I-129F June, Part II

[Hadassah123 523]

52 minutes ago, mysticdolphin95 said:

I'm mostly lurking on r/weddingplanning now

Oh yep! Been doing that quite a lot myself already  

[KBA 542]

1 hour ago, Rob&Maha said:

Hopefully you hear something soon. And everyone still waiting from may or June. Thank you everyone for this forum, if it wasn't for this I would have lost it way before. 

Yes, thank goodness for this forum or I would have no clue about the delays and would be completely freaking out! Of course there are days when I am tempted 

[MM&CS 83]

13 hours ago, MarksMate said:

Your attitude to this journey is admirable. I really hope you guys get your NOA2 very very soon, you deserve it. All the couples do. You are only about an hour and a half drive away so hi neighbor! Illinois is a huge adjustment for me coming from New Zealand, there are SO many cornfields and soy beans

Haha omg you guys are like an hour and a half north of me! I'm sure Pri will be glad to know she's not the only kiwi adjusting to all the flatness of central Illinois! 😂 after visiting her last March for a whole month, I totally understood her concern about what's holding the sky up here! 😋 so many corn fields, so few sheep! 

[daleguthery 305]

29 minutes ago, MM&CS said:

Haha omg you guys are like an hour and a half north of me! I'm sure Pri will be glad to know she's not the only kiwi adjusting to all the flatness of central Illinois! 😂 after visiting her last March for a whole month, I totally understood her concern about what's holding the sky up here! 😋 so many corn fields, so few sheep! 

Where in Central Illinois are you from?

[MM&CS 83]

17 minutes ago, daleguthery said:

Where in Central Illinois are you from?

If you draw a triangle between Champaign, Decatur, and mattoon, I'm roughly in the center of the wonky triangle of nothingness that creates 😂 I'm out in the fields, but the nearest actual town is a little bitty one called Lovington

[Lotts 1,433]

Wooooo, yeah!!!! 200 days. Yeaaaaaah!!!

What do I win? 😬😎

[Allthephils 536]

2 hours ago, Martin3517 said:

Literally Just now. my fiance asked me if every We don't hear anything till february, if im going to visit her

Even if you hear something soon, it will still be 3-4 months, if not longer, before the whole process is over 😞😞. I dipped into savings for my upcoming trip. My fiancé and I were last together in early August. I couldn’t handle being apart much longer. After I booked my trip, the anxiety from waiting on my NOA 2 disappeared. I had something to look forward to again. 

 

I was saving for for my wedding too, but something had to give. I am content with a super small wedding now because I get to see my other half in 30 days ❤️. 

[MM&CS 83]

14 minutes ago, Lotts said:

Wooooo, yeah!!!! 200 days. Yeaaaaaah!!!

What do I win? 😬😎

Hopefully it's an noa2! 😂 I joined the 200+ club on Friday 😥 reading all these 'noa2 showed up in my mailbox today, no updates elsewhere' stories and am cursing the post office for not delivering tomorrow! What if I've got an noa2?! Don't they understand my neeeeeed?! (They're like calm yourself child, all you ever get is junk mail!) 😂

[Martin3517 488]

2 minutes ago, Allthephils said:

Even if you hear something soon, it will still be 3-4 months, if not longer, before the whole process is over 😞😞. I dipped into savings for my upcoming trip. My fiancé and I were last together in early August. I couldn’t handle being apart much longer. After I booked my trip, the anxiety from waiting on my NOA 2 disappeared. I had something to look forward to again. 

 

I was saving for for my wedding too, but something had to give. I am content with a super small wedding now because I get to see my other half in 30 days ❤️. 

My fiance and I were last together May of 2017. If ever I can go back to the Phillipines It would be only for 2 weeks. I can't take off work right away. Im also saving my paid time off if we go for honeymoon. So what do I choose? spend my Paid time off now to see my fiance? or wait till she gets here to spend more PTO when she's here?

[Allthephils 536]

6 minutes ago, Martin3517 said:

My fiance and I were last together May of 2017. If ever I can go back to the Phillipines It would be only for 2 weeks. I can't take off work right away. Im also saving my paid time off if we go for honeymoon. So what do I choose? spend my Paid time off now to see my fiance? or wait till she gets here to spend more PTO when she's here?

Totally up to you! For me, I’m visiting for 2 weeks and using all of my vacation. We probably won’t have a honeymoon bc of this trip. We were both fine with that :). When I mentioned visiting my fiancé (he’s in the Phils), he laughed at me and told me not to use savings. But then Christmas came and the holidays apart sucked! So we agreed for me to visit. We can always take a fancy vacation next year when this hell of a process is over 😊. 

Edited January 14, 2018 by Allthephils
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[D & JL 104]

Hello everyone!

Congratulations to those approved 🎉🎊🥂

 

214 days and counting.. 😏😣😔 

We keeping strong though 🙃

[Jolie&Charles 172]

Happy Sunday Junies !! 

 

Day 222 here today.. Thought it looked pretty.. But no it doesnt lol 

[daleguthery 305]

1 hour ago, MM&CS said:

If you draw a triangle between Champaign, Decatur, and mattoon, I'm roughly in the center of the wonky triangle of nothingness that creates 😂 I'm out in the fields, but the nearest actual town is a little bitty one called Lovington

I'm in Beardstown in West Central Illinois. Halfway between Springfield and Quincy.

[MarksMate 227]

4 hours ago, MM&CS said:

Haha omg you guys are like an hour and a half north of me! I'm sure Pri will be glad to know she's not the only kiwi adjusting to all the flatness of central Illinois! 😂 after visiting her last March for a whole month, I totally understood her concern about what's holding the sky up here! 😋 so many corn fields, so few sheep! 

My fiance was here in NZ last March too! And where is the lamb in the supermarket?!? We are gonna miss the lamb!!! I found a farm close to Chicago that you can purchase lamb but you gotta buy the whole lamb and we only 2 people so if Pri wants to share a lamb let us know!! We could all meet in Springfield!

 

 

Also side question for those who might know... is USCIS and NVC closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr day? 

Edited January 14, 2018 by MarksMate

[MM&CS 83]

Just now, MarksMate said:

My fiance was here in NZ last March too! And where is the lamb in the supermarket?!? We are gonna miss the lamb!!! I found a farm close to Chicago that you can purchase lamb but you gotta buy the whole lamb and we only 2 people so if Pri wants to share a lamb let us know!! 

 

Also side question for those who might know... is USCIS and NVC closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr day? 

I just told her we might be able to still have lamb and she just made the most adorable excited noises 😂😂😂 I think we're probably gonna have to split a lamb to keep our kiwi spouses properly fed, yea? 😋

 

MLK Jr day is a federal holiday, so I'm going to guess they're closed, yea. 😩 this is the first year I've NOT enjoyed close holidays, but can we just get into the holiday drought already? 😋