February 2010 Filers -- I-129F -- VSC

[kharkovpoacher 4]

Angel, happy to see another visa approval. Sorry you had the added stress, but all is well now. I hope everything goes smooth from here on out.

Solmarc, Veka received her SSN card in the mail within a week.

UK, I hope all is well with y'all.(I had to use southern slang)

Lohninck, did you send in your AOS yet?

Veka has forgiven the vacuum cleaner after last weeks incident. I had to demonstrate that all was good with it. Darn it, she tricked me into vacuuming. She has her new car. She wants to take her driving test to get her license next week. Just a warning to some. Insurance for an inexperienced driver is outrageous. If you have a license from your country make sure that you take that to your insurance company. I will pay extra for the next three years. Our next step is doing her resume and waiting on EAD so that she can go to work. On a side note, her homesickness phase has set in. She gets a little depressed at times. I expected this, but it still sucks. Hopefully it will not last long. Last Sunday I had to take her to the art museum. My sons were joking that I was gay. I was out of my element there, too much culture and not enough beer and guns for me.

[ukprincessemx 0]

Angel, happy to see another visa approval. Sorry you had the added stress, but all is well now. I hope everything goes smooth from here on out.

Solmarc, Veka received her SSN card in the mail within a week.

UK, I hope all is well with y'all.(I had to use southern slang)

Lohninck, did you send in your AOS yet?

Veka has forgiven the vacuum cleaner after last weeks incident. I had to demonstrate that all was good with it. Darn it, she tricked me into vacuuming. She has her new car. She wants to take her driving test to get her license next week. Just a warning to some. Insurance for an inexperienced driver is outrageous. If you have a license from your country make sure that you take that to your insurance company. I will pay extra for the next three years. Our next step is doing her resume and waiting on EAD so that she can go to work. On a side note, her homesickness phase has set in. She gets a little depressed at times. I expected this, but it still sucks. Hopefully it will not last long. Last Sunday I had to take her to the art museum. My sons were joking that I was gay. I was out of my element there, too much culture and not enough beer and guns for me.

Hey Poach...awww was you guys missing me?

Sorry we just seem soooo busy....normally dealing with the four children but it is great fun and I have to admit that at the start I got a lickle sick, not so much home sick but I definatly miss my family and friends. So Im feeling for Veka, send her a hug for me.

Currently I am trying to create a catalog for my jewelry to start trying to get some money comming in (Please remember now Christmas is comming that Id be happy to help you make someones christmas by creating something special, just mail me and we can chat, I promise to keep the costs down for my VJ buddies) while waiting to get the AOS handed in. We are far from doing that due to the cost of having to pay for three of us of course....grand total.....drum roll please.....$2,110 apx

Im also filling in some police checks so I can get started at the childrens school and get my feet in the door. Hopefully this will allow me to get to grips with the US style of teaching in the classroom so that I can apply for work in schools, seeing as thats what I did back in the UK....and I miss being in the classroom.

Also thinking of Ken signing up as an Avon rep lmao...seriously but then Id do all the work but he would get paid...and of course pay taxes...thinking this way I have something to do during the day...but its above board to of course with the tax...all Id be doing is the orders and deliveries for him. So there a plan for you all if you fancy using it...let me know how it goes of course and I will do the same.

Took Benjoe (our 9 yr old son) to afew different Karate places last night to try and find one we like so he can get started there, he is very excited about that....of course Matilda (our 5yr old daughter) then decided after watching a lesson that she wants to do it lol. Our Eldest boy (10 yr old) Gavin made it through Basketball try outs last week and made it into the A team...so another very happy boy....so now we have 2 playing soccer, 1 plays in the school band,1 playing basketball.....one starting Karate...and Matilda...well she is still between starting cheer leading classes, tap dancing...she wants to start soccer in Spring and now Karate too lol.

Oh and we got a new puppy awwwwww

anyway I hope everyone is doing well...great news on the interview approval!! Leslie I hope Scott got there ok....good luck guys Im so excited for you both!!! big hugs.

Id love to here what everyone else has been upto...I love reading the stories about Veka...I read them to Ken and we laugh lol...I drove for the first time last week...I dont have a drivers permit either....I didnt crash though wooo hoooo....I have a perfect instructor as well...Ken lol.

hugs to you all

[solmarc 7]

Angel, happy to see another visa approval. Sorry you had the added stress, but all is well now. I hope everything goes smooth from here on out.

Solmarc, Veka received her SSN card in the mail within a week.

UK, I hope all is well with y'all.(I had to use southern slang)

Lohninck, did you send in your AOS yet?

Veka has forgiven the vacuum cleaner after last weeks incident. I had to demonstrate that all was good with it. Darn it, she tricked me into vacuuming. She has her new car. She wants to take her driving test to get her license next week. Just a warning to some. Insurance for an inexperienced driver is outrageous. If you have a license from your country make sure that you take that to your insurance company. I will pay extra for the next three years. Our next step is doing her resume and waiting on EAD so that she can go to work. On a side note, her homesickness phase has set in. She gets a little depressed at times. I expected this, but it still sucks. Hopefully it will not last long. Last Sunday I had to take her to the art museum. My sons were joking that I was gay. I was out of my element there, too much culture and not enough beer and guns for me.

Thats good maybe ill get it too that fast... so i can go for my marriage license more confident... i just want this part to be over with.

[yourcdnangel 2]

So maybe in all the hype I didn't ask for a DHL tracking number. So would I just call the DHL office I registered to and ask if they've received anything yet?

[OBX 51]

So maybe in all the hype I didn't ask for a DHL tracking number. So would I just call the DHL office I registered to and ask if they've received anything yet?

This is what a recent CR1 filer posted in the Canada forum regarding her experince with dhl. Good luck!

"No reciept or tracking number, dhl will call you within a few days and you cant track it through the site you signed up through using your passport number etc."

[payneja01 0]

So Angel and I will be doing her POE the first weekend in Nov at the Lewiston Bridge. Has anyone else done their POE via land crossing or more specifically at that bridge? What should we expect? How long does it take? Other then the required docs (visa, passports, i.d., etc) is there anything else we should have with us? All of you who have been keeping up with us and everyone else on here, ya'll have been great!!

[SandT 0]

YAY THATS EXCITING!!!

I just came from applying for the SSN, they gave me a letter and told me they will investigate if i came legally (LOL i show my visa and i94 so dont get it but ok) asked for a few weeks to get it... but probably by the time i get it i have to change it for Honeys last name after we married...

This is insane. Find the information from the Social Security Administration regarding processing of K1s for a Social Security card. I'm pretty sure links have been given on VJ, as I believe we had a copy of the relevant rule/policy/statute on hand just in case, but didn't need it. Go back to SS office with it in hand, tell them to do their job and be done with it already.

Did you get your marriage license OK?

Ours was no problem - we did have an SSN card for her but never used it, just the passport and K1/I-94 was sufficient.

We tied the knot with a great ceremony outdoors after getting a cabin for a number of days, then went on to do a roadtrip covering 5 states or so and some 2500 miles and 10 days away from work.

We did make the 'mistake' of trying to get her new SSN with name changed, and I'm still not sure if we should be able to or not. For a new SSN/first time application, the window is apparently from 15 days after arrival to 74 days after arrival, as they want 2 weeks 'remaining' on legal status/I94 or won't issue one. For a name change, it seems like the original (now expired) I94 + marriage certificate should be enough for the name change, but isn't, so I guess we won't deal with that one until after AOS. So I guess technically we're now slightly 'out of status' until we file for AOS, which we'll do this week - I've seen some people not file for up to a year or more(!!!), but that just seems to be pointless, better to get it done soon, deal with the various places to handle name changes at, etc.

[SandT 0]

solmarc, here's the link to the SSN information, including the document (RM something..) link to print out to bring to the SSN office if they're giving you issues:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/ssn

[solmarc 7]

solmarc, here's the link to the SSN information, including the document (RM something..) link to print out to bring to the SSN office if they're giving you issues:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/ssn

I already apply with no issues, they gave me a letter that says i should get it in 4 weeks, but Kharv told me Veka's just took two weeks, so i am ok... For the Marriage license we will go this next Wednesday, this is a small town and they don't have this cases regularly here but i am now in the utilities of the apartment so i guess that should be enough, the lady is nice, she doesn't want to give Us a hard time...

Thank you Sand T, you always so nice, i already filled the papers for the AOS, cant wait to finish this part... of course not sending them after we married and get all the documents in order.

[LeslienScott 6]

I POE'd successfully. Went through the Peace Bridge at Buffalo. It was the most emotional thing I have ever done. I cried for 24 hrs straight. I had to leave my son behind, he's 21, so I couldn't have him join me. I even cried while they processed me at the border. Funny thing though at the border, they confiscated my house plants!!! Who knew you can't take Canadian soil across the border. Now it's time to unpack & unpack & unpack!

[yourcdnangel 2]

This is what a recent CR1 filer posted in the Canada forum regarding her experince with dhl. Good luck!

"No reciept or tracking number, dhl will call you within a few days and you cant track it through the site you signed up through using your passport number etc."

It will be a week tomorrow that I was at the Consulate. I have not received a phone call from DHL with regards to my package. I called them and they told me to call the Consulate to obtain a tracking number.

Glad your POE went smooth Les. Sorry it was bittersweet and emotional

Edited November 1, 2010 by yourcdnangel

[yourcdnangel 2]

Disregard my DHL matter above. I did some snooping around and found a link that tells you where to find the waybill information once the Consulate has processed your Visa/Passport.

http://csc.public.s3.amazonaws.com/waybill_instructions_en.pdf

For those who are interested.

[solmarc 7]

Getting married in nine days, I still cant believe it... getting our marriage license on Wednesday... so excited!!!

[OBX 51]

I POE'd successfully. Went through the Peace Bridge at Buffalo. It was the most emotional thing I have ever done. I cried for 24 hrs straight. I had to leave my son behind, he's 21, so I couldn't have him join me. I even cried while they processed me at the border. Funny thing though at the border, they confiscated my house plants!!! Who knew you can't take Canadian soil across the border. Now it's time to unpack & unpack & unpack!

Good to hear your POE was smooth. I POEd at the Peace Bridge as well and it was painless but time-consuming.

I also left a 19 and 21 year-old behind (in university) and a year later I still miss them everyday. Thank goodness for MSN, Facebook and Skype. All the best.

Disregard my DHL matter above. I did some snooping around and found a link that tells you where to find the waybill information once the Consulate has processed your Visa/Passport.

http://csc.public.s3.amazonaws.com/waybill_instructions_en.pdf

For those who are interested.

Good to know, thanks for the update.

Edited November 1, 2010 by OBX

[Vanessa in Texas 0]

I POE'd successfully. Went through the Peace Bridge at Buffalo. It was the most emotional thing I have ever done. I cried for 24 hrs straight. I had to leave my son behind, he's 21, so I couldn't have him join me. I even cried while they processed me at the border. Funny thing though at the border, they confiscated my house plants!!! Who knew you can't take Canadian soil across the border. Now it's time to unpack & unpack & unpack!

YAY! Glad it all went smoothly! Just thinking about my POE makes me tear up! lol

I sent out my forms regarding packet 3 today! One step closer!!! Looks like I'll get an interview in December or January. *crosses fingers*