May 2011 Filers

[IYAAYAS05 1]

Congratulations!

thank you!

so.... any new updates from any other May filers?

[Team Katman 9]

thank you!

so.... any new updates from any other May filers?

Nope, nothing new here... still waiting for our NOA2. My fiance is going to call USCIS today and ask if our case has been assigned to a case officer yet.

[Ray-J 2]

thank you!

so.... any new updates from any other May filers?

I may not be a May filer, but I know you guys (and gals) consider me as family. We seem to have some positive movement on the NSO BC. After getting the help Ms. Guzman promised, we traveled to the NSO office in Quezon City today and spoke with Ms. Orcilia's secretary. We filled out a form and paid for our copy of the BC. We'll get to go back on Tuesday, Nov. 8 to pick it up. This is a process that would normally mean that the BC wouldn't be available until Nov. 22. In the mean time, I pray that we can get a CRBA appointment on either Nov. 8, 9, or 10. Mom and I leave for home on the 11th.

[southcalhog 43]

Nope, nothing new here... still waiting for our NOA2. My fiance is going to call USCIS today and ask if our case has been assigned to a case officer yet.

Hang in there "Team Katman", The wait is hard but worth it! Hang in there!

[southcalhog 43]

I may not be a May filer, but I know you guys (and gals) consider me as family. We seem to have some positive movement on the NSO BC. After getting the help Ms. Guzman promised, we traveled to the NSO office in Quezon City today and spoke with Ms. Orcilia's secretary. We filled out a form and paid for our copy of the BC. We'll get to go back on Tuesday, Nov. 8 to pick it up. This is a process that would normally mean that the BC wouldn't be available until Nov. 22. In the mean time, I pray that we can get a CRBA appointment on either Nov. 8, 9, or 10. Mom and I leave for home on the 11th.

Whats up Ray_J.You leaving on the 11tth and when did you arrive in the philippines? Also to consider, Mrs. Guzman really helped a lot to speed up the process. My Hat is off to her.so you planning on the CRBA Appointment to be the 8th, 9th, or the 10th? I will keep you guys in my prayers that you get it done. Im hoping ALL of you come back together!!!

[Ray-J 2]

Whats up Ray_J.You leaving on the 11tth and when did you arrive in the philippines? Also to consider, Mrs. Guzman really helped a lot to speed up the process. My Hat is off to her.so you planning on the CRBA Appointment to be the 8th, 9th, or the 10th? I will keep you guys in my prayers that you get it done. Im hoping ALL of you come back together!!!

Yes, Tom. Ms. Guzman did help speed up the process quite a bit. My hat is off to her as well. I'm planning on getting her and her office a little token of gratitude from one of the bakeries in the area. I've been here almost a month, now. I arrived on Oct. 10th. I would love to have another CRBA appointment before we leave so that I can just hand the Embassy cashier my debit card to pay for the processing. As for everyone leaving together, that's not going to happen, unfortunately. Appointments need to be made online and they can be very hard to come by. There was one available for today that was scooped up by someone in 10 minutes. I tried grabbing it just to open the CRBA case, but they still have our old appointment in the system (which won't let us make a new one until the old one is canceled). I've emailed the embassy to inquire if we can just walk the NSO copy in when we get it or if we need to make another appointment, and if so to please cancel the old one from before. In the mean time, I'm looking for cheap flights (preferably Korean Air routing through Inchon) to Chicago around Dec 10. That should give them plenty of time to get Serena's CRBA docs and passport to Amy.

[southcalhog 43]

Yes, Tom. Ms. Guzman did help speed up the process quite a bit. My hat is off to her as well. I'm planning on getting her and her office a little token of gratitude from one of the bakeries in the area. I've been here almost a month, now. I arrived on Oct. 10th. I would love to have another CRBA appointment before we leave so that I can just hand the Embassy cashier my debit card to pay for the processing. As for everyone leaving together, that's not going to happen, unfortunately. Appointments need to be made online and they can be very hard to come by. There was one available for today that was scooped up by someone in 10 minutes. I tried grabbing it just to open the CRBA case, but they still have our old appointment in the system (which won't let us make a new one until the old one is canceled). I've emailed the embassy to inquire if we can just walk the NSO copy in when we get it or if we need to make another appointment, and if so to please cancel the old one from before. In the mean time, I'm looking for cheap flights (preferably Korean Air routing through Inchon) to Chicago around Dec 10. That should give them plenty of time to get Serena's CRBA docs and passport to Amy.

Thats a Good idea for the Pastry(s) to her Office, what a cool Gesture.:thumbs:I see you been there a Month?WOW, expensive, but worth it. Like I said before, at least you will have them home for the Holidays!!!!:dance: I also see its hard to get an Appointment for your CRBA! I hope also they contact you with an Open slot for Appt. Keep us Posted, Ok!!

[Team Katman 9]

Hang in there "Team Katman", The wait is hard but worth it! Hang in there!

Thanks Thom! Your words of encouragement do make me feel better.

[southcalhog 43]

Thanks Thom! Your words of encouragement do make me feel better.

You WELCOME!!!

[Ray-J 2]

Thats a Good idea for the Pastry(s) to her Office, what a cool Gesture.:thumbs:I see you been there a Month?WOW, expensive, but worth it. Like I said before, at least you will have them home for the Holidays!!!!:dance: I also see its hard to get an Appointment for your CRBA! I hope also they contact you with an Open slot for Appt. Keep us Posted, Ok!!

Yeah, you're right. A month off is expensive but soooo worth it. The embassy contacting me for an appointment? Yeah, right! I wish it worked that way. I have to keep checking a website appointment system to see if there are any openings. If there are, they fill up fast.

[southcalhog 43]

Yeah, you're right. A month off is expensive but soooo worth it. The embassy contacting me for an appointment? Yeah, right! I wish it worked that way. I have to keep checking a website appointment system to see if there are any openings. If there are, they fill up fast.

Good Luck on that!

[Team Katman 9]

So my fiance called USCIS again, this time to see if our case had been assigned to a supervisor yet. He said the CSR guy he spoke with was really nice but he wouldn't put my fiance through to a Tier 2 Immigration officer. At first the CSR guy said that we should have received our approval by now, and he would go ahead and put in a service request. (Yippee!!) Then he did his bit on the computer at his end, and finally said, "Oh, looks like you are still in the normal processing time, I can't put in a service request..." blah blah blah. He said the immigration officer wouldn't be able to tell him if our case has been assigned to a case officer yet because cases are only adjudicated when they are approved or need additional information. Our case hasn't been approved yet because it hasn't been adjudicated yet. *sigh*

I kind of don't feel anything anymore, just numb about this whole sucky process. My fiance is going to call again on our 6-month mark, Nov 18... see if they say anything different.

[weh1706 0]

team katman sounds like bs to me but its gotta come soon good luck........

[weh1706 0]

southcalhog will nvc give us our mnl case # or does it come frum manila?? thanks

[southcalhog 43]

southcalhog will nvc give us our mnl case # or does it come frum manila?? thanks

you get your MNL Case Number from NVC! if You dont have the Number or Email for NVC to research your NOA 2 let us Know!? In rare cases your case for some Unknown reason goes to NVC and then Straight to the Embassy for you know it, BUT thats Rare! Proper Channel is Straight to NVC where you get your case Number. GOOD LUCK!!!

Edited November 3, 2011 by southcalhog