How to deal with the down time

[Jewel-8 21]

Do you have a link to a particular thread that touched you?

I think she is talking about this. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/232495-the-2010-london-waiver-list/page__pid__4017154__st__555#entry4017154

Some people have been waiting a year or 5.

[Fandango 1,440]

I think she is talking about this. http://www.visajourn...55#entry4017154

Some people have been waiting a year or 5.

Yep, that's it.

I'm pulling for all of them, but especially JustJ. Her husband has some sort of ridiculously stupid CIMT from eons ago, she has an ill mother that she is sole caregiver for, so she can't move there...and due to the CIMT, he can't visit, and they want a family, but she is in her mid-30s or so. I actually pray for her almost daily.

[treehugger 23]

Yep, that's it.

I'm pulling for all of them, but especially JustJ. Her husband has some sort of ridiculously stupid CIMT from eons ago, she has an ill mother that she is sole caregiver for, so she can't move there...and due to the CIMT, he can't visit, and they want a family, but she is in her mid-30s or so. I actually pray for her almost daily.

Yes, JustJ's case in particular really tugs at the heart-strings. She's been very quiet lately - I know she got a lot of good advice here and elsewhere as to what she might do next, so I'm hoping that she and her Irish farmer will be together soon in the US.

[Fandango 1,440]

Yes, JustJ's case in particular really tugs at the heart-strings. She's been very quiet lately - I know she got a lot of good advice here and elsewhere as to what she might do next, so I'm hoping that she and her Irish farmer will be together soon in the US.

The first time I happened across her story, I actually cried.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Wasn't he denied the other day after she thought he had been approved? I saw her post about the approval and I was so happy for them, and then... I actually did cry a little. It's terrible.

[Jewel-8 21]

Yep, that's it.

I'm pulling for all of them, but especially JustJ. Her husband has some sort of ridiculously stupid CIMT from eons ago, she has an ill mother that she is sole caregiver for, so she can't move there...and due to the CIMT, he can't visit, and they want a family, but she is in her mid-30s or so. I actually pray for her almost daily.

It seem the British spouses/fiance(e)s have stupid CIMTs from 20+ years ago that are just like the stupid things that most of us did at 18, and the US spouse/fiance has either kids or an aged parent that makes it too hard to move there.

It's all dumb. The embassy takes 6 months to make a decision in some of these cases. If they deny the waiver than the process starts all over again.

[Fandango 1,440]

Wasn't he denied the other day after she thought he had been approved? I saw her post about the approval and I was so happy for them, and then... I actually did cry a little. It's terrible.

I haven't checked the thread in a while, so I'm not really sure.

[Jewel-8 21]

I haven't checked the thread in a while, so I'm not really sure.

They received a denial, but it cited something about him overstaying the 90 day period of VWP and charged them with a misrep. She is sure that they NEVER went over the 90 days because they knew the rules for VWP. I am so happy if it gets reversed based on that.

They might have to file a second $600? waiver with an expensive attorney though.

Edited June 23, 2010 by Jewel-8

[treehugger 23]

You're not the only ones

Prayers and positive vibes being sent her way, and of course to the other waiver applicants. Every time I go past the embassy I look up at it and wonder if they have any idea how many people are waiting on tenterhooks.

Actually, they know precisely how many people are waiting, but you know what I mean!

[treehugger 23]

The embassy takes 6 months to make a decision in some of these cases. If they deny the waiver than the process starts all over again.

And that's in addition to the normal visa process of USCIS, NVC, interview...

[Fandango 1,440]

I am very staunchly anti-illegal, as many here already know, lol. And this is just insult to injury as to why...here we have loving, committed people...one of which is a USC who is willing to financially vouch for the other, and yet, all this ridiculous sh!t gets in the way. They try to follow all the rules, get poked and prodded physically, have their pasts scrutinized to the nth degree, have to stand accountable for dumb mistakes made in their youth, and STILL they are denied entry.

Yet, illegally cross a border, purposely perma-overstay a VWP or an expired visitor's/work visa, and you're part of the crew that bleeding hearts are pulling for with 'amnesty'. Break our laws, commit immigration fraud, possible identity theft, possible tax fraud, and you have congressmen PLUGGING for you. You have prior CIMTS or unknown communicable diseases, and no one to sponsor you? No big shakes.

It.makes.me.sick.

[treehugger 23]

They try to follow all the rules, get poked and prodded physically, have their pasts scrutinized to the nth degree, have to stand accountable for dumb mistakes made in their youth, and STILL they are denied entry.

Or possibly have a name similar to that of someone else (I'm still clueless about my AP, so that's all I'm left with lol)

[Gemmie 142]

I feel the same way, Lisa. I also don't like hearing of couples that plot to overstay on the VWP so that they can apply for AOS and stay together, for that exact reason.

I just read some of the Waiver thread and I'm deeply saddened by what happened to JustJ. Reading her moments of pure joy followed by that horrible news was like a shot to the gut. Especially since they completely disregarded all of the medical notes and then used a traffic ticket as evidence that he's some kind of criminal. How do those people sleep at night? It really does put it into perspective when you think you have problems.

Edited June 23, 2010 by Gemmie

[Fandango 1,440]

Or possibly have a name similar to that of someone else (I'm still clueless about my AP, so that's all I'm left with lol)

I don't mean to exclude others waiting for a waiver, my heart goes out to all of you btw. JustJ's situation is just even more heartbreaking to me, because I have dealt with the feelings of 'what if I'm too old to conceive' and that is positively devastating.

[treehugger 23]

I don't mean to exclude others waiting for a waiver, my heart goes out to all of you btw. JustJ's situation is just even more heartbreaking to me, because I have dealt with the feelings of 'what if I'm too old to conceive' and that is positively devastating.

Oh no, I agree entirely!! There are plenty of cases that are all waiting, but JustJ stands out because she has her Mum in poor health on the one hand, she and her husband wanting to start a family and a complicated situation made yet more difficult, and then on top of all that issues regarding VWP overstays (perhaps they confused her husband with someone else?) and a driving ticket being used in order to deny her application