That is my hope as well!!!

You're going good Dawn, you guys will be together by Summer i'm sure!

I hear that. Kris and I are praying for June if we can get lucky enough.

SO help us God...

Hey Dawn,

Aidan and I have packet 3 and are gathering the info. Since I can't see what is in the packet Aidan received we are unsure if the DS-230 goes back to the embassy by itself or if we send in the police certificate with it (or bring it to the interview). Do you know if we are just supposed to return the form now and bring everything else to the interview?

We just sent the forms back...I think you're supposed to take the police certificate to the interview with you...that's the way it is in London...not sure about Dublin though...we only had to send the checklist, DS-230, 156, 156K, and 157...everything else goes to the interview...

At least that's my take on it...we haven't gotten packet 4, so who knows if we were right?

Oh geez..I better get in touch with Aidan. He only mentioned the DS-230 and the checklist. He's not the most organized person in the world so I fear him not having me there to review things before they are sent off might result in a mistake. Maybe I'll just fill the forms in for him and send them over for him to sign.

Did you answer the question on the DS-230 re: did anyone assist you with preparation of this form? Curious if I do the forms for him and answer this question "yes" if that will cause any red flags. Can you see my obsessive nature coming out? Ha ha.

We just answered "no"....from one OCD person to another...

Blessed Easter Everyone.. may the next week bring loads of approval for everybody still waiting.

Count me in on the OCD ... I am just glad that for the US consulate in the Philippines, they would only be needing the affidavit of support from the sponsor... no packet 3. all the other forms is for me to fill in and bring to the interview.

I wish Frankfurt was that easy Technically it is, but all the forms for packet 3, we took a look online, and just kind of said, where's the Excedrin

We are going to fill them out this week before I leave so he has them ready to send back when packet 3 actually arrives!!

since paul is here and finished the other forms to send off, I was wondering could he send them off from here or send them to his mom to send there? would it make a difference ? just wondering thanksssss

i don't know the answer to that coz we don't have any packet 3 to send out here... I just want to say, HEY, LUCKY YOU! for being with your SO now

I haven't even begun to think about what will come after the NoA2 yet! Well, that's not quite right - I have, but I keep putting it off

Still, by the end of this month I'd like to have made an appointment with the doctor to discuss immunisation, cancelled my mobile phone contract (I'll switch to pay as you go) and cancelled my gym membership (I just need the money more )

One week at a time...

Also; morning all! Hope you all had a great Easter weekend.

I don't think it will make any difference, though that's just my own opinion, and I'm not at that step yet!

Add me here to January filers and those waiting on darn CSC!

Hello & Welcome Here's hoping the CSC starts moving faster!!!!!

Welcome sunnybear! Feel free to post in the January CSC Filers thread, too.

I need to request police reports and then Jay will send over the stuff I need from him for the interview.

Thanks! Will do on posting around here my poor fiance' is getting so fed up with the highs and low's at this point so need to vent and get excited with someone out there LOL!

Welcome sunnybear!

Welcome sunnybear .

April is fast approaching, so january csc filers' approval will probably start trickling in any time now.


VSC, there's still 22 january left, pls don't sleep.

It's Dawn's Nat board today!!!

GOOD SUCCESS DAWN!!!

Gooooood Luck Dawn!!!!!!

Good luck Dawn

hi there
well NOA1 takes only couple days once you have it and then NOA2 takes up to 15 weeks or more ..so but looks like CSC is speeding up these days little bit because as I see there is alot of peoble from december they have had their NOA2 already I am also december filler so I am guessing that I should have it anytime these days hopefully ..
goodluck everyone on all process ..

Good luck Dawn! I hope everything goes just as planned for you

Me too!!

Can't wait till they tell us the first part of the waiting is over... checking everyday but nothing new... thank god there's skype otherwise I would seriously miss my fiance too badly :/



edit: plus the weather is really #*&@*#& where I am at the moment so that's another reason I would like to see things speeding up hehehe

Rain, snow, sleet, rain...

seeing either you or your SO is from the UK, you indeed know what I have to endure at the moment :'(

YES, your NOA2 is coming pretty soon now. Let's really hope for that




I can't even imagine how cold it could be in your place. If I'm there I'd probaby be staying under the table with 5layers of clothes and 3 thick blankets.

Good luck Dawn!!!!!!

Indeed I do! I just have to tell myself: 'Well, it's not Canada or the US mid-east or Scandinavia'.

A 14 tog goose feather duvet really helps in these situations - I love my warm bed! That reminds me - I should be in it!

I've been trying to cheer up a very miserable Alex today. I think it is a lot harder for him as at least I am kept a little busier making plans for moving and seeing as much of my friends and family as possible in the next few months before I leave. He is just sitting, waiting, extremely bored in the US, and he doesn't have quite the network of friends that I do.

Maybe you should encourage him to join VJ... BTW, how's his legs?

It's 37F at the moment but later during the day it should be about 45F.... like Rachel said:


That's true but it aint Hawaii either... anything below 75F is too cold for me lol


I wish I could go back to bed... bleh, I soooo don't feel like working today but yah, have to fill up the remaining time here like everybody else.

I kinda know where he's coming from with that... most of my friends already left my country and I'm getting less and less family each year coz of ppl passing away.. I'm ok with it but yah, at times it can be very lonely indeed. Like dbears just said, make him join here

He'll know more tomorrow when he has his second appointment; thank you for asking! When I told my mother about it over the weekend she said, 'hey, I have a lump just like that - only on my arm!' I felt her arm and indeed she does. She says it's been there years and hasn't bothered her so hopefully it's nothing serious in Alex's case either. Still, best to get it checked out, especially as leg veins are a lot more dangerous.


Well - true; I'd much rather be in California too


I'll start badgering him again. I don't know why he doesn't post; he has 30,000 posts on another forum so it's not as if he's not used to how they work. He does read all of these posts, though, so - Alex: Read this!

Ha Ha Rachel Jay is the same.

Count Ricky in but he really doesn't like writing much and he is not into reading also but he does read posts here every now and then especially if I force him too

Alex has a bit of an ego - he likes to read about himself

Most people probably couldn't cope with the way that we share everything online - I know all of Alex's passwords and he knows all of mine. Sometimes on other forums he'll send me a PM to say 'I've just read your PM inbox and am informing you you have a new message!' Sometimes if I receive an e-mail from a friend he'll pester me about when I'm going to reply - 'I want to read what you're going to write!'

Rachael been looking at your avatar, im sure that bag of sweets must be empty by now

Ah, but she's from a Japanese game, and Japan is the land of wackiness - I'm sure that they've invented a bag that produces an unlimited supply of snacks by now.

See? Never diminishes.

lol too funny

That girl must be really hungry tho :S

Bet shes the dentists best customer lol

Stephen is much the same ... he posts on football boards like crazy, yet just likes to browse here. He wouldn't dare make a post here ... lol

Yet, his nose is way up in it, he'll ask me hey, did you see so and so got approved, before I even have a chance to read it in the morning. And if we aren't sharing stuff between our online stuff, he's got his nose up in my IMs while sitting next to me.

When someone IM'd me that they were approved, I had left to go to the market. Well he figured, I wasn't here, he could read it, it was right there on top. So I didn't know he had seen it, and when I got back, and finally got around to telling him they got their approval, he was like, yeah, I know, and I was like, what, how? And he goes, well you weren't here, and hello, the IM popped up on the screen, so I couldn't help but read it!!! LOL ... not that I was even concerned .....


Rachel - I do hope that Alex is OK (I am most certain he will be) but you are right, better to get it checked out!!! You'll be in our thoughts!!!


And one more go --- hope everyone who is still waiting gets their NOA2 very soon!!!! That goes for CSC filers too!!!!

Ricky, Alex, Stephen... all not posting here...

wait... does that mean am I the only male posting here??


oh well, not that I mind being amongst girls but still...

LOL ... come on, we are all good company

Bryan doesn't post here either. he doesn't even read this forum, unless I send him a link with something important (well I hope he does read what I send him! )

svache, you're not the only male here, there's also Blake. There might be a few other ones but I can't think of any right now.

I never said you ppl are no good company haha



lol 'there might be' doesn't give me much hope... you can name only one? oh my oh my hahaha...

Ah, it's true - I can only think of Blake off the top of my head, too. Of course I'm probably missing someone really obvious and then I'll feel bad.

Forms and legal stuff scares Alex so most of the visa process has been left up to me - including posting on/browsing these forums for research.

Amanda - thank you, you are very sweet!