The Myth, the Legend, the NOA2

Yagisama · March 17, 2011

I was beginning to doubt the existence of the NOA2. Some days it felt like more of a myth. An old wives tale. Something parents use to bribe and coerce their kinds into being good and eating their vegetables. As in "if you're a good little boy, the USCIS elf fairy will bring you an NOA2 while you're sleeping."

Then it happened. I noticed a new email and for a few seconds I could not move. Shock had come over me and it took me a few seconds more to grasp what was going on. It felt like a cruel joke my eyes were playing on me. I read the lines at least five times. I had read the time countless times before. Somehow it read differently this time.

I always felt like I had missed something and that an RFE was certain. Over 50 picture of us from my 9 trips to Japan and her 3 trips to California. Copies of numerous boarding passes, Shinkansen receipts, visa stamps. I even included a receipt from a coke I got at Narita airport. Yet the feeling that something was missing was always hovering like a specter.

All that is a distant dream now. There are now reports that US Citizens are being encouraged to evacuate Tokyo and Yokohama due to elevated radiation levels. Not sure how this will affect our interview process. But we have much bigger things to worry about. Still, it's so great to finally have the NOA2.

crystal01 · March 17, 2011

Wow! Congrats :dance:

John+Lourdelie · March 17, 2011

Congrats to you :dance: :dance: :dance:

John

Milushka · March 17, 2011

Congratulations wohooo !!!!

fixed6373 · March 17, 2011

Congratulations!!!

Andy and Pui · March 17, 2011

Yagisama, CONGRATS! I kind of did the same thing when I got my noa2. I was on the phone talking to Pui and I logged onto the uscis website and read the page a few times before it registered to me that we had gotten our noa2. I then tried talking but Pui could not understand me because I was so excited. Good luck with the rest of your journey.