May Filers

[Allegra+Hadrien 2]

It took about 3 weeks. Hadrien wants sooner...we'll see. Let me know when u get ur number!

[nickoxxy 2]

Just checked my wife's e-mail box (created for correspondence with NVC) and got e-mail saying that my wife's passport with visa and immigration package is on its way to Markham (DHL destination in Toronto) and will be there on Monday-Tuesday. The only thing left - POE.

I hope to manage somehow and get to Canada to drive my wife to the USA so we can celebrate upcoming New Year together .

I've decided to return my home page, where I started my visa journey back in May. I'm feeling myself kinda sentimental now to flash back and to see how everything has started. It's always challenge whenever you start something new. Once I heard from my wife that she had passed the interview, later on, I've just recalled everything how it was starting back in April (In fact, my petition was ready long time before April, we just constantly argued on whether to start this IR1 process or not), when my wife came for the Easter, and Easter's Sunday evening, instead of enjoying our time together (she was coming back to Toronto next evening), we were going through the I-130 petition papers, making sure everything was in order and my wife signed her G325a with attachments. Then, when I was ready to send it, I had realized that the place of marriage on certificate didn't match with one on G325a . I had to re-print those papers, send them over to my wife in Canada, have her sign them and get back to me. Finally the corrected I-130 package has been fired out on May 16th and the countdown has begun. And on the Labor Day in September while checking the USCIS web-site I got notification that my petition was approved and sent to NVC for further processing. Couple more weeks - and NVC phase had started. The beginning of electronic processing was really fast, then it slowed down a little bit, still on October 19th it was completed and on November 4th we got interview date.

This is really long process and lucky those who got their visas approved withing short time-frame. This process really tests you for how patient you're and how strong your relations are. There always gonna be ups and downs in this process in terms of maintaining strong and true relationship (me and wife are not exception in this). In other words, whole this process of family re-uniting takes a lot of patience. What really helps out in this case - try to focus on something else, then the time would start moving faster and you'll get to your target.

I want to wish everyone on VJ (not only May IR1/CR1 filers) happy-end, which means those magic words: "Welcome to the USA!". Just be patient and you'll get there sooner or later!

[Allegra+Hadrien 2]

Nickky, I love it man, I feel the same way. I will write a better response when I am not so busy. Glad you are both going to be reunited soon. Long distance make people go crazy I hope you can pick her up soon.

p.s. that was so cool about her interviewer living in Ukraine before.

[nickoxxy 2]

Nickky, I love it man, I feel the same way. I will write a better response when I am not so busy. Glad you are both going to be reunited soon. Long distance make people go crazy I hope you can pick her up soon.

I'm glad that we both have the same feeling and thank you for the nice words!

p.s. that was so cool about her interviewer living in Ukraine before.

Yeap, as I've mentioned earlier I wonder what language did they both use at the interview ?

Still, haven't had a chance to talk to my wife in details about the interview: she's really enjoying her time in Montreal , in order words, who cares about husband .