chiggins82

My alien registration number was changed yesterday. No NOA1 yet though. I am going through CSC. It is hard not to peek at the case status all the time!

It is exciting to hear all these fast approvals. I don't expect anything to go fast when it comes to the US government. We still have not heard anything, only the confirmation from US post that the package was received. It's only been a few days though. I was hoping by end of the week I would get an email confirmation. Oh well!

You are just beginning the process like me!

I am, and I am already finding the wait horrible. 4 days in... haha I think I need to learn patience!!

Best of luck to you!

I don't know the answer to this one, but maybe you should call the Ottawa consulate? I wrote on mine Vancouver as that is there I will go through. I just submitted though so I have not received my NAO1 or 2 yet.

If you find out an answer, post it? I am sure you aren't the first one to wonder about this!

I met my fiancé through work. We were both hired for a job that had the same parent company and spent time in training together. There was an instant connection and after training finished, we lost touch for a few weeks... Until I had some liquid courage and called him to say happy new year. He missed my call, but it began our first emails to each other (We have now email at least once per day). It took weeks of my convincing to get him to try skype. From there we started video chatting every day... Still not in a relationship though. I could tell we both cared about each other, so I told him, "I am coming to visit" and that weekend we began dating.

It has been two years and there has not been a day where I have no heard from him either through instant message, video chat or email. This past weekend he officially proposed and we submitted the I-129F the following Monday.

I totally agree with others about the benefits of an LDR. We were forced to really get to know one another and we can't be blinded by lust because most of the time, we can't be together. It really allowed us to learn so much about one another. More so than any relationship I have had that did not have distance.

I am now in the waiting game.... Thought it wouldn't be so bad, but I can tell this is going to be a rough next few months!

Got our I-129F in the mail on April 21... Exciting! Good luck to everyone else for fast approvals!

I got 64, I am actually surprised at how Canadian I am.

You could call/email your closest embassy to be sure. For the K-1 visa there is only Montreal and Vancouver.... Not all that convenient for most people! I don't know if embassy's do interviews for certain types of visas or not.

I have already had moments since we decided I would be moving to the US. We are just starting to get the I-129F in order... It's funny because US and Canada seem so similar until you are moving there... I am mostly scared about only have having him as a friend. He is great and he is my best friend, but I need my own life too. I fear how dependent I will be for a while.

I have a feeling missing my family will be huge too. They are down the street here, but having to book planes to see them will be a big adjustment.

Really also going to miss all-dressed chips, ketchup chips, Canadian news and TV, Kinder, Poutine and KD (Though both available in US, they seem different), Health care, Vacation time (and earned days off for me)... The list will go on and on.

I will be really looking forward to more free shipping with online shopping and just general availability and selection options. What ever we carry, US always seems to have 5 more flavours.

For me, I made a deal with my boyfriend. If I hate there, I get to pick the next move for us and if I truly just do not want to be in the United States then we will both move to Canada once I have dual citizenship.... I have a feeling that once I am there it will be ok. Just have to get through the adjustment.

In Viber there is an option to email your message history. Simply email your message history, it will send you a zip folder containing a .CSV file. Open the file in a spreadsheet program, and just print it out. You may want to do some adjusting so it fits on one page, but its the best way I found to do it.

Awesome - Thanks!

I have a friend who's fiance is waiting on her interview in a different country than my fiance so he helps me alot...I just sent off my petition and have done quite a bit of research. I got a binder I will be putting all my paperwork in including my affidavit of support and so on... and labeling for my fiance and I got a 2 whole punch and putting a page from everyday in a binder from our viber messages (which is what we use the most), FB messages and he will be printing out our skype log to make it look nice and organized. I don't think they are going to sit and read thousands of pages...TRUST ME I HAVE TONS as well and printed them from only 4 months and this don't include the next 4 till we get an interview and I was like NO WAY they will laugh...I think they just want to see proof with dates and times of actual contact is all...I think a few pages from every week should sufice! I hear ya in not wanting to NOT send something when you could have, but I don't think TONS of printouts is necessary! Hope this helps you

How do you print your viber conversation? We are just starting this process and we have actually never called each other on a telephone! We have been 100% vitual in skype, viber, line etc. Are you taking screen grabs from your phone to do it?

Thanks for your help!