miranda

i do remember your first posting about jumping the gun. Glad you realize that is was a mistake on your part.

Not sure what being a nam vet and a tax payer has to do with you having to wait in line with everyone else in the southern and western parts of the united states, but i would advise you to wait until you really have something to vent about like if your are on your 4th month without an noa2. Maybe if instead of focusing on yourself, you would instead focus on your blessings.

1) you are well enough off that 170 dollars is nothing to you

2) vietnam i believe is relatively quick to get an interview, unlike if your loved one was in dominican republic - it takes a year to get an interview once they recieve an approved petition.

blaming illegal aliens for a slow government system will do no good. I think you shoudl direct your "anger" in more positive directions. Write a letter to your loved one. Maybe start planning for your new life. And save your anger for when it really is approprate ( i.e. if the visa were to be denied).

Or if you want just sit around the house with your high blood pressure level not getting you anywhere

Rye, it seems like everytime I see you comment to somebody you're telling them WHEN they should get upset. People have different limits and VJ is the place to vent no matter what part of the journey you are on or how long you wait. Instead of telling others where to focus their anger (in more positive places), I feel you could focus on making your posts more positive and supportive. Not all here were lucky enough to have the speedy process that you did.

Congratulations! I know that is a relief. Let's all pray for speedy approvals.

Congratulations! *SIGH* I am so jealous of those of you going through Vermont .

I woke up this morning and like every morning checked my email to see if there was a notice from CSC!

Nothing, nada!

I logged into the USCIS website and nothing there either!

At 4pm I walked out to my mailbox and checked my mail and there was my NOA-2. I rmust have read it three times with disbelief but it was here in my hands! I am exstatic! My fiance is sound asleep now but I can't wait to hear her reaction when I tell here the news tomorrow!

So here is another case where the notification arrives with no updates or emails to the case on the website.

NOA-1 dated 11/4/2005 and our NOA-2 was approved on 2/6/2006!

Because we did all the paperwork without a lawyer I was beginning to think that I would receive an RFE or an Administrative Review. Now onto the NVC!

I wish you all the very best and hope that everyone here gets their approval soon!

bbernard

Now it's time to update your timeline! Looks like your date was way off and so are the rest of ours .

Irish, I understand how you feel. Even though some people on here want to tell you to calm down and that you haven't waited that long I would do exactly what you're doing. When they are 30 days past your NOA1 recieved date they tell you to contact them. If they are unable to locate your case or something has happened which they don't realize then your questioning them will bring it to the forefront. If you don't call and you wait 90 more days so that you have waited as long as the rest of us then you could just be waiting 90 days and they'll have no clue your case was even missing. I support your looking into it and I understand why you're worried. Don't let anyone else on here get you down.

Can you add my case to your list? My NOA1 was recieved at the CSC on December 20, 2005

I agree with everyone else Irish. It's ridiculous. Of course I wish I was being processed in Vermont, but that's how the chips fall. If I were and they were overdue I'd be calling. I will be calling if my petition is 30 days overdue and I know there are people on here who have been waiting longer than me.

Congratulations. I do the same thing; check everyday, not really expecting much but hoping a lot.

Congratulations Karen!!! December is still a long way off, but I get excited just to see the CSC moving.

I don't know what that means since I'm new to this process, but I'll be praying for you. I know this must have been a hard email to recieve.

I understand what you're going through. My fiance is from the UK and he's concerned about his parents. We've decided to go through the fiance visa because the spousal visa requires you to be apart after you're married. I knew that it would be harder for me to be married to him and be separated than to be engaged and separated. I'm not sure why that is. However, I think this is probably an individual decision.

I know this has nothing to do with your post, but my mom's name is Robin Brown. It caught my eye and for a second I thought my mom had joined the forum when I read that you're not goig through the immigration process. LOL

I'm the same way. My whole life is stressful right now so I find myself sick a lot. I'm a teacher and it's my first year so all day I'm stressed out and I come home to the immigration stuff. Hopefully this will all be done in 3 months.

We talked about that and have decided that it is an option if we absolutely have to. But we'd both kind of feel the big ceremony after wouldn't mean much to either of us if we were already married. I know it seems silly to feel that way, but I can't help it. I wish we would just go ahead and get approved and I could have what I want lol.

I understand how you feel...Joel and I have been waiting nearly 90 days for our NOA2. I'd love to plan something as well. I'm an assistant teacher and our school year starts about the same time. Although I am glad we're already in the system, I do wish I had something definate to go by. Everyone at school asks when the wedding is, when is he going to be here, what's taking so long...etc. Wish I had an answer. What I have done, however, is : pick out my dress, we've discussed what kind of ceremony we want, to honeymoon immediately or wait, where we'd like to go on said honeymoon. I'm going to make our invitations...much less expense that way (I do calligraphy). So you could practically plan everything except date and reserving a location.

Wish I could be of more help....good luck with the process.

I know what you mean about everyone asking. I get asked by someone everyday and I think my frustration shows a little more each day. It's like a catch 22, I love talking about the wedding, patrick and everything else; but I hate the fact that we're so uncertain about the immediate future. I'm a planner, I always have been. I've planned my future years in advanced; I always knew exactly what my goals were and how to attain them. This has totally thrown me off and it's so unsettling to sit in such an uncertain place.

Yep....I am a planner too...and this has thrown me off kilter in a major way! The thing that gets me through this is knowing this is only a temporary situation...we'll get our comfort zone back eventually. I suppose this has been good, in a way...its teaching me some patience, and how to cope when I can't plan anything.

I just noticed you're from Georgia. I am too. Don't know why I decided to post that, just thought you might be down the road from me and I wouldn't know it. LOL

We talked about that and have decided that it is an option if we absolutely have to. But we'd both kind of feel the big ceremony after wouldn't mean much to either of us if we were already married. I know it seems silly to feel that way, but I can't help it. I wish we would just go ahead and get approved and I could have what I want lol.

I understand how you feel...Joel and I have been waiting nearly 90 days for our NOA2. I'd love to plan something as well. I'm an assistant teacher and our school year starts about the same time. Although I am glad we're already in the system, I do wish I had something definate to go by. Everyone at school asks when the wedding is, when is he going to be here, what's taking so long...etc. Wish I had an answer. What I have done, however, is : pick out my dress, we've discussed what kind of ceremony we want, to honeymoon immediately or wait, where we'd like to go on said honeymoon. I'm going to make our invitations...much less expense that way (I do calligraphy). So you could practically plan everything except date and reserving a location.

Wish I could be of more help....good luck with the process.

I know what you mean about everyone asking. I get asked by someone everyday and I think my frustration shows a little more each day. It's like a catch 22, I love talking about the wedding, patrick and everything else; but I hate the fact that we're so uncertain about the immediate future. I'm a planner, I always have been. I've planned my future years in advanced; I always knew exactly what my goals were and how to attain them. This has totally thrown me off and it's so unsettling to sit in such an uncertain place.

I'm dying to start planning my wedding, however, I'm wondering how some of you are planning yours without knowing anything definite? I want a July wedding because I'm a teacher and my school year starts July 28th. The wedding needs to be before that. However, I can't guarantee Patrick will be here by then. I want to go ahead and secure a location and start doing all the invitations and planning everything. I'm so frustrated sitting in this limbo not knowing whether to start and just take my chances he'll be here or wait and possibly miss out on everything I could plan in a longer period of time.

Wow Congratulations. I know that makes all of us a lot happier.

I made a post like this just a couple days ago. I know how you feel. We all do. This feels like the longest process in the world. Hang in there.

Congratulations!

Thanks for all the support. I try to talk to Patrick as much as possible, but I teach all day and because of the time difference by the time I get off work he's already at work (he works night shift). So we wait all week until the weekend where I unload and cry lol. He's really being supportive. I don't think he really realized what he was getting into, me trying to get all the immigration stuff together and trying to be a first year teacher. But he's so supportive of everything and he hurts as much as me... he just doesn't cry as much. LOL

Can I just say how frustrated I am? Patrick and I have been dating 4 1/2 years. We knew for about 3 of those years we wanted to get married but we waited until I was out of college to get engaged. Now that we are I'm frustrated at the long wait. I went to Scotland to visit him this past Christmas, but after coming back I've been completely depressed. I know some of you have been waiting longer than me for this form, but I've been living without him for a REALLY long time and I think that's what's pushing my depression over the wait. Sorry, I just needed to vent. I know you guys are waiting a long time too.

How do I get put on the list? I'm was forwarded to the CSC and my NOA1 date is December 20. I'd just like to see where I rank.

Does anyone know how to get to the place on my timeline that estimates when my case will be adjudicated? I used to be able to pull that up but now I can't find it for the life of me. I like looking at it since it's an average of what others are getting.

Thanks

How often do the service centers update their processing times? I saw that the CVC just updated on the 24th. The I-129F date stayed the same so I'm awaiting their next update.