Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 3)

[Texas Bound 0]

Welcome LovinJA, you will find a great deal of support here. No you are not losing it. We are all going through the same thing. Best wishes.

FYI, the embassy finally checked some of my emails that I sent over a month ago!!! They are such a mess. Thank God I have all the materials I need without their responses to the email.

[brownnskinn 0]

I joined the Dave Ramsey plan so I can really learn how to budget. Needing to get rid of credit cards and pay for everything in cash.

I couldn't do it I charge EVERYTHING! I can't even remember the last time I had to go inside a gas station to pay CASH for my fuel I love pay at the pump!

I found out in I pay by cash at one gas station where I work I get 10 cents off the gallon! I won't be charging much any more I want to invest our money. Since we got married its been a lot hard to pay those silly cards off with the money it takes to get a visa. I use to love to charge everything to but I need a new way with him getting here.

If he is anything like my hubby he won't let you charge anything. Good to start practicing better habbits now

[brownnskinn 0]

I am starting to panic The medical appointment is on March 5 and packet #4 still has not arrived yet

It was sent out 15 days ago (or so they say) and still hasn't reach us It's starting to look like we may have to reschdule, which of course means the records won't be at the Embassy in time for the interview

Isn't packet four your interview date? I see you already have it scheduled. Maybe you can email the embassy telling them you haven't recieved the letter yet, ask them if they could email the date, once to get the responce print it off and take it to the medical. Just grabbing a straws?

[brownnskinn 0]

Welcome LovinJA and Congrats

Ditto!!!

[LovinJA 0]

Welcome LovinJA and Congrats

Ditto!!!

Thank you Denden.

Although I am new to posting, I have been following the entries for several months. I pray things are going well with you. I have been sending you positive vibes for awhile.

[LovinJA 0]

Welcome LovinJA, you will find a great deal of support here. No you are not losing it. We are all going through the same thing. Best wishes.

FYI, the embassy finally checked some of my emails that I sent over a month ago!!! They are such a mess. Thank God I have all the materials I need without their responses to the email.

Thanks! Positive vibes to you and your SO on 3/13!

[LovinJA 0]

Welcom Lovin JA to the yardie thread ! Make sure to fill in your timeline

AlienUKGirl thanks for the website I will go look at it when I get home from work.

Thank you! I am working on the timeline, and learning the in's and out's of the site.

[LovinJA 0]

Greetings,

I would like to first say I've been reading the posts in this forum for about 4 months. I nevered bothered registering, but felt like I was already apart of the family! I have celebrated with all of you as milestones were met, and felt your pain in attempting to get through to the Embassy on Mon. and Fri. between 1:30 and 3:30.... !!! So, I must say thank you to all for sharing your experiences. You will never know how many people just like me you are helping, because we haven't registered on the site, but we tune in daily or weekly to keep up with the events.

So, this is my first post! As brief background, I filed the I-129F Petition for K1 late Aug.06 for my fiance. He is in Jamaica. We met in Ochi in Dec. 04, and knew we wanted to spend our lives together by July 06. It has been very difficult being apart, long phone conversations, and very high phone bills. He doesn't have access to the internet, so we are doing what we have to do until we can be together. I must say, the process has been pretty smooth for us (I'm sure its because of all the great advice I've gotten from this site). Our I-129F package was accepted and approved with no incident. However, I must say, once our package arrived at the Embassy in Kingston, there was an instant halt to the progress for a few weeks. We fell into that timeframe where they were moving, so although it was sent to Kingston at the beginning of Dec., there was no action again until the middle/end of January, and that was only because after several calls and not getting through, I finally left a heated message on someone's voicemail threatening to escalate until I got some answers. Surprisingly, my fiance got a call an hour later. Now, after more calling, on Friday (2/23/07) I got through to a live person and was told that our interview letter was sent on Feb. 12th (but my fiance never received it), and our interview is scheduled for March 27th! Long sigh of relief.... My finace is going to the embassy tomorrow to pick up the package that never arrived in the mail. So, I am in the process of organizing everything for the interview, and am so excited to finally know when I will see my honey again. We've been putting off plans for my visit because we were anticipating the interview.

I have celebrated with each of you who have received interview dates, and those of you who have successfully gotten through the interview. I have also come close to tears on some of the sadder news that has been shared. I must say, those of us that go through this process are very strong people, and we need to acknowledge that strength and perserverence in our character. If we can get through this, we can accomplish anything!

I look forward to sharing with you all as we continue our journey. If anyone that is just starting out needs any information or advice, I would be happy to share, as so many of you have shared with me. Good luck to all with interviews in the coming weeks! Stay focused on your love and know that all will be well.

Welcome to the YARD!!! Good Luck on your interview.

Thanks! I am staying positive and believe the more we prepare, the less stressed we will be on 3/27! I am trying to get everything together now. It really helps to have this forum as a reference. My nerves have been calmed many days by reading the posts and knowing that others have made it through...

[Minfay 0]

I am staying positive and believe the more we prepare, the less stressed we will be on 3/27!

I think there is something wrong with "you" if you don't get stressed during this whole process As you said, be prepared and stay positive.....you will be just fine

[Jonesie 1]

Welcome LovinJA

Hey fam

[LovinJA 0]

I am staying positive and believe the more we prepare, the less stressed we will be on 3/27!

I think there is something wrong with "you" if you don't get stressed during this whole process As you said, be prepared and stay positive.....you will be just fine

Never said I don't get stressed...don't know where that came from but over-preparation makes things alot less stressful. In addition, because we haven't had any problems to date with having to resend documents, or not submitting proper docuementation, my outlook is very optimistic. The most stressful thing to date is being so far away from my honey. I guess everyone's experience is different. But I think I can safely say we all look forward to putting this process behind us.

[Jonesie 1]

Hey SJB

[Shemmy 4]

Hey SJB

Hey Jonesie, how are you?

Welcome LovinJA.

[Minfay 0]

I am staying positive and believe the more we prepare, the less stressed we will be on 3/27!

I think there is something wrong with "you" if you don't get stressed during this whole process As you said, be prepared and stay positive.....you will be just fine

Never said I don't get stressed...don't know where that came from but over-preparation makes things alot less stressful. In addition, because we haven't had any problems to date with having to resend documents, or not submitting proper docuementation, my outlook is very optimistic. The most stressful thing to date is being so far away from my honey. I guess everyone's experience is different. But I think I can safely say we all look forward to putting this process behind us.

Sorry.....I didn't mean YOU (LovinJA) -- I meant YOU as us, as a whole. We have all had our share of stressed-out moments going through this process. I was just agreeing with you.

[Susanwill 0]

Hey SJB

Hey Jonesie, how are you?

Welcome LovinJA.

Good Luck to everybody who has an interview scheduled within the next coming weeks....My thoughts are with ((((Ms & Mr Ricardo)))) today.