Hicham♥Sara

I spent some time this weekend with one of my friends here who immigrated from Jamaica. We had never talked about the process before because it was not a topic that had come up before until now , since I have met and fallen in love with a Moroccan citizen and started thinking about the what if's of a progressed relationship. He started asking me about how the process works now and what are the current requirements. He was very surprised when I told him that it took only 6- 8 months and about the requirements to prove you have a bona fide relationship.

Not too long ago it took up to two years for the proces from application to interview, and before that you have to have been married ( In spousal case) for at least two years before applying to prove that you have a bonafide relationship. No matter all the pictures and chat logs, you had to have been married on paper for at least two years!!

I reflected on so many of the posts I have read here , and inclduing my own attitude on the timefranme and quickly had an attitude adjustment. We are so quick to complain because we want everything so instant and sometimes we don't reflect on how things used to be. I just wanted to share this because it helped comfort me in knowing that when we decide to take this step in our relationship that I won't be disillusioned that the process is slow. I am greatful that I have now been informed that the immigration process is now faster and more improved than it used to be. We are lucky that it is much easier as USC's to bring our loves home with us, and not feel the absolute agony of what the previous process must have been like. We are lucky to live in a country that moves forward and does not stay stagnant. We have got to be thankful for this and not take this process as it is now for granted.

I was enlightened and just wanted to share that with you guys in case it helps you feel less burdened or hardpressed, because it could be so much worse

Have a lovely week and God bless the USA and the World

My wife's aunt just came here last week and all of the sudden the US petitioner changes. He's on the verge of just abandoning her and her daughter. He said he doesn't know what he wants to do after spending $$$ to bring her here. She paid about $3,000 for furniture as well. We hope this resolves, but if it doesn't what options would she have. Hire a high power Immigration Attorney?

Sorry for your aunt and that her relationship is failing ;( You said it was just last week she came... could she return the furniture and get her money back? of not maybe she could sell it and get some of the money back? Unfortunately , if she does not marry then her only option is to go home as she would be illegal once the 90 days is up. Then she would lose the potentional to ever come back. It is a sad story, she took a risk and it is leaving her in a bad position.

To All The Good Folks Here at VJ ,

Today Hany's Father passed away. We are so very sad. I'm here in NC and Hany's in Egypt and I feel I should be able to be by his side at this time.We filed the I-129F and waiting, but I must say I'm glad Hany is there now to be with his Family. Everyone Please Pray for Hany and his Family. Thanks to All Of You For Letting Me Share Our Pain. Sincerely, Kim

I am so sorry to hear about your loss. Death in the family is not easy. Just remember those we cannot see with our eyes , we feel with our hearts. God Bless.

Oh My God I am so GIDDY For you guys!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS~!!!! ♥

Have been saving msn conversations and all pics on laptop since jan of this year in prep of K1 filing. 2 visits to her with all the pics as well. I was about to file this coming week, all forms and relivent info was on computer. WAS is the operative word.

My hard drive crashed yesterday. Took to local PC store to retrieve the file that contained all the info, said they cant retrieve. EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO FILE IS GONE !!!!

Anyone here a computer geek? (PC store said platter is bad)

I am so sorry to hear this. This happened to me before and just like the quote you got of over $1000 it cost me about $2000. It was a rather large hard drive that had every single picture of my girls from birth.. it was worth the cost to get all those memories back. Definitely a hard lesson in back up though. I used a service called DriveSavers and they did a great job. expensive, but great. I tried the Spinrite and it did not work for me, although I have heard of it working for others. You just have to be careful because the more you try to access the drive the more damage can be done. Companies like DriveSavers have labs that get the data right off the plates, they even deal with drives that were damaged in water or even fire. This kind of this seems to always happen at the worst time! I wish you the best of luck on retrieving your data. Worst case, at least you have those four pictures that you sent via email. Four is better than zero.

God Bless,

Sarasusan

I hope this post is genuine and not a TROLL,

what is a TROLL?

AGAIN to me anything with less than 20% chances of happening IS a white lie.do you have eye issues?

You came on here to this site because you know that people would give you honest answers. You can take their advice or not. It's that simple. These people are an asset to the visa process because they have been through this. You seem to have such a negative view of the United States and how it operates. Do what you want/ feel you must do. If you don't like the answers you get here, then just stop asking. Even if it were the case that there were countries that have faster timelines (which I don't think it would have anything to do with the reasons you expressed) It would just be and you would have to deal with it like the rest of us. My love comes from a High Fraud country and even though I have so much proof that he is not fraudulent, He is still going to get put under a microscope, because other people, with negative intentions , have paved a way for this. It is what it is and he and I will deal with it. The people here on Visa Journey have great insight to this process but it is up to you how you use it. Each case is different.

Stay!! I think you definitely add value to this site, I don't post a lot or comment too much because I am still learning and have not even decided on a Visa Journey yet, but I have DEFINITELY learned a lot from your posts! And we are are responsible for whatever actions we take. To learn from advice and do a little research ourselves.. so whether anyone is wrong or right , it is still up to us to use it wisely!

Thanks , hope you stay here

Sarasusan

IMO , It sounds like the most logical and safe thing to contact USCIS. I can understand not wanting to hurt someone you love even though they have hurt you, but in situations you have to take care of yourself. You don't want her to get wise to the waiver for abuse and start accusing you of things that never happened. Of course when you let them know what is going on, they will know what exact steps you need to take.

Congratulations !!!! It' so good to read about approvals!!! Yay!!!

This is a terrible story and no one deserves to go through this pain. It sounds like you gave yourself fully and whole in this relationship. If he truly loved you he could have just gone back to Egypt and started the process correctly right? It seems like a desperate attempt to get him citizenship somewhere like the USA or Canada. Yes we are a great country, but great country or not love conquers all. Just remember though this is not the end of your story.. this is a piece not the whole movie. Have faith and know that as long as you don't shut the door , good will most certainly come. Keep hope and faith alive in your heart. God bless you and I am so sorry to hear about this.

“Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those who still love even though they've been hurt before.”

Too bad you can't send it to whichever center you want ! WOW!

Congratulations on finishing the paperwork and getting it filed ! God Bless your visa journey!