21st July, 9.15 am
After no response from the US Consulate in Mumbai regarding our case status, Neeraj began to get worried.
So he told me that he wanted to go early Friday morning to the embassy in Worli and find out the status himself. I was telling him that its okay, maybe we will get the mail today, but he still wanted to make sure.
So I woke him up at 6.15 am IST, we talked till 6.45 am, and then he was off. The enquiry counter supposedly opens up at 8.30 am. When he got there, there were already 20 people in the queue.
The enquiry counter closes at 11 am.
I called him around 9.45 am IST, and he still had about 7 people ahead of him. We talked for 25 mins, and then he said that there were about 3 people still ahead of him in the queue, so his turn will come soon. We hung up the phone, and I went to sleep. What seemed like an eternity later, I get an SMS.
So that gives us plenty of time to be prepared.
I don’t think we really should have any problems, but this is the time that we need everyone’s blessings.
Thank you Mata Rani. Aapne bahut kuch kiya hai hamare liye.
Bas aapki duayein aur aashirwaad se yeh kaam hamara aache se ho jaayega.
Jai Mata Di!
Alvida. Jai Mata Di.

June 3rd, 2005 at 9:44 am
sahi hai Poonam…I am sure u must be really happy now. Well, good luck for all the preps:)
June 3rd, 2005 at 9:47 am
Good hai goood hai…. All the best Neeraj and Poonam!!
June 3rd, 2005 at 10:12 am
June 3rd, 2005 at 11:05 am
sab theek hi hoga Poonam, all the best to u both…….
June 3rd, 2005 at 11:11 am
Congarultaions and all the best too both of u…am sure that u will have a smooth ride now…
June 3rd, 2005 at 11:16 am
Thanks Mallika.
Now that we know when D-Day is, we should be quite prepared for it.
June 3rd, 2005 at 1:25 pm
WOW!!! Congratulations!!! Chalo chalo parttyyyy shaartty..kyunki ab toh sab kuch smooth hi jaayega..good luck with the remainder of it..ab to bahot kam baaki hai..and good luck to Neeraj for the interview. Sabkuch mast se ho jaayega :)and so Neeraj will be in US soon…acha logon se saath hamesha acha hi hota hai:):)
June 3rd, 2005 at 7:21 pm
June 4th, 2005 at 12:46 am
Good Luck

BTW what will be the venue of the Party
June 4th, 2005 at 5:12 pm
Cool. looks like you both have finally got through all the bureaucratic muddle :). Good luck to Neeraj and you with the visa interview.
June 5th, 2005 at 1:11 am
June 5th, 2005 at 5:29 pm
Finally you’re beginning to see the light at the end of the long tunnel that you have both had to go through with all the bureacratic red tape. Im sure it will all go smoothly. Wish you all the best with the interview Neeraj.
June 5th, 2005 at 7:12 pm
Definately you will have blessings from all of us
*hugss*, Neeraj will get the visa soon … 
June 6th, 2005 at 12:43 am
Good luck!
June 6th, 2005 at 1:21 am
this is a good news… :) and am sure u’ll hear another good news on that day too… Best wishes to Neeraj and u too Poonam…
June 6th, 2005 at 8:48 am
Poonam,
That is reallly a good news….am starting the week off with this good news…our prayers are with u guys for Neeraj to get the visa without any problem….
June 6th, 2005 at 10:03 am
Party ke naam se Poonam gayab ho jaati hai…
June 6th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
This is really very good news. all the best to you and Neeraj.
mujhe bhi party chahiye
June 6th, 2005 at 3:57 pm
Still working through the bureaucratic muddle Ashwin. We haven’t gotten all of the docs yet from Kanpur, Mumbai, and Lucknow.
Once that is done, we shall be ready.
Thanks for the nice words.
Thanks Puneet. We will do court marriage in US, and do our Hindu marriage in Jaipur.
Thanks Pareeka.
Still lots to finish until D-Day but it shall be completed.
Thanks Mona, Anand, and Prasad.
Thanks Indu.
I hope that the good news continue.
Gayab nahi hui hoon Ankur. Just been busy.
Good to see you after a long time Tanya. Thanks for the good words.
BTW why are you using Manpreet’s login ID to get into our site? You have your own.
But if you plan on using Manpreet’s then I will delete yours.
June 7th, 2005 at 5:16 am
hehe. actually i came online after a long long time. had forgotten my password. so had to use his id
June 7th, 2005 at 9:38 am
I will just delete yours.