I got my Birth Certificate today, went to my registry office , waited about 20 minutes paid the fee (cost me 13.50) and the woman went away for 10 minutes and came back and gave me it, It is definetly the long one .

Thanks for the info Bex & GauraD, the next step will be the police certificate, I to will wait until my NOA2!. Jeez its like applying for a passport all over again! haha

Luis is having a problem with his birth certificate. They spelled his last name wrong & since his mom didn't know how to read, when he was born it stayed like that. He's mad cause everytime he calls them they say to call on Monday. LOL

Ay Dios mio!!!!!!! hahaha

I told him that it sounds like civil service here in NY too. I told him what the DMV is like and he says its worse than our DMV in that office. I doubt that. I told him the DMV was like hell and that he would see when he goes there.

I hate sitting there for an hour watching everybody's # show up on the screen except mine.

How's everybody doing on this fine Wednesday?

Is it just me, or does it seem like VCS only send out approvals on Monday or Tuesdays?

I was thinking that to, it is officially driving me insane .

Yes and I am to the point, I am checking this site no less than 20x a day!!!!!!
So.. ok, Im going to go out on a limb here.. Im not going to check the site for
a week.. Jamerson says Im driving myself nuts by counting the seconds.. not just
the days. So congrats in advance to whomever gets approved and I will be back on
Wednesday, July 23..!

(as I am typing this, my 14 yo daughter walked by and said.. "I dont think you can do it!")
hahahaha
Ok. I guess thats a challenge

Tchau-

Jill

Hahaha, that is too funny... I stalk the website - I can't help it.... I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone!! There is no way I could go a day without checking it, but I give credit to you for not checking it for a week!

Jill... good luck to you!

I decided to have some time away from VJ today as well. Just a good ole mental health day really. Time to regroup!

Does seem as though the approvals come the beginning of the week. Also seems to be that they have a surge of approvals before annoucing the new estimated dates that they publish on their website. Interesting... whatever the case .. we're all about due!

YaY!!! Touched ..July 16..Hope it's a sign of approval Have a nice day everyone





Geline

Yay!!!Approved today ...Hope to see more April filers approval.

Still nothing.. And getting close to the four-month mark. I wonder whether it would be any use if Michael called VSC and asked why people who filed later than us are being approved... What do you think?

Personally I dont think you will get a satisfactory answer, they have always approved out of order its not unusual.

It will come soon..

I am quite sure we won't get any answer... I just wonder what could be wrong with our petition. Sorry to be so anxious, but I am sure everyone here will understand. We already lost two months at the beginning, and I really hoped to have that approval before Michael comes here next week.

I am sorry to be blunt but just because you havent received the approval it doesnt mean there is something wrong with it.

Approvals are coming in around your dates it will come but this process requires patience.

COngratulations
Time to party..Im happy for you..God has answered all our prayers!!!I know ours will be soon..


Kim and RUss..CArl trin...I think we are on the same box...Hoping we will see touches and NOA2 soon...

GOD BLESS all april filers............

Congrats Geline!!!! Finally NOA2 is over Good luck on your next step.... I am sooooooooooo happy for you...

Congratulations ChristophandEvan!!!!

This is great news...


Highway Star ~ I know it's easy to get discouraged, but I promise you they will answer your petition, they HAVE to. It's just annoying that you have to wait, I know, but don't get so discouraged. It will happen for you, and when it does we'll have a party in your honor!

Suzy

What a great week for Vermont!!!!!!!!

WOW, that was quick. I am almost out of the top twenty approved list. It seemed like that list never moved when you were waiting to get approved.

I really hope that it is someone I know that gives me the final boot out the door.


Brian

That is wonderful!!! Congratulations. Good to see VSC working at the end of the week!

Raffaella, doesn't hurt to call but I agree with Sally (hi Sally! ) and everyone else... this is just the way it goes. Been watching them do this for a year now... no rhyme or reason to it...some people just wait longer. Not so long ago the wait was 6+ months so i'm trying to be thankful we're not back there. It's extremely rare that a K1 is not approved at the uscis level so I wouldn't worry about that.

Pink (pim)... i've been watching your timeline since we were both touched around the same time. I think you might be right and I do hope it's this week we are soooooooooooo ready to be done with this! 10 months is far too long to be away from the person you love.

Nice to see you Brian! Any news on interview yet?

Graham and Meagan... where are youuuuu???? I know you're together but say HI! I've seen you lurking!

I've been trying to keep myself extra busy so I don't make myself crazy. We're so hoping for an approval in the next week and then to rush the NZ Consulate along to get Russ home asap. It gives me peace to know that NZ is such an easy Consulate to deal with (knock on wood).

Have a great day April... bring us more!!!

HighwayStar

Firstly, congratulations on your choice of user name: I had that blaring out at ear-busting decibels on I-44 a couple of weeks ago on the way to Branson. You may or may not know that large swathes of I-44 (i.e. most of the Eastbound stretch between Springfield and St Louis) used to be historic Route 66, and it don't get no better than Gillan, Blackmore & co behind the wheel of a car on arguably the most famous stretch of road there's ever been.

Anyway, I digress.

We filed in february and are still waiting - so I hear ya about people getting approved before you do. Annoying, but nowt you can do I'm afraid.

I know there is nothing I can do, unfortunately.... I would like to say a lot of things about this process, but I will hold my tongue in order not to hurt anyone's sensibilities - and also to avoid certain members from telling me, why don't you stay where you are?, as I was told last week .

Damian, thank you for mentioning my screen name! I am a HUGE Deep Purple fan, and in general I am very much into all Seventies' rock music. This is how Michael and I met... I am just a passive music lover, while he's a very good bassist, and can play some other instruments as well. Hopefully I'll be able to go to a lot of gigs when I move to the US!

Amber and I also met through rock 'n' roll - an AC/DC music forum, to be precise! I like a lot of '70's rock too (except Led Zeppelin - sorry, I just don't get them) especially Deep Purple. When I knew we were going to Branson for the weekend I deliberately went into WalMart just to buy the greatest hits CD for the journey!!!!! When "Highway Star" came on, I depressed the accelerator, turned the volume up to 10, and just enjoyed being alive!

You will LOVE the U.S. if you're a rock music lover - nobody does rock 'n' roll bars/gigs etc like our American friends. And unlike the U.K., there's a classic rock station on the dial wherever you may be. If you're ever in the St Louis area, I highly recommend KSHE95, or US97 if in the Springfield/Branson area.

Long live rock 'n' roll!

There must have been another handfull of approvals - we've moved up to 69 on Igor's list. Congrats to those getting the great news!

We are 42 on Igors list now! , I am hoping for an approval next week!, It would make my year hehe

Congrats to the April filers that got there NOA2. Looks like igor's list has been moving a lot this past few days. Last week we were stuck at 155 for a few days, now jumped up to 130.

Good luck to the rest of you who's still waiting.

Our case did a quick trip to the NVC, arrived there on the 16th.

Dale

Morning April...

Long live rock n roll.... Cept i'm a Zeppelin fan too. My ex plays a few instruments and has played in a band as long as i've known him (20+ years) ..and I just love to sing anywhere and everwhere... music has always been a huge part of my life too. Now my kids. Our cousin is Mistress Carrie from WAAF in Boston. Lots of rock stations here too... everything but country (sorry) and ganster rap is good by me.

Damian, nothing better than a long stretch of road, wind blowing in your face and a good tune in your ear! Ok..well there's a few things that come close.

Dale, are you tracking your petition with DHL? Very excited for you.

Cmon vsc...we're still waiiiittttinnnggggggg

I hear ya about singing anywhere and everywhere; I do that all the time - when I'm loaded! You ever use Limewire or something similar? If you have, you'll know how incredibly addictive it is, and how before you know what's going on, it's 7am, and you've drunk a case-and-a-half of beer, and 2 packs of cigarrettes!!:lol:

Anyway, point being, I was well into a Limewire session (about 3am I'd say) and Skynyrd's "What's your Name" was playing at the time. I had my earphones on at the time (you can guess what's coming now, right!!??) and you just know that whilst you THINK you sound just like the singer on the song, in reality you sound like a sack of fighting tom cats on moonshine! Anyway, suffice to say that 'er indoors emerged from her slumber with a face like thunder, and shot me the kind of look that would kill a man stone dead - I piped down after that!:lol:

Ah, beer and rock music - truly a winning combination.

that is too funny.

I actually do sing in public and used to even get paid for it so I hope i'm not too bad! Although, after watching some of those fools on American Idol thinking they can sing I did ask my love.... I'm sure I have a cut of my voice somewhere i'll see if I can find. We used to go to concerts all the time (having a cousin in the biz is helpful) but it's not so much my thing anymore. I much prefer a lounge in my pool or a good hard run with good music in my ear now.

Umm I actually have over 1/2 a terabyte of hard drive space almost completely full up of movies and music from every genre and generation. My love is HUGE music fan ...and a downloading fool. I host my own server as well so if we ever run of out space.... Awfully convenient, no?

I do enjoy an ice cold coors light and perhaps a shot or two of tequila here and there ... although I don't seem to need it .... but I gave up the cancer sticks in the early 90's.

It's really disheartening to see VSC having slowed down so much since January! I hope it picks up pace again soon for all of you who are still waiting.

Kim - congratulations on becoming an organizer! I did wonder if you'd be made one as you've been so helpful in so many threads.

Good Morning Aprilers!

I love music too, I like almost everything from rap to rock to salsa etc. I am an itunes / limewire addict too. LOL
I watched MTV for the first time in like years the other and was surprised to find that there are like NO music videos, just dumb shows. What's that about? Geez.

I went to a wedding last night & am severly hung over. hahaha... open bar

How's everybody doing? Still no news for me but I know it's coming!

~ Suzy

Argh its taking so long!

You know what annoys me? How naive we were when we first started this whole thing- we had NO idea, and thought, 'shouldnt we wait until you back to the states to submit the paperwork?' and did just that, and once we started understanding how long this would take and the whole process we realized we could have submitted it all LAST year when he spent 8 months with me, and spent these months you have to wait TOGETHER and not have had to be apart so long! :'( oh well, perhaps we are learning lessons while apart that will help us to be together for the long haul eh? And Im making British pounds so thats going to be great for the states Trying to stay positive here lol....

Thank you Rachel. It makes me feel good that in educating myself so much, I can help others through this.

Yeah, suzy.. mtv has had it's time. Glad you had a good time last night. ooooo open bar!

Oooo Gaura, I hear you!! If only my ex woulda signed those darn papers 3 years ago...or even just a few months earlier... we were living together for a year and a half and early on we planned on just marrying as soon as my divorce was final. Then he was denied entry...then I started reading. Last year the petitions were taking 6+ months from NOA1 to NOA2 because of the backlog and then in January they were being approved in less than a month. What a roller-coaster it's been!

I have a few regrets, which i'm not so good with, but I keep my focus on moving ahead and not looking back. The process has surely made us stronger and I have a feeling that once that approval comes ...the rest of it will just pale incomparison.

Michael and I had a similar problem with his divorce. Being a resident of North Carolina when he was married, he had to be separated for one year before filing - which he did from his new residence in Northern Virginia, Fairfax County. Well, it seemed they were backlogged too, so it took almost 5 months for the divorce to be final. Then we filed, lost those nearly two months, and here we are, waiting again... At this point, I really hope to make it to the US before Xmas. The positive side of all this is that I'm working and earning money, and also earning vacation days, which I'm going to use before I move to do all I will have to do.

Good morning April friends.

It's really good to see VSC still moving... allbeit a creep along... it's moving!

I'm always so interested to hear the stories about how people met and the steps they've taken to get here. People don't take that into consideration so much when viewing your timeline. It certainly wasn't easy for us but we have done things because of 'the rules' that we wouldn't have done otherwise. I got to live in another country with my children, we've travelled all over the world, we depleted our savings. The wait apart is so excruciating ....but it's been a heck of a ride! I feel we have a much better base for our relationship than many couples have. Sure some of that just comes with wisdom and time but there's a whole lot to be said about the experiences you've had as well. This wait is hell but I know just how lucky we really are.

Have a lovely weekend April... may Monday bring us a whirlwind of happy news!!!

That is so very true, Kim! I know that, before I met Michael on that forum, I thought I'd never ever travel outside Europe. Though I have always loved travelling, I had sort of lost any taste for it, unless it was a country I knew well. Then, all of a sudden, I found myself booking a flight to Washington, DC, braving the 12-hour journey in order to meet a man I had never seen before... And that was the best thing I ever did in my whole life! Last year I spent two months (July and August) in the US with him, and in spite of the practical difficulties we had, it was a time of my life I will never forget. Living together was wonderful, even in a limited amount of space, and I can't but look forward to sharing our everyday life in our home in Alexandria, VA. And to think I used to be a very independent person, quite happy to live on her own ...

You guys are all probably out having fun on a Sat. night while I'm here at work.

Oh well, gotta make that $

LOL

Have a great weekend guys,

Suzy

Hi Suzy !
I`m just home resting from the work week.
Hey i got the noa 1 on may 8th so we are close together.
lets see what next week brings !

Hello all, how is everyone doing this weekend? I'm glad the noa2's keep going through. hang in there if some of you didn't get it yet. It will be here soon

thanks John abis for the encouragement..Im pretty sure come next week we will have more approvals and if god's willing i will be one of them..Keeping fingers crossed..God bless us all..

Good Sunday morning April.

I had a good long sleep in this morning after a long day in the hot 95 degree sun yesterday. We did a collection downtown for the 3-day in memory of a friend who died last year of breast cancer. She was just 39 and left her husband and 2 small boys. Keeps things a bit more in perspective, no?

I do hope this is our week pip! I'd love to see them clear out the end of March / early April filers tomorrow.....and then have an explosion of mid April approvals..including ours...on Tuesday!

I will be keeping everything crossed for you Kim

I really hope our turn will come at last... Luckily, I'm going to be away for a couple of days, so I won't be able to look at Igor's list on Tuesday morning, and spoil my whole day . It would be wonderful to get the approval now that Michael is coming.. He's staying for two weeks, so there'll be plenty of time for that. On the other hand, seeing February and early March filers still waiting is a tad disheartening.. Hopefully they'll clear out the backlog soon, and make all of us happy!

Raff, i'm so happy that Michael is coming to see you. Just what you need an how wonderful to be able to celebrate that NOA2 together. Somehow I think you'll be coming back to us with a fresh new spirit soon!

Sal, you're the best! Thanks hon.

its megan, just letting you guys all know that when i checked my email this morning....WE ARE FINALLY APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank god! hopefully more keep on coming! so soooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Graham & Megan!!!!

What a great way to start the day, I'm so happy for you guys.

COngratulations Graham and Megan!!!

I hope this week will be flooded with more approvals including mine ...
Keeping my fingers crossed....


GOD BLESS

Congratulations! No news here... Hopefully we'll get our approval now that Michael is coming here. Feel a bit put out every time I see someone who filed after us getting approved, but I suppose we've got to keep the faith.

Keep the faith is exactly what to do. I know precisely how you feel as it was the same for us last week with people getting approved an NOA1 after your own. But it is coming and when you get you won't know how to feel believe me. I was so happy but crying like a little baby when Megan called me!!!!!

Good luck everyone, it is coming SOON!!!