I'm so upset... The landlord's an a**hole. He used the excuse of needing to see original proof of my fiance being legal. I tried to explain the visa is in his passport and my parents wouldn't let him stay in their house, so we need a place for him to live before he came here on the visa. The idiot didn't even know what a visa is. I ended up hanging up on him because he was getting rude and wouldn't let me finish my sentences and kept demanding originals proving his legality in the US.

My parents are going to let my fiance stay in my room for a month or so til we get on our feet. No more of this "you'll be coming with your fiance?" "no my fiance's in france" "why's he in france?" "he just got a visa to move here" "uhh, oh" conversations. We'll buy the tickets and move him here, and go apartment hunting together.

I knew that apartment was too good for us. I f*cking knew it. Better to see this side of the landlord before we sign a lease rather than later, though. *sigh*

I'm so sorry, Angilla. But I am SO happy to hear that your parents finally agreed to let him stay at their house. That is great news. Now you two can find a place together, and not jump into it just because you have to find a place. So does this mean he'll come sooner than March 23??

You know, I hadn't thought about that. Maybe he could come this Friday instead of next Friday. I don't need to set up an apartment anymore. I just need to clean my bedroom. Hmmm. It's going to depend on the price of plane tickets, and what my fiance wants to do. Off I go to look at ticket prices.

Okay, Saint-Clair and I thought about it and he'll be coming home next Friday, the 23rd. Only 4 days isn't enough time for him to wrap everything up and say goodbye to his friends and family... especially his mom that JUST started drinking again, after months of being sober. I personally am afraid that tearing him away from his mom in just 4 short days would plunge his mom further into alcoholism... he'll have the rest of his life with me, but who knows when his mom will be able to see him again. And I mean, closing out his bank account... packaging stuff and mailing it to me... getting his money back from the driving school... giving the final word on his apartment... he gets out of work at 6pm his time this week, there's no time for him to do anything. He's taking off of work this Friday, and he's hoping to get next Wednesday and Thursday off too. (If not, they have to give him his money for his paid days, then.)

When I get home from work today we'll buy his plane tickets.

And we've decided that next weekend will be "me" weekend. Each of our weekends have been as stressful and hellish as our work week. So next weekend we're each doing something for ourselves, and we're going to make our weekends happy and truly relaxing. Although neither of us have a clue what we'll do... LOL.

Enjoy your "me" weekend, and good luck with the big move! How exciting!!

It's funny, it's been so long since I've had a "me" weekend that I have no clue what to do!

$480 later, it's official, Friday the 23rd is the day - tickets booked!

Angilla - you must be so excited. Enjoy your reunion!

-Brian

Bienvenue aux Etats Unis, Saint-Clair!

Angilla enjoy your me weekend.

I'm so excited for you!!

My fiance's interview is a week from today, and I can barely stand the wait... just not knowing!! He won't come here until the beginning of May, and I'm fine with that... I just want the interview over with!

Hey Angilla,

Good to hear you guys will be soon together
I remember the excitment when i came, was almost 6 months ago now!!! wow, time is going so fast....

Elise and I are one step closer to being together. Our I129F was (finally by VSC standards) approved and our NOA 2 is on it's way.

Us as well - package left NVC on March 6th. Based on the timelines in this thread, I'm guessing Bea will get her Packet 3 around March 20th...

J'attends avec impatience! Ma femme me manque!

Congrats Brian&Elise and adelaarsvaren! Keep us posted on how your journies progress!

Good news from my side too, I just got time off from work approved for next Friday - I'm leaving work early so I can scoot out to JFK to pick my baby up! I didn't think I'd be able to be there myself so my dad was going to go, but he's injured so he can't, and I wanted to be the one to get him from the airport anyway.

Don't forget that EAD at JFK!

Congrats to all who are moving along in this process. You guys make me feel like an old married lady!

My fiance is going through JFK just so he can get the EAD. I'll make the 4 hour drive from Boston to pick him up there!

If you're married, why are you filing K1?

if you read my timeline, you will see i originally filed a K1, just never changed the "filed for" under my screen name. i guess i should leave it blank now as we are aos approved and change it when we apply to lift?

Ah, no, I did not read your timeline, I just saw you had filed as K1!

Bostonparis, if your fiance flies in on a Saturday or Sunday my fiance and I might be tempted to hop on a train to the city to hang out with you two for a bit if you wanted.

And yeah, we're lucky that JFK is the closest POE to me anyway - but we're definately hoping for that temp EAD!

I'll keep you posted on travel plans!

Three more days until the interview - getting anxious!!

I'm telling ya girl, the interview's a piece of cake! He'll do just fine! Just make sure he knows your name, what kinda work you do, how you met... ... oh and just make sure he has a response lined up for the "what do you plan to do once you're in the States?" question.

Hey - how did his medical go?

Right... my name... I have to get him that information!!

His medical was fine. He had to go and pick up some vaccination and bring it back and get the shot. Other than that, he's all set!! Yiiiiiikes!!

Bostonparis... GOOD LUCK with today's interview! Bring your baby home, and let us know how it goes!

Thank you Angilla! I talked to him about 15 minutes ago, and he was on the Metro - he should be there already!

My stomach is in knots!!

Don't worry. There is no reason why they would refuse you that. I'm sure he is currently waiting in the embassy room with all kinds of other people and that in a few hours he'll call you.

Oh, thank you Cecile... I just keep thinking through everything that we put together, thinking, "was it enough?" I'm nuts!

i was like u and i feel stressed even after they aproved the cr1 coz they had to mailed to us home and today i got my visa in hand my mightmare is over

He got it!

congratulationssssssss

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay congrats!

Thank you!! Enjoy Friday! What time does Saint-Clair arrive?

His plane comes in at 2pm. At this point with all the fighting we're doing we'll be lucky if we make it that long. I know the fighting won't be so bad once he's here, though. It's just the stress and the 15 months worth of distance that's doing this to us.

Oh no! It will all be fine when he gets here, I'm sure of it.

Yeah, it will. Crazy to think that this time next morning he'll be on a plane!

Felicitations Bostonparis!

Wow - so much going on in French-American relations!

BostonParis - congratulations! Angilla - enjoy your reunion and the beginning of your lives together! Thats so great.

Elise and I just discovered that our petition is on its way to Paris.... I'm so happy this process is moving along. Now - more paperwork!!!!

-B

Merci Shayrene and Brian & Elise! It's finally sunk in! He's coming!

Hah, it hit you before it hit me, I've been hysterical crying since 5am and I can't stop!

Flight tip: PARIS AIRPORT DOESN'T TAKE CHECKS! So if you need to pay extra to bring an extra bag, or to bring a bag over the weight limit, have euros on you. My fiance had a check from his mom, they wouldn't take it. Good thing his dad was there, his dad gave him the euros. If his dad hadn't been there... we would've been in trouble lol.

And they require to see the brown envelope before you board the plane. They didn't open his, they just needed to see that he had it.

*Hands out tissues*

Don't cry too much or you'll have albinos eyes
And don't worry, now that you'll be together you can start things really and get used to be with each other again, in a very short time the past month will only be a blurry dream.
Have a great time together.


And Boston-Paris: congratulations to the two of you!
It's good to hear that things work out.

I definitely need to remind my fiance that he CANNOT open that envelope when he gets it.

Thank you Cecile!!

The visa arrived today! Yahoo! And smart man that he is, he didn't open the brown "do not open" envelope!

Good boy!

I LEAVE IN 20 MINUTES FOR THE TRAIN STATION! Woooohoooo!

HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!

I CAN'T FIND MY FREAKING GAMEBOY GAMES! What am I gonna do on the train for an hour and a half? I'll settle for word searches.

Sudoku is a great time killer!

Bonjour!

I am the USC of the couple. My husband is French and the best thing that's ever happened to me. It's great to see a thread like this. We are at the start of the process, but sadly, he was deported last month. Yeah, I'm close to losing my mind as it will be a long process for us. We fought so much to keep him here, but other circumstances came up and it was impossible, so we will shoot for the DCP once the I-130 is approved. It's so incredibly hard being away from him.

We met online last year and I think we loved each other before we actually laid eyes on each other. We created a blended family between my two children and his daughter. Second marriages for both; you know, second chances. He's from Bordeaux, or "the land of the wine," as he told me once. He has tried to teach me French, but it's definitely hard. It's definitely much easier to understand it written. I just love listening to him speak it with his daughter or his mom. He also is fluent in Spanish, which is my first language, so we have two languages we use. It's fun.

Good luck to all the couples here. It really helps to read your stories and it makes me feel encouraged about this whole process, which is so overwhelmingly draining. It's good to know that I am not the only one who is crazy over her husband being gone. I hope it only makes us stronger.

Hi there,
How do you add the flags and your timeline right on to your posts?
thanks,
Claudia

Welcome, Claudia!
I hope you and your husband are reunited as soon as possible.

To edit your signature and timeline, you can click on "my controls" at the top of the page, and you will see links along the left hand side of the page where you can edit signature, story, etc.

My boyfriend and I finally decided to file for a K1 visa. He gave me a paper promise 'ring' because I didn't want to believe it.
I'm excited.
Now the work starts: gathering documents and filling them. I'll update as soon as there is something new.

That's so cute - congratulations!

Welcome Claudia! Did bostonparis' answer help answer your question? I'm sorry to hear your husband got deported... hopefully he wasn't banned from re-entering? I hope the visa process goes quickly for you both.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Cécile, congratulations! I had a feeling you two would end up doing that.

All's well with Saint-Clair and I. My time off from work starts next Wednesday, April 4th - 16th. All in that time we'll be moving into our awesome new apartment... job hunting with his temp EAD... and getting married. We've settled in well and it's just such a relief to have him here. I love him. I probably won't be around much just because I'm, err, pre-occupied but I'll try to check in whenever I can.