OCTOBER FILERS

[Meridien 0]

It's going to be a little while yet before we can start the ecstatic 'APPROVED!' posts... But, in the meantime, do any of you October filers have good stories of how you met your fiance(e)? Mine's kind of boring...we met on an online dating website. I had no intention of getting into a long-distance relationship...he was living in Canada on a work visa at the time. (I'm the Canadian) Then, after 4 months of dating, he got a dream job offer back in the States... Thus began our Visa Journey!

[Osakeme 0]

We met at a wedding in January in Nigeria, I was maid of honor and he was 1 of the groom's men. We spoke everynite for a week(from midnite till 4am) and then I decided to go out and visit him in abuja. I had a blast, but I still came to NY not wanting anything to do with a long distant, international, across the sea, will not see you anythime soon relationship . but after a few months of speaking on the phone, IMs, emails especially the phone calls I knew I would never be able to forget him/let him go. It was not a easy decision for me to make as it is for quite a few others.......

You know what .........it is the BEST DECISION I have made.

Now I just need VSC to get with the program

[DongDong 0]

I do not have anything cutesy to add. However, I was wondering how often you plan to travel (or have traveled) to see your finance (our loved ones) during the next several months we have to wait. It would certainly appear that July or August, is not out of the realm of possibilities in our forced separation? The Guangzhou Embassy in China is a four month process at the least!

I am going again to China in January, but if I plan another trip beyond this, I might actually be coming at the interview time? Of course I would go every month, if work would let me and it wasn't such a financial drain. She is worth every dime....

How did all of you weigh this out?

PS We met on a website too... boring... but wow, am I happy we did!

[Osakeme 0]

Unfortunately I will not be able to travel to Nigeria to see him...........

I really pray everything goes speedy& smoothly. The next time I will see him will be at the POE not counting webcam ofcourse. Financially I thank God I still have a job, but NY is really expensive so I am looking for another job . I am also itching to move out of NY so I am applying everywhere in the US. The worst part is; it is as though everyone stopped hiring and want to concentrate on the holidays.

Edited December 6, 2007 by Osakeme

[DongDong 0]

Unfortunately I will not be able to travel to Nigeria to see him...........

I really pray everything goes speedy& smoothly. The next time I will see him will be at the POE not counting webcam ofcourse. Financially I thank God I still have a job, but NY is really expensive so I am looking for another job . I am also itching to move out of NY so I am applying everywhere in the US. The worst part is; it is as though everyone stopped hiring and want to concentrate on the holidays.

I am sorry, this must be difficult for you both. I pray it goes smoothly for you and him. You face (perhaps) yet another dilemma if you move, right? A change of address on your petition?

There are times I wondered ( I am sure we all do) what I did in my life, before I ever got into my relationship with my Sweetheart! I truly hope you find something that works for you... Best of Luck!

[Osakeme 0]

Unfortunately I will not be able to travel to Nigeria to see him...........

I really pray everything goes speedy& smoothly. The next time I will see him will be at the POE not counting webcam ofcourse. Financially I thank God I still have a job, but NY is really expensive so I am looking for another job . I am also itching to move out of NY so I am applying everywhere in the US. The worst part is; it is as though everyone stopped hiring and want to concentrate on the holidays.

I am sorry, this must be difficult for you both. I pray it goes smoothly for you and him. You face (perhaps) yet another dilemma if you move, right? A change of address on your petition?

There are times I wondered ( I am sure we all do) what I did in my life, before I ever got into my relationship with my Sweetheart! I truly hope you find something that works for you... Best of Luck!

Thanks....... I am worried about what will happen if I switch centers...... VSC needs to hurry up....... it seems as though july is not yet done and the speed( #of approvals) that was generated in November has vanished into thin air.

[Meridien 0]

Unfortunately I will not be able to travel to Nigeria to see him...........

I really pray everything goes speedy& smoothly. The next time I will see him will be at the POE not counting webcam ofcourse.

Wow, the longest my fiance and I have ever gone without seeing each other is 2 months, and that felt like forever... I really feel for all of you who live so far away from each other and have to go so long without seeing each other. I don't know how you do it! I guess you have no choice, so you just endure.

Well, it's officially been 2 months + 1 day since we mailed off our K1 petition. I'm hoping this is the halfway point to NOA2 - I'm making a bold prediction that we will be getting NOA2 on February 5th! Go CSC go! (and VSC too!)

[AngandKeeb 0]

It's going to be a little while yet before we can start the ecstatic 'APPROVED!' posts... But, in the meantime, do any of you October filers have good stories of how you met your fiance(e)? Mine's kind of boring...we met on an online dating website. I had no intention of getting into a long-distance relationship...he was living in Canada on a work visa at the time. (I'm the Canadian) Then, after 4 months of dating, he got a dream job offer back in the States... Thus began our Visa Journey!

I met my sweetie when we were both translating in Guatemala on a medical mission. I honestly thought he was kind of a jerk when we met, and he thought the same of me. . . but we warmed up to each other quickly over a game of UNO where he kicked my butt. We kept in touch and I started visiting him. I was telling one of my friends today that you can trace the seriousness of our relationship on the amount we talk. . . when we first started out we talked every so often and now we talk 5 or more times a day. . . we both feel like our meeting was so by chance that we were just meant for each other. . .

[melusine 5]

We also met online on a canadian dating site called plenty of fish (so sexy lol). At that time i just wanted someone to talk because i was going through some thinking about my life and what will be next. (i'm a project and goal person).

So we start talking about this and that but after just a few days.... something was strange....our talk cross from general exciting talking to kinda flirtous. Next thing we know the next month he landed in Quebec city where i was living at that time. We had a great time, he discovered the city, the european lookalike architecture etc (very exotic for someone in los angeles)... I rented a loghouse for a weekend, we even had some snow, it was just awesome !

We had talked to start the K1 process at that time (we were quite serious) but i decided to go back to school in an intensive 1yr program instead and we kept on going our relationship by distance...for one year !

Then he came back around the same time this year, but in montreal (i moved) and that time we decided to start our process for real... we were more ready, my school is soon to be done etc.

I will see him this xmas time then... after that we'll see how it goes... perhaps he will come once before the process is done then..... yey ! we will finally get together ! start for me a new career, for him eventually change his and start a family soon (i will be 33 at that time and he is 37) since we don't have kids yet .. need to start thinking about it somehow....(damn i feel so young for that).

so this is our little story

[melusine 5]

i forgot to say ... before he came for the second time, we also did that book called 1001 question to ask before marriage and most of our answer were just so nicely made to be together.. there is just no doubts !

He is the most patient, nice, amazing, interesting, diplomatic, curious person i have ever met ! Everything feel just so right !

[Meridien 0]

I honestly thought he was kind of a jerk when we met, and he thought the same of me. . . but we warmed up to each other quickly over a game of UNO where he kicked my butt.

I love UNO! That's funny, I remember playing a game of UNO with my fiance not too long before he proposed to me...it must be a romantic game!

[AngandKeeb 0]

haha!! I think it is!!

I honestly thought he was kind of a jerk when we met, and he thought the same of me. . . but we warmed up to each other quickly over a game of UNO where he kicked my butt.

I love UNO! That's funny, I remember playing a game of UNO with my fiance not too long before he proposed to me...it must be a romantic game!

[sweety&baby 0]

Well, we also met online in Oct. 2006. He sent me a message that I didn't receive until the next day. When I did get it, I sent a reply which I rarely ever did. After that we talked every day since. We are a lot of alike in the way we think and things like that. It didn't take much to fall in love with him. Unfortunatly, I was only able to visit him 1 time. I'm a single mom with a home business that I can't leave for long. When I do leave, I don't get paid. That makes it really hard. Hopefully he'll be here soon and we'll be together forever

As for VSC, I think we'll have approvals in February. They really are getting faster by what I've seen, so I'm being optimistic about that. As for NVC, I don't know. I guess they are backed up now too. but hopefully it won't be long after.

[DongDong 0]

I hope CSC gets out of June and July soon. Right now, it looks like they have only worked on a couple of August dates for petitions. Like the rest of us, however, I think February is a real possibility! After the holidays, shouldn't things pick up at every center?!

I am always a little nervous about all the tragic disasters that California has been through. I pray they have no more for their sake and our progress/process gets back on a timely track again.

I said my story was boring, ( dating service... blah blah blah) but I will say, I e-mailed the Love of My Life, the day before her birthday. I hate to say I didn't even notice, but she wrote back that she took it as a present for her birthday and all I know is she has been the greatest gift in the world to me!

[AngandKeeb 0]

As for VSC, I think we'll have approvals in February. They really are getting faster by what I've seen, so I'm being optimistic about that. As for NVC, I don't know. I guess they are backed up now too. but hopefully it won't be long after.

I hope so!!! I really does look like VSC is going to make it February for us. That would be awesome!!! I am trying to be positive.