I-129F March 2017 Filers

[JosephRose 82]

31 minutes ago, TeamSarPaul said:

Hey guys and gals,

My name is Sarah and I am from America. My fiancé Paul and I have been reading posts for a while and haven't joined in until now. We have been through an extremely long wait... we met in 2015 and have been together going strong for 2 years. Paul had to get his birth certificate corrected and we were majorly delayed in filing. We finally filed March 27, received NOA1 dated April 6. We are eagerly await NOA2 hoping it will arrive in a month or so!! God bless all of those who are currently waiting.

Hello there Sarah. I am Rosemarie, the beneficiary. Welcome to the club! :-) Nice to meet you and to see you here. You are very beautiful and you're beloved is very good looking. You two look really good together. You are not alone during the wait. We have the same NOA1 date on April 6. Best of luck for you and your fiance and as well as the rest of the fiances here.. Let's stay strong guys and we will all get through this just like the others who already made it.. :-)

[dkmfan85 832]

43 minutes ago, TeamSarPaul said:

Hey guys and gals,

My name is Sarah and I am from America. My fiancé Paul and I have been reading posts for a while and haven't joined in until now. We have been through an extremely long wait... we met in 2015 and have been together going strong for 2 years. Paul had to get his birth certificate corrected and we were majorly delayed in filing. We finally filed March 27, received NOA1 dated April 6. We are eagerly await NOA2 hoping it will arrive in a month or so!! God bless all of those who are currently waiting.

Welcome to the club! You look like a very wonderful couple! Enjoy your stay and good luck with your entire process! I'm more of a lurker than a poster.  I read everything, but not in a creepy way!

[TeamSarPaul 73]

14 minutes ago, JosephRose said:

Hello there Sarah. I am Rosemarie, the beneficiary. Welcome to the club! :-) Nice to meet you and to see you here. You are very beautiful and you're beloved is very good looking. You two look really good together. You are not alone during the wait. We have the same NOA1 date on April 6. Best of luck for you and your fiance and as well as the rest of the fiances here.. Let's stay strong guys and we will all get through this just like the others who already made it.. :-)

Thank you so much you're so sweet! :-)  The support means so much to us. I am sure we will have our NOA2 in no time! Where are you from Rosemarie?

[j and k 219]

Hi Anonymous March Whiners! 

 

I hope everyone is doing okay while waiting for NOA2!

So jealous to some of you who are going to see their F while waiting. I wish we could do the same but our situation is different because it would cost him more or less $1800 for the plane ticket and will just take 1 week off from work just to visit me. He has 4weeks leave for a year only. Our plan is to wait until I get approved and that's the time he'll go here and pick me up. And then use some of his vacation leaves for the marriage preparation/ceremony and go to visit his parents and siblings. So yeah.

 

Good luck to each and everyone of us, we're almost there! 

 

[Eric&Olya 881]

2 hours ago, TeamSarPaul said:

Hey guys and gals,

My name is Sarah and I am from America. My fiancé Paul and I have been reading posts for a while and haven't joined in until now. We have been through an extremely long wait... we met in 2015 and have been together going strong for 2 years. Paul had to get his birth certificate corrected and we were majorly delayed in filing. We finally filed March 27, received NOA1 dated April 6. We are eagerly await NOA2 hoping it will arrive in a month or so!! God bless all of those who are currently waiting.

 

Welcome to the group!

You look so happy together

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

5 hours ago, TeamSarPaul said:

Hey guys and gals,

My name is Sarah and I am from America. My fiancé Paul and I have been reading posts for a while and haven't joined in until now. We have been through an extremely long wait... we met in 2015 and have been together going strong for 2 years. Paul had to get his birth certificate corrected and we were majorly delayed in filing. We finally filed March 27, received NOA1 dated April 6. We are eagerly await NOA2 hoping it will arrive in a month or so!! God bless all of those who are currently waiting.

 

Welcome to the Anonymous Whiners! :-)

Be sure you won't whine alone here! We're hanging in there with you!

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

2 hours ago, BlackbirdRN said:

Hi Anonymous March Whiners! 

 

I hope everyone is doing okay while waiting for NOA2!

So jealous to some of you who are going to see their F while waiting. I wish we could do the same but our situation is different because it would cost him more or less $1800 for the plane ticket and will just take 1 week off from work just to visit me. He has 4weeks leave for a year only. Our plan is to wait until I get approved and that's the time he'll go here and pick me up. And then use some of his vacation leaves for the marriage preparation/ceremony and go to visit his parents and siblings. So yeah.

 

Good luck to each and everyone of us, we're almost there! 

 

I feel you!
My fiance has the same leave problem. He was actually trying to visit in late April, but he never got it confirmed, so we will wait now until I come for good and use the leave he has for getting married and spend some days with his family!

[Estibaliz 3,037]

2 hours ago, BlackbirdRN said:

Hi Anonymous March Whiners! 

 

I hope everyone is doing okay while waiting for NOA2!

So jealous to some of you who are going to see their F while waiting. I wish we could do the same but our situation is different because it would cost him more or less $1800 for the plane ticket and will just take 1 week off from work just to visit me. He has 4weeks leave for a year only. Our plan is to wait until I get approved and that's the time he'll go here and pick me up. And then use some of his vacation leaves for the marriage preparation/ceremony and go to visit his parents and siblings. So yeah.

 

Good luck to each and everyone of us, we're almost there! 

 

4 weeks don't sound that bad to me

My fiance has a little bit over two weeks vacation a year, so sure that makes visiting hard to plan so it's worthy. We are planning on him coming after I have my Visa on hand and hopefully coming back together to the States to start our new life together finally

Good we don't care about big weddings so no need for a lot of preparation and also won't have a honeymoon. It's simply impossible in terms of time.

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

23 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

4 weeks don't sound that bad to me

My fiance has a little bit over two weeks vacation a year, so sure that makes visiting hard to plan so it's worthy. We are planning on him coming after I have my Visa on hand and hopefully coming back together to the States to start our new life together finally

Good we don't care about big weddings so no need for a lot of preparation and also won't have a honeymoon. It's simply impossible in terms of time.

I almost don't dare to say, but we spoiled Germans normally have 30 days (weekends/holidays not counting) + many holidays. Especially here in Bavaria we have the most: 13 holidays a year!

Just noticed another thing I will miss in the states haha

[Holly♡ 401]

27 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

4 weeks don't sound that bad to me

My fiance has a little bit over two weeks vacation a year, so sure that makes visiting hard to plan so it's worthy. We are planning on him coming after I have my Visa on hand and hopefully coming back together to the States to start our new life together finally

Good we don't care about big weddings so no need for a lot of preparation and also won't have a honeymoon. It's simply impossible in terms of time.

I know I am getting stressed tryna find a place to get married that doesn't wanna charge an arm and a leg and with options limited in the winter time (I would rather do it outside, but... cant' count on decent weather in the winter in WA) so, I am about to give up on a wedding with my family and friends and get married in FL where I already have the honeymoon planned and have it be just the two of us getting married on the beach.. which I REALLY wanted anyhow. I just feel bad cuz I feel like I would be taking away from my dad in getting to walk me down the aisle... thoughts?

[JosephRose 82]

4 hours ago, TeamSarPaul said:

Thank you so much you're so sweet! :-)  The support means so much to us. I am sure we will have our NOA2 in no time! Where are you from Rosemarie?

You're welcome. It is really good to be here in VJ, this place is my escaped and my distraction towards thinking too much about the process, this community helps me chillax(chill and relax).. I am from the Philippines. Where is your fiance from? I really hope and pray USCIS will fix the tracking system soon.. :-)

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

19 minutes ago, Holly♡ said:

I know I am getting stressed tryna find a place to get married that doesn't wanna charge an arm and a leg and with options limited in the winter time (I would rather do it outside, but... cant' count on decent weather in the winter in WA) so, I am about to give up on a wedding with my family and friends and get married in FL where I already have the honeymoon planned and have it be just the two of us getting married on the beach.. which I REALLY wanted anyhow. I just feel bad cuz I feel like I would be taking away from my dad in getting to walk me down the aisle... thoughts?

We kind of have the same "problem".

Our options are:

Courthouse Virginia Beach
Beach, Virginia Beach (unlikely, since it's later fall)
Las Vegas, biggest giant wheel in the world (my fave hehe)

My family is in Germany, my friends are spread all over Germany (so it would be a pain to gather them even if we'd get married here), his family is in Utah, his friends in Virginia Beach.

So most likely we're going to try pick up his parents and sister and do a road trip from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. 

Since it's too expensive to gather everybody/fly all in.... why not get married in FL on the beach and make a party later?
I think everyone will understand, in consideration of the circumstances. At least in our case people do understand.

[Holly♡ 401]

1 hour ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

We kind of have the same "problem".

Our options are:

Courthouse Virginia Beach
Beach, Virginia Beach (unlikely, since it's later fall)
Las Vegas, biggest giant wheel in the world (my fave hehe)

My family is in Germany, my friends are spread all over Germany (so it would be a pain to gather them even if we'd get married here), his family is in Utah, his friends in Virginia Beach.

So most likely we're going to try pick up his parents and sister and do a road trip from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. 

Since it's too expensive to gather everybody/fly all in.... why not get married in FL on the beach and make a party later?
I think everyone will understand, in consideration of the circumstances. At least in our case people do understand.

Yeah, that's another thing... he feels uncomfortable at the thought of having a wedding with a group of people that he doesn't know (just my family and friends) since all of his people probably will not be able to come. We would be flying back from FL late late on Dec 23, so I had figured... everyone will already be gathered on Christmas, so, why not do it in the evening on Christmas and keep the 2 separate, but together - if that makes any sense hehe  but, he and I would get married on the beach on... 12-13-17 cuz that date would be hard for him to forget lmao

Edited May 24, 2017 by Holly♡

[Estibaliz 3,037]

1 hour ago, Holly♡ said:

I know I am getting stressed tryna find a place to get married that doesn't wanna charge an arm and a leg and with options limited in the winter time (I would rather do it outside, but... cant' count on decent weather in the winter in WA) so, I am about to give up on a wedding with my family and friends and get married in FL where I already have the honeymoon planned and have it be just the two of us getting married on the beach.. which I REALLY wanted anyhow. I just feel bad cuz I feel like I would be taking away from my dad in getting to walk me down the aisle... thoughts?

Your stress is understandable  I think the beach wedding sounds great if that's what you really want to do. It seems like a very typical thing to have a smaller wedding at first, due to the 90 days restriction, and then a bigger party with family and friends from both sides if you want to go for the traditional thing.

 

I'm certainly not having any family or friends my side at the wedding since it would be really complicated and expensive to organize all that, plus I don't want a big fuss. I rather have my family and friends visiting later than stressing over it right after arriving at the States. And that's also why I feel it's important for my fiancé to come to Spain for a couple of weeks before I leave to get married there, so we can properly say goodbye to my family.

 

 

1 hour ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

I almost don't dare to say, but we spoiled Germans normally have 30 days (weekends/holidays not counting) + many holidays. Especially here in Bavaria we have the most: 13 holidays a year!

Just noticed another thing I will miss in the states haha

We also have an average month vacation period in Spain, but do you know what we also have? 15 paid days off when you get married, even for civil unions 

 

I think that has a lot to do with Spanish society being family oriented. That's why here you have two last names, one from your father and the second one from you mother... which I think is great, because moms do so much work for their kids  Well, nowadays you can even choose the order in which you want to give your last name to the baby and mom's can be the first one.

Also we don't change our name when getting married. Actually, I'm not planning on changing mine even if that's the usual thing to do there, in the US. It's a matter of tradition and respect towards my parents, specially with my dad's family name being a very uncommon one that might disappear in some years time. It's also practical, because changing my passport and all documents to that would be very complicated here. Plus my fiancé's ex uses his last name, so that's a little silly reason why I'm not that eager to take it either

 

 

46 minutes ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

We kind of have the same "problem".

Our options are:

Courthouse Virginia Beach
Beach, Virginia Beach (unlikely, since it's later fall)
Las Vegas, biggest giant wheel in the world (my fave hehe)

My family is in Germany, my friends are spread all over Germany (so it would be a pain to gather them even if we'd get married here), his family is in Utah, his friends in Virginia Beach.

So most likely we're going to try pick up his parents and sister and do a road trip from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. 

Since it's too expensive to gather everybody/fly all in.... why not get married in FL on the beach and make a party later?
I think everyone will understand, in consideration of the circumstances. At least in our case people do understand.

The road trip from Salt Lake to Vegas is a nice one  6 hours only and when you get there is actually an hour less, so that's cool. The best part is when you cross Colorado, since that's a more fun road to drive in between the mountains. Well, Jaime wouldn't agree it was that nice, since he was meowing all the way. Poor thing!

 

We don't have anything set in stone because we haven't talk about wedding plans much, due to all the uncertainty. We know it will be a small thing since no one from my side is coming and we don't like the big fuss. Most likely we are having a court wedding in Salt Lake City. Gary's parents (it seems weird to say my fiancé all the time ) might come since they live quite close by... I mean, I honestly would prefer to be only us two and his work friends... because they already invited themselves, lol.

 

Actually his parents live in Vegas now, so that might be an option too. Vegas is our special place. We met in person there for the first time, when we went for a two week vacation early 2015 (he was living in Hawaii back then). Then we went back for a week vacation in 2016 when I was visiting Utah for a couple months and then there's that road trip February this year. Actually it seems we have a tradition now of celebrating my birthday in Vegas

I also think I've read getting the marriage certificate is easier and quicker in Vegas, but it still seems like a big fuss for me, so probably we'll stay at SLC. As we always say, to the point it has become our motto (and I can't say I'm happy about it): "We'll see".

 

[JosephRose 82]

3 hours ago, BlackbirdRN said:

Hi Anonymous March Whiners! 

 

I hope everyone is doing okay while waiting for NOA2!

So jealous to some of you who are going to see their F while waiting. I wish we could do the same but our situation is different because it would cost him more or less $1800 for the plane ticket and will just take 1 week off from work just to visit me. He has 4weeks leave for a year only. Our plan is to wait until I get approved and that's the time he'll go here and pick me up. And then use some of his vacation leaves for the marriage preparation/ceremony and go to visit his parents and siblings. So yeah.

 

Good luck to each and everyone of us, we're almost there! 

 

Hello there fellow Filipina. April whiner here. I feel you. I sometimes get jealous too cause I really miss my man very much. But still I am very happy for those couples and wishing them an extremely happy holiday together. My fiance only have 2 weeks paid leave each year and this year, he did not use it cause he is saving it for our planned wedding ceremony later on here in the Philippines. Yeah, our plan is to get married in his country and have a formal wedding ceremony later here in Philippines. We were together last March but he used an unpaid leave just to come visit me. It's been only 2 months passed since the last time we're together yet it's driving me crazy already. So how much more in your part which I know you are waiting much longer than I am. So I really feel you and the rest here that seems like been waiting for years now to be reunited with your beloved. And yeah..., you are almost there. Everyday is getting closer to our dream (to be with our beloved). 

 

To the rest of us here, together guys, no matter what race, country, nationality, what kind of blood runs in our veins(even if you are vampire or a werewolf), and no matter which filing month we belong, in this battle we are one as brothers and sisters. We can make it through the rain guys and to those who have been issued and RFEs, stay positive guys, cause every rain comes a rainbow.  Best of luck to all of us here..