BlakeandOlha

I haven't received my NOA2 hard copy yet, should I be concerned? o.O

The thing you need more than anything else is the case number for the embassy. You can call the NVC and get that information (just have your NOA1 number on hand for reference). You will need the hardcopy later in the process, but that case number is what you'll need to get the interview packets completed.

Oh, and good luck on your medical interview tomorrow Cécile!....even if you don't really need luck!

Just dropping by to wish Cecile GOOD LUCK on the medical!!!

Thank you!

Good Luck, Cecile, or should I just wish you patience?

OK EVERYONE, With all the talk of dresses over the last few days I've got a question to ask (I can't believe I'm doing this....) Which do you prefer - a white dress or an ivory dress. Olga has brown hair and green eyes, and she keeps going between the two. I suggested we put it up for a vote......

Yikes, I never thought that would be a question I'd ever ask. Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Cecile, Pam, Rachel, Sunny, dbears, Aliona, Courtney, Chantal help me.....

OUR PETITION IS APPROVED!!! We received an email from USCIS tonight stating that our I-129 has been approved and that our NOA 2 has been sent out. Hope to receive the hard copy sometime over the next couple days. I don't think it'll take long since I live here in San Diego. Exciting!! FINALLY! Valerie and I are keeping all of those still waiting to hear from USCIS in our thoughts. It won't be long! Stay positive!

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!

Here's the list for today, as much as they might enjoy hanging around with the NOA1 crowd, it's time for the remaining January filers to move on to NOA2 land. Sunnybear, this means you! it's time for you to get your NOA2, quit fighting it.

Remaining 24.7%......... Approved 75.3%

Name……………. Filing Date

Remaining

1 Ayako & Nathan 01-01

2 Belen & Tim 01-02

3 Thanh & Cao 01-04

4 Ajay & Komal 01-07

5 Matt & Robin 01-08

6 Judee Anne & Reynaldo 01-09

7 Hazel & Ben 01-10

8 Sarah & Rudi 01-12

9 Hiba & Hadie 01-15

10 Valarie & Justin 01-15

11 Steph & Gareth 01-17

12 Myriam & Gary 01-17

13 Agatha & Robert 01-17

14 VRP & SK 01-18

15 Busch & Eric 01-22

16 yan & isa 01-24

17 WE & CE 01-25

18 Rymma & Vadim 01-25

19 Supida & Supida 01-25

20 Lena & Val 01-29

21 Susan & Chris 01-30

22 Mary & Carl 01-30

*Mailed in Dec.

Approved

1 Gerald & Vinera___________01-04----04-22

2 Bing & John______________01-12----05-02

3 Shirley & Steven___________01-07----05-02

4 J & Paulie________________01-04----05-02

5 Rosi & Chuck_____________01-04----05-02

6 Hesham & Tanya__________01-14----05-02

7 Pamela & Joshua___________01-11----05-05

8 Eliciana & Benjamin________01-11----05-05

9 Robe & Victoria___________01-09----05-06

10 Wayne & Nueng*_________01-01----05-06

11 Yuliya & Brian___________01-03----05-10

12 Rachel & Alex____________01-11----05-07

13 Relyn & Patrick*__________01-01----05-06

14 Plami & Krasi____________01-01----05-07

15 WW & MM______________01-12----05-07

16 Paola & Chris____________01-04----05-06

17 Zrinka & Eric____________01-05----05-07

18 Badr & Aimee*___________01-01----05-08

19 Stacy & Jonathan*________01-01----05-09

20 Erica & Scott_____________01-12----05-12

21 Cecile & Bryan___________01-02----05-13

22 Portia & Tony*___________01-01----05-14

23 Bryant & Aliona*_________01-01----05-14

24 Stephan & Alissa_________01-04----05-13

25 Raghu & Swathi*_________01-01----05-12

26 Shaun & Angie___________01-15----05-19

27 Ali & Natalie_____________01-09----05-15

28 Ten & DJ________________01-03----05-07

29 Russell & Dakotah________01-14----05-22

30 Laura & Scott____________01-23----05-27

31 Lili & Matt_______________01-05----05-27

32 Bruno & Carol____________01-12----05-27

33 Elena & Sergey___________01-15----05-28

34 Greivin & Courtney________01-24----05-28

35 M&J____________________01-16----05-27

36 Maria Ameliza & Eric_______01-09----05-29

37 Hilda & Chris_____________01-16----05-27

38 Oscar & Joselyn___________01-17----05-29

39 Benny & Cassi____________01-31----05-29

40 Chris & Therese___________01-23----05-29

41 PT & J___________________01-07----05-30

42 jen & jay_________________01-16----05-30

43 Lea & Ron________________01-25----05-30

44 gabbie & erv______________01-22----05-31

45 Mitchell & Joy_____________01-16----06-03

46 Lucie & Damon____________01-24----06-02

47 Levi & Heather_____________01-19----06-03

48 Olga & Blake______________01-25----06-03

49 Marina & Eugene___________01-17----06-04

50 Alet & Cesar_______________01-21----06-04

51 Jeroen & Michelle__________01-24----06-04

52 Thomas & Michelle_________01-29----06-04

53 jj & sh ___________________01-15----06-05

54 jennie & matthew___________01-25----06-10

55 Joanna & Dale_____________01-23----06-11

56 nr123 & nm123____________01-23----06-24

57 Abbas & Maya_____________01-14----06-23

58 Irina & Zubzare_____________01-10----06-18

59 Joseph & Tammy____________01-29----06-17

60 Richel & Michael____________01-31----06-12

61 Lean & Emil________________01-23----06-07

62 S & A______________________01-28----06-26

63 Paul & Joanna_______________01-25----06-26

64 Liberty & Phillip_____________01-15----06-25

65 Nick & Sarah________________01-23----06-25

66 a & o_______________________01-24----06-25

67 Ersila & Ilir_________________01-30----06-30

Congrats you guys on the approvals that are starting to come in

- this logjam is going to break soon, you folks are more than due at this point. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of you!!

I thought about the men tonight, thinking we had a very "girly" day on that thread!

Well, things are moving forwards for you!

You must be very happy to know your interview date tomorrow!!

Good luck to you Blake!

Like I've said before, sometimes this thread goes in interesting directions. But it's always fun, even on "girly" days. Pam, I do have to say your dress looks wonderful, and you look wonderful wearing it.

Pam, that dress is lovely and you look absolutely beautiful in it. Your man will be stunned, for sure.

My fiance is an artist, and an aspiring animated movie/video game designer. He told me that the only real "Dream" he has for his wedding is that he designs his wife's dress, so that's what I'm going to let him do. I'm very anxious to see what he has in mind, but.. I'm trying to be patient by not bugging him about it.

Wow, that is so cool! Do be sure to post some pictures of it!

Ohhhh! Yes! for sure, I want to see it too!! but like you, we would need to be patient!

But it is a great gift he is going to do for you....I love that idea, it is so sweet!

Wow, slow work day is right, I hope you all got the dress discussion out of the way so I can chime in

Actually, Olga finally decided on her dress and I'm ordering it tomorrow, so this was perhaps an appropriate twist in the road after all. She's going with ivory rather than white, which I think will look wonderful on her. With as much as I have on my plate, I'm certainly glad that I don't have any aspirations for designing wedding wear. We should know our interview date tomorrow when the embassy reopens - I've got the card at the ready, and hopefully will be able to get some plane tickets figured out. So things are moving along again, thank goodness.

hello guys

I know i know I don't come often ... but

I feel just highly depressed now.

You know I was pretty sure to got our approval in something like 120 days... It looks like it will be not before 3 or 4 weeks from now if all is ok.

It's hard, just so hard.

I'm crying so often ... I even don't understand how i still have tears.

Just wanted to say hello to you all and congrats to all new approvals.

Hugs and kisses (more of them for Sunny)

Yoko

Miss Yoko, You are always welcome here, and no appologies are ever necessary. I know this is a difficult time for you, and the CSC is not cooperating. But as the saying goes, it's always darkest before the dawn. Your time will come soon, and you will be here with your Richard. Good things are on their way to you.

Praise God!!!! dated June 25 on the mail frm the USCIS that my fiance received - APPROVED!!!! and yeah, no email too! i think uscis are back doing the mysterious touches

the waiting from the USCIS is finally over! were continuously praying that the rest of the processing will just flow smoothly and wont take long...

hi NVC

sunny...i have a feeling that urs will come soon. kip the faith. our fingers are crossed for you

Congratulations!!!!

And here it is....

Remaining 27.0%......... Approved 73.0%

Name……………. Filing Date

Remaining

1 Ayako & Nathan 01-01

2 Belen & Tim 01-02

3 Thanh & Cao 01-04

4 Ajay & Komal 01-07

5 Matt & Robin 01-08

6 Judee Anne & Reynaldo 01-09

7 Hazel & Ben 01-10

8 Sarah & Rudi 01-12

9 10 Hiba & Hadie 01-15

10 Valarie & Justin 01-15

11 Steph & Gareth 01-17

12 Myriam & Gary 01-17

13 Agatha & Robert 01-17

14 VRP & SK 01-18

15 Busch & Eric 01-22

16 a & o 01-24

17 yan & isa 01-24

18 WE & CE 01-25

19 Rymma & Vadim 01-25

20 Supida & Supida 01-25

21 Lena & Val 01-29

22 Ersila & Ilir 01-30

23 Susan & Chris 01-30

24 Mary & Carl 01-30

*Mailed in Dec.

Approved

1 Gerald & Vinera___________01-04----04-22

2 Bing & John______________01-12----05-02

3 Shirley & Steven___________01-07----05-02

4 J & Paulie________________01-04----05-02

5 Rosi & Chuck_____________01-04----05-02

6 Hesham & Tanya__________01-14----05-02

7 Pamela & Joshua___________01-11----05-05

8 Eliciana & Benjamin________01-11----05-05

9 Robe & Victoria___________01-09----05-06

10 Wayne & Nueng*_________01-01----05-06

11 Yuliya & Brian___________01-03----05-10

12 Rachel & Alex____________01-11----05-07

13 Relyn & Patrick*__________01-01----05-06

14 Plami & Krasi____________01-01----05-07

15 WW & MM______________01-12----05-07

16 Paola & Chris____________01-04----05-06

17 Zrinka & Eric____________01-05----05-07

18 Badr & Aimee*___________01-01----05-08

19 Stacy & Jonathan*________01-01----05-09

20 Erica & Scott_____________01-12----05-12

21 Cecile & Bryan___________01-02----05-13

22 Portia & Tony*___________01-01----05-14

23 Bryant & Aliona*_________01-01----05-14

24 Stephan & Alissa_________01-04----05-13

25 Raghu & Swathi*_________01-01----05-12

26 Shaun & Angie___________01-15----05-19

27 Ali & Natalie_____________01-09----05-15

28 Ten & DJ________________01-03----05-07

29 Russell & Dakotah________01-14----05-22

30 Laura & Scott____________01-23----05-27

31 Lili & Matt_______________01-05----05-27

32 Bruno & Carol____________01-12----05-27

33 Elena & Sergey___________01-15----05-28

34 Greivin & Courtney________01-24----05-28

35 M&J____________________01-16----05-27

36 Maria Ameliza & Eric_______01-09----05-29

37 Hilda & Chris_____________01-16----05-27

38 Oscar & Joselyn___________01-17----05-29

39 Benny & Cassi____________01-31----05-29

40 Chris & Therese___________01-23----05-29

41 PT & J___________________01-07----05-30

42 jen & jay_________________01-16----05-30

43 Lea & Ron________________01-25----05-30

44 gabbie & erv______________01-22----05-31

45 Mitchell & Joy_____________01-16----06-03

46 Lucie & Damon____________01-24----06-02

47 Levi & Heather_____________01-19----06-03

48 Olga & Blake______________01-25----06-03

49 Marina & Eugene___________01-17----06-04

50 Alet & Cesar_______________01-21----06-04

51 Jeroen & Michelle__________01-24----06-04

52 Thomas & Michelle_________01-29----06-04

53 jj & sh ___________________01-15----06-05

54 jennie & matthew___________01-25----06-10

55 Joanna & Dale_____________01-23----06-11

56 nr123 & nm123____________01-23----06-24

57 Abbas & Maya_____________01-14----06-23

58 Irina & Zubzare_____________01-10----06-18

59 Joseph & Tammy____________01-29----06-17

60 Richel & Michael____________01-31----06-12

61 Lean & Emil________________01-23----06-07

62 S & A______________________01-28----06-26

63 Paul & Joanna_______________01-25----06-26

64 Liberty & Phillip_____________01-15----06-25

65 Nick & Sarah________________01-23----06-25

Big Time Congratulations!!!!!!

Time to post a new list I think.....

Party in Chicago!!!

OK!

And then we'll all go to Cali and camp out in Rachel's apartment Like a traveling road show. You in Sunnybear?

YaY!!!

gawd... there i'll be... 3000 miles away from the party >_< lol

Nah, after California, Hawaii will be our destination! So you'll be in the party too!

After that? Shes, where do your folks live?

Party in Chicago!!!

OK!

And then we'll all go to Cali and camp out in Rachel's apartment Like a traveling road show. You in Sunnybear?

That's a great idea Rachel!

Count me in if you figure something like that out!

I've been wondering how best to keep in touch once we've all received our visas. I suppose we can create January threads elsewhere but I know that some people dislike the 'month' threads and they don't really seem to be done in the other forums.

I have so much webspace that I'm wondering if there's a type of site I could create, where people could post updates/wedding photos/the like.

Party in Chicago!!!

Boobah - Congratulations, just trying to catch up on posts and I saw you've been approved. Great News! We'll get the list updated for tomorrow, hopefully with a lot more January filers as well.

3 hours of travel everyday? I hope I'll never have to do that.

And about having free time, he should spend it talking with you more often, and also try to see all the people / places that he won't see anymore in a few weeks/months. Though the bad thing is that it usually costs money to go to all these places...

Good Morning, All

I was wondering what could have caused this tremendous slowdown in approvals over the last few weeks and then I figured out that it must be because I have not posted the list of approvals in a bit. I think that perhaps the CSC is so lost they were relying on the list to figure out who to approve or not. So to give them some direction here it is. Let's hope someone over there pays attention and gets on the ball. Someone, that's not already on vacation that is.

It really is time to wrap January up so we can all move on to better things.....

Remaining 32.6%......... Approved 67.4%

Name……………. Filing Date

Remaining

1 Ayako & Nathan 01-01

2 Belen & Tim 01-02

3 Thanh & Cao 01-04

4 Ajay & Komal 01-07

5 Matt & Robin 01-08

6 Judee Anne & Reynaldo 01-09

7 Hazel & Ben 01-10

8 Sarah & Rudi 01-12

9 Liberty & Phillip 01-15

10 Hiba & Hadie 01-15

11 Valarie & Justin 01-15

12 Steph & Gareth 01-17

13 Myriam & Gary 01-17

14 Agatha & Robert 01-17

15 VRP & SK 01-18

16 Busch & Eric 01-22

17 Nick & Sarah 01-23

18 Lucie & Damon 01-24

19 a & o 01-24

20 yan & isa 01-24

21 WE & CE 01-25

22 Paul & Joanna 01-25

23 Rymma & Vadim 01-25

24 S & A 01-28

25 Supida & Supida 01-25

26 Lena & Val 01-29

27 Ersila & Ilir 01-30

28 Susan & Chris 01-30

29 Mary & Carl 01-30

*Mailed in Dec.

Approved

1 Gerald & Vinera___________01-04----04-22

2 Bing & John______________01-12----05-02

3 Shirley & Steven___________01-07----05-02

4 J & Paulie________________01-04----05-02

5 Rosi & Chuck_____________01-04----05-02

6 Hesham & Tanya__________01-14----05-02

7 Pamela & Joshua___________01-11----05-05

8 Eliciana & Benjamin________01-11----05-05

9 Robe & Victoria___________01-09----05-06

10 Wayne & Nueng*_________01-01----05-06

11 Yuliya & Brian___________01-03----05-10

12 Rachel & Alex____________01-11----05-07

13 Relyn & Patrick*__________01-01----05-06

14 Plami & Krasi____________01-01----05-07

15 WW & MM______________01-12----05-07

16 Paola & Chris____________01-04----05-06

17 Zrinka & Eric____________01-05----05-07

18 Badr & Aimee*___________01-01----05-08

19 Stacy & Jonathan*________01-01----05-09

20 Erica & Scott_____________01-12----05-12

21 Cecile & Bryan___________01-02----05-13

22 Portia & Tony*___________01-01----05-14

23 Bryant & Aliona*_________01-01----05-14

24 Stephan & Alissa_________01-04----05-13

25 Raghu & Swathi*_________01-01----05-12

26 Shaun & Angie___________01-15----05-19

27 Ali & Natalie_____________01-09----05-15

28 Ten & DJ________________01-03----05-07

29 Russell & Dakotah________01-14----05-22

30 Laura & Scott____________01-23----05-27

31 Lili & Matt_______________01-05----05-27

32 Bruno & Carol____________01-12----05-27

33 Elena & Sergey___________01-15----05-28

34 Greivin & Courtney________01-24----05-28

35 M&J____________________01-16----05-27

36 Maria Ameliza & Eric_______01-09----05-29

37 Hilda & Chris_____________01-16----05-27

38 Oscar & Joselyn___________01-17----05-29

39 Benny & Cassi____________01-31----05-29

40 Chris & Therese___________01-23----05-29

41 PT & J___________________01-07----05-30

42 jen & jay_________________01-16----05-30

43 Lea & Ron________________01-25----05-30

44 gabbie & erv______________01-22----05-31

45 Mitchell & Joy_____________01-16----06-03

46 Levi & Heather_____________01-19----06-03

47 Olga & Blake______________01-25----06-03

48 Marina & Eugene___________01-17----06-04

49 Alet & Cesar_______________01-21----06-04

50 Jeroen & Michelle__________01-24----06-04

51 Thomas & Michelle_________01-29----06-04

52 jj & sh ___________________01-15----06-05

53 jennie & matthew___________01-25----06-10

54 Joanna & Dale_____________01-23----06-11

55 nr123 & nm123____________01-23----06-24

56 Abbas & Maya_____________01-14----06-23

57 Irina & Zubzare_____________01-10----06-18

58 Joseph & Tammy____________01-29----06-17

59 Richel & Michael____________01-31----06-12

60 Lean & Emil________________01-23----06-07

I've been looking at AOS and it looks rather complicated. I would certainly be very grateful if you and everyone else sticks around and gives advice!

Jeeeze, my brains fried enough already, I'm going to need everyone's help on the AOS as well. I'm sticking around too, no doubt.

My K1 visa got approved today. The interview dint last more than 10-15mins. It was absolutely smooth. Raghu

Wow! Congratulations!!

I hope Courtney's Interview is going well today!

Second the motion - everyone send good vibes their way!

Welcome back Blake! I'm so glad everything is moving along for you. You must be so excited to be finally going to see Olga again soon. I'm over-emotional right now...but I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it.

This is such an emotional process - both for good and bad. At the beginning of this journey I remember every time I'd read about people flying over and being welcomed to this country I'd get very emotional, still do. Not quite sure how I'll react when the customs agent hands Olga back her passport and says "Welcome to the US" - gett'n misty just thinking about it.

Cecile, I think you're right - as soon as I have some concrete actions to take things will start to get into line for me. I sure hope so.

Pam, thankfully I enjoy flying. Every time I'd fly back from seeing Olga I would tell myself that one day I would be sitting in an airport lounge with her, and that she would be seeing everything I was seeing. That's what got me through the journey's home without too much saddness. For those of us that just cant see our SO's for long stretches of time these trips can be very daunting. Oh, hell, it's difficult for all of us.

Welcome back Blake Glad to hear you were finally able to tell Olga and sounds like you've been crazy busy!

Thanks, I've really missed you guys. Crazy it is, but I'm hoping to get things in control once we get the date. Booking tickets, arranging for apartments, getting the house finished (to the extent I'm able) getting my mom over to my sister's, all that starts with a date. Then I'll be moving things off the list of "to do's." How are you doing? I hope things are moving along nicely for you two.

I'm so sorry Sara, I understand your feelings of hopelessness. It is probably best for you to go to be with you man, he needs you as much as you need him right now. My prayers are with you both.

Please lord oh please let us get our approval soon!!!!! New job today eeeep!

Please let us know when you come back from work how your day went!

I'm here Cecile, finally. I feel like I've been gone a lifetime (well almost). And I've missed my daily chats with my friends here. Yes, I told Olga last week and she started yelling and crying, and so, I started yelling and crying all over again. Now it's down to the details.....

The Ukraine has a special way of setting interviews, you have to buy a PIN from a bank, and use that number when contacting the embassy - only then will they set an interview date. She was going to try to call today over her lunch break, and I haven't heard yet if she was able to do so. All the paperwork is together so we can do it tomorrow if we need to. OK that's a bit of a stretch, because I'm planning on being there and it's crazy expensive to fly right now. Throw on top of it all the fact that I've just started a new job and the "up to 10 day wait" to receive the visa after the interview, and I'm in the middle of a scheduling nightmare. I'm trying to coordinate everything so as to accomplish my goal of being at the interview, and flying back with Olga and her son without getting too much heat.

So....

My plan is to fly to Kiev and meet Olga the day before the medical, go to the interview, pack them on a train back home, then fly to London and spend 4 days working at the global headquarters, then fly back to Kiev and down to Zaporozhje for a couple days to wait for the visa, then flying back to the US with Olga and her son. Yikes - way too complicated at this point. So, once Olga gives me a date it's off to credit card heaven.

To throw more complication into the equation, I'm taking care of my mom who had a stroke two years ago, before she moves on to live with my sister in Iowa. She lived with me for a year between her stroke and when she left to be with my other sister in DC for a year. Then, of course, there's trying to get the house all together for her arrival, long hours at the job and you've got a pretty frazzled Blake at this point. Oh yes.... did I forget wedding planning?

That's why I've been gone for the last few days, but I figure lunchtime is a great time to reconnect.

Shes - I hope that touch really means something special. Sunny, Congrats on the new job as well, you know my thoughts are with you. Cecile & Rachel I'm so happy to see things moving along. Aliona, I still love the pic, Pam, Jerone, and Courtney, I'm happy to see you all moving faster - and to everyone that is trying to accomplish the logistical magic of getting your loved ones over the oceans and by your side.... keep breathing (this is what i tell myself).

What's up everyone!! My name is Justin and my fiance, Valerie, and I just now have come across this forum! Unreal, huh? I can't believe it took us this long to find it! It's nice to know that there is so much support out there from people who are experiencing the same "torture" as us! We submitted our I-129 in January, and received our NOA 1 on January 18, but are still waiting for our NOA 2!! It's so nerve wrecking to see so many being able to take that next step in their journey, while we along with some of you, still hang out in the dust!! We are so happy for those who have received their approval and we look forward to joining you hopefully sooner than later!

Hello Justin, I'm glad you could join us. You're right, this forum is a life saver. I'm hoping that you receive your approval soon. We all need to move to a higher plane of existence - namely the NVC.

NOA 2 APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so haaaappy!!!!Damon was in Boston for two weeks visiting family, and also for work, when he got back to Denver last night, he called me immediatly to tell me the great news! noa 2 in the mail box!!!

it says we got it on June 2nd and was sent from California on June 6th, and we don't know when it's arrived in the mail box...

but on the uscis website it still says "case received and pending"....

Congratulations - I've been off for a few days, and happy to see such good news!

I'll fix up the new list tonight and post it - been a bit busy lately..... damn brits