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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 :D

congrats on your touch!!! :thumbs:

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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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

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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 :D

Thanks everyone for your well wishes with the touch

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K1 Visa - 2009

March 7th - POE Newark, NY

March 30th - received SSN

April 25th - Married

April 27th - Changed name on SSN

AOS

May 12th - AOS paperwork sent

Aug 20th - Interview in Philly

Aug 21st - GC production ordered

Aug 24th - Welcome to the USA letter received

Aug 31st - Rec'd son's GC

Sept 2nd - Rec'd my GC ....all set for 2 years now

LIFTING CONDITIONS

June 20th sent I-751 to Vermont

June 25th received at Vermont.

June 27th NOA date

July 2nd Packet returned as section not filled in correctly---how stupid am I?!?!?

July 5th Packet sent back (overnight delivery) to USCIS with form filled in correctly

July 6th Packet received and signed for at Vermont

August 18th Biometrics Appointment in Philly........JULY 27TH EARLY BIOMETRICS DONE

Nearly 1 year later!!!
....received notification for my son to get biometrics done!(May 15th 2012)

May 11th 2012 Son's biometrics done early

June 2012 - Notice of lifting of conditions received

June 12th - texts- GC in production

June 13th - text- GC in post

June 15th - Received GC's!!!!!!
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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 :blush:

my patience is gone, i really cant wait this anymore :crying:

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my patience is gone, i really cant wait this anymore :crying:

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

K1 Visa - 2009

March 7th - POE Newark, NY

March 30th - received SSN

April 25th - Married

April 27th - Changed name on SSN

AOS

May 12th - AOS paperwork sent

Aug 20th - Interview in Philly

Aug 21st - GC production ordered

Aug 24th - Welcome to the USA letter received

Aug 31st - Rec'd son's GC

Sept 2nd - Rec'd my GC ....all set for 2 years now

LIFTING CONDITIONS

June 20th sent I-751 to Vermont

June 25th received at Vermont.

June 27th NOA date

July 2nd Packet returned as section not filled in correctly---how stupid am I?!?!?

July 5th Packet sent back (overnight delivery) to USCIS with form filled in correctly

July 6th Packet received and signed for at Vermont

August 18th Biometrics Appointment in Philly........JULY 27TH EARLY BIOMETRICS DONE

Nearly 1 year later!!!
....received notification for my son to get biometrics done!(May 15th 2012)

May 11th 2012 Son's biometrics done early

June 2012 - Notice of lifting of conditions received

June 12th - texts- GC in production

June 13th - text- GC in post

June 15th - Received GC's!!!!!!
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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!

Visa Journey completed, but we are still here to provide support! :)

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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 :D

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

Visa Journey completed, but we are still here to provide support! :)

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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.

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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 :yes: And then I don't know what I will do after that...so I just hope before then we are approved.

Visa Journey completed, but we are still here to provide support! :)

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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....

Visa Journey completed, but we are still here to provide support! :)

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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 :D. 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!!!!

06-18-2006 Met online in WoW

04-25-2007 Admitted that we had feelings for each other started talking on skype everyday!

10-12-2007 Met in US in person for the first time, love at first sight lol, 2 perfect months together.

06-21-2008 Engaged

08-16-2008 Package finally put together and posted to Vermont! Let the real games begin.

08-21-2008 Delieved, least thats what Fedex told us....

08-27-2008 Check Cashed *dances* come on NOA1!!!!!

08-29-2008 NOA1

10-27-2008 RFE

11-10-2008 RFE returned

03-01-2009 Confirmed Case lost by USCIS

04-03-2009 Refiled K1 Visa application complete with expedite due to USCIS error.

05-14-2009 K1 package once again has vanished....

06-08-2009 Hired lawyer to proceed with Appeal process.

06-26-2009 Paperwork Fedex'ed to lawyer

07-02-2009 Lawyer submitted our suit to court

07-17-2009 Court day 2: Success, must respond by 21st August. - No result ever came from this.

10/06/2009 Withdrew K1 petition

10/10/2009 Married

10/24/2009 CR1 packet completed and posted

10/26/2009 Packet arrived at Chicago - And Submitted our Aussie application

11/04/2009 Application of CR1 returned - was rejected because of a "blurry zip code" we didn't bother to re-apply given that Chris had lost his job

04/05/2010 Australian application still pending

September 2010 - Chris arrived in Australia on Temporary Visa.

10/10/2011 - 2 year wedding anniversary - Chris to be granted Australian Permanent Residency

Summer 2012 - Planned immigration to USA.

*We have visited each other 8 times since 2007*

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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."

Date I-129F Sent: 8-4-08
Date I-129F NOA1: 8-6-08
Date I-129F NOA2: 12-214-08
Date left NVC: 1-7-09
Packet 3: 1-23-09
Medical appt: 2-20-09
Packet 3 Returned: 3-8-09
Packet 3 Received at Embassy: 3-10-09
Interview Date: 4-24-09! PASSED :)
Visa In Hand: 4-19-09
POE in San Fran: 8-16-09!
Wedding: 09-09-09
Mailed AOS: 10-22-09 :))) (FINally)
AOS signed for: 10-26-09
Check cashed: 10-30-09
NOA I-797 (Register, EAD and Travel) for both guys: 10-30-09
Biometrics: 11-25-09
Travel Docs approved: 12-11-09
EAD Approval: 12-15-09
Travel Docs received: 12-19-09
EAD Cards received: 12-24-09
AOS Interview: 1-14-10 Passed!!
Cards ordered: 1-21-10
Cards arrived: 1-28-10
Mailed I-751: 10-17-2011
NOA I-751: 10/19/2011
Biometrics: 11/21/2011
RFE: 4-6-2012
RFE: Response sent 4/18/2012
NOA: I-797 5/1/2012
Cards arrived: 5/31/2012

N-400 Naturalization mailed: 11-12-15 :luv::joy:

NOA N-400 received: 11-18-15

Biometrics: 12-10-15
Oath/Citizen!: 03/01/2016
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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Bulgaria
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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!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Germany
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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.... :dance:

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