January 2010 K-1 Filers

[Lohninck 2]

Good morning All!

Hope everyone is having a great day and that ALL Jan filers have their NOA2's in hand...

Status report:

Embassy, San Jose Costa received Vanessa's petition yesterday. Medicals for Vanessa and Miranda Friday morning and all we're waiting for is interview date (currently San Jose is running from 10-14 days for interview dates).

Wishing the best for everyone!

Alan

It's great to see progress moving so quickly for you! You and your girls really do deserve it. 2 people on VJ with my NOA1 date have been approved now.. will VSC be kind enough to give me the okay, too? We'll see!

[~Johnny~ 27]

It's great to see progress moving so quickly for you! You and your girls really do deserve it. 2 people on VJ with my NOA1 date have been approved now.. will VSC be kind enough to give me the okay, too? We'll see!

It should come soon! Looks like VSC is finally catching up to your dates... We'll all be pulling for you now!

[~Johnny~ 27]

We paid the Visa fee yesterday. It was still $131 ...... Wilma has the interview in about 5 days...hope the fee doesn't change anytime soon.

[Lohninck 2]

Well, guys, I got some bad news. We (my mother and I) took the 45 minute drive to get my wedding dress, parallel parked on a busy road, and as we were walking up to get my dress, I got a text from USCIS saying our case has been updated. My heart jumped, I manically brought up the website on my iPhone, put in the case number.. and saw the RFE mark. My heart sank. Of course there was no explanation for it, and a thousand thoughts flew through my head. I thought our package was flawless. I've been with my fiance for what will be five years in June, we had PLENTY of evidence.. I don't know what could have been wrong. Maybe we ticked the wrong box for something stupid. I have no idea, so I wasn't exactly feeling like a glowing, blushing bride in my (beautiful!) gown that fit perfectly, but it's all been bittersweet.

Once we get the package back, we'll see what we did wrong, and send it back NEXT DAY USPS with return receipt, and this has to mean that we'll get approved soon after, right? RFEs seem to have quick turnovers, and I'm at least relieved that my packet isn't collecting dust on someone's desk.. it just landed on the grumpy desk, it seems.

Oh, and to make this day even better, when I went out to get the mail, it began to hail. HAIL. All over my new haircut, too. I'm starting to get the feeling April 21st was not made for me. I'm trying to remain positive but it feels like a small kick to the stomach. It would have been too perfect to get approved on the same day as my wedding dress fitting, eh?

Edited April 21, 2010 by Lohninck

[~Johnny~ 27]

Again...sorry to hear....Well...I guess on the brighter side, you have your wedding dress , your know a status on your case (it's actually moving...albeit in the wrong direction but there's still movement) and you'll get through this RFE, just will take a few more weeks. Good luck and let us know which box you forgot to tick.

[Lohninck 2]

Again...sorry to hear....Well...I guess on the brighter side, you have your wedding dress , your know a status on your case (it's actually moving...albeit in the wrong direction but there's still movement) and you'll get through this RFE, just will take a few more weeks. Good luck and let us know which box you forgot to tick.

Thanks. It's very bittersweet all together. I don't know if I'm more happy, relieved, upset, or straight up confused. I hope they send it quickly so we can figure out what we did to make the visa gods displeased and try to fix it ASAP. We both have clean criminal records, we were never married to anyone before, I've only ever been pulled over once and that was because my Mom's vehicle registration was expired. We'll see. Keep your fingers crossed for us for a bit longer, please, VJ.

[truemetal 0]

Well, guys, I got some bad news. We (my mother and I) took the 45 minute drive to get my wedding dress, parallel parked on a busy road, and as we were walking up to get my dress, I got a text from USCIS saying our case has been updated. My heart jumped, I manically brought up the website on my iPhone, put in the case number.. and saw the RFE mark.

Sorry to hear that and I wish that everything will work out fine for you after this delay.

Are there any others, who filed at CSC in January and do not have any updates on their case yet? Our NOA1 is January 28, the case was touched on March 4th - and that's it. Should I expect RFE (anyone of the recent CSC filers, who got RFE - how long did it take you?), should I contact congressman (I read Alan's story - very impressive), should I just wait?

[TheBoyWonder 0]

Sorry to hear that and I wish that everything will work out fine for you after this delay.

Are there any others, who filed at CSC in January and do not have any updates on their case yet? Our NOA1 is January 28, the case was touched on March 4th - and that's it. Should I expect RFE (anyone of the recent CSC filers, who got RFE - how long did it take you?), should I contact congressman (I read Alan's story - very impressive), should I just wait?

We haven't. NOA1 was confirmed Jan 25th. No touches since Jan 28th.

EDIT: sorry I see that you were asking CSC filers, not VSC

Edited April 21, 2010 by TheBoyWonder

[bainbridge558 0]

Well, guys, I got some bad news. We (my mother and I) took the 45 minute drive to get my wedding dress, parallel parked on a busy road, and as we were walking up to get my dress, I got a text from USCIS saying our case has been updated. My heart jumped, I manically brought up the website on my iPhone, put in the case number.. and saw the RFE mark. My heart sank. Of course there was no explanation for it, and a thousand thoughts flew through my head. I thought our package was flawless. I've been with my fiance for what will be five years in June, we had PLENTY of evidence.. I don't know what could have been wrong. Maybe we ticked the wrong box for something stupid. I have no idea, so I wasn't exactly feeling like a glowing, blushing bride in my (beautiful!) gown that fit perfectly, but it's all been bittersweet.

Once we get the package back, we'll see what we did wrong, and send it back NEXT DAY USPS with return receipt, and this has to mean that we'll get approved soon after, right? RFEs seem to have quick turnovers, and I'm at least relieved that my packet isn't collecting dust on someone's desk.. it just landed on the grumpy desk, it seems.

Oh, and to make this day even better, when I went out to get the mail, it began to hail. HAIL. All over my new haircut, too. I'm starting to get the feeling April 21st was not made for me. I'm trying to remain positive but it feels like a small kick to the stomach. It would have been too perfect to get approved on the same day as my wedding dress fitting, eh?

Sorry to hear that Lohninck !!

We're all pulling for you !!

[az110965 252]

Well, guys, I got some bad news. We (my mother and I) took the 45 minute drive to get my wedding dress, parallel parked on a busy road, and as we were walking up to get my dress, I got a text from USCIS saying our case has been updated. My heart jumped, I manically brought up the website on my iPhone, put in the case number.. and saw the RFE mark. My heart sank. Of course there was no explanation for it, and a thousand thoughts flew through my head. I thought our package was flawless. I've been with my fiance for what will be five years in June, we had PLENTY of evidence.. I don't know what could have been wrong. Maybe we ticked the wrong box for something stupid. I have no idea, so I wasn't exactly feeling like a glowing, blushing bride in my (beautiful!) gown that fit perfectly, but it's all been bittersweet.

Once we get the package back, we'll see what we did wrong, and send it back NEXT DAY USPS with return receipt, and this has to mean that we'll get approved soon after, right? RFEs seem to have quick turnovers, and I'm at least relieved that my packet isn't collecting dust on someone's desk.. it just landed on the grumpy desk, it seems.

Oh, and to make this day even better, when I went out to get the mail, it began to hail. HAIL. All over my new haircut, too. I'm starting to get the feeling April 21st was not made for me. I'm trying to remain positive but it feels like a small kick to the stomach. It would have been too perfect to get approved on the same day as my wedding dress fitting, eh?

I'm really sorry to see you received an RFE, I was really hoping you'd get the approval today. I'm sure the RFE will be something really minor and you'll be right back on track. From what I've seen, as soon as you return whatever is requested in the RFE they'll get right back to processing your case and it'll be approved really quickly.

You're not alome - we're ALL rooting for you. Jan filers are a close knit family!

Thinking about you,

Alan

[Lohninck 2]

Thank you all so, so, so very much from the bottom of our hearts. Your support is keeping Peter and I happy. He tried to cheer me up in the best way he knows how, by making me laugh until I cry instead of crying for other reasons. We talked on the phone for 4 hours today, more than we usually do, and now that I've had 8 hours for it to sink in I'm feeling confident that it will easily be dealt with and we'll have our approval soon. I'm not sure how quick Denmark is when it comes to visas, but I've heard only good things from the Copenhagen Embassy, so we'll see. As long as he's here by July I'll be a happy girl. Thank you all again, you guys are the best and I hope we don't all lose touch once we have our hubbies and wives with us. (But they'd be a pretty convincing distraction!)

[weescotlassie 2]

Thank you all so, so, so very much from the bottom of our hearts. Your support is keeping Peter and I happy. He tried to cheer me up in the best way he knows how, by making me laugh until I cry instead of crying for other reasons. We talked on the phone for 4 hours today, more than we usually do, and now that I've had 8 hours for it to sink in I'm feeling confident that it will easily be dealt with and we'll have our approval soon. I'm not sure how quick Denmark is when it comes to visas, but I've heard only good things from the Copenhagen Embassy, so we'll see. As long as he's here by July I'll be a happy girl. Thank you all again, you guys are the best and I hope we don't all lose touch once we have our hubbies and wives with us. (But they'd be a pretty convincing distraction!)

Sorry to hear what's happened.. i will keep my fingers crossed for you both & hope everything will be sorted out quickly with no hassles... x

[~Johnny~ 27]

You're not alome - we're ALL rooting for you. Jan filers are a close knit family!

Thinking about you,

Alan

Yeah, I met a few good friends from this Jan VJ family. It's kind of comforting to find people that are all stuck in the same boat wandering through this USCIS-DOS-NVC-USEM mess just so we can legally bring our loved ones home. I know just a few miles south from me, hundreds if not thousands of people cross the boarder illegally each day. Yet some of us must go through this madness for many months. But eventually we will all get through it and laugh about the process when we're old grey (some of us sooner than others ). Good luck on that RFE Lohninck. I'm sure it's a minor setback and you guys will be together for that summer wedding. We're also planning ours for July. And if any of you folks ever plan to be near San Diego, shoot me a message, maybe we could all go hang out at the zoo.

Edited April 22, 2010 by ~Johnny~

[Lohninck 2]

Yeah, I met a few good friends from this Jan VJ family. It's kind of comforting to find people that are all stuck in the same boat wandering through this USCIS-DOS-NVC-USEM mess just so we can legally bring our loved ones home. I know just a few miles south from me, hundreds if not thousands of people cross the boarder illegally each day. Yet some of us must go through this madness for many months. But eventually we will all get through it and laugh about the process when we're old grey (some of us sooner than others ). Good luck on that RFE Lohninck. I'm sure it's a minor setback and you guys will be together for that summer wedding. We're also planning ours for July. And if any of you folks ever plan to be near San Diego, shoot me a message, maybe we could all go hang out at the zoo.

We're planning on going to California for our honeymoon in September since I was born in Anaheim and lived there for a while before we moved to the east coast, so we just might take you up on the offer! I miss Cali and we might move there when we can afford it.. NJ is too expensive to live in anyway so we might as well go where the weather is nice!

[Lohninck 2]

Our case got touched again today.. maybe they're reconsidering the RFE? Just hopeful thinking, but kind of weird, I thought when they send an RFE they put the case on hold. Stop playing with my heart, VSC.