ATTENTION JULY FILERS!

[lilou 0]

NOA1 is almost 2 months old now The time really has kinda flown in a weird way...

And it is just under 5 months until I get married - how scary is that?!?!?!?!

Yes you are right the time past hopefully but so slowly when everyday several times a day you are waiting and hoping that when you will get on the USCIS you will see something new about your case.

I really hope everything will be fine for your wedding , today gives me hope because like I sayed already a bunch of May fillers has been approved and it is good for us too if they start back to work a little bite faster ( or should i say "if they start back working point )

Lets pray that your embassy will be fast when they will receive our file I wish you the best

And I want to send NOA2 vibes to everyone waiting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here we go one good thing done!

[chris4gretchen 1]

While i hope i am clearly wrong

Chris

Good news, your wish appears to be coming true.

Great news today, everyone!!!!

I received a call from my US Senator's office this morning. The lady said she talked to the USCIS and that, with respect to the fee change of July 30, all applications were to be accepted or rejected based on the POSTMARK, and NOT on the date received. All items had to be postmarked BEFORE July 30 to qualify for the older, lower fees. Therefore, I am waiting for a letter from the Senator's office that I will send with my original AOS packet (and check....hehehe) directly to a specific person at the Chicago office.

If any of you are in this same boat or know someone who is, I strongly recommend a direct contact with your Senator or Rep. This bit of good news has saved us $2,300 and perhaps months more of waiting while we saved the extra money.

Now, I only need to hope that I didn't screw anything up on the orginal paperwork!! haha

Wish us luck once again. And special thanks to you guys who've been so supportive with your words and advice.

Charles

i always stated that i hoped it would resolve in their favor.

Chris

[Jason-Sasha 1]

Is it October yet??

[Jeraly 4]

Almost!!!

Have a bit of a favour in case anyone here is better at this than me!!

Jeremy is coming over for Christmas (yay!!) but only for a few days although they can be kinda flexible. The dates we are putting in are 21st Dec until 27th Dec as we have a Christmas celebration with my Dad on the 22nd (poor J is going to be sooo tired!)

Everything at the moment seems to be extortionate! And not just because we're being stingy but more expensive than it normally is at that time of year (and we've been looking for the past couple years!)

Anyone have any bright ideas/good sites to check?!

[rae_and_scott 1]

Almost!!!

Have a bit of a favour in case anyone here is better at this than me!!

Jeremy is coming over for Christmas (yay!!) but only for a few days although they can be kinda flexible. The dates we are putting in are 21st Dec until 27th Dec as we have a Christmas celebration with my Dad on the 22nd (poor J is going to be sooo tired!)

Everything at the moment seems to be extortionate! And not just because we're being stingy but more expensive than it normally is at that time of year (and we've been looking for the past couple years!)

Anyone have any bright ideas/good sites to check?!

Check with a travel agent. I would have never thought they could do any better than what I myself find on the internet, but I went to Brazil last month and a travel agent saved me $300-$400 from tickets I could find on my own online. I was told that domestically this never works; a person can always find the best fare themself. But with international travel, if you book far enough in advance, apparently deals are possible through them. Can't hurt to check, right?

[Jeraly 4]

Thanks! Have given my OH a kick up the backside so maybe he'll check it out

Oooh - Brazil I'd love to go there!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I've found some good deals through Airline Network, but it's a bit hit and miss...

[bakofoil 27]

VJ tracks by both by date sent ( which in my opinion is meaningless), and by receipt date ( this is receipt date on Noa-1), but many people here are tracking either by the date they received the hard copy ( meaningless) and the date sent ( meaningless).

Just some perspective from the 'other side'. All of these dates are not meaningless. I will give examples.

I mailed my application in on the July 24th, this date is important because it determines what fees I pay.

It was received on the 27th, I sent it to TSC. This is important because when I was freaking out about not having a NOA1 or my check cashed, until I found 3 others on this very forum in almost the exact same situation! Guess what they had not received NOA1s either... no more freaking out for me...

I tend to use this site as a weather balloon of sorts, so many people going threw this shared experience as me, with dates before, and after. I watch what steps they are going threw and what there experiences are, then I am prepared for what is coming next!

My opinion is this site need not be cut up into such strict groupings, and it appears this is not the intent either!

Just food for thought, and maybe you can see things a bit better from this 'July' filers perspective hehe

Me also! Lately, I've been reading some threads and having to focus on why I'm here. Because, apparently I'm supposed to be relaxing and not worrying about such things as an NOA1 or having my check cashed (according to some anyway), but you hit the nail on the head...it's a gauge if anything, a measure of how we're all doing in the system. I wonder why there is such an attitude of seperation. I know here on this thread, at least, people are on some common ground regardless of where they're at in the system.

[tucson_chick 0]

Almost!!!

Have a bit of a favour in case anyone here is better at this than me!!

Jeremy is coming over for Christmas (yay!!) but only for a few days although they can be kinda flexible. The dates we are putting in are 21st Dec until 27th Dec as we have a Christmas celebration with my Dad on the 22nd (poor J is going to be sooo tired!)

Everything at the moment seems to be extortionate! And not just because we're being stingy but more expensive than it normally is at that time of year (and we've been looking for the past couple years!)

Anyone have any bright ideas/good sites to check?!

funny enough delta.com often has really good deals. oh, and often it works really well to book the flight from the hubs of the major airlines whenever it is only a 2h drive to get there.

we noticed last week when E. booked his ticket for christmas, that the tickets are $200 more than last year at the same time. crazy world.

[weedebz 0]

opodo.co.uk and orbitz.com

[thejoz 0]

Is it October yet??

Needs more November.

[weedebz 0]

Is it October yet??

Needs more November.

mid november would be good!..... look at us all....wish our lives away!

[kaush 0]

So I started a new thread about petitions postmarked before july 30th and finally heard some good news from my congressman's office. They left a message today telling me they had good news for me

Then I received an email from my congressman's office:

I received a reply from the Vermont Service Center.

Here is what they told me to pass along to you.

Send your petition and payment (with old fee prices) back to them. Along with it, send the proof of the post mark date from the original package. In a cover note or something of that sort, put in big letters.

ATTENTION: CRU

PLEASE DO NOT REJECT SEE PREVIOUS POSTMARK PROOF INCLUDED

I would also highlight it as well.

I hope this is helpful and that things work out.

In her voice message the lady asked me to call her back so that she could pass along the name of the person she talked to and just discuss everything in detail. Unfortunately, I heard the voicemail after business hours and she was gone. But this is GOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDD news!!!! I am so excited now and hopeful that things will go well from here on. Thanks so much everyone for your help> hope this info helps others in the same situation - will keep everyone updated.

Is it October yet??

Needs more November.

mid november would be good!..... look at us all....wish our lives away!

I wish I had a magic wand and make all our wishes come true.

I would be married and extremely rich then

[lilou 0]

Is it October yet??

Needs more November.

mid november would be good!..... look at us all....wish our lives away!

:thumbs:

[Courtney 1]

Almost!!!

Have a bit of a favour in case anyone here is better at this than me!!

Jeremy is coming over for Christmas (yay!!) but only for a few days although they can be kinda flexible. The dates we are putting in are 21st Dec until 27th Dec as we have a Christmas celebration with my Dad on the 22nd (poor J is going to be sooo tired!)

Everything at the moment seems to be extortionate! And not just because we're being stingy but more expensive than it normally is at that time of year (and we've been looking for the past couple years!)

Anyone have any bright ideas/good sites to check?!

I suggest trying www.usairways.com, or maybe even www.kayak.com... but i have found my best deals thru us airways directly.

My fiance and his family are coming over at Christmas and have already bought tickets. When I told him about the US Airways site, he checked out his dates and was kicking himself- couple hundred quid cheaper there. Good luck!