Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	CASE COMPLETE!!!!!!! HOORAY!!! Congratulations	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-09 13:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Woo hoo spoke to my first agent (freezing has finally worn off so why not, right? ). Very helpful and nice woman, but got the "give us 15 business days blah blah" line from her. RIIIIIIIGHT NVC, prepare to be annoyed	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-08 16:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	I know. While I was replying to the first batch, I received like an additional 20 emails I thought I would never catch up! Problem is, it's all great information - so I don't even WANT to put it on "daily digest" - knowledge is good!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-08 13:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Phew, finally got through all the posts I've missed since last night when I logged off. Woke up to like 70 emails in my inbox from this one thread You're not kidding! Was in the dentist for 2 hours and came out to like 26 new posts!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-08 13:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Definitely don't be relying on the AVR. I think I saw it being 6 days from your NOA2. It's safe to call a person now. I usually suggest waiting a week before calling an operator, so you're right there. Remember, the AVR is always a few days behind. Order of finding things out: operator > AVR/correspondence Right on - Thanks! That will be the first thing I do when I get home tonight! (Would call now but just got back from dentist...I want them to understand me )	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-08 13:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Press 1, then 5 to get to an operator. You should be doing this anyway because the AVR is usually a couple of days behind. ...since I got my NOA2 late Friday night, when I called Mon-Wed, it didn't seem right to be talking to someone and checking already. I didn't think there was any way they'd have it yet! My plan was to start harassing the operators tonight, lol. Thanks for the info!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-08 13:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Hey! Silly but quick question - I tried to call last night from home to see if my case has been received yet, but the NVC system doesn't like my Blackberry when trying to enter my USCIS number. None of the numbers pick up correctly by their system. I'm so impatient I just hung up after 3 tries. Question is - is there a way to just speak to an operator?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-08 12:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Yes, after your return is processed and if you get a refund you can get your transcript. As it is I'll probably get my transcript and my husband's new passport at the same time. I reminded him his passport expired in July in January. He still hasn't done it. He said yesterday "But you said I had plenty of time" "Yes, dear I did. IN JANUARY!" Men! lol So if he sends it out today he should get it back in 10 days. Maybe.. He hasn't sent it yet?!?! WOW!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 17:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	You're welcome. And don't be sorry, you weren't a pain. Just making sure you have the right documents! Make sure, when ordering, use IE. Government sites much prefer IE and don't work as well with other browsers That headbonk guy is PERFECT for government agencies. I wanted to take my computer and do that to them using IT last night...lol. Any particular version of IE work better? Just want to optimize everything for them.... **sigh**	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 14:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	No, NVC should accept the 1040s, W2s, and other schedules (if applicable) without any delay. But just in case, order the tax transcripts NOW. There has been a checklist or two recently received asking for the tax transcripts, even though the 1040s and W2s were seemingly provided. If you know your husband's information, you can even order the tax transcripts for him online at IRS's site Thanks VERY much...husbandly meltdown averted! Sorry for being a pain about it - we'll order the transcripts but submit the 1040s. I tried to order them last night actually - for some reason I couldn't make the site accept his address. Maybe it just locked me out for the evening, and maybe trying again tonight would work.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 14:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	No, you only get transcripts if you request them. The tax transcripts look something like this: http://www.losthoriz...Transcript1.jpg (that was the best I could find on Google images ). I'm not sure what your husband received. Most people, when they don't have the tax transcripts, send in copies of the 1040 and copies of their W2s (along with copies of other schedules, if applicable). If e-filing, then people just print a copy of that and then include a copy of their W2s. OK. I like the looks of the transcript better - looks more official, it's 1 page as opposed to 2...thanks for sending that. Just trying to figure out if I want to deal with more of my husband beating himself up for "not being smart enough to get me the right stuff on the first try", as he'd put it. When I get talking finance/tax/anything like that, his eyes glaze over and he feels positively dumb (even though he's SO not). It makes me feel helpless when he does that where I can't hug him, and that's how this is going to go over...lol. Thanks for your help though! That's awesome! It wouldn't cause a significant delay to just use the 1040's/W2/etc, would it? Weighing options... Edited by Trav&Shell, 07 March 2012 - 02:31 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 14:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	I'd suggest you get your husband to order tax transcripts for the three years in time for the interview. It really is preferred to tax returns. OK...just got back from a much needed de-stress power walk...before I let my husband have it AGAIN and tell him he needs to do something different, I'm going to clarify that I have the wrong stuff. See, I'm your typical "works in finance, stresses details and gets worked up when I don't get what I need YESTERDAY" kinda girl...lol...my husband's starting to second guess himself FAR too much and I'm trying to lessen that! It's not working... What I have are what he was given immediately after filing. They appear to be official copies of something, he gets his refunds immediately and THEN is given these printouts. Each is literally 2 pages for the 1040 plus one page for W2. That's it. One year, there was one page of amendment. This is not a transcript though, right? It just doesn't seem like "tons of random pages and forms" to me, but I may be wrong... Edited by Trav&Shell, 07 March 2012 - 02:14 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 14:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	That'll definitely do it Are you sending in tax transcripts for all three years, or...? The only reason we added so many pay stubs was that he just got this new job in June 2010, and he hadn't filed his 2010 taxes to prove it, so pay stubs + employment letter was our proof Heh...well, I bugged and bugged for him to get transcripts. He figured he had them. Turns out he had the copies of his 1040s, plus W2 and any schedules for all three years (which were like, none). He has INSANELY straightforward taxes, so each pile was only like 4 pages. One year he had to amend his return. So, I included the amended portion as well - with a note explaining that the amendment did not affect his income but we wanted to be sure to fully disclose everything. My wife went to ultrasound, It is a GIRLLLL, YEEEEE A pretty girl according to the doctor, i am wondering how can he see she is pretty CONGRATS!! You can see facial features in ultrasounds these days (sometimes), you know	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 13:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Don't worry about 24 pages. Our AOS package was 30 pages (we had 5 months worth of pay stubs ). Thank you, Saylin! We included one month's worth of paystubs (he gets paid weekly, so 4 stubs) because he's got an employment letter as well, and been at the job for coming on 4 years (and can easily support me on AOS). We used his 2011 tax documents too, as well as 2010 and 2009. Think that'll do it? Edited by Trav&Shell, 07 March 2012 - 12:57 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 12:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Good lord, 56 pages for the AOS package? I have to ask, why so many? LOL....you just made my day - here I was all worried with my 24 pages!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 12:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	wow already 33 pages here I was still on the february thread ppl who's doing EP..whats the file size for your AOS package and how many pages? I don't know file size yet, scanning it as soon as i get the infernal employment letter from the husband...but 24 pages? Yeah, I think so...little nervous! LOL.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-07 11:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	It's the long form, just smaller, it's about the size of a half sheet of paper. It's not plastic like credit card plastic, almost like the old shiny newspaper paper but more durable. If you've seen the new $100 bills, you'd see what I'm talking about. His short form is about credit card size and same kind of plastic. He was born in my province wasn't he? Mine's exactly the same way...what a pain! LOL...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-05 20:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Hehe If you have any questions after reading, don't hesitate to ask here or PM me Good to know I'm banging out paperwork today (read: now, lol), so that we're ready to go. I'm sure I'll drop you a message somewhere at some point! **Adding something - whoops, just remembered! With my police certificate, I saw the agent search my aliases, but my former surnames didn't show up on the form even though they were searched. I was fingerprinted though. Think I'll run into an issue with this at NVC? Edited by Trav&Shell, 03 March 2012 - 10:19 AM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-03 10:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	The spreadsheet is linked in my signature. And I just added you Thanks for the help - checking out your wiki and the spreadsheet now	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-03 10:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	To celebrate, please practice making Venison jiaozi and the 11 different flavours of poutine gravy. 11 different flavors of gravy?!?! What, really?!?!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-03 09:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Hi Saylin - what's this spreadsheet you add people to, and how does a girl get on it once she gets her NOA2?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-03 08:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Just got the e-mail from NVC with my interview date!! July 16th!!! WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Happy does not even begin to describe how I'm feeling! Doing that jig I said I'd be doing when I no longer HAVE to communicate with NVC! woo hoo - CONGRATULATIONS	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-15 08:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	I'm in! Drove as far as Idaho today. Crossing was quiet when we go there so one guard dealt with my visa and one dealt with hubby and car. Wow - belated congrats, and welcome home	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-14 11:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Visa Approved!!!! Thank you Lord CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-12 13:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Best of luck during POE! -- We'll be going through it on Sunday next week Thank you - POE done, have laptop open and updating everyone while I wait for my flight. Piece of cake! Super nice guards! Relax and enjoy the rest of your journey	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-09 08:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Save travels tomorrow!! So excited for you and Trav! I know that the good-byes before going are tough, but you are moving for the most wonderful reason! I wish you both all the best and know you'll have the happiest life together!! Thank you for all the support, shared knowledge, laughs and general gabbery on here. You've helped make this insane process a little easier. Now, do you have you SEALED package ready for tomorrow? NO PEEKING at it tonight! Thank you, so much, for the well wishes! Yep, the good byes before are tough - been a lot of crying this week but a lot of laughing too. We both wish you two all the best and SPEEDY journey through the rest of the process! I didn't think I'd been that much help but really - you're welcome. For whatever I was able to help with, you're welcome. Thank YOU for being such a kind, helpful person yourself! And yes, package is ready - and NO, I didn't peek - the bazillion different ways they said not to peek was enough for me	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-08 22:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Wow tomorrow. Good luck Thanks... Yeah, tomorrow...so nervous!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-08 21:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	OMG CSI...Grissom and Sara! *girly pining* On a total unrelated note....wishing you all the luck in the world tomorrow and beyond! LOL...yeah, that was a sad sad episode...*heart* Thank you for the well wishes...all the heartache and messy fighting with government agencies to reunite our families is hard, but ends in joy (hopefully)...and Trav's worth it, I'd do it all again in a second if he was my end result Edited by Trav&Shell, 08 June 2012 - 09:35 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-08 21:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	POE tomorrow morning. Can't wait to be with Trav but unfortunately, this song is stuck in my head. Oh well, there are worse things to do besides crying because I'll miss my family - just means I love them too	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-08 21:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	VISA in Hand!!!! --- VISA en Mano!!!! Woohoo!!!! Happy Dance!!!! ... Our Visa Journey Dream is Finally REAL!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Called NVC almost 15 minutes ago with more than 13 minutes on hold.....little bit frustrated....little bit upset...little bit discourage and little bit with HOPE.... Finally heard the Good news from NVC representative......INTERVIEW is scheduled on July 10th 1pm......Wow...... Email is on its way.......Can't Wait...... Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-06 21:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	You're just being so funny today. Very nice memories. LOL...funny's better than crying all the time And making memories is better than missing out, too!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-06 15:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Finally got my interview July 9th! Congrats, and GREAT day - THAT is my birthday Don't forget it depends on the alignment of the stars, and you must hop on your left foot, counter clockwise, while picking your nose with your right hand, a cup of water in the left and not spill any, and you must do this all on a Tuesday afternoon at 4pm. (I kid, of course) LOL!!!!!!!! We're getting ready to leave Montreal! I'm sleeping better at night, all the stress is gone!!Hubby said it perfect after it was all done "Now I feel like we really are married, we won't have to be apart ever again" When he said that, and thinking back on his answer at our interview the tears started again lol. Mr. Sheeshka's passport has not been shipped as of this morning, but that's ok, since we don't plan on leaving until July. Awww...isn't it WONDERFUL, the feeling of greatly reduced stress? So amazing - and LOVE the husband's response	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-06 14:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Happy news we got our interview date. July 18th Sad news I can't get off that week to be with my hubby. I wish it could be the week before. Congrats on the interview date!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!! I'm not surprised. I'm getting pretty fed up with everyone asking if I'm excited. A group of friends gave me a surprise gift basket last week, full of things that we do together. I was joking - wow guys you should move you get cool stuff but it was sad really. I'd ask if you're excited but I'd rather not risk it That's really nice of your friends to do that...it's very bittersweet but makes for nice memories.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-06 12:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Terrible! That's one of my 11 year old daughter's favorite jokes Oh wow, your daughter has a great sense of humor Here's another one, I learned it when I was 11...it's a one-liner, bear with me I have a dog with no legs that I call Cigarette because every night I take him out for a drag. LMAO!!! ok, literally dying of laughter here... i dont get the joke at all which is funny in itself but that whole statement made me laugh LOL it's actually a really bad joke! The girl walked into a big bar and smacked her nose. So she said "ow my nose." See? Terrible!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 22:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	there i go again...lol OH NO!! OK quick, a joke before we flood the forum room...a girl walked into a bar and said... "ow my nose"	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 22:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	YOU'RE emotional?! i teared up just reading that... thats so bittersweet and touching... LOL...welcome to my world, please enjoy this box of tissues At the lunch, people got up and shared some of the memories they had with me (and Trav, because they all met him and love him to pieces too), the woman I sing with sang a song (it was beautiful!), the pastor shared some of HIS memories, then they called me up. When they told me how much was in the envelope, I was in ugly-face sobs. Been weepy ever since. Lol. It's VERY bittersweet...very overwhelming...lol... side note: idk why i'm so emotional lately... i can cry about almost anything (real life and tv)... i sobbed so loud during the Grey's season finale... lol HUG!!! Here, let's cry a little together lol. Wonder if it's hormones...or something in the water...LOL	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 22:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	This is so exciting to see so many folks finally getting to "the end of the road", even if only for now. I'm really hoping that our processing will be done soon, it would be nice for my hubby's interview to be scheduled before school starts in mid-August, but I'm thinking that may be too much to hope for. I really wanted to attend the interview with him, but no way to do it once school starts. Wow, you're getting started! This part will FEEL like it takes forever, but when you look back at it once you're done - you'll wonder where the time went. Hang on tight, and good luck	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 22:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	ur leaving behind the life u know and love... seems pretty normal to me to feel like that... you'll be fine!!! Thanks...I was wondering if something was wrong! It sorta hit me on Sunday, because the church I go to put on a farewell lunch. They took a "love offering" and gave me a large amount of cash, it was overwhelming and I've been feeling off-kilter ever since, just a touch melancholy. Gonna miss this place, but many good memories to come, too...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 22:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	i'm so happy for u!!! it will be awesome to wake up next to ur love everyday!!! Thank you!!! It will be pretty nice....after the homesickness is done (is it weird that I'm feeling mildly homesick and not even gone yet?!?! )	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 22:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	POE on Saturday ha! How are you feeling? Excited?? Oh man...nervous, excited, hopeful, sad to leave family/friends (so many people I'm going to miss SO much!), happy to get to wake up Sunday next to Trav...so many things!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 21:21:00