Waiting for a NOA2 from CSC for your I-129F?

[Jeraly 4]

Morning moxie!!! Just what you wanted to wake up to - shoulda made a girls only thread

[mox 298]

Morning moxie!!! Just what you wanted to wake up to - shoulda made a girls only thread

Hehe. Nah, it's ok. I've been married, had kids (well..."participated"), etc. After you've seen freshly extracted placenta, nothing much tends to gross you out after that.

[Jeraly 4]

Yeah - I figured if anyone was too squeamish then it would at the very least be good practice for married life

Although still not something you really want to be reading over your cornflakes

[bakofoil 27]

Touched today!

[Jeraly 4]

YAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Is that from a phone call or? How often have you been calling? Oh I hope it brings good news!!

[a-jeanne 2]

Awesome Babblesgirl. I hope this is the news that we need - that there is life on the plant CSC! I am keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!!!!

Mox - you're so funny. I could just picture you with a mouthful of cereal and you were reading the posts - too funny!

[u2rsobad 0]

I had more of a mox-spitting-out-the-cereal visual

Guess I'm odd by your standards Jeraly..I'd rather have the smear than injections! I hate shots! BTW, I already knew that I'm odd

[bakofoil 27]

No call. It's a genuine "not watching the boiling pot" kind of touch.

Audrey, I know - I really hope it's the news I've been waiting so (im)patiently for. Icing on the cake would be yours and CBR's approval. *fingers crossed*

[Jeraly 4]

Oh that is soooo awesome Now I am impatient! I want to refresh the page for you!!!

[bakofoil 27]

Oh that is soooo awesome Now I am impatient! I want to refresh the page for you!!!

Didn't you hear that a watched pot never boils?? *Refresh refresh refresh* He will never let me live that down

[TBoneTX 45,090]

Mox - you're so funny. I could just picture you with a mouthful of cereal and you were reading the posts - too funny!

Or, those of us who have abruptly abandoned the eating of bologna sandwiches. Thanks, girls!

If anyone is thoroughly sick of this, by all means send me a PM telling me to can it. I wrote Cristina to tell her that her DHL package (containing cards, trinkets, et al. that I'd been saving for her) was on the way. She wrote back thusly:

"Loco [note: my nickname is Loco, hers is Loca]:

"I can't stop to think about our conversation and thanks for everything you did and still doing for me..... I think I don't deserve it and you show me all the time how good you are.

"Thanks and I will never forget what you said to me and that you will never let me stand in the rain.

"Bye

"Cristina"

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"To think" means "thinking," and "bye" is one of her several sign-off words. The "don't deserve it" part pertains to her willingness to take the blame ("it's not you; it's me") during The Talk. Regarding whether her "Thanks" sentence sounds like a final blow-off, I'm genuinely not sure. Anyway, I responded unpressuringly. I will see whether, and how, the correspondence continues, either before or after the DHL arrives. Your observations are welcome. Remember that other threads (touches, approvals) take priority.

[mox 298]

Bah.

On a complete whim I decided to call customer service. Could not get through to CSC, so against all better judgement just let myself fall through to the main customer support line. Got a *really* nice lady who was so polite and cheery that I was completely amazed. She even noted that I had an I-129F, and congratulated me on my engagement, and said I must be very excited. She looked my file up, looked into what CSC was doing, and then quoted me the standard "CSC are working on July 19 filers line." So then I mentioned I was part of an internet community of filers and had seen a lot of August filers being approved, and even a single October filer. And it was like a completely different person with her voice got on the phone. She immediately went stone cold on me, and said "Sir, nobody jumps ahead of the line. All files are processed strictly in order." So I said that I understood it, and that I was just calling to see if maybe we were a little further along than July 19. And again she cut me off right in the middle of my sentence and repeated the "Sir, nobody jumps..." line. It was just surreal, and completely took me by surprise. One second we're having a really nice conversation, then the next she's completely shutting me down. So I just decided it wasn't worth arguing over, thanked her for her time, and hung up.

Bah.

Edited January 31, 2008 by mox

[Jeraly 4]

Hahah TBone - we all care about each other here so of course we are interested in how things are going! I must say I read the "bye" thing with a bit of a gulp but if that is a way that she normally signs off then it's a lovely e-mail. The fact that she called you by your nickname to me suggests that she is at least thinking fondly of you

Babbles - you go girl!! Jeremy said the same yet when he got here we had two touches!! Hehehehe

[AngandKeeb 0]

Bah.

On a complete whim I decided to call customer service. Could not get through to CSC, so against all better judgement just let myself fall through to the main customer support line. Got a *really* nice lady who was so polite and cheery that I was completely amazed. She even noted that I had an I-129F, and congratulated me on my engagement, and said I must be very excited. She looked my file up, looked into what CSC was doing, and then quoted me the standard "CSC are working on July 19 filers line." So then I mentioned I was part of an internet community of filers and had seen a lot of August filers being approved, and even a single October filer. And it was like a completely different person with her voice got on the phone. She immediately went stone cold on me, and said "Sir, nobody jumps ahead of the line. All files are processed strictly in order." So I said that I understood it, and that I was just calling to see if maybe we were a little further along than July 19. And again she cut me off right in the middle of my sentence and repeated the "Sir, nobody jumps..." line. It was just surreal, and completely took me by surprise. One second we're having a really nice conversation, then the next she's completely shutting me down. So I just decided it wasn't worth arguing over, thanked her for her time, and hung up.

Bah.

Sorry to jump into the CSC thread but I think the same lady works at VSC. . .

[TBoneTX 45,090]

Bah.

Been there, heard that. The "against your better judgment" part was why it happened. Maybe next time, tell the front-line idiot "I was told to call back at this time today to speak with an Immigration Officer regarding exactly where in the Division my file is," and repeat this like a mantra until the f-l idiot transfers you. NOTHING is worse for the blood pressure than submitting to the f-l idiots.