*Sniffle*

[mrsserendipity 0]

i'm wiping tears just reading

actually, pretty much just crying

the "maybe this is the last time" feeling is so bittersweet

i'm so sorry. have a safe flight

[Mephys 2]

I hear all of you. I was lucky enough to be able to visit my husband every 3 weeks while we were in process. It was only for an average of 5 days each visit (the longest being 11 days over the xmas holidays). It was expensive, but worth it. Each time got harder and harder to the point where on the last visit I had a mild panic attack at the airport because I did NOT want to leave. I ended up cancelled my flight out that day and paid, FULL PRICE for the latest flight out the next day with another airline. It was worth it though for that extra day with him.

We almost did that once, we were told on the phone to just go to the airport and pay 40$ to have the flight changed for next day and he didnt want to bring his luggage, I told him bring it just in case. When we got at the airport the lady nicely told us that the guy on the phone (air canada) was a total idiot and that it would cost us over 800$.....his flight was then in 30 min, no time to say goodbye.....that was the most heartbreaking goodbye ever. I came back home alone, and there was all these things we didnt do and that we were supposed to do....

HUGE TWIST OF FATE!!!

Got to the airport, said our very tearful "see-ya's", hubby starts his 3 hour drive back to Newport from the Raleigh airport. I went to check in, and heard my flight was delayed. 1 hour later, they informed us anyone going to Chicago only would be just fine, but anyone with a connecting flight out of Chicago (me!) would likely be stuck there for 2 days since they were having lightning storms and trouble with Air Traffic Control. I sprinted to the phone and told David to come back and get me.

I explained to the nice lady at the ticket terminal that there is no way I could be stuck in Chicago for 2 days because I had a Clipper ticket (a ferry that takes me from Seattle to Victoria) for the next morning, so I would literally be stranded in the US. She re-booked my flight, gave me another free round trip ticket that I can use for anywhere in the US in the next year, and gave my seat to another guy who had been trying to fly home since yesterday.

I still have to leave May 26th, but I managed to score ten more days with my David (and another tearful goodbye lol), but I'm just happy to be here with him, so it was all worth it.

I can't even put into words how awesome it is to hear so many of you going through the same things we are right now(Especially those of you that have finished this whole process and can reflect back on it,) because before we found VJ, it felt like us against the world, silly as that sounds.

Ok getting all sappy now, definetely time to go

So yeah... VJ rocks!

Im really happy for you!!

Chicago really sucks about lightning storms, I had 1 flight cancelled and one time he came to Montreal and his plane was the last one to fly out before they shut down the airport for a whole day...we got lucky that time...

[KarenCee 3]

Thats exactly right Misa.......someone ELSE holds the cards for when WE can begin our lives. Like being a kid again.......mom and dad say when and how.

I think as much as being Can/Am couples we're fortunate in many ways but in the same manner we're more frustrated since we share this open border that anyone can just walk across really, yet held to the same standards for immigration that the world is. If I had a dollar for everytime I heard " well it's JUST Canada "........

Great news for you Misty ......enjoy that gift!!!!!

YES! I've heard that more times than I can count. I actually had a co worker ask me why he didn't just come over on a boat like some other immigrants have done. Sheesh!

[CutienPurg 0]

Thats exactly right Misa.......someone ELSE holds the cards for when WE can begin our lives. Like being a kid again.......mom and dad say when and how.

I think as much as being Can/Am couples we're fortunate in many ways but in the same manner we're more frustrated since we share this open border that anyone can just walk across really, yet held to the same standards for immigration that the world is. If I had a dollar for everytime I heard " well it's JUST Canada "........

Great news for you Misty ......enjoy that gift!!!!!

YES! I've heard that more times than I can count. I actually had a co worker ask me why he didn't just come over on a boat like some other immigrants have done. Sheesh!

I told my husband several times to take a holiday in Mexico and then just walk over ......the govt might even give him a cell phone:unsure:

[misa 2]

YES! I've heard that more times than I can count. I actually had a co worker ask me why he didn't just come over on a boat like some other immigrants have done. Sheesh!

HA!

I still get, "What do you mean you couldn't just move here/there?" and "I thought you would get an instant greencard when you got married". Um yeah, not so easy. Their eyes usually start glazing over after I start telling them about the I-130/I-129F... for the K3.

[CutienPurg 0]

YES! I've heard that more times than I can count. I actually had a co worker ask me why he didn't just come over on a boat like some other immigrants have done. Sheesh!

HA!

I still get, "What do you mean you couldn't just move here/there?" and "I thought you would get an instant greencard when you got married". Um yeah, not so easy. Their eyes usually start glazing over after I start telling them about the I-130/I-129F... for the K3.

so now , not only are we related but we have the same friends too

[misa 2]

so now , not only are we related but we have the same friends too

Maybe we're the same person? No wait, that would mean I'd be a USC or you'd be a Canadian.

[CutienPurg 0]

so now , not only are we related but we have the same friends too

Maybe we're the same person? No wait, that would mean I'd be a USC or you'd be a Canadian.

Im Canadian by injection

yeah Im goin ta hell

[~Nini~ 2]

CutienPurg and misa - we definitely have the same friends.

"Well, what do you mean you have to apply for a visa?" And then the look I give them just makes them go, "oh."

For some reason it's been easier for us to leave each other at the airport, but then again, we talk constantly to each other throughout the day (and rack up huge phone bills neither one of us can really afford.......). The first time we left I was in tears going back to JFK.

It -is- easier when immigration isn't tied up in long-distance relationships, I think. It definitely takes a stronger kind of gut to be able to handle both separation and the fact that someone else "up there" is ultimately determining your future together.

[Emancipation 2]

Thats exactly right Misa.......someone ELSE holds the cards for when WE can begin our lives. Like being a kid again.......mom and dad say when and how.

I think as much as being Can/Am couples we're fortunate in many ways but in the same manner we're more frustrated since we share this open border that anyone can just walk across really, yet held to the same standards for immigration that the world is. If I had a dollar for everytime I heard " well it's JUST Canada "........

Great news for you Misty ......enjoy that gift!!!!!

YES! I've heard that more times than I can count. I actually had a co worker ask me why he didn't just come over on a boat like some other immigrants have done. Sheesh!

HOLY... man.. that's nutters... but a good idea *thinks about how to explain THAT one to USCIS* tee hee.

[Misty1979 0]

Well, the 11 extra days I scored with my hubby are all done with, and its time to head back to the airport again. This is going to be the longest trip ever (48 hours...most of it in layovers....thanks United Airlines for seriously screwing up my flight arrangements.)

Packed my carry-on bag with munchies, books and a blanket so the lay-overs in the airports aren't too uncomfortable or boring.

First thing to do when I get back is find a job again. I've been lucky enough to have the same company keep a position open for me every time I come and go from visits here, but this time around I'll be staying with my Mom to save up money for the rest of the immigration costs, so I'll have to find something new.

Not sure how I am going to handle saying bye to David again for the second time in 2 weeks. I think as long as we both keep in mind that we are nearing the end of this process (we hope), it shouldn't be as painful as the times before.

Getting all teary eyed now.Sorry for all the sniffling, just needed to get it out of my system. It's been so reassuring and comforting knowing there is so many other people out there going through the same thing!

Anyways, see you guys on the other side

Edited May 25, 2007 by Misty1979

[misa 2]

Aw Misty, we all TOTALLY understand where you're coming from. Hang in there, this is just temporary.