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  1. 1. How close/far away are/were you from your American/Canadian significant other?

    • I can see them out my window! (0-100 km/miles)
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    • It's like a short drive into the next town (100-500 km/miles)
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    • It's a long drive across the countries (500-1000 km/miles)
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    • Almost to the other side of the world. I need an airplane trip. (1000+ km/miles)
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Beth and John Collaborator

Beth and John   7

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I love the Plain White T's. :)

Me too :)

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Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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Married2009 Proficient

Married2009   32

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He's in Calgary, I'm in Houston - 1737 miles - or at least that's what the onepass gives me for mileage. 4 hour flight.

Married: 01/02/09

I-130 filed: 11/06/09

NOA1: 11/13/09

NOA2: 02/11/10

NVC received: 02/18/10

Case complete @ NVC: 04/14/10

Interview @ Montreal: 07/13/10 - Approved

POE: Sweetgrass, MT, 08/07/10

Filed for ROC: 07/20/12

Biometrics appt: 08/24/12

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Arabella   4

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We lived 1,279 miles apart. Luckily the Buffalo airport has a 2.5 hour nonstop flight to Orlando, and the tickets are really cheap, so visiting wasn't ever an issue for us.

Now we're together of course since he moved here last night! :dance:

02.09.2007- Met online (EverQuest 2)

07.11.2008- Met in person (Orlando)

02.14.2009- Got engaged (Toronto)

K-1

03.13.2009- NOA 1

08.24.2009- NOA 2

11.20.2009- Montreal Interview Approved!!

02.01.2010- POE @ Lewiston Bridge

02.25.2010- Applied for SS#

04.29.2010- Beach Wedding!!

AOS

05.27.2010- NOA 1 for I-131, I-485 & I-765

06.18.2010- I-485 transferred to CSC

06.21.2010- Biometrics

07.22.2010- EAD & AP approved

10.28.2010- RFE for I-485- They lost our medical!

12.09.2010- Green Card in hand!

ROC

09.14.2012- Mailed I-751 to VSC

10.26.2012- Biometrics

04.11.2013- 10 Year Green Card approved! No interview :)

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Beth and John   7

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Now we're together of course since he moved here last night! :dance:

Aww.... congrats!!!

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Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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ICEMAN KK   0

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I am in Phoenix, AZ and she is in Edmonton so pretty far. Luckily, we have been good about catching airfare sales on travel websites. Still, very expensive relationship, but worth every penny :D

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Wyatt's Torch   45

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I am in Phoenix, AZ and she is in Edmonton so pretty far. Luckily, we have been good about catching airfare sales on travel websites. Still, very expensive relationship, but worth every penny :D

Wow! Talk about moving from one weather extreme to the other! She'll be used to minus-40 and will have to get used to plus-40...

Married: 07-03-09

I-130 filed: 08-11-09

NOA1: 09-04-09

NOA2: 10-01-09

NVC received: 10-14-09

Opted In to Electronic Processing: 10-19-09

Case complete @ NVC: 11-13-09

Interview assigned: 01-22-10 (70 days between case complete and interview assignment)

Medical in Vancouver: 01-28-10

Interview @ Montreal: 03-05-10 -- APPROVED!

POE @ Blaine (Pacific Highway): 03-10-10

3000 mile drive from Vancouver to DC: 03-10-10 to 3-12-10

Green card received: 04-02-10

SSN received: 04-07-10

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Mailed I-751: 12-27-11

Arrived at USCIS: 12-29-11

I-751 NOA1: 12-30-11 Check cashed: 01-04-12

Biometrics: 02-24-12

10-year GC finally approved: 12-20-12

Received 10-year GC: 01-10-13

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Better to be very overprepared than even slightly underprepared!

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kaya541   1

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"Hey There Delilah" - I still love hearing that song, even though we are much closer now.

Originally I lived in southern Oregon, so it was a 550 mile or 10 hour drive to Chilliwack, BC. We got to see each other once a month for a year. Then I moved to Washington as close to the Canadian border as I could get (north of Bellingham) and now we are just 35 miles apart!

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bowflex   0

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Wife lived in Windsor, I lived within 30-40 minutes of Detroit so I usually made it over there in about an hour, including border waiting times :)

My wife has been back since June 5, 2007. Now we're just livin' man, L I V I N :)

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JlovesA   109

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I don't know how many miles it is because it's impossible to drive. I live in Iqaluit, Nunavut and he's near Detroit. Thank goodness he's so far north in the States, or I'd be literally travelling across the continent!

For me I have to take a 3-hour flight to Ottawa, then I can drive or fly to Detroit. It's not cheap, either. Round trip flights from Iqaluit to Ottawa run at approximately $1300.

We grew up less than 2 hours away (I'm from SW Ontario) and I plan to move back to my hometown once the ball gets rolling on our K1.

Wife lived in Windsor, I lived within 30-40 minutes of Detroit so I usually made it over there in about an hour, including border waiting times

Where abouts are you? I'll be moving to Ann Arbor.

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Met: December 2009

Married: April 2015

Received CR-1 visa: February 2017

POE (as IR-1): April 2017

Oath ceremony: November 2020

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kizza   1

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Now we're together of course since he moved here last night! :dance:

Oh!! How exciting!

Congrats!

AoS Process

AoS/EAD/AP file sent: 2011-02-16

Received: 2011-02-17

NOA: 2011-02-22

Touched: 2011-02-24

Hard copy NOAs received : 2011-02-28

Biometrics letter received: 2011-02-28

Biometrics appt: 2011-03-17

EAD & AP approved: 2011-04-28

AOS appt: 2011-05-12 (notice sent April 6) APPROVED :)

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kizza   1

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Delilah I can promise you

That by the time we get through

The world will never ever be the same

And you're to blame

Oh it's what you do to me

Oh it's what you do to me

Oh it's what you do to me

Oh it's what you do to me

What you do to me.

I love the Plain White T's. :)

:) I love that song!

Now I have it in my head YAY!

For me I have to take a 3-hour flight to Ottawa, then I can drive or fly to Detroit. It's not cheap, either. Round trip flights from Iqaluit to Ottawa run at approximately $1300.

I cant believe how pricey that is!

You can find a deal to go to Australia for that.

AoS Process

AoS/EAD/AP file sent: 2011-02-16

Received: 2011-02-17

NOA: 2011-02-22

Touched: 2011-02-24

Hard copy NOAs received : 2011-02-28

Biometrics letter received: 2011-02-28

Biometrics appt: 2011-03-17

EAD & AP approved: 2011-04-28

AOS appt: 2011-05-12 (notice sent April 6) APPROVED :)

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Beth and John Collaborator

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I don't know how many miles it is because it's impossible to drive. I live in Iqaluit, Nunavut and he's near Detroit. Thank goodness he's so far north in the States, or I'd be literally travelling across the continent!

For me I have to take a 3-hour flight to Ottawa, then I can drive or fly to Detroit. It's not cheap, either. Round trip flights from Iqaluit to Ottawa run at approximately $1300.

We grew up less than 2 hours away (I'm from SW Ontario) and I plan to move back to my hometown once the ball gets rolling on our K1.

Where abouts are you? I'll be moving to Ann Arbor.

We will be neighbors (kinda), you guys! I live in the Lansing area, but really closer to Howell now, North of Ann Arbor :)

JlovesA ... are you a University of Michigan fan?

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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La Souris   19

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Montréal to Boston is a relatively short drive, a little over 500 km ~ as long as you do not get stuck in the traffic and that it's not a long weekend (because the wait is at the border then). There are two highways to go (89 or 91 to the 93) and the views are nice in the mountains of Vermont and NH.

Flights are horribly expensive, I've never seen it under $400, and it would save me a limited amount of time (airports are on the other side of where I live in Montreal, and in Boston... - then, time for the security checks and all). Oh, and the cheapest flights were going to Toronto first (!)

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bowflex   0

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Where abouts are you? I'll be moving to Ann Arbor.

Not too far from there, we're in Auburn Hills :)

My wife has been back since June 5, 2007. Now we're just livin' man, L I V I N :)

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JlovesA   109

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We will be neighbors (kinda), you guys! I live in the Lansing area, but really closer to Howell now, North of Ann Arbor :)

JlovesA ... are you a University of Michigan fan?

I had never heard of it before I met A, but I think it's a pre-requisite for moving to Ann Arbor. :lol:

When we met he gave me a Michigan flag and t-shirt...training me early, I guess. haha

Small world, isn't it! I really like that area of Michigan!

Met: December 2009

Married: April 2015

Received CR-1 visa: February 2017

POE (as IR-1): April 2017

Oath ceremony: November 2020

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