January filers VSC lottery, who gets the jackpot next?

[BlakeandOlha 0]

I hope so for their sake...it can't be easy for you guys to know that a fluke of geography keeps you in a longer waiting room...and I do stop in to encourage, but sometimes I do feel awkward there since my waiting time was so short...I just feel kind of impotent to be able to help you guys...wish I could just call CSC and tell them to get their butts in gear, cause my friends are waiting!!!!

And you are so right...dbears is awesome!!!!!!

Don't feel awkward, most of us January CSC filers don't have much to talk about, since we're just at the beginning of the process. Our time will come, and we'll cheer, and high 5 each other, and thank God, and say OMG, OMG, OMG - just like everyone else - regardless of how long the process took. We do need to feel "the love", however, and encouraging words are always greatly appreciated.

[dbears 1]

Big thanks to Blake&Olha for consolidating VSC January filers list for us

Igors list is still irreplaceable. This is just to easily track movement in amongst January filers who submitted application @ VSC. For us to monitor who gets the 'happy dance' for the day and who will need the most encouragement in a few months time when the list starts to dwindle. (GOD FORBIDS! I don't want to see any january filer left behind.. but if it will be the case, i hope to be there to cheer that person on....

Just to remind everyone why our thread started... we have seen VSC filers from previous months still waiting for approvals... and we do not know if some of us here will also be waiting even longer than some CSC filers, and I am positive that each of us active january filers would want to provide the support and encouragement that will be needed later.... but of course we won't know who will need it if we don't have a list.... and our list is thanks to the good ole BLAKE, a CSC January filer.

One of the reason also for this thread is to make people like dawn, who expressed guilt over being approved faster than others, feel that it is not her/their fault that they were approved quicker than the rest and that we do not hold that against them, instead we are here to celebrate with them.

Waiting is hard, no matter how long you have waited, it is still hard. What makes it harder still is when you see other people within your timeframe and after your timeframe gets approved so of course, those who are still waiting get envious, we cry and get depressed when our hopes gets so high only to crash at the end of the day but I still feel that we all want to be with our love ones with the same intensity and thus, we all put the same amount of hard work in compiling and arranging and filing our petitions. So I feel that each one of us deserve to be completely happy in getting our NOA2, no matter how fast or how long it takes. It is also not right for the happiness of those who have been approved earlier to be tainted with guilt. after all, they didn't approve themselves, they just got lucky... But their being lucky don't make those who are still waiting losers. NOA2 is a price for EVERYONE who can survive the process...

What's more important is those who already got approved have stayed on to continue cheering us who are still on the waiting list. And those who are waiting still have the positive attitude to be happy for those who are getting approvals. And even our CSC counterparts have been around giving their congratulations and support to those who got approved. And that somehow provide a more positive vibe for us all.... being positive and staying positive is what we do need to see this through.. that will be hard without the support of each one of us here. And I am so grateful for each one of you who have contributed to this thread.

I hope we will continue to celebrate for those who are getting their approval because they deserve it and also continue to provide support to those who are still waiting because they need it.... wait, i almost forgot I am still on the waiting list, MAN!

Did you guys see the post on the K-1 General Discussion forum about how "unfair" everything is? I didn't know that celebrating and supporting each other on our own thread was being insensitive to CSC filers, but someone has taken offense...I don't stop into the CSC thread and celebrate, THAT would be insensitive...

Dawn, you have been doing a great job cheering us on, that is very much appreciated

There's two choices, let the negative people give us negative feelings or just let it pass and continue to be positive.... I'm chosing to be positive, other people's negativity won't make my NOA2 any faster and it also won't help me shed off my excess pounds nor tone my belly and underarm flabs...

What I know is, I'm gonna be a bride soon, I'm marrying my soul mate, my bestfriend and my lover before the year ends and I have our whole life together to look forward to, and that's most important to me than anything.

to others who have stayed on after their NOA2, to our CSC January family who have been around to add cheer & glee, and all our other visitors, and to those who are still waiting, heres a GROUP HUG

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Big thanks to Blake&Olha for consolidating VSC January filers list for us

Igors list is still irreplaceable. This is just to easily track movement in amongst January filers who submitted application @ VSC. For us to monitor who gets the 'happy dance' for the day and who will need the most encouragement in a few months time when the list starts to dwindle. (GOD FORBIDS! I don't want to see any january filer left behind.. but if it will be the case, i hope to be there to cheer that person on....

Just to remind everyone why our thread started... we have seen VSC filers from previous months still waiting for approvals... and we do not know if some of us here will also be waiting even longer than some CSC filers, and I am positive that each of us active january filers would want to provide the support and encouragement that will be needed later.... but of course we won't know who will need it if we don't have a list.... and our list is thanks to the good ole BLAKE, a CSC January filer.

One of the reason also for this thread is to make people like dawn, who expressed guilt over being approved faster than others, feel that it is not her/their fault that they were approved quicker than the rest and that we do not hold that against them, instead we are here to celebrate with them.

Waiting is hard, no matter how long you have waited, it is still hard. What makes it harder still is when you see other people within your timeframe and after your timeframe gets approved so of course, those who are still waiting get envious, we cry and get depressed when our hopes gets so high only to crash at the end of the day but I still feel that we all want to be with our love ones with the same intensity and thus, we all put the same amount of hard work in compiling and arranging and filing our petitions. So I feel that each one of us deserve to be completely happy in getting our NOA2, no matter how fast or how long it takes. It is also not right for the happiness of those who have been approved earlier to be tainted with guilt. after all, they didn't approve themselves, they just got lucky... But their being lucky don't make those who are still waiting losers. NOA2 is a price for EVERYONE who can survive the process...

What's more important is those who already got approved have stayed on to continue cheering us who are still on the waiting list. And those who are waiting still have the positive attitude to be happy for those who are getting approvals. And even our CSC counterparts have been around giving their congratulations and support to those who got approved. And that somehow provide a more positive vibe for us all.... being positive and staying positive is what we do need to see this through.. that will be hard without the support of each one of us here. And I am so grateful for each one of you who have contributed to this thread.

I hope we will continue to celebrate for those who are getting their approval because they deserve it and also continue to provide support to those who are still waiting because they need it.... wait, i almost forgot I am still on the waiting list, MAN!

Did you guys see the post on the K-1 General Discussion forum about how "unfair" everything is? I didn't know that celebrating and supporting each other on our own thread was being insensitive to CSC filers, but someone has taken offense...I don't stop into the CSC thread and celebrate, THAT would be insensitive...

Dawn, you have been doing a great job cheering us on, that is very much appreciated

There's two choices, let the negative people give us negative feelings or just let it pass and continue to be positive.... I'm chosing to be positive, other people's negativity won't make my NOA2 any faster and it also won't help me shed off my excess pounds nor tone my belly and underarm flabs...

What I know is, I'm gonna be a bride soon, I'm marrying my soul mate, my bestfriend and my lover before the year ends and I have our whole life together to look forward to, and that's most important to me than anything.

to others who have stayed on after their NOA2, to our CSC January family who have been around to add cheer & glee, and all our other visitors, and to those who are still waiting, heres a GROUP HUG

You are Our light...I pray for you every day, for you to have everything you pray for...

[dbears 1]

Oh, let me add, that those negative pipz won't make my internet speed run any faster... I guess I'm stuck with a DIAL UP pretending to be a DSL till i get to my big bears place.... but then, other people in the world have not even touch nor seen a PC so I still chose count it a good fortune to be able to afford a PC and an internet connection.

[dbears 1]

You are Our light...I pray for you every day, for you to have everything you pray for...

GOSH!!! You owe me a BIG PIZZA & a free tour of the Disney World.... you made my eyes eyes watery, maybe I am having an eye infectio or something .

Kidding aside, I'm a tough girl, a really tough girl. I've been through a lot in life already that I don't get easily put down by negative people. I don't easily crumble when faced with an enemy or when negative things are thrown at my face but it is always the good people and the kind words that make me cry, i'm always a softie when it comes to that. So pls, don't make me cry here or else I'll hunt you and stalk you till you give me a free tour of the Disney World, inclusive of free meals and free lodging @ your house.

[dbears 1]

Don't have any pics yet... camera won't sync with computer right now. Grrrrr.

Our plan is to semi-elope. He will get off the plane and get our marriage licence the same day. After the three days mandatory wait, a minister on call will meet us wherever we choose, and ten minutes later we will be married! No fuss, no expense, and just like they used to do two generations ago. Then we can mail off the AOS, and he can get his EAD as soon as possible.

This will be my second marriage. I've already had the big, huge, massively expensive fairytale wedding. While it was fun, I regretted later the expense and work it caused for my parents. I was just young, selfish and stupid. My SO have been through a heck of a lot to get to this point in our relationship (the K1 wait is the easisest part!), and realize the most important thing is spending the rest of our lives together our lives together.

That is still sweet psiprez ... the sound of eloping just make you think of those old love stories of love ago... and yes, i could agree, spending the rest of our life together with the one we love is most important.

By the way -- Sally & Jay are no longer in your code list ... don't know if you noticed that ....

I can still see Sally & Jay number 46 on the last update.

i will try to check again later, maybe i am having a computer glitch if you guys can't see the full list

[psiprez 3]

More congrats!!!

And for January-

37% approved

63% still waiting

[KitEEgirl 0]

WE GOT APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: EAC*******

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

Edited March 6, 2008 by KitEEgirl

[psiprez 3]

ANOTHER APPROVAL!! WHOOT!!

[Amanda+Stephen 0]

WE GOT APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: EAC*******

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

Wooooooooohooooooooooooooooo!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

[Amanda+Stephen 0]

By the way -- Sally & Jay are no longer in your code list ... don't know if you noticed that ....

I can still see Sally & Jay number 46 on the last update.

i will try to check again later, maybe i am having a computer glitch if you guys can't see the full list

Gosh, I thought I might have been nuts, but I went back to look again, and the list I see ends with me at number 45 .... I dunno

[psiprez 3]

That makes it-

40% approved

60% still waiting

[kommie 0]

We are also one of the lucky ones and got approved today

Congrats to all.

[Amanda+Stephen 0]

We are also one of the lucky ones and got approved today

Congrats to all.

Congratulations!!!

[clarabel 0]

we got NOA2 today!