VERMONT K-3 Any Approvals Week 26 Jan'09

[ArubaDolphin 0]

Narina hang in there

I wished your day would come today

we are all cheering for you

[queuedup 1]

HI Everyone my I-130 and I-129F got approved today!!!!

There is hope for petitions still at VSC...

[ArubaDolphin 0]

Congratulations

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

[queuedup 1]

Thanks ArubaDolphin...onto NVC!!! When do you think we should start calling NVC for the case number?

[ArubaDolphin 0]

me so bad, I actually just called

No dice

nothing

nada

me try again Monday!

[LoveMyTico 999]

I just talked to my hubby too. I swore up and down I was not going to be the one who calls but I couldn't help it. He was so happy to hear from me. He was busy so I have to call back in a few.

Narina, Don't cry. I feel really bad for you. I know how I feel and its been 7 months. You have waited much longer than me. You have every right to be mad, sad, depressed and whatever else.

Did you hear back from your congressional office? Did they tell you your file is not lost? Won't that ease your mind?

I believe you can ask the USCIS to do an inquiry on your case if you are out of the processing dates. Did you do that yet ?

Cheer up girlie.

another funny email I received

....

: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to the recent economic crises, stock market crash, budget cuts, rising unemployment, unstable world conditions, outsourcing of business, the cost of insurance, electricity, petroleum and taxes of all kinds, we regret to advise you that the Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank you. That made me laugh. I have cried so much today that my head is throbbing. I can't wait to go home. I don't like crying in front of others, but sometimes you can't help it. Once I'm home, I'm going to take a Flexeril and if I have any left, a Xanax and sleep until tomorrow. I'm too tired and sad to go on with today.

Jen, my "congressional inquiry" resulted in being told that they were working on April first... Yeah... Oh, and that my case has not been assigned to anyone yet, and it may take upto 60 days to be assigned. So NO I still have no idea if my physical hard copy of the petition is lost or not. It can say pending till dooms day. If no one goes and looks for the actual paper, then we'll never know, will we?

Not only is the light in my tunnel off, but the whole tunnel is collapsed and filling with water and I'm drowning in it...like that movie with Sylvest Stallone... can't remember the name of it.

NARINA

Don't be sad. Too bad we all don't live close to each other. We could all grab a coffee and b!itch about VSC. We could be like the old folks who hang out at the local Mickey D's.

[LoveMyTico 999]

NARINA this is what goes on at VSC.

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody

This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

[Pandit 0]

I checked my email and got email from uscis that my application has been approved for both k-3 & 130.

[ArubaDolphin 0]

Congratulations

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[queuedup 1]

For the few of us that just got approved, I am going to start another thread to track our progress through NVC. The VJers in the thread that was started for January are far too ahead in the process.

[cjgator 2]

Congrats to those recently approved, and to those still waiting (especially those at 7, 8, or 9 months), I wish you better than what you're having to deal with now.

A message to Narnia: I was poking around on the K-1 forums, just for yuks, and I found myself just shaking my head and laughing about all of the K-1ers who are on the verge of a meltdown because they have been waiting an "impossible" 4 months and they haven't received their NOA-2.

You know, even though Natasha and I are inching closer to her embassy interview, when I read those posts, it still makes my blood simmer (OK, boil), knowing how many of us K-3ers went through (or are going through) USCIS waits approaching 9 or more months for the NOA-2. I find myself sometimes wanting to write those people back and say, "4 months? Get a life - call me back when you pass 7, and I'll give you your permission slip to be stressed", but then I remember it's not their fault that USCIS makes an I-129F NOA 2 for a K1 as easy as getting a day ticket to Disney, while getting the same for a K-3 is only moderately easier than getting a ticket on the Space Shuttle.

The older I get, the more I realize that the concept of "logic" is in the eyes of the beholder.

Good luck to all you K-3ers. I'd offer it to our K-1 brothers and sisters, but, they already got theirs.

CJ-G

[ArubaDolphin 0]

Congrats to those recently approved, and to those still waiting (especially those at 7, 8, or 9 months), I wish you better than what you're having to deal with now.

A message to Narnia: I was poking around on the K-1 forums, just for yuks, and I found myself just shaking my head and laughing about all of the K-1ers who are on the verge of a meltdown because they have been waiting an "impossible" 4 months and they haven't received their NOA-2.

You know, even though Natasha and I are inching closer to her embassy interview, when I read those posts, it still makes my blood simmer (OK, boil), knowing how many of us K-3ers went through (or are going through) USCIS waits approaching 9 or more months for the NOA-2. I find myself sometimes wanting to write those people back and say, "4 months? Get a life - call me back when you pass 7, and I'll give you your permission slip to be stressed", but then I remember it's not their fault that USCIS makes an I-129F NOA 2 for a K1 as easy as getting a day ticket to Disney, while getting the same for a K-3 is only moderately easier than getting a ticket on the Space Shuttle.

The older I get, the more I realize that the concept of "logic" is in the eyes of the beholder.

Good luck to all you K-3ers. I'd offer it to our K-1 brothers and sisters, but, they already got theirs.

CJ-G

I actually did in one of those tell them stop winning when i am waiting over 200 days

[queuedup 1]

For those that get K-1 approvals, they will have to go through USCIS again, so they may complain now, but they are in for an even longer wait later on.

[cjgator 2]

You're right, but it makes a huge difference once they get over here. My friend locally got his wife (then fiance) from Moscow approved in 58 days, into the states within 4 months of I-129F submittal, they completed her AOS paperwork and in-county medical quickly, she's got work authorization and a social right now, and she's one interview away (in about 2 weeks) from having full conditional perm. res. status.

The irony is, my friend and I submitted our paperwork for our gals within about a week of one another (in March). She's almost done, and has been here for nearly 6 months, while I'm still waiting.

And, even though his fees may have been a little higher, it's swamped by the fact that I had to support my SO overseas for six more months than he did, not to mention the 4 plane fares in the past year.

I'm not sure his way created any more "true" obstacles. On paper, he's looking pretty golden relative to me.

BUT - I hear what you're saying. Take care.

C

For those that get K-1 approvals, they will have to go through USCIS again, so they may complain now, but they are in for an even longer wait later on.

[queuedup 1]

I hear you...no good deed goes unpunished...I guess. We went about it the right way, and in the end we had to wait longer. I hope your wait is not much longer, and you and your wife will be together soon.