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Yeah, the customer service was odd to me. I got "greeted" & that was it. I work in customer service & I'm very friendly. One problem I had, at the airport, I got an iced latte at a cafe & my credit card has an American flag on it. The guy looked at my card & stopped being nice to me. I don't know how else to explain it...it was quite odd.
I did, however get sick my first visit & had to go to a walk-in. Granted, we were there for 3 hours total, but they were friendly & didn't blink an eye when treating me when I said I was American. I didn't have to pay a dime...only £7 for my prescription.

~Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Progress Forum~
~Commentary about traveling during TSC visa progression~
(organizer hat off)
Thanks for your eloquent description of bittersweet memories. There are a lot of us that recall those moments. I visited my then-fiancee three times during that part of our visa journey. For me it was the air flight time that was the hardest, couldn't wait to get there, didn't want to leave when the visit was over.
Hang in there!

I feel for you as the leaving part is horrible. The first time I left my wife at Heathrow as I walked back to my car after saying goodbye they were playing "Bye Bye Baby." Who does that?!

Check out the May NVC thread. As for the waiting times, unfortunately it is consistent for everyone going through NVC at the moment.
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/493903-nvc-filers-may-2014/page-363

On my trip the other week, we were sleeping & I had a dream I was back at home & got upset because I thought I still had more time in England. I woke up & Matt was next to me. I hugged him so hard when I realized I was still there. Now, I wake up, thinking he's there & it's just a big pillow. It's so sad...
Also, I think I'm the only one who can't handle FaceTime or skype. We talk over Xfire at least once a day & text the rest. We tend to talk & play video games together. But seeing him & not being able to touch him just hurts too much. I also can't look him in the eyes & it's...weird...

So I was driving to work this morning and recieved a text from USCIS that my case was recieved with a reciept number etc. I checked my email as soon as I got to work and the acceptance confirmation email says I am being routed to the Nebraska Service Center! SOOOOOO HAPPY!!! The odd thing is my check has not been cashed. Is that normal to recieve a reciept with out the check being cashed?

Welcome! What a great story! I wish you both well, and I just wanted to say, I LOVE your username! It has to be my favourite! Hubby (UKC) laughs at me because I used to fall asleep listening to BBC RADIO 4 and I miss hearing the shipping forecast in the middle of the night and first thing in the morning. He tells me I'm a dork!

Great story!

Hehe I was too, I was very shy at first and browsed around for months before daring to post anything, but everyone is amazing about making you feel welcome and helping with questions, even tiny ones. So before you know it, you're commenting on random threads like you've been here for years

Hi there! Kind of welcome to the VJ forum then Your story is great, how awesome that you two found each other after so many years. If you love this forum already, you're going to love it even more in the near future, it's the best thing since sliced bread Good luck with the whole process!

We (being my wife and I) try and stay health conscious, and pizza is my Achilles heel. She actually managed to make a relatively healthy pizza with a crust made from cauliflower. Don't ask me how. I have Italian in my family so I can only really cook ridiculously heavy food. My lasagne is the bomb, though, dawg.

We (being my wife and I) try and stay health conscious, and pizza is my Achilles heel. She actually managed to make a relatively healthy pizza with a crust made from cauliflower. Don't ask me how. I have Italian in my family so I can only really cook ridiculously heavy food. My lasagne is the bomb, though, dawg.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Potato-Ghosts-356191
there ....potatoes I am gonna make

I swear they were potato puffs - and I never ever understand potato puffs.
light airy bread with potato in in? that's simply wrong.
Now I will tell you - I DROOL over ham puffs - those are verra nice.

My lovely wife is from Perth! I've been there as well to visit and meet other members of her family that haven't been to America. I know that they just won the football championship last weekend!!! Sounds like it was quite exciting.

You've already been told how unlikely that is. The document lady and the IO both know what they want to see and they ask for it. If they didn't ask for it, forget about it.
If you carry on like this, you're going to be an emotional wreck further along in the process. The K-1 is only the beginning of a very long immigration journey. Sometimes you have to learn not to worry yourself to death, let go and accept what happens will happen and that you will deal with it as a couple. You have to, for the sake of your sanity.

Here is the story: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/230871-denied-at-poe/
Also, if you were my friend or my sister, I would strongly recommend you try to find someone to help you find strategies to deal with your anxiety; you can't live like that and make yourself miserable...

I agree... Quit being such a Debbie downer... I heard of glass held full or half empty, but you seem not just to be a glass half empty person... But a glass half empty and broken at the top and the sharp edges likely to cut you and you would bleed to death because you were unable to dial 911 with your bloody stump of fingers so you might as well never bother to drink from a glass again regardless of how full or empty... Sheesh...
Just sit back, let them do their process and wait for the passport with the visa. No need to microanalyze ... Celebrate for one moment that your fiancé did good... Tell him he did well, give him some positivity that is what a spouse does, supports through positive encouragement... Give it a try...

Ugh. Why do you have to make things so difficult and stressful for yourself? At your point in the process, I was off my tits that the interview had gone well and I was approved, and just kept checking my CEAC every day until it said "Issued". Once it got there, also again very happy, went through at POE with no issues at all. The horror stories are not common. I get the feeling you're a very pessimistic person; you always look for the negative in everything, even his interview that went well. You also said about giving up when you thought he'd failed the medical. Stop being so negative and just look forward to him coming to be with you.

Welcome! Times have been pretty quick for NOA1, so I wouldn't be surprised if you got it by Thursday or Friday, honestly (even accounting for Memorial Day).

Hey guys i guess i am a may filler as well mailed my i-130 on may 22. So i guess i am a May Mailer lol. Not sure if i will receive my NOA1 by the end of may. If not it will be like beginning of june. Which means i will be the last one in this group to reveive a NOA2. Hahahahaha good luck everyone! Let the countdown begin.

Cool! Congratulations; I'm happy for you. Still haven't heard from them; my fingers are kept crossed.
Thanks for the well-wishes though.

You're welcome.
My husband received our NOA1 hardcopy last 05/22/2014. I hope and pray we will receive NOA2 soon. Good luck to all of us.

Hi all i sent the I-130 form on may 16th got an email may 22nd that application for my wife has been transfered to Nebraska from pheonix LB. So i guess iwill get the NOA1 soon. Been married for 7 years and have one child 4 years now i moved back to usa 6 months ago while my wife and kid who is Usa citizen by birth is with my wife in lebanon. Its very hard to be away from both. Hope the application will move fast. And good luck to all

Well how about that. Less than two hours after writing this, we got the USCIS Acceptance Confirmation email! Wow!!! They must be reading this thread