neil wood

I'm going to be flying out and trying to visit this wednesday. Wish me luck guys!

Yeah i think i will try the DOS instead. I can tell now how the USE phone call would go. The people on the phones can be quite awful sometimes. I have phoned them many times as my packet 3 isn't on the system yet and they are constantly giving me different information and contradicting what another person has told me before.

Thanks for the help.

Sorry if my reply was confusing. Even though it may not suit you, I feel I should clarify just incase I confused anyone else.

Usually you do immigration in the US, after your flight lands. That's where they decide whether to allow you to enter the US or not. It they don't let you in, you have to pay to get on the next flight home.

Ireland has an arrangement with the US that allows passengers to go through immigration in Dublin (or Shannon) before the flight. For you this would mean having your POE, immigration interview in Dublin rather than in America. If they decided to refuse you entrance, you could just leave Dublin airport and get a flight back to the UK in your own time, which would be much cheaper and less hassle than from the States.

The Dublin POE requires all the same proof of return as an American POE, so you're not making that part any easier. You're just minimizing the issues if you're refused.

As mentioned not all US bound flights do immigration in Dublin, so if you decided to do this, double check with your airline.

Thank you Slightly Bonkers.

Sorry i didn't understand what you meant the first time. I will check that tomorrow, hopefully i can do it.

Thanks for the congratulations and information.

I am going to call the Embassy and see what they say tomorrow, then make a decision based on that.

Thanks guys

I think i am going to call the Embassy and see what they have to say about it. Then make a decision based on that.

Thanks for the response

I'm not quite sure what you mean.

As far as i know, it's only an issue trying to get into the US whilst you're applying for a Visa there. I don't think any other country would care that i am applying for the K-1 in America. I think the problem is that they are worried i will enter and not leave, so i think i need something that proves i will be returning.

Thanks again for the reply.

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if anybody has any information about visiting the US before the interview date.

My fiance gave birth a month early today. The problem is my packet 3 is stuck in processing hell. We sent it out 4 weeks ago this friday and we cannot do anything about it not getting there until that day, and even then we do not know what action the embassy will take. They may just ask us to send it again.

I was wondering if it would be possible to visit just for a week or two. Until i get my interview date. Money isn't an issue i would just like to know if this is possible as i really need/wan't to be there to help out.

I don't really have anything like an apartment contract or a job contract as i am living at home and i'm unemployed at the moment. Is there anything else i can use as proof that i will be returning?

Any help would be wonderful, i really need some information.

Thank you,

Neil

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if anybody has any information about visiting the US before the interview date.

My fiance gave birth a month early today. The problem is my packet 3 is stuck in processing hell. We sent it out 4 weeks ago this friday and we cannot do anything about it not getting there until that day, and even then we do not know what action the embassy will take. They may just ask us to send it again.

I was wondering if it would be possible to visit just for a week or two. Until i get my interview date. Money isn't an issue i would just like to know if this is possible as i really need/wan't to be there to help out.

I don't really have anything like an apartment contract or a job contract as i am living at home and i'm unemployed at the moment. Is there anything else i can use as proof that i will be returning?

Any help would be wonderful, i really need some information.

Thank you,

Neil.

Great game

Congrats Terri!

Bed time for me

Super bowl doesn't start until 11.30 pm here in England

Congratulations on all the approvals!

Gemmie- You're certainly not the only couple that has these kind of troubles. People always talk about how hard this all is because they miss their fiance, but rarely talk about how hard this is because of the strain it puts on the relationship. If there's a couple that finds being apart easy then they probably shouldn't be together. My point is it's normal to feel the way you do, i'm sure most of us have at some point during the time spent apart. Hope you feel better!

Terri- We do the movie thing too. A DVD and a webcam is a great way to make it feel like you are together. Even though we press play at the same time, for some reason my DVD always goes miles ahead of Ashley's. So i will start laughing and she has no idea why.

Hi guys,

I was wondering if anyone can help me,

I have a medical exam in London on wednesday and need a copy of the medical questionnaire.

Does any body have a link to where i can find it, or have it themselves that they could email to me.

I would be ever so grateful.

My email is - neilneilwood@googlemail.com (i know you shouldn't give out email addresses but at this point i don't really care)

Many thanks,

Neil.

We got our hard copy of the NOA2 today (a week later) and we're a little confused.

It mentions that our file has been forwarded to "the Consulate" stated and then they don't list London anywhere and they don't mention the NVC either - isn't it their job to forward it to the Consulate?

Gemmie, you said your NOA2 mentions the consulate, but did you mean the letter from NVC? 1st line on my NOA2 says "The above petition has been approved. We have sent the original visa petition to the Department of State National Visa Center (NVC) . . . ."

The letter from NVC gave a case number then said the case will be processed at: Tokyo, Emabssy of the United States, Visa Unit.

That's the thing, it was the NOA and it said it had been forwarded to the Consulate listed, but not only was there no mention of the London Consulate, but it didn't mention the NVC either.

I'm going to ask Bill to call the NVC to see if they've recieved our case.

Just to let you know, you can call from england too if you want. You just need your original receipt number and both yours and your fiances date of birth.

Also, don't take what the NVC and US embassy say as fact. The reason i say this is because i called the NVC on the 30th dec and they said "we have sent it to the US embassy in London today (30th of december)". I then called the US embassy a few days later and they had no record of it. However, when i called today they said "yes we received it on the 30th of december". Which i would think is incredibly unlikely that it could have been sent from America to London in a matter of hours LOL.

The few that filed the same day as us (14/08/08) at VSC should get something very soon.

We got our NOA2!!!!!

Congratulations!

The rest of the August filers will get their NOA2's any day now, i can feel it

Just came home to find an email saying i have been approved.

For anyone still waiting, hang in there guys yours will come any day now.

Congrats to all the new approvals.

2 more September filers approved, i'm starting to know how the July people felt now lol.

This morning i checked my email and there was one from Visa Journey because i had a PM. But because i had just woken up and wasn't quite awake yet, i saw the word "Visa" and my heart skipped a few beats. I then realised it wasn't from the USCIS and calmed down . But for a split second i knew what it felt like to be approved

Congratulations to people who got approved today.

We can't really be too annoyed with the CSC, the fact that there has been approvals in under 4 months is pretty miraculous. I know how frustrating this is though, trust me i do. I am hoping to be in America in time to see the birth of my daughter, and an approval before or just after christmas could make that very possible.

Stay strong guys, we're getting there slowly but surely.

p.s I demand anybody who owns the movie "Elf" with Will Ferrell, to watch it right now!!!(or soon ). It made me very happy

When you signed up on USCIS site for an account you provided an email address, and you entered your WAC/EAC number too. If you didn't sign up on USCIS then I recommend you go do that, it's how people see touches, and how people are finding about their approvals before receiving the hard copy. The email system at USCIS hasn't been that reliable from what I've seen, or people simply miss the email somehow or something, I don't know... but when you get emails from USCIS they are from CRIS. Sometimes people don't get the email and find out when they login and see their case status changed... that's not that reliable either... then it's down to the regular mail... and there have been times where that hasn't been that reliable either (more for NOA1's than NOA2's though) so the more ways you can check the better off you'll be. (Oops, guess a few others answered this question while I was posting).

I see another August CSC filer on igors now, so we're up to 4 CSC, 3 VSC. This latest approval is another mid-august approval... Good for me... but not so much for the early august filers...

Thank you!

I am signed up to USCIS already, so i'm good to go

I think i may be getting my hopes up a bit too much for a pre christmas approval.

so how do most people find out they have been approved?

I have heard about people being emailed, which email address is that? Would it be the one i have registered with the USCIS website? I can't remember if we gave an email address when we filled out the application.

Or do people just find out through the mail?

any info would be wonderful.

114 days, in our case!

Wow, 3 august CSC approvals, and what's even more exciting is uh... two of them have the same sent date as me, and the same NOA1 date as I do!... man I hope my petition is sitting in that bucket too...

Our theory:

They approved us over a month too early because....

...our adjudicator decided to clean their desk for the holidays, to make room for cookies and such, and our file somehow ended up on the 'to do' pile. That must be how or why it happened.

WOW!

You got your NOA1 a day before me and you have been approved. That is VERY uplifting.

Keep 'em coming CSC.

Also very exciting to see we have moved up 7 places over night on the IGORS.

Sorry i meant a day after me, not a day before. Couldn't figure out how to edit the post.

114 days, in our case!

Wow, 3 august CSC approvals, and what's even more exciting is uh... two of them have the same sent date as me, and the same NOA1 date as I do!... man I hope my petition is sitting in that bucket too...

Our theory:

They approved us over a month too early because....

...our adjudicator decided to clean their desk for the holidays, to make room for cookies and such, and our file somehow ended up on the 'to do' pile. That must be how or why it happened.

WOW!

You got your NOA1 a day before me and you have been approved. That is VERY uplifting.

Keep 'em coming CSC.

Also very exciting to see we have moved up 7 places over night on the IGORS.

Cute piks Gem...thanks for sharing some smiles!

I'll share mine..the first is the Christmakufestivus party I went to (before they all got trashed and provided me with some amazing video of them singing and dancing he he he) and the second is one of my many birthday celebrations this week. I thought I should share this one with you since there seems to be so much discussion here about who wears the crown. This should clear that up. (Plz note that I'm in the throne in front of what is quite close to my name...)

Round Table Pizza!!!!

That place rocks.

Sorry to be dumb, but where can i see this list you all speak of?

Not a dumb question at all! Here's the link to Igor's List

Thanks very much.

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