Congratulations!

Thank you Rachel, Bryan and Mitchell for your pointers.

Is it Jeroen's birthday or Michelle's? My adavanced BDay wishes. your B Day is my D Day lol !

All I am goin to do today is sit n view all reviews from VJers about their interview.

-Raghu

our application was touched 6-24-08!!!!! the Lord really listens to our prayers!!! wwoohhhooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! come on!!

i hope that its something like the experience of the other january filers who got touched and got the NOA2 by mail a few days after.

thank you Lord!!!

Hehe thanks and it will be my birthday

wait.. that didn't make sense


I'm Jeroen

Hi everyone!

I was away for few days. Thank you all for your congratulations!
When I came back from my "get away week end" I had another great surprise: packet 3!!!
The problem is I don't know if I will send it ever, 'cos it's been weeks that I'm trying to get my police clearance from China, but it's just impossible!
I have another problem, but this one easier I think. On packet 3 I need to write down Damon's current address and the address I will be staying at. But he's going to move on the 21st of July. What should I write?

-Congrats to all who got their NOA2s & interviews!!!!!!

-Shes, it's great that you've been touched!good thing!!

Congratulations!


And congratulations to you! hopefully you don't have to wait too long now!


I would write his current address in the "current address" spot if you send packet 3 back before the 21st of July.
And for the address you will stay at, I would put the future address, and add a cover letter explaining that he will move the 21st and that the address you will be staying at is the new one.
I almost had a similar problem: Bryan was going to move the 15th of June, but I got packet 3 the 12th, so I wrote his new address everywhere (and explained in the cover letter why it was different than the address on the I-129F) You can read this too: petitioner moving

Congratulations! That's soooo good to hear!


Ooh! Good luck! *crosses fingers*

SHES congrats on the touch let's hope this is IT!!!!

COngrats to all those others moving along as well!

Please lord oh please let us get our approval soon!!!!! New job today eeeep!

Please let us know when you come back from work how your day went!

Blake, we miss you! Stop working and come to see us! Did you have a chance to tell Olga the good news?

She's ..keeping fingers crossed for you and for Sunny today!!!

thank you! thank you guys for all ur support to me and sunny! yeah, fingers crossed with a strong faith! i hope our NOA2 is already on its way to my fiance's mailbox

i just noticed my dates from the time our application was sent to csc for the 2nd time...its all letter "J" eh???

hhmm...

Congratulations!!
Now everything will go so much faster!


Yes!! You must be getting excited!
I also hope your NOA2 is coming soon!!
And of course, I have all my thoughts for sunny too! and good luck on your first day at your new work.

I'm here Cecile, finally. I feel like I've been gone a lifetime (well almost). And I've missed my daily chats with my friends here. Yes, I told Olga last week and she started yelling and crying, and so, I started yelling and crying all over again. Now it's down to the details.....

The Ukraine has a special way of setting interviews, you have to buy a PIN from a bank, and use that number when contacting the embassy - only then will they set an interview date. She was going to try to call today over her lunch break, and I haven't heard yet if she was able to do so. All the paperwork is together so we can do it tomorrow if we need to. OK that's a bit of a stretch, because I'm planning on being there and it's crazy expensive to fly right now. Throw on top of it all the fact that I've just started a new job and the "up to 10 day wait" to receive the visa after the interview, and I'm in the middle of a scheduling nightmare. I'm trying to coordinate everything so as to accomplish my goal of being at the interview, and flying back with Olga and her son without getting too much heat.

So....

My plan is to fly to Kiev and meet Olga the day before the medical, go to the interview, pack them on a train back home, then fly to London and spend 4 days working at the global headquarters, then fly back to Kiev and down to Zaporozhje for a couple days to wait for the visa, then flying back to the US with Olga and her son. Yikes - way too complicated at this point. So, once Olga gives me a date it's off to credit card heaven.

To throw more complication into the equation, I'm taking care of my mom who had a stroke two years ago, before she moves on to live with my sister in Iowa. She lived with me for a year between her stroke and when she left to be with my other sister in DC for a year. Then, of course, there's trying to get the house all together for her arrival, long hours at the job and you've got a pretty frazzled Blake at this point. Oh yes.... did I forget wedding planning?

That's why I've been gone for the last few days, but I figure lunchtime is a great time to reconnect.

Shes - I hope that touch really means something special. Sunny, Congrats on the new job as well, you know my thoughts are with you. Cecile & Rachel I'm so happy to see things moving along. Aliona, I still love the pic, Pam, Jerone, and Courtney, I'm happy to see you all moving faster - and to everyone that is trying to accomplish the logistical magic of getting your loved ones over the oceans and by your side.... keep breathing (this is what i tell myself).

Welcome back Blake Glad to hear you were finally able to tell Olga and sounds like you've been crazy busy!

I hope Courtney's Interview is going well today!

Thanks, I've really missed you guys. Crazy it is, but I'm hoping to get things in control once we get the date. Booking tickets, arranging for apartments, getting the house finished (to the extent I'm able) getting my mom over to my sister's, all that starts with a date. Then I'll be moving things off the list of "to do's." How are you doing? I hope things are moving along nicely for you two.

Things are going well Levi finally received packet 3 so that was a relief.... Now just gathering what we need. He'll be here this weekend so we can work on everything together. Won't it be nice when everything is finished and we can just sit back and relax and enjoy being together?!

Welcome back Blake!
Yes it will definitely be better once you have the date for the interview, then you will really be able to set everything properly.

It is good to hear from you Blake, and to know Olga finally knows the good news!!
It seems you're going to fly a lot, and that you will be really busy!!!!!! but it is going to be sooooo worth it when you will fly back with your sweetheart!
Good luck on the next few steps towards the visa!

Welcome back Blake! I'm so glad everything is moving along for you. You must be so excited to be finally going to see Olga again soon. I'm over-emotional right now...but I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it.

This is such an emotional process - both for good and bad. At the beginning of this journey I remember every time I'd read about people flying over and being welcomed to this country I'd get very emotional, still do. Not quite sure how I'll react when the customs agent hands Olga back her passport and says "Welcome to the US" - gett'n misty just thinking about it.

Cecile, I think you're right - as soon as I have some concrete actions to take things will start to get into line for me. I sure hope so.

Pam, thankfully I enjoy flying. Every time I'd fly back from seeing Olga I would tell myself that one day I would be sitting in an airport lounge with her, and that she would be seeing everything I was seeing. That's what got me through the journey's home without too much saddness. For those of us that just cant see our SO's for long stretches of time these trips can be very daunting. Oh, hell, it's difficult for all of us.

Second the motion - everyone send good vibes their way!

Hope Courtneys interview went great today!

SHES hope this is it for you guys!!!

First day of new job went GREAT!

I am going to call CSC again next week I decided....what Sarah (estadia) is going through has me so scared

dont be scared sunny..lets just kip our faith that we will soon get our NOA2.very very soon. im hoping this week will end with our NOA2 in my fiance's mailbox, im also praying for your noa2.

we got another touch today - 6-25-08! Thank you God!!!!

Thank you for updating us, Blake. Ugh, that sounds unbelievably stressful! Still, only one time you have to go through it all! Good luck!

I'm over-emotional, too - I also tear up a little at the idea of us all being reunited with our loved ones. It'll be sooo lovely for Olga if you can fly back with her, Blake!

Also waiting to hear the good news from Courtney.

Thank You VJers, thanks evryone here, thanks Rachel&Alex, Sunnybear, blake&olha, Cecile&Bryan and others I havnt mentioned thanks a lot for your help and support. My K1 visa got approved today. The interview dint last more than 10-15mins. It was absolutely smooth. I was asked to collect my visa, passport and a package to show at POE next thursday. Swathi and I are so happy. Guess I will be flying to US in August, still have some stuff pending here.

We wil be hanging around here guys, esp for AOS. All the best for all those in various stages of their visa process. Good Luck!.

Rachel when are you planning to goto CA? you will be marrying in Sunnyvale?

Thank you again guys.

Raghu

Congratulations Raghu!


Now let's hope Courtney will come here and tell us they were approved too!

Congratulations! I am sorry that I did not notice that your interview was so soon else I would've certainly wished you good luck, too (even though you don't appear to have needed it!).

I've been looking at AOS and it looks rather complicated. I would certainly be very grateful if you and everyone else sticks around and gives advice!

I'm not looking at going to CA until October. I'm not sure where we'll be marrying exactly - Alex isn't sure where the cabana is - but I shall find out from him. We'll certainly be marrying/living in the Bay Area.

BIG BIG CONGRATS Raghu

Woo-hoo!!! Congratulations!!

Cez, your medical would be next week. YAY!!! i bet you are a little nervous but I am 101% positive you will be ok, every test will be ok and you will pass and then off to interview

i just hope sunny and she's and all others who are still waiting will get their approval soonest.

rachel, time will fly so quickly and before you know it, it will be october and you would be flying to be with alex.

I wanted to have my interview soon and then my visa soon but once i had it in my hand, the fact that i will be leaving my hometown, my country, my family and my friends became more real and it's giving me a bitter sweet anticipation. Sure I want to be with Ricky sooo bad but a part of me is also sad since i will be leaving my family and everything else behind. i want to pull the hours so I could be with Ricky sooner BUT I also want to stretch it longer so I could have more time with friends and family and also enjoy the stuffs that won't be available in N.C. HAYYY, if this ain't LOVE

I know this feeling dbears, even though I don't have my visa yet.
When I opened packet 4 and read my interview date, everything started to seem very close. In a month I'll have the interview, and in a month and a half I may be in the USA! I want it to be as soon as possible, but I am very thankful that they didn't put my interview earlier, because that way I am still going to have some time to spend with my family and friends. July is going to be the "goodbye" month... Kinda scary!

scary and emotional ... mixed emotions.

I am happy for you cez, soon you will be with Bryan.

Congratulations! How exciting

Congratulations Raghu!!
And yes, I am also hoping to see everybody back in the AOS forum after!



I know that feeling too!! Time is flying by now, and before I know it I will be with my baby!!
but it is also breaking my heart that I will be leaving my family and friends for good! I spend 2 years abroad, and didn't have any problem to say good-bye when I left, but this time, it is going to be pretty hard......a lot of mixed feelings!

@Blake: Thx for the update, seems like a lot to keep up with but I'm sure you'll manage

@Raghu: Congrats!!!




I guess we all have (or get) these emotions.... it's kinda stressy.. at one hand I'm all happy and at one hand I'm all sad coz of my leave :S


Would be good if the whole topic gets moved there so we don't have to go to a different place (seeing as almost all of us is going to move irl, it'll be nice to have the same place to stay in online hehe).. this topic feels like home ^^

Welcome back Blake... so happy you finally got to share the wonderful news with Olga. A strong man never afraid to show his emotions... that's the best kind if ya ask me! I've got one of those too! We'll all be celebrating with you when the day comes that you can bring her home.

Sunny, congratulations on your new job and I hope it follows with even more good news for you very soon.

She's, those touches have got to mean something! Is CSC back to not updating online again? That has to make you nuts. Every walk to the mailbox must be so emotional for your fiance! Cmon CSC!

Big Congrats Raghu!

Gaye, big hugs to you my friend. I really can't imagine what you're going through but think happy thoughts. You and your kids are on to a new adventure... the world is not as big as we think!

Wow! Congratulations!!

Jeeeze, my brains fried enough already, I'm going to need everyone's help on the AOS as well. I'm sticking around too, no doubt.

Hey friends! Thanks for all your good thoughts, I felt each and every one of them yesterday... and I am happy to report, OUR VISA IS APPROVED!!!! I am posting a full report, so check out my profile if you want to read the details. We were at the embassy for 3 hours and it was SO nerve wracking. The Consular was very nice and we had only one hiccup. (Well, besides from our taxi rear ending the truck in front of us on the way to the embassy, leaving us stranded in the middle of the highway searching for another taxi to take us the rest of the way). My dad was our co-sponsor so I had my packet of info with the I-134, and one for him as well. I had everything for him and me and well, except proof that he was a US Citizen. It makes sense that they would need it, but no where in the forms does it say to include that. They wanted a copy of his passport or something proving his citizenship. I had a copy of my birth certificate with his full name on it, but that wasn't good enough. The lady who checked us in said it would be up to the consular to determine how much a delay we would have because of this. When we got called up for the actual interview, he asked me some questions about my father and his family. He was looking him up in some database apparently. He didn't seem to find what he needed, but he said he believed me and would go ahead and approve our visa today. YAY!!!

But yeah, a note for everyone who is using a co-sponsor, include a copy of their passport!!!!

Other than that, everything went well. The waiting was horrible but hey, it's not like any of us are new to waiting. Greivin and I have been loving every minute of being together again, and took full advantage of getting happy at Happy Hour last night. Our NOA2 was less than a month ago, so it's been an absolute whirlwind of emotions, stress, paperwork, airplanes, everything. But hey, I'm preaching to the choir here, no need to explain to you guys.

Anyway, just wanted to report the good news. Thank you again for all your kind words. It was so nice reading through these last couple pages and seeing all those posts to wish us luck. It means so much, thank you again! Congrats to Ragswat as well!!! I can honestly say, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!

Now all energy can go to sunny and those still waiting for NOA2's, Packet 3's, Medicals, and Interviews!

Ragswat and CourtAndGrey - congratulations to you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Congratulations!

Also THANK you for that tip. I don't believe Alex has sent any evidence of his dad's US citizenship. Do you think it'd be alright if he scanned in his dad's passport and sent that to me via e-mail?

Congratulations

My mom is going to be our co-sponsor but she doesn't have a passport...... Maybe a certified copy of her birth certificate?

Congratulations CourtandGrey!

Congratulations!

Congrats!!


I just got the question if it would also be ok if my cosponsor would send a copy of the state ID instead.. I don't know what it says on those but I think a birth certificate should be ok as they're also ok for the initial i129f to file

Yay!!!!!

Congrats!!