Neetz

Sending our regards as well guys.

I second that!!!....major best wishes for this week.

Photomile guess what.....our petition did not go to NVC, Tommy has just been on to both VSC and NVC and they confirmed that it went directly from VSC to Dublin for visa issuance, they actually said Our application is not longer in the United States,and gave no other details....So i call Dublin get transferred to a call centre and they tell me that i just have to wait for the Embassy to contact me in "due course"!!! I don't know if i should be worried or excited, the due course bit is a little scary is that a week a month or longer. Anyway just wanted to let you know, and anyone else as i guess all NOA2's don't work the same. And now i can't really update my VJ timeline as yet.....

They all say that it'll be forwarded to the embassy or consulate. It will still go via NVC however

Cheers Photomile, just was a little confused, not knowing what to expect!

Guys i have a question regarding hard copy of NOA2,......

In the large box where they type and starts "The above petition has been approved"......what is usual for the rest of that sentence to read, that it has been sent to NVC or to the Consulate??? I ask because a sample i seen here on vj (2003 so it may have changed) says NVC but ours says Consulate and to contact the Consulate about visa issuance. I thought all had to go to NVC 1st, So not sure what to do, any ideas or help would be gr8.

Cheers!

After 161 days... RFE!!

OMG!!! i can't believe that , it sucks big time!! Hopefully it will be something easy to resolve......

haha so true about the park bench!

I know I know... I have those days when I am all positive and happy but recently it's all coming down to being depressed... The weather doesn't help (OMG is there ever gonna be a sunny week in Ireland again??) plus I haven't seen Terry in over 4 months now and it just gets to me now.. At this stage , even when I am approved I won't be celebrating anymore or I won't be happy,cause it feels like someone is doing me a big favor here that I will be ever approved!

I know! what is it like here with the weather, that alone would get you down! Being apart is so hard, i am in the same boat last seen Tommy in March, that is the longest time we have spent apart since we met and by the time he comes here it will be heading for 6mths, YUCK!! Is Terry coming over for your interview?? You know what you and I should meet up in Dublin and go for a few scoops or a few coffees pending on the mood??

How is my projected timeline gonna move back a whole month since when i joined this is just insane. I dont know they predict these but it needs to be adjusted.!!

Timeline is based on when the months/people before you get approved...VSC is on a serious go slow at the moment, we have no idea why, but many of the people who applied in Jan are now waiting more than 160 days, so not right. When they have called they get told that VSC is working on Jan 9th or Jan 23rd, nothing matches or makes sense. Prepare for a long wait cause if this go slow continues it will be more like 6mths+ than 5mths....sorry to be the bearer of bad news, may the force be with you!

Hope? 182 days? people keep talking about hope and faith etc... guys! we don't need hope or faith cause we know we will be approved! At this stage we just need to know WHEN!I know everyone means well but talking about believing, hoping and being strong isn't helping when we know you already have your approvals in your pockets and we are still waiting, most of us over 165 days now! ... I am extremely bitter right now like an old woman! At this very moment I am seriously thinking of dropping it all and just making my baby to move with me to Spain where I actually know for a fact I would be happy! I don't know if I want to move somewhere , where the government service is as poor as in my own country which I have left long time ago...

Sabi, I know it is unfair and unjust, but you CAN NOT give up now! Anything over the 5 mths is unbearable and i can totally understand why you would start to feel bitter but you have put so much into this process and given so much support to us all that you will be rewarded soon and NO WAY pull out, then they win... not you!! I believe you could be happy on a a park bench with your man but remember he would most likely have to go through all the same ####### to comply with EU laws and i dont think it would be any easier, just a thought!!

yay! finally got our noa2 today after 182 days :dance: i thought it will never happen.

Congrats.....excellent, gives others waiting some hope but 182 days wow that is just unreal!

The consulate in Montreal is on the ball right now. People are getting interviews within 5 - 6 weeks. However, summer is just starting, so who knows with holidays and vacation time. I will be happy if we can move by October 1st.

May the force be with you!!..........

I have two kids that are moving with me, my daughter is going into Grade 7 and my son is going into Grade 5.

My oldest daughter is 21 and she is staying in Canada (for now).

Yes it's hard to explain it... they know we are moving, they have known since January that it was official. My fiance came in February for a few weeks, and I flew down in May for a few weeks.(just myself)... but yes the long drive will be worth it. Good thing my kids love road trips. They enjoyed a month in Texas last summer, so they are excited to go again.

I just wish it was for good this time... oh well.. next time.

If you get NOA2 this week then maybe it could be for good, is Canada slow to give an interview date? Either way the end is in sight for your new life and it will be awesome!!!

Thanks Neetz I hope the timing works out for you!

We are so sick of waiting, we are planning a drive down there in 3 weeks to spend some of the summer with my fiance. But alas, will have to come back here and wait it out... I have the kids still enrolled in their Canadian school, so they will have to start school here and go until we can move.

I am sure like me you are worn out trying to explain this system to the kids, we can't understand it, how can they!!! How many kids have you? and are they middle or high school, mine are high school and i have 2. Wow that will be a long drive but it will be worth it to have some time together. I have not seen Tommy since March, but he will be coming to Ireland for my interview as soon as we get the date, i can't wait............

Thanks Sabi

I was wondering about that... if they batch them into groups like that. It sure would be nice to know, and yes I was hoping the kids could start school with the other kids, but that isn't going to happen. The school year in our school district in Texas starts August 27th.

Fingers, toes etc crossed .......for Texas Kids!! CT school year starts Aug 27th too, i am ready to step on a plane as soon as i have visa in hand even if it Aug 26th, we will just have to deal with the jet lag .....

Yes in the interview with the adjudicator he mentioned they like to process couples with kids as they get credit for EACH person , so approving one family with 2 kids is an extra those are processed sooner than others

I am happy you got approved now Neetz as at least your kids will be able to start school in September!

But here is hoping that so will Texas' kids too!

Thanks Sabi, i am feeling your pain, and everyone else's too, it sucks that it is not a fair system. It should be 1st come 1st served. I felt a little bad posting that we got approved when so many ahead of us were still waiting, but i figured you are all such a wonderful supportive bunch you would want to know and at least see that VSC is still working.

I am hoping that all the Jan filers get results this week and everyone can start planning their moves and lives, Jan filers deserve happy hearts and smiley faces!!

Looks like VSC takes about 6 weeks to make a decision on RFE

You got that right!!!, our RFE was May 7th, response review May 15th, NOA2 July 2nd.......

yay, congrats! i've been thinking about you and wondering when you'd hear! you were the first to give us all hope, so glad you finally got the good news!

Cheers Kittylondon......well we just got lucky i guess being that we were the very end of Jan, but we are so happy! I guess that fact that the RFE was not our mistake may have helped, who knows!! This process is heart wrenching and not for the weak. Now we just see how long it takes to get to Dublin, i hope to have my interview in Aug and get to the US for the start of the school year, my daughter would like to start with everyone not go in month or 2 later but it will be what is, and we will just have to go with that!

Hopefully you get your interview real soon, UK is different than Eire, we can do our medical etc before NOA2 or case number so we are good to go once Dublin send package 3, keep us posted on your journey......

congrats on your approval. Just a little concern about my self and others who filed before you. Its hard to imagine you filed end of Jan and worst even got an RFE but yet, approve before half of us here. Dont mistake me, im happy to know there is some activity but its hard to believe. Even CSC filers getting better treatment than us. I sense some form of injustice here.........we all wanna be with our significant others without having to worry about leaving them not knowing when next

congrats

Thanks, i know it hard to see others approved when they applied after you, and i know you are happy for me, but i do get your frustration it is understandable. The whole system is very strange, sabi said ages ago and i think she may have hit on something...that there are different groups i.e people where either party have never been married, divorced couples and then ones with kids. I fit into the divorced with kids pile so maybe that is why ours got looked at before earlier applications. Really there is no way to know how they do it. My RFE was a mistake on their part not ours so maybe that also had something to do with it. And it is hard not knowing, but it will happen for you guys...keep the faith and keep saying " if it worth having it is worth waiting for!".....

Thanks Guys....

i am really happy that is part is out of the way, Tommy and I have been together 5 yrs and the wait for this NOA2 was the hardest part of the whole relationship, it just consumed our conversations, trying to make plans that were impossible, it is such a relief. Having this forum to come to every day helped so much you all are a awesome bunch. I have everything crossed for those waiting that VSC will give you good news this week, everyone deserves the feeling of relief and happiness.

Yeah sabi it will be interesting to see how quick it moves from VSC to NVC and then to Dublin, maybe we will both be at interview together, that would be cool. I will keep you posted on the progress.

So come on VSC make all the Jan filers smile this week...they so deserve it!!

Ok Guys i have news......We just got APPROVED (YIpeeeeeee!!), at 16.30 US time....151 days since NOA1 and 48 days since RFE Response. I am still in shock, i had thought it would not happen til end of July or Aug, but we are thrilled. To all still waiting .....Hang in there it is coming when you least expect it!!

OMG!!!!....Our VJ timeline has just moved out to July 27th to Aug 6th.......any chance of my daughter being able to start school on time just gets further away by they day...this really sucks!!!

36 days since RFE response email.....................

I am literally on the phone with my Fiancée now. Jesus. 161 days. It finally happened. It finally finally happened!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!

Way to go!!! Thrilled for you....best news, congrats

29 days since RFE response email from VSC and not another peep!!!.......(just in case anyone thought maybe we got news) it sucks for all of us this waiting, our timeline has now run into July, God Grant Me Strength!!!!

To be honest, I don't think I do either. Being out of processing has just made me feel awful about the whole thing. I'd much rather just sit and enjoy the community that we have here and wait. I've done all I can for my petition, but I sincerely hope that every single person that's overdue does what I did. Maybe it'll kick em up the backside

Hang in there Photomile, it is coming, this week (still 2days left) i believe! And it will be sweet when it happens....keep the faith!!

Please God, I was JOKING!!! Woohoo, 1 week before 5 month!!

Post Decision Activity

On June 5, 2012, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

... WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR A NOA2?

Hell Yeah! you got it done!!!...the Best News......Congrats

Has ANYONE on here been approved or RFE'd??????

We were RFE'd on May 7th....responded and still waiting, 3wks today!!!