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Congrats to everyone who already got their NOA2. My SO and I are still waiting. *sighs* Let's hope we get it this or next week. u.u

Damn, I guess I was one of those confused people having Texas Service Center listed in my timeline but realized that it went to California as for most cases. Sorry but thank you for this thread! I just fixed it in my timeline and noticed that my timeline jumped back a little. RIP me. X3

I'm so happy for you guys! Reading this thread gave me such a huge smile. ❤️

Sandwich~

My fiancé and I, are so excited! Been doing movie dates every Monday (because of time difference) to watch GoT season 8. :3 ❤️

Tissues IMP

19°C

Pretty sunny~! ❤️

Humid air... 😧

Squicky toys! X3

Just now, Letspaintcookies said:

You don't have to do it. It's just an option while you're waiting for NOA2

Gotcha, thankies! I'll do that and look into it. :3

16 hours ago, YP950 said:

This is the new website: https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/ 

 

you have to create an account and add your case. 

Since you guys have been mentioning this. When do I have to make an account? Can I do this while waiting for NOA2 or once we've received NOA2? o.o

That's nonsense... I was at CVS and had no issues printing out anything. X3

2 minutes ago, TLC2019 said:

Our NOA1 was also January 17. We are still waiting. I am getting antsy seeing everyone getting approved. Best of luck to the both of us!  I hope and pray we get an approval this week!! I am going to visit my fiancé in 4 weeks so it would be awesome if we are approved before I go back to the Philippines! I am filing along with her daughters K2 so I hope that doesn't slow down the process. 

Keeping my fingers crossed for both of us! ❤️

And you should be good since your daughters K2 shouldn't affect the speed of the process as far as I've seen it on the forum. :3

Yeah, don't let her overstay. It will cause you more troubles than you might think. *smh* 

So, I was very anxious about my last visit since we are in the middle of the K-1 visa process, but it all went well, so I thought I'd share my experience. :3

Was visiting from Mar 28, 2019 to Apr 14, 2019, so 2 weeks and my finally destination was Dallas, TX. POE was easy peasy~!

I was asked 3 questions:

• What are you for in Dallas?
• Who are you visiting?
• How long are you staying?

JFK is very busy, so expect long waiting times. As @Jorgedig already asked, is this her final destination? If no, make sure you have a long layover planned. Other than that, be patient. I went through JFK a few times and it was a pain in my butt since I had a connection flight to catch but had to go through customs first and recheck my luggage. Very normal since it's your first stop on American soil. 

On 3/31/2019 at 8:51 PM, Letspaintcookies said:

Die stressigste Zeit wird für mich erst kommen wenn ich meinen Pass mit dem Visum hab und es dann darum geht alles für den Umzug zu managen. Und vor allem die Katzen in den Flieger zu setzen 🙈

Ist von euch jemand mit Katzen umgezogen und hat da Erfahrungen zum Teilen? Auf keinen Fall kommen sie mit in die Kabine. Dafür sind sie eh zu groß und wenn ich dran denke das Katze #2 den ganzen Flug lang lautstark ihr Missfallen über die Situation kund tut läuft es mir kalt den Rücken runter 😂 da bleibt uns nur die Tierspedition und die sind natürlich alles andere als günstig. 

Ich habe leider keine Katzen, aber habe meinen Hund letzten Oktober via Lufthansa nach Texas mitgenommen. Hat super funktioniert und kann die Lufthansa nur empfehlen. :3

On 3/10/2019 at 9:55 PM, SimplyComplex said:

We figured we'd make the most of the opportunity for the visit and have the full allowed time on ESTA, but obviously it's frowned upon and I didn't realise. Just frustrating that it allows upto 90 days but technically it really doesn't as the US won't let you. There is so much to see over there so you'd think they might understand talking the full allotted time if you have the chance, so as to experience as much as you can. In no way was I trying to misuse the ESTA or overstay or do anything wrong. I'm trying to not hold onto being hurt and angry about it all, and to look forward instead. Just obviously very worried it will affect the future and our K1. 

I don't think you did anything wrong, it was just the whole situation as a whole which raised some red flags. For example not having a job or being a student (two things which I can think of the top of my head right now).

I've also been in the US, California to be exact, for 87 days in a previous relationship and I never had an issue. I gotta say though that we've had seen each other more often due to my previous visits, so this was not my first visit in the US like it was for you. I also used to be a student back then and stayed there for my summer break. Been now 6 years total and I never had issue with staying 90 days. I'd suggest to not make it exactly 90 days, even 89 days is a bit risk, imo.

As others said, I also don't think it will affect your K-1application. Just be honest! :3

On 3/10/2019 at 5:34 AM, ST_RO said:

Frag mal bei der Spedition nach, die wissen das. Ich habe meine Sachen alle per DHL geschickt, hatte aber vorher Preise für Container eingeholt. Wenn ich mich richtig erinnere haben die mir damals gesagt dass ich auf jeden Fall das Visum benötige, da ansonsten in den USA Zoll erhoben werden muss (den Du als Einwanderer aber nicht zahlen musst). Es kann sogar sein dass Du Deine Abmeldebestätigung einreichen musst. Da man sich in Deutschland maximal 7 Tage vorher abmelden darf, wird's dann echt eng. Aber ich weiß es leider nicht mehr genau weil ich dann doch Pakete geschickt habe.

Das müsste ich mir auch noch einmal anschauen, da ich doch noch ein paar Kisten in die USA schicken möchte. Ich dachte die Post wäre da eine gute Option. u.u

@heldenhafte Herzlichen Glückwunsch~! Jetzt geht's los. :3

On 2/26/2019 at 9:13 AM, PushaKee said:

Hey peeps! Just checking on you all.. we made it through January and about to make it through February! I just got back from visiting my fiance. Jetlagged and tired but glad I got to visit. How are you all doing?

Hallo~ :3 I'm glad it's March now since I'll also going to visit my fiancé in 27 days. Doing good so far! No pressure at all. ❤️

On 2/25/2019 at 7:46 PM, apinchofstella said:

Ende November habe ich endlich meine EAD/AP Card erhalten und warte seitdem auf einen Termin zum Interview (seit Juli 2018 🤯)!!!

 

Echt krass, dass das so lange dauert. o:

Muss sage, dass ich das mit der Warterei ganz gut hinkriege und mich gar nicht stresse. Bin nach wie vor berufstätig in Österreich und das hält mich echt auf Trapp. Bin sehr dankbar dafür! :3

On 2/14/2019 at 7:52 PM, Kat & Kaeo said:

...hin und herfliegen geht gut ins Geld und obendrein bekommen wir auch noch ein Baby  Alles etwas kreativ, aaaaaber man weiß ja wofür man's macht und am Ende wird alles gut! 

Ohhh herzlichen Glückwunsch~! Hawaii klingt da doch sehr schön. ❤️

Bei mir geht es nach Texas Ende März. Wird dann aber auch der letzte Besuch sein, da wir entschieden haben einfach auf's K1 zu warten und so kann ich mir auch etwas ansparen. 

Just now, MontanaEllie said:

Impfen lassen kannst du dich auch schon vor NOA2, die meisten Impfungen halten ja ewig, also so viel brauchst du bestimmt nicht. Ich musste mich nur gegen Windpocken impfen lassen, weil ich die nie hatte. Die Impfungen werden normalerweise von der Krankenkasse übernommen

Freut mich, dass ich schon etwas vor NOA2 machen kann. Alles andere ist noch auf HOLD. Da ich schon Ewigkeiten nicht Impfen war, habe ich bei eine Freundin nachgefragt und sie meinte, den Impfstoff müsste ich mir selber holen/zahlen, also mal schauen. X3