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Thanks Guys.........As you know patience is a virtue I have so little of but I am thinking this whole process has taught me just that.....To be patient.......Good Luck to all of you..........Merry Christmas........and a Blessed Happy New Years..........LORA and OSCAR......

no no iam not envy no no lalala

hehe congratulations to u

i thought that all cases at the MSC had to go to an interview...now i have hope that i maybe got the same letter so hehe

damn maybe iam wrong MSC is not NBC or????

No we were transfered to the CSC in Oct.......the EAD and AP came from NBC on Nov. 18.........So I am thinking we are all set now.........So for all of you waiting.......Good Luck and Happy Thanksgiving

ur case was at the MSC?????mine too...did u have an interview???

Nope just got this email from CRIS......No interview.....no RFE......Unbelievable.......

Hi ....I recognize some of you from the I-129 process.... this is the email we got yesterday......We filed August 18.......Yea .....Good Luck everyone.....Now he needs to find a job in this economy....Oh well......At least we are together.......Lora

Receipt Number: MSC***********

Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Notice mailed welcoming the new permanent resident.

On November 25, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before you get your new card call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

We applied August 17 got our NOA ....3 of them.....August 21,,,,,and got our biometrics appointment for September 17th but he is going crazy doing no work.....He told me the other day he felt like a nanny.....I have 2 of my children at home with me........He is being such a good sport but for a man who has worked or gone to college since he was 17 this has been really hard on his mind and ego.....but at least we are making some progress.........

Oh Virgil .....Tomorrow is the POE.....good luck......Welcome Ana

Wow folks! Whats going on here?? Where did everybody go to, no more posts no more vents about VSC, no more jokes? I miss you guys, what happened to this graet family on here?

Sylvie

Still here......Missing everyone.......We are filing AOS on June 3..........Fighting with the lawyer to get my money back still.....Oscar is settling in well but it is interesting how different our lives are now.......Kisses guys...Lora

Lora, what a long hard road to get to this...... i'm so happy for you both! Congratulations! Can't wait to see the pics!

Thanks Kim...........Now that you have filed my hope is that your journey is so much quicker.....but it is kind of like childbirth....You forget the pain....and only focus on the this new life Oscar and I have.........It is hard for him though.......No work......No children in the home before......I still have 2 here....but he is making friends in the neighborhood.....and we hope soon to have his papers for work......His english is improving.....He now is starting to think in english all the time.......He even had a dream in english.....I speak no spanish to him.....so he hears fast english only......and he is getting better everyday......and he is a great cook.....How lucky I am......I love Peruvian food so I will have to be careful not to eat too much of it......Well good luck too everyone......It is true the whole journey is very very very much worth the wait and pain.........Lora

Thanks for posting Lora, its hard to imagine being in your place and Im sure it was for you at one time. Im so pleased you are happy.

Yes it was very very very hard.......almost 11 months of hard....but it is true that ....this too will pass and life does move on....Hoping the best for you

Lora, what a long hard road to get to this...... i'm so happy for you both! Congratulations! Can't wait to see the pics!

Thanks Kim...........Now that you have filed my hope is that your journey is so much quicker.....but it is kind of like childbirth....You forget the pain....and only focus on the this new life Oscar and I have.........It is hard for him though.......No work......No children in the home before......I still have 2 here....but he is making friends in the neighborhood.....and we hope soon to have his papers for work......His english is improving.....He now is starting to think in english all the time.......He even had a dream in english.....I speak no spanish to him.....so he hears fast english only......and he is getting better everyday......and he is a great cook.....How lucky I am......I love Peruvian food so I will have to be careful not to eat too much of it......Well good luck too everyone......It is true the whole journey is very very very much worth the wait and pain.........Lora

Hi All.......well we did it .....Married May 2, 2008 at 200 in the afternoon.......We are filing the next part on Monday........Will have pictures soon....Very small very low key affair.......but it was perfect ........

Congrats Virgil and Ana......YEAH ........Happy dance for you guys..........We are getting close to our wedding too...May 2.......Counting the days...........

Well I'm not counting my chickens before they hatch, anymore. Assuming everything goes smoothly she'll arrive in May sometime. But she has an extra requirement there of a fiancee' seminar by the government there, she's waiting on a replacement passport as hers was too close to expiration - long story short there are still complications from here to there

When's the wedding?

Congratulations Charlene!! Bet it makes you want to kiss the ground when you get off the plane

Another weird government srew up story, but at least it has a happy ending:

My fiancee' has an interview april 22. I made it under the embassy's new call in scheduling system. They asked if I wanted to confirm, I said yes and they gave me a confirmation number and later sent my fiancee' an email with the date and confirmation number.

Then I got a letter from the embassy a couple weeks later stating she is eligible for an interview appointment. I shrugged it off as an oversight. Today the day she is ready to leave I get another letter stating call to schedule an interview. Uh-oh. So I go on their website to check on her interview date and it shows no record. Uh-oh. This is like 4 hours before her trip, tickets bought, reservations made, bags packed. So I call the embassy when they open, 2 hours to go ... they tell me they have no record of her appointment either and that I should call back to the scheduling number! UH-OH. But, I say, I have a confirmation number, which the USE emailed to her. I have no way to check on that sir, she says.

She can tell I am ready to lose my mind, so she puts me on hold to 'check'. She then tells me some people were told to call back to confirm, maybe that's you? Nope, confirmation number here, remember? Gave her date, exact time. Oh, hmm, well, ok, I'll make a note in the system, tell her it's ok to go to the interview. WHEW!! Close one!

Everybody wonders what the deal is with some petitions getting an easy ride and others tough sledding. My new theory is they pick some to screw up and then they just keep screwing them up at every possible step of the way. It seems to happen to many who have had long waits,etc. Makes as much sense as any other reason

Early June filer's curse.........but it is over soon Virgil.......When will her POE be??????........

Well if they can make it difficult they will............but it will be o.k........a whole year....unbelieveable........but then the rest of your life.....It is all good.....We are getting married May 2......This is in our control so no problems...........Good Luck Virgil and Ana

Another weird government srew up story, but at least it has a happy ending:

My fiancee' has an interview april 22. I made it under the embassy's new call in scheduling system. They asked if I wanted to confirm, I said yes and they gave me a confirmation number and later sent my fiancee' an email with the date and confirmation number.

Then I got a letter from the embassy a couple weeks later stating she is eligible for an interview appointment. I shrugged it off as an oversight. Today the day she is ready to leave I get another letter stating call to schedule an interview. Uh-oh. So I go on their website to check on her interview date and it shows no record. Uh-oh. This is like 4 hours before her trip, tickets bought, reservations made, bags packed. So I call the embassy when they open, 2 hours to go ... they tell me they have no record of her appointment either and that I should call back to the scheduling number! UH-OH. But, I say, I have a confirmation number, which the USE emailed to her. I have no way to check on that sir, she says.

She can tell I am ready to lose my mind, so she puts me on hold to 'check'. She then tells me some people were told to call back to confirm, maybe that's you? Nope, confirmation number here, remember? Gave her date, exact time. Oh, hmm, well, ok, I'll make a note in the system, tell her it's ok to go to the interview. WHEW!! Close one!

Everybody wonders what the deal is with some petitions getting an easy ride and others tough sledding. My new theory is they pick some to screw up and then they just keep screwing them up at every possible step of the way. It seems to happen to many who have had long waits,etc. Makes as much sense as any other reason

Early June filer's curse.........but it is over soon Virgil.......When will her POE be??????........

We just got our visa approved on April 1 and had visa in hand on April 3rd.....we picked it up at dhl....We left on April 4th for POE in Miami....there are no guarantees but if you pick up at dhl it takes about 2 days.....Good Luck

Wow Lora! Welcome home, i am so happy for you and Oscar you guys finally made it.

Thanks Syl..........We are really happy.....getting settled......Meeting my family......It is all so surreal..........so funny how things change in such a short time........To all those who still wait......It is worth it.......This has made us a stronger couple........So I guess Bill was right.....That that does not kills us makes us stronger.....I doubted this but he was right.......Lora

Whatever/whoever the cause, it's a sad representation of our government.

Sara, if it has anything to do with you being Muslim ..that makes it even more sad! Something is seriously wrong and you are a perfect example of that.

I agree Kim......but after dealing with the Peruvian government....the height of incompetence.....I can see at least a ;ittle hope in the U.S. governments ability to improve........that is my hope for all who follow us in this process......Lora

Good Morning from Sunny Virginia..........POE was no different from anything else.....alot of waiting.....2 hours to get through Miami immigrations......so we missed our flight to Washington........got in at 1217 last night........but we are here finally together.......Thank God.......I wish all of you alot of luck with the rest of your journey..........Charlene and Virgil I hope your interviews go as smoothly as ours and Ric and Zee May and June interviews will shine for you.......See you guys....Lots of Love Lora

THAT IS WONDERFUL!!!!!!

OUR INTERVIEW IS NEXT TUESDAY....HOPE TO BE REJOICING WITH YOU SOON!!

Thanks Charlene......Zee and everyone.....We are thrilled....We came out of the embassy with a ¨what just happened¨look on our face.....Unbelievable....all of this agony for 15 minute of chatting with the interviewer.....when I get home I will write everything up......Now I am just so relieved

Hi Alll........Yesterday after 311 days of waiting in 15 short minutes we were APROVED.....We are waiting for thursday to pick up the passport and visa from DHL and POE on Friday......Thanks everyone for your support we are sooooooooooooooo happy......Lora and Oscar

well guys....I am off to the airport for a 135 am flight to Lima.....I am nervous.......checking everything 100 times.....I am excited to see the love of my life again........and anxious for April 1 at 815 am to come.....I know in my heart of hearts that this will finally be it......I hope to be home in Virginia by Friday night.....my kids need me..........I pray for a good interview...a speedy visa issuance and a safe flight home to the U.S......Thanks everyone........Lora and Oscar

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Aristotle a

Gee, I wonder if we are the last of the June filers.

Maria passed her medical today. Now we wait for interview on 4/23. It was scheduled for 4/3, but I couldn't make it then. They were gracious enough to reschedule it for us so I can be with her for her interview.

Hopefully, we can head home shortly after that. We want to spend a few days in Hong Kong and a few days in San Francisco before coming home to Florida.

There is so much I want Maria to see and experience on her way home.

Nope 3 June filers here....Our interview is April 1....Virgil's is April 23 and Erica's is in May..........But this is it from VSC

Awsome news.....we will be leaving Lima April 4th hopefully together........that will give them 4 days to process the visa before we leave to come home.....Maybe we will see you there

Hi to all people with cases in Lima embassy. i need your coments and help. My NOA2 was approved also 14 feb but i have not received any package from the embassy. My fiance called to the peruvian embassy two week ago and they told him that they have our file, they also say that my interview date is the 3rd week of april and the documenits will be sent in one week. as soon as last week was a national holiday (easter) i assume they got late. so i will call the embassy again this week.

can you give me some info of what documents they are going to ask me so i can start getting them? i also have another issue, i am not peruvian, in fact i am russian and my birth certificate is in russian. i assume thy need translated documents but i dont know if i have to translate them to spanish or english.

aahhh also i wanted to know, if i dont receive the package, do you know if i can send somebody to pick it up from the embassy?

any info you guys can give me will be very appretiated.

thanks a lot andmy best wishes for you all!

Katiushka

We never recieved our packet in Arequipa from the embassy....he traveled to Lima last week andwent to the window between 9-10 in the morning to get a copy of the invitation letter.....the IMPS certificate is the longest for him to wait for, the police and judical are pretty easy to get.......the paperwork is just like the link on the website......Our interview is April 1.......I am leaving for Lima on Sunday.......good luck....Lora