Any Dutch/American couples??

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Congrats!

Happy for you and your hubby!

I see you did DCF, thats great!

Yes another happy couple!

Come here with the visa's and make more couples happy and give them a normal live! ;-) LOL!

All the best!

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Thanks Ri! It's kind of a blah day here today...raining again. Tomorrow should be fun though...I get to go on a field trip with my daughter! We're driving to another city about 2 hours away to tour the battleship called the Lexington! I can't wait!

And as for the timeline....you would just need to either copy it from someone else's signature or type it out in your signature area. And the same for the pictures....you'll need to load you picture(s) onto a hosting website like Photobucket and copy the code to your signature line.

Hey LIZ! Have fun in the field! Hope you have nice weather!

Here the wind is so cold! We fly from 97F to 53F right now! The weather change so much! BRRR ;-)

I guess that battleship will be a lot of fun.

In San Diego there is a battleship too, I thought its called Midway or it is in Midway I have no idea, sometime we like to go there again. In San Diego you can do a lot of fun stuff.

We already went to Sea World and that was great!

Thanks for your answer at my question about timeline and pictures! I will try it out, but it will most likely be when i am in the Netherlands, because i want to finish something more here.

Take care!

[paul. 0]

I will fly home when it comes through, I already have the papers needed and the courier to take them is coming tomorrow morning, so basically 4 days from then roughly until he comes back with my visa papers! Then I'll fly the very next day on a last minute ticket.

I am joining our county sheriff, initially as a deputy as I need 2 years US law enforcement experience before they'll consider me to fly their chopper, but with the chopper being my goal.

Tell your husband to go for it, observer or pilot, doesn't matter, it's both amazing fun and such an awesome job. Every day in the office is amazing, just check out my smile lol!

[lizandpat 0]

CONGRATS PAUL! I knew it would work out!! Have a safe trip and enjoy being home!!

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

I will fly home when it comes through, I already have the papers needed and the courier to take them is coming tomorrow morning, so basically 4 days from then roughly until he comes back with my visa papers! Then I'll fly the very next day on a last minute ticket.

I am joining our county sheriff, initially as a deputy as I need 2 years US law enforcement experience before they'll consider me to fly their chopper, but with the chopper being my goal.

Tell your husband to go for it, observer or pilot, doesn't matter, it's both amazing fun and such an awesome job. Every day in the office is amazing, just check out my smile lol!

Hey you!

Here a smile back ;-) but yes, you have a very happy and great smile in that heli ;-) lol!

Yep I will tell my husband and show your smile ;-) LOL (you kind a look a little like my husband, blue eyes)

He would like to be a pilot but than he need to get higher ranks.

There is no place for staff sergeant this year anymore what is really to bad but well its the way it is and technically he isn't a sergeant for that long yet but because the responsibility he has is higher as what his rank is right now.

I kind a like the "safer" job mechanic a little better as observor ;-) hihi but i understand my husband that he wants more adrenaline I would be the same ;-) LOL so i am not staying in the way if he really wants too.

Ah you will have such a great flight back home! So happy for you and your wife! Guess she can't wait either.

Oh and another thing, which is really funny, my husband before he joined the USMC he did law enforcement to be a police, but they didn't accept him after because his behaviour wasn't that great, to much tickets and what ever so they told him you first need to be a "good" american so thats why he joined the USMC and I guess he likes this much better LOL I am not sure if he did finish that school but i thought so.

I have another question about this visa stuff.

We send out our I-130+G325A with a passportpicture from the both of us.

Do they need more passportictures from my american husband later?

Or just from me the dutchie? and how many more?

And to proof our marriage etc. i made copies from some receipts etc. Do i need to take the original receipts with me for the interview when the time is there? Or a copy is enough?

Because otherwise I have to take them with to NL (thats not a problem) but if some of the stuff we bought is not working anymore there is still warranty on and than its handy if the receipts are staying here with my husband.

I just am wondering.

I did check the USCIS.gov about our case and its saying: case received and pendling, that status will be for a while.

Well take care!

Greets from CA

Liz did you have a great day in the field? How was the weather? It was very cold by us yesterday, well very cold, uhm i mean, i was used to the hot weather and than the big change to colder weather than it is very cold for me ;-) hihi i will be so freezing cold in NL next week.

But today the day didn't start so windy so hopefully a warmer day

Edited April 29, 2009 by Daniel and Rianne

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Oh jah, what will it mean: hardcopy?

I did read some timelines and saw NOA1 and than later hardcopy received, just wondering what that is.

Is that the paper we got in the mail which is saying our casenumber and date of activation etc?

[Peet 1]

Hi guys,

checking in for a moment.

We're still in the US, having a great time.

LOL, Washington DC during a heatwave isn't fun I tell you.

But it is better than rain all the time. No news on the Visa yet,

I'll see you when we get back.

I'd like some more info on moving stuff over Jeannine.

Waving from PA

Peet

[paul. 0]

Yes, we're very lucky as we get to fly as enlisted. I worked my way from Private to Sergeant before being able to learn to fly, but I believe the UK and France are the only 2 in the world that still do that. I know the US Army has Warrant Officer school, but that is different than how we do it, as I'd already served 6 years before learning to fly.

Hmm, long time ago for all of that you ask! I do believe that after the initial paperwork was done, they only ever needed photos of me, not my wife. The wiki here has great info that helped me when I did it all last year:

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...Immigrant_Visas

and then also, when you get to the NVC, there is a great shortcut guide which you should follow, as it saved me over 6 weeks at the NVC, I reckon! You'll need to start preparing for it about 3 months into the I-130 stage, as you need to get a things done like vaccinations, a Police Clearance certificate, etc. and the shortcut guide works best if on day one of the NVC, you are ready to send them everything for the first package to them. Then, when they request it, they have it in days. Otherwise, if you just react to what they ask for, you'll spend ages getting stuff done on their command rather than just having it waiting, as we know what they want. It's pretty cool that way and the NVC goes real fast. The I-130 is about 6 months at CSC, we got stuck at VSC for 7 and then then CSC took it over and did it within weeks!

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...he_NVC_ShortCut

hard copy is indeed the form sent back in the mail to tell you they received the paperwork.

At the interview, I didn't take anything but my passport and you should take the appointment letter you receive that has a bar code on it, but I couldn't print it and it wasn't a big deal, they just check you're on the list to attend. But I'd keep as much with you as possible when going to Holland, unless it's easy to send by mail. Just to be safe.

It's late here, so I hope that all makes sense, if not let me know and I'll try and be more clear when I'm not tired, tomorrow.

[lizandpat 0]

Hi guys,

checking in for a moment.

We're still in the US, having a great time.

LOL, Washington DC during a heatwave isn't fun I tell you.

But it is better than rain all the time. No news on the Visa yet,

I'll see you when we get back.

I'd like some more info on moving stuff over Jeannine.

Waving from PA

Peet

Hi Peet *waves back*

Glad to hear your having a great time!! Enjoy every minute of it!!!!

I'm sure you'll be hearing something very, very soon!! Come on NOA2!!

Hi to everyone else, sorry i've not been around much. I woke up Wednesday morning feeling horrible, chest pains, shortness of breath...it wasn't nice. Went to the doctor today and I either have the start of Asthma or Bronchitis. Waiting for some test results to come back. They also did and EKG and it came back slightly abnormal so I'm also waiting for an appointment with a cardiologist for a complete check up.

Glad to hear all the wonderful things going on here!! Hope you all are having a great week!

Hugs,

Liz

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Yes, we're very lucky as we get to fly as enlisted. I worked my way from Private to Sergeant before being able to learn to fly, but I believe the UK and France are the only 2 in the world that still do that. I know the US Army has Warrant Officer school, but that is different than how we do it, as I'd already served 6 years before learning to fly.

Hmm, long time ago for all of that you ask! I do believe that after the initial paperwork was done, they only ever needed photos of me, not my wife. The wiki here has great info that helped me when I did it all last year:

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...Immigrant_Visas

and then also, when you get to the NVC, there is a great shortcut guide which you should follow, as it saved me over 6 weeks at the NVC, I reckon! You'll need to start preparing for it about 3 months into the I-130 stage, as you need to get a things done like vaccinations, a Police Clearance certificate, etc. and the shortcut guide works best if on day one of the NVC, you are ready to send them everything for the first package to them. Then, when they request it, they have it in days. Otherwise, if you just react to what they ask for, you'll spend ages getting stuff done on their command rather than just having it waiting, as we know what they want. It's pretty cool that way and the NVC goes real fast. The I-130 is about 6 months at CSC, we got stuck at VSC for 7 and then then CSC took it over and did it within weeks!

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...he_NVC_ShortCut

hard copy is indeed the form sent back in the mail to tell you they received the paperwork.

At the interview, I didn't take anything but my passport and you should take the appointment letter you receive that has a bar code on it, but I couldn't print it and it wasn't a big deal, they just check you're on the list to attend. But I'd keep as much with you as possible when going to Holland, unless it's easy to send by mail. Just to be safe.

It's late here, so I hope that all makes sense, if not let me know and I'll try and be more clear when I'm not tired, tomorrow.

Paul, Thanks for your answer. I will check it out next week when i am back in NL, because than i have more time as what i have right now, want to finish a couple things here.

Peet, Cool that you did send us a quick note, to bad that you didn't have any news about the Visa yet. Hopefully soon! Well have fun while you are together.

Liz, thats really to bad that you didn't feel well, guess you were kind a worried that you had the swine virus. Hope you feel better soon!

Take care!

Talk to you later.

[lizandpat 0]

*Waving* Hi everyone!!

Just stopping in to say hi and hope your all enjoying your weekend!!!

[lizandpat 0]

Happy Monday everyone! Back at work...don't want to be but I'm here..lol!

[lazulineiris 0]

And.......we're done. What an anti-climax that was. 3 questions, where did we meet? How long have we been married? Have you ever lived together? That was it, simple as pie and I have to say, the lady at counter 16 today made me realize why I love the America I have experienced-she was the most polite, helpful and friendly official I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with, as was the lady behind counter 1, who did my initial paperwork prep. I got there at 0730 and was out by 1030! BBQ time!

Congratulations! Anticlimactic though it may be, I'm certain it's quite relieving to be done with this part of the process.

But hubby had the interview at the consulate Monday and it was a success! APPROVED!

Congratulations to you! It's so amusing that they seemed to be more into 'interviewing' you than they were interviewing your fiance. I guess it helped the officer to break up the monotony of the day, though. Either way, I'm glad things worked in your favor.

No news on the Visa yet,

Peet, your approval should come anyday now - at least, according to your timeline, anyway. I'm crossing my fingers for you. <3

Hi to everyone else, sorry i've not been around much. I woke up Wednesday morning feeling horrible, chest pains, shortness of breath...it wasn't nice. Went to the doctor today and I either have the start of Asthma or Bronchitis. Waiting for some test results to come back. They also did and EKG and it came back slightly abnormal so I'm also waiting for an appointment with a cardiologist for a complete check up.

Ick. That situation sounds horrible and quite scary. I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through all that. Whether it's Asthma or Bronchitis, I really hope you don't have to wake up feeling like that again. :/

Here's hoping for nothing but good weather so you won't have to worry about stressing your body's immune system. <3

I hope everyone has a fantastic week.

[lizandpat 0]

Thanks Nikki!! It's beginning to get very summerlike here and that means lots of heat and humidity! So, we'll see how it goes!

btw, got a call from my doctor and all the blood work came back normal. So...just have to go to the cardiologist next week and see what he says.

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Thanks Nikki!! It's beginning to get very summerlike here and that means lots of heat and humidity! So, we'll see how it goes!

btw, got a call from my doctor and all the blood work came back normal. So...just have to go to the cardiologist next week and see what he says.

Hey Liz, Take care, hope you feel better soon!

Today, tuesday I am back in NL after a long flight, it sucks! Said goodbye on monday, hate saying goodbyes and even more the times i cry and make it hard for my husband, myself and the people around, I want to be strong, i have to, I miss my husband, I want to be by him in warm CA

But heh, keep smiling number 1 of 90 days is gone (than i can go again but we have to see how the VISA thing is going)

I just am a little down, because a lot of people from March/April are still waiting for NOA2 so i figured we will hang long, I know i don't have to complain, people around are more allowed to complain as me but its just I am here and don't want to be here.

Peet is waiting for NOA2 much longer!!! Hope you get it this week, or soon! So Ri, don't complain, stop it!!!

Tomorrow will be another day! right?