Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 January 2012 Filers	Not updated my biometrics date yet but will do so. I have something interesting though. My biometrics appointment is for Wednesday 8th in Tampa, however I am in DC for a while working, so I was going to put it off until next month. However when I called in I was told I can do to any Appointment Service Center on the day with my letter and expired card and get them taken. That's pretty good, so I don't need to delay! Has anyone here done same? ie gone to a different ASC? In a different state?	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2012-02-06 16:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 January 2012 Filers	UPDATES: California Service Center (10 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... MENINA...............01/03/12........01/04/12.......02/09/12........--/--/12.... FATIMA AND JIM.......01/04/12........01/05/12.......02/09/12........--/--/12.... ABBIELOVESJEREMY.....01/05/12........01/09/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... F1_GURL..............01/07/12........01/11/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... DJOHN................01/10/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... MGEURTS..............01/10/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... CALYPSO..............01/11/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... B*J..................01/11/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... SASKA+TIM............01/13/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... SNIVVEL..............01/17/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... Vermont Service Center (9 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... RICARDO_C............01/03/12........01/06/12.......02/02/12........--/--/12.... TOYOTA...............01/03/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... VAL MARTY............01/03/12........01/06/12.......02/01/12........--/--/12.... HAKUNA_MATATA2.......01/04/12........01/05/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... DONALD-N-ANALYN......01/09/12........01/12/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... NOTWORKSTE...........01/10/12........01/17/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... COCO2012.............01/10/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... TERI.D...............01/12/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... LOVELYALEX...........01/13/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... IMPORTANT! * Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor. * Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply. * Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that. * Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted. * Please check that you have not deleted anyone's NAME & DATA. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your application NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment Approved = The Date your case was approved * Please Capitalize your VJ Name when adding it to the list. * When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly. * If you cannot add your information yourself, please ask another VJ member to help you do so. Edited by NotworkSte, 18 January 2012 - 09:04 AM.	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2012-01-18 09:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 January 2012 Filers	Added self. Late as usual, my 2 year card expires on 20 Jan, I had 90 days to get to this point, this would not surprise my parents!	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2012-01-12 10:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 January 2012 Filers	California Service Center (8 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... MENINA...............01/03/12........01/04/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... FATIMA AND JIM.......01/04/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... ABBIELOVESJEREMY.....01/05/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... F1_GURL..............01/07/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... DJOHN................01/10/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... MGEURTS..............01/10/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... CALYPSO..............01/11/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... B*J..................01/11/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... Vermont Service Center (5 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... RICARDO_C............01/03/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... TOYOTA...............01/03/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... VAL MARTY............01/03/12........01/06/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... HAKUNA_MATATA2.......01/04/12........01/05/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... NOTWORKSTE...........01/10/12........--/--/12.......--/--/12........--/--/12.... IMPORTANT! * Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor. * Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply. * Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that. * Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted. * Please check that you have not deleted anyone's NAME & DATA. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your application NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment Approved = The Date your case was approved * Please Capitalize your VJ Name when adding it to the list. * When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly. * If you cannot add your information yourself, please ask another VJ member to help you do so. Edited by NotworkSte, 12 January 2012 - 10:23 AM.	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2012-01-12 10:21:00
Philippines	Communication with your (long distance) partner	QUOTE (Steve and Nor @ Jul 1 2009, 01:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But internet here in this part of Pampanga is poor. We usually have bad connection everytime we talk on messenger. My husband gets upsets. I hope he would bring vonage this August. Is vonage dependent on the internet connection? Im worried that even if we have vonage, we still could not talk properly. Is Skype okay even if the internet connection is poor? I cannot comment directly on the Philippines, but I have used vonage, and I know at least one colleague from the Corp I work for has used Vonage from the Philippines to talk to his wife when he was there on business and it was fine. My own personal experience, is that my wife and I were getting a tad frustrated with Skype voice, the quality was iffy, and that was on good dsl lines in the UK and US. So we could not always rely on it, when it was bad we switched to regular phone and did rack up some big bills. When I was last over we signed up for Vonage (did not buy it at a store, C called them and beat them up on prices so we got a good deal (she can be quite beligerent when she wants to be!) ). I have been very impressed with the quality. I brought the Vonage box back to the UK (so I don't have a UK Vonage account, it is US). Apart from the great quality (it has never been a problem), as I have a Fl 813 number I get free calls all over the US so I can call her wherever she is, on her home or cell phone free of charge (well FoC beyiond the $20/mo sub. And here's the weird thing, on my plan I get free calls to the UK, so in a bizarre way it is cheaper to call the dhillons for a pizza through vonage than it is to use my home phone at times. Weird. I have no weay of knowing if the quality would be as good for you over there, just that my own experience has been good, and anecdotal evidence from a colleague who was the one who recommended Vonage to me was that in Philippines it was good. Maybe someone else here has used it from there could concur?	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2009-07-03 09:00:00
Philippines	privacy between married couple	QUOTE (adiiann @ Jul 20 2009, 10:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The only privacy I am thinking of in our relationship is when we do the "number 1 & 2". Though when I am cleaning our house, I saw some old pictures and letters from his ex-gfs. I didn't feel jealous about it. When I told him why he still have those things, he told he's not aware of it and didn't know its still around the house. Knowing him, I know its true because he always been that way. He keeps all my cards and letters with important papers. Hmm, I wouldn't say doing a number 1 and 2 were "totally" private for us, but the bog is my reading time and she respects that ;-) I don't mind her, or any of my pervious girls keeping stuff, since her past is a part of who she is and made her the person I fell for. Course if she kept them to read all the time and pine over, that would be different.... but I don't expect her to cleanse herself of her past, so I guess we feel the same here. C and I have privacy in as much as I don't check her stuff and she doesn't check mine for the sake of doing so. But, we don't lock anything that the other person couldn't get access to and my laptop and blackberry is hardly ever locked, since her daughter likes to use them. If she did want complete privacy, I wouldn't mind since I trust her implicitly, completely. I would imagine if I didn't trust her, doing the long distance thing would probably eat me up wondering. I also give her my passwords to my online stuff since I am likely to lose them!	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2009-07-20 09:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	hot in egypt?	I am meant to be in Cairo in the middle of a 6 month secondment, thankfully it got delayed so I should be going over when it is a "little" bit cooler. I've been to Egypt quite a few times with work, but never at this time of year.	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2009-07-31 05:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	people waiting for the noa2	QUOTE (zeha14 @ Jul 13 2009, 01:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> waiting too Noa of 1 june but it seems like i applied 100 yrs ago Do you know what I find really odd? Is that after our wedding we took about 6 weeks to work out what we wanted to do, and that never seemed to bother me, that time. But since we decided I should be the one to move and now the i-130 is in, the waiting is awful.	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2009-07-13 04:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Interview questions... Please help! What docs?	Thank you for your response Brilliant response to a very poor troll. Amd thanks for creating this thread, put my mind at ease, I had been getting worked up over same. And I really don't want anything to go wrong at this point, waited too long.	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2010-01-06 17:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Bonafide marriage?	Can you be on a bank account without a ssn? C tried to put me on hers with 2 different banks in Florida with no luck. No SSN, no can do. Is this something bank specific?	NotworkSte	Male	United Kingdom	2010-01-03 19:39:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Conflicting and confusing Information	Thanks to all who replied. We've been waiting since February for the follow up letter about the interview so maybe it is time to give them a call. Our AOS sat in limbo like this for about two years so it sounds like par for the course.	elyjack	Not Telling	Philippines	2010-04-12 15:51:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Conflicting and confusing Information	A couple of weeks ago we received a request for information form asking for a tax transcript and proof of termination of previous marriages. The letter explicitly said that we were NOT to mail these items in but bring them to the interview. Nothing was said about an interview date however. Checking the online system today it says the case is waiting on information and can't proceed without it. So, as usual when dealing with USCIS, we are very confused. Has this happened to anybody else?	elyjack	Not Telling	Philippines	2010-04-11 11:23:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	a couple I know asked for interview	Just a thought, but I wonder if there is such a thing as too much information? If it looks like somebody is overdoing it, maybe this looks suspicious to them? Hi I know of a couple who filled the petition...and they sent in both names the following: car insurance , health insurance, bank account statements , tax returns AAA membership , Vacation itinerary and photos .... It looked like enough evidence...don't you think???? She told me that she received a letter saying, 2 months later , INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT BONA FIDE MARRIAGE....... She then sent more...like several affidavits, copy of tax return check jnsurance plan, boarding passes from trip vacation more photos and holiday cards on both names... and she has to go to the interview on the 20th.... So I was thinking...Well, she sent a lot of evidence the first time ...The second time around, she sent even more... but she got picked... I was wondering...maybe this is because they have that quota of couples to call for the interview, and the computer picked her number.....Anyway...she is so terrified.....Nobody likes interviews, eh! Meredith	elyjack	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-02-19 16:53:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DENIED :( :(	Before they do that, they have to mail a notice of intent to deny (noid), in which you will get 30 days to respond with the new evidence.	soniew910	Male	0	2009-03-30 16:20:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Permanent Residence offered by US Military	http://www.nytimes.c...m...nted=1&_r=1 Join the US armed forces, and the US government will grant you US citizenship. Qualifications: 1) You entered US legally with a valid visa. 2) You have skills. 3) You are willing to defend USA. 4) You want to see your family have a better life in the US.	soniew910	Male	0	2009-02-15 12:20:00
Canada	Is Canadian immigration easier than American immigration?	QUOTE (enraptured @ Aug 11 2009, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> cuz if we end up waiting forever, I might just consider this. and I heard Canada is eager for new immigrants anyways? False. I read online that Canada has a lot of unemployment. doctors, engineers, and specialists from foreign countries are working low wage jobs and driving cabs and bussing tables and janitorial. To open your own business requires $800 grand, plus extra for your moving expenses. High taxes also will reduce your discretionary income. google "not canada" for the truth.	soniew910	Male	0	2009-08-12 23:58:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	AR-11 Change of Address question.	QUOTE (chox99 @ Aug 14 2009, 01:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi, I'm ready file I751 but I don't seem to remember I changed my AR-11 to current address 2 years ago or not. Is it too late to change it now? Should I just submit I751 since it might confuses them? More and more I think of it, I don't think I changed my address to current one when we moved here. Stupid. Would this be a problem? From what I read online, the address on the 751 is the address that they will send correspondences to.	soniew910	Male	0	2009-08-14 13:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Help I left USA for some reasons and I wanna come back	ask your "wife" to consult with a good immigration attorney.	soniew910	Male	0	2009-02-26 17:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	My fiance has been denied his visa and I just found out I am pregnant	QUOTE (Anh map @ Aug 1 2009, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What was the RFE (first blue paper) asking for? What did you submit? Give us some info about you and your fiance: How did you meet? How many times did you go to VN? Did you have Dam Hoi / Din Hon? Who proposed to who? And when? That's really none of your business.	soniew910	Male	0	2009-08-02 12:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Wrinkle in the marriage law? Please explain.	Yeah, go for it. Write us back with the final results.	soniew910	Male	0	2009-08-13 00:12:00
China	Pink now white?	I heard recently (in GUZ) that they no longer give Pink approval. The approval is white. Anyone else hear this? Yes, my wife just got a white paper but on it it says her visa was approved, and the VO told her it was approved, and my wife asked her if it was approved, and again VO said it was. So it must have just changed like this week.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-23 23:11:00
China	Travelling alone to USA	Fushia Asian Bistro 15317 Amberly Tampa, FL 33647 It is pretty good for the most part, my wife is from Chengdu and super picky about food, but finds this place alright. There is another place outside Miami that is even better, but real sichuan food is almost impossible to find in Florida.... and I am sure your wife will complain about it after awhile lol. But we will most likely be moving to texas or cali next year... so I am hoping things will get better with regard to food. Cool, thanks a lot. My wife is also a picky eater. I think California will be almost like China compared to here.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-24 21:39:00
China	Travelling alone to USA	If she can speak English there won't be a problem, what is a problem is the lack of real Chinese restaurants in Tampa Bay... although we finally found a semi-real sichuan place awhile back. Really, where is it? My wife is from Chongqing which used to be part of Sichuan.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-24 18:43:00
China	Travelling alone to USA	I found out that an organization, Travelers Aid of Los Angeles, has a "Meet and Greet" service at LAX. A volunteer from their group will meet the passenger after customs clearance and personally guide them to their connecting flight. They will also assist the passenger in the event that the connecting flight is missed. The service is free, though they suggest a $35 donation to their cause. The volunteers will not accept gratuities. Great service! Didn't realize such philanthropy existed at LAX. Should anyone need this service, here's the link: http://www.tasla.org.../meet&greet.htm Hey Andrew, I also live in Tampa (just moved here from Beijing a few months ago) and my wife is interviewing today so hopefully she will come in two weeks. I'm curious how the trip was for your wife. Mine can speak English but she has never been out of China. Thanks!	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-23 20:07:00
China	Got white and approved!	Congratulations!!! Thank you!	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-30 20:24:00
China	Got white and approved!	Good for you! Thanks. My wife's ems is out too, should arrive today(China Time) or tomorrow. Hopefully it has the passports with the visa. She is concerned that the additional documents may not be good enough. Yeah, those last few days waiting for the visa are stressful.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-30 19:01:00
China	Got white and approved!	oh, It was fast. 24th is the day when my wife turned in additional documents with the call in letter. EMS tracking turns out nothing yet. FYI, my wife got her visa this morning. So it took five days from the interview to arrive. We're very happy and now planning her trip to Florida.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-29 21:47:00
China	Got white and approved!	Thanks. When she had her interview? 8/23? Document drop off was on the 23rd and the interview was on the 24th.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-28 21:40:00
China	Got white and approved!	Can you let us know when she gets her visa? My wife is also anxiously waiting for hers. Her case is a little complicated. She went to Guangzhou for the second time to turn in additional documents on 8/23. She got a white paper the first time with a call in letter. Sure, I'll make a post when it arrives. At this moment it is in the mail. They sent it on the 26th I believe.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-28 18:59:00
China	Got white and approved!	congrats. I think they change colors and procedures randomly just to keep us all confused. Thanks everyone! Yeah, they have a way of doing that.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-24 18:41:00
China	Got white and approved!	Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! Best of luck on your new life together! Thanks.	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-23 23:09:00
China	Got white and approved!	Nearly had a heart attack when my wife texted me "Got white paper". Called her and she told me that it says they approved her visa! "congratulations your visa has been approved...." Told her to wait two weeks to mail it to her hometown. They can mail almost anywhere in China now. Her interview was at about 11:10 so she was towards the end of the group I believe. VO was a lady who is very very friendly. Questions were: Describe SO. When did you meet? When did you marry? Did his family attend marriage? Ans: No but his mom did visit. Did husband go back to US during his 2 years in China? Ans: Yes, went back once to US for visa Looked at pictures, but not the other 400+ pages of docs. VO said congratulations your visa has been approved. Gave her WHITE paper. My wife asked, is my visa approved? Confused because she was expecting pink for approval. VO says "yes". Entire interview 3 minutes. THANKS VISA JOURNEY COMMUNITY! Couldn't have done it without this site. So happy that we are done with this process...and she will come to America!	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-23 22:59:00
China	Anyone know of any Free ESL classes in Tampa, Florida	My wife arrive this month from China and we are also in Tampa. What places did you find out about? Thanks! Thank you for the reply. I actually spoke to someone yesterday and found many places that my wife can go to. She wants to go during the day, so it may be hard because most of the classes are full, but she will get into one by March	moneybags	Male	China	2011-09-29 19:35:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	The process of documents hand-in and interview at Guangzhou	What documents do you hand over on the first day, just the required documents or every piece of evidence you brought?	moneybags	Male	China	2011-08-16 22:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Lifting of Conditional Status	Dear VJ Family, By the end of this year (2010) I will start working on my petition for the Removal of Conditional Status. My question is: "If my daughter (K-2)gets married before our temporary residency has been lifted, will it jeopardize her citizenship?" She will have a different last name by then. Will I have to include her in my petition still? Thanks alot if you can enlighten me on this one. Poison Ivy	Poison Ivy	Female	Philippines	2010-04-13 11:25:00
Philippines	NSO documents	QUOTE (tedjen @ Sep 15 2008, 12:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi guys! This is the first topic, which I initiated (don't know if there's similar to this but anyway...) I'm wondering if during the USEM interview, documents such as birth and marriage certificates from NSO need to be "new" (not later than 6 months) as they say there's a validity (?) of the said issued docs... I have 2 copies of each docs with me, though I got my birth certificate last year and marriage certificate this May. Reason why I got 2 copies of my birth certificate because every time I need to get a copy of this I should go to the NSO main (coz my birth cert has annotation--corrected typo) and when you will get NSO docs here you will go back after 1 or 2 weeks to pick up but when I go back to get it most often they ask me to go to NSO EDSA (after waiting for hours in NSO main--take note: from 12pm to 7pm).. My question is if I won't get "new" copy of birth certificate and marriage certificate will have any problem? I'm thinking they won't mind it because applicants are paying document verification and isn't the purpose of this is to verify these NSO documents? Are those pre-screeners and/or consuls scrutinize these birth/marriage certs and if they are not "new" (since there's a paper color coding, if i'm not mistaken, but this changes every month?) will create delays? And if I get these documents, I don't know what month or date should I get since were still waiting for NOA2 (sorry if this questions are too early to ask but I want to know as early as now so I know when to start gathering these things). Your answer are greatly appreciated, thank you! Hi! You dont have to worry about your BC and your MC. Good thing you have more copies with you. You will need your originals in the US when you apply for your Social Security (they will just look at it). USEM will still conduct a document verification thru NSO and that is the pain in the ###.....Have you check things out with DELBROS for the document verification fee and procedures? Better do.....I've been through it and it sucks!!!!!! Good luck to your journey.	Poison Ivy	Female	Philippines	2008-09-18 13:26:00
Philippines	vj member	QUOTE (brianmarie @ Sep 24 2008, 05:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi to all vj member from davao city, sana eb naman tayo. Di kasi natuloy dati nag alisan na sila papunta state... I'm Marivic from El Rio village davao.. Hi Brianmarie, Sayang now lang ako come across your post. Taga Davao din ako, Matina crossing. Kaya lang am here na USA (last July 9, 2008). Sangay raba diay ta...hehe. Good luck na lang sa eb nyo. This site helped me alot during my journey. Am glad to have you guys as my friends on here.	Poison Ivy	Female	Philippines	2008-09-24 09:44:00
Philippines	What's behind your display name?	Well, my username is my radio nickname when I started as a disc jockey way back in the '80s.....Poison Ivy. But am not that bad as you think	Poison Ivy	Female	Philippines	2008-10-10 20:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How long usually for the NOA 2 to be release after the NOA 1?	QUOTE (lynn_iris @ Sep 27 2008, 10:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> [/color] Hi everyone...Just wondering how long is it going to take for NOA 2 to be release after recieving the NOA 1. K1 Fiance(é) Visa Application[color="#FF0000"] _______________________________________________________ First week of September : I-129F was sent September 10 : I-129F was recieved September 17 : Last updated September 23 : NOA 1 recieved Hi Lynn-Iris, Once you get your NOA1 the NOA2 will follow shortly. Just get ready with you passport, birth certificate and your other supporting documents.	Poison Ivy	Female	Philippines	2008-09-27 22:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129f documents to be submitted	QUOTE (jca @ Sep 18 2008, 01:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hi to all ...im still gathering all the documents needed in the I-129f ..i have question regarding the notarized documents coz its not included on the package checklist which one am i going to notarized like my Birth Cert ,passport, what else?,,,can someone help me please...thank u... The only document that needs to be notarized is the affidavit of support. And dont forget to attach the supporting documents needed (e.g. recent income tax return, bank statement, pay slip, property records and/or a letter from current employer. ) Check on this web page http://www.usavisano...eevisainfo.html. I hope you find this helpful coz my fiance worked things out on his own and.....finally I am here (July 9, 2008) and got married (aug 08). Good luck	Poison Ivy	Female	Philippines	2008-09-18 13:28:00