Marieke .....Welcome to our little Netherlands corner here on this forum! You can find lots of info on here since all of us have gone through everything you will have to go through concerning all the paperwork and stuff and we all helped eachother out here. Just scroll down the pages and I am sure most of your questions will be answered right there and if not we are always willing to help.

Ranmaru and Arazia .....Have a great and wonderful day on Saturday!

.....How's everyone else doing? Me, I am fine. I have a part-time job at a realtor's, but I am still looking for a fulltime job. No news on my AOS yet. My case status does say they touched it on April 6, but it doesn't say what they did though.....sigh.....

Take care all!

Jac:

Oh, I loved the wedding fotos, you looked so beautiful! The place and everything seemed just wonderful. Thanks for sharing (the other fotos were wonderful too Congrats again!

Em&Ed:

Good luck with AOS, hope you get some good news soon

Arazia & Ranmaru:

Congrats on the wedding, have a wonderful & special day!!

Hope everybody else is doin' great

edie

hoi iedereen!

Leuk dat er een nederlands hoekje op deze site is! Maar wat ik me nu afvraag is: waarom word er niet in het nederlands gesproken?

because that our american spouses/bf/gf/fiance/so post here too. So not everybody here speaks dutch.

Darkhorse .....welcome!.....en zoals Jacky al zei, niet iedereen spreekt Nederlands dus voor het gemak doen we het maar in het Engels, maar af en toe even iets in het Nederlands neerzetten is wel weer prettig dus bij deze.....

ok dan...
soooooooo, what's new?
Where are the Dutch people from that are on this site? Just curious.
I was born in Zevenaar (near Arnhem)...

I used to live in Hoogezand, provincie Groningen.....you know, that part of Holland that a lot of people seem to think is like the end of the world or something.....

I come from Maasbracht, in Limburg.

Arazia & Ranmaru have a great wedding day today. Enjoy every moment of it and know that you are blessed to be together. I wish you guys a very happy life together.

Jac

Arazia & Ranmaru:

Have a wonderful Wedding day!

My best wishes for you both,

edie

Now that you mentioned that, I remember Pieter told me once that there are some places in that province that seems like the time has stopped and I thought he was crazy

I am the USC but my fiancé was born in Leeuwarden, Fryslân but is living @ Wolvega.

Erm, it really isn't that bad up there in the north, they do know that they are in the 21st century now . At least we do have lots of space up there since no-one really wants to live there I have to say I actually miss my hometown and everything else I was so used to. Don't get me wrong, I like where I am now, but it is crowded here and way too much traffic and not much real erm, nature here since everything that has a few trees on it is turned into apartment complexes or condo's or parking lots.

I am from Vlaardingen close to rotterdam. Lot of apartment buildings, lot of stink from pernis so I love the space and the fresh air here on Maui ;-) Lots of green, mountain few, so much better ;-)

I found the North NL area really beautiful, it's so relaxing to see all the green fields and space. I live in a busy city here, concrete + pollution everywhere, and everytime I visit Pieter it's like a spa to the soul Didn't wanna come back to this crowded noisy craziness I can imagine that you would miss it, it's really beautiful up there.

I'm glad that you love where you live now, I love green areas too! I am from a rural area in Puerto Rico and when I moved to this concrete monster I had to adapt to the noise + concrete and to the winter, I have not been able to get used to it!

Marieke & Darkhorse .....Welkom in ons Hollandse hoekje @ VJ!

Hellaas heb ik niet zo heel veel tijd om aan de computerd te zitten i.v.m lange werkdagen.

Echter, om je vraag te beantwoorden;
Ik ben een geboren Tilburger (Brabander) en ik woon en werk nu in Texas, samen met MIJN family!

Mazzels Mark

It is soooo quiet here.

Jac

Hello Jac,

How is everything going at Maui? Here @ Kansas City Missouri has been a heck of a week with the weather, one day is warm and sunny and the next rainy and so cold.... Cannot wait for the summer heat to arrive!

Me, just counting the days until Pieter arrives, now just two weeks left (and my apartment still looks the same LOL) I am sure that when there is only one week for him to be here, I'll do everything Did you already filed for AOS?

Hope everyone else is doing fine,

edie

hi edie

haha isn't it time you start your spring cleaning already. ;-) You must be getting so exited. 2 more weeks. Time flys (or so it seems on my side)
Here it is getting way to warm for my taste already. But then again, I cant stand the heat to much ;-) Ok I know i moved to the wrong place.
I filled in my part of the paperwork. Andrew is going to finish up his part tomorrow. Then i need to get some nice pics of my self and copy some stuff and them i will sent it out next week.

Jac

Born in Leiden, lived in Hoofddorp pretty much all my life until I moved to the US.

Just a quick update - Harry and I sent in our AOS paperwork last Saturday. Now we're back in the waiting game. I'm somewhat hoping we get his NOA for it quickly, as summer school starts soon. I was hoping that he'd get a chance to start going to school this summer. The woman I spoke to at the community college says that they give the 'in district' rates if we can proove we've filed for the green card (ie NOA from the AOS). Since classes start in late May, we'd have to get it soon to have any chance of him getting registered. Oh wells...

*shuffles back to work*

Arazia,

Good luck with AOS, hope that NOA comes soon

*** Loved the pic, you guys look so great!

hehe we are finaly done with out paperwork. It took forever for us to get our mariage license and my hubby likes to put everything off till the last minute. Its ready now to be sent out tomorrow, but i am so afraid that we forget something and that we will be deniged. I know i worry way to much.

Jac

It will be fine Jac, don't worry I remember when I was ready to send the 129-F, I was so worried too! Now soon I'll have to file for AOS, this paperwork never ends...

Good luck, I hope you get an approval soon!

hugs,

edie

"Born in Leiden, lived in Hoofddorp pretty much all my life until I moved to the US"

Jolanda, Haarlemmermeer representing, yo!

I was born in Lisserbroek, moved to Den Haag, moving to Michigan asap.

Today got my NOA 1 on the paperwork. Actualy got 3 of them. 1 for my AOS, 1 for Nathan and one for the workpermit.
Now hopefully everything goes smoothly and that it doesnt take to long.

Hi Jacky.....let's hope you will have a speedy AOS/EAD process!

As for me....I am still waiting for any news on my AOS

How's everyone else doing?

Jac,

Congrats on your NOA1, hope everything goes fast and smooth!

Em&Ed;

Hope you get some news soon, I wonder what's goin'on?

As for me, Pieter arrived on Tuesday and everything was super smooth and easy @ POE Chicago. A couple of questions and that was it, really cool. Now our next milestone is our wedding, on 06/16 And we have done nothing yet!!!

Hope everyone else is doing fine!!!

hugs

edie

Hi Edi,

And did you ever started the spring cleaning? Great to hear that everything went smoothly and that you guys are finally together. Have fun on the wedding planning. And g/l with all the paperwork that comes after that.

Glad to hear that things are moving forward for people. Quick update Wilmot and I sent in our AOS and EAD April 14th and received both of our noa 1 April 16th. He had his biometrics on May 18th. So we are were Em and Ed are just waiting.

Sorry I haven't been posting, but I had my laptop out of order for about 4 months. I should be able to check in and send updates from this point forward.

I think Wilmot is really sick of not working. He is still volunteering 3 nights a week, but he really would like to be working.

Rhonda

Hey Jac!

I did spring cleaning in record time, two days before he arrived But looked all neat and now it's messy again with him unpacking stuff. He was soooo good, brought only 2 suitcases! Wow. I think the same will be with my wedding plans, we are so slow.......

Rhonda, it's nice to see you! Good luck with your petition, I am hoping Pieter doesn't get bored too soon... It will be some time before he can work...

Hope everyone else is doing fine!

edie

Hi Rhonda ....Welcome back! Good to hear things are moving along for you guys! I kinda now how Wilmot must feel right now. Even though I have a part-time job going on, I rather wish I was working full-time. I've been applying for jobs like crazy, but sofar no luck .

Hi Edie .....Good to hear you and Pieter are now finally together! Are you guys plainning a big wedding or just a small one? Good luck with all the preparations for it! As for the reason why it takes so long for a decision on my AOS.....I wish I knew. The last time they worked on in was some time in April.....unfortunatly it doesn't say what it was they did.....I've bene reading lots of info on here and I guess I must be stuck in some sort of name check. From what I've read if you have a first or last name that is very common the name chec can take quite a while and my (new) last name is a name that atleast 4 million + other Americans have.....

HAHA good thing my new last name is not so common, at least not on the mainland ;-)

Hmmmm since Pieter's name is not so common, I hope he goes thru that name check quick when our time comes...

I hope you get news soon from that AOS Em!

We are going to have e very small wedding, family + judge only. His mom + broer will come and my mom, broer + auntie I'm so happy! The big day is 06/16

Hope everyone else is doin' good!!

edie

UP

How's evereyone doing?

Edie, only 10 more days to go.....spannend!

I am doing ok I guess.
We started all over again with our visa journey.
Some assh*le at CSC made a major mistake and denied our application.
my fiance contacted the USCIS several times since we got the denial, but the only thing they had to say was: "We are sorry for you, there is nothing we can do for you, you just have to refile now."

We lost almost 3 months because of some dumbass that doesn't know what he is doing!!!

Darkhorse .....Wow, that sucks that you guys have to start all over again! Fingers crossed that everything will go ok with the new application! Good luck!

Thanks Em&Ed

I will keep the Dutchies Up to date about it...

oh wow, that sux. I will keep my fingers crossed for u guys as well.

Edie and Pieter have a great day. Enjoy every minute of it. The start of a long life together ;-)

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Hope everyone is doing great!

Darkhorse, I hope this time it will be fine. Wish you the best of luck

Em&Ed, Good luck with AOS! Hope it gets cleared very soon.

Jac, any news?

Well, I had a great day on Saturday We had a small wedding but so beautiful and very familiar. My family returned to PR on Monday 18th and Pieter's last Sunday 24th to NL. We had a great time!

Everything is going fine and we are gathering papers for AOS

Hugs for everyone!

edi

@ Edi: good to hear that u guys had a great wedding day. GL with the next pile of paperwork ;-) I got a letter saying that I forgot to send the W2's so we did and now waiting ;-)

Got a letter today, july 12th is our biomatrics apointment.
Hehe called mom to arange the stuff. And I dont want to go alone, cause I dont know honolulu. Hmmmm sounds like a shopping trip after the apointment.....
And now to look something up. I was certain that kids under 14 didnt need the biomatric thing.

@ Jac,

Hey awesome that you got the bio appointment, cool! Shopping spree @ Honolulu??? That really sounds very interesting! Good luck with that Jac!!!

Hugs

edi

Glad to see that everyone is moving forward! We just recieved an email syaing our EAD has been ordered. Hopefully AOS will be in the next couple of weeks.

Rhonda

Congrats Rhonda!! Hope AOS rolls fast too!

Thanks!

Rhonda

My check is cashed!!!
Finally after our second attempt to file!

good luck

Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing great!!!

I would like to ask you guys some AOS questions since I am getting ready to submit, and I am such a newbie But since you guys went to the same A'dam Embassy, maybe you can help me a bit or point me where to go? Here we go:

For the vaccination document, they gave Pieter a copy of a form with a foto on it along with the X-Ray. It's not the I-693 supplemental form, it's something very similar called "Vaccination Document Worksheet". Is that good or I need the actual I-693?

The other concern: His birth certificate is in Dutch. Could he translate and certify that he is able to? Or do we need an official translation.....

Sorry with so many questions but I am reading all these guides and could not figuure these things out! I have pretty much everything else except those 2 things!

Wish you the best luck in your journeys

Hugs,

edie