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National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
Thank you, cdneh.

Is there a chance they would just... give you perfectly incorrect information? If the time on their website (DHL, that is) is the US time, the package was picked up by DHL about two hours after my phonecall with the agent. Is it at all possible that she'd just have wrong information available to her?

I guess I really am strying to grab a straw and, well, hold onto it.

Edited by Badgerella, 29 January 2009 - 04:03 PM.

BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-29 16:02:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
Airway bill: 9120603800

Shipment picked up on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. It's on its way to Croatia. But it's not ours, unless the woman I talked to yesterday couldn't or wouldn't tell me the truth.


I found this earlier today. Right now I can't even get it to show up again. Every single date returns with a Shipper's Reference track error.

I just want to scream.




6 weeks, 2 days.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-29 15:39:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
QUOTE (bedirisinghe @ Jan 29 2009, 06:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes...Its so easy just to say im waiting...but gosh, actual waiting is really hard. But after 40 days stucked at NVC, they replied to my email about asking my case status. I sent email at NVCINQUIRY@state.gov and 10 days after, they informed me that my papers are totally sent here in Manila last Dec. 27. Im so happy bcoz im now on the next higher level of this journey...getting nearer to the most awaited part...interview time and receiving VISA. Its only a matter of silent prayer. Thanks GOD!

If your timeline is right, then... we could, maybe, get out of AP today, heh.



BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-29 01:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
Update:

6 weeks, 1 day.

Called NVC.

This agent, finally, heard RIGHT (or understood?) that I was the beneficiary, and therefore she had me verify MY phone number, instead of my fiance's.

Today we're undergoing some ADDITIONAL processing. (Hey - new information!! rolleyes.gif)

Timeframe is unknown, but the agent said it should be done soon. (O...kay. *nod*)

I asked her to clarify the mention of Washington in some of the previous conversations with some other agent, that made no sense to me. She pretty much said there was no Washington and that I must have misunderstood.

We will, of course, be notified when our case gets forwarded to the Embassy.

Of course there is no timeframe. But it should be done soon.




Now we know we're still - nowhere.



BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-28 13:16:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
The search website is still mostly broken. I didn't call them today, but instead my fiance decided to send an email. Now we're waiting. Probably for nothing in particular, or just not any good news.

There's basically nothing interesting or smart I can say. I guess I'm just killing a tiny bit of time.

Edited by Badgerella, 27 January 2009 - 04:18 PM.

BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-27 16:17:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
QUOTE (DHL)
Sorry, your request could not be filled.

There are a number of possible reasons why we could not get the page you requested in time. Please retry your request.


If you wish, you can now go to the DHL Home Page and continue browsing our web site. However, if you keep being returned to this page, please feel free to contact us and we will try to find a solution for you. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that has been caused.

That's my today's result, for basically any and all searches. I use both IE and FF because I've already noticed that either work just on and off, at random.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-26 17:02:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
QUOTE (W H C @ Jan 26 2009, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well a taught of mine probably some of us were married before probably not , It could be our Immigration history of filing for someone or not. but something along that line. Might not be you directly but family member relatives you know but this is just a taught for me i once filed for my ex wife and had it cancelled. Was giving her a break but that was a bad idea. Too much problems lol.

I am not saying this is impossible or that some people don't get AP'd for any of the reasons stated above.

But my fiance and I, we're not one of those people. There is NO immigration history. Nowhere in our family. Not even our friends. He's not filed for anyone before me. We've never been married. Never had a name change. No kids. No records of any sort (well, okay, I have to admit we both have medical and dental ones). We're not 20 or 50 years apart - we're pretty much the same age. I come from a country that's not even remotely fraudulent when it comes to visas. I've not attempted to commit a visa fraud either. My only 'interesting' history consists four failed attempts to get a B2. Which anyone and their brother could have. I wasn't denied because I was a terrorist, criminal or anything of the sort. It was a simple 212(cool.gif or whatever else lack of ties to one's native country is.

So I just have to believe it's random, when it comes to insanely boring people such as the two of us. Unless one is to start believing in conspiracy theories and, subsequently, turning into a paranoid.. android.

DHL seems to be dead and it's making me nervous.

Two more days until I call them again.

BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-26 15:54:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
Thanks for all the comforting words, everyone.

I'll keep trying to convince myself that it all really is just random and that... our cases actually just sit on whoever's desk, waiting to be forwarded to where they already should have been.

Was tempted to call today, again, but didn't. Yay... being able to resist, or something. I'll see if I can wait until... Wednesday. I can't get that DHL search thing to display any results for the 22nd and it annoys me a bit. Maybe, but just maybe, it could have been sent then. Probably not, though.

Good luck, everyone, no matter what exactly you're waiting for!

40 days of NVC for us, today.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-26 14:32:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
I know I must have asked this before... but I'll just do it again. To both kill some time and maybe to feel a little bit better about the process.

Has anyone ever found out what these checks are all about? A bunch of things come to mind, such as those no-fly lists, other paranoid things... then there are probably things I can't even think about.

We don't have police records, we've not done a single thing, ever, that was against any and all laws. No speeding tickets on either end. Nothing. No previous marriages. No name changes. No kids. No previous addresses. Nothing. At. All. We're perfectly boring.

Does anyone else believe that, actually, they do these background checks (aka AP) at random, too? Like... there has to be a certain number of files that have to go through it just to achieve some whatever number of background checks to use as statistics, special control, or anything else?

This is driving me nuts, clearly.

5 weeks and counting. Hopefully, if the 6-ish week rule really applies these days, we'll be out of this hole by the end of this week. And then? Who knows. Considering how no one but KimandRuss has, apparently, been through this, people either don't get approved after AP, or... approved people just don't go into AP in the first place.

Meh.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-26 02:09:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
QUOTE (Y_habibitk @ Jan 23 2009, 09:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Guys? what if AP goes over the expiration date of the approval? (for k3) just a thought

I asked about expiration dates for K1 and they said, those lovely NVC people, that nothing can expire as long as it's in USCIS, NVC or USEM hands. Whatever they are sitting on gets automatically extended.

Also, congrats, Natan!

5 weeks 1 day for us. Maybe next Friday we can get out, too.


GrrrIwanttocallsobad. But I won't. *nod*
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-23 17:49:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)STUCK @ NVC for AP
QUOTE (barenaked @ Jan 23 2009, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
good.gif we're out... finally... kicking.gif


Congratulations!


Maybe this means 10 more days for us (they received our case on the 18th), or maybe not?

Where does one buy patience?
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-23 13:11:00
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QUOTE (ivancicas @ Jun 6 2009, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
badgerella i malamu hvala!!!!
badgerella,drzim ti palceve,zaista svaka cast,ja sam sad uzbudjena zbog svega ovoga pa mislim da ni novine ne bih mogla da procitam a kamoli nesto da ucim.
Svaka cast!!!!

Nama je proslo vec dva mjeseca otkako sam dobila vizu pa se svo uzbudjenje smirilo. wink.gif

Sad me samo pomalo hvata histerija jer bi za dva mjeseca trebala putovati. A uopce mi se ne leti avionom!

Ispita i dalje ima barem dva. Plus oni seminari i diplomski. Uciti, uciti, uciti.. uh. Idem se dalje time baviti. Bljak.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-06-06 13:41:00
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Tihana, tebi cestitke na vozackoj!

A sad odoh u krevet. Ubija me ucenje ovih dana, ne stignem ama bas nista... pa ni biti ovdje. Cekam rezultate jednog ispita (trebali bi biti pozitivni), jedan sam prosla. Ostala jos dva, plus tri seminarska rada, plus diplomski. Slomit cu se!


BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-06-05 18:11:00
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QUOTE (ivancicas @ Jun 4 2009, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ET,evo me!!!
nisam htela da malerisem pa sam svima rekla razlicite dane za intervju,a zapravo je to bilo DANAS!!!!
Upravo sam se vratila iz ambasade i rekli su mi da dodjem sutra po pasos u 15h.
imala sam dva razgovora,prvo sa nasim covekom pa onda sa konzulom,pa je doneo neke papire da sam jos 2003. i 2006.bila na razgovoru za turisticku,pa me je pitao da li sam ja tada planirala da se udam i ostanem u Americi na sta sam ja rekla da nisam planirala,sto je tacno.
Pre toga mi je rekao da se zakunem da je sve sto pise i sto cu da kazem istina i ja sam rekla da jeste sve ono sto pise,jer sam ja to popunjavala.
nisu mi trazili nista od dokumenata,a nisam ni nosila,samo pasos i lekarski,cak nisu uzeli ni slike jer su rekli da imaju.
To sto mi nisu rekli da sam odobrena ili odbijena,me malo cudi,ali kad sam pitala ovog amera da li to znaci da je sve gotovo,on je rekao da jeste.
Sutra cu da znam sta je u stvari,mada mislim da je sve ok.
pisem sutra!!!!


Odlicne vijesti! Cestitam!
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-06-05 18:07:00
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Daniel67, dobro dosao!


QUOTE ("Saska+Tim")
Badgerella, sre?no u?enje!

Hvala!


BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-22 16:09:00
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QUOTE (ivancicas @ May 22 2009, 01:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Narode,pa gde odoste svi?

Nikamo... na zalost. Haha. Kuham se na preko 30C i sama sebi ponavljam da to i nije tako strasno i da treba ucitiucitiuciti...
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-22 08:51:00
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Ne znam ni ja jos kakva mi je, tocno, haljina... haha. Metalic plava... recimo.

Cipele obavezno moraju biti ravne.

Piperlime stalno gledam, ali nikako da vidim to sto trazim. Mozda zato sto toliko ne volim svecane/zenske/bozesacuvaj cipele da ih uopce ne primjecujem, ili mi je zlo cim ih vidim.

I, da, uvijek najbolje kupim kad nista ne trazim... smile.gif
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-20 18:14:00
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QUOTE ("tihana_12")
sretno s ucenjem!

Hvala!


Jos se pjenim zbog nepostojecih cipela..... hahaha. Vec mi je smijesno.

Ima ih tu na pretek, ali ne mogu si pomoci.. ne nosim takve. Bilo koje od tih.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-20 17:12:00
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Nigdje ne mogu naci cipele. sad.gif

Haljina je ispala prekrasno svecana (nije vjencanica!), a Camper balerinke koje sam namjeravala obuci na nju sad izgledaju kao opanci. Koja depresija.


girlwerewolf2xn.gif


A sad, natrag na ucenje.

Lima, pozdrav! smile.gif
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-20 11:34:00
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QUOTE (malamu @ May 19 2009, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Gdje ste rezervirali? tj. koji restoran? I mi smo kao pokušavali na?i nešto, ali stvarno je besmisleno kad se nema u vidu ni približan datum. Ja bih voljela nešto vani. Ali ko zna, možda bude hladno kad stignem tamo. No sigurno znam da vjen?anje ne?e biti veliko. no0pb.gif biggrin.gif

Neki moderni restoran u Mankatu (javim kad provjerim.. ne moze tele sve to pamtiti, hahaha). Imamo tocan datum, tako da smo napokon mogli poceti s nekim definitivnim pripremama. Sve je krenulo s malom svadbom, al.. jeb'ga, nece moci, cini se. Njegovi ipak zene sina jedinca. Nemam pojma, za sad, tko ce od mojih moci doputovati. Mama planira ici, ali pitanje je kako ce svi s vizama (od onih koji bi, eventualno, imali uopce dovoljno novaca).

Negdje u proljece druge godine namjeravamo napraviti neku festu tu u Zagrebu.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-19 17:08:00
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QUOTE (ivancicas @ May 19 2009, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Mislim da sam negde procitala da su ovu kovertu vratili,jer sta ce njima moji rezultati.
Oni samo na intervjuu ima da vide da nemam sidu i sifilis,da ne koristim nikakve droge,da sam nepusac(ostavila sam cigare 2007.izgleda na vreme,hahaha).
jer mi vracaju originale izvoda i uverenja o nekaznjavanju,to mi je kozul rekao kad sam pitala sta da donesem(vec sam negde ranije to i napisala).

Zar rubeole i male boginje nije isto?
kako god ja sam to vec prelezala u prvom razredu gimnazije,a dobila sam ih odmah posle kontrolnog iz latinskog(hahahahahha).
i eto kako znanje moze da zaboli!!!

Ako dobro razumijem o cemu pricas... ta koverta s nalazima s lijecnickog ide u ambasadu i onda ti isti papiri, tj. njihovi originali, zavrse u onoj zapecacenoj koverti koju predajes kad sletis u Ameriku. Mislim da ih nigdje vise ne vidis.. osim ako ti ih neka dobra dusa tamo negdje vrati? Enivej, meni su, kad sam dosla po vizu, dali tu zapecacenu topsecretisuseboze kovertu, a u drugoj, velikoj, bila je slika pluca i kopije svih tih papira s lijecnickog. Tako da, zapravo, sve imam. Papiri s lijecnickog su svi na engleskom pa nista ne treba prevoditi.




BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-19 17:05:00
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QUOTE (ivancicas @ May 19 2009, 12:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
E,sad mi pade na pamet jos nesto!!!

jel nosio neko od vas izvode iz srednje skole,diplomu ili bilo sta o zavrsenos bilo kojoj skoli ili ja lupam bezveze.
Mislim citala sam na nekom sajtu,zelenalutrija.com da su nosili ali su oni ipak drugi "slucaj" u odnosu na nas, ali sta znam,ipak da pitam.
Mislim da ne treba,jer mi ni NVc u spisku dokumenata nije trazio to,ali izgleda da mi vakcina udarila malo rofl.gif rofl.gif wacko.gif wacko.gif wacko.gif

Gdje, na intervju? Nisam nista od toga nosila... usprkos suludoj kolicini papira koju smo dovukli (a nitko je nije htio ni pogledati..)
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-18 18:23:00
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Hey, Tihana! smile.gif Bas mi je drago da si tu. Ekipe iz Hr ili ima jako malo, ili se nikome nista ne pise.. haha.

Ako bude sve po planu, a sad vec polako mora biti, putujem negdje pocetkom kolovoza. Vjencanje ce biti 28. ili 29.08. - rezervirali smo restoran, samo se kroz koji dan moramo odluciti za jedan od ta dva datuma. Meni, jelte, svejedno.

Bas sam danas bila na prvoj probi haljine... s obzirom da nisam htjela klasicnu vjencanicu i da inace haljine ne podnosim, otisla sam u jedan jako mi dragi ducan i uspjela nagovoriti kreatoricu da mi nesto smisli, onako po mjeri. Moram priznati da sam odusevljena.

Ovih dana opet malo ne radim - napokon sam objavila ovima na poslu da odlazim pa sad koristim sve moguce godisnje, slobodne dane i sto god mi padne na pamet... sve u nadi da cu nekako uspjeti poloziti ova cetiri ispita do kraja rokova u sedmom mjesecu (i napisati diplomski). Ni sama ne znam je li to moguce. Inace, studiram novinarstvo (smjer public relations i tisak) i pojma nemam hoce li mi bilo sto od toga trebati, ili biti priznato u US. Ne znam ni bih li vise studirala, s obzirom na godine. Mozda mi je vrijeme vise okaniti se toga jednom zauvijek. Pogotovo ako ovo ovdje, zapravo, i zavrsim.

Odoh sad nesto ucit' wink.gif


Ivancicas, drago mi je da je pregled dobro prosao! smile.gif
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-18 12:14:00
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Sretno na pregledu, ivancicas! smile.gif

Na intervjuu sam dosla u traper suknji, onako do polovice puta izmedju gleznja i koljena. Definitivno svakodnevna, casual suknja, nosim je i na tenisice, one skejterske. Mislim da sam gore imala neku obicnu majicu kratkih rukava jer bilo jako vruce vec tada, pocetkom cetvrtog mjeseca. Martensice na nogama, al' kulturne. wink.gif Zarucnik je bio u trapericama i kosulji, tako nesto. Bila sam sveukupno sest puta u ambasadi i uvijek sam bila 100% casual obucena, bas kao i vecina ljudi oko mene.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-17 18:29:00
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Evo, bas odgledala Eurosong, istinabog onako usput. Simpatican im je taj mali, a sve me sram sto je Hrvatska osvojila one bodove. Pjesma je vise nego katastrofalna, nitko nam nista nije trebao dati.

Jeste sve neke minijaturne... u meni prava polucrnogorka. Hocu reci.. kao da je netko natrpao omanju Crnogorku u Hrvaticu. happy.gif No, topi se, topi.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-16 17:47:00
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Platila sam 862 kune, ukupno. 729 je islo direktno doktoru na pregledu, a 133 je bilo vadjenje krvi (test na sifilis i HIV). Na slikanje pluca sam isla u drugu bolnicu, insitut za plucne bolesti, ali tamo nisam posebno placala jer je onih 729 sadrzavalo i tih 80-ak. Doktor mi je samo izdao potvrdu da sam platila kod njega.

Nisam trebala docjepljivanje pa nisam nista dodatno placala za cijepljenje.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-16 04:52:00
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Meni je kuhanje bas ok, volim isto tako skuhati za sebe pa.. bit ce i za njega. Namirnice.. e, to nemam pojma gdje cu naci. Iako je Minnesota, navodno, poprilicno europska pa znaju da juha nastane od mesa i kosti. I slicno.

A vidjet cemo!
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-15 15:48:00
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Jooj, vidjela ja pitanje, ali, dok sam natipkala prosli post, pileci mozak je zaboravio na njega i odgovoriti... blush.gif

Mi smo se na vratima ambasade pojavili s AKTOVKOM od kojih 5-7 kila, ako ne i vise. U njoj su bile fotografije, telefonski racuni, pisma, razglednice, dokumenti... sve i svasta sto nam je palo na pamet. Na uzalu su pregledali malo po koferu i zamolili nas da izvadimo samo jednu razglednicu koja je imala u sebi nekakvu bateriju, ili nesto slicno. Sve drugo je smjelo s nama, guardovi na vratima su se cudili nasoj temeljitosti, a konzul nije htio niti jedan jedini komadic icega iz te torbe. Htjeli su iskljucivo papire koje treba popuniti za vizu.

Detaljnije informacije su u mojem timeline-u. Tamo sam cijeli roman napisala, haha.


Edited by Badgerella, 15 May 2009 - 02:11 AM.

BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-15 02:09:00
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Ma necu odustajati, stvar je u tome da mi se cini da nema sansi da stignem poloziti ta cetiri (ono, nisu slucajno bas TA cetiri ostala) i onda jos naskrabati neki diplomski prije nego odem. Ostalo je jos manje od tri mjeseca do puta... uh. Ovaj cas ne razmisljam o nastavku skolovanja, ali nikad se ne zna. Bas bi ovo svoje htjela zavrsiti pa onda sto bude. Ako ne stignem sad, nece propasti jer mogu razvuci do 30.09.2010., ali ako ne moram.. bas i ne bih.

Dodje mi da vristim. whistling.gif
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-14 15:47:00
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Joj, mene ubija faks. Ostala su mi cetiri ispita i diplomski i.. ne znam bas na koju cu foru, i uz pomoc kojih filmskih trikova, to rijesiti do, recimo, kraja sedmog mjeseca ove godine. Mislim, ok, moze se.. ali uz posao koji jos ne pustam, ma nemam pojma. Trudim se.

Tamo ne bih nastavljala skolovanje (sto zbog godina, sto zbog cinjenice da me preostali ispiti mogu pricekati dok svratim natrag u Hrvatsku da ih polozim...), ali nekako mislim da ce mi dobro doci ta diploma.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-14 01:59:00
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Cestitam i - sretno! smile.gif
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-12 11:35:00
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Stvarno jesam. Nismo mogli docekati da sve skupa zavrsi, a kad su mi napokon dali vizu.. bozesacuvaj. Sad je gledam u pasosu i izgleda kao da ce me pojesti. Odjednom vise nemam vremena ni za sto... katastrofa.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-10 21:08:00
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Traze samo HIV i sifilis, tako da se moze bez problema jesti prije vadjenja krvi.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-10 16:19:00
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Cijepiva su, vjerojatno, ista kao i ovdje, u Hrvatskoj.

Prepisujem iz kopije svojih nalaza:
- DTP (imala iz djetinjstva)
- TD (takodjer)
- Polio - OPV (takodjer iz djetinjstva)
- MMR - Measles, Mumps, Rubella (isto)
- Measles - Rubella (isto)
- Mumps - Rubella (isto)

Jos na popisu:
Rotavirus
Hib
Hep A
Hep B
Meningococcal
HPV
Varicella
Zoster
Pneumococcal
Influenza

Ove nisam imala, a doktor je zaokruzio 'Not Age Appropriate'. Nista me nije pitao, osim jesam li cijepljena protiv hepatitisa (zaboravila sam kojeg). Kao dokaz, donijela sam mu knjizicu cijepljenja, izdanu prilikom prvog cijepljenja, valjda jos u rodilistu.

Pod Results pise: Vaccine History Incomplete; Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate (as Indicated Above).

Pitala sam ga hocu li se morati docijepljivati ili cijepiti protiv bilo cega, rekao je da ne, da je sve ok. Na intervjuu nitko nista nije spominjao, a nadam se da nece ni kasnije. Nisam bas preveliki pristasa cijepljenja, pogotovo u odrasloj dobi, a protiv djecjih bolesti.

Rodjena sam 1977., tako da vam bude lakse ovo usporediti sa svojim slucajevima. smile.gif

Edited by Badgerella, 10 May 2009 - 04:12 PM.

BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-10 16:12:00
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Navodno te vrucine tamo nisu iste kao kod nas. Temperature su visoke, ali nema vlage u zraku kao u nasim krajevima pa se sve lakse podnese. A i imaju i bolji air conditioning, ono, i u gradskom prijevozu i svagdje drugdje. wink.gif

U Minnesoti je hlaaaaadno, sve do -30 preko zime, a i vise. Brrrr. Nisam ni ja luda za ekstremnim vrucinama, ali, pobogu, smrznut cu se. biggrin.gif
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-03 10:45:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)SERBIA
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Moje iskustvo s ambasadom u Zagrebu je stvarno dijametralno suprotno vecini s foruma. Mi smo slali papire za K1 vizu i zarucnik je bio sa mnom u ambasadi. U principu, nit' nas je tko sto pitao, niti je sve skupa licilo na intervju. Bili smo tamo mozda pet minuta i razgovor je bio skroz neobavezan i jednak, recimo, razgovoru s tetom u ducanu, dok cekas da blokira kruh i mlijeko. smile.gif




Pa da....Moje misljenje je da COs imaju puno iskustva u intervjuisanju potencijalnih imigranata (i ostalih) i da lako procene da li nekoga moraju "da muce" smile.gif

Btw Badgarella, vidim da si vizu nedavno dobila, pa koristim priliku da cestitam i pozelim srecan put (ako vec nisi u USA)!

Slazem se, tj. mislim da im je puno lakse u zemljama gdje imaju mozda nekoliko slucajeva na mjesec (ako i toliko... nas su znali po imenu kad god smo zvali ambasadu), nego u onima gdje ih bude i nekoliko desetaka na dan.

Hvala svima na cestitkama! smile.gif

Nisam jos u USA.. a ni necu biti negdje prije kraja ljeta. Imam jos cetiri ispita i diplomski za rijesiti, a nisam ni na poslu jos nista rekla!

Kamo cete? Mene ceka Minnesota.

Edited by Badgerella, 03 May 2009 - 06:56 AM.

BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-03 06:53:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)SERBIA
Meni su turisticku vizu odbili cetiri puta u godinu i pol i, u svakom slucaju, to nije uopce utjecalo na dobivanje K1 vize. Na kraju je cak ispalo i dobro - svi su me u ambasadi znali, haha.

K1 ide obrnutim putem od CR1, ili barem mislim da je tako, pa ti mozda i nece koristiti moje iskustvo. Nasi prvi papiri (I-129F i sta vec s njima) isli su u Californiju, a onda je sve to skupa putovalo u NVC. Nismo imali srece pa smo uletjeli i u Administrative Processing i cekali 50-ak dana da proslijede papire u ambasadu u Zagrebu. Cim su papiri stigli u Zg, zvali su me da se dogovorimo oko intervjua, koji smo mi onda pomicali skoro mjesec dana unaprijed jer zarucnik nije mogao doci kad su si oni to zamislili (bas smo htjeli da i on bude prisutan, kad je vec planirao doci u posjetu otprilike u to doba). Sto se dokumenata tice, nisu nam trebali nikakvi originali sve do ambasade (trazili su rodni list i potvrdu o nekaznjavanju i nevodjenju sudskog postupka, a ja sam im donijela i potvrdu o tome da nisam udana i da se planiram udati za zarucnika, iz maticnog ureda). Nakon intervjua, vratili su mi te originale, a sebi napravili kopije. Policijske papire su zadrzali. Kad sam dosla po vizu, dali su mi kopiju lijecnickih nalaza, sliku pluca i onu zapecacenu kovertu u kojoj se nalazi..... pa, ne znam zna li itko sto je sve unutra, s obzirom da je ne smijemo otvarati. smile.gif Mislim da su u njoj svi moguci formulari koje smo im slali, zajedno s njihovim biljeskama i original papira s lijecnickog.

Mislim da se nemas cega bojati, sto se intervjua tice. Bar tu u Hrvatskoj izgleda da nitko ziv ne trazi ove zarucnicke/bracne vize. Mene su znali po imenu kad god sam zvala ambasadu. Nisu im trebali nikakvi brojevi, sifre i sto god.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-01 18:08:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)SERBIA
Moje iskustvo s ambasadom u Zagrebu je stvarno dijametralno suprotno vecini s foruma. Mi smo slali papire za K1 vizu i zarucnik je bio sa mnom u ambasadi. U principu, nit' nas je tko sto pitao, niti je sve skupa licilo na intervju. Bili smo tamo mozda pet minuta i razgovor je bio skroz neobavezan i jednak, recimo, razgovoru s tetom u ducanu, dok cekas da blokira kruh i mlijeko. smile.gif
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-05-01 17:40:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)so I called NVC
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QUOTE (Badgerella @ Jan 15 2009, 05:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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I called NVC today to see if they have yet received my case that was approved on January 9th and the lady responded allow us 4 to 6 weeks? Does it really take this long or she was just Bsing?

It means that, yes, they probably have your case, but have not yet forwarded it to the Embassy. Four to six weeks, right now, seems to be the average timeline for AP, also known as Administrative Processing. Which you do not want to be in and hopefully are not.

Give them a couple more days and ask again. In the meanwhile, you might get an email saying that they have received your case, as well as one saying that they've forwarded it to the USEM. Both can be - misinformation.

Unfortunately, this NVC part seems to be the most unreliable and unknown part of the whole procedure.




Does that mean even though you are in AP they still tell you that your case is not in their system?
Cause we have been approved on Dec 5th and we know CSC has sent out our file but NVC keeps telling us that they haven't received our file.

I really don't know. They have to have your file in the system in order to be able to put it under AP. We had no problems finding out are new case number and the like.

At the same time, NVC employees/operators usually say random things on the phone and, for the most part, what one says, no one will ever confirm. Talking to many of them pretty much means you'll hear just as many stories, if not more.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-15 06:28:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)so I called NVC
QUOTE (b4byd09 @ Jan 15 2009, 09:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I called NVC today to see if they have yet received my case that was approved on January 9th and the lady responded allow us 4 to 6 weeks? Does it really take this long or she was just Bsing?

It means that, yes, they probably have your case, but have not yet forwarded it to the Embassy. Four to six weeks, right now, seems to be the average timeline for AP, also known as Administrative Processing. Which you do not want to be in and hopefully are not.

Give them a couple more days and ask again. In the meanwhile, you might get an email saying that they have received your case, as well as one saying that they've forwarded it to the USEM. Both can be - misinformation.

Unfortunately, this NVC part seems to be the most unreliable and unknown part of the whole procedure.
BadgerellaFemaleCroatia2009-01-15 06:09:00