March 2010 CR1 filers

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I think Tom upgraded me from meager peasant to a VJ super hero .

March2010...I just happened to be the 1st person to come along and NO PROB!!!! Glad to see some one is asking about something that will be helpful to all of us.

Chris&Cecil- yep. I think all of the rest of the Marchers are on "Initial Review" as well. That is where I was before the junk mail that changed my life .

I guess it is nice to feel useful somewhere.

I'm still waiting on my NVC case number so that gives you all time to come join me. Plus, my husband has yet to get all of his documents to me (at least another 2 weeks for me to receive them) and I'm having I-864 complications (who knows how long that will take)...so....I'm sure that by the time I get all of that figured out...we will still all be in the same NVC group slugging it out with the NVC AVR and the mail people who move slower than we would wish.

Good luck everyone...some one somewhere has to have news!!!!

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Don't be depressed John!!!! C'mon...you are supposed to be our cheerleader!!!! "John John, he's our man, if he can't do it then....WE MIGHT AS WELL GO HOME!!!!" Ok...not really. Even cheerleaders get depressed. There are March filers who haven't been online recently. If we could just hack into...I mean "check" their case statuses then we would know!

Anyone want me to check their case for them? J/K!!!!! That would make at least 2 compulsive checkers of that status every day....then USCIS might get upset . I think they sent me to NVC to make me quit calling regarding the lack of correct names on my NOA1's .

[Chris&Cecil 1]

I think Tom upgraded me from meager peasant to a VJ super hero .

March2010...I just happened to be the 1st person to come along and NO PROB!!!! Glad to see some one is asking about something that will be helpful to all of us.

Chris&Cecil- yep. I think all of the rest of the Marchers are on "Initial Review" as well. That is where I was before the junk mail that changed my life .

I guess it is nice to feel useful somewhere.

I'm still waiting on my NVC case number so that gives you all time to come join me. Plus, my husband has yet to get all of his documents to me (at least another 2 weeks for me to receive them) and I'm having I-864 complications (who knows how long that will take)...so....I'm sure that by the time I get all of that figured out...we will still all be in the same NVC group slugging it out with the NVC AVR and the mail people who move slower than we would wish.

Good luck everyone...some one somewhere has to have news!!!!

Thanks Teya i will tell my husband to check his junkmail everyday hehehe ..(who knows i'll be the next one to approved and the rest will follows) ....think positive and be patience march filers!!! God hear us all!

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Luck to everyone!!!!!!!!

[CaliPhil 0]

ok...need a response.... how important is it for me to inform my wifey of all thats going on up to this point and whats to come. its very extensive and i dont want her to get confused, scared, or even worried. this could all be intimidating to someone who doesnt know much about the overall process and has never been to America. what are some key things to talk to her about before all this breaks open??? come on crew... anything helps:) thank in advance

[TomD 4]

ok...need a response.... how important is it for me to inform my wifey of all thats going on up to this point and whats to come. its very extensive and i dont want her to get confused, scared, or even worried. this could all be intimidating to someone who doesnt know much about the overall process and has never been to America. what are some key things to talk to her about before all this breaks open??? come on crew... anything helps:) thank in advance

Up to what Point? Who knows about the overall process? We learn about the process. its up to you what level of involvement she has. There are things your wife will need to do. So she in my view needs to know certain things. I believe in teaching someone to fish rather than feeding them a fish. I would at a minimum provide her with LingChe's Short Cut. I have been dealing with my wife's frustrations with this process also. Hell I get frustrated also. She should in my view sign up on VJ and at least read about whats going on. This will improve her understanding and reduce the intimidation factor.

[KBcrand1 1]

I would love for my wife to read on here, but she doesn't read English.....

And

HELLO CALIFORNIA???? ARE YOU WORKING THIS WEEK???

[ak205 1]

Everyone is sleeping , no approval so far this week

common Californiaaaa

[pony1076 0]

Everyone is sleeping , no approval so far this week

common Californiaaaa

What is up with that ? Lots of K1's getting approved. Did they forget about us ?

Teya, what is your opinion of this ? Who do you think will be next ?

[TomD 4]

I would love for my wife to read on here, but she doesn't read English.....

And

HELLO CALIFORNIA???? ARE YOU WORKING THIS WEEK???

HAHA Thank makes a big difference. Well I am thinking ESL once she gets here.

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I know that another March filer got an NOA2 last night....PixieLulU got an approval...so they aren't completely asleep.

As for the spouses being involved....this is a very complicated process and for some one who isn't doing it hands on, the process is almost impossible to explain. My husband doesn't speak English either, so there goes him logging on to VJ (plus he has no time). As Tom said, you will need your wife to get certain things and send them to you. I told my husband this and he didn't want to do it until I absolutely needed them. Hopefully your wife will be more willing to get these things ahead of time and save you some time in the NVC stage. The USCIS stage is just waiting. I would tell your wife that it will take 6 months and that after that if you haven't heard anything, you will call them and figure out what is going on. Explaining that it could take 3 months and then getting both of your hopes you is no good. The NVC stage is the most important part for your wife's involvement. I would also tell her about the things that will come after NVC, like her medical and the interview. If course, these steps will probably be forgotten by her and will need to be gone over as it gets closer to having all of your NVC things done and time of the actual medical and interview. If at all possible, try and go to the interview with your wife and be there ahead of time so that you both can talk it over. Of course, it is up to you about how much you explain. Since your country has plenty of people on here going through/have been through this process, you could probably ask one of them to explain it to your wife in tagalog.

Hopefully we will hear some more approval notices. I sent out PM's last night to people from Feb and early March to see if they have received their NOA2's and maybe just have not updated us all.

[rvince 0]

Don't be depressed John!!!! C'mon...you are supposed to be our cheerleader!!!! "John John, he's our man, if he can't do it then....WE MIGHT AS WELL GO HOME!!!!" Ok...not really. Even cheerleaders get depressed. There are March filers who haven't been online recently. If we could just hack into...I mean "check" their case statuses then we would know!

Anyone want me to check their case for them? J/K!!!!! That would make at least 2 compulsive checkers of that status every day....then USCIS might get upset . I think they sent me to NVC to make me quit calling regarding the lack of correct names on my NOA1's .

I check my status sometimes 3 times a day. I just wish I could fall asleep and not wake until the approval alert comes to my cell phone.

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It would be nice to just sleep until that day. Then again...if they (hopefully not even close) choose to make some poor person wait 6 months....then they would become Rip Van Winkle! Maybe some one has some good news for today!

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I got my case number!!!! Woo hoo!!!! "Please allow 6-8 weeks for the beneficiary to receive notice " Sure....

[TomD 4]

KB's wife is from Brazil so Portuguese would be her language. Tagalog would not help her much...haha... Cali's wife is from PI where almost everyone speaks some English. Matter of fact their schools and most legal documents that I know of are written in English. Strange huh... Then you get into the Providences and everyone speak their own dialect. WHOA... now I am confused. But that's the way it is.

My wife is a much better speller than I am. However she gets confused when speaking English with me sometimes which is surprising to me as she has a Masters Degree. They just seldom hear English as we speak it and when they speak it its sometimes less than clear to me anyway. She will eventually get it. I know I would be lost if I had to speak Tagalog. I would have to resort to being a Caveman... and use hand signs...

I ask Annie if she has been on this site because I ask her to get on long ago. Well she said YES!!! Once....lol oh boy... But to be fair she is still working at her job and her time is limited. Now she is getting the last bits of her info together to send to me. I have scrubbed her paperwork and we are go just waiting for the NBI Police Certificate. I know she is stressing cause she stops speaking with me haha.

As I am a late March NOA1 we still (in my view) have lots of time to get it. If our process takes too long say October then I will fly back to PI and we can return together after taking a short Trip to Thailand.

Good luck to all the earlier filers I need you to move before I can get my hopes up...

Take Care ALL