Any Dutch/American couples??

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Thanks Blu, My mom and I parked at Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam. And we paid 6 euro (this is for 24 hours and with 2 retour-tickets)

You can park by the doctor but than you pay like 5 euro for 1 hour!!!

Yes i used the internet to figured out where to park. The P+R parking is the cheapest in Amsterdam i think. Its like a sort of transferium

We both got 1 ticket we could use for the GVB (tram is blue/white, you can only use that ticket for the GVB).

When you enter the tram you stamp it and get 1 hour to go to the centrum of Amsterdam and do what ever you want. The tram goes about every 10 minutes or so. And you can get back to the Olympisch Stadion and stamp it when you go back.

My mom and I never did something like that so we were totally confused, i thought we could go with the normal bus too but we couldn't but they took us without paying which was very, very nice.

So we went to the Dr. Schulte and for the X-ray and i have to say what a laugh!!! I mean those buildings are soooooooo old and even the badrooms are old, i almost can't believe! I mean this whole process you pay a lot and they sounds really picky etc. but after my medical i had something like, are you serious??? This isn't a real clinic or what ever.

Dr. Schulte is a home doctor and his wife is the secretary they both are very nice people! The doctor told me it is not my idea to do this all but the Consulate want this, i have a fulltime job with my home-doctor thing but this is something extra i do.

The medical went very fast, just getting blood for the HIV-test, your weight, length, vaccination rapport, listening to your healthy story ;-), and listening to your hear/lungs and that was it. After you pay like what you need to pay. (155 euro for the appointment + eventually vaccinations)

(Hepatitis B, BMR, DKTP about the price i have no idea because I had them (but it vary from 30 till 150 if you let it do by this doctor??? I thought??? You can easily call Mrs. Schulte and ask, she is so friendly and i am sure she will tell)

The mrs. by the X-ray was very nice too. We were done early by Dr. Schulte so we went right way to the X-ray place. I told them i have an appointment made later this day, but no problem they made it. The doctor which look at the X-ray wasn't there but is there today, they will forward it to Dr. Schulte and they take care for getting it by the consulate.

After all, my mom went back to the Museumplein and found the consulate and the entrance, so i know where I have to be at Sept. 29.

My mom and I did some sightseeing in Amsterdam (used the ticket ;-).

I have to tell, it was the first time for me being in Amsterdam!!! And I am 26 only went to Schiphol!!! LOL!!! But what a nice city and a lot to do!!

After all the visa stuff i stopped by a bookstore close by the Concertgebouw and bought a map of Amsterdam so i know what we can do the next time that we are in Amsterdam. If Daniel is here in NL i would like to go there together with him!

I think someone asked me about our honeymoon? and i think i didn't answer that yet.

Well, Maui was great!!! It was so relaxing to go there together with my husband! We went end August so it wasn't packed with tourists. A great time to go!

Maui is beautiful!!! Clear, blue/green ocean. You can look till the bottom. We did some snorkling saw nice fish, sea turtles, corals.

We did a helicopter tour which was great! We did the Zipline which was a lot of fun because the man which was working at that is from Amsterdam!!! He asked me in dutch are you from the Netherlands? I said yes: He said i heard your accent, so I never thought, expected someone from NL on Maui!!! LOL! He lived there 7 years already and got his greencard in 2003 or so.

We did some shopping of course and really love the harbor where all the shops were.

Had a nice dinnercruise. Went for a sunrise which was 10.000 feet above sealevel. It was beautiful!

Maui was great, really wish we stayed longer and we both like to go back! :-)

Edited September 15, 2009 by Daniel and Rianne

[lizandpat 0]

Hi everyone!

Ri - Sounds like you had a fantastic time with your hubby!!! It won't be long now until you fly home to stay!!! Sept. 29th will be here soon!!!

Lindsey - Its about time they got packet 3 to Johnny! Let us know when you find out his interview date!!!!

Peet - Glad to hear your all starting to get settled....the girls still doing ok too?

Nothing new really going on here. My daughter's 7th birthday is in 3 weeks (the weekend before Pat gets here..lol) so i'm trying to find her a present. And still working on little things here and there for the wedding. Even downloaded the AOS forms so I have them and we can get them filled in once Pat is here so we'll have that all ready for after the wedding! HOpe to have that mailed off by December 1st.

Other than that it's the same routine...school for jessie, work for me and then home...hehe!

Hope everyone is doing well!!

Have a great night/morning!

Hugs,

Liz

[John and Jeanine 0]

Hi Everybody!!

Im back after a long time again...of being busy!

Everything is going fine and we are waiting for news from USCIS again:(

I got already approved for my AP and waiting for AOS and Employment. On september 11 we got an email saying my AOS case was transfered to California...hopefully that means good news!

Glad to hear that Peet is settling down and must be excited to go in a school bus first time! Insurance wise I'm set because John works for AIG so he has pretty good insurance and could add me after the wedding without a problem.

Liz...your wedding is coming closer and closer I see you must be getting excited!! Its a great time, enjoy it all!

Ri...lol i knew that about Schulte..you didn't have his son? he's the younger doctor, but still in the very very old building its ridiculous! And yeah i know that Hawaii is great!! We went there for the honeymoon but you know;)

Our flight was very scary btw cuz the plane on the way from Phoenix to Honolulu broke...there was a hydrolic fuel leak and we had to return to Phoenix...scary times! Hopefully we never never have something like that again cuz we thought we werent gonna make it!

And welcome to the new people that I haven't seen here before! Good luch with all the cases and have patience because they are usually slower than we want! But its all worth it!

Jeanine

[lizandpat 0]

Jeanine!!!

It's so wonderful to hear from you!!!! I'm glad that everything is going well...although that plane trip sounded really scary !!

Yep...it's all getting close...Pat will be here on October 10th and then we'll have our wedding on November 21st!! I can't believe that after all this time its almost over!

Funny you mention AOS...I started downloading forms and reading the processes just yesterday so I won't have to worry too much about it once he gets here..lol!

Sooooooooo.......any pictures from the wedding you can share?? Or any pictures at all?? hehe! I won't be picky! ;-)

[John and Jeanine 0]

All the pictures are on facebook....idk if it works when i add a link in here Wedding pictures facebook

The paperwork for AOS etc wasnt even that hard...are you applying for the employment and AP too?

We plan to go back to Holland in November to visit family and attend a wedding....yeahhh!

Take care!

[lizandpat 0]

All the pictures are on facebook....idk if it works when i add a link in here Wedding pictures facebook

The paperwork for AOS etc wasnt even that hard...are you applying for the employment and AP too?

We plan to go back to Holland in November to visit family and attend a wedding....yeahhh!

Take care!

OH JEANINE!!! You look gorgeous!!! that dress...WOW! John looks so handsome..hehe..and a bit nervous.. ;-) Everything was lovely!!!

btw...I sent you a request to be friends on Facebook..

Yep, we'll be applying for those as well. I read through the guides on here today and downloaded all the forms....it looks MUCH easier than the K1 petition!

Oh cool! I'm sure your family will be so happy your there for a visit!

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

All the pictures are on facebook....idk if it works when i add a link in here Wedding pictures facebook

The paperwork for AOS etc wasnt even that hard...are you applying for the employment and AP too?

We plan to go back to Holland in November to visit family and attend a wedding....yeahhh!

Take care!

OH JEANINE!!! You look gorgeous!!! that dress...WOW! John looks so handsome..hehe..and a bit nervous.. ;-) Everything was lovely!!!

btw...I sent you a request to be friends on Facebook..

Yep, we'll be applying for those as well. I read through the guides on here today and downloaded all the forms....it looks MUCH easier than the K1 petition!

Oh cool! I'm sure your family will be so happy your there for a visit!

Hey Liz,

It is so exciting that your wedding is coming up!

Yes, there is always something to do till the day is there!

I just have a question, but I think it is a dumb question, how do you know that your package is received at the american consulate in Amsterdam?

Because I am looking at my papers and I can't find it at all. Is there a way that i can figured that out online?

Hope you can answer my question!

Have a nice weekend!

Ri

[lizandpat 0]

All the pictures are on facebook....idk if it works when i add a link in here Wedding pictures facebook

The paperwork for AOS etc wasnt even that hard...are you applying for the employment and AP too?

We plan to go back to Holland in November to visit family and attend a wedding....yeahhh!

Take care!

OH JEANINE!!! You look gorgeous!!! that dress...WOW! John looks so handsome..hehe..and a bit nervous.. ;-) Everything was lovely!!!

btw...I sent you a request to be friends on Facebook..

Yep, we'll be applying for those as well. I read through the guides on here today and downloaded all the forms....it looks MUCH easier than the K1 petition!

Oh cool! I'm sure your family will be so happy your there for a visit!

Hey Liz,

It is so exciting that your wedding is coming up!

Yes, there is always something to do till the day is there!

I just have a question, but I think it is a dumb question, how do you know that your package is received at the american consulate in Amsterdam?

Because I am looking at my papers and I can't find it at all. Is there a way that i can figured that out online?

Hope you can answer my question!

Have a nice weekend!

Ri

Hi Ri,

hehe..yes, it's very exciting that its finally almost here!! :-)

Its not a dumb question...and unfortunetly you can't look anything up online. I have the email address for the Consulate and you can send them an email and they will let you know if your packet has been received...here it is:

ImmigrantVisasAms@state.gov

Hope that helps!!

Have a great weekend too!

[LindseyJohnnyK 1]

All the pictures are on facebook....idk if it works when i add a link in here Wedding pictures facebook

The paperwork for AOS etc wasnt even that hard...are you applying for the employment and AP too?

We plan to go back to Holland in November to visit family and attend a wedding....yeahhh!

Take care!

OH JEANINE!!! You look gorgeous!!! that dress...WOW! John looks so handsome..hehe..and a bit nervous.. ;-) Everything was lovely!!!

btw...I sent you a request to be friends on Facebook..

Yep, we'll be applying for those as well. I read through the guides on here today and downloaded all the forms....it looks MUCH easier than the K1 petition!

Oh cool! I'm sure your family will be so happy your there for a visit!

Hey Liz,

It is so exciting that your wedding is coming up!

Yes, there is always something to do till the day is there!

I just have a question, but I think it is a dumb question, how do you know that your package is received at the american consulate in Amsterdam?

Because I am looking at my papers and I can't find it at all. Is there a way that i can figured that out online?

Hope you can answer my question!

Have a nice weekend!

Ri

Hi Ri,

hehe..yes, it's very exciting that its finally almost here!! :-)

Its not a dumb question...and unfortunetly you can't look anything up online. I have the email address for the Consulate and you can send them an email and they will let you know if your packet has been received...here it is:

ImmigrantVisasAms@state.gov

Hope that helps!!

Have a great weekend too!

Also, isn't it possible to call NVC to see if they've sent it off to Amsterdam? That's what I did, it's easier than trying to get them to reply to an e-mail. Johnny sent them an e-mail concerning our packet three and I don't think they ever responded.

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Hey all,

Thanks for your explanation, LOL!

I think i figured it out.

The package left NVC August 12. I got from them a letter with interviewdate+instructions for my medical.

After it left NVC I got a letter from the American Consulate in Amsterdam (address is on the envelope) and they did send it on August 14.

So I figured they got it August 14.

I never got packet 3 but I think only when you are K-1 or K-3 you get that and not with CR-1.

Because the NVC did send me the appointment letter with the interviewdate and in the letter from American Consulate they wrote down that interviewdate too.

When you are K-1 or K-3 I think after you get packet 3 you have to send it back and get than an interview date.

In the letter from American Consulate was de envelope for my medical and that is pack 4.

Well take care and have a nice weekend!

[lizandpat 0]

All the pictures are on facebook....idk if it works when i add a link in here Wedding pictures facebook

The paperwork for AOS etc wasnt even that hard...are you applying for the employment and AP too?

We plan to go back to Holland in November to visit family and attend a wedding....yeahhh!

Take care!

OH JEANINE!!! You look gorgeous!!! that dress...WOW! John looks so handsome..hehe..and a bit nervous.. ;-) Everything was lovely!!!

btw...I sent you a request to be friends on Facebook..

Yep, we'll be applying for those as well. I read through the guides on here today and downloaded all the forms....it looks MUCH easier than the K1 petition!

Oh cool! I'm sure your family will be so happy your there for a visit!

Hey Liz,

It is so exciting that your wedding is coming up!

Yes, there is always something to do till the day is there!

I just have a question, but I think it is a dumb question, how do you know that your package is received at the american consulate in Amsterdam?

Because I am looking at my papers and I can't find it at all. Is there a way that i can figured that out online?

Hope you can answer my question!

Have a nice weekend!

Ri

Hi Ri,

hehe..yes, it's very exciting that its finally almost here!! :-)

Its not a dumb question...and unfortunetly you can't look anything up online. I have the email address for the Consulate and you can send them an email and they will let you know if your packet has been received...here it is:

ImmigrantVisasAms@state.gov

Hope that helps!!

Have a great weekend too!

Also, isn't it possible to call NVC to see if they've sent it off to Amsterdam? That's what I did, it's easier than trying to get them to reply to an e-mail. Johnny sent them an e-mail concerning our packet three and I don't think they ever responded.

Lindsey...he didn't?? WOW...i'm shocked! I had email correspondence for like a week with someone from there..LOL! I'm sorry though that they never responded to him!

[LindseyJohnnyK 1]

@Liz- Nope, he never got a response AND the woman he talked to from the Amsterdam consulate on the phone was extremely rude. He even mentioned how he didn't know what other people were talking about when it came to the friendly staff because this woman he talked to on the phone was neither friendly nor nice to him. Johnny said she seemed as though she didn't even want to have to talk to him or help him out at all.

I have gotten several rude people on the phone as well when dealing with immigration; sometimes I think it's because I sound so young and they think I'm stupid and can boss me around, well let me tell you, they are most definitely wrong.

@Ri- I'm glad to hear you got everything figured out and have your fourth packet now!

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

@Liz- Nope, he never got a response AND the woman he talked to from the Amsterdam consulate on the phone was extremely rude. He even mentioned how he didn't know what other people were talking about when it came to the friendly staff because this woman he talked to on the phone was neither friendly nor nice to him. Johnny said she seemed as though she didn't even want to have to talk to him or help him out at all.

I have gotten several rude people on the phone as well when dealing with immigration; sometimes I think it's because I sound so young and they think I'm stupid and can boss me around, well let me tell you, they are most definitely wrong.

@Ri- I'm glad to hear you got everything figured out and have your fourth packet now!

Hey Lin,

Really to bad that Johnny got such a bad phonecalls and you too... and NO response? Wow, that is really bad!

I have to say the people at USCIS weren't that friendly either. But in the email it went ok.

I did email with the American Consulate before and shortly after that they called me and that woman was very friendly to me.

You never know... It is just so bad because for us it is so important, i mean the whole process you do because you love each and want to be by each, but the people which work there, they just do their work.

Thats why I am happy with websites like this, you can share what you think you can help each and we know where we go through.

Well about the 4th package, i got that already and well that is the package for the medical so I had my medical last Monday, just waiting for my interview and visa!

Can't wait!

Happy its weekend so we are able to skype again... from being by each to talking which each once a week is kind a hard but well hopefully soon...

Take care! love Ri

Edited September 19, 2009 by Daniel and Rianne

[lizandpat 0]

Morning all! Another week has begun....yay.... LOL!!

[stlouis 3]

Hello Everybody!!!

I'm in Netherlands right now, having a very nice time with Maarten. I am returning in couple of days, so will write a quick message for now. We finally got our interview date for October 19th. Good news, but we expected it a bit earlier. It took 4 weeks to receive packet 4 after sending packet 3.

I just finished filling out the affidavit form, so almost ready for the interview Next: medical.

-Anna