Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Hey Kirsten, I've been following your posts. Thanks for the best wishes. May I extend them to you as well. I was in Paris from Sept 5th through the 13th and the weather was so beautiful. It was between 75 and 81 the whole time and the sun was out and shining on us. Cécile and I were in Montmarte the first 3 days and then we went to this Manor in Bréançon that was amazing. We spent the weekend there. The last 2 nights we spent in Montparnasse (I don't know if I'm spelling this stuff right) at another great hotel, l'hðtel Lenox (beautiful room, unlimited WiFi, amazing service, nice bar). If you go back and you need some tips, let me know. And thanks again. Hey Barry! Thanks for your return wishes. I sure appreciate them! It sounds like you had a truly wonderful trip! I'm so pleased to hear it. I'd do just about anything to get back for a visit right about now! It's a little like heaven to hear something of YOUR travels! Laurent lives in the 18th not all that far from Montmartre...maybe fifteen twenty minutes by foot. We used to go walking up there. He considers it his stomping grounds. I truly miss it. Never been to Bréançon. Sounds delightful! I'd love to hear more sometime! I bet we could exchange some great information. Laurent and I have had some nice stays off the west coast of France. Do you like the ocean...? Have a great night. And like I said, CELEBRATE!!! Cécile will be here soon now.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-15 00:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	YIPPEEEE!!! Nice to see not just another March CSCer getting an approval, but a France-related one!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Bask in the moment!!! Best of luck for the steps ahead...May they be very, very smooth...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-14 23:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 Approved! Yippy	WOW!!! That's fantastic!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Best of luck on the rest of the journey!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-14 23:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	No 2 finally received aproval	CONGRATULATIONS!!! You must be thrilled!! May the next steps be smooth and simple... Celebrate this moment...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-15 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally my NO2!!!!	HALLELUJAH!!! Keep 'em rolling CSC!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! If I were you, I'd be dancing for absolute joy!!! I'm delighted for you!! Best of luck with the steps still remaining. For now, just celebrate!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-14 23:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved...and some questions...	I think this is wonderful news...PERIOD!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm always glad to see ANYONE getting approved out of CSC. And it isn't up to you who gets processed first. We should celebrate any good news that comes. I'm excited for you!! There's not reason for you to feel shy about telling the rest of us or guilty for your announcement. Bask in the moment. You need to do that!! May the next steps be as trouble-free and as quick as this one was!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-16 14:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	IT FINALLY HAPPENED!!!	FABULOSO!!! WUNDERBAR!!! EXCELLENT!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! May the steps that lie ahead take much less time than this one did!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-17 21:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	It finaly Happend - NOA2	CONGRATULATIONS!!! What a wonderful surprise to come back from your visit and find that your approval was waiting for you!! So happy to hear it!! May the next steps be much smoother for you both than this one was!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-17 21:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved...NOA2	OH MY GOSH!!! An August filer coming out of California? Unbelievable!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Best of luck on the rest of the journey!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-16 10:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know I should be happy, but...	I'd say you're in the clear!! Try not to let your happy moment be overshadowed by worry. There will be plenty of worries some other day. Let happiness rule today!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 20:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approvals?	Kirsten, I'm happy to report I was approved 9/18/06. WOOHOOOO!!! CONGRATULATIONS, SL!!!! I'm so very, very happy for you!! Gives me hope, too. If you're a July filer, maybe my own petition isn't too far behind now... I am celebrating for and with you, my friend!!! I hope you're doing something wonderful this evening to celebrate!! I've been touched today In the signature YIPPEEEE!!! More good news!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Best of luck to you on the next steps in the journey!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 22:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approvals?	I didn't see where anyone got approved today. No NOA2's for Monday, September 18? I sure didn't see any. There's just one I saw for yesterday. Hope CSC isn't hitting a slow down again on K-1s. There wasn't tons over the weekend either...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 20:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I don't believe this. I have NOA2 from CSC in two months!	Already said it in the other thread, but now I see you've started your own... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 23:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 in just under 2 months! Holy cow!	YIPPEEEEEE!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is just wonderful news and you must be so happy. I know it encourages the rest of us...at least me! Hope you're celebrating in some delightful way and that the next steps will be trouble-free!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 19:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What a suprise	FABULOUS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! This is wonderful news to wake up and see!! Hope you're celebrating, walking on air!! Do us one favor...Please go to your "My Assistant" Link above, just below the "Embassy/USCIS Reviews" link in the VJ navigation bar at the top of the screen, and fill in your timeline. We need your info to be included in the stats that VJ compiles. It will help all of us to have a better idea of how and when things are being processed. Thanks!!! Having the information in your signature is great because we can access it so easily, but VJ can't compile it from there.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 06:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	MY CSC NOA2 approval in under 60 days.	I've already said it in a previous thread, but... CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm delighted for you, my friend!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 23:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL....	Nice! I got mine today too!!! YIPPEEE!!! I was beginning to feel disappointed today, but now I'm feeling pretty darned happy!! This is WONDERFUL!! That's at least four approvals today so far, then!! CONGRATULATIONS to you, TOO!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 23:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL....	SUPER!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! So happy for you both! May the next steps of the journey be just as smooth and quick.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 23:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 Received from CSC	Congrats and good luck on your further journey. Thanks, Milka! I really appreciate your kind words. :-)	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-15 23:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 Received from CSC	We have to celebrate each step! it is wonderful when we receive so good news! Congratulations and good luck in your journey!!!!!!!! Indeed...and thank you to both you and iceyspots!! Edited by Kirsten L, 14 August 2006 - 10:38 PM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-14 22:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 Received from CSC	Bonne chance! I certainly hope things go more smoothly for you. Paris or Bust, eh? P.S. If your fiance gets his convocation to the embassy in Paris before mine does, I'm just packin' it up and making a permanent move to Margaritaville Completely understandable, Sleepless! Clearly you deserve to get your approval before me, and when you do, I'll be whooping it up for you. Thanks for the good wishes. You have mine, too, as you know.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-14 22:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 Received from CSC	Thanks, all of you! It feels a little silly, in a way, getting so excited about the NOA1. But it seems like you all understand. At least now I know someone WILL be looking at it eventually, right? I had to laugh and nod at William33's comment: Well that makes you the next contestant in the "Waiting Game". So true, so true...But I'm IN the game finally, and that feels like it makes all the difference today. I'll get more jaded tomorrow. At the moment I can't stop grinnin'...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-14 20:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 Received from CSC	Yippeeee!! I know it's just one of the very first steps, but I'm so glad to finally have a receipt number! Now I can finally obsess about touches with the rest of you! And believe me...I will obsess! Not too bad, though, really. People told me to expect to wait up to a month to receive my NOA1. From the petition going in the mail to the notice arriving today, it was only two weeks. Hopefully that's an encouraging sign...I won't hold my breath, though. Don't worry.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-14 19:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	They CASHED the check!!!!!	Congratulations! And I have a dumb but related question: The number on the back of the cheque... I don't understand that unless I've been reading it wrong, do they send it back to you? No, most banks don't send checks back now unless you don't use carbon-copy checks. But usually they do post images of them online once they've cleared your account. The only exception would be if the checks are handled by an automatic clearing house on behalf of the business that cashes them. But USCIS doesn't use one of those. So you should be able to get both front and back views automatically posted wth your account info. Do you bank online? If you do and your bank offers images of checks, you should be able to see, on the back view of the check you wrote to USCIS, a stamp of the receipt number they've assigned you. That's the number you're going to use to check your status online. Good luck!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-16 07:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	They CASHED the check!!!!!	I know just how you feel, Ramos! Just got my NOA1 in the mail in the last day or two, myself. Feels really good, doesn't it? Shall we do the happy dance now?	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-15 23:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	GOOD NEWS for a RECALL who made it out of CSC!!!	Hey there, Sleepless! This is FANTASTIC NEWS! I am saying big time prayers for you that everything has been done exactly as you've been told and that you'll now push forward with no more difficulty. Keep us all closely posted!! What an encouraging day you've had! Congratulations!!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-16 22:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Praise God!!! Our petition has been approved within 15 days!!!!!	What I wouldn't do to be dealing with the VSC instead of the CSC...I'm literally green with envy! CONGRATULATIONS!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-15 23:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I THANK I AM DREAMING	resealed this E mail at 2:00 PM to day from NVC. Good afternoon Your inquiry has been received at the NVC. The clearances for this case continue to be processed by all involved Washington agencies. Unfortunately, no further information is available at this time. The NVC will send notification once the results have been received and the case forwarded to the assigned US Consulate General PISSED after three and a half month. So I called NVC and I all most fell OVER when she said your petition left here to day B) B) B) . Out of the black hole Wow. WooHOOOOOO!!!!!! Congratulations, my friend! On to bigger and better things, let's hope! May the next steps be trouble-free for you both!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-18 22:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	somebody pinch me! lol	We got our NOA1 today! they cashed the money order wednsday, 2 great days this week for us..i know were in a double header with extra inings...but at least were in the game now...yahooooo!!!! Feels good, doesn't it, just to have even that much in your hand and know you're on your way. Felt exactly the same when I got mine on Monday. Congrats, friend!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-18 22:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Reapproved	Finally we have been reapproved today. I am so excited. I had lost hope that my fiance would be here before the holidays, but now we can spend his first Thanksgiving here and our first Christmas living together. Yippee Onward and upward! How fabulous for you both. The holidays together this year...I'm drooling I'm so jealous!!! Fantastic!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-18 22:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I got Approval...!!	Finally.. my case has been approved!! CSC just make my day !!! That is good news! Congratulations, LittlePumkin!! You must be in seventh heaven at the moment. Hope the next steps are a breeze for you both.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-19 21:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Forgot my fiancé's parents' DOBs...RATS!	It's a race and we are off like a herd of turtles... LOL!!!! That's brilliant!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-19 22:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Forgot my fiancé's parents' DOBs...RATS!	You guys are the greatest...and I mean that. I feel a lot calmer now. Momentary freak out is over. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. Phshew! What would I do without you people...? Accidentally jump off a cliff in a state of extreme panic? Yup, that sounds pretty likely... Edited by Kirsten L, 19 August 2006 - 10:22 PM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-19 22:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Forgot my fiancé's parents' DOBs...RATS!	OK...I found my first goof-up. I was just filtering through my packet to find something else when I noticed that somehow Laurent's parents' dates of birth didn't get entered into his G-325A. DANG, DANG, DANG!!! Is there any way I can head this one off at the pass? Or do I have to wait to get an RFE about it? I would much rather get this taken care of ahead of time if I can...Anyone have any thoughts or experience on this little snafu? I am feeling like an idiot!! I put my own parents' DOBs in...and I walked Laurent through the filling out of his forms. I can't believe I didn't notice that we'd missed this detail! CRUD!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-19 22:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Around 35-40+ days for approval	Wonderful Kirsten! I bet it made your day! I can't decide if I should ask you exactly what it looked like, or patiently await ours... It is definitely a waiting came, so feel free to share my popcorn Oooo...Popcorn...don't mind if I do! Thanks, ready4One! I don't mind describing my NOA1, if you like... It's very official looking on high-quality color paper that I'm sure is designed to foil forgers. It's got lots of narrow, wavy, colored lines running through it diagonally and a pale, orange image of the Statue of Liberty torch in the middle. Its labeled in the upper righthand corner as "I-797, Notice of Action," and has a very federal-looking, elongated banner/cartouche inscribed with "The United States of America" just beneath and centered across the top of the page. Below the banner is a series of boxes containing information pertinent to your case...receipt number, case type, received date, petitioner, beneficiary, notice date, your address and the amount received in fees. The body of the form is composed of all the expected mumbo jumbo about processing times and some stuff that applies to people who are filing forms other than ours. At the very bottom is contact information for the CSC and a bar code. There you have it, my friend! You don't have a bottle of wine to go with this, do you...? Wanna plug in a movie...? Something to take our minds off the waiting...? Edited by Kirsten L, 19 August 2006 - 10:48 PM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-19 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Around 35-40+ days for approval	Hey Kirsten! Thanks for the encouragement! I am sure they are anxious to cash my check so my NOA1 won't be too much longer coming! You must have been pretty happy to get your NOA1 in the mail, and I know I will be here and letting everyone know when I get ours! Congratulations to you filing buddy I was indeed happy to get mine! I'd had this horrendously long day at work and was utterly exhausted when I finally dragged my butt back home. I flipped open my mailbox on the way in my front door to discover an envelope from the Department of Homeland Security. My heart just leapt! I felt totally rejuvenated. Now, of course, I'm back to wanting something to happen again, but it's great to know the darned thing is at least in a file cabinet or on someone's desk now and in line to be evaluated. Here's to as few RFEs for you and me as possible!!! I'll be right here waiting to hear happy news from you this week. And it WILL happen this week. I just feel sure of it!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-19 21:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Around 35-40+ days for approval	So far the only documentation I have our packet was even received has come from the US Postal service. At least they operate efficiently! I will hope for a speedy process, but plan on an extended process... In the end, J will be here with the kids and I and that is all that is truly important! Hey there, Ready4One! Since we're filing buddies, I thought I would encourage you a little. I bet you any money you get your NOA1 in the mail this week. It took me exactly two weeks to get mine; it arrived on the 14th. And I think you filed a few days after me. Hang in there! It's on it's way. Know what you mean, though. For a while the only way I knew my packet made it anywhere was because I sent it certified mail and tracked the item number through USPS. Let us know when you've got it!! Edited by Kirsten L, 19 August 2006 - 09:28 PM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-19 21:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NoA2 Finally	Well i got 3 emails last night at 10:45pm eastern time telling me the case has been approved. I am still pinching myself because i couldn't even believe what i was reading when i sat there, i just stared at it. HIP HIP HOORAY!!!! Fabulous news! May the two of you have smooth sailing for the next part of this God-forsaken process!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-18 22:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	got our VISA!!!	SUPER!!! Congratulations to you, danlet! Savor this moment and enjoy the beginnings of a new life truly TOGETHER!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-20 09:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	got our VISA!!!	Thank GOD! we just received our visa yesterday. I hope to update our timeline soon. Thanks for all your infos here. Really helps a lot. God bless to all of you. Do not loose hope but have faith in God. Fabulous news for both of you! Congratulations! And thanks for the words of encouragement. May your next steps together be filled with joy...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-08-18 22:02:00