I hope Darren has a safe flight! Other than that - enjoy your first night in the knowledge that you never have to be parted again!

Thanks, everybody!!! I'm just hoping that everyone is reunited soon FOR GOOD!!!

How exciting for you guys! Have a HAPPY reunion!

I can not wait for that day!!!

Kim,

Your NOA2 should be coming soon! We are all pulling for you!

Thank you hon, I appreciate it.

I'm currently being 'the strong one' ... so no complaining... yet! I sure do hope it's soon, though.

Hey Nicole -- I worried about the same thing ... but I called my insurance here (Nationwide) and told them the situation. They told me to have Stephen get a record of his driving in the UK & Germany, and that would be sufficient. So I have a document from Germany, stating his driving record. I just have to get it translated into English and hand over to the insurance. If Marco drove in Germany, you might be able to get that and curb the insurance expense. Just an idea ...

Sorry for disappearing there for a bit ... we took an unplanned break (mini-honeymoon) to the Outer Banks of NC for 3 days. And then have been buried in AOS paperwork, and insurance paperwork to get Stephen added to health coverage, etc.

I hope everyone is doing well ....

Gaye -- Happy Belated Birthday!!!
Dawn -- hope your reunion with Darren is fabulous ... it will be, as you won't be separated again!!!
Susie -- congrats on Paul's arrival and the two of you being together
Kim -- I so hope you get your NOA2 very soon!!!!
Kelly -- your marriage/wedding is quickly approaching, how very exciting!!!
Sally -- so very soon, you'll be reunited with Jay ... I'm so excited for the two of you!!

We mailed the AOS paperwork today, so on to the next part of the journey!!!

Friends, I wanted to let everyone know that I DID ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. In fact we did it, we sucessfully passed K1/2 interview.

Just came home with my 2 kids absolutely exhausted after absolutely sleepless night.

The CO asked me how, when and how many times we met, also where Randy works.

I was giving him detailed answers ....but he stopped me and said that our visa is approved.

I am not sure why so soon hehehe...maybe because my kids misbehaved and he wanted to kidly let us go

Can't believe it happened........OMG 6 full months from January 8 to July 9, tension, tension, tension....

Will get our visas in a week. Planning to reunite with Randy by the beginning of school year, August 18.

Wish everyone best of luck!!!!

Woohoo congrats happy times ahead

I'm sooo happy for you dear Rina... may you have the visa soonest... and may you have a super blissful life with Randya and all your kids. <BIG HUG>

THANKS SOOOO VERY MUCH!!!!

Congratulations Rina!

Hope you and your children have a safe flight and entry into the US!

Congratulations R&I!!! How exciting for all of you!

Big Congrats

Congratulations!!!

Thanks everyone!!!

Alhan, I wish it works for you!!!

Well today I finish work ready for my move, lots of packing to do, get stuff ready for shipping next week.

I have left the last week for me, to go and enjoy time with friends and family that I am leaving, pamper myself, omg I cant believe its so close now.

I'm so glad for you, Sally!!! Your big day will be here in no time!!!

One of my big days is today! We're going to the courthouse and getting married!!!

Wow Dawn and Darren good luck, we have to wait till the ssn arrives before we can get married.

Our county doesn't have the ssn requirement...thank goodness!

Awwwww Sal, I needed some good news today... congratualations sweetheart! So happy for you!

Dawn... have a wonderful ceremony!!! Congratulations!

Congratulations Dawn and Darren!!!

Thanks Kim, I really hate that you are still waiting for your approval you were so supportive of all of us when we were waiting and in the scheme of things most of us didnt wait long at all.

Congratulations Dawn!!!!



Not long at all Sally ..... you'll be back together with Jay very soon!!!!

Thanks hon. I appreciate you thinking of us. It is what it is I suppose and my eyes are still on the prize! I know it's coming!

Congratulations Mrs. Darren!!!

Hey you know.. this is going to sound kind of silly but it's true...

I wish we all could have filed the AOS around the same time. You guys are much more fun and more considerate than the June AOS filers.. I shouldn't say that I guess.. maybe we all just get along better..

I'll just be glad when all of us are completely done with this mess!

Thanks so much everybody!!! The ceremony took place in a little room just outside the courthouse; it was decorated simply, but it was wonderful! My mom, dad, and maid of honor for my December wedding were there.

I can't believe Darren and I are married...still feels a bit surreal...

It will come Kim, each day that passes by means your NOA2 can't be any longer and soon you will be with Russ celebrating wedding and anniversaries after anniversaries and more anniversaries ahead. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.




AWW, this is sooo sweet of you... All of the January filer has been like an online family to me and I also wish to file AOS same time with all of you guys but my AOS won't be til October. Most of you, if not all of you might be done with the process that time.

I hope all your AOS process will be as fast as your K1 if not faster.

Come over here, let me pinch you... UMMM... you're awake Dawn, your not dreaming. WOW! You are officially MRS. DARREN and when school resumes, your student will be calling you MRS. DARREN . That must take a little getting use to, but it will be sweet to hear.

Congrats Dawn & Darren!

Hopefully we have some good news this week too... our interview is FINALLY on this Friday!

(Sure wish he was already here, and we were already married. It's so lonely here by myself. I had to send my children away to spend the summer with my parents. You'd think I'd enjoy the solitude, but I'm going out of my mind instead. It just wasn't supposed to be this way.)

hey guys sory i havent been around much busy with lots of things and just got back from the cape, paul became really badly dehydrated though and has heat exhaustion, his temp went up to 103.5 and every time it went down with the use of meds and ice packs it would go back up again :S he's been feeling pretty bad since friday today hes starting to get better. It's a scary thing, we didn't know what else to do to get his temp down and didn't know how long his temp would last 3 days is a long time for a temp like that! and without insurance it would be lots of money to go to the ER but as of right now hes feeling lil better *fingers crossed* I'm going to get our pics from the litle wedding and post them shortly .
congratz to everyone who has met their sweety and or married them since I was last on

now bring on the AOS hehe
1 quick question before i go..
do you have to wait for a social security number to file?? cause it will take 6 weeks to get him one he applied a few days ago thanks u guys
<3<3

Susie,

Im sorry to hear Paul has not been well, this heat is something we all have to adjust to.

I think once you are married you can file for the AOS, I dont think it matters about the ssn. If Im wrong someone please say.

2 Weeks for me and I will be with Jay, jetlagged but there nevertheless lol.

Congratulations Darren and Dawn!

Nicole - I am sorry we can't all go through AOS with you! But I'd love it if you and others would drop in on the rest of us when we file to give advice and support.

Susie, I really hope Paul feels better soon. It must be rotten to fall so ill so soon after arriving.

I'm hoping that Paul is feeling better, Susie...I am definitely going to have to acclimate Darren to the equatorial climate here in Florida...

Thanks for the well-wishes!!! We're tying up some loose ends from England (like trying to take the hold off his credit card...so far a 5 day odyssey). As soon as that's finished, we're going to the social security office, drivers license bureau, and my employer to change my name legally. We have caterer/cake tasting appointments this week, so that should be fun...

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!

cake tasting ..yum! lol paul is feeling better we went to the ER he has a virus they took lots of blood and are running other tests though and will call if he has something severe but the dr said in 2 more days he should be better hope everyones having a nice summer

Susie, hope Paul will recover and be on his feet soon.


Best of luck for Gerry's interview... may he receive the visa soonest.

Hope everyone is doing well

The check for AOS was finally cashed this week ... what a nice dent in the checkbook!!! (NOT!)

I dont know if I am posting this right, I havent posted too much here ... My finances interview is July 24th at 9AM and we are both sooooooooooooooooo nervous !!! Can you guys help us out with maybe some sample questions, if they turn us down i dont know what the heck were gonna do...
Also, I read somewhere that if he comes in thru the JFK airport that he could get his work permit right away, is this true ?

Thanks

Don't think like that. POSITIVE VIBES....Everything will be okay. You're correct he can get the EAD stamp at JFK...wishing you all the best. Don't be nervous, because you'll make him nervous. Take care.

They just asked Liam how long we have known each other and where he will be living in the US. No biggy. Stay positive. They are just making sure it's a true relationship and not fraudulent. Everything will be fine.

Only 8 hours until our interview. Now the nerves are starting to kick in. I was absolutely fine and positive until today.

Yes, I know everything will be fine. He'll be all approved by the time I wake up for work in the morning. And on the way home, he is stopping by the jewellers to pick up my wedding ring.

Will let you know in the morning how it all went!

This is a 90 day stamp only. There will most likely be a gap in the time he is legally permitted (according to the DHS) to work between his POE and receiving his EAD after being married and filing for adjustment. Good luck at your interview!

I dont know what you mean by the gap.. does this mean there will be a time period where he can work, and then cant work ??

Thank you

Firstly.... our interview went well and we were APPROVED!!!

Only a few more weeks until we are reunited for good.



This is what they mean by "a gap"... The stamp is only good for 90 days from the date of entry into the US. The AOS will take longer to complete than that 90 days. There will be a gap of time between when the 90 day stamp expires, and when the green card is delivered.

Keep in mind that you cannot even apply for AOS until after you are married and have a copy of the marriage certificate. And you need to apply for and receive a social security number before you can work. Combined, those two delays could eat up weeks, and before you know it a month or more has passed.

We will be getting the stamp, and our plan is for him to get a little disposable hourly job at a local store or something during those first months, and use the time to look for a good full-time position for later. But we are prepared for the fact that he will end up unemployed for at least a few months. It's just the way it is.

Congratulations!!!!!!!

Thank you for Answering my Queston

CONGRALATIONS I know you are on the top of the World

Please pray for Steve and I to pass on the 24th (5 more days)

Can you PLEASE post some of your interview Question here ?

Steve and I have a 20 year age gap,(Im the older one) and we kinda worried about what kind of Questons they might come up with ?

Thank you again !!!!

Congratulations!!!

the reviews and interview experiences for U.K. might be of help: http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php

additional interview questions and tips: http://www.fiddlers.us/questions/

Good luck on the coming interview. I am sure you guys will do great.

(Let me first say, for anyone else who may read this, that this applies to the LONDON EMBASSY interview ONLY. For info on how things are done in other embassies, you can try going to that region's sub-forum.)

The age difference will have absolutely no bearing on your interview, and whether or not you are approved. Really.
And they don't really ask a lot questions, and quiz you on whether or not your relationship is real, etc. Really.

This is more or less what happens at the embassy...

Once you go in, you are assigned a number, according to visa category. There will be about 20 others waiting for non-immigrant visas. Then you sit in the waiting room and watch the board for your number to pop up, indicating which window to go to. You then pay the fees, get fingerprinted and the person will ask for the paperwork Packet 3 told you to bring (I-134, birth certificate, police certificate, etc...). You then sit back down and wait for your number again to go see the interviewer.

By the time you get in to see the interviewer, they have already reviewed all of you paperwork, and know if you will be approved. More or less, if the paperwork you brought is in order, then you are all set! The interview itself will take ten minutes or less, and was very relaxed, almost a formality. The only question asked was "So tell me how you met?". As Gerry told her the story, the interviewer was all smiles and truly interested, all while finishing up with a few things on the computer. Then she said "Well, it's my pleasure to approve your application and wish you well on your new life in the United States of America." She then had him swear and sign the form, and told him to go pay the courier on the way out. And that was that!

Btw, you only pay the courier if you are approved. If denied, your visa is handed back to you right then and there. So that's how you can be sure you were approved ("pending the fingerprint results", as they are bound to say).

So yes, they ask a question or two to get a feel of if you are legit or not, and to make it qualify as an actual interview. But like I said, it's just a formality at that point.

Gerry did say it was a thrill to see our actual petition from Vermont on the desk. Every page had been stamped APPROVED in red by the VCS person, and the file was twice as thick as what we had originally sent, so they must have added a lot of paperwork to it.

Go check out the UK Forum interview thread, and you will see that 99% of the people have had the same exact experience.