New member, Nick, saying Hi!

[NickTijs 18]

Hi everybody, I've been lurking around for quite a bit and asked plenty of questions through personal messages since I joined. I felt it was high time for an actual introduction.

My name is Nick and I currently live in the Netherlands. I met Kristen at my university in Utrecht (the Netherlands) that she was visiting on holiday. We started talking and we had an instant connection. I didn't ask for her number because I was afraid I would be too forward, and of course after a while we had to both go our separate ways. I felt stupid, all I knew was her first name. Luckily, there is such a thing as facebook, but I wasn't the only one thinking about that because as soon as I logged in I already had a friendship request from her.

The next couple weeks we kept talking over skype, whatsapp and facebook-chat nearly every hour that we were awake. I fell for her, hard. And she started to like me more every day too. We decided to become an item in June.
But of course it was a bit odd since, well, she's American and across the globe. So before long we booked the first flight, and started visiting each other as often as we could. Every time we'd see each other our feelings would only be confirmed; this is the real deal.

Fast forward to December, I won't hand out all the juicy details but I proposed! And she said yes!! I thought I couldn't be happier than right there and then. -But I could.

Last February we tied the knot. We got married in this cute little church in Ohio, it was amazing.
But.. I had to go back to the Netherlands quite soon afterwards since I was still in school and so is she.

We decided we would really want to live together, so we sent in the I-130 and we just got our NOA1 today.
Now the waiting starts, unfortunately haha!

Edited April 1, 2014 by NickTijs

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Hi Nick!

[Sirdaniel42 86]

Hello Nick and welcome to the forum, good luck with your visa journey.

[AlissaCarly 44]

Hi Nick, welcome to the forum and good luck with the wait! I'm in the Netherlands too and waiting for my NOA2. Hope the Dutch embassy is not too hard on us

[Pitaya 2,577]

Welcome to the forum.

[TBoneTX 45,469]

Welcome, Nick!

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Hi Nick, welcome to the forum.

[Novembro 1,763]

Hey Nick! Welcome to VJ and good luck!

[bigdog 376]

Welcome!

[Kaylara 814]

Hello NickTijs! (And AlissaCarly!) I hope that you have a smooth and quick ride through the USCIS and NVC. I wouldn't worry too much about the consulate in Amsterdam. I've dealt with them on multiple occasions when I lived in the Netherlands, and they're pretty awesome. (Also, you get to sit inside an old Dutch fireplace while you wait! Fun times!) Come say hi in the Dutch couples thread!

[Vickyandmacky 1]

Hi, my name is Veronique Paul, I'm new at visajourney.com.

I met my fiancé 2 years 7 months ago, I filed fiancé visa K-1 for him on February 19/2014 and received at USCIS on 2/21/2014 and received the Noa1 on February 27 2014.

I still waiting for the Noa2.

[Vickyandmacky 1]

Hi, my name is Veronique Paul, I'm new at visajourney.com.

I met my fiancé 2 years 7 months ago, I filed fiancé visa K-1 for him on February 19/2014 and received at USCIS on 2/21/2014 and received the Noa1 on February 27 2014.

I still waiting for the Noa2. Did somebody knows how long it take to receive the NOA2 please?

[amsterdamnurse 0]

Hey Nick!

Another Dutch member right here.

Lets hope for the best, because I really don't like not being with my husband!

Eline

[Vickyandmacky 1]

Hi everybody, I've been lurking around for quite a bit and asked plenty of questions through personal messages since I joined. I felt it was high time for an actual introduction.

My name is Nick and I currently live in the Netherlands. I met Kristen at my university in Utrecht (the Netherlands) that she was visiting on holiday. We started talking and we had an instant connection. I didn't ask for her number because I was afraid I would be too forward, and of course after a while we had to both go our separate ways. I felt stupid, all I knew was her first name. Luckily, there is such a thing as facebook, but I wasn't the only one thinking about that because as soon as I logged in I already had a friendship request from her.

The next couple weeks we kept talking over skype, whatsapp and facebook-chat nearly every hour that we were awake. I fell for her, hard. And she started to like me more every day too. We decided to become an item in June.

But of course it was a bit odd since, well, she's American and across the globe. So before long we booked the first flight, and started visiting each other as often as we could. Every time we'd see each other our feelings would only be confirmed; this is the real deal.

Fast forward to December, I won't hand out all the juicy details but I proposed! And she said yes!! I thought I couldn't be happier than right there and then. -But I could.

Last February we tied the knot. We got married in this cute little church in Ohio, it was amazing.

But.. I had to go back to the Netherlands quite soon afterwards since I was still in school and so is she.

We decided we would really want to live together, so we sent in the I-130 and we just got our NOA1 today.

Now the waiting starts, unfortunately haha!

Hi Nick welcome to the forum and good luck as well.

U kind of like me waiting for the great day!!!

[AlissaCarly 44]

Hello NickTijs! (And AlissaCarly!) I hope that you have a smooth and quick ride through the USCIS and NVC. I wouldn't worry too much about the consulate in Amsterdam. I've dealt with them on multiple occasions when I lived in the Netherlands, and they're pretty awesome. (Also, you get to sit inside an old Dutch fireplace while you wait! Fun times!) Come say hi in the Dutch couples thread!

Oooh I only just saw this now, sorry! Thanks Kaylara I found the thread. The fireplace sounds gezellig!