October 2009 K-1 Visa filers

[K and L 27]

I'm still trying to figure out how to get my cat back into the states with me from Belfast when I go visit my fiance in March. Continental only has information about domestic US flights, and nothing about international ones. Ugh! But in other good news, the price of my ticket went down by almost 150 dollars! Woo Hoo!!!!

My best friend moved back from Mozambique in July, where she had adopted a cat. I can ask her, but as I recall, she had to get up-to-date vaccinations 2 months before, and a blood test to confirm the proper amount of rabies vaccination in Mimi's bloodstream and a stool test to confirm there weren't any parasites (as well as a cautionary deworming) the week she travelled. She said it was a huge pain in the ####. This was one of the sites she used for preparing, because it was linked from the State Department or USDA's website (I don't remember which one she said it was).

[lilacvioletiris 11]

I saw this on the September thread and I thought it is good information to know for us with our NOA2s!

What you want to do is call NVC at (603) 334-0700 press 1 then 5. They will ask you the following:

Case#

Benificiary's date of birth and name

Petitioner's date of birth and name

Ask them if they have received your case and an estimate of when it will be forwarded to the Embassy of your fiance. Also ask for your NVC case#.

I would call NVC about a week after receiving your NOA2.

[Jessica&Carl 1]

I know all the medical stuff that we need to fly our kitty into the states, I just can't find ANY info about if I can bring him onto the plane with me or if he has to go in the cargo area. I also cannot find out how much it's going to cost. It's very frustrating because I found a super cheap flight to Belfast in March, and I don't want to pass it up, but I need to know how to book my cat on the flight too. It's exhausting!

Congrats again to all you approvals. Our approval date got pushed back...again. We're now on the 30th of January

[Macaroni 1]

Wow. I go to work and come back to see so many approvals it just gets me hyped up

I was thinking of calling the NVC on Monday, but I think I might just wait until Thursday from what lilacvioletiris posted Thanks for the info. Well, off to work I go......again.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE APPROVED PETITIONS! And may we all get speedy interviews.....which reminds me to get paperwork ready to take with me.

[Leenie 15]

I know all the medical stuff that we need to fly our kitty into the states, I just can't find ANY info about if I can bring him onto the plane with me or if he has to go in the cargo area. I also cannot find out how much it's going to cost. It's very frustrating because I found a super cheap flight to Belfast in March, and I don't want to pass it up, but I need to know how to book my cat on the flight too. It's exhausting!

Congrats again to all you approvals. Our approval date got pushed back...again. We're now on the 30th of January

Hey Jessia, about the kitty, here is a thread from the UK regional forum, "Bringing pets from the UK" http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=123420

Sometimes pets can ride in the cabin, but I think it depends on the airline.

[Leenie 15]

I saw this on the September thread and I thought it is good information to know for us with our NOA2s!

What you want to do is call NVC at (603) 334-0700 press 1 then 5. They will ask you the following:

Case#

Benificiary's date of birth and name

Petitioner's date of birth and name

Ask them if they have received your case and an estimate of when it will be forwarded to the Embassy of your fiance. Also ask for your NVC case#.

I would call NVC about a week after receiving your NOA2.

As a side note, when I called them, I didn't even GET to ask them whether they have received the case, because as soon as I gave the case number, the woman I spoke to very rudely proceeded to tell me that wasn't a case number and that I had to wait longer, "OK?!!1!?!?!!1eleventy" (her words)

[Billz 0]

Whoa, it's late for me now, but I just had to pop in because a lot of congratulations are in order!!!

So that's 4 NOA2s for you guys today (or tomorrow night)?! Macaroni, Billz, Rito, and lilacvioletiris - CONGRATULATIONS :dance:

I knew this was coming And for everyone still waiting, I'm hopeful for another "avalanche" soon, no worries!!!

PS - I called the NVC today to find out if our case was received yet, and it was not. I guess 2 days is kind of optimistic. Hehe.

Thanks everyone. Best of luck to all of you. I'm sure yours is coming soon!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

What, Leenie, does this mean anyway? "OK?!!1!?!?!!1eleventy" (her words)

Well I guess we will just have to wait then. I thought the case number from USCIS followed the case all the way to completion. I guess I will have to wait and see. I will wait until later this week though. I am praying things will proceed quickly before the Martin Luther King Holiday on Jan. 18 when all federal offices (and I assume foreign consulates as well) will be closed.

[lostinlove03 2]

My congrats to Macaroni, Billz, Rito, and lilacvioletiris for their NOA2. Hoping your luck rubs off on all of us. Please keep us in your prayers and we will cont to keep you in ours for a speedy approval from NVC. : )

Edited January 10, 2010 by lostinlove03

[Leenie 15]

What, Leenie, does this mean anyway? "OK?!!1!?!?!!1eleventy" (her words)

Well I guess we will just have to wait then. I thought the case number from USCIS followed the case all the way to completion. I guess I will have to wait and see. I will wait until later this week though. I am praying things will proceed quickly before the Martin Luther King Holiday on Jan. 18 when all federal offices (and I assume foreign consulates as well) will be closed.

The NVC assigns you a new case number that is embassy-specific, but when you call NVC, I am pretty sure you give them your WAC case number.

The thing is, when I called, they hadn't received our case yet, so they didn't recognize our case number (obviously). The customer service lady was kind of mean/snappy about it, too, hence the quote! She didn't really say "eleventy," that was just interweb humor

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Ok, Leenie, I thought it was some sort of weird particular to NVC information I should know before I called. I will definitely wait a few days before calling. Since my approval was emailed to me at 8:15 p.m. I can hardly imagine that it went on in Jan. 8's mail. It will probably go out on Monday and once I have the NOA2 hardcopy in my hand I will call the NVC. My fiance' was so shocked that we were approved on Friday night that he called back twice. "So this isn't like a pre-approval. They really approved us. We don't have to send any more evidence that we met and intend to marry." I told him, "Nope." We were both in tears from the happiness of it all by the end of the second phone call because it was starting to sink in that that process is really moving forward!

[Beth and John 7]

Ok, Leenie, I thought it was some sort of weird particular to NVC information I should know before I called. I will definitely wait a few days before calling. Since my approval was emailed to me at 8:15 p.m. I can hardly imagine that it went on in Jan. 8's mail. It will probably go out on Monday and once I have the NOA2 hardcopy in my hand I will call the NVC. My fiance' was so shocked that we were approved on Friday night that he called back twice. "So this isn't like a pre-approval. They really approved us. We don't have to send any more evidence that we met and intend to marry." I told him, "Nope." We were both in tears from the happiness of it all by the end of the second phone call because it was starting to sink in that that process is really moving forward!

You guys are so cute

[keydymenro 0]

hey people ..... i just seem that california center is doing they job...... what is happening with Vermont they just did 2 application the last week.... thats suck what is happening with that people are they in holidays in theirs houses...gggggggrrrrrrrrrr, im so mad they were doing it pretty fast and now they are more than slowly.........gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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[lilacvioletiris 11]

Maybe Vermont got too much snow and they couldn't get to work? Seems like both centers go in spurts. A few approvals then an avalanche of them all at once. Your NOA2 will come soon enough. I was just happy that my approval happened before the CSC processing time estimate.

[keydymenro 0]

ohhhh Thanks for say that maybe u right i didnt think about that but could be possible, well i live in a tropical country so here is hot all the time.

and i really hope get my NOa2 cuz my timeline was between 10 december 23.........