gratz on the noa 2.

Michele & Mark .....Happy reunion!!!!! So glad for you that you're finally happy together!

Arazia .....Congrats on the NOA2!!!!!

Hoi!

WOW! Pieter got his interview letter today! It's going to be January 17th Looooove the NL embassy, everything it's quick & smooth over there...

Arazia & Ranmaru congrats on your NOA2 and enjoy your holidays together!

Anybody started Christmas shopping? I have not yet...

Happy holidays and groetjes,

edi

Hello all! Arazia and Harry congrats on the NOA2! Edi...that was quick! I hope ours moves through quickly as well! René received packet 3 last week the same day we found out he would be able to make it for the holidays!! It looks like many of us will have a wonderful holiday season. Best wishes to you all.

Mel

Hoi Mel!

Ours was kindof "delayed" in our part because we took longer than average to gather the info from the checklist... Since Pieter lived in Germany for two years, he also needed a police report from there and that took weeks It actually takes just a few days to get the letter from the NL embassy after it leaves NVC! So if you have yor info ready, it will be much quicker

Good luck to all of you and happy holidays!

Groetjes,

edi

Edi .....Good to hear that the interview date is set for you guys! Good luck with it! When does Pieter have his medical?

Mel .....That's great that Rene will be with you for the holidays! And Edi is right, if you have all the stuff that is required for package 3 together it will move through pretty quick and you'll get the interview date in no-time.

Hope everyone else is doing great!

Take care

Hoi Em!

Pieter called today (12/13) to make the appointment for his medical with the doc that the Embassy told him to go, and right away they asked for his last name. When they found him on their list they said :

-Oh sure, could you come tomorrow morning?
-Er, not really... (He is from Fryslân and the doc is by the Embassy in A'dam)

So he scheduled the medical appointment for next Monday @ 9:30 AM! And then they said: Now call the XRay place and tell them you need an appt. for 8:30 AM. So quick! Amazing...

This process after the NOA2 has been pretty smooth, good luck to you all and please get your packet 3 stuff ready so you don't have to wait as muchas we did...

Wish you all a very happy holidays with your SO's! Have fun!!

liefde,

edi

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How's everyone doing?

Edi ..... how did Pieter's medical go?

Arazia ..... I guess Harry is over here now for his visit? Have fun you two.

Michele and Mark & Rhonda and Wilmot .....Have a lot of fun on your wedding day!!!!!

Mel .....Has Rene received his package 4 yet?

Happy holidays everyone!!!!!

Hi Em!

Pieter's medical went OK, now just waiting for the interview on January 17th..

Could somebody please tell me what documents they ask for @ the K-1 interview? He has everything from the checklist but I was just curious on what evidence they may want to see

Hugs,

edi

Hi Edi ..... Apart from the stuff on the checklist I took pictures, email print outs and some print outs of chat conversations with me. I just handed in all the stuff on the checklist and when they called my name for the interview they never asked me for any of the the other stuff I had. Still, just let him take some of the above mentioned things with him.....just in case you know.

Take care

Marry xmas. Have a great day for the once who are spending it were there love. And for the peeps like me, hopefully you get to be together soon.

-hugs-

Em Thanks for answering to my silly question, I think I am even more nervous than Pieter about the interview LOL

Jackybeertje: Merry Christmas to u too! I am also alone here without Pieter, he's @ NL nu

Merry Christmas and hugs to all of you too!



edi

hi Edi, hehe dont worry about Em, she has answered very silly questions of mine to. I drove her almost crazy ;-)

-hugs-

Jac

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GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR all!!!!!

Happy New Year everybody! I was not ready 2 go back to work again 2day, the longer the weekend, the more tired I get.

What you guys did on New Years Eve? I stayed home, watching the Times Square Ball droppin' and after that, straight to bed, nothing fancy...

In a couple of weeks Pieter has his interview, we are just waiting to see how it goes....

My best wishes for all of you on the 2007 and wishing that time goes fast so we can be with our sweet other!

Hugs,

edi

Not much to update, but here is one none the less...

Harry and I had a wonderful time this Christmas. He had no trouble with coming over here on the VWP and visiting for the holidays. We got the NVC approval the day that he arrived for his visit. His packet 3 arrived sometime around the New Year. I got together all the things he needs from me and sent them all back with him today. We'll probably start going through the packet 3 paperwork tomorrow.

Other than that, I'm very sad at the moment. It's hell having to say goodbye to the one you love. At least... I'm hoping that this will be the last time.

Hello to all! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. Arazia, I can certainly understand. René was here for days during the holidays and everytime we have to say goodbye it seems to get harder. We hope for us that was the last time to say goodbye On the brighter side of things, we are now waiting for his interview date!!

Happy New Year!

Mel

Hello all, hope everybody is doing good!!!

Arazia,

I am so glad that Harry didn't have any problems @ the POE with his VWP, and that you guys had a wonderful holiday season!! I understand how you feel, like Mel said, every goodbye is harder and painful, I can tell you that too! But you are so close, the Amsterdam consulate is very quick on giving interview dates Pieter's time looks longer because we took waaay too much time getting the packet 3 stuff, we needed documents from Germany and that put us a bit behind... I wish you good luck and hope you get your interview soon!

Mel: Hope you get your interview soon too!! We have 12 days to go... And I think I am more nervous than Pieter LOL...

See you guys soon!!

Hugs,

edi

OMG only 33 more days. I was just looking ast Andrew flight thing for when he comes here and all of a suddon my heart started pounding real fast and I got nervous and stressy. OMG times goes so quick.
I better not look at the flight plan anymore if I react this way to that.

-hugs-

enjoy it... you deserve to have this happiness... you worked for it... my daughter and i made a countdown calendar with the numbers in english and dutch... each day we turned over the piece of paper with that number... when it was done it showed 4 pictures of my sweet hubby... revel in your happiness

We use a centimeter, to cut off a day. Ok my son doesnt realy look at it, but i sure do. First thing I do every morning is cut off a piece ;-)

-hugs-

That is awesome to count down the days! Sometimes it makes time drag on much slower though! We got our interview date today! René has been scheduled for February 6th. I will join you counting the days until his interview!

Mel

Congrats Mel!!!!

It's great to know you have your interview date too! I am all nerves, more nervous than Pieter is, how silly! We have 11 more days to go... Brrrr.... Wooohoooo!!!

Sol-de-Verano congrats and hang in there!!! It is definately a nervous excitement! I have been checking and double checking and going over anything and everything hoping there is nothing that I forgot etc........ Let us know how the interview goes!!

Best of luck to you!!!

Mel

Mel congratz on the interview date. He has it 2 days before I lift off.

-hugs-

Hi All! Just a quick check in from us here in Texas. Thank you for your best wishes to us here ..and a belated Happy New Year and best wishes to you all....I have read the last couple of pages and it's great to read so much good news.
As for us...We are doing great!:dance: We married on Dec 21 and had a wonderful Christmas and New Year ( so great to be together)....... Everyone still waiting and at various stages-hang on in there-IT HAPPENS-- and is truly worth every waiting second!!!!!
We eFiled EAD and have AOS ( DORA through Dallas) interview on January 18th!!!!! So it's all moving right along now.

I must sign off now-take care all and hang on in there!

regards
Michele and Mark.

tmma:

It's nice to hear that everything is going great for you! Congratulations on your wedding and filing for your AOS It must be so wonderful to be finally reunited with your other half!!

Good luck with your interview!!

Hugs,

edi

Harry sent off his packet 3 yesterday. There were some confusing parts that we had to reference the examples or read through some of the embassy threads to figure out (like the DS-156k asking for information you shouldn't send with but take to the interview instead). The only problem was that he forgot to attach the photographs to the DS-156 copies. We asked on the embassy forum if that is going to be a big problem or not, and the thread was pretty much ignored. Well, he sent the photos this morning with a letter giving the application number and that they were mistakenly left of the DS-156.

He has my I-134 documents already, but I forgot to make them in duplicate so he's had to make one additional copy of the support documents. Other than that, I sent the entire K-1 application packet with him when he went back to the Netherlands, as well as copies of the NOA1, NOA2, and NVC letter.

I guess now we sit on our rear ends and wait some more. Gotta love this hurry-up and wait game.

Hi all! ..... How's everyone doing out there?

Michele and Mark ..... So, how's married life ? How did you get that AOS interview so quickly? I am still waiting for them to actually send me some letters with my correctly spelled name on it, let alone give me an interview date.....I am getting frustrated with all this waiting etc.....argh.....

Edi ..... Just a few more days till Pieter's interview!!!!! Hang in there and don't be too nervous.....everything will be allright!

Mel ..... Good to hear you guys have an interview date as well now!

Arazia ..... Any news on Harry's interview date yet?

Rhonda ..... How was the wedding? Have you guys filled for AOS yet?

Jacky ..... Not long anymore now! Nog even volhouden he, voordat je het weet is het februari!

Take care all!

Hey everyone-Hope all is well!

--To answer your question about the AOS, Em..We live in the area controlled by the Dallas USCIS office. They are currently using a program for AOS called DORA. I think it means Dallas Office Rapid Adjustment (or something).
Anyway-we made our appointment online through infopass and we go there on Thursday and interview, fingerprint...etc all at once....apparantly they say a decision is made on the day and approval within weeks ( yeh THAT'S what they SAY - )
We filed and paid online for EAD-and we are just waiting for biometrics on that.

---Anyway-Hope everyone is doing great


---Good Luck for the interview Edi!

Take Care all

regards Michele & Mark.

Edit-- 16 January--- Mark got his SSN card today!!!!!! He starts work very soon!!!!! We have biometrics for the EAD scheduled also and our AOS interview Thursday!!!!!

Hope all is well for everyone.
Again-Edi-Good Luck for tomorrow ( it is tomorrow, right)?

Hoi tmma!

Hey that's great that Mark already got his card, and everything is going so fast and smooth, WOW! Yeah Pieter's interview is tomorrow, cannot believe how time flies. Thanks for your warm wishes!

Hope everybody else is doing great, I'll let you know how it went!

Hugs,

edi

Michele: wow things go fast for Mark, I hope I will be so lucky as well.

Edi & Pieter: good luck with the interview, hope everything goes well.

And for me? 22 more days to go. Still nervous here and exited.

Jac

Hoi!

Pieter called me from Amsterdam and everything went well with his interview, he was approved without any problems! He said that it was really easy and the interviewer was a very nice and funny dude. A few questions; they even looked at the pictures I sent with the 129F and that was it. A breeze!

When he saw the phone logs he almost fainted! He could not believe that we talk everyday on the phone...

I am just so happy by knowing that we finally finished this part of the process and we can move on to plan for our future. What a relief.

I wish the best of luck to all of you that are still waiting for the interview!

I am at work and just wanna take off LOL need to celebrate!

Hugs,

edi

Edi & Pieter: Congrats! I hope Harry's interview goes as smoothly.

We got our packet 4 today. I'm having Harry scan the pages so I can look over things and see what needs to be done. The interview date is February the 13th. I'll know more once I get to see everything, I think.

I'm a little nervous because of Harry stopping his schooling. He talked to his dean today, who said that he'll have to start repaying that in two years. There's no definite amount for how much will have to be repaid, but his dean thinks it will be around 2500EU. I just worry about bills coming out of nowhere down the road.

Hope things are going well for everyone else.

Edi & Pieter: congratz on the visa. You guys have a date yet when he will fly home?

-hugs-
Jac

Edi and Pieter ..... Congrats on the approval!!!!!

Michele and Mark ..... Good luck with the AOS interview on Thursday. Please let me know how it went so I will know what to expect once we have our interview.

Arazia .....Great that you guys have your intervie date now! It's nice to see how things move along for everyone now!

Edi & Pieter Congrats to you both!!! I logged on tonight hoping you would have news. I knew Pieter's interview was coming up very soon. It is great to see the progress coming along for everyone. René has his medical tomorrow and then less than 3 weeks away (February 6th) on to the interview.

Michelle and Mark good luck tomorrow with the AOS interview tomorrow. Best wishes are with you.

Jac: you must be getting anxious by now! Only 22 days to go!

Mel

Mel,

Thanks for your warm wishes. It's just amazing how such a relief is to be done with the interview. Now the other fun part begins (all the planning to move here)... Good luck to René on his medical!

Arazia,

Wow congratulations on Harry's interview date! It's really a breeze so he'll be fine. They ask for the required docs + just a few things and that's it. It went pretty much like the VJ NL Embassy reviews say.

Jac,

We don't have a date yet for his move, he is gonna talk with his boss tomorrow about how much time he will stay @ work plus he still needs to sell his house, pack and get rid of the junk. Plus what 2 do with all that furniture, OMG.... So it would be a few months until he arrives... awwww...

Michele & Mark,

How was the AOS interview?

Hope everything keeps going good for everyone!

Hugs,

edi

Hiya all, THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD / WARM WISHES <<<(lots of capitals just for Arazia!!!)


The AOS interview went smoooooooth!
They checked the whole packet, then they wanted the $325,- for the I-485 and $70,- for Biometrics which will be scheduled.

The questions they asked were pretty general like;
-Where / when & how did you two meet 1st time?
-How long did you know each other before you-(meaning me) asked her to marry you?
Ect, ect, ect,........basic / general questions dus.

We brought a ton of “Relationship-proof” with us,...but the officer that interviewed us hardly asked about it all, she only looked into a couple wedding pictures, and cards.

Apart from a “name check”,....we ARE APROOOOOVED!!!!!!!! wooooooooohooooooooo!!!

And,....oyeeeeah,....we did the biometrics for the EAD aswell,....woooooohoooooooooooooo!!!


PS;CONGRATS Edi & Pieter



Regards Mark & Michele.

Mel: time is going by fast now. only 20 more days. I am exited and nervous and so much more ;-)

Edi: Most peeps I have seen took almost right off after getting there visa, I felt like a weirdo weithing for so long ;-) But luckely I am not the only one who had to prepare a bit longer ;-)
I gave lot of my stuff away and sold the stuff that was worth anything.

-hugs-

Jac,

Oh yeah he'll be there for a while. He hasn't even put the house for sale and yesterday he talked with his boss. I don't think he'll be here before May, so you are fine LOL He's taking his time to get rid of everything and finish the work for his boss (They are only 3 people in his job, it's a silver spoon biz (the one for babies when they are born).

Good luck, you are almost here!

Mark & Tmma,

Congrats on your approval!!!

Mel,
How was René's med? Everything went fine?

Hugs,

edi

Hi everyone!

Jac: I am sure the days will be flying by now. You are not a weirdo for waiting. There are so many things to take care of before you come settle in your new home!

Edi: René's medical went smooth. No problems at all and he said the doctor was a very nice guy. I hope the rest of this process goes as smoothly as the medical. Did they ask Pieter a lot of questions at his interview? Also, what type of evidence did they ask to see if any?

Mark and Tmma: Congrats on the approval!


Best wishes,
Mel

Edi: don't you just rather have him there straight away. But it is a good thing he takes the time to rap everything up around here. Before you know it you guys are counting down and together.

Mel: Yeah time flys by a bit to fast right now. only 19 days and still so much to do. Ehh to make. But on the other hand, time cant go by fast enough.
Good to hear that his medical went good.

-hugs-

Not much to update, but Harry has his medical and x-ray on the 24th. He's doing some weird stuff with it, and it makes me a little uncomfortable. Basically they said he could have his normal doctor fax the exam-doctor proof of vaccinations after the exam and the exam-doctor would fill that out later. And then his x-ray is at no specific time after the exam, something about them just calling up and him going over there. I've also brought up concerns about getting the copy of that vaccination worksheet, but he thinks he can just ask the exam-doctor to send him a copy when he sends the embassy a copy. It just makes me feel ill at ease.

Strange. Normaly the x-ray is before the exam.

-hugs-

Jac

Arazia,...That........is reeeeeeally,.....hmmmm???,.......GOOD LUCK WITH THAT .....

Edit; Get harry to re-read the instructions for the medical

Jac / Mark:

Yeah, I know it sounds really weird, and that is why I'm uncomfortable with it. He has read the instructions. Basically, what happened is this:

He scheduled an appointment with his normal doctor on the 22nd. The normal doctor called back and said it might take an extra 2 days to get the vaccinations he needs (which would put it to the 24th). Somehow, messed up the dates in his head and scheduled the medical for the 24th.

When I pointed out the problem, he called them up and asked to re-schedule. They informed him that it was okay to have the doctor send them a fax verifiying he gets his vaccinations and they'd add it to his form after the exam. Then he called to make the x-ray, and they asked where he was coming from. He said Limburg. They said 'is it even possible to get here before the medical exam'. He said 'probably not'. And they said to just come after the medical exam.

At least that's my understanding of it. I don't like it, and it makes me incredibly nervous, but I can't do anything. He's not willing to reschedule anything because he believes that the people he spoke to know what they are doing and must have 'done this a thousand times before'.

Merf *sigh*

Mel,

Pieter’s interview was really easy and short. The CO asked for fotos but he told him that there were no recent ones because we have not seen each other after filing the petition. But he brought phone records with him and the CO was Ok with that (Thank God!) The questions were like: “When did you meet? How many times have you seen each other? How long have you been engaged?” And that was about it. So it’s really quick and painless!!! It’s gonna be OK.

Arazia,

I talked to Pieter after reading your post and he said that his Doc made a copy of the form from the packet and certified that he was current and included it on the envelope for the A’dam exam Doc.

His XRay was before the exam but the radiologist was not there to read the Xray foto. They told him that they would call if something was wrong (thank God they didn’t call ) and that they would send everything to the embassy.

From what I understood from Pieter, I think as long as they send the vac records on time to the Adam doc for his medical, he’ll be fine. Good luck!!!!

Jac,

Pieter put the house for sale, let’s see how that goes. Most of the furniture he is giving it to a friend of his that needs an urgent furniture upgrade… So there goes that part!

He got his visa two days after the interview, WOW! That embassy rocks!

I hope everybody is doing great!!!

Hugs,

edi

Arazia.....did Harry call the doctor in Amsterdam before sceduling an appointment with the xray clinic? It all sounds a bit weird to me. If I remember correctly I had to hand over my proof of vaccination and then the doctor's assistent filled out the vaccination worksheet and told me I needed one shot which I hadn't had before.

Well, they have finally 'touched' my AOS petition again, but no word on an interview date or anything else. My EAD is still in the works as well.....sigh, I am trying not to get (too) frustrated, but argh some days I just want to scream.....lol.

Take care all!