April 2009 K-1 Filers

[Shewack 0]

Trying to keep busy and get my mind off things but well..not working...lol....another family member of mine is getting married in October here in Arizona to a American...she's gonna try to immigrate him to Canada....good luck with that! You have to be married first for those guys, no fiance visa for the Canadians....they havent even started looking up immigration things...not too smart they are....glad we are and we're half ways there....!!

hey, you can't do a fiance visa in canada but u can do a defacto or common law visa, its much the same as a fiance visa, My girlfriend who works with me here in bermuda is going thru it at the mo' to get her Romanian SO into canada, i can ask her for info if you like, but i'm pretty sure all the info she needs is much the same as the info we needed to get for the K-1, its much the same in OZ too. glad you got yr NOA2

[endoftheroad 1]

hello peop's, how do u guys all get the time to get on here so much, wish i could, well I was appreved on the 13th of Aug, that was the day my baby had to go back to the states so i guess some thing good happened that day its just a shame i didn't find out untill the 19th. better late than never, our status never changed either so we had no idea. well now on to medicals & stuff, hope all are well & congrats to those who are progessing, I can't believe its actually happening! WOOHOOOOOOoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great news Shewack!

I'm still 25 Aug 09 9:16 PM - Clearance delay - Guangzhou,China, People's Republic

Arr bugga! well hope yr getting there now??!!

Yep!

I-129F Sent : 2009-04-07

I-129F NOA1 : 2009-04-16

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2009-07-16

NVC Received : 2009-08-04

NVC Left : 2009-08-06

Consulate Received : 2009-08-25

Packet 3 Received : 2009-08-29

Packet 3 Sent : Hopefully this week

Packet 4 Received : n/a

Interview Date : Hoping the second week of October

Visa Received : Hoping within a week of the second week of October

[endoftheroad 1]

did anybody hear from Jauque? I think she already had her interview, hope it went well.

Yep, she was the first May filer (05/05/2009 - NOA1) to finish!

08/27/2009 - Visa Received

08/27/2009 - POE Peace Arch

Less than 4 months......... WOWIE. Congrats!!!!

Edited September 2, 2009 by endoftheroad

[Lisa and Ian 7]

...My best friend who hooked us up, and my mom are both telling me to chill out...

Looking at your avatar pic and the way you are gripping that mug (of coffee?) it looks like you are going to EXPLODE!

hehe...i love that, you made me have a really needed giggle right now...actually it was hot chocolate with whipped cream...this was at a chain pub owned by Wetherspoons called "Sir Nigel Gresley's" so Nigel calls it "his pub" lol.

Allie - I want a pub. No fair.

Minnew - Thank you, and yes, the congressman said he'd look into it, took our info and a signed authorisation to speak to NVC on our behalf, but we didn't hear back from him. When are you travelling? Got to be soon, right?

[minnew 4]

All right, guys. This is it. I leave in the morning and will spend the next two days on a plane-but it'll all be worth it because I'll be heading toward Lamine. Please keep your fingers crossed and say a couple prayers for us on the 8th. I'm so terrified of the interview. I'll try to update as soon as possible, but the power outages are really bad in Dakar around this time of year, so no guarantee on posting while I'm in Senegal.

Good luck to all of you!

Have a wonderful trip! I know your interview will go well!

Guess what? We are out of AP! Allie's next. People actually DO survive AP!

Yay for getting out of AP, now the fun starts!

Jauque!! How did the interview and POE go? How is life in the USA?

...My best friend who hooked us up, and my mom are both telling me to chill out...

Looking at your avatar pic and the way you are gripping that mug (of coffee?) it looks like you are going to EXPLODE!

hehe...i love that, you made me have a really needed giggle right now...actually it was hot chocolate with whipped cream...this was at a chain pub owned by Wetherspoons called "Sir Nigel Gresley's" so Nigel calls it "his pub" lol.

Allie - I want a pub. No fair.

Minnew - Thank you, and yes, the congressman said he'd look into it, took our info and a signed authorisation to speak to NVC on our behalf, but we didn't hear back from him. When are you travelling? Got to be soon, right?

Well it sounds like whatever the congressman did helped as you are now out of AP!! Yay!! Yes I will be on my way soon, I am currently packing and dealing with wedding stuff. Just had my trial hair-do done this morning, and the seamstress called me for a fitting!! What a perfect day!! I can't wait until the wedding! I am just hoping the stylist in Omaha can replicate this look with LOTS of pictures and trial run, and the same curl setting product which I bought today. I've had the same stylist since I was a kid, I wish I could fly her down..

[endoftheroad 1]

Jauque!! How did the interview and POE go? How is life in the USA?

did anybody hear from Jauque? I think she already had her interview, hope it went well.

Yep, she was the first May filer (05/05/2009 - NOA1) to finish!

08/27/2009 - Visa Received

08/27/2009 - POE Peace Arch

Less than 4 months......... WOWIE. Congrats!!!!

SHE PASSED!!!! Have not seen any details yet though.

[Shewack 0]

Nigel's accent is a cross between that and the beatles liverpool accent....but in the middle somewhat.....they call everybody "duck" kind of like us calling our loved ones or term of endearment like "dear"

Funny.........

That's really cute, Allie

I second Ashen's comments regarding AP at NVC. Wish you guys would be able to get out of there already.

Working early, early, early on a Saturday and trying to get everything done before I leave on Tuesday (woo-hoo!).

If Lamine gets the visa, I think we're going to try to do the traditional wedding ceremony there. I know there are a lot of people who advise against this, but it's not legal in any way, and we'll only do it after visa is in hand and no one would know but his aunt and uncle and us. I really hope that it works out that we can do this for his family-even if they don't find out about it until later. It means a lot to them and it means a lot to Lamine. This ceremony is the one that matters most to him. We'll see. They can always do it by proxy, but I guess he's been asking around to see if it's possible to do so during the month of Ramadan. Before I left, he kept saying "I don't know how much it'll cost for us to get married." It took me a while to figure out what he was talking about, but they still do the bride price there. He had discussed my "price" before I left, but I guess they're going to discuss that again while I'm there. Hopefully my value has gone down and not up. Granted, he never told me what it was to begin with. I'm hoping that foreigners are worth a lot less, because we can't afford much of anything right now.

No problem with doing a traditional wedding ceremony there just as long as it isn't legal. That could cause a lot of problems like visa fraud. But a big party and stuff is normal. Our ceremonial wedding in China was last November. My brother advised that we get the USA legal wedding on the same day as the ceremonial one so I didn't have to remember two different wedding dates!

what ever you guys do its all good but just remember when yr SO enters the USA & they ask them if they are single make sure u tell them to answer 'yes', no matter what u guys think yr relationship status is they have to say that they are 'single'. arh it all sounds so romantic good luck on yr ceremonies ;D

[Chaz and Riggs 0]

what ever you guys do its all good but just remember when yr SO enters the USA & they ask them if they are single make sure u tell them to answer 'yes', no matter what u guys think yr relationship status is they have to say that they are 'single'. arh it all sounds so romantic good luck on yr ceremonies ;D

Hey!

Your timeline is almost EXACTLY like mine!!! I want packet 3!!!! Grrrrrr......

only 1 day to receive packet 3?? How do you know? You probably don't have to call an extortion line to learn that stuff, I bet.

Edited September 3, 2009 by Chaz and Riggs

[Perry/Elena 0]

Our interview day is not going so well.

I am not there... as everyone said Kyiv is a breeze...

Her interview was set for 9:00 am.... got there early as requested.

She ended up being called to the window 4 times with questions being asked over and over again, about her trips to the UK and how long she stayed each time. She had trouble remembering exact dates which is what they wanted. Told them she never stayed over the 6 months her visitor visa was for. (She had a BF from the UK and ended up having a child by him). Threatened her many times, that if she was not telling the truth she would NEVER get a visa to the USA. They said she will need police reports from the UK (She responded how with they give me these when I never was more then a visitor there) They said they were gonna call the UK embassy... She said please do.

Turns out the consulate was not there yet, and is having traffic trouble.... At noon they let them leave for an hour (her 4 yo daughter was with her and needed to eat). That is when she called me and told me the above. She was in tears.... Said she just wanted to leave...

It is now 3:30 there and I still have not heard from her.

I told her to have them call me if they try to not give her a visa for some reason. As I will want to know specifics.

[Perry/Elena 0]

Well... at 4:00 PM Kyiv time I heard back from her.

She needs to try to get a police report from the UK now before they will issue the Visa... they took her money for delivering the passport back. So she is basicly approved pending turning in this clean police report with her passport. So more delays dealing with another countries' BS.

Uggh... oh well...

[endoftheroad 1]

Well... at 4:00 PM Kyiv time I heard back from her.

She needs to try to get a police report from the UK now before they will issue the Visa... they took her money for delivering the passport back. So she is basicly approved pending turning in this clean police report with her passport. So more delays dealing with another countries' BS.

Uggh... oh well...

Good and anguishing! UK police report? She lived there? Recently? Geez, but at least it sounds like everything else is all cool. CONGRATS!

[Jauque 1]

Jauque!! How did the interview and POE go? How is life in the USA?

POE was really simple, no hassle at all. About 5 hours of driving through Washington however and our car broke down. We kept humming and hawing about whether to fix it or just to fly back. In the end we decided to fly but it took a couple days to mail everything out of the van to Kansas and then to also find someone to take the van. I'd hate to start this whole thing with a vehicle abandonment charge.

I'm so happy to be here however, finally! Now to get amrried and start AOS.

[Maverick64 0]

Good luck to all here in the April CSC forum. I am still in AP, but leave to be with my SO for 10 days, so won't be thinking about it much. Peace

[SomedaySomehow 1]

Hello April filers !

Congrats Jaque .. I didn't even realize you were already in the states ... thats awesome!

Attya - I wish you soo much luck on your upcoming interview !

Ian and Lisa - Congrats out of AP !!

Allie - Hang in there .. its coming soon I am sure !

Endoftheroad - I hope things work out well .. sounds like some setbacks of late .. but I am sure with each other it isn't anything you won't overcome.

Perryelena - Sorry to hear about the setback for you as well .. but it sounds like just a few documents needed and you are good to go.

Maverick - Hope you get out of AP soon as well ! The good thing is you will be together soon WOOT

Others if I missed ya sorry ...

Our update -

NVC received our case on Tuesday Sept 1 and left the building yesterday Sept. 2 ... we now have our Manila case number .. we should be able to set our interview date next week sometime ... woot ... the RFE set us back a little bit but at least NVC came through for us and made up some lost time !!

Edited September 3, 2009 by SomedaySomehow

[endoftheroad 1]

Our update -

NVC received our case on Tuesday Sept 1 and left the building yesterday Sept. 2 ... we now have our Manila case number .. we should be able to set our interview date next week sometime ... woot ... the RFE set us back a little bit but at least NVC came through for us and made up some lost time !!

And that's the way April (I-129F NOA1 : 2009-04-30) filers roll!!!!

CONGRATS!

Edited September 3, 2009 by endoftheroad