i feel you pain, i havent seen adriano since june either =(

thanks........He let his last visa expire 2 years ago and there is no way for him to get another.......and travel is not possible for me until the first week of January......anyway I do not know what the airfare in Dec to Europe is but south America is triple.......I am not rich.....so I guess it is better that I have to wait until January February for his interview.....I am trying to find a bright side to all of this....but God I miss him...........Just like all of us.........sigh.........

I will, as long as they let him in! But I'm not terribly worried they won't. He's come and gone like 9 or 10 times in the last three years so, it looks good that he always goes home. Do you guys have webcams and skype and the like to keep in touch? Or vonage for bizarrely cheap long distance ?

tell me more about this vonage....

oh yes...what would I do without webcam........but nothing like just holding hands.......and our first big snow is coming and he has never seen snow.....I wanted so much to see his face when my kids and Oscar and i play in the snow the first time.....snowball fights, sleding making snow angels......I know that sounds corny but this is what I dream of.......a family life with a man that I love and loves me.......Come on VSC........please hurry

My husband had never seen know either.....he was taking pictures of an inch of snow and ice because he was so excited. He is in for a treat tonight with this storm we have coming!

Also, i used skype but it tended to make me upset. being able to see him without being able to touch him was torture. As much as I hate AIM, I almost preferred that to Skype

It doesn't sound corny at all! This is what we all dream of... a NORMAL relationshiop. It's the little things, like you said, like just holding hands. Just being together. Apparently, it's a lot to ask for us though.

Vonage is a VOIP phone service (that is it runs over the fiber optic broadband network). It's 29.95 I think a month for unlimited calling all over the US. It's awesome. I get my voicemail in my email, so when I'm at work and I get messages I can still get them as wav files. I love it. And, for me its totally free to call the UK. And I can ask it to tell me how long and how many times I've called X phone numbers and it produces a report for you. (Which is great for the interview!) I looked it up and albania is 16 cents a minute. But it's really nice.

I have Verizon and for 4.95 a month I get 5 cents a minute to Peru but I had to call and ask for the package.....My problem is they use the Claro lines in Peru and OMG that sucks.......he does not have a land line only cell ouch terrible reception but at least I can talk to him oh about 4 times a day and on line about 2 hours an evening......shoot when I was married before I lived with him but I hardly saw or spoke to him...my choice....so this is alot of communication.....

Hang in there Osloratamm! I am not going to pretend I know what it is like to be away from my SO for that long. I can't even imagine how hard that must be. Hold on a bit longer and you will have your approval. You are almost there!!!

I got my RFE letter last night thankfully. Phew. It was exactly what I thought. They need Darren's divorce decree. We didn't have it in time when we mailed in the petition. I am sending it out tomorrow. Hopefully it will keep moving....

CONGRATULATIONS BILL Y BELLA! WOOHOOOOOOOO

thanks Steph.......I know the reunion will be that much sweeter when I go for his interview and then move him up here......I do know I appreciate the time we do spend together that much more........He was just on the phone with me and was singing.......When a man loves a woman....unfortunately he can not sing and does not know the words ....Amercican Idol is not in his future.....but I love the thought

EAC********* 12/13/2007 I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)


I got touched but it is probably from my phone call today to Vermont.....At least it does not say 6/5/2007 anymore......

yayyy, glad to hear it...im hoping for the best!

My guess is that someone is actively working your case now. You finally got a hold of someone that admitted that you are outside of the processing goals and they have moved your file to the top of the pile, or have given it to someone who is still there working.

Hang in there darlin, I think this is a good sign.

Robert from your lips to God's ears.....thanks again for encouraging me to call them......Lora

Sugar Honey Iced Tea....I GOT THIS IN MY EMAIL JUST NOW!!!!


*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: EACXXXXXXXXXX

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On December 13, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.


I GOT MY NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To every one else still waiting hold tight it's a coming!!! And you are in my prayers

BLESS-ED,

Gill

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Congrats....I hope the rest of your journey is smooth sailing...............Lora


sorry I keep doing that......I am not a very good computer person

Congrats and all the best!

THANK YOU babybluesusie!!! Luck to the interview to you :-)))

I want to thank everyone for your warm congratulations. It is greatly appreciated.

If anyone is curious about how our approval transpired, we received our first touch at 4:00 yesterday afternoon and the approval was registered on the website around 9:00 last night. I received the CRIS email regarding the approval a few minutes after it was posted on the website. It was nice to see at least one thing working at USCIS the way it is supposed to.

As to how we feel, Bella said "Que?!" (What?!) followed by about 5 minutes of celebration. I'm not really sure what she said to tell the truth. She was taking care of her sick sister so she was sort of whispering, crying and shouting at the same time. I gathered she was happy. As for me, I keep getting emotional. For the first time this whole process is beginning to seem real. It is very hard to believe that Bella and the kids might be here by February.

I also feel very badly for all those who are still waiting from April, May and June. That is the one thing that diminshes my happiness today. I wish there was some way for me to help you get your approvals sooner. I did have one thought. I have noticed that no one ever asks to speak to a supervisor when they call customer service and get the run around or obviously bad information. I wonder what would happen if the petitioner politely but firmly demanded to speak to a supervisor, the supervisor's supervisor, etc. until they got some real answers. I have the sense that the first level of customer service whether they be pleasant or nasty is no help whatsoever. I would also suggest beginning each conversation by politely requesting the customer service rep's full name and ID# if they have one. That will put them on notice that there might be repercussions if they are not helpful.

I see one new June approval that I do not think has been reported. Nadia & Jason. Sent 6-10. NOA1 6-14. Approved 12-13. No RFE's shown on the timeline.

That makes 41 for the month and 12 for the week.

THIS is exactly how I feel

Somtimes I still can't believe we're actually approved! I keep checking the website to make sure that they haven't taken it back. This despite the fact that I have the hard copy NOA2 and confirmation from DOS that our case is with the London Embassy!

Congrats on today's approvals!!!!

Lora, I don't think you got a touched cause your call.....I've never got any touches after calling and many people can tell you the same thing.....
I think someone is working on your case!!! So be happy!!! You will get your approval very very soon! It is on its way

Congrats on all recent approvals..those still waiting..you are in my thoughts and I pray your NOA2 is coming soon.....

Congrats Gill!!!

Bill,

I have asked to speak to a supervisor on two occassions when speaking with them. One time I was put on hold for about 20 minutes and the cust serv rep came back and said that all the supervisors were in a meeting and transferred me to an officer who was not even in Vermont. I think he was in Illinois, but I dont remember, and he didnt have any more info than the reps. the second time I got put on hold, waited for like 30-40 minutes and just hung up. And let me tell you, the first lady who said they were in a meeting brow beat me with "they cant do anything more for you than I can", "They have the same info as me", etc, and she said it more than a little rudely and seemed a bit ticked off. Of course, that was my intention. I was giving her hell because she told me that they were working on such and such date, and she hadnt realized that it was outside the 6 month goal. So I was giving it to her about why they didnt update the website, etc.

And no, I never told her my case number or entered it into the automated system

Bill,

I also wanted to add, and please correct me if I am wrong here, because you have been active here a lot longer than I have, but by my count there are only 4 K1 petitions still outstanding for April, and 13 K1 petitions outstanding for May.

Knowing that OsLoraTamm is still active here, I assume that the 13 petitions are still active and awaiting adjudication, at least hers is. But, my belief is that the 4 outstanding for April are probably abandoned, or people forgot to update if they are still active here. I cant recall any April filers speaking out in this thread in the recent past (because if I waited that long I would be POSTAL). But I havent been here for as long as you. What is your feeling on this?

And to any April filers: Please dont take offense that I dont know or remember you. If you are still here and the data is correct, just let me know!

i just wanted to share the fact that i just sat on hold with the department of state for 28 minutes...i then heard someone pick up the phone and hang up immediately ...i called back right away and conveniently heard the recording say 'our office is currently closed, please call back at another time'





WTFFFFFF

The same EXACT thing happened to me when I asked for a supervisor. She said the supervisor wouldn't know anything additional then she did. So I said, "So basically no one knows anything". She didn't like that.

See, *that* kind of sh!t is why I hate using the phone!!

Sorry you had to go through that... how annoying!

I think Mel and Syl are from april and have been waiting for months on an rfe answer. I don't know of many from may except poor MCKT:), most probably have gotten at least an rfe by now.
I haven't even gotten a touch yet which is what makes all the july and now august approvals seem weird to me, oh well it's another day at vsc ...

Virgil do the ref thing and change the address of your SO......I got a touch today but the interesting thing was that I could here this older lady rifling through papers to look for something then changed the address for Oscar but then said Oh you are past 6 months{???????}Duh......so I do not know if the call produced the touch or if they decided to look at our case....Not sure Mirla seems to think it is the latter.....I pray they found us...she also said 1/3 of the case workers are out on leave at one time this time of year......unfortunately for the first week of June folks we must of been assigned to a person with lots of time to burn off for vacation before the end of the year.........Lora

Am happy to report that we were approved today! Now moving from one waiting room to the next!

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!!

... so maybe january. *sigh*

Great news!!! Congrats!!!

Congratulations to everyone's approvals today!
Keeping my fingers crossed that we will finish a good week.

Bonne nuit,
hz

I agree. You would be going postal.

Of the 4 open April petitions, 1 is definitely still active (Mel & Syl), 1 is definitely dead since they have not been on the site since 11-14 (John & Sheila), 1 is impossible to tell since they do not have any timeline or profile that I can find (Celia & John - How does that happen?), and 1 is a maybe (Tu & Chris / madmcc22555) no RFE's on timeline and no recent posts but last on the site 12-7.

In every month there seems to be one or two that take forever to be completed. And surprisingly there are also a significant number of members who never find their way to this VSC forum. So lack of participation here does not necesarily mean that an old petition has been abandoned.

In any case, there are active participants in this forum that filed in April or May and are still waiting so obviously those months are still "open".

Thanks for the input Bill, and for setting me straight

as of today, Dec 13, we are approved.

Congratulations to Courtney & Arrta!

Awesome!! Congratulations!!

Question: What is the ban for an overstayed visa waiver program? A friend from Germany overstayed in the US almost two years ago and she wants to attend her cousin's wedding....She asked me if there is any ban but I don't know anything about it........

If she overstayed by more than 180 days she will have a 3 year ban. If she overstayed by more than one year she will have a 10 year ban. If she overstayed by less than 180 days she won't have a ban but she won't be able to use the VWP again and will have to apply for a visa. Her chances of getting one after an overstay are slim though.

Hope this helps.

Gillian

I actually feel a little sick to my stomach this morning..........I got a second touch dated 12/14/2007...................I think this is called "couldtheyfinallybeworkingonmycaseitis".......Oh Please make me real sick with it today...............

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECENT APPROVALS!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH GO VSC GOOOOOOOOOOO

Lora,
We got two touches two days in a row..then got our approval 10 days later...lets hope they get crackin' on yours and get it out before this weekend is here. You are all still in my prayers...we are stuck at NVC...WAITING AGAIN...but I DID get a letter from them yesterday that stated they have our petition and it would be forwarded "within a week". It actually gave a time commitment. We all know one week can mean.."when we feel like getting to it!! " heheheeh...Anyways..good luck to you all...


With that aside...you are my family and support...
Im sorry to report that my father was officially diagnosed with the rare dementia of Pick's Disease yesterday...and they give an estimate that ha has 4-5 years left. (he's only 71 currently) I was advised to lock away ANYTHING that can be used as a weapon, that he could become psychotic and become violent...to call 911 if that happens to ensure my mothers, mine and his safety.... My dad is the sweetest, softest man I know...but I do see signs of this impending diagnosis.

I share this...because i have no support here other than you people...Im asking for your prayers for my parents as they endure this hard time in their lives. I just wish Amr was here... Soon, god willing....