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

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I was just wondering...ur2sobad...how did that happen that you have been dating for 11 years? Didn´t you wanna get married after like 7 years?

[u2rsobad 0]

I was just wondering...ur2sobad...how did that happen that you have been dating for 11 years? Didn´t you wanna get married after like 7 years?

LOL..I knew I wanted to get married after 1 month! But, he wasn't ready. I lived over there for 15 years, about a 10 min walk to his family's house at the bottom of the hill. Lots of factors played into us (me) waiting. I was divorced (not very socially accepted there), had 2 children already, I'm older (no prob for him, but was for his dad) and to his family's dismay..I'm not Japanese. He's several years younger than I and wasn't ready for an instant family with me let alone being written out of his family (his father's threat..then stating "no foreign blood in this family"). Due to a death in my family, I had to move back to the USA and after being apart, he's decided he doesn't really care how his family feels, he's not going to live any longer without me. That's the jest of it in a nut shell. They say good things come to those who wait...well, I've done more than my fair share of waiting

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I was just wondering...ur2sobad...how did that happen that you have been dating for 11 years? Didn´t you wanna get married after like 7 years?

LOL..I knew I wanted to get married after 1 month! But, he wasn't ready. I lived over there for 15 years, about a 10 min walk to his family's house at the bottom of the hill. Lots of factors played into us (me) waiting. I was divorced (not very socially accepted there), had 2 children already, I'm older (no prob for him, but was for his dad) and to his family's dismay..I'm not Japanese. He's several years younger than I and wasn't ready for an instant family with me let alone being written out of his family (his father's threat..then stating "no foreign blood in this family"). Due to a death in my family, I had to move back to the USA and after being apart, he's decided he doesn't really care how his family feels, he's not going to live any longer without me. That's the jest of it in a nut shell. They say good things come to those who wait...well, I've done more than my fair share of waiting

Agreed Good luck to you both

[maria_n_john 0]

Scott, re your comments about staying positive:

You are exactly correct. I read an earlier post where some guy was trying to get something going about writing letters to Lou Dobbs and Oprah. He said he was happy he could be an example to others. A letter to Lou Dobbs? to Oprah? When I stopped laughing, I realized the dude was serious about himself (or herself, whichever it was).

The point is this is a process we have to go through to get to something that is important to us. I believe that my government is doing what it can to protect our citizens, in a manner it thinks correct. I'm not smart enough to suggest public policy, but I think it should be based on something more than selfish interest. Quite frankly, I doubt that the civil servants who carry out policy foresaw the coming of recent problems. It appears that they handled those problems as best they could, given the resources available to them. And I, for one, am not interested in pouring more money down the government drain to merely shorten the process, if it is in fact working efficiently. I doubt anyone here has the knowledge to intelligently comment on the efficiency of this process and I suspect if they do they are probably sympathetic with those workers who are on the wrong end of someone's anonymous wrath.

Calling somone names (retard, etc.) simply because he/she works for the government is baseless, tasteless and spineless. I feel bad for those workers who have no choice but to sit and to listen to the braaing (I think I spelled that correctly) of sheep with their incessant complaints about which the employees can do nothing. The guy comes in in the morning, punches the clock, does the best job he can while he's at work and goes home at the end of the day (just like most of us here). Making derrogatory comments about our government is safe in a venue that provides anonymity. Saying it in a public place may be a bit more hazardous to one's health. (Not from the government, but from someone who takes offense about such comments.) Constructive advice and suggestions will always be useful, but ignorant criticism yields no benefit.

Scott, yours is the logical approach. This is one part of a journey. Our view is similar to yours. We do what is in our power to speed up the process and we are optimistic about the outcome. We, too, choose to be patient but attentive to what is happening. We eagerly look forward to the day Maria comes home. When this process is over and she is finally here, we will have lifelong memories (fond ones) about all we went through to get her here. And we will have learned about ourselves and each other in the process.

We're getting close; very close, and it gets more exciting every day. Originally we had hoped she would be home for Christmas, then New Year's. Now it looks like we're going to have the best Valentine's Day ever. And if it's later still, we'll still find something positive about it, whenever it is.

Good luck to you, Scott, and to all of us.

[u2rsobad 0]

Agreed Good luck to you both

Thank you very much and the best of luck to you as well

[Masha2008 0]

To u2rsobad,

It is very nice that you guys have dated for 11 years and finally marry. I have been with my fiance for 7 years since my junior year in highschool as an exchange student. And I wan not able to disclose about him to my family for a long time. A few months ago, my great grandmother died and everthing in my family was changed and finally I told my family that I am planning to marry and move to the US. And my fiance (USC) came to meet my family and actually my parents liked him. He is well educated and has a decent job even though he is a new graduate. And we are not planning to have a child, so my parents agree to let us marry

[u2rsobad 0]

To u2rsobad,

It is very nice that you guys have dated for 11 years and finally marry. I have been with my fiance for 7 years since my junior year in highschool as an exchange student. And I wan not able to disclose about him to my family for a long time. A few months ago, my great grandmother died and everthing in my family was changed and finally I told my family that I am planning to marry and move to the US. And my fiance (USC) came to meet my family and actually my parents liked him. He is well educated and has a decent job even though he is a new graduate. And we are not planning to have a child, so my parents agree to let us marry

Congratulations to you and your fiance and I'm sorry to hear about your great-grandmother.

His family and I have always gotten along very well until we told them many years ago that we wanted to marry, but his father did not want his son to marry an American even though he asked me to help his son to get a job after he graduated from college, which I did. (They did however, throw a going away party for me when I left Japan...lol) It's a little different for girls to marry American men in most families. I have several Japanese friends who have married American men, but most men's families are against their son's marrying Americans. Times are changing in Japan ..slowly but surely. What part of Japan are you from? I lived in Saitama.

Edited October 25, 2007 by u2rsobad

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

To u2rsobad,

It is very nice that you guys have dated for 11 years and finally marry. I have been with my fiance for 7 years since my junior year in highschool as an exchange student. And I wan not able to disclose about him to my family for a long time. A few months ago, my great grandmother died and everthing in my family was changed and finally I told my family that I am planning to marry and move to the US. And my fiance (USC) came to meet my family and actually my parents liked him. He is well educated and has a decent job even though he is a new graduate. And we are not planning to have a child, so my parents agree to let us marry

Me curious again ...Is that normal that they let you get married only if you don´t plan to have a child? I think children are very nice and they are part of the family...?

Thank you for your wishes Maria and John and Ur2sobad

[shining_angel 0]

happy to hear all the approvals for those who filed last May...hopefully we will get approved very very soon too.

every journey has an end ... and our waiting will end soon too

[Masha2008 0]

Any approvals today? Please update your timeline everyone. The processing time on VJ at CSC is 148 now. But, my timeline does not change. Ahhhh, Crazy. I need my NOA2 now. Do you know how long it will take from NOA2 to each embassy?

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

The tide may be turning. Projected processing times may be decreasing!

I just looked today like I look everyday and I saw that both my K3 and K1 visas processing times have decreased in wait time by two weeks!

Whoot! Whoot!

Are they catching up from the rush of applications before the July fee increase? This is much better than looking every week and finding my processing time increasing! I know it's just two weeks but it's hope! Anyone else noticed the same decreasing?

Can I get a Whoot Whoot!!?

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

W00t? I dunno...processing times for K1 are still the same...148 days average...ours predicted date haven´t moved neither way for like a week or two...and looks like we haven´t had a single approval in the last two days...on the other hand if I am not mistaken K3 average date at CSC moved from like around 202 days down to 178 days...so that looks better for you

[afterforever 0]

Any approvals today? Please update your timeline everyone. The processing time on VJ at CSC is 148 now. But, my timeline does not change. Ahhhh, Crazy. I need my NOA2 now. Do you know how long it will take from NOA2 to each embassy?

I know it is very hard to do but try to calm down sunshinegirl. Believe me, I know that the wait is a killer but it will be sometime before they get to July filers. You do not want to crash and burn before you get approved. Hang in there.

Edited October 25, 2007 by afterforever

[u2rsobad 0]

To u2rsobad,

It is very nice that you guys have dated for 11 years and finally marry. I have been with my fiance for 7 years since my junior year in highschool as an exchange student. And I wan not able to disclose about him to my family for a long time. A few months ago, my great grandmother died and everthing in my family was changed and finally I told my family that I am planning to marry and move to the US. And my fiance (USC) came to meet my family and actually my parents liked him. He is well educated and has a decent job even though he is a new graduate. And we are not planning to have a child, so my parents agree to let us marry

Me curious again ...Is that normal that they let you get married only if you don´t plan to have a child? I think children are very nice and they are part of the family...?

Thank you for your wishes Maria and John and Ur2sobad

No that is NOT usual. Maybe she means they don't plan on having a child right away. Son's have a little different responsibility in the family than daughters do and I've been told that's why many (not all) families are reluctant to let son's marry foreigners

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Cool What´s the responsibility difference? Me being nosy

We have an new approval Yesterday Olga and Glenn Congratulations! Their NOA1 was 06-11

Too many emoticons? Again?