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Teddy, how bad was the snowstorm for you?

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,598

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Holy mackerel. I still have vivid mind-movies about that stuff from earlier life. Much blowing & drifting, or comparatively straightforward removal? Plows throw it all back on your driveway?

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Teddy B   17,252

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Holy mackerel. I still have vivid mind-movies about that stuff from earlier life. Much blowing & drifting, or comparatively straightforward removal? Plows throw it all back on your driveway?

There were some very high winds, about 60-70mph so we had a good amount of drifting. When I woke up at 5am my back deck looked like someone had shoveled it clean, the bad news was it was all in a 6 foot high drift pile in front of my shed doors where I keep the snowblower. :angry: Throw in the 4 to 5 foot high plow mounds at the end of the driveway and it made for a fun day. My body is feeling it today.

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Snow ! Want Some? Get Some ! Yay Snow ! [please keep it up north, thank you Teddy Bz!]

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Sorry to hear about that... I got stuck in the city - no flights out - and braced for the worst... We barely got 6 inches here in the end... The ordeal now is getting rebooked so I can get back home...

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There were some very high winds, about 60-70mph so we had a good amount of drifting. When I woke up at 5am my back deck looked like someone had shoveled it clean, the bad news was it was all in a 6 foot high drift pile in front of my shed doors where I keep the snowblower. :angry: Throw in the 4 to 5 foot high plow mounds at the end of the driveway and it made for a fun day. My body is feeling it today.

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Teddy B Grand Master

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hahah. starts off with a light hearted request for a reach around, next thing ya know yall talking about blowin and driftin.

god i'm so bored.

Did I mention the stiff wind?

Sorry to hear about that... I got stuck in the city - no flights out - and braced for the worst... We barely got 6 inches here in the end... The ordeal now is getting rebooked so I can get back home...

NYC? They got much less than originally predicted. Still sucks having to wait things out for a flight though.

Darnell Grand Master

Darnell   8,478

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hahah. starts off with a light hearted request for a reach around, next thing ya know yall talking about blowin and driftin.

god i'm so bored.

Bonus points for bot oil, properly applied..

[this can also be applied on sock puppets, yaknow]

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

-=-=-=-=-=R E A D ! ! !=-=-=-=-=-

Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

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JohnR! Grand Master

JohnR!   5,495

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Everyone is laughing now but in hindsight it was a good idea to get everyone indoors and keep the streets clear. It made it that much easier for sanitation and other services to circulate.

A friend called me from JFK and told me it's still pretty much a mess trying to get on a flight to the west coast.

Having said that, waiting a couple of days for a flight is nothing compared to people who lost power and are having to shovel their ways out of their homes.

Stay safe!


NYC? They got much less than originally predicted. Still sucks having to wait things out for a flight though.

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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My body is feeling it today.

Heap Strong Medicine -- I like aspirin or 800-mg Motrin. And stiff drinks dull the memory of stiff winds.

Were the news reports accurate that it was chiefly powdery, vs. wet? Neither is desirable, but one is easier to clear from shed doors than the other.

Hate to mention that it was 80 F. here yesterday, with Chamber of Commerce weather to continue until Saturday. The neighbor's monster oak tree, which had been toying with us to this point, has finally cut loose. (Leaf me alone, please.)

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 

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