What a year!

[2022 6]

It's Dec 31st 2024. Few more hours to the New Year's. I'm sitting on a comfy couch, reading an interesting book, in a warm cozy living room while my beautiful hubby (I can officially call him that now!) is munching his dinner in the dining room. 

 

And I can't help but think how this year started. On January 1st 2024, we both were miserable. Exhausted after a year and a half apart. 15 months to get our NoA 2 for our I-129f petition. Mr. Fiance at the time had to board his flight back to US. I had balled my eyes out earlier at the holiday family get together, only making it harder for him to leave. He still prefers to not recollect that horrible day.

 

And now we're back together, forever we say, and never again apart, we say. I'm a happily married Mrs now. I'm proud of us! For making it through this heart aching journey while our friends and family got married so easily around us. 

 

We still got more of this... THIS! To do. We got the next AOS journey ahead. But it doesn't bother us anymore. We'll take it one step at a time. We're together. Life is sweet again. We'll be opening some happy drinks and welcoming the New Year tonight.

 

Wish you all a happy new year of marital bliss. We all have truly earned it!

[TBoneTX 45,777]

Such a nice story.  It does pay off for those who persist.

 

This was my story.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/410945-k-1-journey-completed/
 

If you want a hilarious (?) look at the end of the process, see here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/
 

 

[Family 4,096]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

Such a nice story.  It does pay off for those who persist.

 

This was my story.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/410945-k-1-journey-completed/
 

If you want a hilarious (?) look at the end of the process, see here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/
 

 

Omg! You got me going down a rabbit hole..laughing . I now know what a rubia and a rojo is 😂. ..so that I can better understand the JC chronicles 
 

[KMG 136]

13 hours ago, 2022 said:

It's Dec 31st 2024. Few more hours to the New Year's. I'm sitting on a comfy couch, reading an interesting book, in a warm cozy living room while my beautiful hubby (I can officially call him that now!) is munching his dinner in the dining room. 

 

And I can't help but think how this year started. On January 1st 2024, we both were miserable. Exhausted after a year and a half apart. 15 months to get our NoA 2 for our I-129f petition. Mr. Fiance at the time had to board his flight back to US. I had balled my eyes out earlier at the holiday family get together, only making it harder for him to leave. He still prefers to not recollect that horrible day.

 

And now we're back together, forever we say, and never again apart, we say. I'm a happily married Mrs now. I'm proud of us! For making it through this heart aching journey while our friends and family got married so easily around us. 

 

We still got more of this... THIS! To do. We got the next AOS journey ahead. But it doesn't bother us anymore. We'll take it one step at a time. We're together. Life is sweet again. We'll be opening some happy drinks and welcoming the New Year tonight.

 

Wish you all a happy new year of marital bliss. We all have truly earned it!

Glad everything worked out for you. Thankfully, my husband and I have been together through the whole process, believing that our I130 will be approved in the next three months and in the US by the end of this year! It really is a crazy time for everyone that goes through this.

[Edward and Jaycel 370]

It really is not for the faint of heart. Jaycel and I started our Journey with the I-129F petition in September 2023 when I had to leave our life together in the Philippines and return to the US because my company decided to end remote work. She finally arrived 51 weeks later on August 30th, 2024 on her K-1 visa and we were able to finally say "i Do" in October. Now we begin this AOS journey but at least we can do it hand-in-hand, facing the challenges together. Congrats to everyone here making this journey. It's arduous but so worth every tear, every frustrated check of the case status, every bureaucratic hurdle once you are together! I hope 2025 is blessed and inspired for everyone