January I-129F filers

[rayandmel 39]

Oh well, let's say I just don't get excited after a week of one approval a day to see six January approvals. I'm not a downer, I just don't want to keep my hopes up as I did for the past 3 months and ended up with a great disappointment each time I saw some movement. And that and only that made me down. Everyone deals with this journey the way that makes them feel better. That's my way of dealing with this now. If I see this consistency for the next 3-5 days then I'll believe something has finally moved at VSC!

Having said that I am of course really happy for each and every person approved today that's us getting closer each day with every new approval..

Oh Sabi, I'm not picking you, you know I am here for you! I just want to give you a boost. I want to make sure you stay my upbeat friend! This will all be done soon, keep your head above the water just a bit longer. To be frank, the government is just F-ing with all of us. Most government employees don't have heavy demands on productivity. I mean, seriously, this country can't even approve a budget most years...

This is likely one of the hardest things any of us will go through, and I know my friends who have not gone through it would disagree, but what do they know, hahaha, I think that each and every one of us will appreciate our partners so much more and our marriages will be so much stronger than a traditional relationship. Hang in there Sabi and everyone! And congrats to those approved. As for me, I can not take it any longer, I am flying to Ireland today to get some SUGAR!!!! Hug all!

[sabi 148]

Oh Sabi, I'm not picking you, you know I am here for you! I just want to give you a boost. I want to make sure you stay my upbeat friend! This will all be done soon, keep your head above the water just a bit longer. To be frank, the government is just F-ing with all of us. Most government employees don't have heavy demands on productivity. I mean, seriously, this country can't even approve a budget most years...

This is likely one of the hardest things any of us will go through, and I know my friends who have not gone through it would disagree, but what do they know, hahaha, I think that each and every one of us will appreciate our partners so much more and our marriages will be so much stronger than a traditional relationship. Hang in there Sabi and everyone! And congrats to those approved. As for me, I can not take it any longer, I am flying to Ireland today to get some SUGAR!!!! Hug all!

I know Mel! I am hating myself like that too no more bad attitude though! I have to get back to my positive self and give some positive energy to others

Enjoy your trip! And bring some sun over to Ireland please!

Edited July 12, 2012 by sabi

[Michel and Kim 4]

OMG... Can you say glass half empty???? I will take the 8 approvals from today and pray that means some people are off vacation up there... Sorry ya'll but I can't take much more Debbie Downer from anyone! Myself included. 8 is better than we have seen in a long time!

I couldn't have said it better, I guess I'm a half full person so that's why I said congrats.

I choose to believe in a pre August 1st approval. It keeps me going and it keeps me positive!

Next to that there is so much stuff we focus on. Bridal shower for Kim, finding matching pants for me, sorting details for the Bachelor party, Skyping with the wedding planner, thinking about how in the world we are going to implement a Huppa in front of an old barn, wedding shoes for Kim, designing the invitations with Illustrator... I mean I can go on for ages. We are focussed on the wedding every. single. day. And I must say that makes both of us really happy and the time go by more quick.

That's not to say that we don't have our bad days. Just yesterday morning I cried like a baby because I'm not with my Kim, I live in a house with an older couple (kinda feels like going back living with my parents), nobody here seems to understand what we're going through etc. etc. but then there is Kim who picks me up and encourages me and makes me realize how much this is worth it! When she has a bad day, I pick her up.

My congrats was especially to the folks that actually got their NOA2! I'm really glad for them. We pray for January and Februari filers every day!

Having said that I am of course really happy for each and every person approved today that's us getting closer each day with every new approval..

That's the spirit!!! : o)

Edited July 12, 2012 by Michel and Kim

[sabi 148]

Exactly. If you ever wanted a test of a relationship. The arguments, the stress and difficulty this has caused because of the waiting, the messing around. I think it's only the military that has us beat on distance from partners.

We all deserve far more credit than we actually get for surviving this. Doesn't matter how strong your relationship is, doesn't matter how patient you think you are, this process is infuriating, it's stressful and it's downright painful.

well said! our pot of gold is waiting at the end of this huge rainbow!

[sabi 148]

That's not to say that we don't have our bad days. Just yesterday morning I cried like a baby because I'm not with my Kim, I live in a house with an older couple (kinda feels like going back living with my parents), nobody here seems to understand what we're going through etc. etc. but then there is Kim who picks me up and encourages me and makes me realize how much this is worth it! When she has a bad day, I pick her up.

That's the spirit!!! : o)

We do the exact same... well recently it's him picking me up but whenever he has a bad day I change into that positive person again... anyway as I said, I thought things over and I am going to be bursting with a positive energy again!

It's Thursday guys and you know what they like doing on Thursday!!! well few more hours and we are about to find out!

[OrderofProtection 42]

We do the exact same... well recently it's him picking me up but whenever he has a bad day I change into that positive person again... anyway as I said, I thought things over and I am going to be bursting with a positive energy again!

It's Thursday guys and you know what they like doing on Thursday!!! well few more hours and we are about to find out!

My fifth niece was born today!!!

Katherine Faith

So as proud Aunt Mary, I say bring it on VSC, because it's already a beautiful day for me and I've got some January friends here that deserve some GREAT news!!!

[Texas22 50]

Hi Tex, I don't want to disappoint you more, but VSC takes little bit more time to answer RFE, we received the same RFE from vermont and they took 38 days to answer us, the same for Neetz.

I really hope they are working hard now, so they could take less time to answer you.

Good luck!!!

I hope so too mimicoco! The kids and I are leaving in 12 days to go down for a 3 week visit... I'm hoping we get the approval while we are there with him.

[Michel and Kim 4]

We do the exact same... well recently it's him picking me up but whenever he has a bad day I change into that positive person again... anyway as I said, I thought things over and I am going to be bursting with a positive energy again!

It's Thursday guys and you know what they like doing on Thursday!!! well few more hours and we are about to find out!

ROAR!! It's Thursday!!!!

[sabi 148]

My fifth niece was born today!!!

Katherine Faith

So as proud Aunt Mary, I say bring it on VSC, because it's already a beautiful day for me and I've got some January friends here that deserve some GREAT news!!!

awww so sweet! Congrats to parents and auntie

[katchoo12 8]

Right, so updates for yesterday , here you go:

January 5:

2 x approval

January 30:

3 x approval

January 31:

2 x approval

1 x RFE

I have just one question: where is our box since they managed to skip all our petitions and bravely work on the end of the month???

I had the same question ! Where are mid-Jan ????

[P+J 47]

I noticed another 1/18 approval from yesterday (7/11)..it was several petitions before mine..but looks like about half of the petitions in my group remain unapproved...maybe by the end of the week some more mid Jan petitions will receive approval. it's all very strange...

[Knope2012 10]

Seriously, why are they ignoring mid-January? It can't be one adjudicator who has them all. I think I found my positive thought for today: I'm a million times closer to having my fiance here forever than I was 6 months ago. At least we are in a process, flawed as it may be.

[djricky4 67]

I noticed another 1/18 approval from yesterday (7/11)..it was several petitions before mine..but looks like about half of the petitions in my group remain unapproved...maybe by the end of the week some more mid Jan petitions will receive approval. it's all very strange...

man this dam wait sucks, its like Russian Roulette, people filing month end getting approved and thing and we all sent in the same petition with pretty much the same info and the same forms, except for a few who has filed petitions before, kids, and are divorce. I thought the fact that ours was so straight forward..no criminal background, no kids, no divorce, no waivers, pretty much the same age would have helped but apparently not.

[sabi 148]

I can't wait for them to update the website and see what they will do about the processing time, very curious about that...

[P+J 47]

I can't wait for them to update the website and see what they will do about the processing time, very curious about that...

definitely...I'll be shocked if they don't increase the processing time...When I called this morning, it was the same old script from 3 weeks ago! Processing January 9th...Can't file service request...what the hell...