You know...the similarities in our relationships are almost eerie!

I know!!! I thought the same thing

hhmm...talking about pronunciation..often, according to the merriam and webster website can be pronounce with the "t' and without the "t"..well my fiance says "o-fen" so il do the same.. lol

i agree with the almond with the SILENT "l"..as in silently include the letter "L" sound there..

I really think it just depends on the region.

lol, I usually don't hear the 't' (or 'd' but pronounced as a 't') in several words with the British... words like 'gutter', 'allowed', 'mate' and so such usually miss the 't' in the pronouncation lol

I drop a LOT of mid-word consonants and get made fun of for it constantly. (I'm the USC...so I really have no excuse other than being third generation USC...I think it is a remnant ).

Pam - Alex says the letter says that within a week the petition will be forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post, which he has taken to mean the London embassy. Date on the letter is the 19th.

Answering the Question in the Forum title: Crappy.

Welcome to Memorial Day. Yet another long weekend without my girl.

Her Prediction: 10 approvals over this and the next week due to the holiday weekend.

Hows everyone else handling the long weekend? Skype for us.

I <3 Skype...don't know how I would get through this without it. I'm trying to keep busy. I find myself doing better when I try to just go on with my life as normal.

Ok, it means we had the same kind of paper!
Mine also say it should be on its way within a week. Mine is from May 15th.
Thanks for the info Rachel!

Umm a whole lot of drinking........internet convos.....trying to hang out with friends and get out of the flat! I am the USC as well just for those who did not know...I am drunk on strongbow cider at the moment oooooooooooffffffffffff

hi rachel! did u call NVC after getting your NOA2? and what letter are u telling about?

Hi Shes!
When you get your NOA2, you have to wait 2 weeks before you can call NVC, and see if they received your petition.
The phone number is 603-334-0700.You have to talk to an agent, because the automated message doesn't take care of K-1 visas.
Or, you can just wait and see. Your fiancé will receive a paper from NVC, saying when they received your petition, and also give you a new case number your foreign embassy will use.
Once you have that paper, they said your case should be to your appropriate embassy within a week.
Then, you just need to wait to received the packet 3 from your embassy.
For other info don't hesitate to go the guides, or the K1 Flowchart. It usually gives you a good idea of the all process!

just for those of you who are unaware... you can track your petition from the NVC to the USEM as well.

Thanks for reminding us of this thread KimandRuss. I had seen it once before awhile ago, but had forgotten about it. Hopefully, I will be able to actually use this information sometime in the near future!

You're welcome! Hopefully we'll be receiving Packet 3 soon.

Hello everyone! I see a January filer was approved yesterday - congratulations to Ali and Natalie!

Also good to see a July filer approved, too.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend! My oh my I don't even remember posting up there on my strongbow night I had haahahah....oopsie!

Oh and those that have gotten the NOA2 in the post..what does it look like? A white envelope? Normal sized what???? Thanks!

lol, they didn't get approved yesterday, they just updated their timelines because of the NVC arrivals and such

I got fooled by that a lot of times as well by now lol.. normally you dont see that much because the list keeps going but now it stands still for over a week so the people in the approved part of the list stay there a bit longer

Happy Sunday all! I already got up did some wii fit (hey at least my wii age has gone from 41 to 31 past couple of days hahah even though I am not even 30 yet! SIGH).

Going to start on the mountain of laundry I need to take care of. Gareth is going out for the day with friends so this means no excuses on me getting stuff done haha!

Then Gabby and I will head to store and come home and make a chicken and bacon pasta salad up to bring to the cookout we are attending tonight. Gabby already has it in her mind we will buy a bubble machine for her to play with there so I know what I will be wasting some money on hahaha KIDS!!! I have to admit they are pretty cool though

Chat later!!!

NOA2 Recvd but Online Status is Broke
My I-129F NOA1 date is Jan 4th and NOA2 date is May 7, and NVC received on May 15, 2008.
I know the last two dates from paper mail.
CSC "updated" my "online status" on May 7 but it reads exactly the same as it did in January. There is no mention of the NOA2.
I was also signed up for email notification, but alas, no email arrived.
Is it routine for the electronic notices to be missed?

Congrats Ten & DJ!!!

The short answer to your question would be yes. It seems that lately, the computer system may or may not show that your NOA2 was issued and you may or may not get that email. Sometimes people will see a "touch" on their case, as you have, but the status doesn't change. Consider this yet another example of how USCIS is hardly a smooth operating machine. Nevertheless, you now have the NOA2, and it seems you are well on your way to those papers reaching the embassy! What a nice surprise!

Congrats again! I hear everything goes much faster now!

My case status still says received and pending, just to echo what Courtney has said. I can see it now...I've been in the US for a couple of years and one day I check my case status out of curiosity and it's still waiting to be approved...

CONGRATS you got the NOA2 that is all that matters! I say who cares about online status as long as you have paper hardcopy in your hands!!!

And yes, congratulations DJ and Ten!

It looks like the NOA1 just slightly different. Here's an image of NOA2 courtesy of capt ewok:

BIG BIG CONGRATS DJ+Ten.. if Nvc received the approved I-129F May 15, there is a strong possibilty that your papers are already in Manila US embassy. You can call to schedule interview appointment already. Numbers to call are: 1-909-101-7878 if calling within the Philippines... 1-888-877-9888 if calling outside the Philippines. Some wait for the beneficiary to receive notification from embassy, others like me didn't wait at all. (I am highly OC so I tracked down our papers from NVC to USEM and soon as I knew our papers were there we gave it 2 working days then we called for interview appointment)

Pls check here for more information:http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3238.html

I hope this will help. Good luck to you both.



You will probably recieve CRIS email notification of your approval on your wedding day or the day your first child is born

Wow. So no need to waste my type loggin' in to check. Good enuf I've got the paper.
Thanks,
DJ

I agree the paper matters most. At least now I know not to depend on e-notices when I get to future transactions.
Thanks,
DJ

No kidden? You can do that?
We'll try that.
Thanks,
DJ

Yes sir you can call, you won't have interview appointment sched unless you make the call. it is the new procedure ath the US embassy in the Philippines now.. when to call is another question. For us we called soon as our papers was with embassy in manila and didn't have problem at all. But pls make sure that you only call Monday to Friday, 8AM-6PM Manila time.

Pls check the Philippine forum for US embassy manila specific topics.

Best of luck again.

Congratulations DJ and Ten!

Good morning everyone! how are you today?
It is probably going to be a quiet day on this thread, with Memorial Day in the US, and Spring Bank Holiday in UK.

Could be better and yeah, that's a bit why A day without approvals is a sad day in my book nowadays.

True... we will have to wait a few more days to see more approvals. I hope they will start working hard again!

Yep I hope so too... an average of 40 approvals a week would be nice

Morning all! A bit headachey this morning....oooffff. Only had 4 beers in total last night but also had a couple jello shots and I just don't do liquor anymore so I am blaming it on that for sure! What is weird is I was not even drunk though last night so who knows.....

Anywayyyyyyyyyy yes today sucks as we know they are not working today Sure hope they hop right back to it tomorrow and by Friday we are seeing lots of approvals again!!!!

Good morning sunnybear! Aside from trying to get rid of your headache, what are your plans for memorial day?

Well Gabby and I went and looked at a house for sale....have u seen the movie MoneyPit? Yeah that was this house LOL....well when we were done with house there was a parade right on that street so we watched that. We then went to the beach for a walk and then got icecream. Now we are home and I just got done chatting with Gareth.

I am off to take a nap now as feel extremely tired!!! What have you been up to today Cecile?

Sunnybear, sounds like a wonderful day. I'm moving furniture about today and trying not to work too hard. I hope everyone is having a wonderful memorial day today and enjoying the commencement of summer. To get things rolling this week here's the updated listing. We had a poor showing last week, although it's very difficult to tell with the system problems the CSC is having. Unfortunately it'll probably be a light week this week (attempt at reverse psychology) so stay strong.


Remaining 65.8%......... Approved 34.2%

Name……………. Filing Date
Remaining

1 Ayako & Nathan 01-01
2 Belen & Tim 01-02
3 Thanh & Cao 01-04
4 Lili & Matt 01-05
5 PT & J 01-07
6 Ajay & Komal 01-07
7 Matt & Robin 01-08
8 Maria Ameliza & Eric 01-09
9 Judee Anne & Reynaldo 01-09
10 Irina & Zubzare 01-10
11 Hazel & Ben 01-10
12 Sarah & Rudi 01-12
13 Bruno & Carol 01-12
14 Russell & Dakotah 01-14
15 jj & sh 01-15
16 Elena & Sergey 01-15
17 Liberty & Phillip 01-15
18 jen & jay 01-16
19 Hilda & Chris 01-16
20 Mitchell & Joy 01-16
21 Steph & Gareth 01-17
22 Myriam & Gary 01-17
23 Oscar & Joselyn 01-17
24 Marina & Eugene 01-17
25 Agatha & Robert 01-17
26 VRP & SK 01-18
27 Levi & Heather 01-19
28 gabbie & erv 01-22
29 Busch & Eric 01-22
30 Chris & Therese 01-23
31 nr123 & nm123 01-23
32 Laura & Scott 01-23
33 Joanna & Dale 01-23
34 Lean & Emil 01-23
35 Nick & Sarah 01-23
36 yan & isa 01-24
37 a & o 01-24
38 Greivin & Courtney 01-24
39 Jeroen & Michelle 01-24
40 Lucie & Damon 01-24
41 Olga & Blake 01-25
42 Lea & Ron 01-25
43 jennie & matthew 01-25
44 Paul & Joanna 01-25
45 Rymma & Vadim 01-25
46 WE & CE 01-25
47 Supida & Supida 01-25
48 Lena & Val 01-29
49 Susan & Chris 01-30
50 Ersila & Ilir 01-30
51 Mary & Carl 01-30
52 Benny & Cassi 01-31
53 Ge & Haibo 01-31
54 Richel & Michael 01-31
*mailed end of Dec.
Approved
1 Gerald & Vinera__________01-04----04-22
2 Bing & John______________01-12----05-02
3 Shirley & Steven__________01-07----05-02
4 J & Paulie________________01-04----05-02
5 Rosi & Chuck____________01-04----05-02
6 Hesham & Tanya__________01-14----05-02
7 Pamela & Joshua__________01-11----05-05
8 Eliciana & Benjamin________01-11----05-05
9 Robe & Victoria___________01-09----05-06
10 Wayne & Nueng*_________01-01----05-06
11 Yuliya & Brian___________01-03----05-10
12 Rachel & Alex____________01-11----05-07
13 Relyn & Patrick*__________01-01----05-06
14 Plami & Krasi____________01-01----05-07
15 WW & MM______________01-12----05-07
16 Paola & Chris____________01-04----05-06
17 Zrinka & Eric____________01-05----05-07
18 Badr & Aimee*___________01-01----05-08
19 Stacy & Jonathan*________01-01----05-09
20 Erica & Scott_____________01-12----05-12
21 Cecile & Bryan___________01-02----05-13
22 Portia & Tony*___________01-01----05-14
23 Bryant & Aliona*__________01-01----05-14
24 Stephan & Alissa__________01-04----05-13
25 Raghu & Swathi*__________01-01----05-12
26 Shaun & Angie____________01-15----05-19
27 Ali & Natalie______________01-09----05-15
28 Ten & DJ_________________01-03----05-07

Just as an update, Shirley got her letter from the embassy about 5/22/08!! BUT...it was from the Hong Kong USE not Manilla. While she is currently still in Hong Kong, she will not be able to interview there since she has an error on her passport and will need to return to Phil to correct. Once corrected she can not return to HK without running the risk of being accused of falsifying her documents by the HK immigration....SOOO....I will be contacting the HK USE and finding out how to get her petition sent to Manilla.

FYI for VJers. I put Manilla on the I 129F question #20 which asks which embassy she will apply for the visa at....unfortunately they just sent it to the embassy nearest her current address....I attempted to change her address but the USCIS had just approved it and sent to NVC who reported they had just sent to embassy when they responsded to my address change email....they did not specify which embassy and it was only after Shirley got a letter from HK USe that I realized it had gone there. I had called Manilla Emabesy and they did not have it yet....now I know why!

Soooo good news the process is moving forward but have another hurdle to jump before interview......

Thanx again for all the great technical help. I try to respond when I have knowledge of a question asked but generaly just don't have time for chit chat stuff. I work full time, in process of buying a house for us, and recently just moved, on top of starting a new job.

Have a blessed day!

Steven

Good Post, you certainly have a lot going on, but please check in from time to time to let us know how you're doing.

Never heard of that movie before... From what they say on Wikipedia, that would mean the house was falling apart?
Yesterday was a quiet day at work. Then I had an appointment with my doctor, she was late... the appointment was at 6:30pm, I left her office at almost 8pm! Then I spent the evening chatting with Bryan. He has started packing for his moving out in a few weeks. We're getting close!

Steven and Shirley, I'm sure HK will send it to Manila without too much trouble. Let us know when everything is back on track.

A new week begins at CSC. I hope that they will approve some late filers from 2007 and that they will start the second part of January filers!!

ME TOO, ME TOO, ME TOO!!!

WAKE UP CSC the holiday is OVER!!!!!!!!!! Now start the approvals!!!!

My allergies are kicking my butt this morning and back to work ughhh, at least that means one day closer though! So sick of being alone.......

Yah wake up and hurry up!!!


hmm... guess I can scream and bonk I want, guess we still have to wait a couple of more hours for them to wake up... oh wellz, at least they'll wake up soon enough

Good Morning All!!!

Tough to get out of bed this morning, and I've been moving quite slowly so far. Just think, all the adjudicators are getting the last cup of coffee for the road and getting ready to head down to the 405 to Laguna Niguel. I'm hoping they're in a good mood and ready to make some people happy. At a minimum I hope they're moving faster than I am right now.

I'll go over there and bring them coffee all day if they'll concentrate on K-1s for a little while! Anyone know if the updates are accurate on their website are accurate yet?

Good morning all Hope everyone had a great weekend. I spent most of mine running the kids to friends for movies and swimming LOL...

Sorry but I bet they some of them are taking this week off as well. Maybe everyone does it but here in Cali most people use short weeks in order to not have to take so many vacation days. So my guess is that this will be a quiet week too.

I saw the new Indiana Jones movie with my boys yesterday. Have you seen it yet? I hear the Russians are complaining that they are the bad guys this time, as its set in 1957. I thought it was pretty good. Harrison Ford looks old though...

MY kids saw it and liked it... Was hoping for an NOA2 before the end of the month but not holding my breath now.