jameswhunt

Woohoo!! It was issued!
How long until I should get my tracking number? I am hoping that I get it by tomorrow, I am in Kingston so I am only a few hours away... BUT, a big snow storm hit so I hoping it doesn't delay the post office lol!

Hey everyone! I just made a video for YouTube to share with my friends on Facebook so that they have a better understanding of my immigration situation. Almost everyone I talk to is ignorant to the immigration process and they usually say things like, "Well since you're married she should just be able to come to the United States."
What they don't understand is that's not how it works...
Anyways, watch the video if you'd like to know more about me and see how it relates to your situation. Post your comments and share with friends if you want.
Does my situation sound familiar to you? Are we in the same boat?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYq7v3ZQHQM

How convenient.

How convenient.

Just shooting you straight... brace yourself for a long wait! I mean seriously... Have a talk with your fiance and make some kind of a game plan for what you guys will do separately over the next 5 months or so in case it takes that long. I know it's hard- especially when you weren't expecting it. We sent our application to TSC in February and haven't heard anything back. In May my fiance was denied entry into the US because of her pending application. Things are constantly changing... The thing that can't change is your relationship. It has to grow stronger or you won't make it.
Sorry for the tough love but it's coming from one person who wasn't prepared for this to another, haha... After we finally admitted to ourselves that our application was going to take A LOT longer than we expected things started getting easier.

Probably 6 times a day. Been doing that for the last 5 months. Just checked it a minute ago.

Geez...

Guys, at the end of the day 5-6 months is a very short time in the grand scheme of things. I went 24 years not even knowing my fiance existed. I spent almost 4 years in college. I'm coming up on 5 months since filing my I-129F with no response, and even though it's been disappointing that we haven't had a response, I know that in a couple months everything is going to be different and I'll have the rest of my life to spend with her. Let this be a testing time in your relationships. If you can make it this long apart then you should be able to make it together.
Just trying to put a positive spin on things...

What does it show up as on the internet? Does your case status change? I got one saying they tried mailing me something but it didn't change the case status.

Strange... I actually contacted my Congressman this week. I sent over our information and they are going to inquire about our status. Hopefully we get some good news. Best of luck! Way to use your noggin.

Strange... I actually contacted my Congressman this week. I sent over our information and they are going to inquire about our status. Hopefully we get some good news. Best of luck! Way to use your noggin.

I haven't ever shared my story on here before but I saw some other people were so I might as well!
My name is James. I am 24 years old and live outside of Dallas. My fiance's name is Rebecca. She is 20 and from Alberta, Canada.
We met in 2012 on Instagram. Yes, Instagram. I am big into health and fitness and so is she. One day she was scrolling through pictures and found one of mine. She liked my picture and started following me on there. I couldn't help but notice her so I started following her too. We would like each other's pictures back and forth, but never thought anything about it because of the distance between us. Eventually we started commenting back and forth which lead to me finding her on Facebook.
Our conversations started out like normal. For a couple months we would chat back and forth on Facebook, learning more about each other. In May of 2013 we had our first Skype conversation. She thought I was a fake person because she said I was too good to be true. All of her friends thought I was just pulling her leg, so she was pretty relieved when she first saw me. We would Skype every day in between work and whatnot. Our conversations would go on for hours. We had an amazing connection with each other. We would skip going out on the weekends with friends in order to chat on Skype.
In July of last year I had planned on taking a trip to California with some friends. I thought it would be cool if she flew to the United States and came with us. She said yes and we planned on her flying out to California. At the last minute we decided to change plans and have her fly to Dallas where I live and we would drive to California together. Pretty daring! 24 hours of straight driving with someone you've never physically met.
When I got to the airport I was extremely nervous. Even though we had been talking on Skype for months you never know if someone's lying to you. I waited and waited for her to walk through the terminal. I was on the phone with my sister when out of the corner of my eye I see this tall beautiful girl. It was her! I was so excited that I tried to kiss her when she wasn't paying attention and looked like a fool!
I drove her to my grandparent's house to meet my family and then we left. We drove to California that night and had the best trip of my life. After spending a week in California we drove back to Texas and she left several days later. It was extremely depressing not knowing if I would see her again in the near future. As soon as she got home we started making plans to see each other again. I was in the process of getting an apartment and we talked about her coming back down in December. It seemed like 5 months was going to take forever...
(This is a lot of typing and I've got to run to the gym but I will catch you all up to speed when I return!)