August 2008 Filers

[Hell0W0rld 10]

OMG! We have been touched today!!!! The first time ever!! I am soo excited my SO is trying to get through to find out the status of our case. Its all so exciting, I have been watching that date for months!!!!!!

Fingers crossed

congrats on your touch!!!

[maliciant 7]

Nice Teekol, you are right in the zone for VSC NOA2's too so yeah, pretty good odds for good news.

Haha, Fred's in trouble, unlike me someone took him serious... that'll learn ya!

But wait... are you saying I'm not ready for iron chef? I've seen that dude, he may know more froo froo recipes but I'd win in a fight, he don't look so tough... (people at work have referred to me as emeril... I guess another famous tv chef...). I like my cookin, and everyone who tries my cooking says they like it, but it's usually pretty hard to get people to try it in the first place... not sure what that means exactly... maybe my food is scary good?

I've heard of various delicasies of other countries that are hard to imagine people consider edible much less worth eating... but uh, what is it that american's eat that other countries get a little freaked out by (other than the mass of junk food of course). Here's the competition for gross... http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_6-mos...s-in-world.html

Edited November 24, 2008 by maliciant

[TeeKol 0]

Hello all fellow August 2008 filers!

I have been browsing through this wonderful site for a long time now...I just wish I found this site before I hired an attorney...anyway, the good thing is that I have not had any problems yet with the attorney, things seem to be going smoothly at least from this end...who knows about the other end...hopefully we AF'ers get our NOA2 soon! I am really hoping for until the end of December!

I look forward to continuing the rest of the journey with you all!

Good luck to all and I am happy to be here!

-MARM

Hi MARM this is a fantastic site full of support and helpful advice and at the moment Philipino recipes

Thanks everyone for your well wishes with the touch

Edited November 24, 2008 by TeeKol

[Bulgarican 0]

Hi girl!

You went to a wedding Oh I love weddings!. You are right is a torture when you think, will I be next?, but don't worry everything is going to be fine!.

I'm so envious a lot of you people are going to see your sweethearts or are with them right now, ENJOY!

I'll be miserable these holidays. Oh well.

Dont worry dear i'm one of those who probably wont be with their beloved so i understand the pain, even if our visa is approved in december i wont be able to make it for xmas , i envy you in a good way guys for waiting so much to be

with your honey's and spending the holidays with them

my patience is gone, i really cant wait this anymore

[TeeKol 0]

my patience is gone, i really cant wait this anymore

C'mon you can do this! You have come so far, your time is coming, you have been through so much! Dont let USCIS deny you your happiness, show them that your love is stronger and will not be denied!!! Dig deep, you deserve this, THIS IS YOURS

[MARM 7]

Dani^Chris Perry: I totally understand what u r going through...we are all in the same boat, but like TeeKol said, don't give up, you have waited so long, the remaining wait will be shorter than what you have already endured...

TeeKol: Thanx for the warm welcome, I agree, this is a fantastic site and we all are so fantastically brave for enduring USCIS torture...hopefully it won't be long now...

SoInLove16: I agree with what you say about expecting the NOA2 by the end of Jan so that if it comes early it feels better ...but still, im hoping for end of December, if not end of December, then January...just one more month...after waiting all these months...another month doesn't sound as bad, but if I think January now, it feels like another 2 months!

[MARM 7]

OMG! We have been touched today!!!! The first time ever!! I am soo excited my SO is trying to get through to find out the status of our case. Its all so exciting, I have been watching that date for months!!!!!!

Fingers crossed

I really hope the touch means that your approval is on the way very, very soon! Keep us posted!

[maliciant 7]

I'm with MARM, I'm still hoping for a NOA2 for my birthday hehe... so they need to get it to me in the next 2 days... otherwise I'll have to hope for a NOA2 as a late birthday present... which is good for about a week after my birthday, then I'm stuck with hoping for a NOA2 for an early christmas present... and if that doesn't work out... for a christmas present... late christmas present, early new years eve present, new years even present, late new years eve present, early new years day present, new years day present (yeah, those last few are pretty crammed together in terms of time hehe)... if it don't make it here in december I won't even know what holiday to hope it arrives before, any jan birthday's in here... I may need your birthdate as a landmark for hoping my NOA2 shows up near... But yeah, in the end a christmas NOA2 would be early but very possible for me (which also translates to everyone else here since I'm one of the later filers in august) and I don't really expect one until january, but I am hoping sooner.

[MARM 7]

I'm with MARM, I'm still hoping for a NOA2 for my birthday hehe... so they need to get it to me in the next 2 days... otherwise I'll have to hope for a NOA2 as a late birthday present... which is good for about a week after my birthday, then I'm stuck with hoping for a NOA2 for an early christmas present... and if that doesn't work out... for a christmas present... late christmas present, early new years eve present, new years even present, late new years eve present, early new years day present, new years day present (yeah, those last few are pretty crammed together in terms of time hehe)... if it don't make it here in december I won't even know what holiday to hope it arrives before, any jan birthday's in here... I may need your birthdate as a landmark for hoping my NOA2 shows up near... But yeah, in the end a christmas NOA2 would be early but very possible for me (which also translates to everyone else here since I'm one of the later filers in august) and I don't really expect one until january, but I am hoping sooner.

If I don't get it by Christmas, then I'm just going to aim for Jan 06, my SO's birthday...and if not Jan 06, then 1 week later as a late b-day present for him And then I don't know what I will do after that...so I just hope before then we are approved.

[Hell0W0rld 10]

so should we start harassing USCIS after January?

[MARM 7]

so should we start harassing USCIS after January?

I think yes we should...because its going to be 6+months after January for us Aug filers, and as long as the processing times remain like this, we should be approved before we think of harassing USCIS...not to mention the extra stress the it is going to add if we don't get approved and then have to resort to harassing USCIS....

[Chris & Mara 0]

Beautiful I love the back, what hairstyle you are going to use?

And the big moment!!!!!

Went to my dress fitter this afternoon and she has done a spectacular job!!!

Fitted prefectly, she just has to finish off the beading on the back, and put on the straps (which she was waiting till today to measure).

She also had a look at my veil ( I am wearing the one my mum wore at her wedding 28 years ago) and said she would attach a comb to hold it in my hair, and put some of the beading in the little flowers that she would do it for free! I have an awesome dress maker!!!

Anyhow there are 3 piccies, one of the front, one of the back and of the train.

What do you think girls? (and those guys feeling feminane to comment today )

At this stage I plan on pulling it back and leave the back out (if that makes sense) I don't really want to tie it all up, and Im hoping that my hair will be 4 or 5 inches longer by the wedding so it will look awesome.

I'm with MARM, I'm still hoping for a NOA2 for my birthday hehe... so they need to get it to me in the next 2 days... otherwise I'll have to hope for a NOA2 as a late birthday present... which is good for about a week after my birthday, then I'm stuck with hoping for a NOA2 for an early christmas present... and if that doesn't work out... for a christmas present... late christmas present, early new years eve present, new years even present, late new years eve present, early new years day present, new years day present (yeah, those last few are pretty crammed together in terms of time hehe)... if it don't make it here in december I won't even know what holiday to hope it arrives before, any jan birthday's in here... I may need your birthdate as a landmark for hoping my NOA2 shows up near... But yeah, in the end a christmas NOA2 would be early but very possible for me (which also translates to everyone else here since I'm one of the later filers in august) and I don't really expect one until january, but I am hoping sooner.

You can use Chris' birthday, his is the 6th of Jan (how ironic Marm lol) or my younger sister has hers on the 13th of Jan, failing that you could say Chinese new year (start of Feb I think) or early Valentines day gift....

I can't believe its the end of November already! Chris is off to Texas for a family Thanksgiving, his sister-in-law is giving birth to their first child tomorrow (Im so sad that Im going to miss the birth of one of my first nieces/nephews) so hopefully I will get piccies of that soon . He is aiming to get to USCIS this week about our NOA1 but to be honest with the successes he has had with them perviously I am not holding my breath in wait....

Dani - I'm sorry you can't be with your Chris this year, but just remember, this is your last Thanksgiving/Christmas/New years apart, we have all put a couple of years into this being apart pain so not far to go now.

HD - I know the feeling about the weddings, I was the bridesmaid at a wedding of friends (yes we have mutual friends in OZ lol) ours a couple of months ago, it was hard being there without Chris. But I was happy for them and in my head I found things that I wouldn't do and would do at my own wedding lol! It's a good learning game.

Teekol - Grats on your Touch, here is hoping that it leadings to something bigger and greater!!

I can't believe you August filers put 3 and a half pages of thread on whilst I was asleep!!!!

[Stinkerpotsam 6]

They locked me out!!! Honest to Gawd I only checked first thing this morning and then just now before I logged off the work pc for the day!!

"It was reported to us that your computer or internet gateway has been locked out for a select period of time. This is due to an unusually high rate of use. If you feel this has occurred incorrectly, please contact the USCIS webmaster or the Customer Service Center for assistance."

[Bulgarican 0]

They locked me out!!! Honest to Gawd I only checked first thing this morning and then just now before I logged off the work pc for the day!!

"It was reported to us that your computer or internet gateway has been locked out for a select period of time. This is due to an unusually high rate of use. If you feel this has occurred incorrectly, please contact the USCIS webmaster or the Customer Service Center for assistance."

Lol, i have seen that before too!

Have no idea why that shows up. I only check once a day but sometimes I get that message too!

[tpal 0]

NOA2! NOA2!

I came home today to this email from my lawyer:

Thomas,

Your K-1 visa petition was approved on November 18th, 2008. Your petition will be forwarded to the National Visa Center (NVC) for initial security clearance checks. The NVC will send you a letter once these checks have been completed to notify you that the petition is being forwarded to the U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt to begin overseas processing.

I have an NOA1 date of 7 August....