lalaalexandra

So middle of last week I got an email saying we were being sent an RFE :-( So I just figured we'd wait til it showed up and then send in whatever we needed to, but I just got back from work tonight and I have another email from USCIS telling me that they approved our application :-s Well confused now. Whatever. Yay :-)

Hmm this is interesting, and smart on your part lol. So yours ended in 70 and you were recently approved. Well my receipt number ends with 81... hopefully that means VERY SOON! Congrats btw (Matt)

I don't want to be the one to point this out but this ..."googled, on 26 June 2011 - 01:34 AM, said:

I knew mine had to be close. About a month ago, I went to my account on the USCIS website and in my portfolio I started putting in receipt numbers that were before and after mine. My receipt number ended in 70 so I just put in my number and with it ending in 69 and if this was a K1 petition I added it to my portfolio. Then I did it for 68 and the rest of them until I had about 15 before mine. And then I did it in reverse and did the ones after mine. Last week a few of then ones before mine got approved and then this week one before and a couple after got approved. So I know mine had to be close. I figures at that point it was just sitting on someones desk waiting to be gone through. So happy to be on to the next steps. Working on the relationship evidence now. There are lots of emails to go through." ... is not clever or smart. It is extremely, extremely illegal. And if anyone on this forum has done this, or is doing this, or is thinking about doing this then you should stop doing it immediately.

When you log on to the USCIS this message comes up "YOU HAVE CONNECTED TO A U.S. GOVERNMENT COMPUTER. IF YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS THIS SYSTEM, DISCONNECT NOW. All attempts to access and use this system and/or its resources are subject to keystroke monitoring and recording. Everyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such reveals possible evidence of criminal activity or abuse of authority, the information will be reported to authorities for action. Unauthorized access attempts or use in excess of documented authority may subject you to a fine and/or imprisonment in accordance with Title 18, USC, Section 1030 or administrative penalties or dismissal." Trust me when I say getting updates from a case that is not yours is definitely unauthorised access.

I know we're all anxiously waiting for news and it makes it easier if we have something to check, but accessing a USCIS account that isn't yours is a serious, criminal offense. Okay, just my two cents.

My fiance left last night :-( I hate airports. So much. I used to love them, I used to associate them with adventure and travel and excitement and new experiences, but now I just associate them with pain and loss and hysterical crying. I managed to keep it together this time, only crying when he told me he loved me and that he couldn't wait to marry me and that he promises to always cook sweet potato for me :-) The first time we parted when I left America I was crying so hysterically that the airline staff asked me if I would like a wheel chair :-( Not my finest moment. He told me he's try to get back here as soon as possible, but I know that's unlikely to happen. He has responsibilities and he's starting a new job in September, one he worked really, really hard for, and I don't want him to jeopardize it, plus we have to save up money *sigh* Unfortunately all the practical thinking in the world can't stop that sinking feeling in my stomach when I realise I probably wont see him til I got over to America to get married :-(

That would be nice! My husband (he will be then!) will be working during the day and we're going to have a bunch of free time on our hands before we get adjustment of status! Plus, we're going to be strangers in a big city who know no one else :-s Will be good to have a friendly face.

I'll be in New York City. Which is weird because my fiance currently lives in Texas (well I guess currently he's in Australia with me but you know what I mean) We met in Texas, I've lived there for a year and gone back from two 3 month trips but now he's finished his PhD and gotten a job at NYU we're moving there. I feel like all my traveling to America has been useless coz I'm still going to be in a new strange place when I finally move there for good! Oh well. I've been to NY twice, but only for a few days just on random road trips we took. It's a bit scary, but mostly exciting, New York is like just one of those places that everyone seems to want to be! I guess I'll get to explore quite a bit in the next three years :-s

Stop BS'ting people w/ your 'good intentions of encouragement'. If I saw my case# on your screenshots you published here, I would immediately report you to the USCIS. Period.

Word.

grats!!!!!!!!! you guys look like a bunch of rockers XD *points the second guy from left in the 2nd picture* hahaha his tshirt

Hahah, yeah, that's my brother! Our Mom's were NOT too happy about him wearing it Made me laugh though It was a super awesome day though. I realised that my ex best friend is quite possibly my soul mate and now have to win her back so she will be the maid of honour at my wedding, and one of my closest friends said she wasn't coming until 3pm (the party started at 11am and finished at 4pm) and when another friend txt her and said she should forget about bringing any food and just come over as quick as possible coz we'd rather just have her company she said that if 3pm wasn't good enough then she wasn't going to come at all because she had better things to do with her day anyway :-s It's weird how things turn out sometimes. I guess when push comes to shove you find out who wants to be a part of your life and future and who does not.

Good news! Engagement party = Huge success :-) Here's a picture or two so you can all feel included! Hope everyone else had a weekend as wonderful as mine! With more days like these our NOA2's will come in no time!

My fiance arrived two weeks ago and today is our engagement party! I'm kind of freaking out. Which is ridiculous coz it's not like I'M the one who has to meet all these new people! I invited my ex-best friend of 9 years with whom I haven't spoken in a year and a half :-s She's never met my fiance and it just felt weird that she would never meet him, therefore invited. So who even knows how this is going to turn out. I'm also really excited though. My Mom just moved back to Perth, so we went shopping for brightly coloured party supplies! And she's making punch in a bright pink mini rubbish bin bought specifically for this purpose!

I'm so excited that my fiance is getting to meet all my friends and family :-) He's so friendly. Way more friendly than me so he deals 10x better with these situations than I would if the situation was reversed! I feel this need to show him to everyone since I'm going to be leaving to good and I want to keep in contact with people and it just seems weird to spend the rest of my life talking about a husband they've never even met!

Anyway, in Visa Journey news, I know it's not official and all, but my Estimated dates have moved up about 2 months since I started recording all the numbers! Yay for that. Progress. At least it looks like progress which for all of us who have spent hours upon hours on Visa Journey will probably know is sometimes the same thing.

Alright! Now I must create an ipod play list for the party! Wonderful! Have a great day fellow March Filers!

In terms of anniversaries and birthdays and so on, we've actually been really lucky to be together for all our anniversaries so far :-) For the birthdays that we've been separated, at least for mine, I've come home from work/school to find a huge bouquet of lilies on my door step :-) I'll send him books or other things I think he'll love :-) Last time I saved up and bought him a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue Label and had it engraved with the words 'True Love stories never have endings'(This was before we were engaged, but now it seems more fitting) :-)

Mar 03 2011 - Sent I-129F package to Dallas Lockbox

March 09 2011 - NOA1

May 23 2011 - NOA2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Congratulations! This is amazing :-)

Yeah, why do people think that long distance is romantic? I tell people how long we've been together and how long we've been doing the long distance thing and there's one of two responses 'No way I could go without sex for that long!' or 'Awwww, it's so romantic that the two of you love each other so much that you can do that. He must love you a lot."

No! It's not romantic. Nothing about long distance is romantic, or fun, or a situation that you want to be jealous of. It's hard, and exhausting and frustrating. It's everything you DON'T want to add to your relationship. And even if you're NOT fighting, you're still not together. I think movies and books have made people vastly underestimate just how romantic it is to be able to wake up and eat toast in bed with the person you love. Or go to CVS and buy more shampoo. THOSE are the kind of romantics things I want. I think just being able to wake up next to the person we love is about the most romantic thing we can think of. And I think we'd all much prefer THAT to an email that says how much they love and miss us.

Haha, that clearly hit a nerve :-s

Eeee! My fiance gets here in 4 more days! Finally. He's coming over here for three weeks to 'propose officially' The whole get down on one knee, diamond ring deal and have our engagement party! I'm so excited. It's always good to have something else to count down to, so that way we can focus on something other than Igor's List :-s

Ergh, I'm sort of a list person, so I have a notebook with lists and lists where I write down the amount of unapproved K1's for Vermont for each given month and I update it every day to see how many people have been approved, and what our new dates are and where we are on the list. I know it's ridiculous because we've only just started the process but even seeing the numbers continually go in the right direction helps calm me down and not stress as much!

4 days! I CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD HANDS AND EAT HOT DOGS!!!

I think it's weird that you live in Texas but your petition was sent to Vermont?

I'm pretty sure all K-1 visas from Texas get sent to Vermont. That's where my fiance is from and that's where ours went.

I didn't even realise that a fiance would be considered an immediate relative. You aren't married yet, so there is no legal connection :-s I obviously don't have any experience here so my advice might not be useful, but I would just tell them that since you guys weren't married you did not consider your fiance to be a relative, immediate or otherwise.

Normally, I check the forum out and then limit myself to checking Igor's list twice a day...lol...still alot I know. It is exciting to see how VSC is picking up the pace though...I check the approximate date of NOA2 on my timeline too, but I limit that to once a day...lol

Oh the approximate date changes on our timeline? I had no idea! Oh man, now that's another thing to check!! Haha, to be honest, at least it's something to do you know? Coz this is the worst part. The waiting. Where you can't do anything! I want to try to organise my police reports but then I keep thinking, well what is our NOA2 doesn't come for ages and then they aren't valid anymore :-s Ergh. Luckily my lovely fiance bought his plane ticket 2 days ago so he'll be here in a month to 'officially' propose, well, get down on one knee and give me a ring anyway It'll be so great to be able to hold hands with him again. Haha, out of everything that's what I miss the most this second, how weird.

Eeek! Also got my NOA1 in April :-s I half wish I'd never found Igor's List, I feel like all I do these days is refresh that page to see how quick Vermont is going Good luck to all of us!