Nevermind - just saw the other thread! Phew - I'm outside the age range for HPV! *has never been so glad to be almost 30*

Haha - I don't know - the thread is in the K1 General Topics forum - I can't remember the title but it will be obvious!! Apparently though it is just an injection or 3 so that is nowhere near as bad

Bforbarree posted the linky there too

Yeah, it's only for ages 11-26. Who knows why they are making everyone have it now. It's ridiculous! I'm so close to 27 it's ridiculous. I'm hoping it won't apply cause I'll be 27 like three months after my medical. We'll see! Fingers crossed!

Hahah - well it seems it is only the injections anyway so I am not too bothered... I can cope with injections but I don't really want to go through smear procedure unless absolutely necessary - it's not the nicest thing in the world!!!

*yawns*
*stretches*
*makes bowl of cereal*
Okey-dokey...let's see what VJ have in store for us this morning...
*reads*
Ew.

Morning moxie!!! Just what you wanted to wake up to - shoulda made a girls only thread

Hehe. Nah, it's ok. I've been married, had kids (well..."participated"), etc. After you've seen freshly extracted placenta, nothing much tends to gross you out after that.

Yeah - I figured if anyone was too squeamish then it would at the very least be good practice for married life

Although still not something you really want to be reading over your cornflakes

Touched today!

YAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Is that from a phone call or? How often have you been calling? Oh I hope it brings good news!!

Awesome Babblesgirl. I hope this is the news that we need - that there is life on the plant CSC! I am keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!!!!

Mox - you're so funny. I could just picture you with a mouthful of cereal and you were reading the posts - too funny!

I had more of a mox-spitting-out-the-cereal visual

Guess I'm odd by your standards Jeraly..I'd rather have the smear than injections! I hate shots! BTW, I already knew that I'm odd

No call. It's a genuine "not watching the boiling pot" kind of touch.

Audrey, I know - I really hope it's the news I've been waiting so (im)patiently for. Icing on the cake would be yours and CBR's approval. *fingers crossed*

Oh that is soooo awesome Now I am impatient! I want to refresh the page for you!!!

Didn't you hear that a watched pot never boils?? *Refresh refresh refresh* He will never let me live that down

Or, those of us who have abruptly abandoned the eating of bologna sandwiches. Thanks, girls!

If anyone is thoroughly sick of this, by all means send me a PM telling me to can it. I wrote Cristina to tell her that her DHL package (containing cards, trinkets, et al. that I'd been saving for her) was on the way. She wrote back thusly:

"Loco [note: my nickname is Loco, hers is Loca]:
"I can't stop to think about our conversation and thanks for everything you did and still doing for me..... I think I don't deserve it and you show me all the time how good you are.
"Thanks and I will never forget what you said to me and that you will never let me stand in the rain.

"Bye
"Cristina"
---
"To think" means "thinking," and "bye" is one of her several sign-off words. The "don't deserve it" part pertains to her willingness to take the blame ("it's not you; it's me") during The Talk. Regarding whether her "Thanks" sentence sounds like a final blow-off, I'm genuinely not sure. Anyway, I responded unpressuringly. I will see whether, and how, the correspondence continues, either before or after the DHL arrives. Your observations are welcome. Remember that other threads (touches, approvals) take priority.

Bah.

On a complete whim I decided to call customer service. Could not get through to CSC, so against all better judgement just let myself fall through to the main customer support line. Got a *really* nice lady who was so polite and cheery that I was completely amazed. She even noted that I had an I-129F, and congratulated me on my engagement, and said I must be very excited. She looked my file up, looked into what CSC was doing, and then quoted me the standard "CSC are working on July 19 filers line." So then I mentioned I was part of an internet community of filers and had seen a lot of August filers being approved, and even a single October filer. And it was like a completely different person with her voice got on the phone. She immediately went stone cold on me, and said "Sir, nobody jumps ahead of the line. All files are processed strictly in order." So I said that I understood it, and that I was just calling to see if maybe we were a little further along than July 19. And again she cut me off right in the middle of my sentence and repeated the "Sir, nobody jumps..." line. It was just surreal, and completely took me by surprise. One second we're having a really nice conversation, then the next she's completely shutting me down. So I just decided it wasn't worth arguing over, thanked her for her time, and hung up.

Bah.

Hahah TBone - we all care about each other here so of course we are interested in how things are going! I must say I read the "bye" thing with a bit of a gulp but if that is a way that she normally signs off then it's a lovely e-mail. The fact that she called you by your nickname to me suggests that she is at least thinking fondly of you

Babbles - you go girl!! Jeremy said the same yet when he got here we had two touches!! Hehehehe

Sorry to jump into the CSC thread but I think the same lady works at VSC. . .

Been there, heard that. The "against your better judgment" part was why it happened. Maybe next time, tell the front-line idiot "I was told to call back at this time today to speak with an Immigration Officer regarding exactly where in the Division my file is," and repeat this like a mantra until the f-l idiot transfers you. NOTHING is worse for the blood pressure than submitting to the f-l idiots.

I was going to comment, but Jeraly pretty much took the words out of my mouth. So...same again from me.

Moxie - that is really weird!! Maybe she was... a robot?

Well, I was all prepared for a fight. I was gonna stand my ground, push as hard as I could, and dammit I *was* going to get some information. And then this sweet lovely lady answered, buttered me up, and so I ordered shields down. And that's when she struck. Straight out of Wrath of Khan! By the end of it I was just demoralized. Oh...she's good. She's real good.


I don't think so. What I encountered was 97% pure evilmantium. You can't get that purity level from the stores. You have to have a license and know people. I'm still scraping the frost from my eyebrows.

Well, I trust you guys eminently, si man, so gratzies... er, gracias. Differing opinions, if any, are also solicited. And Mox, not to smear your repute, but should we beware of anything coming out of your mouth after that girlie-discussion of smears? It may be mixed with pute -- or, if an encore, with re-pute.

I now believe that CSC FLIs (front-line idiots) are those who washed out from employment with the TSA.

The DHL package to C. contained one semi-Machiavellian item: a color printout of a foto of her hand holding her newly purchased wedding ring in its velour box (we bought the rings early in Ecuador for reasons of quality and price, si man). I put a note on the printout saying, "I shouldn't have enclosed this, but it is truly beautiful... the ring and the box, too!" Ha! Do we have to hand it to me (ha), si man?

Haha - flattery will get you everywhere

Jeraly ???

You seem so organized ...how come you did not send packed 3 back yet? and you don't have to answer if you think I am intrusive i will understand

Because next week I am flying out to the US and I don't want to get my interview date or packet 4 before I get back!!!! And who told you I was organised?!?!??!?! I feel like a neurotic mess at the moment!!!

lol..so do I ..you just seem like you know a lot and it is great...I hope you have a great time...my time over x-mas and New Year was fab...but since i came back it is really hard

Haha - I don't know a lot - I have learned through doing... someone sent me an e-mail through my website the other day about family based immigration and I didn't have a clue!!!!

Have also learned from many many mistakes

I kinda know what I am doing but I am looking forward to putting my new knowledge into practice with AOS!!! As for organised - I am convinced I am going to forget something crucial next week!!

Careful there TBone..I work part-time for TSA

I must have spoken to the same lady because that's exacly how my conversation went. As soon as I mentioned that I was part of an on-line community - she changed her tune and was very cold. She gave me the quip - "every petition is different..." At that point I was like Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalal

You have a point though, TBone, I have heard horrible things about TSA at other airports, but I promise you, if you come to PDX (Portland)- DE checkpoint between 4-9am (my shift) you'll find we're a bunch fun loving, kind and respectful officers PDX got best US airport the last 2 years running, but we've had several passengers tell us how awful they are at other airports. Just don't lump me or my crew in with them

Jeraly ROCKS!!!!

Haha!!! That was rather emphatic!!

And forgive me for sounding stupid but... what is TSA

*runs away to watch TV before she looks anymore ignorant *

So sorry to hear that ... this process exacts a toll in so many ways. You're a good man and I hope that your lady has a change of heart.

-- A

I had a funny experience at the PDX airport with TSA a few years back... I'm sure you are really nice though.

Ah -- note my distinction that the CSC employees would be the TSA washouts -- distinctly different from the TSA-ers still on duty, especially at PDX.

Aly, "TSA" stands for Transportation Security Administration (our screeners at airports).

So... customs?

I thought that once someone enlightened me it would all become clear and I would kick myself... but I never heard of them Owel

And I thought training to be a teacher taught you all acronyms

Moxie has also disappeared... I was hoping to corner him for some random post-wine chat for 45 mins or so... ah well - I think he mentioned something about speaking to Nadya tonight... or was that yesterday...?!!?

Doh! They're the worst for acronyms; NQT, GTC, NUT, PGCE, GTP, G&T, SEN, ESL...it's almost anal.

Well, I've been a teacher most of my adult life and now work 3 jobs including for TSA as a security screener (we check you, x-ray and check your bags if necessary) before you go to the gate for your flight. The gov't has more acronyms than any organization I know. I thought when my ex got out of the military, I would be finished dealing with a life full of acronyms...then I got the job with TSA this past June...here I go again

Busy day for me at work here, been in and out of my office. What is the world coming to when they expect me to actually do real work?

oooo, Babbles; all excited about your touch

and T-Bone, I agree with the others, who seemed to be cautiously hopeful on your behalf

Gracias, StP. I believe that I interpreted her "bye" correctly. I may not hear anything until Friday or thereafter, when the DHL is to arrive. My IMBRA guy who introduced us, and who is deaf as a post, and who does not comprehend differences in time zones, has been trying to call me, leaving messages but no callback number; it should be interesting trying to scream the details at him. Off-signing now until late tonight, si man.

Congrats to Brigmer & Kate, late July CSC filers, and now post-NOA2 filers. Congratulations!!!

Finally, a week after it's been approved, I got the e-mail from CRIS.

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***
The last processing action taken on your case
Receipt Number: WAC07########
Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)
Current Status: Approval notice sent.
On January 24, 2008, we mailed you a notice

Hey Igor...How do you not your case made it to nvc? we have the same approval date for noa2.

You can call them and ask them. Tell them your CSC receipt number and ask them if they received it and when. If they received it they can tell you your new case number.
NVC has customer support answering phones till midnight eastern time. When you call and, after going through prompts, it switches you over to hold, you will experiense and pause of total silence, don't worry you are still connected, just wait.
If it's too busy it might kick you back out and tell you to call back later, just keep trying. The two options you can try choosing from the menu are 2 and 5.

Since our approval date is the same, I'd venture a guess that your petition is also already at NVC.

Ahh - but it is EAL now Don't forget NLS, NNS, PNS, NC, ECM, E&E...

There's bound to be more



Hahah - only a week after it was approved?! Some people got theirs when they were married!!!

Yeah, I know. It's still damn funny how they have this "e-mail notification" service that is slower than snail mail.

Aww bless... maybe they will learn someday... then again... maybe not I bet their IT department (like ours) swears blind that they have a "really good system"