Vermont Service Center frustrations...

[endoftheroad 1]

I remember when I first came here that people told me besides the useful information, people at VJ are the biggest bunch of whiners of all the visa hunters.

Whenever someone tells you to stop whining, or "just deal with it," try this - click over their user name, go to Find Member Posts. It will take a few, but once it comes up, go to the end (the first page will be the latest posts, you want to see the older ones). See what they were saying when they were in the same timeframe. Always hilarious.

I have concluded that this must be similar to childbirth. You must get a huge rush of endorphins after the NOA2 that make you forget that you were very recently going out of your mind and begging for pain killers.

I agree completely. My girl asks me when I complain... "Why? We can do nothing but wait." I agree with her too.

[rockhouse 1]

Yall's responses were supposed to make me feel better...they are actually having the opposite effect.

What kind of responses were you expecting?? If you want to hear from the people who had a quick approval, you chose the wrong title for your thread. If you want to get an objective overview of how long it takes for most people, look at Igor's List...

Ummm, obviously given the thread title, and me saying the responses are not making me happy, it means that i was expecting some people to post that they didn't have to wait as long, which would lead me to believe that maybe our case was just held-up a little longer than the rest, and therefore would be approved soon, which would make me feel better....understand now Einstein?

That's what I figured... I still think it was predictable that that's not what you were going to get in this thread.

Dude, i don't know how much simpler i can't make it for you. I was venting about how long it is taking and wanted to see if others had been waiting as long as me, so i posted a thread, thread-nazi.

[endoftheroad 1]

i was expecting some people to post that they didn't have to wait as long....understand now Einstein?

wanted to see if others had been waiting as long as me, so i posted a thread, thread-nazi.

Hmm, doesn't add up there Texas guy. Then bringing up insults and Nazism.

[SAVM 0]

Well Pard'ner, we were just approved today at 168 days. I hear you on the frustration. Damn the system.

[ScottThuy 140]

Well Pard'ner, we were just approved today at 168 days. I hear you on the frustration. Damn the system.

Congrats.. great to see someone else in a great mood today

[Bryan n Christine 0]

189 and counting! but 2 days in a row got TOUCHED!

[churawan 14]

Has anybody here had to wait over 140 days from NOA1 to NOA2? We are at 143 days right now and getting a little upset over this sh*t.

The clowns over at the Vermont Center seem to just randomly pull cases to process, which is unfair.

I'm just curious how many here had to wait over 143 days for their NOA2.

Thanks.

We are at 310 days... This #######, I agree that they randomly pick the cases to work.. I have called multiples times to them, have had my senator contact them and an ambassador... They have assured Them (and me) that we should be complete by mid August... We fair exceed all minimums for approval and have been sitting here waiting... The only blessing is that Churawan has a B2 visa and has been able to visit me a few times since this process started for us.. But I want to get this all behind us and move forward with our new lifes... I wish VSC would follow the first in first out concept... What are they doing up there???

Steve

[rockhouse 1]

i was expecting some people to post that they didn't have to wait as long....understand now Einstein?

wanted to see if others had been waiting as long as me, so i posted a thread, thread-nazi.

Hmm, doesn't add up there Texas guy. Then bringing up insults and Nazism.

Yall are straight-up retards...

1) I was frustrated and worried that our case is over 140 days old.

2) I decided to post a thread in the PI regional, (was moved here), to find out if anyone else had/has waited that long.

3) Expected not to see very many people waiting as long, or longer than us.

4) Upon reading those responses became more irritated/sad.

5) Some guy responds with a smartass remark because he can't understand the obvious.

6) You swoop in to back-up your boyfriend.

7) I try one last time to simplify it.

[endoftheroad 1]

Yall are straight-up retards...

Your posts remind me of this:

(are you George W. Bush?)

Edited July 24, 2009 by usagroom

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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[Dgard 0]

(are you George W. Bush?)

Ah yes, the common stereotype of GWB and Texas. Oh wait, Cowboys, ranchers, cattle and farms too.

Drop the Texas insults. They're stale and don't add anything to the OP topic.

As for the long wait. Yes, you are right around the rest of us as far as the 'timeframe' is concerned. VSC Has slowed to a crawl recently but a few were approved today, so that's great news. We can hope that it continues and the pace will quicken once again. There are those who have waited longer, and those who have been approved with less of a wait, but overall, you're right in line with the majority. Stick it out a bit longer, it'll happen.

[newlyweds 0]

we are still waiting.. our NOA1 was march 2; and nothing yet, got a "touch"m last march 5 then nothing ... so it's gonna be 5 months this aug.2

about 144 days since NOA1 and nothing yet

[endoftheroad 1]

Drop the Texas insults.

... VSC Has slowed to a crawl recently but a few were approved today, so that's great news... Stick it out a bit longer, it'll happen.

Didn't insult anyone or Texas (unlike the "hill" guy who caused a mod to arrive and warn him).

Perseverance is required in this process. We all knew it from the get-go (or we should have known it). Extreme frustration is wasted energy. Use that to send your love a doodad in the mail with a special note, or anything else that strengthens your bond. I have to smack myself sometimes out of wasted energy too, so I am not so high and mighty. Coping with the American need for immediacy is a challenge.

[ScottThuy 140]

(are you George W. Bush?)

Ah yes, the common stereotype of GWB and Texas. Oh wait, Cowboys, ranchers, cattle and farms too.

Drop the Texas insults. They're stale and don't add anything to the OP topic.

As for the long wait. Yes, you are right around the rest of us as far as the 'timeframe' is concerned. VSC Has slowed to a crawl recently but a few were approved today, so that's great news. We can hope that it continues and the pace will quicken once again. There are those who have waited longer, and those who have been approved with less of a wait, but overall, you're right in line with the majority. Stick it out a bit longer, it'll happen.

Today was better than the previous few days... I agree... I would like to see 6 or 8 a day on average like was done in the past....

[Victor&Cory 1]

I think I have not yet earned the right to complain really hard. I only have about 3 months since NOA 1. It worries me that the tendency VSC is following is pushing my timeline so far that is amazing. Now I'm hitting mid-October from being in mid-August. So I really understand those that have been in this road longer than me.

What me and my angel do is use whatever way possible to keep in contact as often as we can do it. Be it our normal marathons in Skype with webcam from time to time, phone calls, a text message every now and then saying "I love you" and such, surprising each other with some snail mails, normal e-mails, messages in Facebook, pretty much whatever you can imagine. This has helped us maintain the loneliness at bay.

We new from the beginning that this process is long so we promised each other that we would never give up on us no matter how long this takes.

I only hope we can maintain this attitude in the following months. I was expecting to have her here in Puerto Rico by November but now I'll settle for sometime before Xmas.

May God gives us the strength to travel this road and may He gives us the opportunity to be strong.

PEACE my friends..................