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Woohoo! Welcome to Philadelphia! :D I'm just about 30 minutes west of the city, but I mass transit in by SEPTA. Yay! I also need to try out Jim's.

Nini - Vancouver BC, Canada (she's the one who does the forum thing)

Bee - Devon PA, USA (he's the one who gave her the shiny ring)

Getting our sanity tested by bureaucracy since 2007.

Here we go again...

Removal of conditions @ VSC

9/4/2010 - sent!

9/14/2010 - NOA

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Hey Guys, just figured I'd keep you all up to date. I am FINALLY in Philadelphia :) I actually got here last Saturday but was sick the entire first week I was here (feeling better now :) ).

I know some of you were wondering how I made out with my medical (with my delayed HIV test results, re-testing and what not). I finally got them Fedex-ed to me, and sent them to Montreal (they didn't need the X-Ray) and then Montreal sat on it for a good week and a half and eventually sent it back to me. And the next day, I moved! So it was all kind of quick (once we received it anyways).

The border crossing (POE: Peace Bridge) wasn't anything too scary. Just had to wait for about 1.5 - 2 hours for them to finish processing me and they were nice enough to let my husband be with me throughout that part. It was actually the nicest border crossing I ever had. The longest, but nicest. Even got an offical welcome handshake (ooo, ahhh :))

Right now I'm in vacation mode, but as soon as I find a job, I'm sure that will stop quite abrubtly :P

And that's the scoop :)

--Kerri

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Hey Guys, just figured I'd keep you all up to date. I am FINALLY in Philadelphia :) I actually got here last Saturday but was sick the entire first week I was here (feeling better now :) ).

I know some of you were wondering how I made out with my medical (with my delayed HIV test results, re-testing and what not). I finally got them Fedex-ed to me, and sent them to Montreal (they didn't need the X-Ray) and then Montreal sat on it for a good week and a half and eventually sent it back to me. And the next day, I moved! So it was all kind of quick (once we received it anyways).

The border crossing (POE: Peace Bridge) wasn't anything too scary. Just had to wait for about 1.5 - 2 hours for them to finish processing me and they were nice enough to let my husband be with me throughout that part. It was actually the nicest border crossing I ever had. The longest, but nicest. Even got an offical welcome handshake (ooo, ahhh :))

Right now I'm in vacation mode, but as soon as I find a job, I'm sure that will stop quite abrubtly :P

And that's the scoop :)

--Kerri

Welcome to Philly!! Are you actually in the city? I'm a little bit north of Philly. Glad to hear it all went well at the POE!!

K-1

I-129F sent to Vermont: 2/19/08

NOA1: 2/21/08

NOA2: 3/10/08

Packet 3 recd: 3/25/08

Packet 3 sent: 4/18/08

Appt letter recd: 6/16/08

Interview at Montreal Consulate: 7/10/08 **APPROVED!!**

K1 recd: 7/15/08

US Entry at Buffalo, New York: 11/15/08

Wedding in Philadelphia: 11/22/08

AOS

AOS/EAD/AP filed at Chicago Lockbox: 12/17/08

NOA: 12/29/08

Case transferred to CSC: 1/7/09

AOS Approval: 4/2/09

Biometrics appt: 1/16/09

EAD received: 3/12/09

AP received: 3/13/09

AOS approval notice sent: 4/2/09

GC received: 4/9/09

ROC

Sent package to VSC: 1/5/11

NOA1: 1/7/11

Biometrics: 2/14/11

Approval letter received: 8/1/11

GC received: 8/11/11

Citizenship:

N-400 sent to Dallas lockbox: 3/1/12

NOA1: 3/6/12

Biometrics: 4/9/12

Interview: 5/25/12

Oath Ceremony: 6/4/2012

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Congrats hun! I'm sorry to hear that you were sick your first week, but I'm sure it was a bit better having your hubby there to take care of you :)

:star:

Jen

~She's my Lion~
~He's my Puppy~

[size=5]Our Timeline[/size]

05/05/08 - Sent I-129F to VSC
05/14/08 - NOA1
09/01/08 - NOA2
09/11/08 - Petition received by US Consulate in Montreal
09/20/08 - Received Packet 3
10/02/08 - Packet 3 delivered to MTL
10/16/08 - Medical in Halifax
01/15/09 - Interview in Montreal
01/20/09 - Visa in Hand
02/03/09 - Fly to US - POE Halifax NS
03/06/09 - Wedding in Yanceyville, NC

AOS
4/24/09 - Sent AOS package (after too many delays!)
4/27/09 - Signed for in Chicago
5/05/09 - Check cashed and all three NOA1's in the mail
5/14/09 - Received Biometrics appointment letter - Appointment is June 2nd.
6/2/09 - Biometrics at Raleigh field office - they were some of the nicest people :)
6/18/09 - EAD approved and card production ordered
6/20/09- received AP papers in the mail
6/22/09 EAD card arrived in the mail (that was fast eh?)
7/09/09 - received notice of GC appointment date
8/07/09 - Green Card interview at Raleigh Field office at 8:45am - Given RFE for I-693 Vaccination suppliment
9/08/09 - returned RFE to field office. Approved for Green Card
9/09/09 - Received email that Card production had been ordered.
9/17/09 - Green Card in the mail - No more USCIS until June, 2011 :D

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Yay for you finally being there! I hope the hubby took good care of you while you were sick, but I imagine he would have. Glad to hear everything went well at the boarder as well.

~*~*~Steph and Wes~*~*~
Married: 2010-01-20

ROC: (for the complete timeline click on my timeline button, the signature was getting too long!)
I-751 Sent: 2015-05-22
NOA1 Notice Date: 2015-05-27
NOA1 Received: 2015-06-06
Biometrics Notice Date: 2015-06-27
Biometrics Date: 2015-07-17

Interview Notice Date: 2015-07-28

Interview Date: ​2015-09-01
Approval Date:
Approval Notice Date:


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Happy to hear things all worked out in the end. Best of luck and many happy days ahead with your husband. :D

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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Welcome to Philly!! Are you actually in the city? I'm a little bit north of Philly. Glad to hear it all went well at the POE!!
Yup, centre city baby! (now don't get too excited, it's a tiny studio lol)

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone :)

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Hey I know I am late on the game for you welcome however I jsut came across this thread!! Welcome to Philly!! I live in Delaware just a bit south of Philly, though I do go into the city quite often!! Glad you had a safe journey! :star:

K-1 Visa

Event Date

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Montreal, Canada

I-129F Sent : 2008-12-03

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-12-16

CHECK CASHED: 2008-12-18

TOUCHED: 2008-12-23

I-129F RFE(s) : NONE

I-129F NOA2 : 2009-04-06

NVC Left : 2009-04-13

Consulate Received : 2009-04-15

Packet 3 Mailed: 2009-04-17

Packet 3 Received : 2009-04-22

Packet 3 Sent : 2009-04-23

Packet 3 Received in Montreal: 2009-04-27

Medical : 2009-04-27

Packet 4 Received : 2009-06-08

Interview Date : 2009-07-08 Approved!

Visa Received : 2009-07-10

US Entry : 2009-07-16

Marriage : 2009-07-24

Comments : Church Wedding and Celebration on November 14, 2009.

Having civil wedding because need AP for trip to Ireland planned December 2009, couldn't risk not being able to go so civil wedding before the church wedding.

AOS, EAD and AP

CIS Office : Dover DE

Date Filed : 2009-07-29

Check Cashed: 2009-08-07

NOA Date : 2009-08-06

RFE(s) :

Received Bio Appt Notice: 2009-08-20

Bio. Appt. : 2009-08-31

AOS Transfer** : 2009-08-24

Interview Date : NONE

AP/EAD Approved: 2009-09-21

AOS Approved:2009-10-02

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Oooo Delaware :D Do I hear no sales tax calling my name?

Congrats and welcome to Philly and the Tri State Area!

Center city eh, plenty to do and see! Have a blast! :thumbs:

****ROC VSC****

Submitted I-751: 3/9/11

NOA1: 3/15/11

Biometrics Appointment:5/2/11

Early Bio Walk-In: 4/8/11

Approved: 9/23/11

Green Card Received: 9/30/11

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