Tanoushka

100 days since my NOA1 =( Well...can't be more than 50 days more right? Trying to stay positive here

I will be hitting that mark soon too

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations

We shall see if December is better than November!

Congratulations to all of you had their NOA2 and good luck for those who are still waiting!

FYI

I called the USCIS office on November 15 and they send inquiry on my case to Vermont Center. Yesterday i recevied the letter from them stating:

"Our review indicates that this case is actually within our current processing time. We are currently processing cases filed on June 22, 2010. We regret any misunderstanding. If you dont receive a decision or notice of other action within our current processing time, check our website for an update or call customer service at the number provided below..."

Letter is dated November 22, 2010 and it was mailed on 11/26/10.

I got only seven more days until 5 month is up....

Unbelievable!!!

Hope you'll hear back from them before that then!

Good luck!

What kind of service provider do you have to be able to text international for free? I would love to be able to do this.

If you guys have an Iphone or a Blackberry, you can use an application that's called WhatsApp. You just pay the application and the rest is free!!!!

I love it!!!

Agreed. I'm just hugging my cell phone with the hopes I'll get a text soon. Though... I'm only 2 months and 2 weeks into the wait. Though, an Immigration Officer at the CSC told me to call them again if I didn't "hear anything within a month"... so here's to hoping that ALL Service Centers are picking up steam!

Well not all...Vermont has really slowed down

Well not all...Vermont has really slowed down

Sorry i didn't read your post properly...oops!

Congratulations!!! I'm happy for you guys

Lets all pray for a more productive week, on the I-129F petitions, at Vermont. They have to pick up again sometime soon, surely.

Really hope so!

I'm getting really close to the 3 months mark

trying to stay positive here in "sunny" scotland but struggling!! currently snowed in which is just immense!!NOT!! Rachel called uscis twice last week.. first time she spoke to some ignorant jobsworth who gave her nothing.. second time she spoke to a lovely lady who understood our frustrations but just gave her the 5 months speech.. Our 5 months is up in a couple of weeks and I really hope they have an answer for us. Personally I think the whole process is completely wrong. I know a lot of people on this site give it the old "they do say 5 months so hold on" etc but Im getting thoroughly p****d off at seeing people who petitioned after us getting approved. Can I add that Im delighted for these people.. im just annoyed at the lack of communication and consistency in this whole process. We all put our faith in this and decided to do it the "right" way rather than just moving to the states and applying there. I feel like Im being punnished for doing the right thing!! Maybe I should have added this to YGR's brill vent thread .. Im usually really upbeat but its getting to me now. I miss my beautiful fiance, I worry about her and want to look after her. Thats my job and im frustrated that im not being allowed to do that.. thanks for listening peeps.. id be lost without VJ.. promise ill try to be more positive..

PS Guy walks into a store and asks for fly spray,

Shop assistant hands him a can

Guy asks "Is it good for wasps"

Shop assistant says "no, it kills em"

Agreed!

Loved the joke

Oh it's quiet here...how is everybody doing?

My fiance called me on Thanksgiving to tell me about the feast they were about to have...i wish I could have been with him...Oh well, next year for sure!!!!!!

We have an August 5th filer who has their NOA2. Good for them!

Well that's good news!!!

bonne nuit les petits

This is all so sad!

OP, take the time you need to heal those wounds of yours.

We could all tell how much love you had for her.

I know this is hard to hear, but she was NOT the one for you. She is still out there and your paths will cross one day.

i STILL haven't received any notification of my noa2 from anyone but my lawyer, website for uscis still says under review, would you like me to forward a copy of the email with timestamps? or you could look at other posts i've made where i put the SECOND i found out. wasn't in the mail today either.

it was a complete accident that i ended up on the vsc board, just happened to have a bit of lag when tryin to click on csc and just noticed that this one seems to be more about lamenting the time frames and less about helping each other out than compared to the csc thread. i didn't say anything untrue, nor anything rude really.

and seeing people from vsc with noa1 dates around my timeline get approved over a month ago sucked for me too, but i didn't focus on the negative, or look into trying to find loopholes to speed my process, i focused on being happy for the people that WERE getting approved, focused on my bright future, and tried to do things to help get things ready for when my love does get here.

getting contacts and a job ready for him for as soon as his work allowance clears, getting furniture moved around, a dresser ready, closet space made, etc.

if all you guys see in me telling you to stop complaining when you don't yet have anything to complain about and focus on the positive is a rude comment, then you are doing just what i stated, continuing to focus on the negative, so have fun with that.

Congratulations on your NOA2 anyway!

Good luck with the interview to come

seriously, what did you hope to gain from this and subsequent posts? People come on here for support not to be patronised. Some people complain because, although we are happy for those approved, SOme receive approval quicker than others. If everyone was approved 5 months on the button that'd be fair but its not working out that way.. I am going out of my mind right now. My fiance is renting a room in tampa while im stuck in Scotland. Take away the fact I miss her so much it hurts I also hate the fact Im not there to protect her so worry constantly. If any of us sat on our asses and nonchalantly said "oh come on its only 5 months" I think we'd truly have to consider whether our relationship was as strong as we thought. A day without Rachel kills me.

Good luck everyone.. its great to know although I feel alone in this I have others to relate to..

Good luck Ally,

I'm sure you and Rachel will be together soon like me and my darling and like every couple who is waiting for VSC to wake up

if all you guys see in me telling you to stop complaining when you don't yet have anything to complain about and focus on the positive is a rude comment, then you are doing just what i stated, continuing to focus on the negative, so have fun with that.

Geez!

What is this all about?

Just so you know, if you actually read the thread, you'd see that WE ARE happy when other couples get their NOA2!

the processing time is 5 months, if they are within their 5 months then you have nothing to complain about. if you get yours before your 5 months is up, then consider yourself lucky, but unless you PASS 5 months, come on people, stop complaing, we are ALL in the same boat as you. you are not the first people to wait this long, in fact i know couples that have had to wait years to be together, and in the grand scheme of things, 5 months is nothing.

anyone who had done any research on visa approval would know this was a long process before they even embarked on it in the first place and yet everyone is acting like they are the only ones going through this and that it's some horrible injustice that they have to wait their turn like everyone else.

I am allowed to feel what I feel and I certainly know I am not the only one, thank you very much!!

This is all true, but I don't think it's appropriate or necessary to try to tell people they are not allowed to feel frustrated. If you've tracked this site at all, you will see that the service centers speed up and slow down unexpectedly and that is difficult to watch sometimes. Before you send your packet in, you see people receiving approvals in 2 months and then when it's your turn the service centers have hit a slow patch and it's back up at 5 months, all the while knowing it takes maybe a total of 15 minutes to look at a petition; that can be difficult. Nobody is acting like they're the only ones going through this. Everyone is allowed to be sad or lonely or frustrated. It's difficult to try to do the right thing and be legit and be given the run-around for an uncertain amount of time. I notice that your country is listed as the UK, which means that your consulate will also take a few months to go through; as a Canadian going through Montreal, I'm in the same boat, and on top of a long NOA2 wait being irritating in the first place, it adds extra stress because I know I'll likely have another 4-6 months with my embassy stage right after it. If the whole process, start to finish, took 5 months as you seem to be suggesting it does, I think it would be a lot easier to swallow.

I'm glad that you seem to be impervious to being frustrated or sad, but the rest of us are perfectly entitled to express those feelings. That's what these threads are for - support. If you have nothing to offer besides judgmental criticism and if everyone else's feelings bother you so much, I'm not sure why you're reading this forum, especially since this thread isn't even for your service center. I'm not saying you have to agree with anybody, but your snotty comment was unwarranted. People miss their loved ones and not everyone is as lucky as you to have an NOA2 in hand already.

Thank you!!!!!!

You are absolutely right! We are all aware it will be a long process...that was an unnecessary comment.

Like her I will be going through London and I am quite aware that even after the NOA2 we will still have to wait a bit again before getting to the interview stage.

Good luck to you Andy and Kayla

You will find out when you receive the NOA1 and embark for a very long journey!

Good luck

this is all so depressing...my NOA is dated September 3rd..I can't believe you guys are still waiting!

What the hell are they doing?????

I'm really annoyed...what are they doing????

They just forgot about us and moved on to other types of visas :crying:

What are they doing??

I can't imagine going through this pregnant. You poor thing.

Me neither...

OP, I feel sorry that you have to go through this. But at the same time, having cold feet doesn't mean that he doesn't love you.

I think that in a situation like yours when you have been together for 2 years but physically together for a small amount of time, it might take a toll on your feelings when the big day approaches.

I think that this a normal reaction. Everybody reacts differently but I am pretty sure that we all feel nervous when the wedding date is near. It is an important commitment and you don't want to take it lightly.

I believe that going there will help whether the outcome is good or not.

It might also not just be a matter of you being the one but him being ready for the commitment (with anyone). I understand that he needs time to figure it out but this is something that he should have done before proposing though.

I wish you good luck and please let us know how you're doing