How did you find your way to VJ?

[jo&john 1]

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http://www.asawa.org/asawa/index.php

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jo&john's journey:

03/10/04: Met John at Yahoo! Messenger; start of a good relationship

03/30/04: I became his girlfriend

05/26/04: John excited for his trip to the Philippines to see me and set the direction

05/27/04: John on board Delta Airlines from DFW (Texas) to San Francisco

05/28/04: John on board China Airlines from San Francisco to Taipei

05/29/04: John on board China Airlines from Taipei to Manila; I met him at the NAIA (Ninoy AquinoInternational Airport);

the rest IS magic! We became more in love!

05/30/04: We got engaged! The remaining 3 days were full of good memories and still crystal clear for me

06/03/04: John left for Taipei on board China Airlines; reached LA then DFW same day; I miss my honey;

we both wait for the approval of my annulment petition (series of court hearings and procedures; constant follow-up to

expedite the process; delays because of holidays, official leaves of court personnel, etc; judge is meticulous,

no short cuts):John had been very supportive and is still.

03/23/06: Regional Court Decision out: Declaring absolute nullity of my marriage. We were very happy! The long wait was over!

Actually, the decision/resolution made was dated February 23, 2006. It took a month for editing, finalization, etc by the

court stenographers, clerk of court, etc.

Upon receipt of the Decision, I flew to Manila (I’m from Iloilo City) and personally hand-carried the Decision to the

Solicitor-General (was praying Sol-Gen won’t object to the decision; RTCs give 15 days for Sol-Gen to appeal)

04/07/06: No appeal from Solicitor-General. RTC recorded the decision in the Book of Entries of Judgment (as final and executory).ENTRY OF JUDGMENT signed by the CLERK OF COURT. This was then forwarded to Local Civil Registrar.

Annotation was done to my Marriage Certificate. Submitted the Annotated (with Annulment Remarks). Marriage Certificate

to NSO (National Statistics Office) for authentication and on SECPA (Security Paper). I got my SECPA annotated marriage

certificate after 3 weeks.

04/10-16: Holy Week; no office

04/17/06: Submitted requirements to RTC for issuance of Annulment Decree

04/18/06: Got my DECREE OF DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE (annulment process took 1 year and 10 months from

filing of petition to getting the decree) SIGNED BY THE JUDGE! Sent remaining pertinent documents to John needed

for the K1 petition. Both of us were elated!

04/22/06: John sent I-129F to Texas Service Center

04/25/06: I-129F received at California Service Center (Fr. TSC); NOA1 (Received Date)

05/01/06: NOA1 (Notice Date)

06/23/06: email notification re: IMBRA RFE sent from CSC

06/30/06: John received IMBRA RFE (snail mail)

07/05/06: John sent IMBRA RFE reply to CSC

07/17/06: email notification from USCIS re: receipt of IMBRA RFE reply

00/00/06: ???????? NOA2 where are you???? Waiting…waiting…waiting…come ASAP

[dani_christine 0]

Thank God for Google!

i found VJ when anthony and i were first engaged, and looking at our options for immigration, and who would move where. then, after we were married, i took quite a bit of time off....had a lot of laundry to catch up on!

[samir_shannon 0]

yahoo search engine

[samir_shannon 0]

post boosting

[marklovetina 52]

was looking for an immigration infos.., searching.. then i saw vj.. i read vj then i registered here...

[antda 13]

Hi Everyone,

My answer to this question and as to "How did you find your way to VJ?" story goes like this:

I had visited and married in the USA in April 2006, and was "stuck" here in the USA, while I was in the process of filing the AOS/2yr green card (which I filed in August 2006 and got approved in November 2006). So in July/August 2006, with nothing better to do (and with no legal permanent residency status yet), while waiting for my case, I went to my local library (which they were nice enough to give me a library card then), and did more research on my own (even though I already had a lawyer for my somewhat unusual case).

I "googled" online regarding immigration information and thus found "Visa Journey".

I started reading the posts on VJ as a "guest", but didn't join as a "member" until January 2007.

And the rest is "VJ history".......

Fast forward 3 years later, and I'm still here on VJ, 3000 posts later, my immigration journey over and already a US Citizen, and still addicted to VJ!....

And now I have to think to myself: "How do I find my way out of VJ?"

Overall, VJ is definitely a helpful, supportive, and friendly online community, indeed!

Thanks everyone here for making VJ a positive and memorable expierience for all!

Ant (A VJ Addict....3+ years and counting....)

[Leafgal 3]

Searching for immigration information, and then joined right away

[Sc0tt28 26]

Friend of my wife's (I'm the USC) immigrated about a year before we started filing and so when we started getting ready she gave us some tips, including a suggestion to check out this web site.

[DanielParul 50]

Web search engine, looking for immigration info. Found it through Google while searching for info on PCC.

[trailmix 77]

Given the recent drama, thought it might be interesting to see how people have found their way here...

I was searching for immigration information when I found this site through Google....

Jen

Since this thread is now 3.5 years old - i'm wondering what the drama was back then that spurred this poll!

[Sc0tt28 26]

Since this thread is now 3.5 years old - i'm wondering what the drama was back then that spurred this poll!

Ancient history (in internet time) is certainly interesting itsn't it?

[DanielParul 50]

Since this thread is now 3.5 years old - i'm wondering what the drama was back then that spurred this poll!

I need to start looking at the dates

[SunShineFL 0]

My husband then fiance asked me to look at a lawyer's website who handles K1 and after reading that website, I started reading on immigration process and a link lead me to vj. I forgot my password to my previous ID and had to make a new account.

[trinket 30]

My husband asked a few questions about k-3 on craigslists law forum, out there a lady lawyer pointed him towards an immigration site. My husband gave me that immigration site name, I started reading, in that site someone had visajourney on their signature and I came to visajourney that way. I gave up on that other site because it would take forever to load and also there were more people posting on visajourney, so I had more subject material out here.

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

We found vj while searching for visa/immigration info.