Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	He just chuckled and said, "Well, do we have a choice? We wait." How many times has my fiance said this to me???? All the fiances on VJ for that matter! Amen...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 22:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	Kirsten, you know how much I care about your case and how much I want you to have your approval. I'm sorry it wasn't this time! It must be awful to feel that kind of happiness just to be let down later. I'm here if you need a friend! Good luck! Thanks, my friend!! I so appreciate your support. I'm doing much better now. But you should have seen me this morning. I was a nervous wreck when I realized my error...UGH!! Hope your journey is going successfully for the moment!! PM me sometime and let me know!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 22:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	Kirsten, I did not have very much time near the computer today, so sorry, to hear about this. But it looks like it ended up okay. My thoughts are with you tonight, hoping that you and Lauent will continue to support each other through this very hard journey. It does feel great when you have, supportive and a understanding people around you and a caring and wonderful man. Wishing for a VERY fast approval for you and Lauent. Rhonda Thanks, Rhonda. You and everyone else have been so gracious in the face of my snafu and have really helped me so much to re-attain my equilibrium today.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 22:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	Well this is certainly a wake up call for those who are emailing you their approvals with no note attached to explain that it's THEIRS and not yours. How thoughtless of them. hang in there, you didn't do anything wrong. It is a cautionary tale, certainly. In this case, the person has already very graciously apologized, though. Bless his heart...He was just excited. He didn't mean any harm. He's completely forgiven.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 21:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	I just continue to be so appreciative of everyone's kind words and supportiveness today. Thank you so much to all of you!!! I want you all to know that I did break the news to Laurent early this afternoon. He handled it like a trooper. In fact, he laughed. He said, "So, you woke me up at 6:30 this morning to tell me that we're approved...when we're not." I said, "Um...yeah. But they've been approving so many people lately. I don't think we will have to wait much longer." He just chuckled and said, "Well, do we have a choice? We wait." So for those of you who did pray about this conversation...THANK YOU!! Your prayers were answered!! God is truly good. He gave me a wonderful man and surrounded me with caring, understanding people. It really doesn't get any better than that.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 17:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	Again, I don't even know how to tell you how much I appreciate the gracious love, care, support, and encouragement you guys provide me. I literally don't know what I'd do without you. For those of you who pray as I do, could you please put in a couple of extra prayers for my conversation with Laurent when he calls back later today. He has been suffering from some pretty low morale. And on top of the depression, he fell about ten days ago and broke his left wrist and dislocated a finger on his right hand...So he's now dealing with some pretty incapacitating physical woes, as well. I was so happy to be able to give him some news last night that pulled him up out of his blues and gave him happiness and hope. Now, I don't want to crush his spirit. Please pray that God would really be with him in receiving news of the mistake so that he could accept it without his morale plummetting again. Please pray that he would be given hope and vision. Thank you so much...I know I can count on you guys...That means the world to me... Edited by Kirsten L, 03 October 2006 - 10:12 AM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 10:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	You guys are all the best. Thanks for all your kind words and understanding. I am very fortunate to be surrounded with a group of people as caring and supportive as all of you...I love you guys, from the bottom of my heart. Oh man...If only I could believe Laurent is gonna take this news as well as you...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 08:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	Well...Here's a situation that may never have happened here on VJ before... I don't even know how to say this, so I'll just be completely frank. I've made a simple but horrible mistake. I was NOT approved last night. Another VJ member forwarded THEIR approval to me without any explanatory message and without blocking out their WAC number...So I very easily mistook his approval for mine when I looked at the message through the viewer of my email client. Seemingly unbelievable but true. I only discovered the mistake this morning on waking up. I'm mortified, first of all, that I told all of you something that turned out not to be true. I'm mortified that you've now all extended wishes that I don't yet merit. I'm mortified that Laurent now thinks we have an approval and is out of his apartment for several hours feeling happy about something that's not correct. I'm mortified to admit my own complete foolishness in not looking more carefully at the message I got last night and discovering reality earlier. But there it is...So I'm humbling myself. Please forgive me. I would rather tell you all what happened immediately upon having figured it out than have you believing something that isn't true and thereby compromising the truth to an even greater degree, along with my reputation for it. I'm still thoroughly delighted for everyone else who got approved yesterday. Turns out I'm just not one of the lucky ones...I think I'm gonna cry, I feel unbelievably terrible... So, so sorry...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 07:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	10/2 APPROOOOOOVED	jjjimmy!!! That's WONDERFUL news!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! If it can't be me, I'm sure glad it could be you!! (Thanks for your kind words this morning, BTW.) Hope that you'll find some wonderful way to celebrate today!! You really ought to do that. Best of luck with the next steps on the journey...We'll still be here for you all the way to the end!! Now GO DANCE IN THE STREET OR SUMPIN'!!! Edited by Kirsten L, 03 October 2006 - 08:33 AM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 08:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Letter recieved today	Oh, gugu...How frustrating and unsettling...My prayers are SO with you today. We need to see some GOOD NEWS FOR YOU!!! I'm still praying for you and the situation. Try to hang in there...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 07:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally, we are approved!	YIPPEEEEEE!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Wonderful to see a still-waiting May filer finally getting through CSC!!! Make sure you celebrate like crazy!! This is a big moment!! Best of luck on the stretch of road that yet lies ahead. May it be smooth and level for you both!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 19:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&	Conratulations on that RFE, Mike! It's about darned time!! Here's hoping that even better news is on its way very, VERY soon!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-02 18:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know touches don't mean anything	Kristen, it is not very often to meet someone as kind and patient as you! Who knows what's biting Jasal. We get criticized for "bitching and whining" and now we're not allowed to be hopeful or optimistic either? Are we supposed to be completely blase and unemotional on this journey?! I have been touched 3 days in a row after they received my second RFE. I know 'touches mean nothing' but its impossible to not get excited!! Good luck to all. Thanks for your kind words, Michelle. I'm with you! Hope is so important in this process--or any other that involves a lot of waiting. And it IS impossible not to get excited when you see dates changing and know that someone's at least had their hands on your documents!! Yeah, this whole "let's just be stoic until we're approved so that we don't annoy anyone" bit is really not workable...leastways, not for me! Perosnally, I haven't figured out a way to eliminate those pesky emotions yet...Maybe next week...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 22:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know touches don't mean anything	Kirsten you crack me up!! And I think it actually has been over 60 days for me? NOA1 August 1. All of August is 31, September is 30, plus three days in October makes 64, correct? So have I passed the golden milemarker where I'm allowed to be excited? Oh by the way, no approval... yet! Tee hee hee... Glad to provide a chuckle around this joint, Liz...especially to you, one of my filing buddies! Yes, I think you're absolutely allowed to be excited. But heck, I think anyone's entitled to be excited anytime around here. I'm just completely lax, I guess... Maybe it would be better to ask one of the local VJ police...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 21:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know touches don't mean anything	I just would like the comfort in knowing that someone looked at my case "officially" Exactly!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 21:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know touches don't mean anything	Oh please! It hasn't even been 60 days yet for either of you. But I hope you both get your N0A2 soon because I'm about ready to boycott this place until you do. There's this thing called LIFE and it shouldn't stop just because you've filed a I-129F. Hmmm...I don't really see what's wrong with a little excitement or an attempt to be positive about one's case. I also don't think either Liz or I has stopped living...We both work every day. We both have responsibilities that we fulfill. We both still laugh, cry, have pulses, burp, poop, and all the rest of it. Yup, last time I checked, Liz and I were both still very much alive and carrying on... Is something eating at you, jasal? You're not usually testy like this...Anything I can do to help...? I'm here if you need me.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 20:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know touches don't mean anything	But.. OMG I was touched today!!!!!!! I get off of work at 9, and I hope and pray that I have an email when i get back... please let today be the day!!!!! I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you only receive an Email if there is a "change in status" on USCIS site. If only the date changed, then it is a Touch. If the date changed, and the information when you clicked on your case number had changed, thenyou get an Email. The information under your case would either state an Approval was sent, or an RFE Request for evidence. Please check USCIS again and look for any change from your case number link LuvLife...Thanks for the refresher course, but fear not...It's actually not necessary. Liz and I are already well aware. We're just hopeful that there will soon be movement on our case one way or another. Liz herself said, "I know that touches don't mean anything." We're just trying to stay positive is all. Edited by Kirsten L, 03 October 2006 - 05:43 PM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 17:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know touches don't mean anything	But.. OMG I was touched today!!!!!!! I get off of work at 9, and I hope and pray that I have an email when i get back... please let today be the day!!!!! Oh my gosh, Liz!! Me, too!! I was actually TOUCHED today! O.K...so my approval yesterday turned out not to be real...but this touch is certifiable...Currently on the USCIS site, I'm staring at something other than my NOA1 date for the first time since...well, since my NOA1 date!! No email so far, but maybe one day soon... Here's hoping big things are on the way for both of us...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 17:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can't Believe it!!!	GREAT NEWS!! Wow--that's speedy!! Hope mine zips along as quickly as yours has!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 20:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL!!!	Completely, totally, massively happy for you filing buddy!!! Congratulations!!! Your touch turned out to be a Grade A Love 'Em Up! Guessing you forwarded the email to Laurent since your word is mud with him? Go CSC!!! Seriously, very very happy for you two Kirsten! Good luck on the rest of the journey! Now I wait to find out if my touch today means much... Oh MAN!! That touch BETTER mean somethin', my dear filing buddy!!! Tell you what. Let me return the favor. While we're waiting through the night to see...you can share MY popcorn this time!! Thanks for all your encouragement and here's hoping you get your big ol' USCIS snuggle sooner than you could imagine...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 23:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL!!!	Oh my gosh!! Just got home and saw all the congratulations you've all extended...most of you for the second time!! I swear I am the luckiest person on earth!! You guys are truly amazing friends to have...Thank you so much!!! Sent off an email to Laurent's mobile phone this morning to tell him about the REAL approval...but no reply. I'm wondering if somehow he didn't get it. I've sent another message this evening, but it's the middle of the night there. Hopefully, I'll hear from him tomorrow. Jeepers!! I just want to TELL him!! Anyway, once again, I'm so grateful to all of you for your support and encouragement. You're all WONDERFUL!!! And to those of you who said that the events of the last couple of days will be a story to laugh over and remember in years to come...I agree...100%.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 20:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL!!!	Thank you, again, to EVERYONE for your incredible kindness, understanding, and support yesterday. You made a very difficult day a LOT easier to swallow...Michelle...turns out you were right...They did have to give me my real approval quickly because I'd already had all the congratulations!!! This morning when I downloaded my email there were FIVE EMAILS to tell me that I'd been approved. Don't worry...I checked this time...they're all STRAIGHT FROM USCIS and CRIS!!! These are MINE!!! :energetic: God is so gracious to me...He only made me wait one more day. Life IS good. I see I'm in good company today, too. WONDERFUL!!! Laurent took the bad news very well yesterday as you all have probably read by now. He's in the car at the moment on the way to his parents' house. He sent me a message from his cell phone this morning. I'm going to go right now and send a message right back to his mobile...I think it's wonderful that he'll be with his parents when he gets the news!!! WOOHOOOOOO!!! I'm REALLY going to be smiling all day now!!! I'm serious everyone...Your day is coming and I'm still praying and fighting for all of you!!! Edited by Kirsten L, 04 October 2006 - 07:20 AM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 07:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A Heads Up/Warning. Adobe Mess-up	One thing I can tell you is that on the finally updated version of the I-129F, I did indeed have some problems with check boxes. I was only able to check the first of the various boxes. In trying to check any others, I would lose the x in the previous box. So in the end, I could only check the first box of the many on the form with my computer. The rest I had to leave blank. I put the x's in those by hand after printing the form. That's a definite bug that they'll have to fix, but I don't expect it to happen any time soon. So...heads up! Edited by Kirsten L, 05 August 2006 - 11:06 AM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-05 11:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A Heads Up/Warning. Adobe Mess-up	I just now checked my copy in a panic, but all is well. My PDF fillable form did what it was supposed to do. I'm wondering if there's an issue depending on what browser you're using. Maybe we should do some research about that possibility. At various points I did drafts of the form on Safari, Firefox, Netscape, and IE for Mac--just to see what was working the best for me. I don't think I had a problem with any of them, really. Anyone else...?	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-05 10:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The Power of Spinach	WOOHOOOOOOOO, ANDY!!!!! I'm SOOOOO happy for you!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm delighted that I get to celebrate this amazing news with you!!! AWESOME!!!! You know that I wish you nothing but smooth sailing from here on out!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 07:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	finally...	FABULOUS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Wonderful to see someone still left from May finally making it through! Hope you're celebrating like crazy and that the next steps of your journey will go much more quickly and smoothly!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-30 10:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	To my adjudicating officer	[size=7]THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!! AMEN!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-06 01:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approval	I got 5 emails at 12:15 a.m., saying we had been approved. Thanks for everyone's support on this site, now on to the rest of the journey! I must have been not far under you in the pile, Liz!! Mine came at exactly 1:30 this morning according to the time stamp... CONGRATULATIONS!!! How providential that we could get our approvals on the same day, you and I!! How wonderful is THAT?!!? Celebrate all day...even if it's just grinning like an idiot in front of your students!!! Mark the occassion with the biggest exclamation point you can!! :energetic: You know that I wish you nothing but smooth road ahead, my friend!! Edited by Kirsten L, 04 October 2006 - 07:27 AM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 07:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved and to the NVC with no notice...	WOW!! Well, NOA2 or no NOA2 for the moment, I'm THRILLED for you!! This is stupendous news!!! Hope you're marking it with some sort of celebration--at least once the shock wears off!! May you absolutely SAIL through the consular portion of the journey!! Edited by Kirsten L, 05 October 2006 - 10:10 PM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-05 22:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC Approval	CONGRATULATIIONS!!! This is wonderful news!!! Once you stop crying for joy, pick yourself up out of the puddle of tears and go do something wonderful to mark the occasion!! This is a moment that deserves a spotlight directed right at it!! Best of luck with the next steps...May they be quick and trouble-free!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-03 15:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Joey and Fernanda are APPROVED !!!!	CONGRATULATIONS!!! FABULOUS NEWS!!! My guess is that you'll be in a joy-induced haze all day... CELEBRATE SOMEHOW!!! May the next steps be quick and trouble-free!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-06 07:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Am I the only Marcher left?	I understand very much, my heart goes out to you. I will stand with you and claim we will receive an approval very, very, soon. I will confess before everyone here that God is my God and Jesus is my Lord and I will ask in Jesus name that he brings us peace and rest and an approval now. Glory to God.. And know our love is with you. Luke I want to thank all of you. And God bless you all and your journey. I get upset at times and sad and sometimes I just have to write something. Luke, You are putting your trust in the best place possible. Can't wait to celebrate that approval with you once God delivers it.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-05 22:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Am I the only Marcher left?	Ugh...I can only imagine how frustrated and disheartened you must be. But I'm with William...I suspect your approval is not far off now that USCIS has your most recent RFE response. I'm praying for that!! Hang in there... We're here for you.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-05 22:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved!!!	CONGRATULATIONS, FILING BUDDY O'MINE!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!! I hope you are in the most celebratory of moods!! :energetic: So delighted to know that touch you got yesterday led to "commitment" on USCIS's part. I'd hate to think of you getting fondled and tossed aside! You know already that I wish you nothing but the best on the road ahead. Glad that we can continue to walk it together...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-05 17:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	We got approved today too!	CONGRATULATIONS!!!! FANTASTIC!!!! Try to sleep tonight, though I know it will be incredibly difficult with all that excitement the approval has caused. Celebrate like crazy tomorrow...and for days after that!! I wish you smooth and level road ahead as you continue the journey!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-06 01:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally!!!	HOLY MOLY!!! A YEAR?? That's HORRIFYING!! Very glad to hear that you're finally on to the embassy now! PHSHEW!!! May the next steps of your journey be a WHOLE lot quicker than this last one was!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-06 18:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	thanks for your support, all of you	WONDERFUL!! Here's to a safe flight for your case--and NO JET LAG!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-06 22:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED APPROVED APPROVED!!!!!	WONDERFUL NEWS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Were you floating on air all day today...? Hope you're celebrating this moment and that the next steps in the journey will be smooth and trouble-free!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-06 18:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Strange conversation with the NVC	Until you have reason to think otherwise, consider yourself blessed to have one less level of bureaucracy standing between you and your dream. This is exactly how I'm inclined to view the shipping of a case directly to the consulate. I understand already what the fear is, though...that doing so will only screw things up and cause you a longer time at the consulate. Well, I for one am praying that won't happen to you, Gary and Luz, or to tjv2000 or anyone else. NO MORE SCREW UPS!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-04 22:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Congressional Inquiry	With SirPratalot? Not a chance in hell. I'm a Cancer. I hold grudges to the grave. That's too bad. Seems like a lot of wasted time and energy to me...but your choice, certainly. I guess Aquarians are more flexible that way... Where it's possible--and I think it is in this case--I'd always rather have harmony with someone that hurt me in the past. Forgiveness is a process, true enough. But letting go of anger and resentment frees you up to direct that same energy in more productive and positive ways. Well, just think about it. Maybe you'll change your mind. Again, if not, totally up to you. Anyway, I have a lot of good friends who are Cancers. I'm not big into astrology as a way of life, but I do find there are some interesting tendencies. For example, my fiancé's an Aries...and true to form, he can be a real hothead! But I love him!! He says he's become more patient and calm as a result of our relationship. Good thing!! Everyone has their flaws and foibles. Everyone--regardless of astrological designation--says and writes things that in retrospect they pro'ly shouldn'ta. And everyone--regardless of astrological designation--gets their feelings banged up sometimes. But you know, grace is a beautiful thing. When I screw up (and I've done so royally on more than one occasion), I am always very relieved when I hear the words, "It's o.k. It's over and done." Do unto others is all I'm trying to say...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-07 16:18:00