Paris Desire

Hey guys, this is what shpat wanted to pass along :

"First of all I'd like to thank VJ forum members for all the help and strong hopes that got us through this process. My wife passed the interview today on January 20th, will go pick up her visa on thursday.

just a small msg.."

Hey Ilya, Im so happy things went well. I've been wondering how you are and how things went. Glad to hear its nothing but FANTASTIC NEWS.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, MY BEST WISHES TO YOU BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do i have to label my evidences such as...this is my life insurance for my husband, copy of money transfer i sent to my husband, copy of our son;s birth certifcate, pictures of me and my husband together? or just list them down in the cover letter and put them in that order?

I think its a good idea, use index cards or post it stickie papers. Makes it easier for the officer when sorting thru your petition. But also do a complete cover sheet, look at the example forms in this website. Best of luck on your journey.

Paris 's Desire

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please, lets try not to stereotype.

There are plenty of very real and very loving relationships even from higher fraud posts.

Talking of stereotypes, I've seen plenty Rednecks since I've been here

What's a redneck

here ya go examples of rednecks:

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rednecks are beer drinking hunters who watch nascar (car races) and love country music or rock

they yell YEEEEEHA a lot and have mullet haircuts..(not all beer drinking hunters or nascar watchers are rednecks but most are:))

now rednecks come from all regions and countries, NEVER hold a cheap beer or a gun near them as they will start to drool

OMG!!!!!!!!

I am sad.. :crying:

Me too, so lonley and sad this Christmas, wished I stayed in Paris with my husband. Next year will be different for all of us.

God Bless and think of next holiday season, it will be much better.

Paris 's Desire

im gonna wait till Monday morning...if it won't change i will mail it via fedex...

im sick of it ;]

guys how long is it gonna take? a year..more than a year ? ahhh

do you think is it good idea to apply for tourist visa and just go there for 2 weeks to see my hubby and come back?

patita,

Nobody truly knows how long it is going to take to process. That is the hard part, not knowing when our lucky day will arrive.

Good luck with your journey , your not alone in the "waiting game"

Paris 's Desire

i called both...

uscis told me to wait 30 days..

usps told me to WAIT

Patita,

Im so sorry to hear that.

Keep checking the USPS website especially at night, its when they update it. Im sure its delayed do to the holiday, cards, packages and etc.

USPS is good about delivering our monthly bills, they never get lost, or delayed, lol

Im sure it will show up soon.

Paris 's Desire

some of yal may know me, as i was part of VJ for a long time!

but guess what!! my husband finally got his visa.. it was one painful and long year!!!

we were issued a 221 g at time of interview, and were told to wait 4-6 weeks for AP! but we waited 5 months!

its over and hes finally coming home to be with me!!! inshallah!!

never lose hope.. you will get the visa!!!!

Hey hyd ......................we never forgot you ...we were all praying for you ...finally good news ...MANY MANY congrats ...have a wonderful happy time rest of your life ...........

Hi Sgr, nice to see you. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Paris 's Desire

some of yal may know me, as i was part of VJ for a long time!

but guess what!! my husband finally got his visa.. it was one painful and long year!!!

we were issued a 221 g at time of interview, and were told to wait 4-6 weeks for AP! but we waited 5 months!

its over and hes finally coming home to be with me!!! inshallah!!

never lose hope.. you will get the visa!!!!

hyd,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its about time, I was hoping it would happen for Christmas for you when we talked the other day. Im soooooo

happy for you!!! Merry Christmas!!!!

Paris 's Desire

Hey Friends,

I got approved on both I-130 and I-129F on 12/18/2008 at 6:00pm. For many of you, you know the feeling and I'm much of the same way.

Special thanks to lot of you for help & support.

Congratulations!!!! What a great Christmas present Santa brought you also, HO HO HO

Paris 's Desire

Well thats the best bhangra dance on the newt

I got approved....223 Days after NOA1...But I am not complaining.....Better late than never...Best part...No Transfer to CSC..... Was approved by THE VERMONT SERVICE CENTER

I am so Happy...........

Hope all of you who are waiting for your NOA2, get approved soon.....

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Santa brought you the best present ever this year, HO HO HO!!!!!

Paris 's Desire

Tell him to go to walmart or walgreens..they have us to us long distance cards

he can dial the 800# on the card, then enter the code then make his call...it will be toll free from his landline

i hope that helps

Y habibitk is correct. Go to Walgreens or better yet Wal-Mart, both stores have a nice selection of calling cards and are reasonalby priced.

He can get a card for as cheap as $10.00 and will last a while.

I hope to be a December 2008 filer as well, going over paperwork making sure I didn't miss anything before I send it in.

I guess I am so nervous that I am over thinking every little detail, I am not even certain I spelled my own name correctly on the documents anymore,that's how nervous I am

Hey, am I reading this right, if I live in Texas and I am using FedEx or UPS overnight shipping, then I should send my I-130 to this address:

USCIS Lockbox

Attn: SAI-130

131 South Dearborn – 3rd Floor

Chicago, IL 60603-5517

Correct?

Looking to befriending many of you as we go through this long and painful process together

Best regards,

Lejla

Your are correct Lejla, and I re-checked my address I sent to, I did put the correct one. Thank God. For some reason I went brainless and thought I put the wrong address, that is NOT the way to start on this long, grueling process.

Good luck on your journey. We will go thru this journey and survive it.

Paris 's Desire

I hope to be a December 2008 filer as well, going over paperwork making sure I didn't miss anything before I send it in.

I guess I am so nervous that I am over thinking every little detail, I am not even certain I spelled my own name correctly on the documents anymore,that's how nervous I am

Hey, am I reading this right, if I live in Texas and I am using FedEx or UPS overnight shipping, then I should send my I-130 to this address:

USCIS Lockbox

Attn: SAI-130

131 South Dearborn – 3rd Floor

Chicago, IL 60603-5517

Correct?

Looking to befriending many of you as we go through this long and painful process together

Best regards,

Lejla

The address Im seeing on the I-130 driections form for express couriers is:

USAIC

ATTN: FBAS

131 SOUTH DEARBORN 3RD FLOOR

CHICAGO, IL. 60603-5517

Re-check on the instruction sheet for the I-130 this is where I sent mine, now Im worried!!

Congratulations and what a Christmas present!!!!!! Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paris Desire

I would never enjoy Christmas this time as my husbie is not with me. Hearing christmas carols everytime brings tears to my eyes. Feeling so lonely without him.

There are alot of us who understand your feelings. I wish I delayed my visit to see my husband, and been there for Christmas. But again this year we will use the web camera to see each other on Christmas and New Years Eve.

Maybe knowing we will be with our loved ones next year for Christmas will help our aching heart this Christmas. Remember, your never alone or far from your loved ones, they are always in your heart .

Merry Christmas.

Hello

I'm a newlywed and my husband is having a hard time at a military school right now. I'm visiting, living with him on the base. I'd like to help him relax and not stress him out. How can i help him/support him through this?

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Caroline

Hi, I may not be a military wife, but still Im a wife. Dont talk about this USCIS process, be positive, just ENJOY the time together. It will all work itself out. Just enjoy your time, being together is the MOST important thing right now.

Not talking about this process made my time with my husband together just several days ago much more enjoyable.

Take lots of pics together now, you will be glad to have them when you leave for home until this is all over.

Thanks for your support it all makes sense the way you put it..! It seems i left my common sense in France!

No Honey, you left your heart in France, just as I did several days ago when I kissed my husband good bye for the last time this year.

I already spent Christmas without my husband for 2 years. this year will be different. hes coming to visit. is his first year as eastern orthodox, so he said hell spend it here. last year he spent it home at his parents, and came here for New Years. for us, those who r the ones to immigrate, Christmas and holidays in general will always be a difficult time. last year i missed my husband, next year ill probably be with him and miss my family...so, even if he'll leave alone after it, and Ill still be here waiting, this year Christmas is somehow a bless for me. Ill have him and my family. having yr 2 families on 2 different continents isnt easy, and we all knew what we r getting through from the beginning. at least this year is easy. there is no other way to be together but him coming. as i see it, for the rest of our lives will be difficult. christmas is only one, and well always have to decide we visit his family or mine.

merry christmas to everyone, and long live the skype. is how we spent last christmas. with laptops and webcams on the whole time, i saw his family, he saw mine, i had a place at their table, he had a place at mine, they had a gift for me there, we had a gift for him here, sometimes we listened their music, sometimes they listened ours, and so on...we just couldnt taste eachother's food and drinks (and me and my husband couldnt taste eachother, but pretended to kiss under mistletoe)

Its going to be a wonderful Christmas for you this year.

I loved you sharing your posting of Christmas pasts, with gifts and missle toe, it was lovely.

Merry Christmas

Hello

I'm a newlywed and my husband is having a hard time at a military school right now. I'm visiting, living with him on the base. I'd like to help him relax and not stress him out. How can i help him/support him through this?

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Caroline

Hi, I may not be a military wife, but still Im a wife. Dont talk about this USCIS process, be positive, just ENJOY the time together. It will all work itself out. Just enjoy your time, being together is the MOST important thing right now.

Not talking about this process made my time with my husband together just several days ago much more enjoyable.

Take lots of pics together now, you will be glad to have them when you leave for home until this is all over.

When we started this process, I was telling all of my family that he should be here for christmas.. not so much.

Not that he celebrates Christmas..but I do and I want my husband for christmas waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ok, Im done. He'll be here soon and we will have the rest of our lives to celebrate holidays :trying to stay positive this week:

Lisa

I thought of something, for all of us alone at Christmas, my husband and myself, the past 2 New Years have celebrated our New Years Eve via the web camera, he is 7 hours ahead of me so, I made sure I was at hoome at his midnight, and he made sure he was awake when 12 came here in the USA, so maybe for Christmas all of us, especially the ones with kids can use web cameras. Having a dad see his kids open their gifts Christmas morning would be great, he or she may not be there physically, but can have some Christmas joy seeing their kids open their gifts and seeing them on Christmas day.

Its a thought to ponder on.

Merry Christmas to all of us.

We have 7 hours also.

Thats a sweet idea really.

Merry Christmas

Thanks , it truly helps me when I chat with my husband via web camera, not the same as sitting next to him, but comes in 2nd place.

Happy Holidays!!

Ya, we would die w/o the cam! lol

We did try the "live" show once and my husband watched my son and i play games... he loved it. lol

maybe if my husband isnt working too late on christmas we can save one gift for him(my son) to open on cam.

That would be precious!!!!!!! Hear is another thought , maybe appoint a time when you both can do the web camera and have a "mini Christmas"

or do it Christmas Eve.

When we started this process, I was telling all of my family that he should be here for christmas.. not so much.

Not that he celebrates Christmas..but I do and I want my husband for christmas waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ok, Im done. He'll be here soon and we will have the rest of our lives to celebrate holidays :trying to stay positive this week:

Lisa

I thought of something, for all of us alone at Christmas, my husband and myself, the past 2 New Years have celebrated our New Years Eve via the web camera, he is 7 hours ahead of me so, I made sure I was at hoome at his midnight, and he made sure he was awake when 12 came here in the USA, so maybe for Christmas all of us, especially the ones with kids can use web cameras. Having a dad see his kids open their gifts Christmas morning would be great, he or she may not be there physically, but can have some Christmas joy seeing their kids open their gifts and seeing them on Christmas day.

Its a thought to ponder on.

Merry Christmas to all of us.

We have 7 hours also.

Thats a sweet idea really.

Merry Christmas

Thanks , it truly helps me when I chat with my husband via web camera, not the same as sitting next to him, but comes in 2nd place.

Happy Holidays!!

Thank you for your response, my fellow Texan.

You know, right after I wrote the "believe" part, I thought I should advise my family to use words that are more statement-like, and avoid words such as believe, think, etc.

Alright, I am feeling a little better about this now Thank you.

C'mon guys, keep the feedback coming, I am so nervous I am shaking thinking about putting all these documents in an envelope and FINALLY sending it in. Sometimes I tend to over think things:) so all your advice is greatly appreciated.

Lejla

Your going to be fine when you put all those docs in a envelope, and when you send it off, you will breath again.

Best of luck to you in your journey.

Im leaving the house to go to JFK in 20 mins

in 24 hours.....

24:20:38

That is wonderful , cant wait to hear more when you return from the airport. Everything will be fine with her POE.

Congratulations again, and Merry Christmas.

Ilya, we re-filed yesterday!!!!

When we started this process, I was telling all of my family that he should be here for christmas.. not so much.

Not that he celebrates Christmas..but I do and I want my husband for christmas waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ok, Im done. He'll be here soon and we will have the rest of our lives to celebrate holidays :trying to stay positive this week:

Lisa

I thought of something, for all of us alone at Christmas, my husband and myself, the past 2 New Years have celebrated our New Years Eve via the web camera, he is 7 hours ahead of me so, I made sure I was at hoome at his midnight, and he made sure he was awake when 12 came here in the USA, so maybe for Christmas all of us, especially the ones with kids can use web cameras. Having a dad see his kids open their gifts Christmas morning would be great, he or she may not be there physically, but can have some Christmas joy seeing their kids open their gifts and seeing them on Christmas day.

Its a thought to ponder on.

Merry Christmas to all of us.

Seasons Greeting!!! This is a jolly good time of the year...even though we are apart from our spouses and oh boy I know it breaking all of our hearts. I do hope each and everyone of us find a little bit of happiness this season. As ynatots rightfully said 2009 Xmas will bring us all new challenges and an entirely different kind of joy.

I have never spent a Christmas with my husband, I have only spent his birthday with him on Dec. 6th when I was in Paris, and in July 2007 I spent Bastille day with him, "Its the French 4th of July"

Anyways, next christmas will be splended for all of us, we can always start planning next Christmas now. Happy holidays, and rememeber, your never alone or far from your loved ones, they live in our heart everyday, every minute. Next year we will ALL be home for Christmas.

God Bless and Happy Holidays.