Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
United Kingdom	My Visa Checklist Thingy	Not quite at that stage yet (still a few months to go!) but thanks for this. It'll be a great help. I like to be super organised too!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-09 09:19:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (DairyFarmer @ Apr 3 2009, 07:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Apr 3 2009, 07:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (edin-gal @ Apr 3 2009, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It does feel good to be at this stage and thanks for all the tips! So you think it's best to apply for the police certificate now rather than waiting for packet 3? I guess it ticks one thing off the list. Another quick question is it ok to leave the country in-between the medical and the interview? Not that I've got that far yet! I've got a wee holiday planned in June and think I read somewhere that they don't like you doing this? I did it, had my medical on the 19th December, went to Texas christmas eve till the 6th Jan and then as soon as I got back sent in packet 3, no probs at all ME too but I sent packet 3 in and had, had my medical before I went to the States for Christmas / New Year. Thanks for the advice. I didn't think it would matter, plus it's within the EU so it's not like I'm going boating on the Amazon or anything like that! And like others here I've made an appointment with my Drs surgery to see what vaccines I need to get up to date. Lovely lovely NHS	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-03 17:48:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	It does feel good to be at this stage and thanks for all the tips! So you think it's best to apply for the police certificate now rather than waiting for packet 3? I guess it ticks one thing off the list. Another quick question is it ok to leave the country in-between the medical and the interview? Not that I've got that far yet! I've got a wee holiday planned in June and think I read somewhere that they don't like you doing this?	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-03 11:09:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (KAT&Allie @ Mar 31 2009, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi guys, just wanted to say hello. So glad I can join this thread FINALLY Plenty of good advice to read about . I'll no doubt be posting asking for advice once I get past NVC stage . I thought I'd dip my toe in too. We got our NOA2 yesterday. I was so busy trying not to get too caught up in the next stage (taking it one stage at a time) that now it's arrived I feel a little underprepared! So I shall be reading this thread with interest	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-01 15:27:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	London Embassy; Medical After Interview?	Not that I'm at that stage yet, but thought I'd offer advice! As pothergavel says you can have the medical after the interview but your visa won't be processed until they get your medical results, or you could try to schedule it for next week if possible. But this might just add some stress. As you booked the medical before they gave you the interview date it's not your fault at all.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-06 06:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOVEMBER'08 Vermont K-1 Filers "WHEN WILL IT GET APPROVED?"	QUOTE (beckysharpe @ Jan 31 2009, 06:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Everyone, well im just curiuos the processing time shown on USCIS website is showing April15th 2008...so it mean people like us who have applied in Nov 2008 will have to wait for nine months..My fiance is in Iraq he cannot go to the phones tht often to call and check...so please if you have info about how long it takes frm NOAC1 to NOAC2? wht USCIS has written is it true , or has there been people who hv go their petitions approved just like iam reading on VJ Website? How long do you think it will take for our petition to get accepted? I will appreciate all comments .. please drop a line .. Blessings n Wishes to all who are waiting to be joined with their loved ones.. I miss my Soldier boy.... God bless On the USCIS website it also states that this is as of 30 Nov 2008, so I take this to mean that as of Nov 08 they were processing April 08 applications - so 7 months. Correct me if I'm wrong! Hopefully they will update it soon for 31 Jan 2009, so we can see if this has improved or not...	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-02-19 13:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	What's gonna happen to VCS applications?	QUOTE (acinlove @ Apr 3 2009, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What's gonna happen? I check everyday my status on uscis website and my application is still pending and is not touched. I don't worry about that because I know it's still early for me to have some news ( I wish I was in CSC!!!!) I am extremely worried for my timeline in visajourney. One week ago my timeline showed me an exitimated date for adjudication on June 2nd!, three days ago was showing June 15th, yesterday was showing June 25th and today: Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between June 30, 2009 and July 22, 2009*. What's gonna happen to us - VCS???? I am scared that everyday the timeline will add 5 days. What's going on? Please somebody knows it? Thanks As everyone has said try not to think about it too much. I took a couple of weeks off from VJ cos I was getting myself in a state looking at how my timeline was changing everyday (sometimes up, sometimes down) and how other people were getting approved so fast. My timeline moved to mid April after a few weeks, then moved to mid May to mid June a couple of days before we got our NOA2. It's not an exact science at all. I would just aim for the 4-6 month range. That's a lot more helpful in trying to keep the stress levels down	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-03 17:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2008 K-1 Filers	On behalf of December Vermont filers - you guys are so lucky! Due to geography those who had to file at Vermont will probably have to wait at least another month. Send some of that CSC magic our way!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-12 10:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	What a busy day at VSC! Congratulations to everyone that got approved so far this week! It seems that they are approving within 105-115 days for early December filers. I just hope the NVC is working nice and fast to get my stuff to the London embassy... Edited by edin-gal, 08 April 2009 - 11:43 AM.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-08 11:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (tinichka @ Apr 6 2009, 04:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> APPROVED! Hurrah! I hope many others follow this week - I want the NOA2 club to be overflowing with members!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-06 12:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (beans @ Apr 3 2009, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> BR_Joshua have fun! lol Everyone else, maybe if we sing Vermont a song they'll work more efficiently lol I think something uplifting to make them happy and work faster. But I don't have much of a singing voice so maybe I should play the spoons or something like that! I hope VSC gets on a roll and shows VJ what they are made of. I feel guilty that I was approved this week while so many others are still waiting. Waiting sucks - especially when you can't do anything but wait	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-03 11:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Congratulations! And I hope VSC finishes up the week on a roll. There doesn't seem to be any rhythm nor reason to they way they process things. Logic seems to be almost thrown out of the window! Imagine if everyone else worked like that and you were standing in the queue at the supermarket and they missed out the person at the front, served the next person, then missed you out and went 5 people down the line!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-02 17:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Thank you guys! And congratulations to everyone else who got approved. And I wish everyone else a painless journey to NOA2s. It feels like a while since I was on here. I loved the support you guys gave, but found it too disheartening listening to people who got approved after 20-odd days saying it was about time cos they missed their other half too much. Like the rest of us don't feel that. Anyway bitching over! Funny thing is today was when I finished up my job too. It's almost like they were waiting to do everything at once. But I've got work with a friend for a while until my interview (whenever that may be!) to keep me busy and out of mischief.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-31 17:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	We just got our approval notice!!! I haven't been on VJ for a while cos I was getting a bit depressed seeing how fast CSC was approving people. I sincerely hope those of you still waiting get yours asap.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-31 15:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Congratulations! Go VSC! I have butterflies in my stomach now cos you're only 2 days before me in your NOA1 date...	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-18 08:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (Martin and Raven @ Mar 18 2009, 08:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (edin-gal @ Mar 17 2009, 04:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh and in other news I passed my driving test today. So important for me when I'm in America. I don't really need it here, but thought I should get it done before I move 'across the pond'. Congrats on passing the test, so many people in the USA will blow it off and say it's not a big thing but it is for us UK types, I passed mine just over 9 months ago. Word of advice - look up the DMV of the state you're moving to. Some states (NC in my case) will let tourists without intent to migrate drive on their own foreign license (in our case, the card and paper counterpart, with or without the International Drivers Permit), but you cannot use it if you intent to become a resident and must take the local test and get a local license before you can drive there. Bummer for me. Thanks guys (and BL2B)! Yeah I'm going to check out what the case is in Virginia. But I've been assured that the test in the US is a LOT easier than it is over here. I've just got to learn how to do everything the wrong way round! To answer the other question by maria teresa, since we started the visa process my fiance has visited me twice and will come over again in May. So it'll be 3 visits in total. Since he moved back to the States in July 2008 I visited 3 times. We are lucky that we can get the time off work and afford to travel. I think it would be unfair for USCIS to expect everyone to be able to do so many visits though.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-18 04:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (yasser989 @ Mar 17 2009, 03:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i love these, oh and good luck to all of us on those approvals...here goes... Little Johnny was on a park bench stuffing all of his Halloween candy in his mouth. An old lady came over and said. "Son, don't you know that eating all of that candy will rot your teeth, give you acne, and make you sick?" "My grandfather lived to be 105 years old!" replied Johnny. "Did he eat five candy bars at a sitting?" the old lady retorted. "No, said Johnny, but he minded his own freakin' business." Harsh but true! So I hope that the boxes with our cases in them are getting closer to the front and some nice person processes them quickly! Oh and in other news I passed my driving test today. So important for me when I'm in America. I don't really need it here, but thought I should get it done before I move 'across the pond'. Next the weather...	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-17 11:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	I've got one. I thought I'd keep it slightly topical: A couple goes out to dinner to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. On the way home, she notices a tear in his eye and asks if he's getting sentimental because they're celebrating 50 wonderful years together. He replies, "No, I was thinking about the time before we got married. Your father threatened me with a shotgun and said he'd have me thrown in jail for 50 years if I didn't marry you. Tomorrow I would've been a free man!"	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-16 16:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (yasser989 @ Mar 16 2009, 03:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> where is everyone, i feel lonely in here!!!! Sleeping I've been busy this weekend too. Wedding dress shopping can really take it out of you! I'm closing in on 100 days since my first NOA...	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-16 04:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Congratulations. Keep me updated on the next stages seeing as we're both going through the UK embassy I hope my file is sitting in the same box as yours was! Or at least next to it!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-12 14:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	I really really really hope so.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-12 09:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (tinichka @ Mar 10 2009, 12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can somebody tell me what is "Security checks" and why some people get stuck in them? I think it's where they run your name through various databases to see if you are wanted for anything . If you have a common name it may take longer, but I think some people get stuck at this stage just cos! I was reading about this yesterday but can't remember where I found the information - maybe trying searching for 'security checks' to see what comes up on VJ.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-10 08:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (just_friend @ Mar 9 2009, 09:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (tinichka @ Mar 9 2009, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (yasser989 @ Mar 9 2009, 04:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> in monopoly my friend its called "bank error in you favor, collect $200" lolz but hey on a serious note ive stuck on 252 for 3 days now im beginning to get worried.oh and to reach a live person whe calling uscis follow prompts to change address and it takes you to general help operator... I'm right there with you No. 251 Don't worry about the #. I started from 424 or something. The weird thing is when you drop down because of new members joining in. I have seen people with #250 and more being approved so the position doesn't really matter that much. As long as we are approved I wouldn't care even if I am at #1000 Yeah I'm with you there. I also wonder how many people are no longer active and haven't updated their timeline. But I'm doubtful on that cos vj is addictive! Just got off the phone to my fiance and he informed me that our NOA1 date is actually 5 days earlier than I thought. We must have been 'touched' on the date I thought was our NOA. So that's 5 days of waiting that have already passed and I didn't notice!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-09 16:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (JIM & A.D. @ Mar 9 2009, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I truely understand girl. Hang in there we are almost to the finish line. Fingers crossed all goes well. I hope none of us fall between the cracks and are kept waiting longer than we should. JIM & A.D - I see you are a fellow Virginia-filer! tinichka - I've never had to call USCIS so can't help on that one sorry. But I'm sure another VJ'er will be able to impart wisdom!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-09 08:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	My fiance's visit is over so the obsessive checking of vj continues in earnest again! Hope everyone is bearing up ok.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-09 06:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Me too! My fiance is here at the moment and we're going to sit down and gather evidence of our continuing relationship. We could give them a novel if they wanted! I've also looked at the police certificate form for the UK and want to make sure my vaccines are up-to-date. Doing things like these makes the waiting go faster I think!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-04 17:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	All quiet on the Western Front?! How's everyone else doing? My guestimated date for adjudication keeps on dipping a toe into April. Trying not to get too excited about that though. Oh to be processed by CSC instead...	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-04 07:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	I checked my timeline today and the estimated date for approval has moved down by about 14 days. But I'm keeping it as the original one for now as I don't want to jinx it! But now I've written this I may have done that already This next week will be one that I don't count the days and want them to pass quickly for once!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-02-25 12:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Yeah I don't think it's going to have much of an impact on us lot. Maybe put people off who were thinking of applying in the future, or people applying for work visas etc. I've been having a clear out too and am slowly sending stuff over each time my fiance comes to visit. He comes again this weekend, so I've already looked out some things I can do without for a while... I've also noticed that the "guestimated" dates on my timeline have come down by about 5 days. 5 days is 5 days so I'll take it	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-02-23 15:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	I've started doing the exact same thing! "When are you getting married" - "When the US Government sees fit to let me!". It's good to know that I'm not alone and there are other people in the same boat! It's difficult to try to explain how I feel to other people some times. I don't think they really understand the process and what's involved, and the waiting! But I plan on educating them Well I guess we all better make the most of living in limbo! I decided that one thing I could have control of was my wedding dress so I contacted a few places. One woman looked down her nose at me when I said I hope to get married in August, but couldn't be certain. She said something about how that wasn't leaving it very long and I'd have to get something "off the rack". Then she proceeded to tell me how she has clients who are getting married in 2011 who have already bought their (couture) dresses. Oh to have a simple wedding where you can plan the date! But this cheers me up when I get stressed about the visa thing, cos they might hate the dress they chose in 2011, whereas whatever one I chose I know I'll still like it in a few months. And that day will be worth the wait!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-02-18 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Thanks everyone! I'm not very good at waiting, but by the end of this whole process I should be an expert! Does anyone else feel as if their lives are on hold? I certainly feels as if I'm in limbo at the moment. And not being able to set a date for the wedding is driving me insane!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-02-18 05:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	I just joined VJ today (but have read the guides etc). We submitted in December and am already bored of waiting! I guess it's made harder by the fact that my other half used to live in the UK with me, but left in June 08, so it feels as if we've been waiting on this visa a lot longer! I'm not normally one to join forums but it's just nice to find a place where people are going through the same thing, cos no-one else quite gets how stressful and frustrating it can be!	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-02-17 19:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	help i hate being apart	For info about immigration to the UK try the UK Border Agency: http://ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ There is a whole section about bringing foreign partners over to the UK.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-02-26 18:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused	As tinichka says fill in your timeline and that will give you an estimate. It also depends where you are filing. California (or CSC) works faster than Vermont (or VSC). The "processing times" tab will show you roughly how many days it takes to get your NOA2.	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-03-13 14:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F at VSC? Notice how it's only CSC folks writing "OMG approved in 30 days?"	QUOTE (AlanM @ Apr 2 2009, 09:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Haole @ Apr 2 2009, 10:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Things change! When I did my first K1 people {me also} were cussing CSC as VSC was whipping out K1s in a month. CSC was taking 6 months. Either the center of population moved or ??? Longer the better as maybe K1s will get to know their mates better and not end up dealing with the government again hoping their divorce goes thru quickier!! Such a stupid comment. You think someone makes the decision to marry (and thus apply CR-1/K3) more lightly than someone who decides to do K1? I agree. I lived with my SO for 3 years before starting this process. He went back to the States and we decided that the K1 would be the best way to do things. We didn't jump straight into it thinking it would be an easy ride! Oh and I would say that we know each other 'pretty well'. As for the original topic - I understand the frustration when you see one centre is working faster than the other. Let people who get their NOA2 in 15 days celebrate (albeit through gritted teeth ) and celebrate with those that get approved after 200+ days. If it makes you feel like you are doing something by contacting people to complain - then do it! I for one am planning on getting a job for USCIS and ruling it from within	edin-gal	Female	Scotland	2009-04-02 05:33:00