Pat&Vince

Hello Everyone !  Greetings for sunny California :-)
I arrived yesterday, greeted by my handsome and all smile husband, after a uneventful flight and CPB experience (can't help the anxiety, but the second experience was just a s smooth as the first).
 
We are at day #161, still no approval from TSC. As I'm here for 4 weeks, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the NOA2 will land while we're enjoying our vacation time together, champagne is in the fridge, waiting!
 
As I entered the country, I thought to myself that this was probably the very last time as a visitor (fingers crossed!). Also, and this has become a stronger feeling every time, especially since the wonderful day of our wedding, I can't help but feel comfortably at home here. Home is where the heart is. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hello Everyone !  Greetings for sunny California :-)
I arrived yesterday, greeted by my handsome and all smile husband, after a uneventful flight and CPB experience (can't help the anxiety, but the second experience was just a s smooth as the first).
 
We are at day #161, still no approval from TSC. As I'm here for 4 weeks, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the NOA2 will land while we're enjoying our vacation time together, champagne is in the fridge, waiting!
 
As I entered the country, I thought to myself that this was probably the very last time as a visitor (fingers crossed!). Also, and this has become a stronger feeling every time, especially since the wonderful day of our wedding, I can't help but feel comfortably at home here. Home is where the heart is. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hehe! Oh you made me smile!
 
But WOW, snail mail for sure... 
The idea of being potentially approved but not getting the mail because of a super slow USPS is making me super angry!
 
Anyway, enjoy the bliss :-)  (also it must be super late where you are? Though you will probably not sleep much tonight!)
 
Oh, I envy you, I can't wait to feel the same level of excitement! If the timing is right, it looks like we will get the approval while I'm in California for my summer break, this would be beyond awesome!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

WHAT? no way!  YAY!   Come on TEXAS, bring on the rest of january peeps!
 
How did you figure? Mail isn't distributed on Sundays? 
 
 
 
 

Hehe! Oh you made me smile!
 
But WOW, snail mail for sure... 
The idea of being potentially approved but not getting the mail because of a super slow USPS is making me super angry!
 
Anyway, enjoy the bliss :-)  (also it must be super late where you are? Though you will probably not sleep much tonight!)
 
Oh, I envy you, I can't wait to feel the same level of excitement! If the timing is right, it looks like we will get the approval while I'm in California for my summer break, this would be beyond awesome!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I am by no means in the law business, but I'm a very curious person. I've documented myself and always prepared a lot of targeted questions every time we spoke to our lawyers before launching the I-130.
To their credits, they actually motivated us to get married instead of going through the K-1 process, and I'm very happy about it !
 
However, I have to admit I haven't learnt much of anything new through the conference calls that we've had. I got confirmation of a lot of things and got "reassured", but I never had the feeling of having been informed about anything groundbreaking.
 
The things that bothered me the most are the "non-answers", the "it may vary quite a lot" and "let's wait for the return", when I suggested to be pro-active.
 
Also, the first couple drafts of our 1-130 were riddled with small mistakes and typos (I'm a well trained proof reader, so I caught them all!). Also, being an architect and my husband a designer, we were a bit disappointed by how the petition was built and how itn ultimately looked. The petition ended up being mostly a word file with copy/pastes of all the bona fide material we provided, including tens of useless pages (disclaimers for airline tickets, blanks, etc).
 
After a lot of "suggestions" to clean it up, they just edited it the way I asked without even challenging. They had also omitted some key stuff (or photos) when a lot of useless stuff had been kept and infalting the petition in a very awkward way.
 
The bottom line : lawyers make sure all the required documents are featured and the correct fee paid, that's about it.
 
However, after having paid their fee in full, I'm not convinced this is the best 5k that we have spent so far  :-/
 
 
Anyway, *end of the rant*
 
Fingers crossed, and now bring on the NOA2 dammit !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We're at a point where we try to avoid the subject with my husband... it's hard because because a lot of people keep questionning us (and look genuinely surprised that things are so slow!)
 
Receiving the NOA2 is going to be an incredible feeling (and that thought is making smile), but in the meantime, it's still the same awfully long waiting game.
 
6 months from now, we'll all laugh about this  :-)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

My case was updated on Feb 6th and my PD Jan 31...so let me assure you it doesn't mean a thing...but again I don't understand why a Feb filer took to the Jan filers forum to start a troll. Ya"ll be blessed and let it be. People get so jacked up on this platform I simply do not understand the selfishness.

I hope all of you are well! Have a blessed weekend ?

Best of luck to you as well!
 
Did you create an account on myuscis? You can activate the email and text message notification... also I have an app on my iphone : Case tracker.
Oh, and I check USCIC manually everyday too, you never know ;-)
 
I'm going to follow your timeline closely as you're already 42 days in the process, i'm really hoping that the Texas service center will live up to its reputation!
 
 
 

So, patience is a virtue!
 
While we were anxiously waiting for an e-notice (that we never got), my gorgeous husband has received the NOA1 hard copy this monday, YAY!
 
Priority date : 01-31 
date of notice : 03-02
 
And the great GREAT news now : TEXAS Service center baby  :-)
 
 
Happy Valentine's everyone!
 
 
 
 
 

Very exciting Pat&Vince we have the same priority date! Good luck & happy vday as well.

So, patience is a virtue!
 
While we were anxiously waiting for an e-notice (that we never got), my gorgeous husband has received the NOA1 hard copy this monday, YAY!
 
Priority date : 01-31 
date of notice : 03-02
 
And the great GREAT news now : TEXAS Service center baby  :-)
 
 
Happy Valentine's everyone!