USC ENGAGED TO NIGERIAN

[Destiny'sJourney 0]

Hello fellow VJers,

How is everyone? Wonderful I hope. My name is Shanon and I'm from the US. My darling fiance, Kessington, is Nigerian and currently resides in Senegal, West Africa. We became engaged on 12/11/06, three months after being introduced on eHarmony.

I mailed the I-129F to the USCIS TSC on 12/26/06. For some reason, it was transferred to the CSC. I received an e-mail from the USCIS on 03/29/07 that our fiance petition approval notice was sent on 03/28/07!! Thank you Lord!!! I received the official NOA2 via snail mail on 03/31/07. It took just under three months to process based on their receipt date of 01/08/07. However, as anyone who's familiar with this process knows, the waiting can be agonizing at times.

Well, I just wanted to introduce myself. I also must say how very glad I am that I discovered this website. It's been so helpful to us. It's comforting to connect with people who are/have been in a similar situation. If there's anyone who's going or has already gone through the K1 process with their West African fiance(e), especially from Senegal, I'd love to hear about your experiences. Thank you. I wish everyone well as we weather the immigration storm.

Many blessings,

Shanon & Kessington

[Otto 83]

Hello fellow VJers,

How is everyone? Wonderful I hope. My name is Shanon and I'm from the US. My darling fiance, Kessington, is Nigerian and currently resides in Senegal, West Africa. We became engaged on 12/11/06, three months after being introduced on eHarmony.

I mailed the I-129F to the USCIS TSC on 12/26/06. For some reason, it was transferred to the CSC. I received an e-mail from the USCIS on 03/29/07 that our fiance petition approval notice was sent on 03/28/07!! Thank you Lord!!! I received the official NOA2 via snail mail on 03/31/07. It took just under three months to process based on their receipt date of 01/08/07. However, as anyone who's familiar with this process knows, the waiting can be agonizing at times.

Well, I just wanted to introduce myself. I also must say how very glad I am that I discovered this website. It's been so helpful to us. It's comforting to connect with people who are/have been in a similar situation. If there's anyone who's going or has already gone through the K1 process with their West African fiance(e), especially from Senegal, I'd love to hear about your experiences. Thank you. I wish everyone well as we weather the immigration storm.

Many blessings,

Shanon & Kessington

Well Shanon (& Kessington) Glad you said hello...and CONGRATULATIONS...May your journey be a quick

[discerned1 0]

Hi Shannon and welcome aboard. I am also happy to have found this site. It is such a big help. I am engaged to a nigerian man as well. We were even thinking about moving down to North Carolina eventually. He says that he don't think he can get used to the cold weather here in Wisconsin. I dunno. How is the North Carolina weather. I heard that it can be pretty mello.

[Otto 83]

Hello fellow VJers,

How is everyone? Wonderful I hope. My name is Shanon and I'm from the US. My darling fiance, Kessington, is Nigerian and currently resides in Senegal, West Africa. We became engaged on 12/11/06, three months after being introduced on eHarmony.

I mailed the I-129F to the USCIS TSC on 12/26/06. For some reason, it was transferred to the CSC. I received an e-mail from the USCIS on 03/29/07 that our fiance petition approval notice was sent on 03/28/07!! Thank you Lord!!! I received the official NOA2 via snail mail on 03/31/07. It took just under three months to process based on their receipt date of 01/08/07. However, as anyone who's familiar with this process knows, the waiting can be agonizing at times.

Well, I just wanted to introduce myself. I also must say how very glad I am that I discovered this website. It's been so helpful to us. It's comforting to connect with people who are/have been in a similar situation. If there's anyone who's going or has already gone through the K1 process with their West African fiance(e), especially from Senegal, I'd love to hear about your experiences. Thank you. I wish everyone well as we weather the immigration storm.

Many blessings,

Shanon & Kessington

Hello Shanon (& Kessington) - glad you said hello.. and CONGRATULATIONS... may the rest of your journey be a quick and stress less one....

[blah0323 0]

Congrats on your speedy approval!!

All I can say is put your seat belt on, you never know how the ride is going to be. But I hope the best for you and many others.

[taurean 0]

Hi Shanon! Welcome to VJ. My husband went through the Embassy in Senegal so if we can be of assistance let me know. There are a few others here that have gone or are going through Senegal as well, hopefully they will chime in later.

Good luck on your journey.

[randolady 1]

Hello and welcome! I hope the embassy process is speedy for you.

[Ta Ta 1]

Hello and welcome !

Our Dakar experience has not been a good one. My fiance has been on AP since his

interview Dec. 14. You can read the details of the interview in my previous posts in my

profile ( click on my id name ).

If you have any questions I will be happy to help out.

Best wishes to you both !

Edited April 7, 2007 by Omoba

[JODO 2]

Welcome to VJ Shannon!

[Aniomaman 0]

Hello fellow VJers,

How is everyone? Wonderful I hope. My name is Shanon and I'm from the US. My darling fiance, Kessington, is Nigerian and currently resides in Senegal, West Africa. We became engaged on 12/11/06, three months after being introduced on eHarmony.

I mailed the I-129F to the USCIS TSC on 12/26/06. For some reason, it was transferred to the CSC. I received an e-mail from the USCIS on 03/29/07 that our fiance petition approval notice was sent on 03/28/07!! Thank you Lord!!! I received the official NOA2 via snail mail on 03/31/07. It took just under three months to process based on their receipt date of 01/08/07. However, as anyone who's familiar with this process knows, the waiting can be agonizing at times.

Well, I just wanted to introduce myself. I also must say how very glad I am that I discovered this website. It's been so helpful to us. It's comforting to connect with people who are/have been in a similar situation. If there's anyone who's going or has already gone through the K1 process with their West African fiance(e), especially from Senegal, I'd love to hear about your experiences. Thank you. I wish everyone well as we weather the immigration storm.

Many blessings,

Shanon & Kessington

Welcome Shanon and goodluck on this journey! Myself and my USC fiancee are both Nigerians, I live in London and she lives in MD. Feel free to drop us a PM anytime and am sure you will have a smooth ride in senegal.

[Destiny'sJourney 0]

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is doing great today. Thank you so much for the well wishes. I wish you all the best as well.

To respond to discerned1's question: I love Charlotte. I'm originally from upstate NY and relocated to NC a year and a half ago. The climate here is quite moderate. It can get "chilly" in the winter, but it hardly every snows, except in the mountains.

[phila 0]

Welcome Shanon!

This forum has been my lifeline! We have similar NOA2's- and are now getting together documents for packet 3- (which neither of us have received). I travelled to Ghana in 2004 and fell in love with West African life! I wish you the best on this journey.

[Destiny'sJourney 0]

Hello again,

I forgot to ask in my last post if anyone knew of any websites where I can find low international airfares? I used smartfares.com when I visited my fiance in December. I only paid $840 plus taxes/fees, which came up to a total of $1156. That was the lowest fare I could find at the time for a direct flight from JFK to Dakar.

I've been checking around and the fares have gone up $200-300 since then! The lowest fares were of course the ones with layovers in Paris, Belgium, etc. I have to fly from Charlotte to JFK, so I'd prefer not to have an addtional layover in another country. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Shanon B)

[DEECEE 0]

Hello again,

I forgot to ask in my last post if anyone knew of any websites where I can find low international airfares? I used smartfares.com when I visited my fiance in December. I only paid $840 plus taxes/fees, which came up to a total of $1156. That was the lowest fare I could find at the time for a direct flight from JFK to Dakar.

I've been checking around and the fares have gone up $200-300 since then! The lowest fares were of course the ones with layovers in Paris, Belgium, etc. I have to fly from Charlotte to JFK, so I'd prefer not to have an addtional layover in another country. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Shanon B)

I flew to Dakar with South African Airways it cost me 1199.00, I went to Dakar in oct, jan, and feb.

[LovinLiberia 0]

Nice to see a new face around! Good luck to you and the rest of your journey!