I-129F June, Part II

[Bill Jones 150]

12 minutes ago, jemonline said:

Hearing everyone talk about visiting their fiance's last week gave me a sudden impulse to buy a ticket and go see mine!! (ignoring financial logic) I'm leaving this Friday for 2 weeks to Gabon (in central Africa). I'm SO excited! The ticket is like $1,500 and I don't have vacation time, as I'm saving it for our wedding. But right after I bought my ticket, my brother in law gave me a generous gift to contribute to my trip AND I got a raise at my job!!! I think that means my trip is blessed I've been running around buying supplies because future hubby, future in laws, & friends and I will work on invitations together. (with a BLANK date lol) In African cultures everything is about coming together, family, pitching in. It's going to be so much fun!! 

I'm headed to Nigeria in feb,ticketsare 932,I'm going through airfordable to pay installments

[o0o 133]

2 minutes ago, Adamma Jerome said:

I'm headed to Nigeria in feb,ticketsare 932,I'm going through airfordable to pay installments

whoa, never heard of this! I'm going to look into now cuz I really wanna make a trip there too!

[MM&CS 83]

Hang in there everyone! Our time is coming, I just know it! And years from now, we'll look back on this and...ok, probably, honestly, drink to dull the flashbacks or something...but still. It'll be over eventually, and we can all safely say if anyone ever doubts our relationships with our non-US loves, they can go shove it, cause how long are they willing to wait for bureaucracy to get to them, hmmm? At least, that's what I tell my mom when she thought Pri and I were rushing into things, and I could point out I'm at 183 days of waiting already, with months left to go, from engagement to 'I do'...you met, dated, and married your husband in that amount of time, and we've known each other for nearly 3 years and dated for about half that.

 

Anyway! For those who like doggos, I share with you something I hope will lighten your spirits and give you a laugh in these long, often cold (I can't feel my toes, guys) winter days while we wait for USCIS. My older mastiff turned 7 today and had to also go to the vet. One of the girls in the office went and got him a plain cheeseburger while we were in the waiting room, and he only waited long enough to get into the car before he was given his birthdayburger....that is a happy face XD Hopefully we'll all get to make equally ridiculous happy faces soon (maybe without the teeth and drool though lol)

Edited December 27, 2017 by MM&CS
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[Alvy91 52]

14 minutes ago, Tony and Tillie said:

I totally agree.

More than 200 days for NOA2, then another 60 or so days of waiting in the NVC phase, is plain ridiculous.

 

Oh dear. Hang in there.

 

This is ridiculous. It will probably be a year waiting by the time we get our passports stamped with the visa...

[Tony and Tillie 340]

3 minutes ago, Alvy91 said:

This is ridiculous. It will probably be a year waiting by the time we get our passports stamped with the visa...

I hope not, but at the rate things are going with uscis, 1 year from NOA1 to POE is not impossible.

[Meech 442]

Anyone have any idea why USCIS is not sending petitions to NVC?

[Kari & Atti 411]

31 minutes ago, purplepink said:

Oh Shoot!

If it's just a matter of signing a few pages, it won't be a long turn around time. 

I kinda feel like I will get an RFE too.

 

Maybe that's why they haven't gotten to our cases yet

I’m on the same boat here! Something tells me we will get one because I didn’t do a detailed account of our meeting... not a good story teller. I so regret not doing it then... uggggghhh

[Tony and Tillie 340]

Meanwhile, Tony's got done changing our would-be-bedroom floor. He started this project last July thinking that we will be done with K-1 by December and I will be at POE in January.

I am deeply touched with this gesture 'cause he's done it while doing 2 jobs. What a sweet guy.

 

Now he's shopping for a new bed frame, mattress, and blankies. What a cutie!

[Lisa & Jorge 494]

2 minutes ago, Kari & Atti said:

I’m on the same boat here! Something tells me we will get one because I didn’t do a detailed account of our meeting... not a good story teller. I so regret not doing it then... uggggghhh

me too... I didn't know I had to...  mine was pretty cut and dry and they don't give much space and I didn't attach a big long testimony because honestly I thought that would be too much and it seems the do like short and sweet files sometimes so..... yea...... who knows.

[Favvy 112]

24 minutes ago, Adamma Jerome said:

I'm headed to Nigeria in feb,ticketsare 932,I'm going through airfordable to pay installments

That's the Spirit my dear.  My love is also coming to Nigeria in March for a visit. I can't wait to see him again a year after we were together. 

[Kari & Atti 411]

3 minutes ago, Lisa & Jorge said:

me too... I didn't know I had to...  mine was pretty cut and dry and they don't give much space and I didn't attach a big long testimony because honestly I thought that would be too much and it seems the do like short and sweet files sometimes so..... yea...... who knows.

Mine was just like that... no mushy stuff... same exact thoughts 💭 and this waiting is killing me!!! Even our plans to meet up somewhere are fading away because what if we book a trip for February and we get approved 🤔 I just continue feeling like I am empty handed... not a good feeling at all 😭

[Lisa & Jorge 494]

3 minutes ago, Kari & Atti said:

Mine was just like that... no mushy stuff... same exact thoughts 💭 and this waiting is killing me!!! Even our plans to meet up somewhere are fading away because what if we book a trip for February and we get approved 🤔 I just continue feeling like I am empty handed... not a good feeling at all 😭

no its not, and it is a blessing the VJ exists so we have this type of support and can relate to others in good company... imagine if we didn't have VJ... and sat at home every day wondering a wealth of things and unknowns that this forum helps alleviate. SHOUT OUT TO ADMIN AND FOUNDERS.   but yea... I completely understand.... unfortunately yet fortunately.  we are truly a family . no one except K1 Visa couples can have even a small clue about the journey we are all travelling .

[Kari & Atti 411]

1 hour ago, dlsmal01 said:

Hopefully yours was like mine, they bracketed my number but still no update online "still in received state".  Only received letter snail mail a week later that it was approved the same day as the bracketed numbers and off to NVC.

What’s a “bracketed  number” and where do you see it?

[Kari & Atti 411]

2 minutes ago, Lisa & Jorge said:

no its not, and it is a blessing the VJ exists so we have this type of support and can relate to others in good company... imagine if we didn't have VJ... and sat at home every day wondering a wealth of things and unknowns that this forum helps alleviate. SHOUT OUT TO ADMIN AND FOUNDERS.   but yea... I completely understand.... unfortunately yet fortunately.  we are truly a family . no one except K1 Visa couples can have even a small clue about the journey we are all travelling .

I’m just an emotional roller coaster lol

thanks for the kind words, I really don’t imagine going through this process without you guys 🤗 big hug and thanks to all of our Comrades who come up with the darndest things to keep us afloat and in good spirits 😍😍

[John & Rose 7,239]

30 minutes ago, Tony and Tillie said:

I hope not, but at the rate things are going with uscis, 1 year from NOA1 to POE is not impossible.

That makes the cheaper and easier CR-1 a real good option for folks getting ready to file now.