Ariane1

I have a problem with communication (I've light for of autism) and often sound not the way I mean to.

That's not about competition.

I wanted to point out that whoever is worried about waiting for so long - shouldn't worry. 

And that I understand everyone in this situation.

The situation of waiting for the reunion with my fiance doesn't differ much for me from waiting for the reunion with my big family I haven't seen for years.

My wait is for the reunion with my family, with those I love.

My fiance is now +1 person in the list of my loved once over there.

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

Yes but this sounds more like you're waiting to get to US and get your green card not for a relationship? 

I don't think I understand your question.

I'm waiting for my NOA2.

Meanwhile, my documents have been around USCIS for ages as a daughter and a sister.

My mom is waiting for her American passport.

I'm a December filer.

But I've already been waiting much longer than any of you.

17 years.

When I was a kid, almost 18 years ago, my elder sis won Green Card. 

I was so happy, I thought we'd move to the US by the time I finish school in Russia. Such a perfect timing! Ready to start my new life as an adult somewhere in California.

I told everyone about it, thinking I have more chances to move to the US than anyone around me, and that it would be much easier for me to get a tourist visa.

Soon my sis met an American man who immediately became her boyfriend, so they moved to Kazakhstan where he'd been working in an American company.

They were traveling from country to country, crossing the border once in every 6 months.

In a couple of years me and my family received an invitation for their wedding in Texas.

I was beyond any level of happiness! I was so sure we'd have a journey to celebrate their wedding.

It'd been 3 years since the Green Card lottery then.

We went to the interview in another city and were refused in the tourist visa.

Even my mom was not approved, having a job, 2 kids under 18, an apartment and a car.

Nobody cared and nobody explained anything.

When mom tried next time alone, in 1 month, she only got another refusal.

Then there had been a couple of years with no sister around, only calls.

They stayed in Texas together, working in one company, waiting for our turn to arrive.

But when it was out turn my sis got a message that her Green Card lottery result had outdated. 

Once or even twice she didn't cross the border in time or made some other mistakes besides that.

New countdown began.

I was finishing school when I was offered to study 1 year in San Francisco, but I got a problem with my health, and my mom was against it, thinking we'd immigrate soon, anyway.

She thought there was risk in "losing a year" when we could get our turn any time.

I didn't go.

And I doubt I'd even have a visa because now I know that because of having relatives in the US, I, oppositely, cannot go there.

I even made friends with the US Embassy secretary in Moscow (working as a translator for him at some conference).

He told me not to move, just wait.

It's been 7 years since the start of the waiting period when I moved to Europe, and that's when the big crisis began in 2008.

2 years wandering around Ireland, England, Greece, France... waiting. 

Not knowing where and how to start my life.

Finding and losing jobs, applying to universities without opportunity to pay for education as a foreign citizen.

I married a 17 year old boy when I was 19.

We tried to start our life.

The marriage, however (I learned that later), didn't count as real. And wasn't supposed to interfere with my waiting for my family reunion.

Yet, by the time when our marriage got null, my family had put me as "married", and that's when I returned to another 0 point, for the 2d time.

That was mistake, I couldn't do anything about it, I couldn't imagine calling USCIS or a lawyer to ask for help and justify my "marriage".

By the time of my "divorce" I had been almost 21.  

I was hoping to move out with my mom as an underage, her turn was  more than 7 years ago, when I was 20 and "married".

None of us thought I could go with her because of that "marriage".

I got the "divorce" at 21, and the files were renewed.

That's when my line met its 0 point for the 3d time.

I returned to Russia totally broken, unfinished education, no desire to start my life there knowing I'd move any time.

Because I didn't seek for help and an answer.

I was listening to my mom and sis who told me the lines were moving unpredictably. 

I was told to wait for 2-3 more years.

When my mom got Green Card she applied for me (I suppose, if I understood that right), so the new line had begun.

I went though a lot of surgeries fighting with tumors (what would cost me too much in the US), keeping finding and losing jobs, working as an independent artist.

15 proffessions, 2 universities, 2 years as a flight attendant (didn't get a chance to fly to the US even that way).

2 years ago my old friend became my boyfriend. He's Russian, living in the US.

It'd been 15 years of waiting by then.

We started living together, yet, he had some stuff to sort out and divorce with his wife! That took them 1,5 years, lots of papers, crazy situations (e.g. 2 companies merged and didn't work for 1 month), with lawyers etc.

So, he was ready to apply in July but then there were other difficulties, lots of work and traveling.

We'd been preparing the documents for K1 for almost 2 months, hahah...

He lives half of year in total with me in Russia, another half - with his parents and going to the office.

And even now, when we've finally applied, the process has slowed down, this is getting ridiculously funny.

Hopefully, the situation will change and we won't have to wait longer than 6 months.

Guys, don't think you're waiting for too long!

15 hours ago, Kristi&Luigi said:

So after calling and getting the June 27 lie from USCIS yesterday I called my senators office and told her how up to Aug 15 they have approvals. She said she usually advices to stay awar from forums like that (i didnt mention forums but she knows i guess ) She got in contact with them to ask if they really in august.  I also asked her about my address change since my previous Inquiries ended up on the wrong place. This is what she emailed me back: 

 

This is really weird, because we called on January 29 and were told it had been touching))) June 27! 

I counted back then that it'd be at least 7 months (not less) for me to wait since the call. Imagine, how happy I was to find out someone from August got approved! 

So, I counted once more that it took them 2 weeks to do 6 weeks! Hahahha...

Hi.

My fiance sent the documents from Massachusents on Dec 12 to Texas but received the letter from USCIS in California.

We called them on January 30 and were told they'd been processing June 27.

This is unexpectedly slow, and why would the documents go to California?