March 2010 CR1 filers

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Hopefully little fairies will come into our lifes and make us have interviews before the year is up. It is aggrevating to think that I could be done already and him here. The reason why I say this is because we procrastinated for months on end...but we could be done already! Grr!!! Oh well. All I know is that we (my daughter and I) will be spending X-Mas with my husband come hell or high water (not really those...please stay away from me hell and high water).

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Teya - did they ever mail you the corrected version NOA1 yet? I hope/pray that they send NOA2 with it as well. Your turn is coming up anyway as most of the Feb filers are done. Or so i think they are done

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I think (based on my last touch being May 13th....unless they just decided to buen the file b/c I have called so many times) that my 3rd NOA1 should be sitting in my mailbox today.

I meant burn not buen. .

[johndoe12 2]

oh ok. That's good news I guess. Now they better have a priority date of March 1st on that NOA1.

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My priority date on the 1st NOA1 was Feb 21st (the day that they received it at the Lockbox).

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It sounds like we all need to take a trip to visit Tom and go kayaking. Something to get our minds off of crummy time line guesses that just make us mad and USCIS time lines that break our patience. We need something to get us back to the original "I can't wait for my NOA1!!!!" giddiness that wracked our brains. If all of us get bent out of shape in the USCIS stage...the NVC stage will eat us alive. USCIS is nothing compared to NVC. We need some hope! No one took Tom up on his suggestion of NVC checklist. Any other ideas of what to do to pass the time? Any one interested in playing a game? Or setting time goals? Like little things we could get done or do within a week and track other ppl's progress (non-visa related). Lame! I can hear you screaming at the screen .

[johndoe12 2]

Just got back from my 6 mile paddle and it was fun. It started to rain on the way to the lake but stopped once I got there and met up with 2 others who joined me on the paddle. This keeps me off the couch and reduces my beer consumption..haha

This is just my opinion. I don't know what it will be like going forward because I have never walked that walk. I do not this. I will be involved in what ever forum it may be, that I get the most benefit from. I would think everyone else would be in the same mind set. Personally I think we have several weeks and maybe more before we hear anything. I am March 23 NOA1 so I have more wait time than many of you which is okay with me. Like I stated earlier I had some delays but I think I have worked through those issues and will be on a roll now.

What I am finding is now that I am waiting my mind is not as focused and when I was questioning. So let me propose something to the March NOA1-ers. Our First deliverable after receipt of NOA2 is the DS 3032. This one is a "No Brainer" I think, But is gets a little more complicated on the DS 230 and the I-864 packets I think. Well here is my proposal or suggestion. Lets get a list together for each of us who want to do this in order of our NOA1 date. Then one by one go down the list. When its your turn post Your Table of Contents List located on your Cover Letters. The Details of your individual forms is still your responsibility we are not reviewing then we are just making sure you have a complete package. Moving on...

Then the rest of us who want to participate can review and comment in the same order as our NOA1 List. Don't put personal info out there but do something like this...

TomD DS 230 Package Content form Cover Letter.

Please find enclosed the following items comprising the DS-230 packet. I would kindly request that originals of pertinent documents be returned to my spouse at the time of the interview in Manila (my spouse can provide photocopies for your official records, if needed):

 Two (2) Passport Size Photographs of Beneficiary (NVC Case Number, beneficiary’s full name, and date of birth are printed on back of both photographs)

 DS-230 Form Part 1 (2 pages) completed and signed by beneficiary

 DS-230 Form Part 2 (2 pages) completed by beneficiary – unsigned, as of yet, per instructions

 Photocopy (2) of the Beneficiary’s Passport Biographic Data Page

 Original/Certified Birth Certificate of beneficiary and a copy

 Original/Certified Marriage Certificate and a copy

 Original Police Certificate for Beneficary and a copy

 Original/Certified Police Clearance Certificate and a copy

Then we look at them one at a time and make our comments based on our reading the Govmt form instructions and the LingChe Short Cut.

Comments should be clearly written per each line Item. Like this

Comments on TomD's DS230 Package

 Original Police Certificate for Beneficiary and a copy -

Comment #1: Make sure there is a Police Certificate from each location where the Beneficiary has lived for more than six months is attached

Comment #2: Listed each Police Certificate Separately on the Cover letter.

Comment #3: There is a typo on the word Beneficary should read Beneficiary

You get the idea. Then to keep this from getting to redundant the First Reviewer (person following poster on list) will post his comments then the second reviewer can Cut and Paste and add any comment to the Cut and Paste. If you have no comments then Cut and Paste the previous comment list posted and state NO Comments. When we get 3 No Comments then it is considered GOOD and we go to the next person and the person below them is the first reviewer. Hope that makes sense. Eventually We will have redundant comments. I dont know how long that will take but once we have say 2 Cover Letter list with Redundent comment then we are done with that Package. We can all use the same comment sheet to check our package and then go on to the next package.

Hope this makes sense. We maybe should do this on a separate forum so we dont bother those who are not interested. Then again we can also say "Hey TomD this is a compolete waste of time. Go Kayaking and stop making work for us. "

TomD - I like your idea but I think there are some sample cover letters on VJ wiki that has most of the items you have mentioned here.

Here is one for DS230: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/DS-230_Cover_Letter

Here is one for I864: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/I-864_Cover_letter

I guess we can just use this format and it has created and is available to use

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It sounds like we all need to take a trip to visit Tom and go kayaking. Something to get our minds off of crummy time line guesses that just make us mad and USCIS time lines that break our patience. We need something to get us back to the original "I can't wait for my NOA1!!!!" giddiness that wracked our brains. If all of us get bent out of shape in the USCIS stage...the NVC stage will eat us alive. USCIS is nothing compared to NVC. We need some hope! No one took Tom up on his suggestion of NVC checklist. Any other ideas of what to do to pass the time? Any one interested in playing a game? Or setting time goals? Like little things we could get done or do within a week and track other ppl's progress (non-visa related). Lame! I can hear you screaming at the screen .

That sound like a great idea. Its not lame that will help us take this timeline off our minds. Am with Tom too let's start doing this so we can all feel better.

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We could do a scavenger hunt! . Sorry, I am tired. Anyone in? Anyone have ideas of what we could do?

Btw, thanks Tena13 for your support.

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It sounds like we all need to take a trip to visit Tom and go kayaking. Something to get our minds off of crummy time line guesses that just make us mad and USCIS time lines that break our patience. We need something to get us back to the original "I can't wait for my NOA1!!!!" giddiness that wracked our brains. If all of us get bent out of shape in the USCIS stage...the NVC stage will eat us alive. USCIS is nothing compared to NVC. We need some hope! No one took Tom up on his suggestion of NVC checklist. Any other ideas of what to do to pass the time? Any one interested in playing a game? Or setting time goals? Like little things we could get done or do within a week and track other ppl's progress (non-visa related). Lame! I can hear you screaming at the screen .

LOL!!!!! Good one. I just replied back to TomD's idea. Its not a bad one but i think the cover letter is already ready for use on VJ wiki. I just used that format and have most of the documents ready. Just waiting for my wife to mail it over here and I should have it in hand by end of July at the latest. This includes:

Marriage certificate

Birth certificate

Police clearance certificate

DS230 form signed

Photocopy of passport

I have in my hand:

Filled out I864ez

Tax transcripts

Tax returns (efiled ones at least)

w2 forms

pay stubs

employment verification (just need to date it and have it printed)

Bank statements if they need it. Might not send it in though.

Dont know what else i can do now. MAN i did this too early. Should have started now so i could have had some work to do

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Or we could become pen pals. Honestly people....as you can see I am digressing. Give an idea to make me stop typing nonsense.

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John, do you already have the 2 passport sized pics of your wife?

[johndoe12 2]

yes ma'am. I have 4-6 actually

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Good for you. Now go find something for the scavenger hunt!!!!!

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Hahaha. I know i need something to do now. This is going to drive us all crazy. I even stopped looking at the timeline and the USCIS website. I just got an email from a friend saying its 6 months now. THat's the reason i checked. Shouldn't have checked it. Oh well too late.