Thursday, February 19, 2009
Consulate Appointment, USCIS & FOIA request
February 10th
So today I checked the website like I always do and Bam! There was the number! I called Bobby and told him to go look. He said he'd call as soon as they opened. I couldn't wait. He called and made an appointment for March 6th! I couldn't believe it was that soon. So then we checked the status of our FOIA request and we were still #640. Don't think we'll jump up that much in less than a month. So we called the USCIS to see if we could pay to get bumped and they said they don't do that except for death or imprisonment. The guy did say though that the average for our type of request is 6-9 months, so we've already exceeded that, which I think is good. At least he didn't say the average is like 4 years or something. Hmmm...but I'm trying to stay positive. It's supposed to happen this way, right? And it's not so bad because if we have to wait a little longer that just means we can both apply at the same time, which would be easier anyway. So maybe that's what we're supposed to do, but you know I wouldn't intentionally wait. I'd have to be forced, which is exactly what is happening. So it's not so bad. So now we have a new website we're checking every day to see the status of our fate.
So today I checked the website like I always do and Bam! There was the number! I called Bobby and told him to go look. He said he'd call as soon as they opened. I couldn't wait. He called and made an appointment for March 6th! I couldn't believe it was that soon. So then we checked the status of our FOIA request and we were still #640. Don't think we'll jump up that much in less than a month. So we called the USCIS to see if we could pay to get bumped and they said they don't do that except for death or imprisonment. The guy did say though that the average for our type of request is 6-9 months, so we've already exceeded that, which I think is good. At least he didn't say the average is like 4 years or something. Hmmm...but I'm trying to stay positive. It's supposed to happen this way, right? And it's not so bad because if we have to wait a little longer that just means we can both apply at the same time, which would be easier anyway. So maybe that's what we're supposed to do, but you know I wouldn't intentionally wait. I'd have to be forced, which is exactly what is happening. So it's not so bad. So now we have a new website we're checking every day to see the status of our fate.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Consulate website
December 19th
So we've been checking the consulate's website every day to see if there are any new updates. For a while it said that appointments were all booked up for the remainder of 2008 and to check the website for updates on 2009 appointment availability or something like that. I changed a few weeks ago to say that appointments are booked for 2008 and they are in the process of creating a new system to schedule appointments by phone starting in February of 2009. And of course....to check the website for updates. So I'm still checking every day. I wonder when our appointment will be?
On another note we also have not received the document yet from the USCIS. Going by Bobby's prediction we should have received mid November. Oh well. No rush obviously.
So we've been checking the consulate's website every day to see if there are any new updates. For a while it said that appointments were all booked up for the remainder of 2008 and to check the website for updates on 2009 appointment availability or something like that. I changed a few weeks ago to say that appointments are booked for 2008 and they are in the process of creating a new system to schedule appointments by phone starting in February of 2009. And of course....to check the website for updates. So I'm still checking every day. I wonder when our appointment will be?
On another note we also have not received the document yet from the USCIS. Going by Bobby's prediction we should have received mid November. Oh well. No rush obviously.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Census Documents
October 26th - Today I checked the mail and our census documents were in there! The certification looked sort of like an apostille. Yay!
Translation
October 17th - Today I mailed all the stuff to Laura.
October 20th - Laura emailed to say she got everything and it'd be $390 - $30 per document.
October 20th - Laura emailed to say she got everything and it'd be $390 - $30 per document.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Translator
October 13th
Today I emailed a woman named Laura, she called back and left me a lovely VM and then I called her back and we finally talked. She was the nicest lady ever and had such a beautiful accent. I am going to the post office today to send her all of our documents. $35 a document! Ouch. She did say she'd give us a discount.
Today I emailed a woman named Laura, she called back and left me a lovely VM and then I called her back and we finally talked. She was the nicest lady ever and had such a beautiful accent. I am going to the post office today to send her all of our documents. $35 a document! Ouch. She did say she'd give us a discount.
Census Docs
September 30th
So today we sat down together and ordered the census documents online. It still seems unreal. Like they're going to write back and say they don't have them or they won't give them to us. This all seems unreal and I'm sure we'll feel that way up until we're holding our passports....
So today we sat down together and ordered the census documents online. It still seems unreal. Like they're going to write back and say they don't have them or they won't give them to us. This all seems unreal and I'm sure we'll feel that way up until we're holding our passports....
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