Any Dutch/American couples??

[paul. 0]

She certainly is.

[lizandpat 0]

She certainly is.

Well, good luck and I hope it's very soon!

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

I snuck in through a backdoor and got the number out of an unsuspecting receptionist hehehe. I'm still being processed and they only work 830am-430pm Monday thru Friday on cases, so I am looking at Tuesday onwards now. At least I'm through though, it's just frustrating.

Hang in there!!!

I am glad you were able to call and figured something out!

Its coming I am sure!

With Jeanine it took a while, i think 2 weeks before she got her visa and passport back.

Take care!!!!!!!

[Peet 1]

Hey guys,

looks like most of us are playing the waiting game.

Can imagine how frustrating it is, having it all so close but stil not knowing when Paul.

Hope it will be there on Tuesday the latest.

Jeanine, it will be the 22nd very soon

I myself am trying to stay away from here a bit, it is so frustrating to be so close and hear absolutely nothing

Anyway, am back to work and hope that will take my mind of things

Hope you all have a good weekend.

[paul. 0]

Yeah I hope it does help, Peet, it did for me when I was waiting. I just got into work as much as I could.

[Peet 1]

Totally unexpected, but my vaccination records are found.

Very happy about it, since I hate needles.

This saves me one vaccination, I am, unfortunately too old to have had everything needed, so I think I need the BMR one still. But hey, that is just one, instead of two jabs

[John and Jeanine 0]

There u go Peet!! I only had to get my DTP one..cuz that has to be renewed every 10 years or so.

Too bad u still didn't hear anything! Ur timeline says u should hear something very soon;) Lets hope so!! How many days now since NOA1? I guess we were very lucky to get approved within 4 months....

But ur approval will be here soon!! Keep ur hopes up!

I'm really counting down here..less than two weeks!! Friday we got scared so badly because 3 of Johns gparents were all of sudden in hospital...but so far we know now going all a little better...

Rianne I hope u are getting used a little again to NL life without Daniel, i hope time goes fast for u! Why cant u go back to usa faster as 3 months? u have to be away for 90 days too?

Have a good week all!

[Peet 1]

There u go Peet!! I only had to get my DTP one..cuz that has to be renewed every 10 years or so.

noooo, that means I still have to get two than....

I am so old, probably need the DTP done at least twice

Oh my Jeanine, how did that happen with the grandparents?

Hope they all are better now. What a scare.

[paul. 0]

LOL@Peet. You always say you're so old. Well, you don't look it from your picture!

[lizandpat 0]

LOL@Peet. You always say you're so old. Well, you don't look it from your picture!

That's what I keep telling her, Paul!! I'm 37 and she doesn't look as old as me!!

[Peet 1]

I'll be 45 in 2 months and believe me, it shows.

LOL, that picture was taken last summer, gained more than a bit after that. Last time I counted I had 4 chins

And Liz, you don't look 37

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

LOL@Peet. You always say you're so old. Well, you don't look it from your picture!

Hey Paul, Hope you get your stuff this week! I hope tomorrow!

I did look at the NVC shortcut and went to my townhall to ask about the police clearance certificate, they said i have to get that at the consulate in Amsterdam (NL), i did go to that website (used the seek option: police clearance certificate) and they are saying that the NVC need to request that to them, and I do not get a copy anyway?? Pff... so i can not get that now, so that means some longer time for us :-(

Jeanine didn't need it because the embassy did care for that for her interview, so is it different because we do CR1 and she did K1?

Or are things different in NL and England?

Oh lol, Peet I think you are lying about your age ;-) hihi...you look much younger!

Liz, hope you feel better this week!

Jeanine, hope all is well with your grandparents. Uhm, we are allowed to be in the USA for 180 days a year and not longer as 90 days at the time. I did a call to the embassy about that question, they were not friendly and said you can find everything at the website, I said i can not find it but they keep saying that so i said thank you and goodbye. Pfff...and i was pissed

So i thought what now? So i called KLM, they didn't know and gave me the douane, they didn't know and gave me the Marechausse (how do you write that?) they didn't know and gave me the higher organisation i still don't know what it was and they said 3 months in USA means 3 months outside the USA so thats why. I have to say i was used to live by Daniel much quicker as without him, i feel like half but my work called me today if i could please work tomorrow so i am sure that will help too, Daniel seems like very busy in our house and at work but he said that make the times goes faster.

[paul. 0]

Yeah, certainly keep yourself busy, it helps so much.

Regarding the Dutch police certificate, this is what has held me up even after I have been approved, I think. Basically, you can not request it. When the embassy gets your documents sent from the NVC, just before your interview, then they should request it themselves from the US consulate. As you will be going through Amsterdam anyway, it's not a problem as they deal with them every day. The issue for me is that the Embassy in London does not deal with people who also lived in The Netherlands every day and therefore I think they forgot to request it...I don't know how long it takes, but the lady made a note during the interview to get someone to request it. It's weird anyway, as I left aged 17 and at age 18, I know The Netherlands wipes peoples records so they can have a fresh start in life as an adult....so my record would be clean regardless and therefore, this waiting is pointless right now. I have my fingers crossed so bad, if the wind changes, I'm stuffed!!

[lizandpat 0]

I'll be 45 in 2 months and believe me, it shows.

LOL, that picture was taken last summer, gained more than a bit after that. Last time I counted I had 4 chins

And Liz, you don't look 37

Peet - No way....I'm with Ri....you can't be almost 45! Ok....you must have been tired when you looked at my picture...haha! I think i look at least 37.....i sure feel it most days..lol!

Jeanine - I hope everything is ok with the grandparents!! ((hugs))

Ri - thanks! I'm off to the cardiologist tomorrow so we'll see what he says! Feeling better though!

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Yeah, certainly keep yourself busy, it helps so much.

Regarding the Dutch police certificate, this is what has held me up even after I have been approved, I think. Basically, you can not request it. When the embassy gets your documents sent from the NVC, just before your interview, then they should request it themselves from the US consulate. As you will be going through Amsterdam anyway, it's not a problem as they deal with them every day. The issue for me is that the Embassy in London does not deal with people who also lived in The Netherlands every day and therefore I think they forgot to request it...I don't know how long it takes, but the lady made a note during the interview to get someone to request it. It's weird anyway, as I left aged 17 and at age 18, I know The Netherlands wipes peoples records so they can have a fresh start in life as an adult....so my record would be clean regardless and therefore, this waiting is pointless right now. I have my fingers crossed so bad, if the wind changes, I'm stuffed!!

Hey Paul, Urgh, wat silly that they didn't have your dutch police certificate and need to get it while you are approved!

I am really sorry but i absolutely don't understand anything of all this bureaucratie!

But now i understand how they eventually can get it, I thought maybe i get a from with request from NVC and have to send that to consulate but nope they do it without i know it ;-)

You can get your verklaring van goed gedrag but they don't accept that anymore and i figured out that, that cost 30 euro or something like that, i almost couldn't believe it I believe it when you have a record of misbehaving! ;-)

And Paul, i am so sorry but that dutch police clearance certificate can take a couple weeks. I thought the max 6.

But I think those weeks is more when you need it for a job, like a teacher need it so than you have to request it by yourself but now the Embassy in London has to do it, so thats more official! So hopefully that goes faster!

But hang in there, hope you keep busy too and i am hoping for you that you get it fast! I can't remember how long it took for Jeanine, I thought 2 weeks.

Liz, i am glad you feel better, hope the appointment with the cardiologist is going well too.

Well, I am going back to work! I took 1 year unpayed time (that was the best to make sure for my job and in case Daniel need to get deployed sometime I thought than i can go back to NL and work but i figured out that if you have your greencard you are not allowed to be longer as 6 months out of the USA) so my work was already asking when i came back while i was in the USA.

So I thought i take till this week to get stuff done for our visa like proofs of relationship etc. But they already called me yesterday if i could come to work today so i have to work tonight and this morning they called me again can you work thursday, sunday etc. etc. so yes i can.

I have all our emails printed from the beginning! (my whole family thought i was silly but i more did it because i did like it and never thought that we really were going to get married when we started) but now, know how good it is ;-)

I did print the skype history, i have my mobile phone bill which show that i text a lot to Daniel ;-) LOL! So those are printed too now i need to select some pics from the beginning.

We really didn't send that much with the I-130 petition couple pics from the wedding and some things which is in both our names but not really emails and pictures from the past. So I really hope we don't get a RFE. I thought they did want to get stuff like that more at the NVC or at the interview.

So there is 1 thing which is good that i am in NL that is that i can collect my stuff ;-)

Staying busy is the best

Edited May 12, 2009 by Daniel and Rianne