If you wanted my advice, you should have asked for it back at Easter time.

you pays your money you takes your chances...........

Things will fall into place. Problems always seem bigger than they are when you are trying to solve them.

and they are often made worse by poor decisions.

Something that a lot of people don't consider when they decide to AOS from the VWP, especially with an overstay, what would they do if a relative or friend got sick/died etc....

I see you point, I wouldn't like to be in her shoes.. but I am having my own problems with the US Embassy and I feel that I need to keep calm and have immense patience in order to remain sane.

There is always a way out, right?

Yup, move to the UK or another country, thus avoiding USCIS and many headaches

I am in the UK and I can't imagine immigration in the US being any worse that here

hey annabella, have you ever been outside the uk?

the uk immigration really is quite civilised compared to other parts of this big wide world

You all seem to agree on that but it has taken me a whole year to finally get my visa (CR1) and now that I finally had it.. well.. it has been stolen, together with the big myterios envelope, before going to Colorado how long do you reckon that I'll be here now? Bear in mind that I called them with what I believed to be an emergency on the 27th of September (the day before I was due to fly out and meet my husband) and I was told that all I could do was send an email and wait for an answer. I wated 8 days for an answer and all they said then was "explain how you travelled to spain without your passport". Now I am waiting again..

Are you still able to travel to the UK using just your Spanish ID card?

Trust us when we say that there is NO immigration process as hard as moving here. You need loads and loads of patience. The wheels do move slower than most other places (unless you're stuck in South africa wanting to move to Canada - 4 year wait..sucks big time!)

Yes, most countries in Europe do have ID cards but US immigration has never heard of them apparently.

I'll keep my fingers cross and pray that I can spend xmas with my hubby, I haven't seen him since May

ahhh shame, you've had your visa etc stolen, rotten luck

6 yrs ago when my usc hubs was living with me in the uk he had his laptop etc etc stolen from the boot of his car including his usa passport which contained his ILR stamp so hubs went to the immigration office in croydon and filed some more papers to get his stamp reinstated....all in all it took about two months and so hope yours is as quick.....good luck

I also had my laptop stolen.. I had it all together; laptop, passport, envelope because it was going to be my hand luggage for the US. I already have a new passport, the Spanish Consulate was really helpful. I just need to hear from the US Embassy telling me what to do to get my stamp and envelope again.

yep hubs usually keeps all his important documents at the house but he was in transit from gatwick to heathrow and i met him for lunch and it was while we went in for lunch that it was nicked

why don't you ring the usa embassy every morning....just say the person the day before told you to call back the following day...lol ...tell them anything just keep on pestering them...good luck

That is good advise Anabella from Trubrit, keep phoning them everyday.
I remember when i was pestering them a few years ago about our daughter's visa which they couldn't find.... then the lady on the phone said "Oh, here it is, it was hiding underneath my knitting" ........

Are you serious about pestering them? I am affraid that they'll be even slower if I try that..