January filers VSC lottery, who gets the jackpot next?

[Damian&Kelly 16]

yay Congrats on the interview date! thats very exciting!!!

[Sal and Jay 2]

Good luck Joe and Bella

[dbears 1]

CONGRATS for getting the interview date Liam and Susie! :joy:

GOOD SUCCESS for everybody having interview this week! :thumbs:

Edited May 6, 2008 by dbears

[SusieLuvsPaul 0]

If Paul's interview is on the 6th and hes planing on booking tickets for the 16th. When would be the best time to book? Do you think it would be save to whenever or wait until he has the visa :S Does it usually only take a few days TOPS to get visa after interview? Don't wanna wait too long to book cause summer gets expensive. What do you guys think?

[Damian&Kelly 16]

Damian's interview was friday and his visa is due to be delivered tomorrow.

I find that buying tickets exactly 2 weeks before can be quite cheap. but thats a risky thing to do. we waited until he was approved to buy his ticket. but we decided not to wait for his visa in hand.

[rajee 1]

-130 APPROVED on 5/1/08!!! Haven't gotten a letter yet, but it's supposedly in the mail ... No approval on the I-129F yet, though ... I'm wondering how long I should wait on that before deciding that I'm going with the I-130 alone ...

The way I see it, the goal of permanent residence is now well on its way - but I can still save some time in terms of getting my wife HERE if I go with the K3 because the processing time at the NVC is significantly shorter ... anyone know what the time difference is at the NVC between an I-130 alone vs the K3 "combo"???

[Amanda+Stephen 0]

If Paul's interview is on the 6th and hes planing on booking tickets for the 16th. When would be the best time to book? Do you think it would be save to whenever or wait until he has the visa :S Does it usually only take a few days TOPS to get visa after interview? Don't wanna wait too long to book cause summer gets expensive. What do you guys think?

As much as we wanted to buy Stephen's ticket so he can fly back with me when I leave Germany at the end of May, we are waiting until he has the actual visa in hand. Don't want to risk having to pay additional fees to change the flight.

[SusieLuvsPaul 0]

but waiting until visa in hand I think the prices of the tickets will go up by then, mid june :S I think we are going to risk it! ahh!

[Amanda+Stephen 0]

but waiting until visa in hand I think the prices of the tickets will go up by then, mid june :S I think we are going to risk it! ahh!

I know, it's the same thing for us, the price has already gone up in the past week. It was just a risk we didn't want to take ... to each their own, right?

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Afraid of that...we can't afford too much of an increase!!!

[Amanda+Stephen 0]

Afraid of that...we can't afford too much of an increase!!!

I know that feeling ... it's frustrating, definitely!!!!

[Saffyre 0]

I'm not going to book my flight until I have my interview but I wont wait for Visa in hand because i'm not planning on flying till the end of July anyway.

Did everyone remember that the UK beneficiary is entitled to claim back their taxes that trhey've paid this year so far? You may get all or just some of them back but you have a send a P85 to the tax office. I got an estimate that I would get about £900 back! Which is always nice.......

[Sal and Jay 2]

Afraid of that...we can't afford too much of an increase!!!

Just for your info, last time I flew to the states I booked it two days before and It was really cheap. I know that not possible for everyone but worth considering.

[SusieLuvsPaul 0]

hm I think I may talk about it with him when he gets home from work I just like things planned and set dates and stuff hehe but with this whole visa experience I couldn't do that lol and that is waht really drives me crazy Maybe it would be safer to just wait, thanks you guys I shall be discussing this with paul soon woo

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

I have a new addition!!!

• Eric and Priscilla (KidBrooklyn)....................................4/4/08 (Costa Rica)

APPROVED

Marco and Nicole (KitEEgirl).........................................4/17/08 (Frankfurt) APPROVED

Eric and Abby (elar14)................................................4/22/08 (Manila) APPROVED

Brian and Gosia (Drimkeary).......................................4/23/08 (Warsaw) APPROVED

Darren and Dawn (greeneyedgirlfl)..............................4/25/08 (London) APPROVED (pending police certificate)

Mike and Amber (Murfie).............................................4/28/08 (Dublin) APPROVED

Dominik and Justyna (kommie)....................................4/30/08 (Warsaw) APPROVED

Damian and Kelly.......................................................5/2/08 (London) APPROVED

Rod and Jenni (Jenni28)..............................................5/5/08 (Chile) APPROVED

Joe and Bella..............................................................5/7/08 (Bogota)

Phong and Ha (PhongLoveaHa)......................................5/9/08

Frank and Rhoge (Francis Rohan).................................5/12/08 (Manila)

Amanda and Stephen..................................................5/13/08 (Frankfurt)

Femi and Noel (Leona).................................................5/15/08 (Nigeria)

Ricky and Gaye (dbears).............................................5/21/08 (Manila)

Andre and Juliana (Andre and Juli)................................5/21/08 (Bogota)

Steven and Jennifer (sj_soulm8ts)................................5/23/08 (Manila)

Louis and Catherine (IrieCat).......................................5/27/08 (Barbados)

Jomylyn and Michael (farber).......................................5/28/08

Bill and Trang (b_weeks).............................................5/30/08 (Ho Chi Minh City)

Tim and Schmissa (Imtay)...........................................6/2/08 (Amsterdam)

Brian and Natasha (Beej).............................................6/2/08 (Moscow)

Vu and Irina (vuhtran).................................................6/6/08 (Moscow)

Yansel and Zulima (Zuli&Yansel)...................................6/9/08 (Cuba)

Jack and Liliane (brazilusa2008)....................................6/10/08 (Rio de Janeiro)

Santos and Donna (MiSantito).......................................6/17/08 (Mexico)

Trelawny and Lilliput (Trelawny20853)...........................6/24/08