Hi from Ontario

[shann76 0]

Hi everyone. i'm so glad i found this site, i only wish i had found it a long time ago. i have been reading about everyones cases and it gives me hope. Let me give u my background:

I met my hubby online,by a fluke, playing online games-nodating websites,no intention of finding anyone. That was about Sept.2004... I flew to Louisiana to meet him on dec.21.2004...and he proposed christmas day!! I knew he was the one, i honestly did, the first week we talked. Anyways...i came back to canada, anxious to go back and see him. We married in April 2005,my 10 yr old daughter and his 4 yr old daughter were the flower girls. Our bliss was shortlived however, as my daughter was denied re-entry to the US in aug 2005,as we hadnt done our homework. We were extremely naive in thinking that all we had to do was be married and we would live happily ever after, not realizing that it doesnt mean a thing, that u still have to go thru the paperwork and the long drawn out process.

Well,when they wouldnt let my daughter back because we hadnt done any paperwork, my heart broke into a million pieces, I kick myself daily for not doing the research. 2 weeks after she was denied entry, i left the love of my life and came back to canada. We immediately contacted USCIS, to find out what to do, and they told us to file an I-130, which we did in sept 2005, for both my daughter and myself. I honestly cant remember exact dates for everything, this whole process is so confusing. My husband flew up here in November 2005, and afew days after he got here, we welcomed the early arrival of our son, on the US thanksgiving day. Hubby left a couple weeks later, and ever since then, ever couple of months or so, i fly down to LA for an 8 week visit with our son. my daughter stays here with my parents so she can go to school. In May of 2006, my husband came here and we filed a report of birth abroad report at the embassy in Toronto. We have a big certificate for it, and as far as i know, the baby has dual citizenship, and nothing more needs to be done with him.

Right now we are at the point where i have the ds-230 forms here to send in, I am just waiting to recieve my police check and long form birth certificate so i can mail them in with it. Our process seems so long compared to everyone elses, this has been over a year already for us. We did have some delays though, such as i had to order the long form birth cert. for my daughter-i only had the wallet size one. I didnt know we would need a long form one, and same as myself, i didnt know they would want one for me as well. Plus we had a delay when they requested a copy of her custody papers. Geez i wish i had found this site a year ago, i would have been able to find out everything they needed and avoided these delays.

Anyways, i talk too much.I am just so incredibly lonely, i cry every single day about this, I have been back a month today from seeing my hubby last, and am unsure about when i will see him again. He would like to come here to see us, when he gets time off work again, probably the end of oct-beginning of november. but we dont know if he should. i know once i sent the ds-230 forms back, they will be setting up an interview in montreal right? but we have no idea when that will be, or if he needs to come with me for it or not. And our sons birthday is nov 24, and i was so hoping to be in LA for it, was hoping to gomed november for 8 weeks, that way we have US thanksgiving and xmas together, but again, don't know when the interview will be.

Im sorry I will stop now, if you have read this far, i thank you. I am so lonely and depressed, but im glad i found this forum and others who are going thru the same thing. I need to get some tissue andsplash some water on my face.

[Leafgal 3]

Welcome to VJ. Sorry to hear all the hurdles you have had during the process. I hope you do get an interview soon so you and your family can all be together.

[shann76 0]

Welcome to VJ. Sorry to hear all the hurdles you have had during the process. I hope you do get an interview soon so you and your family can all be together.

Thank you, that means alot to me

[kirk and Jenny 0]

Welcome, you found the right place. I wish I had found it early on in the process. It is good you are a canuck and can visit here. My wife is Filipino and can't.

[Peggy 1]

Welcome to VJ.

I hope you are reunited with your hubby son

[shann76 0]

Welcome, you found the right place. I wish I had found it early on in the process. It is good you are a canuck and can visit here. My wife is Filipino and can't.

Thank you for the welcome-why cant she visit?

Also,sorry to be such a newbie, but was does NOA and "touched" mean?

Welcome to VJ.

I hope you are reunited with your hubby son

Thank you so much for your kind words. It is so refreshing to FINALLY find people who understand what we are going thru.

[snz1802 0]

Hi and welcome to VJ, Good Luck on your Process

[mercy 1]

Hi from a fellow Ontarian. My fiance and I were really naive going through this whole process too, which caused us some set backs as well. VJ has been more help than I can say. You'll find lots of information here, but also tons of support from--like you said--people who actually understand! I hope your interview comes quickly so your family can be together again.

[Kaitie64 0]

Your case sounds almost identical to ours. I have a daughter and we have a son together and also had to go through so many delays because we didn't realize all that was involved in getting us all across to live with my husband. It took us a year and a half to finally move to the US, which took place just two weeks ago. So it does come to an end, hang in there. I know it's difficult while you are going through it and I thank God for this site and wish I had found it much earlier in our process too. The support and information you will find here is invaluable. We all know what you are going through and are here if you need to unload or ask questions. Good luck and I hope you get to see your hubby soon {{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}

[Mew 0]

Also,sorry to be such a newbie, but was does NOA and "touched" mean?

First of all, welcome!

NOA means Notice of Action and "touched" means that someone's working on your case at USCIS. You can find out about touches if you set up an account in their website and then log into it.

https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp - case status portfolio would be the choice to get to know when you've been touched.

[*Robert* 2]

Welcome to VJ and Good Luck with your journey!

[jo&john 1]

Hi...welcome to VJ!

[Karly-n-Bruce 0]

Hi and Welcome to VJ from another fellow Ontarian.

[lynamon 0]

Welcome, I'm also a fellow Ontarian .. I wish you a speedy journey home

[CarolineM 0]