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16 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

I agree with Hank. Especially that the TB was found and that there is a cure. Facing the grim reaper is not fun but for you you'll get through this. We have had many who faced the same issue and once completed their journey continued and received a visa. You'll take the medication (DOT) once a day M-F for 6 months. So you are also facing a place to stay during this time. But wait until you have your initial meeting with SLEC before moving ahead with any other plans. This is not the end of the world so relax and think positive. Good luck.

Yeah. Thats the upside to it. Thanks guys. For now we are quite unsure if we’d like to proceed. That’s the depressing part. So many things are at stake.

It’s only been 2 weeks since my sputum collection and I got a missed call from SLEC today April 5. I called them to confirm what it was about and then told me that my supposed May 22 schedule to come back after 8 weeks sputum, they’ve re scheduled me for pulmo evaluation  on April 8. Since i’m from Cebu and it’s such a short notice. So I’m scheduled for April 16. My culture is positive, am I right? Oh god.  Bacteria grew that soon?! That’s some ###### up news. 

Hi guys! I dont know if anyone has a similar experience but as for me i had my sputum collection March 19-22, 2019 and was scheduled for pulmonary re evaluation for sputum culture on May 22. I received a call from SLEC today April 4 and told me that they have rescheduled it April 8. This means im positive right? Holy cow. I am so depressed right now. As early as 2 weeks?!

Guys! I’ve paid the visa fee today at a BPI branch at around 11:00am but it’s now 8:06pm, i still can’t go thru the website. is that normal? Should i wait til tomorrow? 

It’s been almost 9 hours since I paid the VISA fee at BPI and i still can’t go thru the schedule appointment!!! Uggghhhhhhh

Is an engagement ring really necessary?

What do we do if the case in CEAC says “READY”? Can we book the interview at this stage? Gaaaaaaah mixed emotionssssssss

5 hours ago, Javier Mera said:

Ah ok was just curious. I haven't even gotten my case number yet anyways. I keep calling every day xD

 

Thanks for the info!

Email them too

Is the invoice number really necessary?🤔

Got an email from AskNVC and it says they’ve mailed our petition today! Weeeeee. Well, in fair, it didn’t take ling for them to respond to my email inquiry. I was just impatient 😂. Updating my timeline! Now im worried about paperworks haha!

Just now, Mark and Rosa said:

Any update? My noa2 was january 11. My fianćee's not even calling NVC. We'll hit the 30 day mark since Noa2 in a few days. You're the same consolate as me, right? I'll try emailing them through AskNVC to inquire.

My fiance’s too impatient to contact NVC and stay on queue for more than 15 mins lol so im gonna do it. We can call NVC from PH via hangouts app for free! Yeaahhh we’re hitting 30 days soon. I’ve emailed them 3 times! No response. 

3 hours ago, manofdahour said:

What's the update?

I gave up haha i was just on my lunchbreak so i dont have the luxury of time. Will try again tonight PH time 😂

I am calling NVC now as im typing. Running 19 mins in the queue. Gaaaaaaaah

16 hours ago, Jay Jones said:

I'm hoping to be a part of that Feb 5/6 shipment date.

15 hours ago, Javier Mera said:

Congrats man, I'm hoping mine gets in either tonight at midnight or next week. I can't wait any longer xD. Did you have to jump through any loops by calling the 0888 number? The recording says that is for non immigrant visas and the information they mention that you are suppose to have in hand differs quite a bit.

Around what time did you call? US time.

Reading the thread, seems like we’re all agitated with another 2 months max wait for NOA2 to NVC to the embassies. Haha. But what’s a few weeks compared to the 5 months we waited? We’re almost theeere.☝🏽

2 hours ago, BenRowen said:

Can someone please tell me what the difference between the old site in the new site. What are the addresses....... My fiancé is from the Philippines and we have a NOA1  date of August 17 and we still haven’t heard anything

Neither of the sites were updated for us but we got a mail yesterday and it says our approval was Jan11. It took two weeks for the mail to come. 

What’s the NVC thread link?

53 minutes ago, Javier Mera said:

Congrats on the approval! I also got the NOA2 two weeks ago but was also really approved on the 11th. I called them on Monday and they haven't t even my case yet, I hope you have more luck than me!

Our NOA2 should be Jan11 then. Whoaaaa can’t believe we made it through the longest wait. That was crrrrrazzzyyyyy.😂 Goodluck to the rest of us.

50 minutes ago, Shiran said:

It is approval for sure, it is standard form I-797, that black in upper right corner has the name of your beneficiary. Preemptive congratulations. Call NVC in couple of weeks. 

 

Edit:

Upon looking at it closer, the date appears to be Jan 11, 2019?? It took over two weeks to get to you? I would actually call NVC NOW if that is the case. 

Yeah i noticed. So from Jan11 it’s almost 3 weeks since. I’ll check with NVC by next week.

5 minutes ago, cduran said:

Looks like an approval! Congratss!!!

 

I saved another one that was posted on here awhile back for reference that turned out to be an Approval and it's identical.

Geeez thanks for the positivity guys! I hope so too!!! I asked my fiancè if he’ll allow his roomie to take a peek and invade his privacy a lil. 

Did anyone post what their RFE letter looked like here?

So this is the back portion of the letter? What do you guys make of this? An RFE? Or approval? I’m not sure if my fiancè will allow his roomie to open and read his letters haha he won’t be back in the US til next next week.

My fiancè’s roomie received a letter  in the mail! Holy smokes!!!! Im just waiting for him to respond with a photo to see how many pages the letter contains. Im so nervous. Let it be an approval pleaaaaaaaase.😭

Hoping for more August approvals this week, less RFEs! 

51 minutes ago, Brylie said:

Case received - August 17th

NOA1 - August 22nd

RFE - January 24th

 

We got an RFE. Not sure why, we submitted way more than enough evidence. Way more than enough. Phone records, photos, passport stamps, flight records, Facebook posts, screenshots of Skype calls, money transfers.... I sent my lawyer the information this morning. Hopefully it’s a fast easy fix. I’m gonna try to call today and see if I can find out why. Old site doesn’t show it. It came up on the new site this morning. 

Oh my that’s a bummer. We’re also Aug22 but still no updates 😐

16 minutes ago, Prizm123 said:

my fiancee and I use Viber. its free, we have it on our phones to message each other all the time while we are at work, and we have it on our computers at home for video chats. for messages and texts on the phone, it also has a little translator within the app itself, and you can also use it to make calls, again free. this way we can video chat for hours or talk to each other on the phone for however long we want.

 

the only downside is it drains your phone very fast. small price to pay to communicate at any time

Well all i know is me and my partner, we’re better together than apart 😂 so we all need to be patient. Time flies.😁