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Great News Congratulations!

Whoo Hoo! We are through too! Alan arrived at the Embassy at 9:30 for a 10:30 appointment and was finished and out the door at 11:05! 3-5 days for Passport courier delivery. Then home home home.

Thank you Thank you everyone who participates on these boards. We couldn't have done it with out you all.

Good Luck Landsbury!

Munchkins, so good to see you get approved. The waiver won't take too long.

It's been so long since I've been over here. Spouse has been over and we just spent the last several weeks moving from one house to a new one and having lots of fun putting it all together.

I must have entered the date wrong so many weeks ago. His interview is on 10/31, his medical, which he passed, was on the 24th.

Its nice to see most every body moved along the process. I'm starting to forget the horrible wait times....just like child birth. The end is so wonderful you forget the horrible bits!

Cheers

Wow! I've been off flitting hoose and so many have moved forward. Congratulations everyone.

My husband has his interview scheduled for Oct. 10th. The Embassy finally answered his e-mail and let him know the date. No package in the mail yet.

Can't wait for November when he can finally come home.

Cheers

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO just checking in and saw this, fantastic news Mrs Whizz, so very pleased for you both

Congratulations! Just three more days!

amarceau....please, oh please, make me a red line!!! I've been waiting a long time to say that

Congrats Tracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a real pleasure seeing you turning red. You have been a symbol of optimism and hope. Good Luck on rest of the journey.

Congratulations Tracy It's about time!

Whhhoooohoooo Munchkins! Go Doggies!

Dip sticks!!! so many touches are sure a sign of approval on the way!!!!!!!!!!! You will be approved on Friday or Monday!!!!!!

Good luck to everyone. Praying for all waiting for approvals!!!!!! May GOD make this happen soon.

Good Prayers and Karma vibes for lots of approvals on Friday!!

Many people do. What you are looking at in timelines is averages but there are many cases where I-130's are approved very quickly at the service center and then in conjunction with James Shortcuts, makes doing the the K-3 a waste of effort. My I-130 eg was approved in 45 days, some have been a lot quicker then that. It will always vary between cases, service centers and consulate. My CR-1 visa was granted 8 months after the I-130 was filed and we procrastinated somewhat. Over the past months in particular IMBRA has affected the I-129F processing for spouses at the NBC and approvals have been in general very slow going. CR-1's have been a more viable option for many over the past year.

Also, you have to factor in the days that you had to wait on the NOA1 receipt of the I-130 before you could submit the K3. I'm not sure if that is factored in on the K3 visa stats or not?

When you get your AOS fee bill you will get your another copy of the bar code. With the help of a handy little copy-scan-print 3N1 printer you can do all sorts of wonderful things with that fee bill barcode to prepare the forms follwing James short cuts. If I remember correctly there will be a nice small one for the top of the page and the nice big one for the barcode cover sheet. Make lots of copies and start playing with the copy function and good old fashioned scissors.

Also, if you read Lorelle's guide, she recommends you keep make two copies of everything you send in, one for you and one for your SO.

Cheers

Whooo hooo! In the system. Let's get those packets!

Have you tried the teenage or junior department of your local department store. They are more apt to have size 1 & 3 or in Ladies 2 & 4.

Oh man...chocolate digestives!

Walls sausage, Melton-mowbrys, INDIANS on Fridays for tea.

Supper sandwiches at 9:00. Pavlova! Home made pavlova!!

99s

Wensleydale (I can get it here but it is way to expensive.)

Good cheddar cheese in all it's strenghts.

The Simpsons 6 times a day on Sky One.

Father Ted!

I hear you! We got that blasted packet 3 about 3 days after the K3 hit the embassy. I want the IR1 thank you very much! Urrrghhh!

When you get your packet 4, I'll have hope.

Whoohoo Linababe!

Whoohoo Devilette!

Bump

We have our package 3.

Have e-mailed the embassy pointing out that they should have the IR1 application as well and that we wish to persue that one! No response so far.

Oh poo! This is all we need right now!

Now I shall go to bed depressed!

Great post.

Hopes it helps those in similar situation.

Honesty with the customs agents at the POE or Border is the best policy! I too dealt with the customs people few weeks ago, I crossed back into the USA from Canada after spending the weekend at an auto race in Quebec, (I drive the large auto transporter loaded with 2 cars and all the gear involved with the race team), anyway this is the first time for me in this type of situation for the race team and the customs officer asked me several questions and pointed out where I was wrong about my load list, but could tell I was being honest with him and let me pass with out stopping me.

So whenever dealing with the customs and border people, be calm and honest.

My husband has visited twice during his visa journey on the UK visa waiver program.

Calm and honesty is the key.

Both times he made sure to bring proof of ties to his home country. Job verification, house hold bills etc....

He didn't need it, but it was a comfort to have just in case.

The second time he was questioned and spoke honestly that he was here to visit his wife and children.

The agent was very sympathitic.

Congratulations! Take your time and read the time savers. Everything will make sense. Feel free to ask questions.

Ditto!

If I can do it so can anyone.

Good Vibes and Prayers for NOA2s!

Hoping that we see some more approvals soon! THis having no ideas for a time frame of waiting for an approval is soooooooo frustrating!!

Dearest Dip-sticks Hang in there guys.

Can you imagine this process with out VisaJourney?

Oh TracyLuis, I feel for you.

It's the opposite with us, my husband is the one who is over anxious and got his police certificate. I think we are clear until January though.

You are so close though, it will probably be fine.

My understanding is that the K visas were introduced to "Keep familys together". It says so on the USCIS website somewhere. CR1/IR1 where taking so long to process that the congress put together the K visas so that the fiance/spouse could enter the US and then complete the permenant visa application from the US.

Apparently the NVC has sped up some in recent years. (Although imho it is still way to slow.)

You must have the CR1/IR1 visa in the end. K3 visa is just a temporary visa.

If you expect difficulty in processing or the embassy in the country that your wife is coming from is slow, check out the Foreign Embassy and Consulate Forum or the Forum devote to that neck of the woods, then you should consider the K3. In our case, the IR1 and the K3 have hit our embassy at the same time so the K3 has not been faster at all, but that is all due to the IMBRA fiasco. We will not be completing the K3.

Even tho Chex now has a wheat chex, and not just the rice and corn ones, its still not the same as Shreddies. They taste different, and the texture is not quite right.

I can't get home again until maybe November sometime (I'm hoping), and I can't afford to order on-line. So I'm just whinging. I Want Shreddies! *sniff*

A few years ago when my husband lived in Lenoir I found an organic brand that was almost just like Shreddies, better than Chex anyway, but I can't find it anywhere here in Morganton and I can't remember what brand it was.

I really miss those good good whole wheat Shreddies!

oooooo, I just thought of something! Cara is coming to Charlotte to visit, I should ask her to bring me some

ah well...I now return you to your regularly scheduled programme.

I ate non stop when I was home...Smarties, coffee crisp......my hubby had his first experience with chips and grav y..he had never heard of that......but of course Timmies was the best...he is now hooked as well

Shreddies live under a different name here but I believe it is the same thing.

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/HealthyLiving...edded_wheat.htm

Now where can I get a good breakfast sausage.

Cheers

Wrumug,

We are in the same boat. Both Visas seem to have completed processing at the same time and we have received a letter from each stating that they are on their way to the Embassy. There is no question in my mind which visa to continue with at this point and that is our IR1.

It will be interesting to see which interview packet arrives first, the IR1 or K3 and if the K3 gets the over ride.

I believe you Aussiewench....I just want to see it in action.