December Filers

[Mariye & Ky 172]

Morning all,

Yeah!!! I just checked Igor's this morning and we moved up 5 spaces since last night. I'm guessing that's a good thing around here, even though the list is not a promise. It does however put a little spark in the wait, don't you think?! So maybe all of us will start seeing more and more of our Decemberite family on the Approval list!!! LOL, I guess in the Fitness Challenge, we ought to STEP IT UP A BIT for the just in case!!! SWEAT MOVE & AND GET FIT (in that gown / tux).

At least my body has recovered from the other day lol.... gawd, that was ridiculous. I could barely type! lol so funny.

Today is Monday and I'm supposed to be off. Instead I'm playing catch up from last week. I got behind when I had other things heavily on my mind. Had a bit of a scare with Kadir everyday last week which I didn't mention on here. I needed more detail and confirmation so no need to go dramatize the whole situation, yanno? They teach us in grad school to assess the situation in an emergency... so probably a good thing my training came handy. Also, I was really concerned with our Japanese family & friends (and still am btw). Everything OK now, and even if none of you really knew what was going on with me, I am so grateful and appreciative that you all 'keep me busy' sort to speak. It really helped just being interactive on here with you! So thank you. Kadir is fine as we heard from him last night, (he got hold of mom & dad). <SIGH OF RELIEF> Geeze, I want him back in Adana, it gets pretty frightening over in Iraq. Talk about a "LONG WAIT OF SILENCE"! I'm mad at him now for scaring me to death! LOL LOL LOL

Hope all is fantastic with you!

Big love to all of you,

Mari

[Mariye & Ky 172]

I had an exciting night with my daughter, she did my hair with my hair piece and I loved it!! I put my dress on and jewlery and it is absolutely how I want it!!! It is such a good feeling when you know what you have purchased for your wedding attire is just what you wanted! So now in spirit of the fitness challenge off for a walk I go since the beautiful sun is shining.

Have a great day everyone,

Lise

Lise,

You're going to be one astonishing BRIDE ever! I love your dress!!!!!!!!

love ya,

Mari

[Mariye & Ky 172]

HEY DEC K1 2010 THREAD!! GET UPDATED ON THE NEWS AROUND HERE!!

*** You're going to see this message with updates around in future posts so ALL OF US can get ready for each step of the Visa Journey! !***

Here are the previous post that will give you Thread Map for the USCIS links & information Currently, we're working on preparation of Packet #2, Request to be Added to Timeline, Wedding planning and staying healthy so we won't stress out! Please join us and say hello to everyone.

• Page 17 ...............................Post # 251................................Packet #2 List ** PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS**
• Page 7................................. Post # 98.................................. Your NOA1 Date
• Page 49 .............................. Post # 732 ............................... Updated Timeline By DizzyLox with Dec Filer's Daily Updated List (Updated M-F, No weekends)
• Page 39............................... Post # 578............................... ADD ME to TIMELINE (Hit Reply for Dizzylox to Request Dizzy to Add you)
• Page 10 ...............................Post # 142............................... Dec K1 2010 Thread's GAME PLAN
• Page 11............................... Post #151.................................USCIS Service Center's EMAIL ADDRESSES & HEADQUARTER's SERVICE CENTER OPERATIONS
• Page 17................................Post #251.................................CSC & VSC Processing Time (not a promise or a guarantee)
• Page 20................................Post #294 ................................Igor's List CSC & VSC (Your place in line = approximation)
• Page 22................................Post #316 &329......................Preparation for Medical Examination // Amendment post# 329
• Page 23 .............................. Post# 341.................................CDC & Immigration Criteria for required vaccinations (record & history review for beneficiary)
• Page 23................................Post #345.................................Best Wedding links by Wendie
• Page 25................................Post#361..................................The Most Overlooked Tax Deductions Article by Kiplinger.com
• Page 25................................Post # 362.................................Nesting for our Fiance's new home! Clean, Declutter and Organize before they get here.
• Page 32................................Post # 468................................ Bec_Dipu's example of why we do not wait to gather our NOA2 packet documents.
• Page 33................................Post # 490.................................Required Documents for NOA2 (Post is duplicate so members can find easily)
• Page 37................................Post # 547.................................Stay Healthy! No Bridezilla's here. Part 1 of Series on health matters. Water Intake
• Page 40................................Post # 596.................................No Bridezilla's here. Part 2 of Series. Fiber
• Page 46................................Post #676..................................No Bridezilla here. Part 3 of Series. Walk our Talk & Exercise focus for your Bridal gown!
• Page 46................................Post #686..................................December Fitness Challenge Weblink Library (this post moves when people add to it)
• Page 49................................Post #723...................................Invite the US President, The Queen, and other Diplomats to your Wedding! by Shawn (uscmaviator).

Thanks Everybody our group is Energetic!

Mari

[Jay & Cici 3]

Hi Mari,

Im glad K is fine.. i know the feeling.. I pray for our loved ones and friends in Japan. What happened really did a tremendous change in the world today. Physically, the 8.9 intensity earthquake moved some part of Japan 9 feet which made it change the geographical map, it made the earth moved in axis a bit causing it to revolve a little bit faster. (am working in a broadcasting company here in PI) Geez... lets all pray, every second being spent without our beloved is really tough, and wasted..

prayers and love

Cici (and J)

[hope.andsun 7]

@ Jay&Cici

Wow! You sent your i-129 on November 27th and you already have your NOA2. My fiance sent ours on December 1st. Oh please I hope it will come soon! Congratulations!

[Shawn-n-Sonoko 9]

Morning all,

Yeah!!! I just checked Igor's this morning and we moved up 5 spaces since last night. I'm guessing that's a good thing around here, even though the list is not a promise. It does however put a little spark in the wait, don't you think?! So maybe all of us will start seeing more and more of our Decemberite family on the Approval list!!! LOL, I guess in the Fitness Challenge, we ought to STEP IT UP A BIT for the just in case!!! SWEAT MOVE & AND GET FIT (in that gown / tux).

At least my body has recovered from the other day lol.... gawd, that was ridiculous. I could barely type! lol so funny.

Today is Monday and I'm supposed to be off. Instead I'm playing catch up from last week. I got behind when I had other things heavily on my mind. Had a bit of a scare with Kadir everyday last week which I didn't mention on here. I needed more detail and confirmation so no need to go dramatize the whole situation, yanno? They teach us in grad school to assess the situation in an emergency... so probably a good thing my training came handy. Also, I was really concerned with our Japanese family & friends (and still am btw). Everything OK now, and even if none of you really knew what was going on with me, I am so grateful and appreciative that you all 'keep me busy' sort to speak. It really helped just being interactive on here with you! So thank you. Kadir is fine as we heard from him last night, (he got hold of mom & dad). <SIGH OF RELIEF> Geeze, I want him back in Adana, it gets pretty frightening over in Iraq. Talk about a "LONG WAIT OF SILENCE"! I'm mad at him now for scaring me to death! LOL LOL LOL

Hope all is fantastic with you!

Big love to all of you,

Mari

*singing* We're moving on up... on the Igor's list... *end horrible singing*

It really does feel like we are getting somewhere now doesn't!?!

I think your soreness is getting sent my way because I FINALLY started back my workout and my legs hurt now. Tomorrow is going to feel great but I have small six-pack (of beer) to loose from my belly. I will have a beach body by summer (and Sonoko's arrival!!)

-Shawn

[Shawn-n-Sonoko 9]

Hi Mari,

Im glad K is fine.. i know the feeling.. I pray for our loved ones and friends in Japan. What happened really did a tremendous change in the world today. Physically, the 8.9 intensity earthquake moved some part of Japan 9 feet which made it change the geographical map, it made the earth moved in axis a bit causing it to revolve a little bit faster. (am working in a broadcasting company here in PI) Geez... lets all pray, every second being spent without our beloved is really tough, and wasted..

prayers and love

Cici (and J)

I read about that today... so that means the flight to Japan should be shorter now right?!?! YAY!! LOL

On another note and me being my geek self (and a pilot), I wonder how the shift of the earth, the speeding of the rotation, and movement of landmasses from the earthquake has affected the accuracy of the GPS network. GPS is used so much now and is so accurate that errors of feet can be really bad. That also goes into the alignment of runways, radio navigation stations, and much more.

Welcome to my world of just the random thoughts!

-Shawn

[Mariye & Ky 172]

I read about that today... so that means the flight to Japan should be shorter now right?!?! YAY!! LOL

On another note and me being my geek self (and a pilot), I wonder how the shift of the earth, the speeding of the rotation, and movement of landmasses from the earthquake has affected the accuracy of the GPS network. GPS is used so much now and is so accurate that errors of feet can be really bad. That also goes into the alignment of runways, radio navigation stations, and much more.

Welcome to my world of just the random thoughts!

-Shawn

OK... I have come to the conclusion that most of us on here are the nerdiest, geekiest, goofiest and funniest group of forthcoming APPROVALS...in this whole forum of Filers!!

We are such a party of people here! Don't ya just love it!?

Signed,

The Trendy-Nerdy Island Gurl who is marrying a Turkish Delight that remains kinda lost in a desert for NOW!

[KiwiBird 132]

I agree, Mari!

[Piefre 15]

I'm back from seeing my fiance. How depressing.

Good news: Looks like my NOA1 receiving date I had listed was wrong. It's December 2nd, not 6th!

Bad news: VSC is still waaaaay behind CSC.

[rallybug 17]

Wow, that changed quick - go to Immigration Timelines and you get the date that it is guessed each service center is working on for I-129F petitions.

Yesterday, for CSC, it was November 10th - today it's October 27th

[Bec_Dipu 103]

I read about that today... so that means the flight to Japan should be shorter now right?!?! YAY!! LOL

On another note and me being my geek self (and a pilot), I wonder how the shift of the earth, the speeding of the rotation, and movement of landmasses from the earthquake has affected the accuracy of the GPS network. GPS is used so much now and is so accurate that errors of feet can be really bad. That also goes into the alignment of runways, radio navigation stations, and much more.

Welcome to my world of just the random thoughts!

-Shawn

I think we should all be prepared for mass chaos to ensue as thousands of terrible drivers turn left or right straight into a building because their GPS told them too

[Bec_Dipu 103]

Wow, that changed quick - go to Immigration Timelines and you get the date that it is guessed each service center is working on for I-129F petitions.

Yesterday, for CSC, it was November 10th - today it's October 27th

I hate reading that guess...I think whoever wrote the programming based it on the average of approved petitions so any petition that gets expedited or randomly approved throws it waaaaaayyyyy off. They should have written it to be based on the mode (the date occurring most often) or written the average to exclude outliers. That date just makes it totally depressing when you actually open Igor's list and see that no one from anywhere near that date is being processed in volume.

For all of you at VSC, have you seen this website? It shows that the VSC is totally kicking the CSC's butt with approvals this year...I bet you guys (and gals) catch up to us soon!

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/igor/vjdata/stats.aspx

[Bec_Dipu 103]

Today is the worst day ever!

Dipu has been trying to get his Delhi PCC and he took two witnesses to the police station today to vouch for him but the policeman wouldn't even entertain the witnesses because they don't reside on the same block address as him. Now he has to find two witnesses from the same block address as him with proof that they live there.

He has three roommates, but all of their identification lists an address from when they lived in another flat 4 years ago before they moved to their current flat with Dipu. He doesn't really know any of his other neighbors as he mostly keeps to himself.

What to do? I hate how corrupt and backwards the Indian government is. A police clearance certificate shouldn't be based on someone vouching for you...it should be based on whether or not you've committed a crime. If they are going to base it on interviews, then who cares where the witnesses live as long as they know you well and are willing to vouch. And to top it off, everyone seems to want a bribe...heaven forbid anyone do they work for which they are already paid! I don't know how he's gonig to find two people with documentation that he knows well enough that they will vouch for him unless he can convince his roommates to update their IDs.

Ahhhhhhhh...I feel like banging my head against a wall. Thank God we started working on this early instead of waiting until we got Packet 3.

Today is the best day ever! It is the one year anniversary of when I met the love of my life and my Dipu got his Delhi Police Clearance Certificate today!

He just happened to be on his terrace a few days after the post above and he saw the police man he originally spoke with. He went across the street to talk to the policeman and explain the issue he was having and the policeman asked him why he didn't just have his landlord go to the police station to vouch for him. Dipu told him that his landlord is a doctor and would not take time away from his clinic to do that and besides, he'd still need one more witness. The policeman asked to speak to Dipu's landlord so Dipu explained the situation to the Dr who went out and firmly told the policeman that he would have to accept his and his assistant's testimony (woo hoo, that makes two people!)here at the clinic. The policeman was surprised and embarrassed to find his very own Dr yelling at him

Later that night, the policeman stopped by and took the statements of the Dr and his assistant personally, collected a "fee" (for which there is no receipt, wink wink) from Dipu and several weeks later...we have it! I think this was definitely the hardest thing we were going to have to get and I am so thankful it all worked out!

[ManilatoSeattle 6]

@ Jay&Cici

Wow! You sent your i-129 on November 27th and you already have your NOA2. My fiance sent ours on December 1st. Oh please I hope it will come soon! Congratulations!

Me too! My sent our petition on December 1st. Good luck to all of us!

Congratulations Jay and Cici...