ATTENTION JULY FILERS!

[Rob & Jin 0]

hello everyone,

It seems we are all down a little bit

does anyone have a good news to share so we could share some joy .....

days seems like month and months like years while waiting, i keep thinking one day.......... one day it will be your turn.... usually when I'm down my dear one bring me up, and when it is him I do the same, but today we were both on skype missing each other so much it was hard to talk without a tear....

Tomorrow will be better , come on USCIS give us hope , GET BACK TO WORK!!!!

You know I have imagined a million times and played it in my head what it will be like when I am at the airport to receive him when he finally gets here

I know exactly what you're talking about .... Just like thinking about that time when i will say "I do" knowing that we are finally there bring emotion.... well I just sees that the late May fillers have received some NOA2 ( one of them was 30/05/2007) so it is a good news we are getting closer. My fiancé and I are hoping for a weeding in March or April....

"Patience is a virtue seldom found in woman never found in man", unless your chinese then its just normal. Dont worry guys I know it it feels horrid now, but we will get there, and take strength in that this will make your love stronger, more secure, more real. Its just a road bump in life, nothing more. Remember Nelson Mandella had to wait 25 years to be with his wife again, so we are looking at no time really, dont look at the clock, look at how you can be ready to be the best spouse for your love.

Edited September 22, 2007 by Rob & Jin

[lilou 0]

hello everyone,

It seems we are all down a little bit

does anyone have a good news to share so we could share some joy .....

days seems like month and months like years while waiting, i keep thinking one day.......... one day it will be your turn.... usually when I'm down my dear one bring me up, and when it is him I do the same, but today we were both on skype missing each other so much it was hard to talk without a tear....

Tomorrow will be better , come on USCIS give us hope , GET BACK TO WORK!!!!

You know I have imagined a million times and played it in my head what it will be like when I am at the airport to receive him when he finally gets here

I know exactly what you're talking about .... Just like thinking about that time when i will say "I do" knowing that we are finally there bring emotion.... well I just sees that the late May fillers have received some NOA2 ( one of them was 30/05/2007) so it is a good news we are getting closer. My fiancé and I are hoping for a weeding in March or April....

"Patience is a virtue seldom found in woman never found in man", unless your chinese then its just normal. Dont worry guys I know it it feels horrid now, but we will get there, and take strength in that this will make your love stronger, more secure, more real. Its just a road bump in life, nothing more. Remember Nelson Mandella had to wait 25 years to be with his wife again, so we are looking at no time really, dont look at the clock, look at how you can be ready to be the best spouse for your love.

you are right just having an hard time today.....

[kaush 0]

hello everyone,

It seems we are all down a little bit

does anyone have a good news to share so we could share some joy .....

days seems like month and months like years while waiting, i keep thinking one day.......... one day it will be your turn.... usually when I'm down my dear one bring me up, and when it is him I do the same, but today we were both on skype missing each other so much it was hard to talk without a tear....

Tomorrow will be better , come on USCIS give us hope , GET BACK TO WORK!!!!

You know I have imagined a million times and played it in my head what it will be like when I am at the airport to receive him when he finally gets here

I know exactly what you're talking about .... Just like thinking about that time when i will say "I do" knowing that we are finally there bring emotion.... well I just sees that the late May fillers have received some NOA2 ( one of them was 30/05/2007) so it is a good news we are getting closer. My fiancé and I are hoping for a weeding in March or April....

"Patience is a virtue seldom found in woman never found in man", unless your chinese then its just normal. Dont worry guys I know it it feels horrid now, but we will get there, and take strength in that this will make your love stronger, more secure, more real. Its just a road bump in life, nothing more. Remember Nelson Mandella had to wait 25 years to be with his wife again, so we are looking at no time really, dont look at the clock, look at how you can be ready to be the best spouse for your love.

you are right just having an hard time today.....

Tomorrow will be a better day, the next year a better year

[lisalu100 0]

Jeraly, will you really cancel your K1? I've been thinking about what I'll do if I don't have the K1 by the wedding (May 31st), but I figured I would have a "fake" wedding, and then legalise it ASAP. Surely you will then have to wait another 6 months for the K3, or am I missing something?

[weedebz 0]

I seriously hope it doesn't take that long as my wedding booked 3rd May. I'm hoping to head over in March.

[michellemilitza 1]

Since everyone is so down, and need some good news I have some good news I got an "official" touch on Monday Sept 17 ( I didn't post earlier because I have been swamped with school), and I didn't even do the RFE trick, it was an actual touch........for the very first time! like a viiiiiiiiiiiirgin, feel ur heart beat, next to mine! .....ok that was my insane moment for today. Good luck every one!

[janaus 0]

Since everyone is so down, and need some good news I have some good news I got an "official" touch on Monday Sept 17 ( I didn't post earlier because I have been swamped with school), and I didn't even do the RFE trick, it was an actual touch........for the very first time! like a viiiiiiiiiiiirgin, feel ur heart beat, next to mine! .....ok that was my insane moment for today. Good luck every one!

Congrats! I hope it was a good touch! Ur a USCIS virgin no longer.

Did anyone read the thread by whitteds? IT's regarding the inside scoop of USCIS delays. Unbelievable...anyhow, we don't really know the whole story. Still, it's frustrating while we are sitting here patiently waiting, putting everything on hold. I wonder what the legal implications of this against USCIS will be.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I read it... I didn't think there were any startling new facts there, but perhaps I'm missing something

in any case, July filers: I think we should all take heart from the fact that there is now an August Filers AND a September Filers thread in here; we're old hands now B)

[Jeraly 4]

Jeraly, will you really cancel your K1? I've been thinking about what I'll do if I don't have the K1 by the wedding (May 31st), but I figured I would have a "fake" wedding, and then legalise it ASAP. Surely you will then have to wait another 6 months for the K3, or am I missing something?

I'm not sure how to go about doing the "fake" wedding thing... although it does sound preferable to cancelling the K-1 and having to start over with the K-3... What would I have to do/not do? I don't want to breach the visa conditions and get screwed yet entering the US and going through immigration to get "married" but do it without them questioning me will be weird.. I just don't understand how it all works... any info will be welcomed though

Since everyone is so down, and need some good news I have some good news I got an "official" touch on Monday Sept 17 ( I didn't post earlier because I have been swamped with school), and I didn't even do the RFE trick, it was an actual touch........for the very first time! like a viiiiiiiiiiiirgin, feel ur heart beat, next to mine! .....ok that was my insane moment for today. Good luck every one!

Gratzies!!!! Oooooh - I am so jealous!! But at least it means there is hope for us if we are beginning to see movement Here's to more touches all round!!

[tucson_chick 0]

hi guys!

we tried to pull all kind of strings possible to do the fake-wedding (ceremony in a church only, without any legal strings attached) in germany this december.

a few facts:

you can do a "real" church ceremony in all countries where church and state are seperated. the state doesn't get to know whether you are married or not, and you are good. in Germany, Austria and France for example you ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A CHURCH WEDDING WITHOUT A LEGAL WEDDING BEFOREHAND!

in germany, england, austria and france this DOES NOT WORK. it works in the US though, because there you can legalize your wedding whenever you want to do so!

@ jeraly:

first: try to do the math: NAO 2 on december 5th would mean that the embassy in London (or whereever) receives it Jan 5th latest. If you have your paperwork ready to send it to them the day you receive Pack3, you should be fine! if not, you could theoretically fly to the US and have a church-only ceremony, but you could run into trouble at the POE...

[Jeraly 4]

Yeah I know it is still possible but we are cutting it so fine that we are literally going to have to make decisions very quickly so I just want all the info beforehand so we can make the best decision based on that

I read in another thread somewhere that I can go through US immigration in Ireland which might be a possibility but also if I have ties to the UK to show I am going to return and don't mention my non-legal wedding I should be ok?!

[jundp 191]

hi guys!

we tried to pull all kind of strings possible to do the fake-wedding (ceremony in a church only, without any legal strings attached) in germany this december.

a few facts:

you can do a "real" church ceremony in all countries where church and state are seperated. the state doesn't get to know whether you are married or not, and you are good. in Germany, Austria and France for example you ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A CHURCH WEDDING WITHOUT A LEGAL WEDDING BEFOREHAND!

in germany, england, austria and france this DOES NOT WORK. it works in the US though, because there you can legalize your wedding whenever you want to do so!

@ jeraly:

first: try to do the math: NAO 2 on december 5th would mean that the embassy in London (or whereever) receives it Jan 5th latest. If you have your paperwork ready to send it to them the day you receive Pack3, you should be fine! if not, you could theoretically fly to the US and have a church-only ceremony, but you could run into trouble at the POE...

We're having a religious ceremony in Germany before the legal wedding in the States. You are allowed to have a church wedding in Germany, it just won't be legally recognized there, which is what we want anyway so that we don't break any US Immigration laws. In the US if you have a church wedding you must have a wedding license and it must be signed by the minister and the papers filed, so it WILL be considered a legal ceremony.

[Jeraly 4]

We're having a civil ceremony outside - no churches involved! If we don't get a license or sign the register then will that be ok?

[tucson_chick 0]

hi guys!

we tried to pull all kind of strings possible to do the fake-wedding (ceremony in a church only, without any legal strings attached) in germany this december.

a few facts:

you can do a "real" church ceremony in all countries where church and state are seperated. the state doesn't get to know whether you are married or not, and you are good. in Germany, Austria and France for example you ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A CHURCH WEDDING WITHOUT A LEGAL WEDDING BEFOREHAND!

in germany, england, austria and france this DOES NOT WORK. it works in the US though, because there you can legalize your wedding whenever you want to do so!

@ jeraly:

first: try to do the math: NAO 2 on december 5th would mean that the embassy in London (or whereever) receives it Jan 5th latest. If you have your paperwork ready to send it to them the day you receive Pack3, you should be fine! if not, you could theoretically fly to the US and have a church-only ceremony, but you could run into trouble at the POE...

We're having a religious ceremony in Germany before the legal wedding in the States. You are allowed to have a church wedding in Germany, it just won't be legally recognized there, which is what we want anyway so that we don't break any US Immigration laws. In the US if you have a church wedding you must have a wedding license and it must be signed by the minister and the papers filed, so it WILL be considered a legal ceremony.

wow! I'm kinda curious how you guys made that happen! our priest is currently filing a serious-hardship-thingy with the chief-priest to hopefully make that happen for us, too. otherways they could only do a "blessing", but not the real wedding ceremony. sucks big time. what church are you at?

we will get to know if we can have the church-wedding at christmas hopefully next week....

[Rob & Jin 0]

hi guys!

we tried to pull all kind of strings possible to do the fake-wedding (ceremony in a church only, without any legal strings attached) in germany this december.

a few facts:

you can do a "real" church ceremony in all countries where church and state are seperated. the state doesn't get to know whether you are married or not, and you are good. in Germany, Austria and France for example you ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A CHURCH WEDDING WITHOUT A LEGAL WEDDING BEFOREHAND!

in germany, england, austria and france this DOES NOT WORK. it works in the US though, because there you can legalize your wedding whenever you want to do so!

@ jeraly:

first: try to do the math: NAO 2 on december 5th would mean that the embassy in London (or whereever) receives it Jan 5th latest. If you have your paperwork ready to send it to them the day you receive Pack3, you should be fine! if not, you could theoretically fly to the US and have a church-only ceremony, but you could run into trouble at the POE...

We're having a religious ceremony in Germany before the legal wedding in the States. You are allowed to have a church wedding in Germany, it just won't be legally recognized there, which is what we want anyway so that we don't break any US Immigration laws. In the US if you have a church wedding you must have a wedding license and it must be signed by the minister and the papers filed, so it WILL be considered a legal ceremony.

wow! I'm kinda curious how you guys made that happen! our priest is currently filing a serious-hardship-thingy with the chief-priest to hopefully make that happen for us, too. otherways they could only do a "blessing", but not the real wedding ceremony. sucks big time. what church are you at?

we will get to know if we can have the church-wedding at christmas hopefully next week....

WOW, TAKE A BREATH, REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO DO AOS AFTER YOU MARRY IN THE USA, AND THAT MUST BE AFTER THEY GET HERE WITH THE K-1, IF YOU DO A WEDDING IN YOUR STATE OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY YOU ARE MARRIED, THEREFORE MARRIED ( NOT THEN K-1) ,YOU COULD END WITH DENIAL OF AOS, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO RETURN. BE SMART PEOPLE, WAIT, DONT RISK IT

Edited September 23, 2007 by Rob & Jin