6+ months waiting Club

[sara..... 371]

u have no idea how much everyones words mean to me at this point in my life thank you

sara

Im so sorry too Sara, is not faire that your entire life change just becouse , but maybe your NOA2 came before your go to India, God know what is the next step, so trust in him, not in USCIS, i dont know how make you feel more comfortable!!!

[MonkeyJuice 3]

Sara

I'm so sorry you're still waiting. I still read your posts all the time. I know I've mentioned this before but can't you really consider re-filing to save moving your whole family to India?

You never know... It could work.

If you get USCIS to admit they have maybe lost your file, you could get your new petition expedited. Didn't Chris & Mara do this?

Thinking of you.

[sara..... 371]

Sara

I'm so sorry you're still waiting. I still read your posts all the time. I know I've mentioned this before but can't you really consider re-filing to save moving your whole family to India?

You never know... It could work.

If you get USCIS to admit they have maybe lost your file, you could get your new petition expedited. Didn't Chris & Mara do this?

Thinking of you.

hi thanks for all ur kind thoughts and words, i would have to try to cancel the petition that is already in there.....cuz u cant have to going at the same time and unless they admit they made a mistake cant expedite so i would prolly be in the same mess im in now

[dbbri 0]

Suppose I should jump in here. I submitted the paperwork for a k-1 ( I-129, I-134 & G-325 ) back in November of 2007. Did this when I found out my fiancee was pregnant with our son. In June 2008 we recieved our notification to schedule an interview from the embassy. I tried to time a trip to land in the area when we expected our child to be born. I missed by 1 week too early ( so close but no cigar ). So I was unable to be there for our sons birth. Was still nice to spend time with my fiancee. I also thought that we were at the tail end of the process and with good luck we would be able to spend Christmas as a family. In August she went in for her medical evaluation. We found out my fiancee also has scar tissue in her lungs ( a specialist believes it is from having pheumonia as a child ) which showed up on the chest x-ray. She was made to do the cultured sputum test ( 2 months for results ). Our son was born July 1, 2008. Of course this caused a landslide of issues. 1) I had to submit notarized letter of acceptance of discrepancy. ( yes my son is a discrepancy ) 2) Had to get birth cert on NSO paper ( takes a couple months ) 3) They held my fiancee's visa pending approval of our son's CRBA. Which we recieved in November.

Well after a couple months of waiting to hear and getting the run around ( we could not get a straight answer from the embassy ), in January we contacted our senator. On January 31st we recieved our visa! Which expired 3 days later ( recieved Jan 31, 2009 / expired Feb 3, 2009 ). A week after that we got two letters from our senator. One stated that my fiancee's visa was on hold pending our sons approval ( which happened 3 months prior ). The second stated that her visa was approved. I do belive that the inquiry from our senator did two things. 1) it forced the embassy to address the issue 2) it caused the embassy worker to be spiteful. Since we were unable to use the visa ( in the 3 days we were given ) they treated it the same as if someone had not used their visa. We were made to re-submit all the paperwork to the embassy and were re-issued a new interview date. We were also told that her medical was only good for 3 months. So not only does she have to re-do the interview, they are also making my fiancee go back through the medical. Luckily, they said that they would use the x-ray from the previous medical ( since it is only a few months old ). I took this as a good sign that they would evaluate based on previous results. Well, as I am sure most of you can predict at this point. Next week she returns to Manila to go hack a loogie in a petre dish so they can culture it for a couple months. Somewhere at the end of May we will find out the results and then they will issue another interview date.

At every turn we kept feeling like approval is only a couple months away. I have been holding off on traveling awaiting her approval, so that we can return to the US together. Needless to say if I knew they were going to do this to us, I would have visited much sooner. Again I find myself saying ( if we're lucky ) in a couple months I will be able to kiss my fiancee and hold my son for the first time. I don't know how many more months I will be able to endure, it has been 17 already and there is still no end in sight.

i remember u.........im really sorry it has gone like this for u and i know what ur talking about only there is no child involved in our case my prayers are with u i hope that it goes a lot faster for u than it does for the rest of us

sara

Thanks Sara,

I do miss my fiancee, I want nothing more than for us to be together. I feel that it is us who got ourselves into this situation so we should also deal with it. Our child however is an innocent bystander in this, who is being punished for his parents decisions. It hurts so much when she tells me stories of our childs accomplishments ( he is standing on his own and forming words now, soon to be walking ). Events that I am missing out on and can never get back. The stories that really hurt are to hear are how he looks for his daddy. He does not even know I exist, I am a complete failure as a father. I try to not spend too much time on this board aside from gathering information, it is so hard to see those who sail through while I sit in beaucratic hell. This process can break you down and send the clearest thinking people into a deep depression. I share your pain and understand where you are coming from. They say misery loves company but I would rather be standing alone. I could never wish this pain on anyone. I do hope that things work out for you and all who experience difficulties in this process.

Best Wishes Sara

Brian

[sara..... 371]

thank you brian,

and by the way ur not a failure as a father but our own government us a failure at reuniting families........i think ur story is an excellent story for the news u should try to contact them and see if they will run it.......mine they wont cuz we are just a normal k1 visa being put on hold by our wonderful service center but u guys have a real story to tell!!!!!

my prayers are with u

sara

Thanks Sara,

I do miss my fiancee, I want nothing more than for us to be together. I feel that it is us who got ourselves into this situation so we should also deal with it. Our child however is an innocent bystander in this, who is being punished for his parents decisions. It hurts so much when she tells me stories of our childs accomplishments ( he is standing on his own and forming words now, soon to be walking ). Events that I am missing out on and can never get back. The stories that really hurt are to hear are how he looks for his daddy. He does not even know I exist, I am a complete failure as a father. I try to not spend too much time on this board aside from gathering information, it is so hard to see those who sail through while I sit in beaucratic hell. This process can break you down and send the clearest thinking people into a deep depression. I share your pain and understand where you are coming from. They say misery loves company but I would rather be standing alone. I could never wish this pain on anyone. I do hope that things work out for you and all who experience difficulties in this process.

Best Wishes Sara

Brian

[Kryztine ★ 0]

Hi to everyone here. I'm so sad to hear your stories of waiting especially to SARA and BRIAN, i'll all include you guys in my prayers and to all of us waiting for more than 6+months now. I know what you guys feel when you missed your fiance/fiancee so much!

I'm on my 7th month of waiting now, we filed in Aug 08 and yesterday is the 90th day/3rd month since we got the NOA2. We got stuck in USCIS for sending our papers to NATIONAL RECORDS CENTER instead of NATIONAL VISA CENTER (how st*p*d are they for mistakenly doing that!). Just this March I saw the forum here in VJ of those who were also approved on Dec 19 08 (NOA2). That's when i found out i'm not the only victim here. Our lawyer didn't have any idea what took us so long to wait after receiving NOA2. I showed him the forum and he can't believe this could happen (unluckily) to us. We then asked for a help of a congressman to expedite everything, thank God our papers are now sent to NVC (i hope not to NRC again...grrrr!) and i'm now getting anxious and frustrated again every day to wait for the confirmation letter i really need more and more patience for waiting again.

Oh well, I wish you guys all the best in your visa journey! Let's just keep praying and believe that there's a light at the end of the tunnel...

[inGODShands 0]

For Sara, Brian, & ALL those of you still waiting for your NOA2... you're in my prayers everyday. I hope ALL of the people still left waiting in this club will be approved soon. Try to hang in there & regardless of all the troubles that we are faced with day by day... DON'T LOSE FAITH IN GOD! May God bless you ALL & may He grant you the approvals you've LONG been awaiting. You're in my prayers! Edited March 19, 2009 by inGODShands

[Wendy+Greger 0]

Brian - you should look into using SKYPE. I have never used it myself but when my cousin what deployed he was able to SKYPE with his kids everyday. That way when you are all finally together he will know your face and voice and you won't be a stranger.

Sara - I just keep checking on here hoping for some good news, but it never comes. I am soooo sorry.

Wendy

[native2music 0]

I was just looking at your timeline. I sent a letter to our congressman on Thursday (which it probably hasn't arrived there). I said in that letter that I haven't heard anything from USCIS since October 2008, the crazy thing is - Friday I got an email from USCIS saying that we are still in security checks. It also said to call USCIS if I don't hear anything in the next 6 months. another 6 months?! I really hope it won't be that long. I hope my congressman doesn't come back and say what yours did, that it will be a long time.

BTW Congratulations on your NOA2!!!!

[sara..... 371]

I was just looking at your timeline. I sent a letter to our congressman on Thursday (which it probably hasn't arrived there). I said in that letter that I haven't heard anything from USCIS since October 2008, the crazy thing is - Friday I got an email from USCIS saying that we are still in security checks. It also said to call USCIS if I don't hear anything in the next 6 months. another 6 months?! I really hope it won't be that long. I hope my congressman doesn't come back and say what yours did, that it will be a long time.

BTW Congratulations on your NOA2!!!!

im so sorry ur getting the six months again and again excuse its their normal response

sara

[native2music 0]

im so sorry ur getting the six months again and again excuse its their normal response

sara

Thank you for your kind words Sara. I'm sorry to hear of your situation too. I haven't said much in this forum cause I don't know where to start, what to say. Sometimes it feels that words aren't enough. My heart goes out to you.

[KAT&Allie 0]

I was just looking at your timeline. I sent a letter to our congressman on Thursday (which it probably hasn't arrived there). I said in that letter that I haven't heard anything from USCIS since October 2008, the crazy thing is - Friday I got an email from USCIS saying that we are still in security checks. It also said to call USCIS if I don't hear anything in the next 6 months. another 6 months?! I really hope it won't be that long. I hope my congressman doesn't come back and say what yours did, that it will be a long time.

Just curious, is that the first time the USCIS actually told you that you are in security checks?

I hope your congressman can get the things moving for you and you get your approval soon.

[native2music 0]

I was just looking at your timeline. I sent a letter to our congressman on Thursday (which it probably hasn't arrived there). I said in that letter that I haven't heard anything from USCIS since October 2008, the crazy thing is - Friday I got an email from USCIS saying that we are still in security checks. It also said to call USCIS if I don't hear anything in the next 6 months. another 6 months?! I really hope it won't be that long. I hope my congressman doesn't come back and say what yours did, that it will be a long time.

Just curious, is that the first time the USCIS actually told you that you are in security checks?

I hope your congressman can get the things moving for you and you get your approval soon.

It is the first time that USCIS has told me that our case is in security checks. I hope things get moving too! Thanks for the encouragement and support!

[Mshell322 0]

I was just looking at your timeline. I sent a letter to our congressman on Thursday (which it probably hasn't arrived there). I said in that letter that I haven't heard anything from USCIS since October 2008, the crazy thing is - Friday I got an email from USCIS saying that we are still in security checks. It also said to call USCIS if I don't hear anything in the next 6 months. another 6 months?! I really hope it won't be that long. I hope my congressman doesn't come back and say what yours did, that it will be a long time.

BTW Congratulations on your NOA2!!

Came across this thought it may help

http://www.visajourney.com/news/2009/03/10...check-backlogs/

[I'mstillwaiting 0]

I can't believe it! I got the CRIS email. We have the NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm beyond thrilled. We got the NOA1 on August 21, 2008. Then the NOA2 comes on March 21, 2009 (email came this morning though--March 23, 2009). I guess the 21st of the month is a good day for us!!!

Wooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooo!