January 2018 Filers

[vk1 37]

15 minutes ago, Keniedja said:

Does this mean what I think it means?

 

 

That's my exact reaction after seeing mine!  I was on the phone with my fiancé while she was doing her grocery when VJ emailed me that someone's Timeline i was following just updated theirs. When i told my Fiance that someone with a day past from our received date just got their noa2 approval, she asked my to check ours right away and bam it took me a minute of reading and rereading to make sure that it means what it is. It's finally real for us! Congrats on your approval! 

 

Guys please do use the feature of VJ to follow similar Timeline as yours. You never know they just might update asap and you might have been approved same as them. Really really helpful. I love this community!

[Ohyeahsunnyday 16]

2 hours ago, JayHouser said:

Congrats! I did not use all pages of the passport either just all the ones with stamps. And only included one side of my birth certificate because the other side was blank (apparently most members include a blank page for the other side that says blank) Hopefully I don't get RFE for that! I had no idea about the black pen rule. I honestly have no memory of what color pen I used haha

We only got the Identification page printed. He was pretty mad doing the forms. He said the government probably knows more about him than he himself (since he is in the military). Oh well. 

[Ohyeahsunnyday 16]

1 hour ago, Joulie & Victor said:

No I checked the websites twice today. Congrats on yours!! We are technically December but I joined both haha. I hope I hear some good news soon

You will catch up soon. My fiance is away for a month for military ops. So I won't get any documents necessary for the interview. Delay a month.

[Nairobi2151 11]

today I went to the new page of uscis and it only made me despair more because in the old one it says that my no1 is the 29 of December and in the new one it says that the 1 of February. Does that mean that I belong to the month of February?

[Lucy&Jason 807]

1 hour ago, Jlomartin said:

Anyone here who has a received date on their paper copy January 12 get approved yet? 

@Jlomartin i am received date January 12. Still waiting for approval.

[Lucy&Jason 807]

1 hour ago, Andrew123 said:

Thank You S&JW. My case is APPROVED too.. 

New site: My submitted date is January 9

Approved in July 11

 

old wesite Not updated..

 

Best wishes for everyone..  

Whoa!!! Congratulations @Andrew123 🎉🎊

[Lucy&Jason 807]

1 hour ago, Keniedja said:

Does this mean what I think it means?

 

We have the same received date. Praying for the rest of us still waiting for approval be approved soon. 🙏

 

Congratulations...🎉🎊

[Keniedja 29]

3 minutes ago, S&JW said:

We have the same received date. Praying for the rest of us still waiting for approval be approved soon. 🙏

 

Congratulations...🎉🎊

Thanks!  I have been checking the old website thinking it was the new website.  So, I created an account on the new site and there it was.

[I.Kat 191]

8 hours ago, iwir said:

We have talked and planned on my move there. To make it sound fancy I call it mobilization plan 😅

 Oh no I won't make my fiance life much easier before and after I move there. So I have warned him and lay out the plan together about what he has to do or else I won't pack my bags and move there. He started it with emotional emergency kit everytime I break down and anxious about living a new life there. I don't know why I love to call many things with so much fancy names hahaha

 

We should keep in touch @I.Kat. I've never been to Czech republic. What should you bring from your home country to make you feel home in California? I told my fiance we should plant kefir lime tree because I'm going to need it's leaves for cooking. We're lucky local nursery here have one!!!

Awww, he sounds like a great great partner!  I was visiting mine twice on ESTA, both for three months, so we have tried the whole living situation and I would have definitely needed some "emotional emergency kit" every time during the first week 😂

I am not such a big fan of our Czech cousine so I won't miss that many things... I will just miss so many people who I can't take with me   That's why we should keep in touch, to keep each other sane 

[lza 5]

8 hours ago, LuFlolady said:

ok this is good! congrats glad to see received date on the old site is Jan 11th Congrats! lets go JANUARY I'm ready

am exactly the same dates and still waiting ...am so happy and hopeful

[iwir 337]

8 hours ago, Snuffles said:

Very good questions. I'm not sure of anything 'Ohio' specific that isn't in Australia. But this is what I will miss:

Cadbury chocolate, chicken salt, sitting outside in the sun at lunch in the *middle* of winter (you can't do that in Ohio LOL. Way too frosty), so I know we get spoilt in Winter, at least where I live. I'll miss the bird sounds, we have such unique birds here. Other foods like crumpets. Our other animals, Koalas and Kangaroos. Where I grew up, you'd see Koalas in your trees in your backyard- so, so cool.

 

We do have a long time until the GC. I'm not too worried about spending my time. I have writing projects I can focus on, books to catch up on, craft/homey projects I could look for on Pinterest But I'm not too sure what Ohio laws are re: DL. I tried looking it up but I'm keen to find out because I did assume we could get one pretty soon after arriving in America but I didn't realise each State had it's own laws :/

 

A veggie patch is super fun! And driving on the other side permanently will take getting used to, but it's not too bad. Especially if you're going to a more quiet area  How long until you can get a DL?

Based on my search on VJ, those who will reside in California have two options. Apply one before getting EAD/AP as long as I-94 is still valid for at least 60 days and then renew the DL in three months or apply after I get EAD/AP and use my old DL from my home country until then. @I.Kat, can you chime in? I will have to check if my fiance can include me in his auto insurance too.

 

One thing I will surely miss is speaking in my native language or having someone to speak with. My fiance has been trying to learn Bahasa Indonesia and I promised to teach him more seriously once I move there. His mom helped me to connect with her Indonesian friend to help me feel at home too. We've visited some Asian market around here to find some ingredients for making some Indonesian food. 

 

I'm curious, why Cadbury tastes different from one country to another? I like the one from Australia and Rocklea Road from Darrell Lee certainly is my favorite! 😄

[iwir 337]

2 hours ago, I.Kat said:

Awww, he sounds like a great great partner!  I was visiting mine twice on ESTA, both for three months, so we have tried the whole living situation and I would have definitely needed some "emotional emergency kit" every time during the first week 😂

I am not such a big fan of our Czech cousine so I won't miss that many things... I will just miss so many people who I can't take with me   That's why we should keep in touch, to keep each other sane 

@I.Kat, we're lucky we can visit our fiancees during the process. I couldn't stay longer than three weeks because of my work obligations. We once drove to Sacramento and we could keep driving to Reno and I blurted out, let's get married now! I'm glad my fiance didn't listen to me because I wouldn't have had an opportunity to say goodbye to everyone here properly and finishing things up before I move.

 

I agree the hardest part is leaving our family and friends behind. To me the people, the food, the smell and the language are things that give me the sense of home and familiarity. Thanks God, we have internet to stay in touch with each other and FH are very understanding. I'm certainly going to need him the most for a couple first months here. Anyway do you have any plan on how to kill time during AOS? 😊

[Mel&Jo 57]

Can i ask anyone, why eachtime i login to the new website it always requires and sending one time code? My fiancee fon always recieve a mssg for that code?

[Lucy&Jason 807]

1 minute ago, Vhin said:

Can i ask anyone, why eachtime i login to the new website it always requires and sending one time code? My fiancee fon always recieve a mssg for that code?

It’s a security code to verify that you are the rightful owner of the account. One log in one one time passcode.

[lza 5]

3 minutes ago, Vhin said:

Can i ask anyone, why eachtime i login to the new website it always requires and sending one time code? My fiancee fon always recieve a mssg for that code?

I think that is security issue