Mayhem Comes to the States

[mayhem1978]

OMG OMG OMG OMG

Today is a landmark day in the Lizz and Mayhem relationsip.

We have employed the services of a lawyer to make all the correct paperwork happen for me to journey to the United States of America.


Watch this space for more info as and when it comes.

[lizzardbits]

YAY!!! This also comes in handy, *L*, as i found THEE dress.. So it would be great to have him here so we have an occation to have me wear THEE Dress (http://www.fashionsintime.com/html/tudor_wedding.html)

[Coaster]

Coooooooooool.......... hope all goes smoothly!

[imaginewithme]

Congrats and the dress is gorgeous!

[jseal]

lizzardbits,

Nice dress. Very nice indeed! :)

[PantyFanatic]

.....We have employed the services of a lawyer to make all the correct paperwork happen for me to journey to the United States of America......
OMFG! :eek:

They got you before you even got here.



<--- *Walks away remember the source of the Magna Carta as the foundation of the convoluted, abused and misused laws, shaking head and knowing he should have guessed.*

[jseal]

PantyFanatic,

Is the Magna Carta the document which states "No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned ... or in any way destroyed, ... except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice." ?

[bare4you]

Welcome to the Colonies! The dress is lovely

[dicksbro]

WELCOME

Glad to see you're going to be here. Always nice to see good people come to our shores. :)

[lizzardbits]

i'll ask that you forgive me now for this......but i have been positively DYING to say this.............................















"The British are coming!!! The British are coming!!!" ......and i am one American that is happy to be "invaded"!

Oy! I am a rotten one, aren't i?


I can't help it though, I am SOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!

[jseal]

lizzardbits,

You have every right to be excited! :D Enjoy every second of it!

[PantyFanatic]

Let’s see? Is that 4 if it flys and 1 if it lands? Or was that 2 if by sea (unless it’s a submarine, in which case it’s 3)? :confused:


* remembers they have a barrister involved…. Turns out ALL the lights and goes to bed for a loooooong time.*

[lizzardbits]

ROFLMAO!!!!^^^^^^ PF you always make me laugh

[osuche]

Woot! Great news!!! And I hope PF is wrong and it happens FAST. :D

[wyndhy]

super news!

and that is a beautiful dress, lizz

[rockintime]

Great news! Good luck...hope all goes as smoothly and quickly as possible.

[Teddy Bear]

Lizz & Mayhem,

I am so happy for you!!

Congrats and wishes for all the best!!

*hugs* ~teddy~

[mayhem1978]

Ok guys n gals,

Here is the first update.

After much tearing up of houses both here and in the US we have finally got together all the paperwork that the lawyers need. They should have that information by now and will be sending them off the USCIS shortly.

More as and when it happens

[jseal]

mayhem1978,

Yea! :) Good for you - both of you!

[fzzy]

Great news!!

[Steph]

Kudos for going through reams of paperwork for love and sex!

Mushballs times infinity! :D

[lizzardbits]

To infinity and beyond!!!!!!!!!

[lizzardbits]

Whew! After getting my taxes, back taxes, our co-sponsor's taxes, all necessary papers from my colleges, co-sponsor's job and bank papers, and signing forms, and getting copies of signed forms, I was FINALLY able to send off the last package to Mayhem's and my lawyers.
now the lawyers process it, recheck that all pertinent information is indeed there, and send off documents to my local USCIS office. approximate waiting time is 90-120 days for processing. right now (whew) the average wait for processing is 55 days.

Basically hoop number 0ne thousand four hundred twenty-seven has been lept through, we just now have another three thousand hoops to go!

Oh, yes I had to take the hard way, and boy i tell you, My hottie fiance' is sooooo worth it! :D (where's the damn cupid smilie when you need it!)

[Teddy Bear]

Everything in triplicate, dot all your 'i's, cross all your 't's, chin hair from a troll, toe nail from a.... oh no wait, thats something else.... never mind.

*blows Mayhem and Lizz good luck kisses* :)

[PantyFanatic]

.....now the lawyers process it, recheck that all pertinent information is indeed there, and send off documents to my local USCIS office. approximate waiting time is 90-120 days for processing. right now (whew) the average wait for processing is 55 days....)
Everything in triplicate, dot all your 'i's, cross all your 't's, chin hair from a troll, toe nail from a.... oh no wait, thats something else.... never mind....
I’ll give the chin hair, but she didn’t mention the pint of blood or left arm. :rolleyes:



*goes back to bed for another couple months*

[sodaklostsoul]

Well it better be 55 days..........we want that June wedding!!!!

[mayhem1978]

YAY

WHOOT WHOOT

YAY

YAY

After much paperwork the petition has finally been sent to the USCIS processing center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Now we wait for the gov to decided..

But still great news for us, we are one step closer to our dream of being together.

YAY

[Aqua]

Uhm, Mayhem... *looks left, looks right, then leans in and whispers*

It's 2006.

[Oldfart]

Dang those pesky time zones.

[lizzardbits]

Dang those pesky time zones.
LMAO^^^

well we all know that he ment 2006, and i know that although very excited when he wrote it, he was very very tired.

It was excellent when we got it, as we were both voice chatting and i was just about to leave and go take care of some mother type tasks when he said to wait. We checked our email at the same time and read the news at the same time. I think that we ended up deafening each other there for a moment as we hollered and cheered in jubilation!

I am grinning ear to ear.

now it is another game of "Hurry up and Wait" but this is a huge hoop that we have gone through now!

[jseal]

Good for both of you!

[Oldfart]

Progress is good.

[wyndhy]

here's to hoping the govn't decides quickly! 'grats!

[scotzoidman]

LMAO^^^


now it is another game of "Hurry up and Wait" but this is a huge hoop that we have gone through now!
I can appreciate how just getting thru "the hoop" is a big deal, but I also know that waiting on beauracracy to make a decision is like waiting for paint to dry...


...on a cold day...



...with 100% humidity...



...& a lack of drying agents in the mix...

[mayhem1978]

whoops.

Yeah a combination of excitement and being v v v tired leads to lots of typos... Ah well you all knew what i meant anyways :D Very happy YAY

[LixyChick]

(((((Lizz & Mayhem)))))

My best wishes for a speedy okie dokie from the powers that hold the hoops!

[dicksbro]

For the two of you ... our very best wishes ...

[Coaster]

Do you know how slooooooooow things get done in Lincoln , Nebraska???

It would have been quicker for Mayhem to fly to Mexico and walk across the border!!!

[imaginewithme]

WOOO WHOOOO

I'm so happy for you guys!!! Not much longer now!

[lizzardbits]

Dicksbro~ that brought tears to my eyes, thank you so very very very much!

Coaster~ Actually out of the processing centers around the US, Lincoln is one of the faster ones.

As of today the average processing for the Lincoln center for our lawyers' cases is 58.30 days.

Alas, there won't be a June wedding like I wanted (I wanted to get married before June 29th, my 30th b-day) Perhaps a nice fall wedding when it isn't too hot and humid.

Thank you All for your love and support, and keep keepin' you fingers crossed for us :D

[Teddy Bear]

Thinking maybe get those hoops after ya jump through em and put them to good use: hoop skirt, basketball hoop, train Mayhems cat to jump thru it like the lion in the circus, use it to frame a wedding picture, etc
:)

[Lilith]

http://weddings.about.com/od/traditionscolorsthemes/a/fallwedding.htm
http://www.foreverwed1.com/articles/themes/024554b.html
http://www.askginka.com/themes/autumntheme.htm
http://www.superweddings.com/fallwinterchristmas.html
http://www.weddinggazette.com/content/004253.shtml

[mayhem1978]

Ok wonderful friends,

The USCIS has recieved all our documents and they are now sitting in a room somewhere....the quoted wait time is 90-120 days BUT according to our lawyers the average wait currently stands at 60 days.

All good fun, Once they have said yes it is then my turn to jump through all the hoops here.. medical, visit to the embassy in london, plane tickets, cat transport etc.

Totally worth it though.

At the time of writing we stand at day 8

Its getting closer

[TinTennessee]

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

[sodaklostsoul]

It's a long process, but getting closer, and the wait is worth it! :)

[rockintime]

Mayhem...where they asked about organizations you are affiliated with, I hope you remembered to put: "Pixies MEMBER in good STANDING". That should help to make your application RISE to the top of the stack.

[sodaklostsoul]

*snicker*

[mayhem1978]

Ok so i got an e-mail from USCIS today saying that they have transferred our case from one office to another.. We are not sure yet why this is but looking on another forum to do with it a lot of people have had the same issue.

I am waiting on a reply from my lawyer to see if they know whats going on... all is still moving though

[sodaklostsoul]

Did the other forum mention how long it took after being transfered?

/me waits with pen in hand so I can mark the calendar for Mayhem's arrival. (Better yet, for the wedding of Lizz and Mayhem!!!!) :D

[mayhem1978]

Sadly no, we are not even sure why it was transferred. I have sent an e-mail to our lawyer asking them to find out whats going on. As soon as i find anything out i will be posting :D

[PantyFanatic]

You have to submit Form T-92847713973-a, (in quad triplicate, notarized by a witch doctor from Haiti, before two heads of Parliament, with the seal of the Vatican) within 30 days of the first high tide before the last Tuesday in spring, requesting Form T-92847713973-b that will provide you with the proper request for case location from the 2nd clerk in the Department of FUGOWE. :cool:

[lizzardbits]

Boy, you smacked the nail right on the head there, PantyFanatic!

[jseal]

mayhem1978,

Hang in there sir! Everyone here is pulling for you!

[imaginewithme]

What's the latest???

/fingers crossed

[lizzardbits]

Today I got the second official notice that our case was transferred. It feels like it is on the same kind of paper that $$ USD are made out of, complete with watermarks "Department of Homeland Security" and green tinted paper.

as of today we are on day 52 of a projected 90-120 day wait..... time marches on......

HOWEVER!!!! Tickets are now booked and confirmed for a month visit over in the UK :D I am so Flippin excited!!! I get to see my love on the 27th of July :D:D:D

[sodaklostsoul]

Awwwww cool Lizz.......hugs to you both!!!

[musicman]

that's great Lizz...some good news amongst the waiting...!!!! :D

[Oldfart]

A month on England!

Just remember that you want your beer chilled and your lover warm, not the other way.

[mayhem1978]

Ah all is getting better finally..

All petitions like ours had been held up due to a new act called IMBRA. International Marrage Brokers Regulation Act. Basically its there to protect ppl but it means that everything got held up while they argue about what the form should look like.

Yesterday (June 29th) our lawyers recieved a request for evidence from USCIS. About 10,000 people are getting these to comply with the new law. Bacically Lizz has to tick a box saying we didnt meat through an online dating service and sign and return. Hopefully once they get it we will be processed very quickly.

Oh and btw SHES GONNA VISIT ME YAY

[jseal]

Ah all is getting better finally ...

... Oh and btw SHES GONNA VISIT ME YAY
mayhem1978 & lizzardbits,

Good for you! :)

[imaginewithme]

Just a little closer!!!!! :spin:

[lizzardbits]

I hop on a plane on the 26th of July and then land in the UK on their morning of the 27th. I come back on Aug 23----wooo hooo I get to really really for real make love to my love

[Lost]

Bacically Lizz has to tick a box saying we didnt meat through an online dating service and sign and return.



WHAT?!?! Pixies isnt an online dating service?!?!?!


lol, glad things are progressing

[Steph]

LOL Lost

Why in the hell do they care how you met? I think a dating service is as legitimate as a blind date or any other way of meeting.

[mayhem1978]

Steph:

Basically they have been having a rash of "mail order brides" come into the US, get married and then file for divorce on the grounds of abuse and this law is to protect them. All marrage brokers have to be registered with the USCIS, if they aint....no visa

[mayhem1978]

Ahem **cough cough**


WE GOT APPROVED

yay yay yay yay

**Does the happy dance**

We got back from playing tourist to the following e-mail

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status:

This case has been approved. On August 18, 2006, an approval notice was
mailed. If 30 days have passed and you have not received this notice,
you may wish to verify or update your address. To update your address,
please speak to an Immigration Information Officer during business
hours.


There is more to the message but its just the usual dont reply etc.....

Now things move quicker for us all and the ball is back into my court. Medical and Interview at London are next in line...

Here we go..

[Lilith]

Hot Damn!!!

[PantyFanatic]

:thumbs:

[musicman]

Excellent! :D

[dicksbro]

WONDERFUL NEWS! Happy for you, Mayhem! When do you expect to come on over?

[wyndhy]

sweeeeeeeet!!

[Scarecrow]

Hoping everything else is easy to get thru.




:nana: :cheers:

[Lost]

woohoo!!
glad to hear!

[sodaklostsoul]

:line: :line: :line:

[Steph]

come on over?

I can hear DB saying this :D

Congrats, guys!

How quickly a month flies, eh?

[nikki1979]

YAYAYYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYYYYYYYYYY



oh did i say YAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[osuche]

Congrats, you two!!

[mayhem1978]

Well....

Yet another step has been taken. Our case has been recieved by the National Visa Centre. This is the final step before it hits UK soil. This is really good things are speeding up.

On a side note 4 years ago on 7th Sept 2002 i was married for the first time. I have always hated that date but now its a reason to celebrate

:line:

[sodaklostsoul]

WOW....that's great!!!! So there could be a Christmas wedding?

[imaginewithme]

Wow, not much longer til you two can be together in eachothers arms every single day.

[mayhem1978]

WOW....that's great!!!! So there could be a Christmas wedding?
Soda we hope so it depends on the UK Embassy now.

Wow, not much longer til you two can be together in eachothers arms every single day.
Dont i know it :D:D:D :cabbagep:

[Lost]

woohoo!!!
and let me ad a YAYYYYYYY tooo

[lizzardbits]

I say Wooo Hooo and Yaaaaaaaaaaaay, too!

[jseal]

mayhem1978 & lizzardbits

Good for you both! :)

[Aqua]

WheeeeeHooooooooo!

You two will be together before you know it!

WoOt!

[Oldfart]

You realise that this is just a ploy to teach you patience.

Glad it's progressing well.

[lizzardbits]

You realise that this is just a ploy to teach you patience.

Glad it's progressing well.
.....and patience is NOT one of my best virtues...

yes we are learning it well. November 14th will be 2 years since we started talking in Pixies Chat. 2 years and I never get tired of talking to the man that I love *sigh* How I loves me Mayhem! :loveshowe

[sodaklostsoul]

OMG....it's been 2 years already? WOW!! Time went fast.

[Lost]

it makes me happy to know I pointed you towards Pixies and you met a great person here LEEEEEEEEEEEEEZARD, YAYYYYYY for pixies love connections!

[sodaklostsoul]

Any word yet?

[Oldfart]

Yeah huh??

[lizzardbits]

Psssst..... there are some things afoot that are happening, mateys......


Surprises




mystery




suspense......




.............I'll tell ya soon.........










OH and by the way, I am BACK ONLINE!!!!

[Steph]

WHY THE SUSPENSE?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

Tell us! Please!?! Pretty please?

[lizzardbits]

I am going to start a whole new thread and I'll tell ya : )~~~<

[jseal]

Way to go! :thumbs:

[lizzardbits]

thanks guys! :D:D:D:D:D

[lizzardbits]

Resurrecting this thread!

After a long and arduous paperwork filing, medical exam taking, fee paying, more paperwork filing, more fee paying, journey we are finally soon to be at the final hurdle for Mayhem, Baby and I to move back to the States.

On November 14, 4 years to the day we "met" in Pixies chat, we have our visa interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is a good possibility that we could be in the States before Christmas! We *just* got the appointment letter in the post about an hour ago! I thought that it was a bit appropriate that Pixies should be the 1st to know!

*insert the Happy Happy Joy Joy song here*

[Lilith]

Awesome. I am sure your family here in the states will be so happy to have you home.

[Oldfart]

Not before bloody time!

[gekkogecko]

Ren & Stimpy would approve.

[jseal]

lizzardbits & Mayhem,

Congratulations! :thumbs:

[Scarecrow]

:line:

That is good to hear, hope all goes well and it is a white Christmass in the states. best of luck to all of you.

[dicksbro]

Happy for the two of you! We'll keep praying that everything works out! :thumbs:

[Booger]

Dose this mean you'll be able to make it to PAGAN 09 in Michigan?

[IowaMan]

Now, when you say "the states", do you mean the Hawkeye state? :wish:

[Lost]

WOOHOO!!!!!!

cant wait to see ya again .. and to meet him in person finaly

[sodaklostsoul]

Congrats!!!!

Hey Lost, mayhem is really cool!!!! Kiddo liked his accent.

[wyndhy]

sweeEEEeeet
i'll be hopin for the best for you guys

[Loulabelle]

Yay you three! I'm so happy for you both.

Hehehe - will you have to tell them how the two of you met?! :D

[Teddy Bear]

How'd the interview thingy go on the 4th?

And where are you now?

[dicksbro]

We're all ready to meet the Mayhem family ...

http://members.cox.net/cowboyswin/TickerTapeParade.jpg

[lizzardbits]

We are 98% there to having Mayhem's visa! We had the interview, which was pretty much making sure that our reams and reams of paperwork was in order. We filled out one wrong form and need one extra bit of information that the right form requires. Good news is that it sounds like we do NOT have to go back to London and wait 982345687345 hours with a squirmy 10 month old baby in a hot and crowded waiting room.

We send the correct forms and info off to London and Mayhem's passport, and hopefully within a few days it is returned with his visa.

If that is the case, we are hoping to be back before Christmas, but as a friend of mine said to me "regardless, Lizz, you'll be back before Spring" Which is true as MY visa runs out in April.

What a rollercoaster ride! But, hey, it makes a heck of a story to tell the grandkids, eh?! :D

[IowaMan]

.....but as a friend of mine said to me "regardless, Lizz, you'll be back before Spring" Which is true as MY visa runs out in April.

I tell you what sweetie, with the way the weather has been around here the last couple of years, "Spring" could be at least May. :yikes:

Can't wait to have you back though. :nod:

[lizzardbits]

honestly--I miss huge snowdrifts! but I am sure that I will change my mind as soon as we get there, lol!

[gekkogecko]

Stop by the DC area on your ways out west.

[Teddy Bear]

Stop by the DC area on your ways out west.

If your stopping there might as well drop by RI too... :D

What airport would you possibly land at?









*hugs*..... only kidding, I know your in a hurry to get 'home' and get settled. :)

[gekkogecko]

Hey, it's still a legit question.

[lizzardbits]

we are looking at flights that go straight from london to chicago o'hare with my family picking us up in the new (to us) teal Lizzardbitsmobile for the hop over to Ia. makes for a longer car ride, but shorter flight times for us and an already toddling (!) baby.

we'd love to meet and greet, perhaps the 09 PAGAN? Mayhem has always wanted to see DC...its nice in the spring with the cherry blossoms, perhaps a road trip this or next spring? :D

[Oldfart]

Sounds good. What's the latest on PAGAN09? Or will it be a PIP09 leading to a PAGAN10?

[lizzardbits]

OOoooo It looks like we will have a definate answer tomorrow! We'll see what the delivery man brings! (fingers crossed, wood knocked on, hopin' and a praying!)


we will keep you posted!!

[PantyFanatic]

:cabbagep: YAAAAA! :cabbagep:

Not bad. :) Only THREE FRIGGEN YEARS for the "gears of progress (http://www.pixies-place.com:81/forums/showthread.php?t=26943&page=1&pp=15)" to suck you in, grind you up and plop you out the other end. :fart: Sorry the land of laws "of the people, by the people and for the people" has such slow moving people :faint: .... but it's still the best available and worth the wait. :thumbs:



me/ *runs to stack chord wood next to the garage for the wood burner as welcoming gift*

[dicksbro]

FANTASTIC!
Finally, something really good happening right here in Illinois! :)
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[lizzardbits]

WE GOT IT!!!

Looks like we'll be home for Christmas!

[Scarecrow]

:line:
:line:
:line:

glad to hear the good news. Now if you can just get home with the snow already falling.

[dicksbro]

I've asked that there be a lot of airplanes full of people there in Chicago as well as terminals full of people as a sign of how happy we are that you're arriving. You'll have to let us know if they dd as I asked. :D

[Aqua]

:line: :line:

Congratulations!!

[Oldfart]

WE GOT IT!!!

Looks like we'll be home for Christmas!

Now all you need to do is warn Mayhem of the little things, you know, drive on the right, look left first as you cross the road, entree is not the little bit at the beginning of the meal, biscuits and gravy is neither.

[Lost]

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Gratz!!

[Coaster]

Well AMEN!!!!

Hope the rest of your journey is uneventful!!!!!

Give us a shout when you're about and Merry Christmas!!! :D

[lizzardbits]

We booked our flight!


http://www.airlines-and-airliners.org.uk/images/virgin-atlantic-airways.jpg

we will definately be back before Christmas!

[PantyFanatic]

:nana: :line: :nana:

We are all so happy to hear this we are sending our charter flight service to get you here as soon as possible. :thumbs:



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[mayhem1978]

What can I say that hasnt already?

I am very glad that the wait is finally over and the result is the one we wanted. Its going to be a frantic couple of weeks but we will make it through.

PF no offence but I think we will take the jet. Should get us there a little quicker :P

[Coaster]

geeeees PF..... mayhem is so ungrateful!!!! :D

[Oldfart]

Coaster, I flew in a Ford Tri-motor in 2003 at an airshow.

If you hop on now, you'll hit the states in time for Easter 2010.

Stick with the jet.

BTW, the other thing to get used to in the USA is the whole 110/220 volt thing.

[sodaklostsoul]

Congrats to the Mayhem's!!!!!

[shadowsfate]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I heard from a little birdy earlier today that Mayhem, Lizzardbits, and little Mayhem made it safe and sound to the US on Dec 16th.

[jseal]

:thumbs:

[PantyFanatic]

:line: YAAAAAAA for the Mayhems

[Oldfart]

What he said.^^^^^^^^.

Dual Nationals? Makes visiting the inlaws easier.

[PantyFanatic]

So will that be something they do or don't want? :confused:






:rofl:

[Oldfart]

Yes.

[PantyFanatic]

I thought so. :)

[Oldfart]

Ah tole you so.

[dicksbro]

Are we happy bunch of Pixies or what!! Did you bring us anything? :)

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[Oldfart]

A 232 year tax bill?

[FlirtWithMe]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I heard from a little birdy earlier today that Mayhem, Lizzardbits, and little Mayhem made it safe and sound to the US on Dec 16th.Great news :line:

Glad you all got there safely, and I'm SO HAPPY I got to meet you guys in person when we '08 PIE before you flew away to your new life :thumbs: Hugs to you both, and a squeeze for little Mayhem :wave:

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[sodaklostsoul]

Awsome!!!

[gekkogecko]

So, now there's even more mayhem in the 'States.