Jeremy&SioTo

US Embassy in Hong Kong finally approved Dora's visa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She went through her second interview yesterday, 2 hours, 3 different embassy people interviewed her!

I was literally an inch from giving up on the K1, and going there to marry and start over for a spouse visa.

Hi Guys!

We got married yesterday....this ring feels funny! :-)

Congrats to all the recent approvals and US arrivals!

That is great! Congratulations!!

You may want to read on this. It is a long one but I believe you would do well what usually goes on. I think you are under administrative review. That can happen at different levels; USCIS, NVC or EMBASSY.

http://usaimmigrationattorney.com/Security...tiveReview.html

Thanks for the link, this is a good resource. From reading this I think I know why I am in AP. I have a divorce in my past from my first wife. She was from Hong Kong, so the consulate must have flagged me for having a visa issued via DCF years back, so they are giving me a closer look before granting me a K1.

Hi guys!

Arrived in Florida yesterday. Was processed really really quickly and was kissing my fiance about 30 mins after I landed. I walked in the door of my apartment and fell in love with it.

Hot and steamy greetings from Florida!

Congrats!!

Glad you have made it to the US! You are living in a beautiful state, when is your first trip to the beach?

Hey there everyone,

We are still around and still waiting for an appointment date. We've had some hold ups with getting our papers to the messenger service and getting the final police clearance papers, but all looks good now, and we should be able to send them off on Saturday. After that, we should find out in about 10 days when our appointment will be. I am biting my nails at this point and just hope that everything will come together before i have to go back to work at the end of August so I can get there and help him move here!!! Congrats out there to everyone, and I hope the interviews today were excellent!

Hope you get a fast interview date!

Almost there now, seems that police clearance is a pain for many people.

Where are all the November folks? It has gotten so quiet around here, everyone out getting married?

Kevin,

Maybe we need a list to track who has made it all the way in to the USA, like we had for when we were all waiting on the NOA2?

I have to get on here and post, as the black hole of AP is really getting me down, there is no way to gauge progress, and no estimated dates!

Ahhhh!

Jeremy,

So this blue sheet is almost the same as the first blue sheet. Except this one doesn't say to submit your passport and also doesn't state that you will receive your visa upon receiving the document(s). If it is similar, then it shouldn't take months. I would suspect it would take a couple of weeks. Then if they have to reschedule for another interview, it might take another month. I think US Consulate in HK is not really that busy so they will be able to work much faster they say.

Alias,

Thank you for your positive thoughts, I really hope that you are right. I have searched VJ and the WWW about being in AP, there are a million reasons to be in AP, and every embassy has a different process. I guess so far we are lucky that the embassy is working the file from the Hong Kong side, the alternative is that they kick the file all the way back to the USA side for the USCIS to research our case further, if that happens it is really a black hole. We are both a little discouraged right now, as we were so sure we were almost back together. Honestly, I have just gone from sad to depressed to tears to angry back to depressed for a couple days now. I will have to find some way to deal with this or I will not be able to do my job anymore. I am reading up on getting married in Macau, then canceling our fiance visa app and applying for a CR1. The CR1 process only takes around 6 months, if we had just married in Macau when living there Dora would already be here in the USA. It is amazing that it has taken almost 8 months to get a non-immigrant fiance visa, so Dora can come here, marry, then apply for an immigrant visa!

Jeremy

I am so depressed. My fiance Dora was rejected at her Hong Kong embassy interview. They said we needed more proof of relationship. That was OK, but then afterwards when we submitted all the extra docs they asked us to send, then again sent a letter that said they are not sure of our "timeline". HK embassy has now said we need to send over all immigration records from the Macau immigration offices to show when she went in and out of Macau, Dora is from Macau.

They worst part is the girl from the embassy told Dora, "after you send in the immigration records we have no idea how long it will be until you can get a new interview date, and then we are not sure you will pass that interview, you have to wait and see."

We are both so upset and low now, it has been almost 8 months now, and it seems that things are getting worse not better. I just can not take the endless "one more doc" "one more letter" round and round, it is so depressing.

We are now thinking Dora might try to come visit me in the USA again, while we wait on the HK embassy to review the latest set of papers Dora will send tomorrow, they said this process may take 6 more months!!!!!

I feel so hopeless and sad, I do not know what to do to get this visa through.

Should I call a senator, or call the embassy? Anything I can do? Help.

Jeremy

I just called the Department of State, the operator told me "as of July 7th your file was marked as in Administrative Processing". This is bad news, really makes my stomach hurt to say it. I guess this means we are in for a really really long wait, with no updates.

We had decided to just have Dora come over here and wait out the 6 months on her VWP Portuguese passport (some Chinese residents of Macau have Portuguese passports due to Macau's previous colony status. But if that could raise a red flag, or delay the AP should she come here? I search all over VJ and every other post seems to disagree about VWP visits causing problems with the K1 process, or possible rejection at immigration POE when she tries to visit.

I did find the form to fax to my senator to deal with other government agencies, I am worried about trying to explain the entire process and issues to the senator's office via a small fax page. It seems like bringing in the Senator's office could complicate the entire process.

Dora's sister in Macau is an attorney and has immigration attorney contacts in Hong Kong. We are going to have her ask some questions to them to see if there is anything we could do now to help.

If the consulate had not got our hopes up so high when they took her passport and had her pay for shipping once the visa was issued we would not have got so excited, we were so expecting to be together by this week. So changing gears back to the mode of "it may be 6 more months" is just hard to swallow, we will just have to get adjusted and get used to being alone again, with not hope for quick resolution.

Just in case anyone is curious, I will paste the letter from the Hong Kong embassy below stating that we are in administrative processing. The re-type is quick and rough, but you can get the general idea.

"this is office is unable to issue an immigrant visa to you because you

have been found ineligible to receive a visa under the following

sections of the united states immigration and national act:

1) your case has been suspended under section 221(G) of the united

stated immigration and national act, pending the receipt and review of

the information and documents listed below:

enter and exit record from Macau immigration authoities for LOU, Sio

To and Gary Souders,

your cas has been suspended under section 221(G) of the immigration

and National act, pending additianl proccessing. We will contact you

should additional information be required or when the processing is

complete.

No further action is necessary on you part. If you wish to inquire

about the status of your case, please use the inquiry form on our

website at http:/.hongkong.usconsulate.gov.

you or comeone desingated by you can submit all document exactly as

requested to the Visa information unit's outside window at the

consulate general way working day, form 3pm until 4pm. no appointment

necessary.please remember to bring a copy of this letter.

please do not drop your passport at the us consulate when u submit ur documents."

We had decided to just have Dora come over here and wait out the 6 months on her VWP Portuguese passport (some Chinese residents of Macau have Portuguese passports due to Macau's previous colony status. But if that could raise a red flag, or delay the AP should she come here? I search all over VJ and every other post seems to disagree about VWP visits causing problems with the K1 process, or possible rejection at immigration POE when she tries to visit.

Sorry Jeremy, but from my reading here on VJ I have garnered a sense that.... whilst VWP is perfectly valid for a visit during the process (providing the user can prove ties to his/her home country), now she has been unsuccessful at her interview and put into AP, they are unlikely to let her in to the country at the risk of her entering with the intent to immigrate. As a VWP holder you are still asked to fill out a form on the plane which asks whether you have ever had a visa denied. What would dora write??? Her being on AP will most likely be on the immigration information systems.

Should she try and enter and be denied, I dont believe there would be any repercussions on your current AP situation, but she would have to be completely honest about her reason for entering the US. If Dora was at all tempted to be untruthful to get past immigration and this was discovered......this WOULD have an impact on your current petition. Misrepresentation to the immigration authorities can subsequently lead to the denial of a visa and have an impact on any future visa's you apply for.

OK, you are right, thanks for the straight answer. I was too emotional before, but what you wrote helps me to realize that seeing each other short term is not worth risking the overall process. We will return to email and Skype for now, and cross our fingers that AP is not so long. I will love the day I wake up out of this nightmare, and can start living a normal life again.

I'm so sorry you have to go through this. I really hope they can sort this as soon as possible. I just wanted to add that, whilst embassy's are processing additional information supplied to them, they say you are in AP. It's like a catch all phrase that is used and not necessarily something to be feared.

I hope this is over for you and Dora so soon.

Ellie-and-David,

Interesting to read the exact wording of the letter that states we are in adminstrative processing, you are right, it basically says thay are holding our app until Dora provides some Macau immigration records. The strange thing is they say they need the immigration papers for Lou Sio To (dora) and for Gary Souders. Gary Souders is my father's name, not mine!! That is strange.

So we are off to get Macau immigration records, a 10-15 day wait on those, then submit them to the embassy. Maybe this AP is not the black hole I first thought?

Here is a rough re-type of the letter from the embassy:

"this is office is unable to issue an immigrant visa to you because you

have been found ineligible to receive a visa under the following

sections of the united states immigration and national act:

1) your case has been suspended under section 221(G) of the united

stated immigration and national act, pending the receipt and review of

the information and documents listed below:

enter and exit record from Macau immigration authoities for LOU, Sio

To and Gary Souders,

your cas has been suspended under section 221(G) of the immigration

and National act, pending additianl proccessing. We will contact you

should additional information be required or when the processing is

complete.

No further action is necessary on you part. If you wish to inquire

about the status of your case, please use the inquiry form on our

website at http:/.hongkong.usconsulate.gov.

you or comeone desingated by you can submit all document exactly as

requested to the Visa information unit's outside window at the

consulate general way working day, form 3pm until 4pm. no appointment

necessary.please remember to bring a copy of this letter.

please do not drop your passport at the us consulate when u submit ur documents."

Jeremy

Finally got my NOA2. woohooooooooooo.

After the RFE, I waited the 60 days w/o any reply, then submitted a Service Request and within 5-10 days, i received an e-mail saying my NOA2 is on its way and that I should follow instructions that are written on it.

Congrats! That is a great day when the NOA2 arrives!

Hi Jeremy and Dora,

We have been through on that situation. Until, finally we both decided to get married outside of USA and my country. And we applied for Petition of Alien Relative (Form I-130). We both present in US embassy to submit all the documents and they were so helpful to us because they advised and helped us to finish it with in at least 2 months. I received a CR1 visa then flow right to Miami. But before 2 years (before my green card expired) I applied for Removal of conditional status (Form I-751). Then, now I just received my 10 years green card after 6 months waiting. I hope this letter will serve you guys an idea to help your problem. Good luck.

Filamrogers,

Thanks for the advice, if this goes forward much longer we are going to consider the marriage option, and do an I-130. Congrats on the 10 year card!

Jeremy,

I really am so sorry to hear the bad news. After all that you and Dora have gone through, now it is again hurry up and wait. I just feel really bad and I can understand how you feel because we all know it is so hard to wait. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Thanks you Alias, we are both calming down a little now. We will just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best. I wrote an email to the HK embassy, and just doing that helped to make me feel better. I will wait to see if their return email has any more details on what will happen next.

We had decided to just have Dora come over here and wait out the 6 months on her VWP Portuguese passport (some Chinese residents of Macau have Portuguese passports due to Macau's previous colony status. But if that could raise a red flag, or delay the AP should she come here? I search all over VJ and every other post seems to disagree about VWP visits causing problems with the K1 process, or possible rejection at immigration POE when she tries to visit.

Sorry Jeremy, but from my reading here on VJ I have garnered a sense that.... whilst VWP is perfectly valid for a visit during the process (providing the user can prove ties to his/her home country), now she has been unsuccessful at her interview and put into AP, they are unlikely to let her in to the country at the risk of her entering with the intent to immigrate. As a VWP holder you are still asked to fill out a form on the plane which asks whether you have ever had a visa denied. What would dora write??? Her being on AP will most likely be on the immigration information systems.

Should she try and enter and be denied, I dont believe there would be any repercussions on your current AP situation, but she would have to be completely honest about her reason for entering the US. If Dora was at all tempted to be untruthful to get past immigration and this was discovered......this WOULD have an impact on your current petition. Misrepresentation to the immigration authorities can subsequently lead to the denial of a visa and have an impact on any future visa's you apply for.

OK, you are right, thanks for the straight answer. I was too emotional before, but what you wrote helps me to realize that seeing each other short term is not worth risking the overall process. We will return to email and Skype for now, and cross our fingers that AP is not so long. I will love the day I wake up out of this nightmare, and can start living a normal life again.

I am so depressed. My fiance Dora was rejected at her Hong Kong embassy interview. They said we needed more proof of relationship. That was OK, but then afterwards when we submitted all the extra docs they asked us to send, then again sent a letter that said they are not sure of our "timeline". HK embassy has now said we need to send over all immigration records from the Macau immigration offices to show when she went in and out of Macau, Dora is from Macau.

They worst part is the girl from the embassy told Dora, "after you send in the immigration records we have no idea how long it will be until you can get a new interview date, and then we are not sure you will pass that interview, you have to wait and see."

We are both so upset and low now, it has been almost 8 months now, and it seems that things are getting worse not better. I just can not take the endless "one more doc" "one more letter" round and round, it is so depressing.

We are now thinking Dora might try to come visit me in the USA again, while we wait on the HK embassy to review the latest set of papers Dora will send tomorrow, they said this process may take 6 more months!!!!!

I feel so hopeless and sad, I do not know what to do to get this visa through.

Should I call a senator, or call the embassy? Anything I can do? Help.

Jeremy

I just called the Department of State, the operator told me "as of July 7th your file was marked as in Administrative Processing". This is bad news, really makes my stomach hurt to say it. I guess this means we are in for a really really long wait, with no updates.

We had decided to just have Dora come over here and wait out the 6 months on her VWP Portuguese passport (some Chinese residents of Macau have Portuguese passports due to Macau's previous colony status. But if that could raise a red flag, or delay the AP should she come here? I search all over VJ and every other post seems to disagree about VWP visits causing problems with the K1 process, or possible rejection at immigration POE when she tries to visit.

I did find the form to fax to my senator to deal with other government agencies, I am worried about trying to explain the entire process and issues to the senator's office via a small fax page. It seems like bringing in the Senator's office could complicate the entire process.

Dora's sister in Macau is an attorney and has immigration attorney contacts in Hong Kong. We are going to have her ask some questions to them to see if there is anything we could do now to help.

If the consulate had not got our hopes up so high when they took her passport and had her pay for shipping once the visa was issued we would not have got so excited, we were so expecting to be together by this week. So changing gears back to the mode of "it may be 6 more months" is just hard to swallow, we will just have to get adjusted and get used to being alone again, with not hope for quick resolution.

I am so depressed. Dora was rejected at her Hong Kong embassy interview. They said we needed more proof of relationship. That was OK, but then afterwards when we submitted all the extra docs they asked us to send, then again sent a letter that said they are not sure of our "timeline". HK embassy has now said we need to send over all immigration records from the Macau immigration offices to show when she went in and out of Macau, Dora is from Macau.

They worst part is the girl from the embassy told Dora, "after you send in the immigration records we have no idea how long it will be until you can get a new interview date, and then we are not sure you will pass that interview, you have to wait and see."

We are both so upset and low now, it has been almost 8 months now, and it seems that things are getting worse not better. I just can not take the endless "one more doc" "one more letter" round and round, it is so depressing.

We are now thinking Dora might try to come visit me in the USA again, while we wait on the HK embassy to review the latest set of papers Dora will send tomorrow, they said this process may take 6 more months!!!!!

I feel so hopeless and sad, I do not know what to do to get this visa through.

Should I call a senator, or call the embassy? Anything I can do? Help.

Jeremy

I'm so sorry Jeremy. At this point you are in the hands of the consulate. All you can do is comply with what they are asking you for. I am sure (like when dealing with all of these govt agencies) that the time line they have given you is probably one that has been plucked from the air.

I would address the Hong Kong forum and look for others who may be / have been in a similar situation to gain a more accurate reflection of how long this is likely to take for you.

I think if Dora tries to visit you, she will be turned away. A denial will probably raise red flags and I am sure at this point in the process they are able to see information on your case when you get to POE.

I am so sorry I think you need to give them a reasonable amount of time (I know.....what is reasonable when you are parted from the one you love:() before you can start asking for intervention from a higher power.

Thanks for you posts Ellie and Davie and Jen and Nick.

I just called the Department of State, the operator told me "as of July 7th your file was marked as in Administrative Processing". This is bad news, really makes my stomach hurt to say it. I guess this means we are in for a really really long wait, with no updates.

We had decided to just have Dora come over here and wait out the 6 months on her VWP Portuguese passport (some Chinese residents of Macau have Portuguese passports due to Macau's previous colony status. But if that could raise a red flag, or delay the AP should she come here? I search all over VJ and every other post seems to disagree about VWP visits causing problems with the K1 process, or possible rejection at immigration POE when she tries to visit.

I did find the form to fax to my senator to deal with other government agencies, I am worried about trying to explain the entire process and issues to the senator's office via a small fax page. It seems like bringing in the Senator's office could complicate the entire process.

Dora's sister in Macau is an attorney and has immigration attorney contacts in Hong Kong. We are going to have her ask some questions to them to see if there is anything we could do now to help.

If the consulate had not got our hopes up so high when they took her passport and had her pay for shipping once the visa was issued we would not have got so excited, we were so expecting to be together by this week. So changing gears back to the mode of "it may be 6 more months" is just hard to swallow, we will just have to get adjusted and get used to being alone again, with not hope for quick resolution.

I posted this in the embassy section, but since so few people use the Hong Kong embassy I wanted to post here in the K1 section as well. We have our NOA2, and my fiance already had her embassy interview in Hong Kong. At the interview she was told to submit more evidence of relationship and her passport, and pay a postage fee to have her passport shipped back to her once the visa was issued. She dropped off the additional paperwork, and her passport, then after the 6-10 days we were told to wait they actually called my fiance on the phone and told her the director of the consulate was not approving the visa at this time. They requested my Fiance have an "immigration report" pulled from her home town of Macau and then submit that report for herself, and for me. She can not request the report for me, so we are not sure how to get that one.

The consulate agent then told her "we are mailing your passport back to you, without a visa. Once we get the immigration report the director will review it, and then we will send you another letter for another interview at a later time". My fiance asked them over and over for some kind of estiamted time, but they refused to give any timelines. They just told her "some cases can take an extra 6 months".

I am so confused, I do not understand what went wrong or why they did not issue the passport. We followed the examples here and submitted tons of emails, chats, pictures, etc...etc... We were approved on the USA side in a timely manner. She answered all the interview question and my affadavit of support was good. I just want to know what they can ascertain from her Macau immigration records, and why they did not ask for this the first time they asked for more documents.

I am also now worried our NOA2 will expire in the "maybe 6 more months" the agent was talking about. Are they just sending our whole packet back the USA?I am contacting a Hong Kong immigration lawyer today to help out, as at this point we are at a totla loss of what to do, and feeling very low and very desperate. It has been 8 months and we have followed every step and procedure and been approved for every other step, it is just so hard to understand why the embassy suddenly put the entire process on hold. They are impossible to get in touch with, and when I email them they just give stock answers that seem like no one there even read my email, just a junk mail form letter reply that they are working on the application.

I am also wondering if I should contact my senator now, is it the correct time for that? How long should you give the embassy before they are out of normal time limits?

Again, I posted this on the embassy board already. I just wanted to ask these question over here as I hoped more people might see it and have an idea. Sorry for the repeat post, I am just very upset and tired, and really need to hear some ideas. I am up late stressing out and can not sleep, so sorry if this is a long poorly written post, I just had to vent it all out so I could try to sleep.

Thanks.

Jeremy

Just called Department of State, they said my case was noted as "in administrative processing" as of July 7th. From reading the other messages on the VJ I guess this means we are really screwed. I guess we now just sit for 6 more months. After 8 months to hear 6 more months is very depressing. I feel sick.

I posted this in the embassy section, but since so few people use the Hong Kong embassy I wanted to post here in the K1 section as well. We have our NOA2, and my fiance already had her embassy interview in Hong Kong. At the interview she was told to submit more evidence of relationship and her passport, and pay a postage fee to have her passport shipped back to her once the visa was issued. She dropped off the additional paperwork, and her passport, then after the 6-10 days we were told to wait they actually called my fiance on the phone and told her the director of the consulate was not approving the visa at this time. They requested my Fiance have an "immigration report" pulled from her home town of Macau and then submit that report for herself, and for me. She can not request the report for me, so we are not sure how to get that one.

The consulate agent then told her "we are mailing your passport back to you, without a visa. Once we get the immigration report the director will review it, and then we will send you another letter for another interview at a later time". My fiance asked them over and over for some kind of estiamted time, but they refused to give any timelines. They just told her "some cases can take an extra 6 months".

I am so confused, I do not understand what went wrong or why they did not issue the passport. We followed the examples here and submitted tons of emails, chats, pictures, etc...etc... We were approved on the USA side in a timely manner. She answered all the interview question and my affadavit of support was good. I just want to know what they can ascertain from her Macau immigration records, and why they did not ask for this the first time they asked for more documents.

I am also now worried our NOA2 will expire in the "maybe 6 more months" the agent was talking about. Are they just sending our whole packet back the USA?I am contacting a Hong Kong immigration lawyer today to help out, as at this point we are at a totla loss of what to do, and feeling very low and very desperate. It has been 8 months and we have followed every step and procedure and been approved for every other step, it is just so hard to understand why the embassy suddenly put the entire process on hold. They are impossible to get in touch with, and when I email them they just give stock answers that seem like no one there even read my email, just a junk mail form letter reply that they are working on the application.

I am also wondering if I should contact my senator now, is it the correct time for that? How long should you give the embassy before they are out of normal time limits?

Again, I posted this on the embassy board already. I just wanted to ask these question over here as I hoped more people might see it and have an idea. Sorry for the repeat post, I am just very upset and tired, and really need to hear some ideas. I am up late stressing out and can not sleep, so sorry if this is a long poorly written post, I just had to vent it all out so I could try to sleep.

Thanks.

Jeremy

I am so depressed. My fiance Dora was rejected at her Hong Kong embassy interview. They said we needed more proof of relationship. That was OK, but then afterwards when we submitted all the extra docs they asked us to send, then again sent a letter that said they are not sure of our "timeline". HK embassy has now said we need to send over all immigration records from the Macau immigration offices to show when she went in and out of Macau, Dora is from Macau.

They worst part is the girl from the embassy told Dora, "after you send in the immigration records we have no idea how long it will be until you can get a new interview date, and then we are not sure you will pass that interview, you have to wait and see."

We are both so upset and low now, it has been almost 8 months now, and it seems that things are getting worse not better. I just can not take the endless "one more doc" "one more letter" round and round, it is so depressing.

We are now thinking Dora might try to come visit me in the USA again, while we wait on the HK embassy to review the latest set of papers Dora will send tomorrow, they said this process may take 6 more months!!!!!

I feel so hopeless and sad, I do not know what to do to get this visa through.

Should I call a senator, or call the embassy? Anything I can do? Help.

Jeremy

I am so depressed. Dora was rejected at her Hong Kong embassy interview. They said we needed more proof of relationship. That was OK, but then afterwards when we submitted all the extra docs they asked us to send, then again sent a letter that said they are not sure of our "timeline". HK embassy has now said we need to send over all immigration records from the Macau immigration offices to show when she went in and out of Macau, Dora is from Macau.

They worst part is the girl from the embassy told Dora, "after you send in the immigration records we have no idea how long it will be until you can get a new interview date, and then we are not sure you will pass that interview, you have to wait and see."

We are both so upset and low now, it has been almost 8 months now, and it seems that things are getting worse not better. I just can not take the endless "one more doc" "one more letter" round and round, it is so depressing.

We are now thinking Dora might try to come visit me in the USA again, while we wait on the HK embassy to review the latest set of papers Dora will send tomorrow, they said this process may take 6 more months!!!!!

I feel so hopeless and sad, I do not know what to do to get this visa through.

Should I call a senator, or call the embassy? Anything I can do? Help.

Jeremy

Great to see so many approvals! Congrats to all. We finally got an interview date at the Hong Kong consulate for June 22.

Final Countdown!!

OK, just popping in to vent frustration, I know I just need more patience. We sent out packet three back to the Hong Kong consulate 3 weeks ago and still no packet four or interview date. We emailed, and called NVC. NVC just says the consulate has sent the packet three and that is all they know. The consulate says they have our packet three, but that they can not estimate the interview date, just wait for the packet 4 for the date.

Maybe since this is the last waiting game it just seems to be moving so so so slowly!!! 7 months since we got our I-129F, I never imagined we would be apart until the summer. It is like we are losing a year of life marking time.

Enough venting, back to reading and tapping my foot with fingers crossed!

Kevin&Leilei whats going on with you guys? We've lost you in the last couple of weeks.

Hey guys, I just got back to China from several weeks in Phuket, Thailand, having a sort of pre-marriage honeymoon. Also a trip abroad together makes for some really good bonafide relationship evidence. We got back to her home to discover packet three had been delivered already, a good two months earlier than I was expecting it. Now I get to help her fill out the form, and collect her police certificate, single certificate, etc.

Sorry I haven't kept up to date on the race, but I've been busy.

Welcome back, and I am jealous! I love Phuket, taught English there back in 2004 and the students were so much fun to teach with such great attitudes. Thailand is such a beautiful country.

We submitted our Packet 3 checklist back to the Hong Kong Consulate, to show we are ready to be interviewed, 2 weeks ago. We still have not got the letter back with the interview day though. Down to the last step and the waiting is getting harder now. Praying for a mid-May interview and a late May trip to the USA. Come on HK, hurry hurry! I might email them one more time, but I do not want to make them think I am crazy with all my emails asking for status updates.

I GOT APPROVAL

Everything was great. They asked me just a few questions. They wished to see the photos but nothing else from the huge bag of proof i brought to the interview The CO said they will send me the visa via DHL and I will have it by the end of the week. If everything is ok I am flying next Monday. YAYYYY. It was not a big deal at all. if you wish more info i filled out a detailed review.

Good luck everyone. Keeping fingers crossed for all of you.

Sweetheart will be there in just a few days (if they let me in with the whole flu outbreak)

NatPatBen don't worry about not knowing for DS 157. they will send you instructions of what exactly you have to fill out. And also if you don't know you need only part 1 of the DS 230

Congrats!

This process is so disheartening! We still don't even have a touch on our case and VSC seems to be approving January filers now. It seems we are never going to get our approval...

That is crazy! So sorry you guys are still left hanging, I know you must be so frustrated now. I am sure you already called and tried to get an update, and I know that does not usually yield much information. I am thinking positive thoughts for you guys, and it has to come through soon. Once you hit the six month mark soon can you file a complaint about being outside the normal processing time?

Thanks! We will file a complaint once we are past the six month mark. It is amazing how many emotions this whole process puts a person through. At first I was angry, but honestly now I'm just sad. I feel like we're being left hanging for no good reason. It is just so depressing....

I know exactly what you mean, it is such an emotional roller coaster. The wait for each step leads to a high when it comes through, then the wait for the NEXT step starts. Rinse and repeat!

But today I was also thinking about how much this waiting game has made me look inside myself, and really examine my own mind and feelings. I even started to do meditation to control my anxiety about the wait and being separated from Dora. I think I have even found a deeper understanding of why I love her so much, and how awesome she is to so patiently wait this process out from the OTHER side, putting her career, and life totally on hold, for us. What an amazing woman, and how lucky am I that we found each other!

Keep hanging in there, it WILL come through, then when you guys are together soon this waiting experience will all have been worth it!! :star:

This process is so disheartening! We still don't even have a touch on our case and VSC seems to be approving January filers now. It seems we are never going to get our approval...

That is crazy! So sorry you guys are still left hanging, I know you must be so frustrated now. I am sure you already called and tried to get an update, and I know that does not usually yield much information. I am thinking positive thoughts for you guys, and it has to come through soon. Once you hit the six month mark soon can you file a complaint about being outside the normal processing time?