Michele,

I don't have an email address. If I get one I will post it for you. I think I can find the DHL website.

Thanks

Rhonda

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How's it going, Rhonda?
Heard anything yet? Mark has not received packet 3 from the Embassy...We'll post when it gets to him

How are you doing, Em? When you get the chance post and let us know how you are doing out there in the Sunshine State!
Hi to everyone else that reads this!
Michele

Michele,

Thanks for checking in. I hope you recieve packet 3 soon. Please let me know as soon as you do.

Rhonda

Hey all

Well, living in the Sunshine State is good sofar! I love going to the beach so I am having a good time over here. I already received my SSN in the mail, only 5 work days after I applied for it. We also set our wedding date, September 6, 2006 ! I also have been looking at apartments and houses, because we want to move out of this place after we are married and filled the AOS and EAD, so I am keeping myself busy. All I need now is a drivers licence and a car, but that's already in the works.

Sorry to hear that you guys haven't reveived you package 3 yet Michele. I already heard that people who send in their checklist to receive package 4 also have to wait much longer all of a sudden. Do hope you guys will get your stuff soon!

Rhonda, did you guys receive your package 3 yet?

Until next time, take care all!

Thanks for asking . . .we have not received package 3 yet. I really hope that we both get it before the week is over.

Rhonda

Michele and Mark,

We received packet 3 today. We are trying to send it back in the morning. Has Mark received it also? I hope so. Look forward from hearing from one of you. Em and Ed I'm glad to hear that things are moving smoothly for you here in the US. Where was your POE of entry? Did you receive the work authorization stamp? Just wondering because you said you had your social security card? Thanks and best wishes to everyone.

Rhonda

Greetings,

I've been pointed over here by a couple of people. I don't speak Dutch so please be patient with me and if you respond to something I say, please try to do so in English. My fiancee' speaks fluent English so I've never had a problem, but it also means I never learned his language, either.

We're currently just getting together our information and forms for starting the K-1 Process. I'm waiting for him to send me his forms and picture and the proofs he has of our last visit and then I'll be getting everything together to send out. Probably not until next month or so, but I've already started looking through the forums and asking questions.

It's nice to know there are others like us going through this.

Hi Ronda,

Good to hear that you guys finally received you package 3! Hopefully Michele and Mark have received theirs too!

My POE was Orlando. Things went pretty smoothly at immigration over there. I didn't recceive a work authorization stamp though. As fas as I know there aren't many POE's that do that. On my social security card it says..valid for work only with DHS authorization.. so I am not allowed to work until I get my EAD approved. I will try to get some sort of volunteer job though until that approval because if I have to sit at home all the time doing nothing I will go crazy

Take care!



Hi Arazia,

Welcome to the Netherlands thread! If you have any questions just ask ok!

Take care!

Hi Rhonda,
Congrats on the delivery of your packed 3!!!

Unfortunately there is NO packed delivery here yet!
It could come 2morrow (Saturday 19th ),..if it doesn’t get delivered?!?!?
Then I HOPE its going to be delivered on Monday 21st if there is still no delivery then?!?
I’m definitely gonna call them,…till I get some answers.


Hi Arazia,


And welcome to the Dutch thread !
“you’ll never walk alone” dus ook niet met je “VisaJourney”




Hi Em,
Welcome back,
Good to see ya!
Good to know everything goes as planned over there!
And good luck with finding a volunteer job!


As for us,…..well as you can read upthere^^^^,…..no packed 3 for us yet,………..sniiiiiiiffffffff.
But,…I feel it coming,…must be any day NOW,…..I HOPE!

Michele’s ISP is unfortunately offline,…for the millionth time this year!
Damn; If it’s not my ISP who’s offline its hers,……grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
ARGH; If its not a problem with the phoneline on her end, it’s a problem on this end,…grrrrrrrr

GOD, I’m going to be SOOOOOOOO delighted when all the “Electronic - gadgets” are not in OUR WAY any more!!!

PS; do you guys know what kinda info or records are requested next to filling it in before sending back the packed?
Are there any kind of “special” papers required? (for example; internationaal uitreksel?!?!?)

Many thx in advance!

Regards Mark.

I was wondering, since another thread in the k-1 forums brought this up: Has anyone here had to have any documents translated from Dutch to English for their visa process? If so, where did you go to have that done?

Hey Mark,

One of the things you wil need is your ' internationale geboorteakte' (dus niet je geboorte-uittreksel!). It is mentioned on the checklist send to you with package 3. Police records will be taken care off by the Consulate. I don't know whether you were in the army, but if so I think you will need to get your military records. All that stuff you will have to hand over when you will have your interview.

By the way, sorry to hear that you haven't received you package 3 yet. I've also heard from someone who send in their checklist and after almost 2 weeks of waiting stil haven't received package 4 and their interview date. I don't know, maybe the long wait has got something to do with the 'vakantieperiode' in Holland?

Ah the phone and pc problems.....they suck big time (we've had them too). Well, not long now untill you don't have to get frustrated by that any longer! Just hang in there.....

Take care!

Mark sorry to hear that you haven't recieved your package 3 yet. I was hoping at work today that when I came home I would hear good news from you and Michele. I'm sure you will have it by Monday.

Em and Ed . .. .could you please tell me what you sent back from package 3? Today we sent back the ds 156 and ds 230 two copies and the check list. Where we supoosed to send back the DS 156 K also? It was confusing in the insturctions . . .because it listed 4 forms to fill out and sign and date and then said to send back the DS 156 and DS 230 two copies. If not we will send the other two forms on Monday. Thanks for any advice.


Welcom Arizia and I hope that you are able to move through the process quickly. Post any questions and we will try to answer them. I don't have an answer about translation. We did not have any papers that needed to be translated. Sorry.

Hey Em,
Hmmmmm en waar kan je een "internationaal geboorteakte vandaan halen?
(in English; hmmmm and where do i get the "international birthcertificate" from? )

Ik zal waarschijnlijk wel een paar vrije dagen van m'n werk (werk 60-70U/week) moeten opnemen om het een en het ander te regelen niet?
(in English; I probably will need a couple days time off work (still working 60-70hrs/week)to take care of things right?)

Hoeveel vrije dagen zou ik nodig hebben om aan de gevraagde info in pakket 3 te voldoen?
(in English; how many days time off will i need to gain all the info requested in packed 3?)


I'm reeeally starting to get very exited here,..............woooooooooooooooohoooooooooo
Hangon inthere honey,................its not long NOW,............wooooooooooohooooooooooo

Many thx in advance!

Regards Mark.

@Rhonda: The DS 156 K has to be send back as well. I also didn't send that one back straight away because I was also confused by the instructions, but the Consulate just send me another DS 156 K form with a small note saying I had to send that form back too, so it really wasn't such a big problem that I just didn't send it in with all the other stuff.

@Mark: Maybe you could check the website of the 'gemeente' you live in to see if you can fill out some form online to obtain your 'internationale geboorteakte'. I think most 'gemeentes' have that option available these days. If not you will have to go to 'burgelijke zaken' at the 'gemeentehuis'. Be prepared though, one copy of the' internationale geboorteakte' will cost you atleast 10,50. If possible get about 3-5 copies since you will need the thing in the States as well. I can't really tell you how many days you should take off. Basically you have to fill out the required forms in package 3 and send these back and the checklist as well if you have obtained all the necessary stuff they ask for (although you don't need to send any of it in, you take all the stuff they ask for on the checklist with you to the interview). By the way, did you get package 3 in the mail on Saturday?

@Arazia: We didn't need to get any documents translated from Dutch to English. I have heard that things like divorce papers might have to be translated, but I am not 100% sure about this. If you need to have things translated you have to get it done by a certified translator.

Take care all!

Hoi Em and everybody else,

Unfortunately, packed 3 DIDN’T arrive upto today?!?!?
I don’t know what the hell is taking them so damn long,…..I mean,..Amsterdam is not THAT far away from me.
Could easily pick it up myself,…but I don’t think they will “appreciate” that very much?!?!?

Soooooooo to kill time, I made this funny thing called;

“Starters Dutch for English people”


English: The man made his breakfast.
Dutch: De man maakte zijn broek vast.

English: He had a careful mother.
Dutch: Hij had een kar vol modder.

English: He was brave in the war.
Dutch: Hij was braaf in de war.

English: He had his troubles for his paines.
Dutch: Hij had druppels voor zijn pijn.

English: Do you need a ticket, Jack?
Dutch: Doe je niet een tikkie gek?

English: The girl with the soft eyes.
Dutch: De kerel met het softijs.

English: What do you mean?
Dutch: Wat doe je, Mien?

English: The play is not fair.
Dutch: De plee is niet ver.

English: No parking here.
Dutch: Niet het park in, heren.

English: She made the noise.
Dutch: Ze meed de neus.

English: It's a long way.
Dutch: Er is een long weg.


Tja,….
Ook al is packet 3 er dan nog niet, wat minder leuk is.
Dat wil nog niet zeggen dat we geen humor meer hebben natuurlijk ,…LMAO!!!

Mark,

I was so disapointed to see your post at work today. I can't log-in at work, so I had to wait until tonight to send a response. Do you have the number to call the embassy? I hope you find out some information on Tuesday. Best of luck.

Rhonda

i placed an order thru amazon yest...

http://www.rosettastone.com/en/individuals/languages/dutch

i will let yall know how it works out for us

this baby needs to learn to speak dutch, and i need to help her daddy to teach her (can you tell i want a girl??)

They are funny!

Sorry to hear that you guys still haven't received package 3. Have you been in touch with the Consulate yet about why it might be taken so long? Hopefully it didn't get lost in the mail or something, that was my big fear.....things getting lost in the mail.

Mark and Michele,

Do you two have any news yet? I'm sorry I keep bugging you guys, but I keep thinking about you two. Once you get on this site and make a connection with people who are at the same stage, it is really hard when things don't move at the same pace. Anyway, I'm hoping to see a post with your good news.


Rhonda

Hiya everyone,

Packed 3 did NOT ARRIVE here to this day?!? !?!? Sniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifffffffffffffffff

Ofcourse I’ve been trying to call the Embassy, but I think the Visa Information Service: 0900-872 8472 number is out of order or something, cuz no matter which time I try to call, its always “out of order”?!?!?

Soooo im gonna try the other 2 numbers 2morrow – which I got since today!
So I’m gonna try these TWO 2morrow!
-020-575 5309 (€ 15,- / per call!)
-0900-872-8470 (€ 0.70 / minute)

And try to find out what the hell is going on!

I let you all know something,…as soon as WE know something!

How are things with you all?
Everything going as it’s supposed to be?


Regards Mark.

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Hey all-
Well, I finally spoke to a person at the Embassy this morning, I found out that they mailed Mark's packet 3 on the 3rd August --It got sent to Mark's "old" address ( even though USCIS told me in MAY they had updated his address)- Typical......
At least we know what has happened! lesson learned here is never take their word for it that information changes to submitted documents have been taken care of
Anyway, I faxed his new address and they are mailing out a new packet this afternoon

Hope all is well for everyone else!

I'll write more soon!
Take care ( doe voorzichtig)
Michele

Good to hear that package 3 is finally on it's way to Mark, but jeez, what a stupid mistake to send it to his old address especially since they updated his address in May.....Ah well, hopefully things will soon be over for you guys now!!!!!

Ed and I looked at a house today 'cause we really want to get out of this apartment. The house we looked at wasn't too big (2 bed, 1 bath) but it was cosy and it has a huge fenced backyard which means lots of privacy and a nice little project for me to turn it into a flower and plant heaven (+ room plenty of room for a pool). We will be looking at some more places of course, but we bith really liked it and it's affordable on just a 1 income for the moment.. Ah well, I'll keep you guys posted.

Take care all!

Hello everyone. It sounds like things are moving better for everyone. I'm so happy to hear the news about packet 3 and the house hunting sounds exciting. We had a little bit of excitement over here, last night when I called Wilmot at midnight, we was so excited he had a letter from the Embassy. He had waited until I called to open the letter. He thought it was the interview date, but I really didn't think so. Anyway when he opened it it was a letter asking him to summit three forms and that his is case is being processed. I'm confused about this additional letter, but he is faxing it to me shortly and then I will see exactly what it is saying.

I hope you all have great Friday and a good weekend.

Rhonda

congrats everyone on the progress!!

im eagerly awaiting the arrival of the dutch version of rosetta stone, to help my daughter and me to learn to speak it... we need it now that our little "pinda" is on the way... he/she will need to learn to speak it from birth

oh, and here is the pic i got yesterday for anyone who wants to see

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Bumpty Bump

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww Keltic--there is the sweet little "peanut".......Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
..* feeling all warm and fuzzy*....Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
How are you doing? Any morning sickness? All OK?
Let us know how the Rosetta Stone software goes for you. I may consider ordering ( I have seen it advertised and it looks pretty comprehensive).

Rhonda, I am not sure what that letter is that he received; but a normal part of the processing to ready him for the medical or interview, maybe?

Em-great news about the house hunting. How exciting! Hope you find the perfect place!

As for news here, we are all fine and Mark should have his packet 3 today or tomorrow! My world is almost entirely revolving around the visa right now, so that's really the only news I have!

All OK here.

Catch up with everyone later!
Michele

Greetings! Sending a quick greeting and hope that we all have a great week. I'm really hoping we get packet 4 but I'm sure that it is way too soon. Anyway I hope that you get what you are hoping or working towards this week.

Rhonda

Hello all!
Well, our packet 3 is on it's way back to the Embassy-along with the checklist, so we should have an interview/medical date soon It's all soooooo exciting!

Hope this week is good for everyone!

Em, when you get the chance, check in ( especially after Ernesto has passed over you there in FL), to let us know you are all OK!

Michele

Hey Michele,

Good to hear that package 3 is all sorted now. Let's hope they won't send package 4 to the wrong address again though. Has Mark already booked a flight or is he waiting until he has got the visa in his hands?

Ed tells me not to worry to much about Ernesto, so I am trying to be all cool and stuff. We are ready for it though and hopefully it won't be too bad, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see. As soon as I get the chance I will definitly give out a shout on here after Ernesto has passed.

Take care all!

Em

Michele,

Glad to hear that you sent packet 3 and the checklist off. We had an interesting thing happen, another packet 3 was mailed to us last week. Wilmot, filled out all the forms and sent them back in. I told him it probably wasn't necessary. He didn't want to take any chances so he redid them. I keep hoping that we get the interview date sometime this week.


I have been trying to find cheap flights, but I don't seem to be having a lot of luck. Most flights are $800 us dollars. Do any of you have any suggestions.

Em I hope that Ernesto doesn't cause too much damage. It must be different living in Florida and having to deal with hurricane's. That would be a big adjustment for me.

Rhonda

Hey all!

Well, apart from lots and lots of rain Ernesto did no damage over here, so phewwwww about that.

We got our marriage license today, so we are all set for Wednesday now!

Rhonda are you trying to find a flight for yourself? Ticket prices are crazy right now it seems. I actually paid almost twice as much as what I would normally pay to get over here in July.

Did any of you guys receive package 4 yet?

Well, I am off for a bike ride now before the daily afternoon showers kick in.

Take care all!

Mark got his interview date

10th October!

Congratulations on the Marriage License , Em...Congratulations and Good Luck for Wednesday

Rhonda, do you have packet 4 yet?

Catch up later, all
Michele

While it seems like my wish at the start of week came true for all of us. We all had good news. Congratulations on the marriage license. Also CONGRATULATIONS ON OUR INTERVIEW DATES OCT. 3 AND OCT 10!!!!! I woke up this morning, and decided to check VJ. For some reason I didn't follow my normal pattern but went straight to the consular section. Whose post did see . . . .needless to say I started screaming. Then I called my baby, before he could say anything ... I said when is the date. He started laughing, how did you know? I told him VJ never lets me down. I'm so happy for all of us today. Have a great weekend!!!

Rhonda

Good to hear you guys got your interview dates

It won't be long anymore now.....

Michele or Mark,

Did your package 4 have any information about the security/police clearnance? Em do you know when that part is completed? I feel like we might be missing something.

On another note Em I hope the wedding plans are going okay and wish you the best on Wednesday. Enjoy your day!

Rhonda

Please ignore my question about police ceretificate. After some research, I found that the embassy will get it for you if you live in the Netherlands.

Hope everyone has a good week. Em only one more day to the wedding. good luck and enjoy the special day.

Rhonda

Just to post a little update here as well. Harry and I finally sent out our I-129F and are now in the waiting game. We're expecting it to transfer (as they have been) from NSC to CSC. Oh well, cross our fingers and hope things go through easily.

Hope everyone else is doing well on their journey.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WEDDING, EM&ED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL FUTURE FOR BOTH OF YOU

Arazia....The countdown is on now!!!! It will seem like it's taking FOREVER-but the time does pass, and at least all that backlog with IMBRA should be clearing up by now

Great News on the interview date, Rhonda First yours, then ours!!!!

Anyway-have a great week, all

Michele

Em and Ed I hope the wedding was everything you have hoped and dreamed for!!

Michele, I'm so excited, I wish I could go to sleep and wake up on Oct. 3rd. I did something totally crazy. .. I purchased Wilmots ticket home today. I purchased for Satruday Oct. 7th and it was only $435 US dollars. He was looking over there and was getting quotes for 600+ Euros. My travle agent said we can change the date up to the day before. So I'm really hoping that everything works out so he is on the plane on Oct. 7th.

Arazia, I had posted in your orginal thread, but once again, glad you are in the offical loop now.

Rhonda

Hey all!

Well.....I am officially a married woman now .

We had a really nice day yesterday. It was just the 2 of us but it was really special. Once all the rest of the process is taken care off we will renew our vowels in front of our family (which will take a lot of planning since everyone is living all over the place), but for now we have more paperwork to fill out and more waiting to do again (but at least now we are together )

I will keep my fingers crossed that both interviews will go well at the Consualte and that you can all be together with your loved one real soon now!

You sure found a cheap plain ticket Rhonda. Mine cost twice as much!

Arazia, hope the I-129 process will be a speedy one for you guys!

Take care all!

Em,

Thanks for the update! Enjoy the moment, it will also be special when you celebrate with everyone else. Thanks for the good wishes for the interview. Wilmot, has his medical appointment tomorrow. The strange thing is they first told him next Friday, but then today called him and said they had made a mistake. So we were scrambling to get all of the fee's ready, it throw us for a little of a loop. But it was fine, nothing is going to stop us now.

UP

Hey Rhonda, how did Wilmot's medical go?

Thanks for asking. We will get the results this week. I don't have any concerns, but it will be good when that is completed. Then we just wait for October 3, 2006!!!!!!

I hope everyone is doing good. . . .it has been extremely cold and cloudy in MN. So it has been kind of depressing. But I just need to think about all of the positive things that are happening to snap out of it.

Take care. . . and wishing the best for everyone.

Rhonda

Congratulations Em!!

Hi all,

its about a month ago that i've been here,....busy, busy, busy,....you know the thing!

Good to see everything is going fairly smooth with everyone.
Congrads to you and your partner Em with you marriage!!!

I don’t have any plane ticket booked yet, I’m waiting till I have my visa in hand.
Then after I got visa in hand, I still need about 6 to 8 more weeks to arrange/close things permanently down here.
In other words,…I wont be able to fly directly,…still working fulltime (70h/pw) ect ect.

Gotta go for now--(early start 2morrow)
C ya all laters!

Regards Mark.

Thanks Jolanda and Mark!

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Hey Em&Ed-how's married life down there in the Sunshine State? I did post congratulations on the day you got married-it's ^^^up there (buried) somewhere-hope you saw it and didn't think that I had forgotten!
Keep us posted on how things are going there and AOS and such. Good Luck with it all

Heard anything about the medical yet, Rhonda? Keep us posted.

As for us-Mark has his medical and chest x-ray on Sept 27 and interview on 10 October
Now is basically sit back and wait--
--What suprised me is that after 5 months waiting for an NOA2 how fast things have moved since then!
I am so excited! I know you must be too, Rhonda! Even though I know that right now there is very little left for me to do ( until Mark gets here, of course), I am still thinking about the visa/medical/interview 24/7. It's become almost an obsession!!!!
I just want to fast forward time, because now each day seems to be dragging on towards October!

Anyway, I was just checking in.

Have a great day, everyone!
Michele

Mark and Michele glad to hear that everything is going okay. We have not heard anything back from Wilmot's medical. I think we should hear something on Friday. I can't believe how time seems to be standing still, I can't wait until October the 3rd!!!!! Just like I know you can't wait for Oct. 10th. I will let you know if we find out anything from our medical. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Rhonda

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How's everyone doing????

Just a quick update...

We got our NOA1 or the K-1 Visa this past weekend. It's not much but it's something at least. I'm a little worried at the timing of things. If CSC continues at it's current pace, we might get approval as early as November and I was aiming for mid-December. Harry is coming here from December 17-January 4th, so I'm a little worried of his packet 3 getting to his place while he's over here.

His father took a job in another country and the entire family is stressed. He hasn't told them yet about any of this. That worries me, too.

Arazia,

Wilmot always tells me don't let the little things worry you. If you were to receive packet 3 while he was over here you could have some one mail or fax it to you guys then you could fill our the forms and mail them back 1 week before he was going home. It took between a week and two weeks for myself and Michele and Mark to receive our interview dates and medical appointments.

Not telling his family is another issue, that is best left up to the two of you to decide when the best time is. I have not told my parents because I'm afraid they will misjudge Wilmot. The first day he arrives, we plan on going to them that first week and telling them about us. My mom worries and has anxiety that she would have never been able to handle all of the ups and downs of this process. Her main wish is that I meet someone nice you love and respects me and my children. So once she meets him in person it will be fine. On the other hand all of my friends and co-workers know and they can't wait for Oct. 3 and the approved VISA. So sometimes it is best to look at your situation to determine who is the best to tell at certian times.

Wishing you the best and please don't get too worried. I think it is great that he will be here with you during Christmas. Enjoy your visit and be happy that he will be here sometime late winter!!

Sorry. . .Michele and Mark how is everything? We have not heard anything back from Wilmot's medical so I 'm assuming everything is fine. It seems like the next 13 days are moving so slow. I keep wishing I could wake up and it was Oct. 3rd! But like everything else you can never change time.