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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAugust 2008 Filers
Fred, the vacation is going great, I so don't want to leave! I hope you have a safe flight to the PI, I bet you're so excited!

It's been 4 and a half months now, hopefully January will be a better month for VSC..

Congrats for the good news, keep it coming. smile.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-28 11:26:00
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Congrats on the approvals.. VSC is looking very sad.

I want my approval now please. sad.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-26 21:00:00
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Nothing yet... sad.gif congrats on approvals! Lucky you, CSC!
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-23 11:17:00
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Congratulations Fred!! And all you other hunny bunnies that have been approved. wink.gif

Nothing from us yet, we're checking everyday hoping for a Christmas present.

HD, sorry to hear the news about the flight. Just remember, you will see him this weekend!! I'll be thinking of you, I've told Bill all about you guys, including you.

Keep them coming, guys!!
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-19 17:14:00
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QUOTE (maliciant @ Dec 16 2008, 07:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And an unrelated thought... what the heck is up with gemmie... she's missing all the excitement over potential NOA2's just to be with her fiance... LAME! She should be here all excited too instead of goofin off hanging out with her man....


laughing.gif I only ever come online now when Bill is showering, I feel so lucky to have gotten into the US again.

No touches or updates.. almost there guys!
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-16 16:36:00
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Wow, this thread is full of excitement! Thanks for the warm wishes, AFs. Fred, thanks for the message to your people. tongue.gif

NOA2s are coming our way now! We don't have online access right now but I'll let you guys know if we find we're approved.

I wish you all a successful week!

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-14 09:06:00
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Hi guys, I'm in the US!!

The border was incredibly easy, in fact he stamped me in quicker than anyone else!! Just asked why I was visiting, how often I visited, when I was last there, what me and my boyfriend did (as I said boyfriend this time), then said "that's it" and asked if it was a long flight, stamped me in.

biggrin.gif Congrats on approvals!

Edited by Gemmie, 12 December 2008 - 09:36 AM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-12 09:35:00
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Ok guys, I'm off now!

Please send me all of your hopeful thoughts as I try to get through POE. I'm only 50% sure I'm going to make it through as this is my forth time in the states this year. Let's hope I get a nice guy.

See you soon, guys and girls!! Let me hear some good news when I can next hop on! (I'll be on before Christmas at some point to wish you happiness and let you know what happened) smile.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-11 05:36:00
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Sorry I haven't been around much, AF's, I've been a busy bumble bee!

I've had to submit a total of 11,450 words this week!!

I'm thinking of you all smile.gif

Edited by Gemmie, 09 December 2008 - 07:04 PM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-09 19:04:00
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QUOTE (SoInLove16 @ Dec 8 2008, 05:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (kenny+Ugochi @ Dec 7 2008, 03:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We applied the same time with Gemmie, and we are #183 now, what's up Fred, who did you talk to? LOL


Yo! I'm good! just like all you guys and gals waiting. December 7 now that means i will be faithfully cheking USCIS consistently now like all of you! HAHAHAHA!
Thanks to Maliciant he always posts what my stats are from time to time! Thank you sir


Aww, I remember when you said you weren't looking for a long long time... that seems like a few weeks ago!

4 months has FLOWN! smile.gif

I've had a good weekend, went out for my housemate/friend's birthday on Friday, a "snow ball".. it was amazing! Then visited my family and friends on Saturday for the holidays since I'll be off soon. Tonight we're going to sing Christmas carols.

Here's a couple pics from the ball of some of my bestest friends.. (I'm in the purple)




How is everyone doing? smile.gif

Edited by Gemmie, 08 December 2008 - 06:45 AM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-08 06:44:00
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My mum died before Bill could meet her.. my dad loves Bill, thinks he's a great guy. He asked his permission before asking me to marry him too.

Don't worry Mara, I'm sure they'll get on just fine. smile.gif

How come you're at #87 Fred, and we're at #181.. sad.gif We applied at the same time.
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-07 17:48:00
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Nearly 4 months since sending the papers.. gone so fast!

I'm going to my friend's birthday party tonight and then visiting my family tomorrow before America. So I'll see you guys late Saturday or Sunday. Have a great weekend. smile.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-05 07:07:00
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QUOTE (Stinkerpotsam @ Dec 4 2008, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I get to see Rob in 26 days (well 27 if you count the fact that I can't see him til I land on NY day...) and I just needed to be excited about it for a minute before I get dressed for work!! (Thanks again Fred for the idea!!!)
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PS: Am I the only one that did not know I was only allowed to use a designated number of icons??? tongue.gif


YAAAY! kicking.gif It's awesome to hear people manage to squeeze in a holiday trip.

I'm flying out in 1 week today, I'm still really nervous and trying not to think of it too much. That way, if they don't let me in, it hopefully won't hurt as much. If I do get in, it will be a Christmas miracle.

I didn't know that about the icons either.

Mara, I bet Chris will be shocked having a drastic climate change like that!
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-04 08:12:00
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Side note - Gemma has gone Platinum! biggrin.gif

(under username)

Edited by Gemmie, 04 December 2008 - 08:05 AM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-04 08:04:00
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Happy belated anniversary, HD! I wanna know which anniversary it was too.. we had our engagement anniversary in September, and the one we first met in person is in 2 weeks. I hope we get to be together to celebrate!
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-03 07:30:00
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I know, it's horrible.. I truly hate the visa process. It only takes about a month to move to the UK with the visa in hand! There is no waiting 4-5 months for someone to look at your petition so that you can be granted with the right to apply.. sometimes I question whether we should cancel the K1 and do it the other way around. But I would have to show that I can support us both with a place to live and a stable job, which is hard for me at the moment...

You mention business visas taking 1-2 weeks. I wonder if they're at risk of staying also (for employment) yet I never hear about proving that you will leave afterwards or denials...
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-02 08:14:00
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I understand, Donna.

I think VJ hurts me at times too, but find it hard to stay away as it sometimes offers support too.

I've just read a thread where a girl came over on a student visa, met someone.. she is now planning on going back to her home country and re-entering, telling the border she's just there to study and will leave after... and then applying for AOS. She's using her friend who illegally adjusted status to justify it, too.

It really gets me down when I read about people abusing the laws and making it harder for people like us. I'm not just talking about the seperation and K1/K3 process, I mean whenever we want to visit the US, being made to feel like criminals.. heaps of questions and suspicion, because of others' abusing the system. I'm going to the US next week and I don't see why I should be so afraid of being denied the priviledge of spending Christmas with my fiance just because of people like that. We just want to do the right thing, file for the correct paperwork, obey the laws, and spend some time together. So fed up with this..

Donna, it must be hard not getting to see him over Christmas. But hold onto January, and hold onto that NOA2. This will all be a distant memory soon..
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-02 08:04:00
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DECEMBER IS HERE, YAAAAY! smile.gif

Let's see those approvals!
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-01 06:50:00
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QUOTE (SoInLove16 @ Nov 30 2008, 08:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Gemmie @ Nov 30 2008, 12:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I was just saying in the other thread, it was 2 years ago that we started researching ways to be together (which was an awful discovery..) and here we are now, waiting for our paperwork to be approved and on our final year of seperation. smile.gif How comforting..



I've always had the resources available to me because my bestfriend is an immigration lawyer. I remember one day when we worked at a Department Store (SEARS) during our very early college days, he asked me, Freddy what do you want to be? I said an IT Professional/Executive and I asked him what about you? He said I want to be an Immigration Lawyer, and now look! we both got the profession we wanted. Last April was when I called him to tell him, hey dude its time, I need your services! hahahahaha! a month or 2 later we have all that is necessary! I still remember signing those papers, those forms! the excitement of giving all my boarding passes and evidence to my lawyer! and now here we are waiting for approval! wheeeeewwwwwwwww! So close! a little bit more! so much to look forward to! and now I am less than a month from being with Emilia again! YESSSSSSSSSSS!

And Gemmie! so cool to have almost identical timelines!


I know, it's awesome!

I love your story too... it feels great to finally send off the petition, and if you believe in things such as fate, you could say that you and your best friend were made to help each other out in more ways than one. I think that's something special.

Glad you enjoyed your trip, HD, the pics look so pretty! It makes me feel all summery again as it's so cold in England!
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-30 19:19:00
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I was just saying in the other thread, it was 2 years ago that we started researching ways to be together (which was an awful discovery..) and here we are now, waiting for our paperwork to be approved and on our final year of seperation. smile.gif How comforting..
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-30 15:27:00
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They touched me and then decided they didn't like what they felt, and took it back. tongue.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-29 17:13:00
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Hello! No don't be worried, touches aren't important. smile.gif

edit - Same NOA1 date as me!

Edited by Gemmie, 29 November 2008 - 04:32 PM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-29 16:32:00
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QUOTE (maliciant @ Nov 29 2008, 08:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If it's any consolation gemmie, you don't have to use a password to check your case status, you can always go to https://egov.uscis.g...ASE_NUMBER_HERE to see your case status, you just won't see any touch information, as a side bonus, when you use the link and put your case number at the end and get your case info, you can bookmark the page, then you don't have to fool with the login garbage every time you go to the site...


Thanks, yeah I still check the status, it;s just that we all know that you can't really trust the status to change when it should. smile.gif

It's awfully quiet in here, is it not?
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-29 16:17:00
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Of course, this is the one I bought..



My hair is naturally darkest brown / black anyways, but I've started to see some roots come through since I coloured it reddish brown this summer, so thought it was best to colour it. smile.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-29 11:40:00
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I tried that, and it still wouldn't let me change it. Now it just says "invalid password" no matter what I put in.

Oh well.. we'll hopefully get things sorted through email sometimes next week, otherwise just hope it comes through the mail as well as the NOA1 did. We were lucky with the NOA1 because it was dated ONE day after it arrived at VSC! Very speedy.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend! I'm dying my hair today (frosted brown), working a little on some projects and might also draw Bill a picture for Christmas blush.gif if I have time..
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-29 08:09:00
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Yeah, you'll get a prompt, think it's every 3/4 months.

I tried to change my password but it kept repeating that I need a valid one, with one capital letter, one number, at least 8 characters etc... even when I did that, it wouldn't go through.. and now we're locked out.

The reason Bill is locked out of his email account is because the details were on his PC.. and that fried the other night. Today he told me that his other PC is having problems too, leaving him without a computer OR online status. sad.gif Seems hopeless.


Marm, I would suggest calling NVC now and asking if/when they can change the embassy. If they tell you to wait until you have approval, let them know that the online status isn't that reliable, that's all you can do (?)..

Edited by Gemmie, 28 November 2008 - 11:54 AM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-28 11:51:00
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QUOTE (MARM @ Nov 27 2008, 10:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So...I have reached my 100th day mark today...don't feel very elated...it would have been nice if August filers were beginning to get approved, then I would feel like I have gotten somewhere...hopefully it won't be much longer...I have my heart set on first of week of Jan, please God, let us have our NOA2 soon!


They are. smile.gif

We've been locked out of the USCIS site because we didn't update our password, and Bill has also been locked out of his email account.. so only way we would know of an approval is through the mail.

Edited by Gemmie, 27 November 2008 - 07:11 PM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-27 19:10:00
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Aww, yay for babies. biggrin.gif

I've been busy with schoolwork, plus had a friend stay over..

Happy belated birthday, Maliciant.
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-27 16:29:00
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Congratulations!!

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GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-24 19:28:00
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I would be the same if someone were to jump all over my beloved British things. smile.gif

HD, I know what you mean.. it can be awful when you feel so guilty for feeling miserable when your friends are happy. Every time my friend gets a message from her boyfriend, saying how much he misses her, she reads it out and goes on about how much she misses him too.. I don't say anything because I do want to be a good friend, and understand that it happens. It's so hard though. I love it when we talk about our SO's though because we find that they both behave so similarily and she finds it funny that even though we're so far apart, we're such a normal couple. We experience the same amusing problems and have the same situations. That's nice to talk about because no one else treats us like a normal couple that much unless he's in the UK.

A week away from December?? Where has time gone??
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-24 14:22:00
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WOW! Gorgeous dress, Mara! I love your hair too, looks highlighted?

Weddings... sigh... I'm thinking about a Winter Wedding myself.. blush.gif

Edited by Gemmie, 23 November 2008 - 07:41 AM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-23 07:40:00
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Mara is Queen from the future, it's not Sunday yet!! ( for us normal people tongue.gif )

Good luck with the dress fitting!

Edited by Gemmie, 22 November 2008 - 05:42 PM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-22 17:42:00
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I'm going to be reading all day, I got some Japanese books for my Writing class... beautiful to read.

100 days for me!! Woohoo!!

Have a good weekend, AFs.
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-22 08:17:00
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I can't wait either.. I really need some good news. It was a bad night!

GO AF!! biggrin.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-21 07:30:00
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I understand, but not long left now!

I have 3 weeks (today) to go until I attempt POE, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up in case they send me home.. well, back to London. (He is my home biggrin.gif ) I want time to GO QUICKER!

Edited by Gemmie, 20 November 2008 - 02:18 PM.

GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-20 14:17:00
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Yeah, I don't think it's TMI really, I like that we talk about personal things here. I talk about it with my "real-life" friends, so why not? biggrin.gif

Yeah I saw that you were going to Portland, Fred... I like having Facebook hehe..
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-20 14:00:00
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QUOTE (maliciant @ Nov 20 2008, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The pacific ocean, it's pretty effective birth control.


The Atlantic ocean works pretty good too. good.gif


I don't know, thinking about going on the pill because I get painful periods and I hear it helps with that too. But I don't like the side effects I've heard of.
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-20 10:35:00
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Yeah, that Baby P story is horrific.. I'm guessing they'll be jailed for "life" i.e. 12 years.

(Yes Fred, almost 100 days!!)
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-20 06:35:00
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QUOTE (Dani^Chris Perry @ Nov 19 2008, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
BTW girls, i was wondering what is the most efficient and what do you use for "depilating" ? that would be a nice subject for discussion smile.gif


Is that hair removal?

I did try waxing but I'm too much of a wimp to do that anymore (last week at school they were waxing men for charity and they finally understand what it's like. And that's just a leg!) Anyways, I just shave now. I'm pretty naturally smooth, I think, my legs stay soft for ages.
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-19 16:46:00
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QUOTE (Dani^Chris Perry @ Nov 19 2008, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Time for a good joke to cheer you up good.gif


Airline Service

A man at the airline counter tells the rep. "I'd like this bag to go to Berlin, this one to California,
and this one to London.

The rep says, "I'm sorry sir. We can't do that."

The man replied: Nonsense. That is what you did last time I flew with you.


laughing.gif Nice one..

Yeah I got that email too, but mine is up to date.

I'm not an Igor or Timeline watcher anyways, I prefer to keep myself happy by thinking 4-5 months for approval (December-January) and since we're not there yet, no need to stress by watching lists like a hawk. Time moves faster when you're not watching.

Hold on tight, AF's, bit longer to go! kicking.gif
GemmieFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-19 09:31:00