November 2012 filers

[Warren and Vivian 10]

Quick update: I emailed the embassy asking if they could tell me when the passport would be sent out. I was torn about emailing or not but the reply I got was '

Passport has been dispatched via FedEx. Follow up with them."

Picking her up on wednesday which is her birthday also. My parents will also be in town and will be there.....If you all cannot tell, I'm SUPER HAPPY as they say in the Philippines.

[LmmL 46]

My fiancé will arrive in Jakarta tomorrow. I borrow what Warren said.. i'm SUPER HAPPY! lol

[Em&Stephanie 3]

for those who have married, have you gotten your certified copies of your marriage certificates yet ? we need it for AOS and are still waiting for ours!!

We actually went to the courthouse to pick up our copies, rather than wait for them in the mail (they were only $2 per copy, so we got a few just in case). We haven't applied for the AOS yet, waiting to hear back from our lawyer about a couple of questions. My poor hubby is going stir crazy not being allowed to work or drive

[dwinge 34]

Quick update: Status is now Issued!!! Are we the last of the November filers to be completed now? We're hoping the passport os sent out today so that she flies on friday.

Not officially last, our status change to "Issued" just today

[Warren and Vivian 10]

Not officially last, our status change to "Issued" just today

Congratulations!!!!

[~*Amber*~ 4]

Just wanted to say Hii Sorry I haven't been on lately. We finally sent off our AOS paper work on the 9th. I wish all the paperwork was over but not even close lol.

We are going on our honeymoon on the 24th to Vegas. Pretty excited about that.

Still no official wedding photos yet

[~*Amber*~ 4]

Here are some the family took..

Edited September 18, 2013 by ~*Amber*~

[Kumi and Drake 14]

Those are beautiful wedding pictures. Congratulations!

[LmmL 46]

Beautiful pictures, Amber

[Taylor&Joey 0]

I guess we will be last. We are in AP.

[Stuart and Katie 13]

Good luck, Taylor&Joey. I can't imagine no hard that must be.

Amber, great pics. You look like a princess!

We realized the reason we haven't gotten our marriage certificate copies is because we forgot to include the check when it was mailed. Oops! Oh well, that's easily remedied. Luckily my workplace accepted a regular copy of the actual certificate so we were able to get Stuart on my insurance.

Still waiting on pictures!

[Lynkali 163]

Congrats to all of us, we deserve it I think!! -- and my best wishes to those of you still interviewing/waiting for visa!

It's hard to believe Mikko has already been here almost a week! He arrived last Friday, and POE in San Diego was very straightforward, only took about 45-50 minutes from when the plane landed. Had a great first weekend, and immediately bought a large smart TV (since I only had a very very old standard tv from 1990!), so he could spend some time while I'm at work watching TV. His belongings are being shipped from Finland, but that will take a few weeks, so in the meantime he's got the necessities and is settling in fine.

Only downside is that, as often happens, he caught some bug on the plane, and he's been quite sick for the past couple days, fever and cough and cold. Nothing needing a doctor, and it's getting better already now, but it kind of put a damper on the excitement (and intimacy!) levels for a few days. I think it's almost passed now, so we'll have another good weekend!

We retrieved his I-94 online, no problems there. Next Friday we'll go to the Social Security office and see if we can get his SSN -- hopefully that will also go smoothly. Wedding is scheduled for October 25, but that may have to be pushed back a week or so, since we're still waiting on the lawyers to finish up our pre-nup, so that's adding a little stress just waiting for them!

We've been exploring his interests in the area (local shops and things) when we have time, and we'll probably try to get a library card for him next week. After he has SSN, we'll try for a California state ID (maybe not allowed until after AOS, but we'll give it a try!), open a joint bank account, and various other things, so we still have a full schedule of things to be thinking about .... but it is SO MUCH BETTER to be here together every day and just relaxing in each others' company!

[Stuart and Katie 13]

Had a great first weekend, and immediately bought a large smart TV (since I only had a very very old standard tv from 1990!), so he could spend some time while I'm at work watching TV.

haha, one of the first things Stuart bought when he arrived was a big smart TV too! men!

hope Mikko is feeling better!

Edited September 23, 2013 by Stuart and Katie

[Kumi and Drake 14]

How's everyone doing? I'm hoping we could file AOS sometime next week.

@Lynkali: Oh Sorry he got sick. I guess it's normal though, because I got sick two weeks into my arrival and was told it's because of the ragweeds or something. I never had any allergic reactions to anything except those weeds. Lol.

[LmmL 46]

My fiance is with me since last week, we're in a trip to see the Borobudur Temple (was one of the seven wonders) with my parents & my brother.

I'm happy cuz we're together but i'm sad and worry cuz my younger brother's health is getting lower, i never been so far from him, he's the only brother i have, he keeps counting the days, i feel like he doesn't want me to leave, he's getting skinny and eat less food than he used to.

I need your Prayers