Lauren and Kevin

Just got home from work to some really AWESOME news after reading the latest posts from you guys. We knew Italy would be last in the running (or close [smile]) and that's ok. Just knowing this is going to be finishing soon is fantastic. Really happy for anyone in the next week getting their visas. Keep the updates coming and can't thank VJ'ers enough really for this thread and the constant updated posts.

You talked to her very disrespectful,but your wife HAS BIG ISSUES such as she hates people,she doesn't want to be close to her family and she wants you live far away from your family too,far away from every one. She wants you just for herself.Life with her will be hell!.
Once she gets here she will call you 100 times per day. You won't be able to socialize with your friends and family, because she HATES people. Wait until she gets here.
She should crawl back under the rock where she came from.

Well, i've just received the greatest news ever. "Your application has been approved for issuance" YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, while the system has been down, the validity on our I-129F has EXPIRED. The Sydney Consulate has asked that my fiancee write a letter to extend the validity period which I can email to the consulate. So another little bump to get over before, finally, receiving my visa!
There is no update on when Sydney is expected online.

Awesome, this is great info and thank you for sharing. Can I ask where you got the specific consulate details from?

EDIT: Take no notice of my stupidity. Do not even bother answering my question. I'm an idiot.

Thanks a ton for the info!!!

So, we've all seen the posts saying 22 consulates are now connected up to the Visa system - and no matter what frustratingly they won't tell us which they are.
But...we all come from different countries and talk to each other, so we should be able to work it out. Anyone up for trying to work it out?
Here's my Starter - France is connected up - the Paris consulate has sent out notification s to H1b visa people today...

Some update, looks relatively promising...

Technological Systems Issue JUNE 19, 2015
Visa Systems Issues
The Bureau of Consular Affairs is in the process of resolving technical problems with our visa systems. Though some progress has been made, biometric data processing has not been fully restored. Our team continues to work on this 24/7 to restore the systems to full functionality. As of noon today, 22 posts have been reconnected, representing about half of the global nonimmigrant visa volume. We will continue to bring additional posts online until connectivity with all posts is restored. Last week, nearly 1,250 temporary or seasonal workers who had been issued visas in the past were issued new visas in Mexico, and we have issued more than 3,000 visas globally for urgent and humanitarian travel. We deeply regret the inconvenience to travelers and recognize the hardship to those waiting for visas, and in some cases, their family members or employers in the United States. We continue to post updates to our website, travel.state.gov.

He took a calculated risk... as we all do from time to time. I'm sure your comment doesn't ease the pain of losing a grip load of money.

All the sweet, emotionally available, well-adjusted, marriageable women in the world who are capable of forming a mature lifelong partnership, and you're sticking with THIS one?
Read your words, aloud, and ruminate on what they signify in terms of this non-relationship.

Sorry but you are merried with a crazy woman.
How can you continue with a person who doesnt like people? Even her own familly?
You are going to live a terrible life with her.
a person who doesnt like people and hate people bas sirous mental problem

We paid a good immigration lawyer from recommendations, and told him before we hired him what we expected him to do and report.
I've also used this site extensively to ensure our paperwork was a spot on as possible, because the responsibility for our lives is with US.
So we share all we do with the lawyer, and he checks our documents, and advises us, but we are in charge, and he assists us.
I guess what I'm saying here is that no matter what - you guys are making the decisions, and if it feels too long or you have had no response, you have to follow it up and ask, you should not feel it's bad to ask or feel uncomfortable, these are your real lives - to a lawyer it's just another fee!
Your lives - you are the boss !!

We paid a good immigration lawyer from recommendations, and told him before we hired him what we expected him to do and report.
I've also used this site extensively to ensure our paperwork was a spot on as possible, because the responsibility for our lives is with US.
So we share all we do with the lawyer, and he checks our documents, and advises us, but we are in charge, and he assists us.
I guess what I'm saying here is that no matter what - you guys are making the decisions, and if it feels too long or you have had no response, you have to follow it up and ask, you should not feel it's bad to ask or feel uncomfortable, these are your real lives - to a lawyer it's just another fee!
Your lives - you are the boss !!

I'm sure there are a lot of other people on here, having left a relationship similar to yours behind, who are reading your words, and looking at the new person next to them and thanking their lucky stars they got away from the nightmare they married, and remembering how much they wished they had the courage at the time to stop it all, and that they would have had a longer life with their new love.
I guess it comes for me down to a few questions.
Do you trust her.
Does she have your back when things are tough for you both.
Are you really on your own even though you are married?

Sounds like she wants to make sure you have the financial resources to ensure she can live the American Dream.

That's good, but to be on the safe side you may want to remove all sharp items from your house and always sleep with one eye open.

This is exactly right; we have to be logical here. The last we know for sure is that they are making progress and even have processed a small number for the first priority to be processed. Some of the consulates are stating specifically that 2-3 weeks processing is to be expected from interview. While I am cynical with these terms as well, there is a lot of pressure from groups more noticeable then ours to get these out. We can't know how they will be released, the order, how the consulates work, etc. But it is moving and we can follow the news.
Some people are not going to wait weeks and will be in the first groups and it will go from there. What we all have now is to hope it's any of us and then us. Keep up the updates and the thoughts that we go day by day hoping it's very soon. We are used to this. It's not helping me at work, with friends or my husband to stay down and angry and think this can go on so much longer........and factually there is a system they are working with. Don't let it keep you down in thoughts when there may be no reason for it.
Please keep updating here; this is the place I look most for news on this. Work a couple jobs and not a lot of time to go on all the sites looking for the one that can tell me the latest.

Had our interview today in Jamaica.... Arrived at the Embassy with my fiancé at 9:00 for a 9:30 appointment. Wasn't much of a line outside and checked in with the First Lady outside. She looked at our appointment letter and circled the date and time and gave it back. Also looked at the DS160 confirmation page. We were then instructed to go in the building, where we went through security. Went through the courtyard to the consular building, where we were greeted by another worker, who took both of our passports, and the appt letter , looked at ds160 confirmation, and receipt for paying visa. She gave the passports back but kept the appt letter. They had him write his passport number on a piece of paper and attached our number and directed us into another area where we waited for our number to be called.
We were called to the first window at 9:15. She asked for ds160 conf page, receipt of payment, original birth certificate for him, no impediment (original), police record (original), Affidavit of Support form along with tax returns and employer letter. I had the bank letter, statements, check stubs, benefits and retirement available but she did not ask for them. Only the tax returns and letter from employer. She had him sign 2 papers, 1. Stating he hasn't gotten married since No Imped issued. 2. That he wouldn't get married until he enters the US.
She then took his passport and passport pictures and stapled in our folder. Fingerprinted him and told us to have a seat and wait for name to be called..
Wasn't a long wait, but it sure felt like it was forever!!! We were both nervous. We got called up to another window and she was very nice and pleasant. Took fingerprints again for verification.
She asked if he had been married before, and if I had been married before. We both have so we showed her our divorce decrees and she gave them back.
Asked him if he had been to US before, which he has, and then asked why he came back to Jamaica.
She mentioned this was our second filing and the only other question she asked was why he didn't make it to the interview of our previously filed K1 Petition.
She took NO evidence of our relationship or any other documents. Told us everything looked in order and to go home and wait for the Visa to come.... You are APPROVED, Best of Luck to y'all.
Only issue we had is that we have a trip planned in July that he will need his passport for and with the computer glitch that is happening we were concerned he wouldn't get it back in time. The lady was very helpful and eased our worry. She gave him an appointment for the day before our trip and said if he hadn't received the passport and visa before then he could come back to embassy and pick up his passport for the trip, and then return it to them when he returns. We walked out of the Embassy at 10:00...
We were excited and surprised that they let me attend the interview with him.. So glad that this step is over and we can move on... PRAISE JESUS... So glad our CO was personable!!!! Now time to pop the champagne!! LOL
Good luck to everyone out there waiting!!!

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Why are you being so evasive with your answers? School age could be anywhere from 4 years old through 18.
People are trying to give you honest answers and you are being defensive. Being a conservative Christian not looking for handouts has zero to do with the fact that you took a child that is not yours here to live. In fact if the child gets ill or needs medical care(God Forbid)who do you think will pay for her medical care? Answer:US tax payers, that is a handout. If you decide to keep her here illegally after her B2 expires and enroll her in public schools, once again US tax payers are the ones who pay.
I am going to be honest in saying you are naive. This family is taking advantage of you and all you can do is comment on the motherly "bond" you have with a child you can't even communicate with, other than smiling. I find it very hard to believe you knew nothing about this plan prior to 5 minutes before boarding your flight. How did she get a B2? How can a young child get a visitor visa on her own? Did you even ask? Or did all you care about was your selfish desire to take this child to the US and play mommy for a while? You can't just take a child to the US and presume that you or your fiance can petition for her, neither of you are her parents, it doesn't matter if he is her so called guardian. If her father is here in the US legally he can petition for her, or your sister can. But I would imagine that because your sister never knew this child existed or has never met her that it would not be easy for her to petition for her considering that she is separated from her father and she will need to prove some sort of bona fide family relationship with the him.

"I am NOT looking for a handout, welfare, food stamp, Medicaid, Medicare, section 8 any of that. (*plus im a conservative christian liberal and know all about MARXISM*)"
LOL!!! i *love* VJ--sometimes this place has fresher plot lines than lame, overdone t.v. shows and movies.

i mean really, how can one ask a question seeking help on a message board but then be arrogant with those who are trying to help and provide some cold, hard realism to the situation--then attribute it to faith and politics all while not realizing that a loved one, who is supposed to have one's best interest at heart (i.e., a fiance) has put one between a rock and a hard place?
so you mean to tell me that this fiance had the whole scenario planned out, decided and staged and there's no alarms/bells/whistles going off about why he'd put her on the spot like that? no red flags a-waving about her being the last to know the plan and potentially being left to hold the bag in america for child trafficking if things go south? no paperwork was given to show that the kid was brought willingly and can get health care or school enrollment? what else will this man and his family spring once the knot has been tied? human nature is human nature, worldwide across time, continents and class. imho, the situation is not looking too good...

I followed them as the were live, it just never occured to me or came as a thought in my head.
I'm still interested in how the visa was obtained and am mildly mortfied that she was able to come all the way back home from Egypt with zero problems with a foreign child that she has no guardianship or legal binding to. I mean moot point right now and under no obligation to answer as that doesn't resolve anything she's asking.....just interesting to me.

So, even though the sister is probably divorcing the 'scumbag of the earth', she can still petition his daughter? I thought I left soap operas behind a long time ago in high school, but here I am again...and I guess although he didn't support his daughter and didn't have any relationship with her for over a year, he did pop up in order to sign a document to permit her to get her visa here? It is just like tv.

1. Why didn't you ask who the woman was who came to the airport? Doesn't that seem logical to ask? Perhaps she is actually your fiance's wife and that is really his daughter.
2. It is hard for me to believe that a young child was allowed to accompany a totally unrelated person to the U.S. without the U.S. asking questions about this child. Considering the concerns about international abduction, it is hard for me to believe that the U.S. would just allow a child to travel here without the permission of both parents. I know that it is required to have parental permission to leave the U.S. as well. https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/268/~/children---child-traveling-with-one-parent-or-someone-who-is-not-a-parent-or
3. What I understand is as long as the child has living parents, you can not adopt that child to immigrate to the U.S.
4. It is asking a lot of a person to take their child to another country and be responsible for that child. They seem to have taken advantage of your compromised emotions and good will.
5. Considering that the child has a parent in the U.S., the U.S. would give additional scrutiny to a child coming here and possibly trying to immigrate, I would think.

Actually this is what I think he is going through, he needs time to think especially he just done with a divorce. He may be afraid to go through this whole marriage thing again. I am not sure but this is what my guts feeling telling me.
In my text I told him he can take as long time as he needs but do let me know from time to time if he is ok.
He told me he is convinced he doesnt want to get married to anyone else but he will let me know from time to time if he is doing ok. He is also will send me money every month. Sounded like he felt bad but he is not ready to commit yet.
at first he said "unsure' about having me over, then the next text was " I am convince I dont want to get married"
From this, I think he is very lost and confuse now.
He said he still loves me, when I asked then why and what make him doesnt want to be with me, he said he is not sure he can explain how he feels right now and maybe one day he will be able to!
He is been single since Sept and I know I am his only girl. I have never doubt about this.
I do like one of the suggestion about just not doing anything with the visa now, if the NOA2 comes, he definitely have to make a decision.
I still have some hope because he is not cancelling the visa right now, perhaps he is still thinking. I know if he is 100% convince, he would have cancelled the visa by now,
of course I am also looking at some options as what I want to do with my life.

I must agree with Phil on this, and not with all the 'dump him' people. Having actually been through a divorce late in life, I certainly found that the period afterwards and for quite some time did involve an awful lot of involuntary going back over decisions and the life and a lot of deep thinking that does physically take time.
You do feel very different after the divorce and a lot of that is unexpected. This is very hard to suggest, but I do agree with stopping trying to persuade him, as that may be part of the 'fog' he's in right now.
I think he needs to work through this on his own without distractions, and to realise that yes, now he is free, he does want to make a firm commitment, and he has now realised how much he loves and misses you.
Or....he just drifts away into some sort of bachelor life and never goes anywhere..
I'd suggest you let him know you think kindly of him, and are happy to be just a friend if he needs to talk, and keep him in your thoughts, but start building your life without him.