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Here is the situation --- My husband got his Waiver approval on October 18th, I was sent the official letter instead of him and it arrived about a week later --- My husband was given a letter to gain access back into ton Vancouver Embassy upon Waiver Approval, They told us just bring the letter along with the waiver approval letter on any open day of the embassy -- we already had the fingerprints taken back in March when the initial interview took place so we felt we were set ---
So, since we had has so many lumps and bumps in the road to getting this far I though I would superceed any future bumps by calling the Vancouver Embassy which I was guided to "if" and ony "if" we had further questions. So, I did, they then told me that the Vancouver Embassy had not been notified of my husbands waiver approval and that we were to wait till they got the physical package in the mail from Vermont.
The problem with all this is that my husband is a UK Citizen and because we were married in Canada that is where this process has to take place. So, upon getting the letter and along with the coordination that my husband had to do to close up all his home items in England and quit his job he purchased an airplane ticket to fly to Vancouver from Manchester England on the 26th of November with hopes of arriving at the Embassy on the morning of the 27th to get his Visa Stamp --- with only a week left for possible transfer of the package and the holidays in the middle of all this It will have been 6 weeks by then --- we may be looking at finding some cheep lodging for him while he waits out the time for the package to be delivered to Vancouver from Vermont --- isnt it funny how we have to use overnight mail and sucure ways of getting information to them and they cannot do us the same service to make sure our precious paperwork gets back to the Embassy in a trackable fashion --- I have gotten our Senators office involved and tried to contact Vermont, we have gotten nothing and the Senators office is not gettin too much either --- So, we are looking at likely more money being spent while my husband waits in Vancouver for the package to arrive from Vermont to Vancouver --
So, first does anyone know just how slow the Mail is in Canada --- and then does anyone know of some inexpensive lodging or a room someone might like to rent out while my husband waits out the process up there.
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Here is the situation --- My husband got his Waiver approval on October 18th, I was sent the official letter instead of him and it arrived about a week later --- My husband was given a letter to gain access back into ton Vancouver Embassy upon Waiver Approval, They told us just bring the letter along with the waiver approval letter on any open day of the embassy -- we already had the fingerprints taken back in March when the initial interview took place so we felt we were set ---
So, since we had has so many lumps and bumps in the road to getting this far I though I would superceed any future bumps by calling the Vancouver Embassy which I was guided to "if" and ony "if" we had further questions. So, I did, they then told me that the Vancouver Embassy had not been notified of my husbands waiver approval and that we were to wait till they got the physical package in the mail from Vermont.
The problem with all this is that my husband is a UK Citizen and because we were married in Canada that is where this process has to take place. So, upon getting the letter and along with the coordination that my husband had to do to close up all his home items in England and quit his job he purchased an airplane ticket to fly to Vancouver from Manchester England on the 26th of November with hopes of arriving at the Embassy on the morning of the 27th to get his Visa Stamp --- with only a week left for possible transfer of the package and the holidays in the middle of all this It will have been 6 weeks by then --- we may be looking at finding some cheep lodging for him while he waits out the time for the package to be delivered to Vancouver from Vermont --- isnt it funny how we have to use overnight mail and sucure ways of getting information to them and they cannot do us the same service to make sure our precious paperwork gets back to the Embassy in a trackable fashion --- I have gotten our Senators office involved and tried to contact Vermont, we have gotten nothing and the Senators office is not gettin too much either --- So, we are looking at likely more money being spent while my husband waits in Vancouver for the package to arrive from Vermont to Vancouver --
So, first does anyone know just how slow the Mail is in Canada --- and then does anyone know of some inexpensive lodging or a room someone might like to rent out while my husband waits out the process up there.
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Your profile indicates CR-1/IR-1. There is no AOS, or EAD involved, they are applied in cases like K-3, or K-1 visa.
CR-1/IR-1 visa is an immigrant visa and generates a Green Card shortly after entering the USA, which authorizes work. If you checked on the DS-230 form that you will need a SS number one also should be generated and sent to you. IF a SS card is not generated all that is needed is to visit SSA office with green card and apply for it.
no our profile does not state we are doing the CR-1/IR-1 --- we applied for a K3 --- got married, filed the 1-130 then applied for the I-129 under family unity act to get him here faster --- did not follow the 1-130 due to needing to apply for the i-601 so we are told that yes we do have to apply for AOS once he gets here ---
All I wanted to know is what do I do first --- so if anyone has done the K3 and then AOS, what do you do first --- having had been married prior to coming to the US --
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I want to do some prework while my husband is getting things closed out in England. If I can have most of the forms filled out and ready to submit after he gets here it should speed things up once he gets here---
I need to know what do we do first. I looked at the form I 485 and on it it asks for SS# and A Number --- do you have to have both, does that mean you apply for the SS# first and then apply for the EAD and The AOS at the same time -- do you need to get your Drivers Licence in order to get the SS#? All this is somewhat confusing when you look at the forms --- my Husband would like to get a job as soon as he can doing whatever we can ahead so we dont waste precious time.
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I would definetly send them --- make copies for yourself before you send them though --
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likely not, if there is more than one item on your record you do not have to and especially if he was a minor -- He should be fine --- My husband and I just received our Waiver and trust me we did the homework --- you will be fine if the police report shows exactly what you said ---
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ktmmansgal could you please email me the info so I can contact Vermont. I would love to be able to talk to someone about our case rather than the consulate which has been unhelpful period. We know our case was recentely forwarded but we have heard nothing. The really stupid thing was Montreal held onto our case from February to September when they finally forwarded it to DHS. I'd love to hear some good news soon but that's like holding out for the winning jackpot numbers. Thanks
I have listed a detailed process to follow to contact the Vermont Service Center. Call when your case in outside the 90 day window past your NOA for your I-601 - After you have spoken to the Customer Service Agent you will be directed not to call for another 30 days --- sometimes I would call closer than that, sometimes not --- sometimes they were nice, sometimes not --- I always say what you will get all depends upon your approach --- if the answer you get is something like it is Pending just ask, Where in the pending process is it --- because there are several steps it needs to go through --- to get to the officers desk that will make the decision on your case ---
1-800-375-5283
listen to a few words then select (1)
listen to a few words then select (2)
listen to a few words then select (2)
listen to a few words then select (6)
listen to a few words then select (1)
Key in your complete receipt number for your I-601
this number should begin with EAC
Make sure you listen to the entire recording to the end and then when the recording goes into a selection mode again, (yes even after the recording says the Service Center has no other information than the information you have just heard) then
listen to a few words and select (3)
listen to a few words and select (2)
listen to a few words and select (1)
at this point you will hear a recording that states you have reached the Vermont Service Center and you will be connected to the next VSC Customer Support Representative --
When you get a person make sure you state your situation and that you are the petitioner of the original Visa petition - on the Waiver you are not really supposed to get information because you are not considered the petitioner but your spouse or fiance is of the actual I-601 --- but they have given me information when I ask the right questions. The story line was in direct connection with what actually ended up happening --- that was refreshing --
At the end of your call they will ask you not to call again for 30 days and with your timeline it appears you are certainly in line for some current "real" status -- they have access electronically to your case at least the tracking system which gives you some information on the step of the process your case in in ---
Here is the simplified process (I gave the detailed process above because in the past, several people have tried to call and were unsuccessful when they didn't wait for a few words to be spoken before they keyed in the next number in the series ---)
1-800-375-5283
1 then 2 then 2 then 6 then 1
Reciept # to the end of the recording
then 3 then 2 then 1
(you have now reached the Vermont Service Center)
I hope this helps
Feel free to email me for more information of some specific questions to ask --- but this usually is dependant upon the type of response they give you --- do not accept the word Pending --- you already know that ---
Good Luck
Cindy
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Drumbroll please...........................
We got our letter today and we were APPROVED.
thank you thank you thank you. I can finally breath again.
I'll come back later but right now I can't sit still.
Vicky
Vicky, we received an e-mail and it stated that the letter would be coming soon, what are the instructions on the letter, My husband has to fly to Vancouver from UK to get the stamp in his visa and cross the border in BC to Washington State where we will live --- he was wondering if you have to make an appointment and if those instructions are on the letter ---
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Thanks all of you --- Great for Vicky too --- as for getting any touches or information out of Vermont - we got nothing that way --- the direct line I called somewhat regularly gave me a storyline that was consistent with what actually happened --- my husband called the regular help line last Friday because The direct line menu in the automated system had changed -- he was told that it would likely be another year -- don't believe that ( I certainly did not want to) --- I never received the same answer from anyone at any level on the general information line. If anyone needs the phone line to Vermont just let me know - I figured it out on Monday and the gal I spoke to told me that our case was being directed to an officer to work and was in transit at that very moment -- So as it looks, they got it, worked it and best of all "approved it" --- yooo hoooo!!!!! Now we get to move to the AOS Support Forum --- and hope Seattle moves quicker than it has been lately ---
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I can hardly believe it --- I was speaking to my husband tonight on the phone while he was getting ready for work and out of no where he said, "are you sitting down" I was lying down --- he had just jumped on his computer to check his e-mail and he had not one but three letters from the DHS stating that our I-601 case had been approved out of Vermont --- What a happy day --- now we can start to live a normal life by that I mean one that is together ---
What we need to know now is, what to do next, we know we have to have the official letter from them in hand but do we call the consulate and see when we can go to get the visa stamped --- we are going through the Vancouver Canada Consulate so, anyone with an approved I-601 out of Vancouver can you give us some information ---
And thank all of you for your support and information along the way
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Vicky,
You hang in there sweetie!!!!
Not much else to do --- I get frustrated with spinning my wheels too Vicky --- We have been waiting since April 7th about 1 month beyond you --- we knew that Vermont moved extremely slow --- but we were hoping something --- I thought with you going through London you would have gotten yours before us --- and you still might ---
Let us hope that we both hear something soon.
Vicky
Vicky,
I wanted to thank you again for all the help you gave us way back in the first of the year in gathereing data on the UK for our waiver letter --- it is probably a good thing that we are going for this at different Embassies because I used quite a bit of your backup documentation and details. The last time We called the Help line they told us it was waiting in a que at a Adjudacators Desk---
our letters with the backup documentation were over a hundred pages long --- I just hope that all of it was sent with the waiver to Vermont because when we submitted it in Vancouver Canada they were saying things like, "this is waaaay too much documentation" and "You dont need this or that" --- I had to almost force them to take the waiver package I put together -- -- now I would just scream if they asked us for more documentation ---
LATER
CINDY
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Vicky,
You hang in there sweetie!!!!
Not much else to do --- I get frustrated with spinning my wheels too Vicky --- We have been waiting since April 7th about 1 month beyond you --- we knew that Vermont moved extremely slow --- but we were hoping something --- I thought with you going through London you would have gotten yours before us --- and you still might ---
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When did you get you NOA for your I-601 Application --- a week after submittal of what ---and how did they notify you that you were approved for the I-601
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Thanks for the tips on Parking, I'll keep it in mind. And I just got back from Walmart - they do do the 2x2 passport pics, you just need to specify this before they cut them. I have used the normal Canadian size for everything up to now though.
there is parking right across the street in a couple of parking garages which do not charge as much as the lot under the consulate --- as for the two by two photos, there is a copy shop about a block and a half west of the consulate that has a passport photo booth, my husband used it because his british size photos would not work --- we were married in canada so we had to go through the Vancouver consulate --- neither of us is from Canada ---
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We're goin old school
Burt Lancaster
Too old school for me, I'm gonna bring us forward a few decades.....
Field of Dreams
Birdman of AlcatrazDarn it, you beat me.
Ok, Telly Savalas
Kevin Costner
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I agree with bits and pieces of all these posts. Sometimes I just live me life as I did before (except for the dating part) I do things with friends, get together with my Sons and their Girlfriends. Clean the house, Go to work, travel, read books, basically do all the short term daily kindof things. But and that is a BIG "but" I really dont like to do any longer term planning out a couple months kindof thing, I hesitate everytime my planning might have to be changed due to it maybe falling on the week my hubby might be getting his visa === I really hate answering all the questions that social gatherings ensue --- It is bad enough with the work thing, I just tell them that he is working in another country and they just leave it at that --- So, the waiting for a normal life, where my hubby will get up and start the kettle for his tea and pour my cup of coffee to start the day == well that is what I am on hold for --- a real life with the one that I love --- no talking on the phone to keep in touch and spending the weekend days coordinating around the time we can get on the webcam to at least see eachohters face --- well enough, I think you all get the point ---
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Well, it is fast approaching our 1st Wedding Anniversary and No Hubby home yet --- I really feel sad that my life has basically been put on hold --- I wonder how may of you out there are feeling the same way --
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Hello everyone,
I`m posting this same message on the 3 forums my wife and I subscribe to, so some of you will see it more then once.
Having taken expert legal council my wife and I have decided not to go ahead with an appeal for the denial, in fact we are not going to do anything as it seems to be an almost futile quest.
We both, would like to thank all the group for the help and advice we have recieved over the past couple of years, its been a big help in the start of our process and been fun at times reading some of the more comical posts, they made up in a small way for the ones with true sadness.
We wish everyone the very best of luck and ask you not to give up hope.
Peach is here in the UK for two more weeks and we are not going to let this stop us from enjoying every minute.
Take care everyone and may your God bless you.
Dexy & Peach.
Can you tell us what the reason for your Wiaver Denial was? My hubby and I are waiting in line in Vermont for a waiver decision - I have read so many official documents on what will allow my husband to be approved for a waiver or not and we had a pretty stout hardship letter although we had no level one arguments, we did have several level two arguments and a couple level three arguments along with Drs. letters and documentation from countless websites stating statistics and beyond. I still worry that it won't be enough --- when I hear about denials from Vermont, I just want to know what their reasoning for the denial was so my worry level will subside or it might give me some indication of where we may end up in this open ended process --- can you share?
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Not sure about the public transport there but by all means, move to Seattle if you're tired of the sun.
Days per Year:
Clear ................71
Partly Cloudy.....93
Cloudy..............201
Oh, and hook a good shrink. I hear that most everyone in Seattle has a close relationship with one. Lack of sunlight is said to be a major cause of depression.
Well, although you have some of it right --- Seattle is a Beautiful City --- You can live on one of the Islands and comute daily on a ferry and you can use the Bus, and in the city it is free --- busses in the city are great and they do have FlexCar for the ocassional need for a car. I have to admit Seattle is a bit behind in the public transportation side but all those clouds dont keep people from doing things ---- we have had a summer here in the 70s 80s and 90s it has litteraly been sunny and beautiful all summer --- and if past years are any indication, September and much of October are pretty nice too --- Nov, Dec Jan Feb and March are the months that get the most drizzle Now in NY or Chicago you get bitter cold to deal with and snow storms that stop parts of those cities --- it is not muggy in Seattle in the summer and in the winter a bit of drizzle but temps usually between 45 and 55 all winter long --- I certainly would choose damp over friggin freezing ---- , if you want the snow there are 5 or 6 ski resorts within 1 and 1half hours from the city --- with real mountains too --- I have a View of Mt Rainer out my Guest Room Window ---
And as far as the Shrink thing --- WRONG!!
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I sooo agree with you --- I have people from my old work that keep calling me and asking me if my husband is here yet --- "surely there is something you can do to speed this thing up" they will say --- or the one that getting married automatically gives you a free pass --- In my new job which I started in March began I just told these folks that my husband is working in England in Construction Management -- which is true --- but to avoid all the prying questions from my new co-workers and employees I just leave it at that ---he will be here hopefully soon unless he encounters delays --- keeps any new enquirers off the subject but then as far as my family --- I just say we dont know and we dont know why --- and change the subject --- lt seems that the only people that can begin to understand are those of us here.... sharing experiences, and crying on each others shoulders.... and sometimes congratulations sharing --- although lately that is not too often ---
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You got the wedding dress blues --- try the lemonade fast diet ---- I can give it to you --- I lost 10 lbs in 7 days --- and I cheated a bit --- it is a flush and works best if you start if on a weekend ----
e-mail me if you are interested and I will give you the details -- it is actually not bad to do a solid food fast to cleanse the system of all the toxins that hold onto fat and water ---
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Well, the lady told you what to do. And that is basically not to call them anymore.
Calculate for your phone call 5 minutes, now add another 11 people who are calling the same hour you do. The result is - 1 hour is gone. 1 hour this USCIS employee could have gone through a few cases. Let that happen at least 2 hours a day and one quarter of a working day is gone without that this employee could do any work, because nagging relatives are bothering them and keeping them away from their work.
Everyone within the visa process wants this process to be short. Many are just waiting. But then there are these who are so selfish that they think about themselves only.
Nagging and bothering USCIS leads to nothing but to a longer backlog because there are employees who have to take care of these people.
The side effect is also that people with serious problems have to wait on the phone for up to 30 minutes or more because other people don't get that the work will get done.
And it gets done faster if the employees can do what they are supposed to do, without any disturbance.
So do all of us a favour and wait. The waiting time will be over sooner or later.
The fact that some are patiently waiting doesn't mean that they are loving their loved ones less.
The same for all the "inquieries" through Senators and Congress people. If it is not a really serious matter. Wait at least the projected time and let USCIS do their job.
That has to be the worst posting on this board i've seen, i've been lurking longer than you've been a member at the moment.
why did you bother? do you just like to be rude and insensitive to others?
do you beat kittens and small children in your spare time?
notifying congressmen is the wisest course of action, they created this mess with a bad law this year and they should see if they can do something about it.
perhaps in your oppinion it would just be better to find a nice message board to post useless comments on and be cruel to others, it might make one feel better.
Insensitive is the OP. Her wrong understanding of heroism is affecting directly other applicants.
Ignoring that the line is for urgent cases only, draws ressources away and binds them to tasks that are not necessary. Less useless calls could cause, that more employees are transfered to places where they could actively work on applications.
But no, our selfish and stubborn heroine, who doesn't see that her actions are delaying more things than they help to get things done doesn't care what she is creating. She still thinks she is speeding up things, even the opposite is the result.
IMBRA, that is probably what you consider a bad law, is the wisest that could be done. Why should only the beneficiary provide a police record. Why shouldn't the USC show as well that he/she has a clean record? Everyone who cares at least a bit about the safety and security of the United States and the citizens of this nation should welcome such a law.
Anyone who thinks that the amount of cases of domestic violence is too high should be glad such a law was made.
Anyone who cares and is against illegal immigration in any kind should support this law.
Authorities might have had difficulties to bring the law into the whole process. But that doesn't mean that the law itself is wrong.
My opinion is, and the OP proves that with her explanations, that useless phone calls or too many phone calls about a case are disturbing other cases. No one minds phone calls to prevent RFEs or to submit information in urgent cases. But I am sure that I am not the only one who minds people bombarding USCIS with phone calls just because they think it might help their case.
Btw, I don't beat kitten and small children. I don't see in which way I am rude. The one who is rude is clearly the OP and all the other who ignore the fact that too many phone calls are binding labor forces in positions they are not really needed in leaving other, more needed positions unoccupied.
Hindering authorities to do their work a proper way is not a kind of heroism.
So, you now have your IMBRA soapbox --- And you have your wife with as well --- just as my husband said, no glitches in your way --- What would you be doing if your case went past the posted processing times? Just as ours and so many other have --- likely you at some point would try to find out some information --- Now you put all the blame on those of us who just want out of this immigration nightmare
Heroine, I am not trying to be --- I am trying to give folks information to help lessen the pain of being separated from their loved ones. My post was concerning those of us who have been 'waiting the wait', the long wiaver wait --- you should keep your rants to yourself or in the IMBRA forum.
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Well, the lady told you what to do. And that is basically not to call them anymore.
Calculate for your phone call 5 minutes, now add another 11 people who are calling the same hour you do. The result is - 1 hour is gone. 1 hour this USCIS employee could have gone through a few cases. Let that happen at least 2 hours a day and one quarter of a working day is gone without that this employee could do any work, because nagging relatives are bothering them and keeping them away from their work.
Everyone within the visa process wants this process to be short. Many are just waiting. But then there are these who are so selfish that they think about themselves only.
Nagging and bothering USCIS leads to nothing but to a longer backlog because there are employees who have to take care of these people.
The side effect is also that people with serious problems have to wait on the phone for up to 30 minutes or more because other people don't get that the work will get done.
And it gets done faster if the employees can do what they are supposed to do, without any disturbance.
So do all of us a favour and wait. The waiting time will be over sooner or later.
The fact that some are patiently waiting doesn't mean that they are loving their loved ones less.
The same for all the "inquieries" through Senators and Congress people. If it is not a really serious matter. Wait at least the projected time and let USCIS do their job.
Stinger --- You dont even have a clue --- the person I call is in a phone center to do the job of answering phone calls --- they do nothing else --- even when I called the first time after waiting the 90 days that was posted was very little --- Im taking off my shoes right now --- you wear them for a while and see how it feels.
what is the VSC's number to call??same number you call just pm me and I will give the the process --
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I spoke to the VSC again today --- my weekly call and here is the information I mined from the call --- I try to stay positive but this bit of information is really doing its best to drag me down ---
I'm not very encouraged this morning after my weekly call to the Vermont Service Center --- I spoke with Linda today and she (first and foremost) told me to not call again for another 30 days rather sternly -- She said that this line is not for casually checking up on status and it was only for urgent items (to us this is urgent) I was instructed to check the website for status. But is it soooo depressing to log in and see the same thing everytime --- (no activity). I hope I am not bothering them too much - So, next time I will wait two weeks + until I call again ---
I told her that calling and talking to someone really helps get through this process and gives me the verification I need that it is moving forward -- and that being without your husband or wife and never getting anything status makes waiting this process extremely difficult. -- at that point she offered up some more information about what goes on once it gets to the adjudacators desk.
She said that every day the adjudacator gets a work order to determine which cases to process on that day --- there is no order like Mondays process one type, Tuesdays process another type, it all depends upon the backlog on that given day --- So, there are obviously not enough I-601s in the hopper to make a hill of beans worth of priority --- thus the long waiting periods --- so here is how it goes ---
1 - Case arrives at the desk of the officer/adjudicator
2 - He/she gets a work order for the day to work a type of case(I-129, I-601, and all the others) they will work those types of cases only on that day
If more information is needed, an RFE is sent --
3 - If they don't quite get through the case on that day, it sits unfinished for an undetermined amount of time until another work order is given to work that type of case ---
4 - When you get the information back to them on an RFE, it sits and waits for the next work order day for processing those types of cases --- thus the sporadic nature of approvals. I hate to say that this actually has some correlation to the reason it takes so long to process cases. You never get any status online unless they need more information RFE or they have made a decision --- until then you have no access to where the case is within the process ---
Now, I wonder if we sent way too much and the officer will try and go through it all with a fine tooth comb --- Oh Well, it is what it is. We sit, We wait, We put our lives on HOLD ---
So, we know that are others in front of us, so this could still be a while --- I am really down about this --- I have no vacation left, my hubby has no vacation left --- and the only thing we know is that hubby gets more vacation in December --- so he may be able to fly here to Vancouver to visit me or I may be able to fly there to visit him during the same time --- not sure what we will do --- I am really needing a support group right about now ---
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Thanks everyone, I spent a couple hours on the phone during the past week and after speaking with the Senators office and the Vermont Service Center as well as the Vancouver Consulate --- I was somehow able to convince them of the urgency of our situation since my husband did not live in Canada and would be jobless and homeless while there --- if we had to wait for the Mail to deliver the waiver package --- I am not sure what happened but it appears that Vancouver will accept faxes and they must have had a portion still at the Vermont service Center and they faxed it and called me to say the Visa was ready --- so on November 27th at approximately 1-:00 my husband will re-enter the Vancouver Embassy and pick up his visa stamp and we will head to the border for Washington to finally be together as husband and wife --- I have not seen him for nearly 5 months --- one week to go!!