April 2014 TSC Filers

[theintersect 11]

Same same! I WANT MY NOA2!!!!

Congratulations, I'm so happy for you! I totally mean that, we TSC peeps gotta stick together.

Here's to us TSC peeps sticking together! Seeing the news about someone in April being approved made me smile! I'd like to think that his means that TSC is starting to catch up and churn out some approvals but I am cautiously optimistic. I appreciate any small amount of hope. Here's to speedy approvals for everyone! This whole process will go down as one of the most difficult things I did in my life but it also will have the greatest reward at the end! Here's to staying as positive as possible.

[Lilay 87]

I'm trying to not get my hopes up. They're being so rude to December & January filers when they call in, that I don't think they'll be speeding up to us anytime soon (though I want them to, so so badly) my best guess is things will improve a bit, causing most of us to be approved in the 5 month time. It seems to take 2-3 months from noa2 to visa so I'm hoping mid December anyway, for me. *fingers crossed* we are not planning a wedding. This process is too stressful & I have a very small family & very few friends, so we are just going to the courthouse. Cheap, simple. And we plan on filing for ap with aos so we can visit his family a few months after we're married. All I want is to be matts wife & start a life with him. Long distance sucks & I'm not cut out for this! (I'm not giving up, he's my soulmate). But I digress, aim for December/January. If tsc continues on this trend though, it looks like it'll be next year

I know I also don't want to get my hopes up... There are still lots of months ahead of us. They still haven't even finished January filers, I don't know how in the world an April filer got approved! But it's good news, I guess, I don't hope for much but it made me happy We're thinking of January, too, despite the fact that I've always wanted an outside wedding Oh well..

Lilay:

My fiancé its such a good man that with the goal to distract me and relief the waiting sickness about the procedure, he got me entertained with the shopping online of my dress and all the things that I need for the wedding ceremony.

We are in middle of the planning of 3 important days for us: a good bye reunion with my family in my country (because he will go for me when I get the K-1 visa from the CJ consulate) this because he dont want me do the trip to USA all alone , the civil wedding in NC - that we will have as soon I get there for be able to do the AOS asap- and the wedding celebration with his family in the state where he was born with his family (my parents and sister will travel to be present there). So im really excited because we are together doing plans about what kind of party we will have (probably and outdoor wedding in the garden or backyard) and shopping for our great day andthe best of everything its that his family are getting involved too with the wedding there!.

Will all that I must say that I feel less the stress about the slow work from TSC.

Regards!

Nice to hear that!! I'm also keeping myself busy with that! But the suspicion is killing me...

[Julie+Matt 84]

I've been using this time waiting to save up money for when my fiancé gets here. I'm currently living with my parents in order to save the money I would be paying on rent & utilities & have a rough estimate of 7 grand by December (assuming we get approved noa2 in September. However, with how slow tsc is being, it could be longer.) I just can't handle being in a long distance relationship, it sucks! (I never wanted to be in one, I just happened to fall in love with him the more we talked).

Anyway, it's been a bit over a month since my last visit & waiting 6, 7 or 8 months until I see him again is just killing me. So, I booked a flight last night for mid august. I still have 5 vacation days left at work...and it's $500 more than my last two flights cuz it's summer:( oh, but he's worth it! So, I'll be seeing him again in two months, and hopefully a month later we will get our noa2! Oddly enough, it's $70 cheaper to fly out of the local airport this time instead of driving down to Washington like last time! Yay! I have something to look forward to which should help immensely. I don't know how some of you can deal with long distance relationships...granted, it's brought us really close cuz we have to talk everyday (& I'm so grateful for it, I'll never take him for granted once he's here)

I'm also gonna call today about getting a second job one day a week (I work 6 days full time) there's a flagging company that's hiring & they pay really well & seem to always need staff. So, 4 days a month could easily give me an extra $600 a month, which is awesome, if they'll hire me. I'm also gonna take a loan from my 401k cuz there's no penalty, the interest is crazy low & paying back is relatively easy. I can take out $12000 from it, & I have 6 years to pay it back at $50 a paycheck.

But I digress...I get to spend another 9 days with my love in 2 months!!! And in case I get an RFE, I'll have even more evidence of having met him (even though I did meet him before I filed).

Ok, I just wanted to share my trip. I'm so excited!!!

[Lilay 87]

I've been using this time waiting to save up money for when my fiancé gets here. I'm currently living with my parents in order to save the money I would be paying on rent & utilities & have a rough estimate of 7 grand by December (assuming we get approved noa2 in September. However, with how slow tsc is being, it could be longer.) I just can't handle being in a long distance relationship, it sucks! (I never wanted to be in one, I just happened to fall in love with him the more we talked).

Anyway, it's been a bit over a month since my last visit & waiting 6, 7 or 8 months until I see him again is just killing me. So, I booked a flight last night for mid august. I still have 5 vacation days left at work...and it's $500 more than my last two flights cuz it's summer:( oh, but he's worth it! So, I'll be seeing him again in two months, and hopefully a month later we will get our noa2! Oddly enough, it's $70 cheaper to fly out of the local airport this time instead of driving down to Washington like last time! Yay! I have something to look forward to which should help immensely. I don't know how some of you can deal with long distance relationships...granted, it's brought us really close cuz we have to talk everyday (& I'm so grateful for it, I'll never take him for granted once he's here)

I'm also gonna call today about getting a second job one day a week (I work 6 days full time) there's a flagging company that's hiring & they pay really well & seem to always need staff. So, 4 days a month could easily give me an extra $600 a month, which is awesome, if they'll hire me. I'm also gonna take a loan from my 401k cuz there's no penalty, the interest is crazy low & paying back is relatively easy. I can take out $12000 from it, & I have 6 years to pay it back at $50 a paycheck.

But I digress...I get to spend another 9 days with my love in 2 months!!! And in case I get an RFE, I'll have even more evidence of having met him (even though I did meet him before I filed).

Ok, I just wanted to share my trip. I'm so excited!!!

Yayy!!! Happy that you two will see each other! I know exactly how it feels like I just came from the US, it's been two weeks and I already miss him! But the next time I'll go there, it'll be for good! I hope you have a wonderful time!!

No approvals in TSC for the past two days! At least not on Igor's List that I can see!

[Wendy71 26]

Your I-129f was approved in 49 days from your NOA1 date, yeah!

This is good news for everyone! We never expected the be the first, we were just hoping to see someone make forward progress to give us inspiration that we were not to far behind.

This is a very, very, very happy day for us and we wish everyone the same luck and a bright and happy future together.

Congratulations

[Wendy71 26]

Yayy!!! Happy that you two will see each other! I know exactly how it feels like I just came from the US, it's been two weeks and I already miss him! But the next time I'll go there, it'll be for good! I hope you have a wonderful time!!

No approvals in TSC for the past two days! At least not on Igor's List that I can see!

This whole process is very stressful my fiancé and I have had to refile the last being under VSC and we got caught up in their back log we were not fortunate to be transferred. Now we are with TSC and what do you know another back log I must say I have lost a little faith in the USCIS process. My last visit with him was 7 months ago we text and Skype everyday but its not the same as you guys are aware, I am considering making another trip its just the thought of leaving him behind again its too heart breaking

[Clauydulce 2]

I was wondering why my case hasn't been touched yet?

[Texasav8r 183]

I was wondering why my case hasn't been touched yet?

Because you are at TSC and the average time is 5 months...

[Lilay 87]

This whole process is very stressful my fiancé and I have had to refile the last being under VSC and we got caught up in their back log we were not fortunate to be transferred. Now we are with TSC and what do you know another back log I must say I have lost a little faith in the USCIS process. My last visit with him was 7 months ago we text and Skype everyday but its not the same as you guys are aware, I am considering making another trip its just the thought of leaving him behind again its too heart breaking

I know how difficult this whole process is and how heart breaking it is to see CSC April filers getting married already But we have to hold on and not lose faith! I have always thought no matter what happens, it is for a good reason in the future and even though it seems so hard to believe it right now, maybe in the future we will see that this was the best for us.

For me and my fiance, we try to think of this waiting process as saving up more money and me spending more time with my family and friends before I move to the US. This keeps us positive

If you're able to go visit him, I recommend that you should! I've just came back from my visit and it helped us both and gave us more patience to wait Don't worry about leaving him behind again, because it will be the LAST goodbye and the next time you'll see him you'll be staying with him forever!!

[S-C 21]

Has anyone had any kind of movement on their case yet? I know it's only been two months, but it would be nice to see someone progressing. Give hope to the rest of us!

[Lilay 87]

Has anyone had any kind of movement on their case yet? I know it's only been two months, but it would be nice to see someone progressing. Give hope to the rest of us!

Nope. TSC is still working on January cases. We have at least three months to go

[S-C 21]

Nope. TSC is still working on January cases. We have at least three months to go

It's a sign of how morbid this process makes you that you put a smiley face on the end of that sentence.

[Lilay 87]

It's a sign of how morbid this process makes you that you put a smiley face on the end of that sentence.

I agree... I'm just so mad at TSC that I can't think right. I'm sorry if it seemed offensive, I didn't mean to be offensive in any way We're on the same boat and I need hope as much as you do... But it's just heart breaking to see CSC filers get approved in a month and we have to wait more than 5 months. I don't understand how it is fair to us and what we did to deserve this...

[S-C 21]

I agree... I'm just so mad at TSC that I can't think right. I'm sorry if it seemed offensive, I didn't mean to be offensive in any way We're on the same boat and I need hope as much as you do... But it's just heart breaking to see CSC filers get approved in a month and we have to wait more than 5 months. I don't understand how it is fair to us and what we did to deserve this...

Sorry. Tone really doesn't translate well in text. It was more a comment of amusement than anything else. I have come to grips with the fact that CSC people will already be married 6 months by the time we even see each other next.

[Lilay 87]

Sorry. Tone really doesn't translate well in text. It was more a comment of amusement than anything else. I have come to grips with the fact that CSC people will already be married 6 months by the time we even see each other next.

I agree.. I try not to look at posts saying "Got approved in 15 days!!" from CSC filers. They make me feel like crying. If only TSC would transfer some files to CSC, then both would be equal.