Hi Mel,

We were discussing weddings yesterday with Andrews parents. It is going to be a small wedding. Now to set a date. We have 2 dates in mind, but cause it is short notice we hope we can make it on one of those dates.
This week we go ring shopping. I need to find me a hair dresser. Need to find out were to get the marriage license. Need to find a priest, a location. Tux for Andrew and Nathan and so much more. I am so lucky that mom, dad and granny are helping.
For me no one of my family will come :-(

-hugs-

Awww Jac I am sorry to hear that no one in your family will be able to come to your wedding. Maybe you can have a video tape made and send it to them. That would be a nice way for you to share your special day with them. There is A LOT to do to get ready for everything huh? We are also having a small wedding (only family) in the church and even with that there is a lot of preparing still. Hang in there!!
Edi, June is not too far away either! That would be awesome if his mom and brother are able to come as well. Although René's brothers will not be able to make it I was so excited to hear that his parents will be here. René will be arriving in March and our wedding will be March 30th. I cannot believe it is less than 6 weeks away! Does Pieter have any idea when he will try to fly over?
I hope everyone is doing well.

Best wishes,
Mel

When I read about all the wedding preparations and how much is involved in it, I am pretty happy with just having done the court wedding.....wayyyyy less stress I do hope you will all have a wonderful day and that it will turn out exactly the way you want it to!....Oh yeah, and don't turn into one of those Bridezillas that I've seen on tv

OMG! Did you see the one last night????????
What a BIZNATCH!!!!! I wonder if her in-laws are still alive after making her wedding 1.5 hours late.....and $110,000 for a wedding-------? wow-just wow....

Hope you are all fine!
Michele.

Yeah, she was crazy.....but I've seen worse then her on that show. I always wonder how their husband-to-be's actually put up with it.....Ed watched an episode with me once and he said if we had planned a wedding and you would have behaved that crazy and obnoxious and rude like that, there would have been no wedding.....lol

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Em,

Oh I do remember a bridezilla video chopin' out her hair hahaha OMG please noooo!

Mel,

Pieter thinks he will be flying on May 14th and we would have our wedding one month later, he needs a SSN for the wedding... So the date so far would be 16th of June. A Saturday so our few guests can recover

Last night I talked with my mother and she said that she would like to attend (I would love for my mom to be here!!!) but I have to tell her the exact date so she can fly from Puerto Rico with my sister. At this moment I am planning this wedding on my own but it's going to be a very small thing on the backyard of my friend's nice house.

Jac & Mel,

Have fun with the preparations and not too much stress ladiesssss

Hope everybody else is doing good and that those waiting for approvals that they come fast!

Hugs

edi

Hi All

I just got a letter from CSC saying that they received my petition and that they will review it. What bugs me though.....once again they spelled my first name wrong......unbelievable. On the letter I got attached to my EAD my name was spelled correctly (also on my EAD card), so I am asuming they finally changed it in their system and that this is one of thos pc generated letters that are on a different system or something, but it is annoying. Ok, I just had to ge this out of my system.....lol:lol:

On the job front.....I received an email from one of the temp job agencies to stop by on Thursday and to do a few tests (pc skills I believe). I also filled out an application at a compagny just 2 blocks away from where I live and they would be getting in touch with me by the end of the week. I posted my resume online on a few websites, but sofar that has only resulted in well.....weird job offers.....ah well.....

Take care all

BUMP

Hope all is well with everyone

*hops around like a bunny on crack*

3 more days, 3 more days, 3 more days!

Woohooo Harry! On which POE you gonna arrive?

Hey Harry,....

Hatelijk Welkom in Amerika over 3 dagen.

WOOPS typo's sorry

Hey Em,

Hoe is het Donderdag afgelopen met je interview??????????
Ben je aangenomen????????
Wat voor soort werk is het?????????

Groetjes M&M

harry, welcome to the states. Hope you will have a good flight.

Update from my side. April first is going to be our big day. We are getting married at the grand wailea resort. (feel free to google it) We are in the middle of all the things. I am so exited and happy.

-hugs-

Arriving at O'hare. (Chicago ORD)

And... 'hatelijk'? That's kinda a gruesome typo. X.x;

Just to be sure, what exactly has to be presented at the P.O.E. ?
Visa document I can't open. --> Check.
Passport --> Check.

I was just wondering if I had to present anything else. x.x;

Welcome to America, Harry

Welcome to the US Harry!

How was your POE experience @ ORD? Hope it was good!

I'm sure Harry could give better details, but this is the jist I got of things:

His plane arrived almost 50 minutes early, which surprised me and made us a bit rushy to get out of the house to pick him up. He said he was only asked one question by the officer, and that was 'How did you meet?'. Other than that, I think it went fine. He's here. He's probably still sleeping right now. We had a big 'welcome home' dinner last night, so we're all kind of zonked.

What she said.

Just got in line, gave the guy my passport, the white little form that you have to fill out, the blue customs form, and the big junk-o-stuff (AKA, do not open).
He opened it, went through stuff, asked me where I met her. I answered... he looked through it for like 5-10 minutes...
Okay, you can go. He stapled some stuff onto my passport and I was off.

welcome to america!!!! glad you had a good trip....

did you get the little round stamp of the EAD?

I got a stamp on the white little visa-thingy that got stapled to my Passport.

Welcom Harry! Great to hear that you are in the US.

I need to apologize I could not log in for a while, finally was able to reset my password. WE are in the process of AOS. Everything has been going fine.

Rhonda

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Welcome back Rhonda

I am APPROOOOOOVED!
My GreenCard is on the waaayyyyyy!!! wooooohoooooo!!!

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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:01 PM
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The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: MSCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Notice mailed welcoming the new permanent resident.

On March 8, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before you get your new card call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) XXXXXXX.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status & Processing Dates.
*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,


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Regards M&M

isnt it a beautiful thing??

Mark.....CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

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The last processing action taken on your case

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Finally,.....two years free off immigrations!

Sorry,...just HAD to vent this ooooh sooo GOOD news!!!



My wife and me are wishing YOU ALL the best of luck through the oh so tough times of immigrations.
Hangon inthere guys,....it WILL COME,...it reeeally WILL!

Regards M&M

gratz. That is great news.

-hugs-
jac

Hello everyone!

Mark & Michele,

Congrats on your GC! Two years USCIS Free??? Now that's grrrreat news!

Jac,

How are the wedding plans goin'? You just have a few days!! That's so exciting!!!!

Pieter finally has a plane ticket! He will arrive on May 15th. Still busy over there, so much to dooooo!!!

Rhonda,

Good luck with AOS.

And hope everybody else is doing great!

Groetjes,

edi

hi edi,

oh wow, you can finaly start the countdown. I am so happy for you guys.
here 2 more weeks and a few days to go. I think we got everything settled and planned etc.
Started looking at my aos papers already to see what i need and such. And ofcourse Andrew doesnt know were he left the noa 1 and 2.

-hugs-
Jac

BUMP

Oh, the NOA1 & NOA2... I better start looking for those too~

I think you only need to noa 2 cause it states: attach a copie of your fiancees petition approval. And if I am not mistaken that is noa 2, cause if i remember correctly noa 1 was just a notivication that they got your petition. Correct me if i am wrong here.

-hugs-
Jac

Jac,

Yeah I think is the NOA2 but have to look for that one too LOL ...

How's everything? I have not started planning much, geez.... I am so good at leaving everything for the last minute!

Good luck on your wedding plans, hope everything is going smooth!!!

edi,

yeah everything is going smooth exept the noa 2 then ;-) Besides that the wedding, ehh we only need favorites and some plants for on the table and an altar boquet. Going to look for that last one today.
The paperwork is printed and ready to be filled in. Going to start with that next week and fill in as much as I can already and see what else i need.
I need to loose some last minute wait cause my gown is getting tide ;-)

-hugs-
Jac

Jac,

Oh please don't touch the losing weight subject I need to shed some pounds too! I have a dress and, hmmm... looks pretty tight, so I better start losing weight soon.... The problem is that.... I love sweets! aaawwww

Ik ben erg blij alles goed voor je is, met geen bridezillas! (Did I say that right?)

Good luck!

Thanks voor de felicitaties!

Yup,....voorzover ik weet ben ik USCIS free voor twee jaar.

Joepiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Na die twee jaar worden mijn "Tijdelijke (2-jarige) GreenCard condities" verwijderd en krijg je een GreenCard geldig voor 10 jaar!

Groetjes Mark & Michele.

aloha Edi,

Haha I am no bridezilla. I am easy going (according to my wedding planner) Who cares if something is not perfect or go wrong. Al that matters is that I get married to my guy.
He found the noa 2 so we are good there 2. Now he can start reading on the paperwork and see what else we need.

-hugs-

Hey Jac!

I am happy everything is going well, wow only a few more days for the big day!!! Good luck with everything!!

I also found the NOA2, thank God. I have not started any planning yet, but soon enough I hope I do!

Good luck again, please keep us posted!

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Hey everyone! How's things?
Just checking in and bumping....

We have been very busy since Mark got his GC last week. He got his TX driving license and started working last Monday (he had been in touch with his new employer for 2 years already before he moved here and they finally signed contracts last Monday)!!!!!

So we are starting to finally settle now that the USCIS run around has calmed and we have doctors/insurance/bank accounts etc etc etc sorted out....What a whirlwind the past 3.5 months has been!

I hope everyone is well!
regards
Michele & Mark

@ Michelle: thats great that the wirlwind has settled down. Good that he has a job already and such.

For me? 2 more days. Am I nervouse? I think i am cause i keep on dreaming about the weirdes things that can go wrong. But for sure my weddingday is going to be great, even tough my dress will be a tiny bit tide. :-(
But I am going to take advantage of that they that we are at the grand wailea resort. I planned the whole thing out ;-) Going to be there early in the morning to go to the spa and have myself relaxing in the terme and after that an aromatherapy massage, altoughter worth of 2 hours relaxing before my big moment. After that ofcourse my hair thing and make up and getting ready. But for sure I want to be a bit relaxed, until I start walking to the chapel ;-)

Have a great weekend all.

Aloha

Jacky .....Have a wonderful day on Sunday! All the best for you, Andrew and Nathan!

Congratulations and have a beautiful day! make the most of every second.... Everything will be great! The resort you are heading to sounds wonderful too! You are so right to get to the spa for some pampering!

Have a wonderful day and congratulations, again!
Michele

Jacky,

Hope you had a beautiful wedding day!!! And that you relaxed and pampered at the spa, you deserved it after all!!!


All my best wishes for you,

*edi*

We had a great day. Now the next step is filling in all the paperwork (like we didnt had enough yet) And pray that out marriage license will come in time. It will take up to 120 days here to get it and you need a copy of that ofcourse to sent in with the paperwork. For 10 dollars extra you can have it sent to you within 4-6 weeks and even that is to late. Cause my k1 is only good till may 9. So i guess I will be calling honolulu everyday to get them to hurry up.

Jac

Hallo allemaal,

zal me even netjes voortstellen voordat ik mijn eerste vraag naar jullie toe gooi! ik ben marieke en woon op dit moment in london, in augustus verhuis ik terug naar NL, om wat maandjes met mijn familie door te brengen voordat ik de grote stap maak! thomas komt uit texas. we zijn nu net begonnen met alle formulieren en andere documenten bij mekaar te brengen en op te sturen voor de eerste stap van het proces (K1).
puur uit nieuwschierigheid ben ik benieuwd wat er in de andere packets (3 en 4? zijn er nog meer?)zit die ik later krijg. zijn er dingen waarvan jullie denken dat ik daar al maar eens achterna moet gaan? of thomas.

Leuk dat er een NL thread is opgezet!
xx

Jac,

Congrats on the wedding, I am so happy that you had a nice day! (Fotos aub??? ) And yeah, more & more paperwork, when it's gonna end?

I am counting the days for Pieter's arrival on May 15th. Need to make more space at my place, ooohhhh.... ...

Marieke,

Welcome to our little NL corner @ VJ!

Hope everybody else is doing fine,

hugs

edie

@ Edie: pics at http://www.jackybeertje.com en then the 'foto' tab.
It is getting closer and closer for you. You must be so exited. And I deont know how your place looks, but if it is somehow like Andrews was, then you better start making room already ;-)

@ Marieke: welcome to the forum. When i started out with the paperwork I just waited and see what came afterwords. I didnt prepare for the later paperwork untill i actualy got it.

Aloha

Just to inform you guys...

Arazia and me are getting married on the 14th of April. That is in 5 days.