nycgirl

woo-hoooo. Card received today!! Such a relief. Like a huge weight off our shoulders! But, as we are gluttons for punishment, the paperwork continues.........applied for Shengen Visa at Greek Embassy last week (got it) and preparing the UK Visitor Visa Application to submit after Biometrics on July 20th!! Then, vacation here we come!!!

thanks!!

Can you add me to the list now? Date of I-751: 2/14 Date of NOA: 3/4 Biometrics: 4/6 Approved 7/6

Thanks!

ok, will do it tomorrow!! For tonite, we celebrate!!!!!!!!

Approved today!!!!!!! I can hardly believe it!! So happy! I checked our "case status" online 10 X a day. Checked it one lastl time today and THERE IT WAS!!! Card Production Ordered July 6th!

touched on SAturday 6/26. But nothing else.

Still no approval!! How do I know if our case has been "touched"

Also, Finesse got approved!! She posted it on the Yardie forum.

I can't take it much longer!! Our NOA from VSC was 3/4/10 and no approval yet!! Starting to thing its a Jamaican thing! (Based on me, Finesse and Mark_12). What is the hold up???? We sent:

Joint Bank accounts

Joint Credit Card, recent statements and 2008-2009 year-end summaries

2008-2009 Tax returns

Driver's licenses with marital address

Recent Gym membership renewal (paid in full-14 month membership)

Joint Car title

Health Insurance Cards showing both names

Letter from my employer stating he is beneficiary of Life Insurance and 401K

Geico Insurance cards dating back 2 years.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Photos and/or Airline boarding passes from the following Events and trips:

-Hawaii: January 2008

-Niagara Falls: Summer 2008

-Montego Bay Jamaica: November 2008

-Miami, FL: February 2009

-Charlottesville, VA: March 2009

-Big Sur, CA: April 2009

-Boss's Wedding: May 2009

-Negril, Jamaica: June 2009

-Jersey Shore, NJ: July 2009

-Lisbon, Portugal and Paris, France: October/November 2009

-Ocho Rios, Jamaica: December 2009

-Ft. Lauderdale, FL: January 2010

What is the deal??? Any other Yardies have a longer-than-normal wait??

I was thinking the same thing. Not sure if that makes waiting any easier. Really starting to stress!!

NOA date 3/4. I am at work, so I don't have the BIO letter. Thanks.

Sure!! I can't remember when he did biometrics.......But this much I know........we mailed i751 on 2/13. Tracking at USPS Website indicated that it was sent all around the damn NorthEast for a week, then it was "misrouted" for 2 more weeks. They still indicated that it was "misrouted" when I realized that my check was cashed. NOA came soon after.

NOA was sent out on 3/4. Biometrics 4/5 maybe??

I am eternal optimist, so we planned a trip to London and Greek Islands for September. That means he needs to get the UK Visa and then the Schengen Visa at the busiest travel season. Just thinking that the 10 year card will help with the Visas. Although he has already gotten a Schengen Visa once with just his 2 year card. I must thrive on the anxiety!!!

OMG...where is our card??????? Dying. turning into a maniac. Check here........check USCIS case status.......check our email......check mailbox. I am a basketcase.

Filed 2/14 but USPS "lost" our package until 3/4. Guess that make us March filers. I am dyyyyyyinggggg!

Just Bob,

Thanks for your comments. It's a shame that many of the folks here offering their comments are not offering any ideas to help mitigate the problem. For all you guys making self-righteous remarks, you talk as if having a family separated for 4 to 5 years is an easy thing to do for anyone, just for the sake of having the opportunity to live together in the US. I have not taken time to take a look at the profiles of those making comments, but it seems to me that some of you can not identify with an LPR spouse that has been seperated from her husband for 4 to 5 years.

While I have never attempted what the poster did, during my 4 year separation from my family, I admit that I thought of all possible ways (sometimes questionable) of getting my family here, just on visitor visas, but dismissed all ideas because I understood the implications. Unfortunately, the poster was misinformed. You think if she had understood the implications, she would have done it? How many Americans drive under the speed limit because they are just "good and righteous" people, and not because they don't want to be punished with a traffic fine? So please don't make it sound as if LPR spouses that patiently wait for their applications to be approved have done it simply because they are just good and law-abiding people. Many have done it only because they know what could happen if they attempt to take matters into their own hands.

Anyway, while not condoning the actions of the poster, I don't think that the poster came hear to be beaten up on top of her mistakes. She made a mistake. Doesn't make her "evil" and not deserving of a visa for herself and her children to be with her husband after 4 to 5 probably painful years of separation.

I will advise those that have nothing positive to say to just shut up! That is not the purpose of this forum.

Hmmmmmm.....interesting. Many many people have come on this forum, asking "Can I ....(fill in the blank).......do something illegal or sneaky, circumvent the rules, knowingly defraud or outsmart USCIS......in order to get myself, my husband, wife or fiance here faster. They posters are shot down as cheats, losers, and evil doers. Many times a mod will respond and let the poster know that this website does not condone illegal activity, and it is not a place to ask for advice on how to defraud the USCIS. Happens ALL THE TIME (and rightfully so).

However, once a person has already done the fraudulent or illegal act, its time to forgive and forget, be nice, be supportive and understanding. Wee bit hypocritical, no?? And Samkunle, you can read timelines all day long....we have all had "waiting" struggles with immigration and we can all identify with the OP to some degree. But the truth of the matter is........some use fraud to overcome their struggle. Some use patience.

USCIS does not care how desperate you felt you were. they care about whether you are willing to tell the truth and abide by the law as it is written. there are already enough people in my country who do not follow the rules. the jails are full. if you are denied because of your own actions, you will be just like them, unable to walk in my society freely.

it it harsh to speak the truth? is it "judgemental"? sure, but you are best served by such words, as are all the people who will read this thread and think "hey, it's just the rules, maybe i can break them and not get caught, because i'm desperate"... truth is truth, and avoiding it will only increase the trouble one faces, as you are just now realising. fault me for telling you and anyone else who reads this "the truth".

desperate? lemme tell you about a moment of desperation.

when i was 28 i was sailing on the atlantic coast at a particularly rough spot that is known for it's history of shipwrecks. i was on a small boat with a 12 year old boy. in a swell i was washed overboard and my life jacket was pulled from me. when i fought my way to the surface and rose in the 10 foot swell i was able to see a distance. i saw that my life jacket was 20 yards away and headed toward the beach, which was a few miles away. the boat and the 12 year old kid were going in the other direction at a fast clip, with no land in sight for 100 miles.

in that moment i had a decision to make. i could either save myself, or put aside my own safety in an attempt to reach the boat in the interest of saving the child. in that moment i decided my own life was worth less than his. at the top of the next swell i yelled for him to put the sail in the water and began swimming. by the time i reached the boat i was exhausted, and barely alive. within a 15 minutes i was able to raise the sail and turn us toward shore.

lessons learned? never sail single handed in waters you don't know well. always have your life jacket straps tight enough. always make the decision that puts the interest of the group in priority, regardless of the cost to yourself. what desperation were you facing? you were facing a 3-5 year wait. what have you put at risk by trying to save yourself? your future, and that of your children and husband.

if you're going to come to America, expect to play by the rules right from the start. anything less is gonna cost you.

I honestly appreciate ur contributions, but passing a judgemnet on me and speaking for everybody else in the forum was a bit high-handed. I did make a mistake in the past and am only trying to make the best out of an already bad one. The best you can do is tell me what you think of my situation and not condemn me.

What i did was an act of desperation to be with my husband and not out of some craziness to be in the States by hook or crook.

Thank you for your contributions though but saying no sympathy from everyone else, is not in your place.

Pls anyone with info for me , feel free to reply to these posts. thanks.

My dear, the reason why you won't get a huge amount of sympathy is that the people here (99%) do things the legal way, the painstakingly LEGAL way. Talk to any one here, and they will tell you how desperate they are to see their loved one. But still they wait, they file, they play by the rules (but mostly, they wait).

People who lie, cheat or defraud the government inevitably make it harder for those who choose to do the right thing.

If a member here were to give you step-by-step instructions on how to get out of your situation, that would be condoning what you did. It would put the stamp of approval on your behavior--"its okay to lie if you are desperately in love" It simply doesn't work that way around here!!

To THE OP.....whatever you decide to do....you need to do one thing immediately.....take your pictures off your avatar, signature and profile. You are exposing VERY personal things about another human being, AND posting his photo. Whatever the case may be with your marriage, his condition, his immigration status, .......leaving his picture up for all to see is just NOT RIGHT.

I had a hard time swallowing Michael Vick coming into the game last night.

swallowing Michael Vick coming....ewww. hehehehehehe. Always dirty mind!

This is hysterical......get over yourselves people.

YES, people do read only what they want to. Like y'all!! Of course I wasn't talking about the people who HAPPEN INTO a relationship while socializing on line. If it doesn't apply to you, don't take it personally. If you'd bother to read MY post, I said PEOPLE WHO LOOK FOR RELATIONSHIPS ONLINE!!!!! Those who look on specific sites for specific nationalities. if you are so naive to think it doesn't happen, then all I say is WOW!! This "stereotype" is the worst you've seen on this website? hahahaha I didn't even say there's anything wrong with targeting a specific nationality. Hey, go look on Mars if you're into Martians. I don't care! But please stop complaining about how how you are judged when it comes to immigration. Again, if this doesn't apply to you, who cares. If it does apply, who cares too??

And BTW yes, there are "serial Jamaican daters" There are websites that celebrate that sort of thing. There are women who travel to Jamaica to meet men and who will only date JA men. I was never one of them. Met my husband in New Jersey. Never dated another Jamaican in my life. If anyone stereotypes JA-American relationships, so be it.

The subject of the conversation between Just Bob, justashooter, and myself was specifically about people who meet their SO's through either chance encounters or introductions by mutual friends, and specifically NOT about people who look for relationships online. You quoted one of my comments, as well as justashooter's response to me, in your original statement. In fact, you specifically thanked him for his statement. I understand his implication that I may have had a choice because I could have chosen someone else. I clearly explained in subsequent posts why there was no choice involved on my part, and others replied with similar stories, which is why I asked if you bothered to read the entire thread. If you were commenting only about people who look for relationships online with people of specific nationalities then you were quoting the wrong conversation, because it had nothing whatever to do with that subject. Anyone reading your comments, after having read the entire thread, would have no option but to think that you were essentially accusing me (and perhaps others) of lying about how we met our SO's.

I don't question that there are people who do exactly as you describe. For pete's sake, there are hundreds of websites dedicated to meeting people of specific nationalities for the purpose of marriage. The conversation you quoted when you made your statement was clearly NOT about those websites nor the people who use them.

Got it. I apologize. I was only trying to quote his comment that no one is born with a fiance. Never did I intend to accuse anyone of lying about how they met their SO. Sorry

This is hysterical......get over yourselves people.

YES, people do read only what they want to. Like y'all!! Of course I wasn't talking about the people who HAPPEN INTO a relationship while socializing on line. If it doesn't apply to you, don't take it personally. If you'd bother to read MY post, I said PEOPLE WHO LOOK FOR RELATIONSHIPS ONLINE!!!!! Those who look on specific sites for specific nationalities. if you are so naive to think it doesn't happen, then all I say is WOW!! This "stereotype" is the worst you've seen on this website? hahahaha I didn't even say there's anything wrong with targeting a specific nationality. Hey, go look on Mars if you're into Martians. I don't care! But please stop complaining about how how you are judged when it comes to immigration. Again, if this doesn't apply to you, who cares. If it does apply, who cares too??

And BTW yes, there are "serial Jamaican daters" There are websites that celebrate that sort of thing. There are women who travel to Jamaica to meet men and who will only date JA men. I was never one of them. Met my husband in New Jersey. Never dated another Jamaican in my life. If anyone stereotypes JA-American relationships, so be it.

Thanks for understanding Bob and also for taking the time to read it.

All I can say is that the more that damn man pissed me off the more I couldn't stop talking to him. He just drove me crazy and he was rude and I couldn't understand why. It was almost like I had to figure him out. One day I got so angry that I decided to stop talking to him and then about a month later I got this really long beautiful letter from him telling me that he couldn't stop thinking about me and that he was in love with me. I felt the same way about him and I was scared. I was only 26 years old and already failed at one marriage. I was afraid to jump into love again and I cried when I finally admitted to myself that I loved him too even if he was a stubborn evil man. I think part of the reason we hated each other so much was because we were trying to stay out of love...

I know that does not make sense, but back then we didn't think it would even be possible to be together. I think we both wanted to push away and love said "screw you both you are going to do this"

And now he has been here for over two years living with me and you know what.. he does not even have one A-HOLE bone in his body hahah he is the nicest most kind man in the universe. I don't know what the heck happened, but I can assure you this... It was definately not intended for me to even get married again let alone fall in love with someone of a specific culture lol.

Thanks for listening I talk too much *hugs

Sweet story!!

Nobody chooses internet chat as a substitute for courting. Some people simply have no choice.

You're very fortunate if you were able to do all of those things before getting married. Most of us are not that lucky.

oh, come on, jim. that's like saying mice ate all of those holes in swiss cheese.

nobody is born with a "fiancee". we all choose our spouses. some of us choose people we meet in a street market. some of us choose people we meet on the internet. we all know where the people are before we consider them as mates.

we all have opportunities to meet people face to face, and some of us choose to do so, while others choose not to.

you seem like a very well organised guy. you are very logical in processing information, in general. how you missed the obvious logic in this question would seem an unanswerable question. the truth is that the answer lies within you. i'm sure you already know what it is.

THANK YOU!!!!!!! Seems like the "Justs".......... Justashooter and Just Bob are laying down some real talk, and people can't handle it. The people who look for relationships on the internet usually have VERY SPECIFIC target countries. If its not your fault that you fiance lives half a world away, who's fault is it???

Great news!!! See you on the penny slots in AC!!!

Quick rant for the day!

Just was on lunch & surfing around a little...checked out the Negril.com board & realized why I hate it. Tourists (yes, I realize technically I'm one too) have WAY too rosy a view of the whole scene there. What got me today is reading how the guy Dennis at the hammock park is such a nice, great, wonderful, special man. He may be if you're a group of tourists from Idaho, but if you go in there with your Jamaican fiance & his cousin, he's a total a$$hole! On so many occasions, we've been treated like ####### by the same people all these tourists rave about. It just makes me sick to my stomach to read the raving reviews about these people when I've seen the other side & know it's bull$hit. Okay, thanks for reading....rant over.

OMG, that board is sooooooooo corny. A likkle disillusioned, those peeps!

Ummmm NYCgirl...don't think it should be anymore difficult than any other non USC from another country trying to get it..good luck

YES!!!!!!!! He got the Visa. He wants to see the Champs Elysee!!! So excited!!!

JG, what's up??? I'll send you a PM!

Morning all! Happy birthday Just and Cat - hope you have wonderful days =

NYCgirl, long time no see! I haven't ever even heard of that visa, lol - I would suggest asking in one of the other forums, maybe someone has info, even though it's not JA specific.

Its a Visa to visit Europe. You need one Visa and you can visit any of 15 countries. Didn't know how hard it was for a Jamaican citizen to get one. I guess we'll find out on Monday!! He has a 9am appt at the French Consulate. Oh boy! At least this interview doesn't require studying!! THANKS!