ATTENTION JULY FILERS!

[bakofoil 27]

Awesome news on the touch babblesgirl, keep us updated! I know I had a touch the day after calling, but the person I talked to looked up our case so if yours didn't that's a very good sign

Gratz on the approval evangelina!!

Well, I'm not sure he looked anything up other than the case status online. I'm not sure that would cause a touch or not. He didn't give us any details at all. Just said 'be patient'. Either way, it's less depressing looking at a january date than a september one

[Jeraly 4]

Haha - I can second that!!! I don't think it was the fact it was taking so long that was getting to me as much as the seeing the same damn date over and over!!!

[Jeraly 4]

Hey - tomorrow evening in acknowledgment of the Friday night Zinfandel tradition, courtesy of Debz we are having a party here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...0&start=510

Tucson was feeling a little low and thought we could all do with a pick me up - sharing jokes, funny stories, cool websites and general gossiping about how cool it is going to be when things settle down

Time will be about 6-7pm GMT (ie when I get in from work/picking up wedding dress/buying wine & healthy(ish) nibbles/whenever anyone decides to get active in that thread )

Feel free to join in even if you aren't still pre NVC Or even if you aren't a June/July Filer ;D

[missingmykiwi 0]

WOOHOO Interview has been moved up!!!!!

We had the interview moved up from Feb 8, 2008 to Jan 31st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!! Should i try and book him a flight? Maybe one on hold or um with low change fee... hmmm... you think Feb 1th or 12th is allowing enough time for the visa to be delivered to him. I would think so. Would allow him some time to say goodbyes and pack some more things sell car etc. he can't sell the car until he has the interview. thoughts?

Christine

[Jeraly 4]

Wow!!! That's great news!!!

Personally if it were me I would want a little longer to organise my things, pack things away ready to be shipped, decide what I am going to take, close bank accounts, cancel standing orders etc etc - all those little fiddly things first but then I don't know what your situation is and he might have already done all that!! Would defo be worth talking to him first though!!! *hugs* Ooooh! How did they let you know?!

Oh... and again - personally!! I would wait until I had my visa in hand before booking the flights - you can still get last minute deals but it would be awful if it didn't get there in time!!

[mox 298]

WOOHOO Interview has been moved up!!!!!

We had the interview moved up from Feb 8, 2008 to Jan 31st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!! Should i try and book him a flight? Maybe one on hold or um with low change fee... hmmm... you think Feb 1th or 12th is allowing enough time for the visa to be delivered to him. I would think so. Would allow him some time to say goodbyes and pack some more things sell car etc. he can't sell the car until he has the interview. thoughts?

Christine

Wait for visa in hand. You just never know what's going to happen, and you don't want to have to spend even more money for new tickets.

Congrats on getting the interview date moved up!

[CBR 0]

Awesome news on the touch babblesgirl, keep us updated! I know I had a touch the day after calling, but the person I talked to looked up our case so if yours didn't that's a very good sign

Gratz on the approval evangelina!!

Well, I'm not sure he looked anything up other than the case status online. I'm not sure that would cause a touch or not. He didn't give us any details at all. Just said 'be patient'. Either way, it's less depressing looking at a january date than a september one

I completely here that! Now I'm sick of seeing 12/31/07 lol.

[missingmykiwi 0]

well I was thinking of booking a flight with a no more than 100 dollar change fee, or having something put on hold for 3 weeks... they did that for me when I went to NZ b/c it was international they held it for 3 weeks but than again that was booked 3 months in advance, not this close... sigh....hmmmmmm i think his aunt works for air new zealand maybe she has some pull on the restrictions...

as for how much time, he already got rid of the lock up storage fasility that has most of his thing, the rest he he has all sorted such as 40 books he plans on shipping by slow boat. we wree gonna work on the bank out stuff this month, but that should not take that long. the only real major thing is goodbyes and selling his car.

there is a holiday here on Feb18th and its the last one i will have off from work for ages, so it would be nice to have him here for it make a nice 3 day weekend. that is what i hope for. we havn't seen each other since July, so you know how hard being apart is. It's rough!

Christine

[a-jeanne 2]

Hey - tomorrow evening in acknowledgment of the Friday night Zinfandel tradition, courtesy of Debz we are having a party here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...0&start=510

Tucson was feeling a little low and thought we could all do with a pick me up - sharing jokes, funny stories, cool websites and general gossiping about how cool it is going to be when things settle down

Time will be about 6-7pm GMT (ie when I get in from work/picking up wedding dress/buying wine & healthy(ish) nibbles/whenever anyone decides to get active in that thread )

Feel free to join in even if you aren't still pre NVC Or even if you aren't a June/July Filer ;D

I would love to join you for the Zinfandel party. Lord knows that I need it....Tell me when and where!

[a-jeanne 2]

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is having a great 2008 thus far. I have a few pics from our trip - we made the best of our trip although we both realize that tropical is not for either of us and is something we won't do again. It truly was a once-in-a-lifetime trip. I did get the opportunity to wind surf, snorkel, swim with the dolphins and partake in the many Figiian traditions. We spent two days with the Ambassador of Figi and she was such a joy to be with - what an awesome experience!

I am glad to be back here with my fellow Visa Journey friends and very glad to be back home. Thank you for all of the well wishes and positive thoughts that are bringing me back to you all. It has been very hard as a lot of people will understand to be on this site and see everyone else just breeze by with their approvals. I apologize for the way I left but frustration got the best of me.

We are all in this together and now is the time that we really need to be together.

I will quote the Ambassador when she said to me:

"I wish you 365 days of unbelievable happiness, 52 weekends of beautiful sunshine, 7 days of loving one another and each day the best day ever." I wish this for all of us.

[Masha2008 0]

no update. this is crazy. I have no NOA2. I hate it.

[Jeraly 4]

AUDREY!!!! I am SO glad to see you back!!"! have you heard any news yet?! Should we all send letters? I could draft up something later and we can all sign our names and send it saying we think it is disgusting how you have been treated!!

As for the party - it'll be in a thread here somewhere around about 6-7pm or so

Oh - and I am glad you had a wonderful time *hugs* Glad to see you back here

[Jeraly 4]

Oh! - what was the RFE in the end (sorry - being lame - am in work and totally ignored your siggie )

[Masha2008 0]

This is freaking ridiculous. My estimate waiting time is now on January 19th. It is sooo crazy. No updates whats so ever. I have no idea. Any late july filers have touches?

[Jeraly 4]

Depends on what you mean by late July - I think it is problems with CSC - they seem to have dropped off the radar and it is, I must agree with you, ridiculous... I thought things would slow down over Christmas but now we are into the second week of January and it is diabolical. I'm not sure what we can do other than wait though... I'm not even sure calling would help... VSC seems to be fine though!!!