Waiting for a NOA2 from CSC for your I-129F?

[Jeraly 4]

Gah - politics - it's all a load of bush*t I can't stand it - it's a competition to decide who can lie the best!!!

Anyway - post midnight so am off to bed... no VJ in work though - they blocked it again today - boo!! Ah well - will have to get online tomorrow evening

Night guys!!

[u2rsobad 0]

he is, and he's unaware that obsequiousness will just see him off the next list altogether

So...that would be "no" on the beverage?

Okay, mox..I'm still celebrating our approval and on cloud 9 over here, so I'll take you up on STP's beverage Besides, it would be alcohol abuse just to toss it!

EXCELLENT!! Celebrating an NOA2...lessee...I think mimosa's all around are in order!

And since I don't know any Japanese toasts, a Russian toast will have to do. За дружбу! (To friendship!) May we all be reunited with our loved ones soon!

Thanks! (Although I'm celebrating our interview approval and him being here in a couple of weeks!) Most Japanese toasts I know of are long (they tend to get long-winded after a few ) So, the Russian toast is great!! To friendship!

[khengool 0]

I will call again in 2 days.

this is pretty standard, no?

This worked for me: Do call again in 2 days, making sure to reach an Immigration Officer. Ask him exactly where in the "Division" your file is. When he tells you, politely ask him to send an e-mail to the floor to ask the appropriate person to carry it to the next station.

This last is "talking their language," and the action is something that they can do for you. The request to send an e-mail is also a crucial part of keeping your file moving. Try it!

called again today.

the lady was nice.

she told me that our case was already assigned to an officer and that we should hear something soon.

i took your advice and asked her to send an email to the floor to see if they could get the application to the next station if it was done at the current one.

she said she could only send an email to the officer to let them know there was an inquiry.

I will call again tomorrow.

[u2rsobad 0]

Thanks! (Although I'm celebrating our interview approval and him being here in a couple of weeks!)

Oh criminy, I KNEW that! I've totally got NOA2 on the brain. I just can't seem to NOA2 without NOA2 NOA2 NOA2!

Most Japanese toasts I know of are long (they tend to get long-winded after a few ) So, the Russian toast is great!! To friendship!

Oh wait...isn't there one that sounds like "kam pai?" I have no idea what it means, I have a buddy that always says it when we have Saki.

Yes It means "cheers"

[u2rsobad 0]

Sooooooo...this is about the time where everyone gets home from work, logs on to their computer, discovers an approval email from CRIS, and cheerily announces it to VJ.

*ahem*

Riiiiiiiggggghhhhht...NOW!

* hears crickets chirping *

* watches tumbleweed blow by *

* soft cough from the audience *

Damn.

They're out checking their mailboxes first I didn't get an update from CRIS until long after we were approved, but I did get the NOA2 in the mail. Besides...no crickets out tonight..it's cold and we've had rain mixed with snow all day

Let's hear it! who got an NOA2 in the mail??

Edited January 30, 2008 by u2rsobad

[a-jeanne 2]

And since I don't know any Japanese toasts, a Russian toast will have to do. За дружбу! (To friendship!) May we all be reunited with our loved ones soon!

Here Here!!!!! *raising a glass of merlot* (still with a brownie clutched in other hand)

[Geico 0]

Congrats!!! Fei and Marc :dance:

[Igor&Elina 0]

Congrats!!! Fei and Marc :dance:

Yes! Congrats to Fei and Marc as well as Editha and Matthew!

[Igor&Elina 0]

(oh and bonus! I'm back up to 89!)

Well, so you are! But only on my list.

[Jeraly 4]

Sooooooo...this is about the time where everyone gets home from work, logs on to their computer, discovers an approval email from CRIS, and cheerily announces it to VJ.

*ahem*

Riiiiiiiggggghhhhht...NOW!

* hears crickets chirping *

* watches tumbleweed blow by *

* soft cough from the audience *

Damn.

In other good news... no CSC hasn't suddenly employed 10000 more staff... but our IT guys realised someone screwed up and blocked practically the whole internet... SO! I can still skive...I mean... "work" on VJ...

[snowfrostedlashes 0]

In other good news... no CSC hasn't suddenly employed 10000 more staff... but our IT guys realised someone screwed up and blocked practically the whole internet... SO! I can still skive...I mean... "work" on VJ...

Good to see you here

And at least there is some movement at CSC now... I'm thinking it will be quicker once they complete the backlog for July since lots of people filed to beat the fee increase (perhaps as a result fewer people filed in August and September?).

[Jeraly 4]

Maybe - I just don't understand why things have slowed down so much... maybe they were all working hard at the end of last year so they could get their bonus or somethign?!?!?

[Jeraly 4]

Yay!! Let's get the Junies and Julyers out of the way!!

[u2rsobad 0]

Congratulations to May filers Team J and B who got their NOA2 yesterday (after 243 days!) It's about time CSC woke up and finished the rest of the May filers! Edited January 30, 2008 by u2rsobad

[TBoneTX 48,232]

Yeah Tbone. I hope that all went well....

Well... we had The Talk. Your comments are welcomed, but please avoid quoting the whole thing below, si man, out of courtesy for bandwidth and fellow posters. If my evaluation of the situation is full of #######, please feel free to say same.

I was dimly aware before -- and, now, there's no doubt -- that I should have visited her earlier and more often. Because of the type of person she is (active, involved, hands-on), she could not sustain her feelings through just phone and e-mail, and now she has lost her enthusiasm for this kind of relationship, and, by extension, for the idea of marrying me. Her burning desire was never simply to come to the U.S. (She had indicated her dissatisfaction with the remote arrangement in the past, but I merely heard it and failed to LISTEN -- and, more important, to act.)

Her intent is to spend some time (a couple of years, she started off saying, but maybe less) finishing school and continuing with her business (which is doing well and is just what she needed). Had I visited more often, and had the infernal USCIS taken the more usual 4+ months instead of 6+, we'd have been doing well. She does not want to follow through on anything that would risk a short-term marriage being ended by divorce, meaning her arriving in the U.S. with doubts about being ready for a life here.

As usual, our conversation was mutually very respectful; her overriding concern was not to hurt me. She was very surprised, perhaps borderline-astonished, that I was not mad at all; I told her sincerely that my reaction was precisely because I DO love her enough to want what will be best for her, whether it includes me or not. Without prompting, she also admitted that she might, in the future, determine that she had made a terrible mistake by passing me up.

The door is slightly open, because (after I raised several variables about how to give her more time -- not a couple of years, but a number of months, all of which she was surprised to learn about) she volunteered that her feelings or her mind may change. In the meantime, however, we are officially on hiatus at best; we agreed to live our respective lives without expectation (pressure, as things stand) of daily contact, and see how we feel after time. I told her, and she agreed, that when the consulate ultimately sets an interview date, I would tell her of it, and she would be free to appear there or to tell me that it won't happen. (I didn't think to tell her that it is apparently possible to reschedule such appointments, for valid reason, almost indefinitely in 4-month increments. I must investigate this. However, maybe it is better simply to inform her of the consulate appointment when it is scheduled, and, if she wishes to attend it, to remind her that she would then have 6 months to act on the visa. She had assumed that action was required in 3 months.)

After our talk, and after telling her to be alert for stuff from me, I prepared what turned out to be a very thick DHL package with all of the things (cards, trinkets, clippings) that I had been saving for her. If things ultimately don't work out, I'll find a way to send her the remaining larger things that I retain. She didn't want me to go to the expense of a DHL, but I reminded her that the last regular mail (with fotos and a romantic card) didn't reach her, so she understood and appreciated this.

What has not changed: She remains exactly the classy human being that I perceived all along, and (when we WANT) we can communicate and agree/compromise better than perhaps 99.44% of all other couples. It would be beyond a crying shame to lose that, especially if her needs and concerns can be dealt with so that they can be met with me also in the picture. But, I'll wait awhile before suggesting anything, and I will emphasize that I will not need any answers immediately or even at all.

It remains to be seen whether her mind and feelings will change. Meanwhile, I will let her proceed with her business; I will let other thoughts and activities seep into what is probably the actual or pending raw chasm of my heart; and I will (at her suggestion earlier in the conversation) not automatically turn down social opportunities from female-type-women-of-the-opposite-sex (a triple redundancy?) if one of same is interested in me. (However, I don't plan to actively seek these.) And, I know that C. does NOT have anyone else, at her side or in mind.

Last night and today, I was and am feeling a combination of fairly clear acceptance and some numbness (or pre-assimilation of all factors and implications). However, my stomach is one of the biggest wrecks that it's been in recent memory -- quite a dichotomy between head and gut that I can't quite figure out. The only "wet eyes" have come when I consider what a sweetheart of a person she is.

I would NEVER let her stand in the rain.