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I will not beat around the bush here but I tell yah when I came back from seeing my SO last August, shoot! It was very difficult, I hated the month of August, I was stressed, taken to the hospital twice. But then when Septermber rolled along I was ok, why?

1. Coomunication - Always commnunicate with your SO, emails, text, whatever just keep in touch! makes me feel like they are just around the corner.

2. Keep busy, distracted, makes time go fast.

3. STOP checking USCIS, processing times, this WILL KILL YOU!

4. Be strong for you and your SO, be faithful.

5. Keep posting, VJ is a great place to vent and just hang out online.

You will make it my friend, I did, just look at my timeline and you will see what I am talking about.

Take Care all of you GODSPEED and fast approvals and good journey for all of us here!

I assume most people are chatting on-line with their SO, but if your not, I would reccomend it. If your SO has access to a computer also, and a web-cam, Yahoo Messenger, Skype, etc work great. and you can see your SO as well as talk for free. If they dont have a computer - and you have the means, I saw a cheap computer with built in web-cam at COSTCO the other day for about $350 - main purpose is just email and internet, but that is basically what you need.

My Fiancee is currently back in the Philippines, and her hometown is in the provinces, so internet connection is not great. Under this circumstance, Yahoo seems to work better than Skype (less bandwidth I think). I miss her being in Japan where she had a great internet connection and I could see her just about any time of the day.

I guess in terms of communication, I'm kinda lucky. I can talk to him everyday even if I'm in work because I'm allowed to use webcam as well as it's easy to insert chatting while working because work is internet related and most of the time in front of my laptop except if I have meetings or I'm in school. Whenever we can't talk online, we call each other. Hahahaha..... kinda expensive and it cost us a lot, my phone bill goes up 3200 pesos a month.

I will not beat around the bush here but I tell yah when I came back from seeing my SO last August, shoot! It was very difficult, I hated the month of August, I was stressed, taken to the hospital twice. But then when Septermber rolled along I was ok, why?

1. Coomunication - Always commnunicate with your SO, emails, text, whatever just keep in touch! makes me feel like they are just around the corner.

2. Keep busy, distracted, makes time go fast.

3. STOP checking USCIS, processing times, this WILL KILL YOU!

4. Be strong for you and your SO, be faithful.

5. Keep posting, VJ is a great place to vent and just hang out online.

You will make it my friend, I did, just look at my timeline and you will see what I am talking about.

Take Care all of you GODSPEED and fast approvals and good journey for all of us here!

I assume most people are chatting on-line with their SO, but if your not, I would reccomend it. If your SO has access to a computer also, and a web-cam, Yahoo Messenger, Skype, etc work great. and you can see your SO as well as talk for free. If they dont have a computer - and you have the means, I saw a cheap computer with built in web-cam at COSTCO the other day for about $350 - main purpose is just email and internet, but that is basically what you need.

My Fiancee is currently back in the Philippines, and her hometown is in the provinces, so internet connection is not great. Under this circumstance, Yahoo seems to work better than Skype (less bandwidth I think). I miss her being in Japan where she had a great internet connection and I could see her just about any time of the day.

I guess in terms of communication, I'm kinda lucky. I can talk to him everyday even if I'm in work because I'm allowed to use webcam as well as it's easy to insert chatting while working because work is internet related and most of the time in front of my laptop except if I have meetings or I'm in school. Whenever we can't talk online, we call each other. Hahahaha..... kinda expensive and it cost us a lot, my phone goes up 3200 pesos a month.

Guys!... Do you check your timeline here in VJ? I just noticed that my adjudicated time is between 02/20 - 02/28, then it was change into 02/02 - 02/08. Kinda happy to see that it is stepping ahead of initial time. Is your adjudicated time also change?

At this moment. I'm not yet sleepy and I enjoy reading some postings here. I wonder if you have sleepless nights too? I do have, and I wait for my Bebe ko's call before I sleep. It's kinda late for me now coz of daylight saving.

I wonder how did you cope up with all the missing of your fiancé? Sometimes, it is really getting into me esp when my Bebe ko is complaining how much he miss me. "sigh" I feel so helpless and making myself so busy is not enough to ease the misery. But we need to do little sacrifices for our ourselves. It's impractical if I will let him see me because not missing him is just momentarily and once he goes back again, I will still miss him evenly. We better save our money for more fun once we're together.

SO = significant other!

Ohhhhhh.... Hahahaha.... thanks...

Donna-marie, for the most obvious reason of all: We wait TOGETHER instead of 10,000 miles apart not knowing when we'll get to be together!!!! Isn't that obvious from my post?! Pshbrk, thanks for your usual clear-headed and knowledgeable response.

I find your response RUDE how was SHE suppose to know..honestly I swear SIGH

So what honestly..I have Not seen my SO for 1.5 years but I am not going to be stupid enough to withdraw my K1 petition JUST because I miss him. If I want to be with him I am sticking to the legal route.

JUST because YOU get married does not guarantee you will get a visa for it. EVEN IN CHINA. Now you are on file and IF you cancel and get married they will know it was fraud; IN TURN will get you jail time.

I realize YOU MISS YOUR SO but we all do, WE are all in the same boat!

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY!

If you filed the k1 visa it will be 6 months to 9 months... BUT if you go get married it will 9 times out of 10 BE LONGER

THINK ABOUT IT

If she is WORTH it then she is WORTH THE WAIT and IF your love is THAT strong then this wait for the visa WILL BE WORTH IT. If the love is strong YOU both will with stand this wait. It will go by fast..stay busy. WE all have to go through it if we choose to love someone who is not a US citizen

up to you otherwise do what push said and go

Definitely agree with you... Cham.... By the way, forgive me with my ignorance... whats the meaning of "SO" ..... coz for me it means system operator ... kidding!

Yeah... kinda quiet..

I guess I'll be busy starting this Friday because of my class. I have only one subject this semester because I need to give more time for my work. I feel like I'm getting paranoid for this waiting game. Anyway, I'm happy to see that the July filers starting to get NOA 2, which mean processes are moving now. I hope by January, we will see progress in our petition. B)

Hi Guys!

I know that as you get the visa in your hand, you want to fly immediately to be with your love. But then, in some occasion, you have to settle things before leaving. How long can a beneficiary stay in his/her country before going to US after he/she get visa? What if you can't book immediately for plane tickets?

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

" The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. "

~ Oscar Wilde ~

HI THERE I HAVE THE SAME TIME LINE LIKE YOU HOPE TO CHAT TO YOU

Sure... why not... you can send me messages here.... most of the time i have an access in internet.... so whenever i have enough time to check VJ... im checking it...

I yearn for him a lot, too

Just wondering, what really makes them decide to deny your petition. Usually as what I notice, RFE now is for the missing documents or wrong fill-up of forms. Maybe they expect that you should be aware of showing all proofs for your bonafide relationship. Don't you think, might be the reason for the decision? Some got deny because of other cases such as divorce or other legal matters.

Anyway, good luck to all of us. Yeah, let's have FAITH. God is always there for us.

Waiting game seems the hardest game I ever play.... Let's just think that..... at the end of the tunnel, there's always light......

Hehehehe...... it's good that affidavit of support is before tax, not all states have same percentage of taxes.

................................ Waiting

I just wanna share a song with you guys. This song is from one of the good Filipino singer. His name is Gary Valenciano. This is my all-time favorite song that I usually sing for my Bebe ko when I'm in mood.

Follow the link to hear the music >>> http://www.tristancafe.com/music/flash/howdiduknow.html

Do you watch Naruto or any anime cartoons? I've been hanging around in crunchyroll to watch those animes.

I used to watch anime about 8 years ago. Mostly the girly ones like Sailor Moon hehe.

I guess I never outgrown watching cartoons and anime. Hehehehe... It is one of the hobbies that me and my bebe ko also share.

Did you guys realize how quiet we are compared to the VSC folks filed in August. I thought I will get some action going here...

1) What's everyone and their SO doing - i.e., work, study, enjoying time off?

2) What are you doing to keep yourself occupied while playing the waiting game?

3) What about shopping for the holidays?

4) Any new hobbies?

1. I'm working and the same time finishing my graduate studies. My Bebe Ko is busy thinking about making robotics (as hobby).

2. My subjects in my graduates studies make me busy. My work makes me busy as well.

3. I'm over stuffed this last few months, so I might not go shopping. Besides, no real bargain during holidays here.

4. I love playing arcade as well as watching anime or cartoons.

What types of arcade games do you like? Have you seen the King of Kong? I thought that was a most excellent documentary

Nope, I haven't seen the King of Kong. Is it funny? I have different kinds of games in my laptop, though I love strategy and time management games. I always have new one. Do you watch Naruto or any anime cartoons? I've been hanging around in crunchyroll to watch those animes.

Did you guys realize how quiet we are compared to the VSC folks filed in August. I thought I will get some action going here...

1) What's everyone and their SO doing - i.e., work, study, enjoying time off?

2) What are you doing to keep yourself occupied while playing the waiting game?

3) What about shopping for the holidays?

4) Any new hobbies?

1. I'm working and the same time finishing my graduate studies. My Bebe Ko is busy thinking about making robotics (as hobby).

2. My subjects in my graduates studies make me busy. My work makes me busy as well.

3. I'm over stuffed this last few months, so I might not go shopping. Besides, no real bargain during holidays here.

4. I love playing arcade as well as watching anime or cartoons.

The process is so handy and we don't have some so much complications such as divorce or missing documents and etc., so we just filed it by ourselves.

Once you are AOS approved, with SSN and EAD, you could go back to them and apply. No harm in trying.

Well, my only goal is to be with my Bebe ko, wherever he is. I am just thinking if it is possible that the person could acquire two petitions at the same time. It isn't really my concern (working visa), just trying to see some considerations. I got some offers for work in my fiance's place that is why I ask. But I want our K-1 petition pursue. I'll just cross my finger that the company will keep my resume. If not, then I'll just try my luck.

Thank you for info.

Yeah. I am more excited to become wife. Also, I have another question. Can I enroll for school as transfer student while applying for AOS?

Special circumstance H1-B? As the regular H1-B's are currently oversubscribed and no additional allowances until FY2010 (October 2009).

Oh.... okay. Anyway, I just want to know the possibilities. Don't really think so much of it. Thanks for sharing.

The question here is what do you want? Do you want to move forward with fiancee visa or working visa? Given this two opportunities, which one has a bigger role in obtaining your personal goals/plans?

Working visa is faster as compared with fiancee visa. Data is from my officemates who transfered to U.S.

I was also given an opportunity to choose between fiancee or working visa. After analysis, my fiance and I made a decision to move forward with K1 visa.

I have some questions that some of VJ'ers maybe can answer. What if there's a company in US that will sponsor your working visa while you are on the process of fiance visa, what are the implications of this? How long does the working visa get approval? Is it okay that company will file working visa while the fiance visa is on the process?

Thank you for sharing.

Well, my only goal is to be with my Bebe ko, wherever he is. I am just thinking if it is possible that the person could acquire two petitions at the same time. It isn't really my concern (working visa), just trying to see some considerations. I got some offers for work in my fiance's place that is why I ask. But I want our K-1 petition pursue. I'll just cross my finger that the company will keep my resume. If not, then I'll just try my luck.

Thank you for info.

What category of "working" visa?

H1B Visa... if I'm not mistaken...

The question here is what do you want? Do you want to move forward with fiancee visa or working visa? Given this two opportunities, which one has a bigger role in obtaining your personal goals/plans?

Working visa is faster as compared with fiancee visa. Data is from my officemates who transfered to U.S.

I was also given an opportunity to choose between fiancee or working visa. After analysis, my fiance and I made a decision to move forward with K1 visa.

I have some questions that some of VJ'ers maybe can answer. What if there's a company in US that will sponsor your working visa while you are on the process of fiance visa, what are the implications of this? How long does the working visa get approval? Is it okay that company will file working visa while the fiance visa is on the process?

Thank you for sharing.

Well, my only goal is to be with my Bebe ko, wherever he is. I am just thinking if it is possible that the person could acquire two petitions at the same time. It isn't really my concern (working visa), just trying to see some considerations. I got some offers for work in my fiance's place that is why I ask. But I want our K-1 petition pursue. I'll just cross my finger that the company will keep my resume. If not, then I'll just try my luck.

Thank you for info.

I have some questions that some of VJ'ers maybe can answer. What if there's a company in US that will sponsor your working visa while you are on the process of fiance visa, what are the implications of this? How long does the working visa get approval? Is it okay that company will file working visa while the fiance visa is on the process?

Thank you for sharing.

HI!

I was browsing the Philippine forum for September 2008 filers. I couldn't find any, and so I wonder if I could start this.

Hehehehe.... Gusto ko lang malaman kung marami ba akong kasabayan dito. At least may kasabay akong sa pag-aantay. Hay! Hirap mag-antay di ba? Buti yong mga iba, kayang pabalik-balik dito sa Pilipinas yong kanilang mapapangasawa or asawa. Yong Bebe ko kasi limited lang yong vacation leave sa work same as mine, at saka dapat tuwing sem break lang din kasi nag-aaral ako. Another consideration, we're saving for our wedding. Hahahaha..... di biro magpakasal dun.

Paramdam po yong mga kasabayan ko...

It is simply no waiver given to the Philippines for entering USA. POLICY!