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    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Mari, you are a hoot!! Ha. Between fondling, spanking people, sending them to the naughty chair, and all your emoticons... If you're ever on the East coast, let me know and I (and hopefully my lovely fiance) will have you over for dinner and Moroccan tea.

    Well... ANY of you December filers are welcome. :)

    East coast eh? I may see what I can do about that some day! :)

    CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW APPROVALS!!!!

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    All -

    I strongly urge you to prepare yourself mentally for the "Days to NOA2" countdown on our timeline. It's easy to get caught up in checking Igors list and focusing on the recent NOA2s, but remember that the days the service centers have left based on recent approvals IS REFLECTED in the Decemberite timeline. For example, I have a little less than 70 days until my NOA2. Preparing myself mentally for 2 months and 10 days will allow me a less stressful journey. If it comes early? Great! If it doesn't, I know how much time I have left before I can call in the big guns.

    Stay positive, and set yourself up for excitement! Not let down xo

    Oh don't worry Becs, the pessimistic side of me is VERY aware that I still have a wait ahead of me for my approval, and then even more after that at my slow service center! I'm just happy to see SOMETHING happening, even if its not for me yet.

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Even more approvals! The chart is getting SO PINK WOOHOOO! Perhaps I should bring my pink hair back (thats how it was when Blake and I met!) to get in the approval spirit, hehe!

    Everything is getting so exciting! All these approvals are making my wait feel shorter, since I sort of forget all that time before the approvals started rolling in, and now I just have to wait a month and a bit! Its like we are in 'approval season', this is really lifting my own mood even though I know I still have a little wait ahead for my NOA2.

    over 100 pages, wow! Go Decemberites!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    MARI AND KADIR!!! I am so so so happy and excited for you, I think this is one of our first, if not THE first approval where I have felt nothing but happiness (no jealousy!). I hope you've gotten a hold of K by now to share the good news!

    I figured out all my end of semester stuff, so next week I am going to go to Atlanta to stay with Blake until the beginning of june (my estimated time for NOA2 according to my timeline). woohoo! :dance: Its been very cold here recently so I am happy to be going to somewhere warm!! I am concerned about being questioned at the border, since I was there so recently, but I will bring our NOA1 and have my return ticket so hopefully all will go well.

    much love to all of you :)

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Christine,

    You know you might just make that Sept 11th wedding date if VSC keeps it on like this. Any chance you of you changing it back if all goes well and you're here by summer for POE? :whistle:

    Just a thought....

    Where's everybody been all day?

    Love ya,

    Mari

    Mari, unfortunately there is no going back now in regards to our wedding date. It's okay, I'm happy with our new date and I've accepted how things are going to go.

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Wow, that's such great news about Vermont speeding up like that! Keep up the good work, Vermont workers!! Although with Vermont speeding up, I'm second guessing going on my trip to Atlanta - what if my approval gets here before I get back! hahah.

    I need to see about going to get my police check, maybe I will do that this week.

    Oh I am so mixed up lately, what to do what to do! My head is just a mess! Thank goodness I have all you to keep me at least partially sane :)

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by Christine + Blake

    @Mari I'm so happy to see you happy with that good news! :) You are much much stronger than me, I can tell you that!

    @Bec haha great idea! I know that would definitely work on me :P

    I am trying to plan a trip for very soon to go spend a month with Blake - I've been getting some disappointing news on other fronts so I have nothing to do here in Canada until early June when its estimated I'll get my NOA2. I hope I get a good officer at the border, since I was there pretty recently. Oh well. I know I am very lucky to get to do this, I'm very excited that I may get to go 'home' soon for awhile, although saying goodbye to Blake again will be hard.

    OH! I just saw that someone from November was just approved from VSC! Their NOA1 date is Nov 4. How exciting

    For those waiting on K1

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Great post. As much as I want to get to the US to be with my fiance and our friends and family there, its very scary/emotional for me since I do still live at home (I'm 21) and my mom and I are EXTREMELY close. She is my best friend and I love her so much and I know its going to be very very hard to move so far away from her and go from seeing her every single day to only a couple times a year if we're lucky, so I am trying to spend a lot of quality time with her and the rest of my family.

    So many mixed feelings and different emotions in this visa process.

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    How do I get into all of these conversations!!! HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY everyone!!! Just saw a Canadian got their NOA2!! Congrats!! Hi people!! Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!!!

    Its definitely great to see a Canadian with an NOA2, even though we're stuck in Vermont and not speedy California. Can't wait to hear how their journey through the Canadian half goes.

    I think everyone should watch America's Next Top Model next week, the remaining girls are going to MOROCCO! I don't know much about that area so I'll be interested to see more about how one of our own Decemberite couples lives!

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Congratulations to all these NOA2s!!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: (I love that little guy!!)

    Hey y'all!

    So... after we all get our NOA2s... can we still try to come back here and post wedding pics and go through AOS together? :) I might not be super-active, but I love having this group, and would love to see pictures of all the fantastic weddings that we'll be having in the next... well... 6-8 months? Or less, for some of us?

    Also, is anyone else planning on eloping at the courthouse or with a justice of the peace, then having a big ceremony later? How American are your wedding plans? How much of the immigrant spouse's culture are you bringing into the wedding? Have you registered yet?

    Well as you know Kristen, I won't be having my wedding until next may! :( booo. With things how they are I know it was the best choice for us but I am still bummed not to be having our wedding this year. I hope you'll all stick around in the thread to see my wedding photos!

    We'll be going to the courthouse to satisfy visa requirements, but we are not going to make a big deal out of that. We're going to have our May wedding as if we did not do the courthouse ceremony. I don't know if I'll even feel really married until the wedding, and I will not be wearing my wedding band until after our wedding. Perhaps I'm being stubborn, but our wedding day is the day we are married and thats that as far as anyone is concerned! hahah.

    Our wedding is very American, there's not a lot of significant or particularly Canadian culture things when it comes to weddings.

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by Christine + Blake

    I really hope this shutdown doesn't hurt us all too much, praying that things move along (as quickly as possible, please!).

    A HUGE thank you to Dizzy for updating our timeline like she does, and to Mari for providing so much helpful info to us, and to Lise for helping us with our recipes... and another thank you to everyone here who actively participates and makes this thread what it is - NOT just a place for information, but a place for distraction, friendship, and support. I love our thread and everything about it, and if someone can't appreciate that then its a major loss for them.

    We are hoping that Blake can come visit me for two weeks in early June, hopefully I will have my NOA2 or will be very close to it by then and we can celebrate together (and then get to work on mailing off the next documents!)

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    Great news for JoAnne & James!!!

    Looking forward to the recipe from China.

    I received great news today too....not a NOA2 but my beautiful little Sophie joined our family today at 5:40 am weighing 7lbs 15 oz...mom and baby are doing great! Her little brother says she is staying at the hospital lol...big sister thinks she is soooooooooo cute! Gotta love grandchildren!!!

    Proud Nana, Lise

    Congratulations Nana Lise! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: That's fantastic news, Sophie is a beautiful name.

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Congratulations to our new approvals!! I am insanely jealous (and cursing being stuck at VSC!) but I am also so happy for y'all!!! Keep us updated on the process.

    Our venue issues have been resolved, so we officially have our new (and final, I hope!) wedding date of May 4th 2012. Definitely a relief, and now this means I'm REALLY far ahead in the wedding planning so thats off my radar for a long time now, phew.

    Gotta get moving with the fitness challenge, now I have to maintain my current weight for over a year more! D: hahaha

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Christine, I know you are anxious about Montreal so I copied a post I read this morning from LuvIllinois: "I just got my packet 4 and I am officially scheduled for July 12! There were a lot of openings in April but that is just too soon for us. Then there was nothing between that and July so here I am! Excited :-D" I can say that if I got my notice today I would book in April!!! I so want to get this show on the road!!!!

    Have a great day everyone! (I am still waiting for granddaughter #4 to be born...due date was yesterday!)

    Lise

    Oh thank you Lise! I do feel much better seeing that! I hope your granddaughter has arrived, or is at least well on her way, by now.

    Having a fun night with our neighbours and two of my bridesmaids/my bffs tonight to take my mind off things. party! :dance:

    December Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by Christine + Blake

    Lise is right Christine, don't give up hope yet. Sometimes I check the next available interview date in Montreal and it's in 2 weeks, and other times I check and it's 4 months (I just checked again and currently the next available time is 2 days from today!). It's so all over the board, I wouldn't stress about it just yet....let's get those NOA2s from VSC first!

    Yeah, I know you guys are right. Thank goodness I have all my decemberites to help keep me sane, I have a habit of letting my worries all pile up. I'll just stick to worrying about VSC right now, haha.

    Mari, I was hoping for something a bit better for you! Its like they fondled you and then wouldn't stay the night! hahaha

    As for the fitness challenge, I need to get on that! We have an elliptical so I will try and use that a bit more. I can only lose like 5-10 pounds because of how well my dress fit at my last fitting (I don't want to have to do alterations, haha) but I need to do that (and then maintain!)

    Also why in the world does this ticker say 3 months 4 weeks? Isn't that 4 months! :P

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