It is kinda cool to think that I'll be watching the ball drop with my honey on New Year's Eve!

Yes you will my dear friend!!!

Some days I check the USCIS site a couple of time a day (even though it's highly unlikely that anything will happen at the moment, but we're optimists), then again I don't check for a few days.

Just a little something I wanted to share with you guys out there. I got my flight ticket for February today. For once I was lucky and the price went down $200 from what they quoted yesterday. Everything's a 'little' more expensive in Bermuda. I pick out my wedding dress while I'm there (no regular bridal shops here) and my future mother-in-law is planning a post-Christmas/bridal shower. I'm excited and I know all that will make things feel more real even though it will be a bit strange at the same time because we have no idea yet when the wedding will be. Like I said, just wanted to share this with you.

Weekend's around the corner!!! Steve and I were just talking the other day how much we are looking forward to the times when we get to spend the weekends together. Next year this time this entire process will only be a memory we can tell our kids and grandkids about

Have a good one!!!!

Just a few (hopefully) more months!!!!!

YAY!
Congrats on getting the ticket!!! Awesome on the savings too!
Hope you are enjoying the weekend
I also can't wait till this time next year!!!!
WOO HOO!

I agree with the both of you... I can't wait for this time next year!! That is what keeps me going when I get sad thinking about not being with Eric. But like Laura said 2008 will be our year!

YAY!!!!

Hello there!

I am also a december filer (2007) and as all of you I am hoping on a fast processtime.

Here is our timeline so far.

Hi there Im a December filer too still waiting for my NOA1

Sappy and Jay

Welcome!!!
Please
Just here and fill in your details. It gives an estimate of when you could be approved.

~Laura



Hiya!!!
Congrats on filing!!!
I'm sure you will get your NOA1 any day now!!!
Hugs to you
~L

I hope so too, at teast then i know its gonna be dealt with sooner or later, lol. Probably later but thats ok as long as we get it eventualy.

At least they honour the date of receipt regardless of when they actually get around to posting out NOA1 to people. And then you settle yourself in for 3-5 months before you can reasonably hope for NOA2... and hope fervently that it's not longer!

Hopefully CSC will get over whatever weird little glitch is going on there and we should start seeing some real movement soon.

Well... hopefully the pace is picking up....I rec'd NOA1 2 JAN, touched on 8 JAN, then touched again today 15 JAN. I hate to even THINK of the progress this early in the game as it only seems to make things slooooww doown...but, can't help it!
Anyway - booked a ticket to Kiev for 1 MAR for a week - very much looking forward to spending some time with Alena...
I very much appreciate this site and everyone associated - support, hope, and patience is all we got.
cheers

tim

BOO YAH!!!

First of all WELCOME to all the other December filers that just joined this thread!!

tj3467 - congrats on your upcoming trip. It's alwas great to have a set date to see your SO during this process.

Without getting my hopes up high, it is good to see the wave of October filers approved. Let's hope that everyone who filed before October will be approved soon too. And, of course, that CSC will resume approving petitions again.

To keep our minds off this process for a moment, are you guys making plans for the day yet when this is over? Are you planning to pick up your SO from her/his home country or will they be coming to the US by themselves?

We are planning that Steve will come to Bermuda (to help me pack and wind up all the stuff with my apartment, etc) and we'll spend a couple of days here before we go back together.

Some of us December filers are already a full month or more into the process, other are close to the 'one-month' mark.
Remember, one month down!!!! We'll make it through!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!
Your posts always make me smile hon
Hope you had a great day!

I am a December filer!!!!

October filers are getting approved now? Before the July/August/September filers? Why and how did this happen???

No one really knows why.
That's life I guess.

So, are we more like 3 months now for our NOA2?????????????????????????????????????????????????

VSC are just barely starting in on October filers. I'd say at this rate (and it's just a guess) you're at least 2 1/2 to 3 months out. VSC could either speed up or slow down but at the current rate 3 months is a good guess.

Or they could just back track it and start approving the May, June, July, August and September filers that they have neglectfully left behind and then start up with October filers....who knows!!!

Yeah...there doesn't seem to be a lot of continuity at this point.

We haven't discussed the particulars of when this gets over. After NOA2 then we'll discuss - my feeling at this point is that I may fly to NY to meet her, then fly back to Florida together. The $ involved in flying all the way to Kiev might be better spent on other things - like wedding and a car for Alena. But I HAVE thought about it - and do so often. I am SO happy I have the opportunity to visit with her and her daughter in early March. What I really wish for is expedience for all of us in this process, it is tough.
On the topic of pre-Oct filers not being approved yet, I am sure each case is different and maybe nobody really knows what all USCIS is looking at, what really goes on there with all the details of background checks etc. I will say that they do have a very serious job in screening everyone. Also, perhaps many filers are simply not updating their timelines??
Kind regards everyeone.
tim/alena

I agree, would be nice if everyone kept updating their timelines as they move along. Guess we can't have everything (think we'd all be happy with NOA2 alone for time being ).

Just wanted to wish everyone a good weekend (I know, it's a bit early)!

Have a great weekend as well all!!! I'm working for all of it so I won't be around much.

Bummer. Don't work too hard.

Thanks I'll try not to.

I used to work on weekends for several years when I was working in the hotel industry, so I know what you're talking about. But the good thing is that you get to take off when everybody else has to work. That makes shopping a lot more fun without being elbowed during the weekend rushes.

Anyway, have a good one, whenever it may be!

Hello all, I am Flor I have not found any november filers thread yet so i decided to join here, We filed our petition last november 17 and got our NOA1 november 29, And was last updated 20th of december... Goodluck to all of us guys...
Its the 63rd days now since we filed our petition and were still counting... Take care everyone!!!

I just found this thread. So I'll add my info
DEC 21 07 sent I-129F to CSC
DEC 24 07 packet received at CSC
DEC 31 07 NOA 1 received
JAN 2 08 checked cashed

Hey Nova!
Click Here for the November Filers thread!



Congratulations!!!

well thank you

Has anyone been touched so far? Just wondering

Happy belated christmas and new year.
ANd happy early chinese new year.

I was touched 3 days after my NOA1 date...but nothing since

Keep your hopes up, October filers are getting approved. Just think...November then US!

Also, I checked my timeline and they adjusted my estimated date and now it is two weeks earlier...so keep smiling.

Greetings Steve's Girl,

I have submitted my application mid December and received my NOA1 on December 18...so, it seems as though you and I are in the same boat. I would love to go through this process with you. Good luck to you...and may your process be smooth!

La




Hi Tanffy,

You and I must have filed on the same date! Keep me posted on your status.

Regards,

La & Giovanni

Hi La & Giovanni,

Welcome to VJ!!!! All the best of luck for your journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Tanffy,
No touches so far this year, but I didn't really expect anything yet either. We were 'touched' on December 17, ten days after sending in our petition. Nothing since. Guess this is all about patience. Makes me love the Guns N' Roses song patience http://www.lyrics007.com/Guns%20N'%20R...e%20Lyrics.html even more than before.

How's all the December filers doing?
I'm bored tonight.

Ohhhhh Laura, you are too funny!!!

I'm doing fine... still checking my status on USCIS everyday. I know it won't be a while before I'm touched again.. but I'm still checking! LOL

Me too Lori!!!
LOL

I check twice a day! Although, now I'm beginning to think it's hopeless!

One or the other of us tends to check at least once a day, although with CSC it's unlikely we'll see any movement before spring on our case. As long as we get NOA2 by June I won't complain... although it would be lovely to get it in May instead

la la la I'm bored this morning.
How are we doing December filers!?

*Sigh* I think there are only like 3 of us that post regularly...lol oh well

oh the wait....

one month done, I am hoping two more to go!!!

Have we heard of any October filers that are being approved? I hope VSC still does this 3 month processing time!!

Anyone else feel like pulling all of their hair out ? Some days so easy, talking and joking on the phone with my love about our future, and then some days just quiet...both of us thinking thinking thinking, waiting waiting waiting...what a roller coaster!!!

Roller coaster...ooh ooh ooh...roller coaster...of love...

Hang in there everyone, we can make it!!!

Yep, I think a few October filers have been approved.

I can fully relate to your post. This whole process is an emotional rollercoaster. On the good days you think 'Oh well, we are this and that long into the process. Eventually this will all be over and done with and I will be together with the person I love'. then on the bad days you think 'I'm losing my patience. When will this be over?'. Especially during those bad, whenever something goes wrong, no matter how insignificant, you're just down in the dumps and want to pull the blanket over your head, falls asleep and wake up when all this is over. I wonder if some of the people at the service centers have been through this process.

On a positive note, all of us December filers are one month into the process now, so one month down on the clock!!!

To all of you out there: Hang in there! We all have a very special person in our life that loves us and is looking forward to a great future with us.

Big hugs to everyone out there, we all it need it during this time!!!

*Sigh* I think there are only like 3 of us that post regularly...lol oh well [/color]
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I am a December filer too, I just want to tell you that I am here every night reading and reading, I don´t post anything. Most time I am bored too, I just come here to spend some time reading and learning from other filers. This time waiting is going to kill me.

((((((((((((YMR))))))))))))
So glad to see you posting!!!
We'll get through this together!

we are DEC filers, late and it sits untouched. and now i have found out even though y fiancée has xrays and notes to show her TB is old and no danger to anyone. she will have to undergo the sputum test . and add 8 weeks on

aww that's horrible I'm sorry.
Your love will get you through this!!!

thank you. and thank technology for emails, ims , web cams and cell phones, it helps