have been here then yes we would have done an August 8 wedding! hahaaha! So what number of marriage is this for you Blake? This is number 2 for me and LAST I agree!!!!

I told Gareth our new theme for our wedding will be "When Hell Freezes Over" since that seems to be when they are going to approve us and this whole process will be done heh heh heh!

They have all my info now in Cali I tracked it to make sure it got to CSC and it got signed for there at around 1030 am Cali time......now the wait for the status change....Gareth says he reckons I must watch paint dry to make sure it is drying properly with how much I track everything dealing with this process ha!!!

Number 2 for me as well - and the last!

Keep an eye out on the approval, I've seen RFE's mostly get cleaned up in a week or two. What are you going to do with all these highly developed tracking skills once the approval comes through? Positive energy focused on you!

[BlakeandOlha 0]

WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL TODAY WITH OUR INTERVIEW DATE!!! September 10! Valerie called me this afternoon and had me check my email. Sure enough, there it was.....

"We have received the fax you sent us and has updated your file for correct address. Your appointment letter for your interview on 10 September 2008 is being mailed to you. Please bring all your original documents along with their photocopy on the day of your appointment.

Thank you.

K Visa Unit

Vancouver, BC"

Such a relief!! It's a big weight off our shoulders, just wondering if we'd be able to get our interview date scheduled before the wedding. So October 3rd, here we come!!!

Same interview date as I have - but since I'll be in Kiev I'll be 8 hours ahead (important so we don't detract from each others good energy ) Fun times are coming quickly.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

After my flight, I went through the POE, which went fine. The guys was friendly, and after five mns, I was done!

I also appreciate because there were such big lines for the visitors to go through immigration, and nobody in the "new immigrant" line. After our long waiting process, I enjoyed that moment!

Membership has its priveledges - as the commercial goes.

WELCOME!!!!!! I'm so happy that everything went smoothly for you and there were no problems, other than some red eyes. Pam, keep us up to date on the wedding plans and the adaptation to the Minnesota lifestyle. Just don't start ending every sentence with "Yah?"

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Re. SSN...I'm going to try for after marriage, as I'd prefer my SSN to be in my married name and it seems a little pointless to go through the hassle of getting everything in my maiden name and then have to change it.

This is exactly what we think too, but from what some people said on VJ, some workers at the SSA don't seem to know their own rules, which is a little scary! I guess we'll have to make sure we have all the proof that it is legal to do it this way!

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Just wondering, for everyone here who is married already or who will be married before the end of the year, do you plan on getting the SSN before or after the marriage? No-one seems to agree about this issue on visa journey...

For me and Olga, it is SSN application the day after arrival - the office is only a mile or two away. I figured that there's enough going on that the more things I can get off my list the better my mental health. Name changes can be done later if the number doesn't come through for the wedding. With my schedule, anything that can be done, must be done without putting off. But that's just me

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Just wondering, for everyone here who is married already or who will be married before the end of the year, do you plan on getting the SSN before or after the marriage? No-one seems to agree about this issue on visa journey...

For me and Olga, it is SSN application the day after arrival - the office is only a mile or two away. I figured that there's enough going on that the more things I can get off my list the better my mental health. Name changes can be done later if the number doesn't come through for the wedding. With my schedule, anything that can be done, must be done without putting off. But that's just me

If you do it too fast, they will have to manually inquire about your status to DHS and it will take 6 weeks at least. On the guides here they say to do it at least 2 weeks after she arrives.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Just wondering, for everyone here who is married already or who will be married before the end of the year, do you plan on getting the SSN before or after the marriage? No-one seems to agree about this issue on visa journey...

For me and Olga, it is SSN application the day after arrival - the office is only a mile or two away. I figured that there's enough going on that the more things I can get off my list the better my mental health. Name changes can be done later if the number doesn't come through for the wedding. With my schedule, anything that can be done, must be done without putting off. But that's just me

If you do it too fast, they will have to manually inquire about your status to DHS and it will take 6 weeks at least. On the guides here they say to do it at least 2 weeks after she arrives.

Yeah your right, I remember now....... damn, add it back to the list......

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Well I finally got plane ticket number 1 for the interview in Kiev - great price on Luftansa

I hope you wont have much problem flying with them.. they recently had huge strikes going on and apparently their schedules still suffer from it.

Well if my man would have been here then yes we would have done an August 8 wedding! hahaaha!

Same here, I hoped for the 8th of the 8th of the 8th, especially because of the chinese meanings behind the number 8.. but unfortunately, it's not for us

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Well, about my news, I just arrived to Minneapolis yesterday!!!!!!

Congrats on your arrival

And yeah, Minneapolis must be one of the best POE's around.. I entered the US there last time as well and they were really nice... when I enter the states next time, I will either go over Minneapolis, San Francisco or Seattle.. I have read good things about SF and I've been to the other two already so either one of them should be fine

Oh Pam what an awesome update! How awesome of Josh's family to be so welcoming to you always makes for an easier transition! Ooh and I teared up reading about the airport reunion SIGH......cannot wait for that day for ALL of us here that have been seperated from our loves!!!

CONGRATS again on making it to your man!!!

Oh Pam what an awesome update! How awesome of Josh's family to be so welcoming to you always makes for an easier transition! Ooh and I teared up reading about the airport reunion SIGH......cannot wait for that day for ALL of us here that have been seperated from our loves!!!

CONGRATS again on making it to your man!!!

I see double

haha jk

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Just wondering, for everyone here who is married already or who will be married before the end of the year, do you plan on getting the SSN before or after the marriage? No-one seems to agree about this issue on visa journey...

That's a good question and something I still wonder about as well.. I really hope to have my SSN as soon as possible so I can apply for a driver license (mostly for ID purposes but also because you can get discounts in many areas when they know you're a resident in HI hehe) and such.

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

anything that can be done, must be done without putting off. But that's just me

lol, that's just like I am... I seriously got to change that, though.. The island mentality isn't exactly that way

[BlakeandOlha 0]

anything that can be done, must be done without putting off. But that's just me

lol, that's just like I am... I seriously got to change that, though.. The island mentality isn't exactly that way

Radical change indeed. Mahala yowlie

[BlakeandOlha 0]

#######, just found out they changed the board meeting from Prague to England, which has overturned my careful planning and coordination of Olga's ticket out of Kiev on the 25th..... back to the drawing board and the airline websites

Patience, patience, patience, and lots of room on my credit card.....

Edited August 6, 2008 by BlakeandOlha

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Noo! D:

How frustrating! Don't they mind that people may have already bought plane tickets?