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Hi Everyone,

Today was a rainy day....

But for some reason or other, I had a feeling that I would get something in the mail...

So despite the rain, I decided to take a bike ride down the muddy country dirt roads to check my mail....

And to my surprise, I found a 'sun' postcard from a VJer! :):dance:

(lol..you and I both know who you are..but I won't reveal such here yet until all the participants receive their postcards for April...)

What a great way to brighten up a cloudy day! :) Thanks!

Ant

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2009 ( 4 Months) "Moved": New House Constructed and Moved Into.

2009 ( 2 Months N-400 Wait) "Naturalized": US Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization. Goodbye USCIS!!!!

***Ant is a Naturalized American Citizen!!***: November 23, 2009 (Private Oath Ceremony: USCIS Office, Buffalo, NY, USA)

2009 (<1 Month) "Secured": US Citizen SSN Card.

2009 (<1 Month) "Enhanced": US Citizen NYS 8-Years Enhanced Driver's License. (in lieu of a US Passport)

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I am not going to be an enforcer. If someone else wants to implement a 3-strikes rule, that's fine, but I won't do it. It IS supposed to be a fun exchange, and I'm sorry some people have not sent ca

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Thanks for your responses everyone. I have several meetings today for an animal shelter I volunteer with, so I will not be on the computer much (if anyone expects immediate replies to any questions

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Ditto, I wanted to join once I have more money and can get into it but... I actually find it all a bit insulting and I'm not even in it! It sounds like people are being accused, without fact, of not s

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I got mine in the mail today too.

Removal of Conditions: 12/09/2011

ROC check cashed 12/15/11

NOA1 12/13/11

Biometrics 1/6/12 Complete

RFE 9/13/12

RFE package sent back 10/17/12

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Hugglebuggles   60

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I still haven't sent my out, I've been bad. I did however, find a good place to buy postcards the other day! The grocery store. I was a little surprised by that.

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I sent mine out on Thursday!

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I sent mine out today sorry its late.it took forever to find a postcard, funny thing was I got it this morning while we were buying a car. The sales guy gave my son a cool one and I went and bought a few sooo it has a car on it lol I will find much better for next month I'm on the hunt.

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Great to see that you are all sending and receiving your VJ postcards..:thumbs:

Ashen and Everyone-

How are we going to reveal as to who sent what? Should we do it all at once, as soon as everyone gets their cards?

Also, are we going to be posting the image of our postcards (the front part only for privacy reasons, like you did with your Santa Barbara card) here on VJ, so that we can all see the postcards in the 'VJ postcard collection'? And if so, how about if we set up an online photo album of the postcards, so that it is easily accessible for everyone with a link (no need to go through various post message pages, it is easier to find, and it takes up less room on VJ itself). For example, setting up a password protected private album (only available to VJ postcard participants) on flickr, photobucket, or whatever else that can host images, and post the front of our postcards there.....

Ashen...You can be in charge of the album, since this is your postcard project, and you know how to upload photos online...

What do you all think? Just an idea...

Ant

**Ant's 1432.gif1502.gif "Once Upon An American Immigration Journey" Condensed Timeline...**

2000 (72+ Months) "Loved": Long-Distance Dating Relationship. D Visited Ant in Canada.

2006 (<1 Month) "Visited": Ant Visited D in America. B-2 Visa Port of Entry Interrogation.

2006 (<1 Month) "Married": Wedding Elopement. Husband & Wife, D and Ant !! Together Forever!

2006 ( 3 Months I-485 Wait) "Adjusted": 2-Years Green Card.

2007 ( 2 Months) "Numbered": SSN Card.

2007 (<1 Months) "Licensed": NYS 4-Years Driver's License.

2009 (10 Months I-751 Wait) "Removed": 10-Years 5-Months Green Card.

2009 ( 9 Months Baby Wait) "Expected": Baby. It's a Boy, Baby A !!! We Are Family, Ant+D+BabyA !

2009 ( 4 Months) "Moved": New House Constructed and Moved Into.

2009 ( 2 Months N-400 Wait) "Naturalized": US Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization. Goodbye USCIS!!!!

***Ant is a Naturalized American Citizen!!***: November 23, 2009 (Private Oath Ceremony: USCIS Office, Buffalo, NY, USA)

2009 (<1 Month) "Secured": US Citizen SSN Card.

2009 (<1 Month) "Enhanced": US Citizen NYS 8-Years Enhanced Driver's License. (in lieu of a US Passport)

2010 ( 1 Month) "Voted": US Citizen NYS Voter's Registration Card.

***~~~"The End...And the Americans, Ant+D+BabyA, lived 'Happily Ever After'!"...~~~***

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Great to see that you are all sending and receiving your VJ postcards..:thumbs:

Ashen and Everyone-

How are we going to reveal as to who sent what? Should we do it all at once, as soon as everyone gets their cards?

Also, are we going to be posting the image of our postcards (the front part only for privacy reasons, like you did with your Santa Barbara card) here on VJ, so that we can all see the postcards in the 'VJ postcard collection'? And if so, how about if we set up an online photo album of the postcards, so that it is easily accessible for everyone with a link (no need to go through various post message pages, it is easier to find, and it takes up less room on VJ itself). For example, setting up a password protected private album (only available to VJ postcard participants) on flickr, photobucket, or whatever else that can host images, and post the front of our postcards there.....

Ashen...You can be in charge of the album, since this is your postcard project, and you know how to upload photos online...

What do you all think? Just an idea...

Ant

Do whatever you want in terms of when to reveal the pics! :) There are no rules on that. If you want to post immediately when you get one, go for it! It's kind of exciting :)

The other question is who posts the pic, the sender, or the receiver? We'd have to agree on that, so the same post card doesn't get uploaded twice, and people don't have to upload a pic of both the card they sent AND the one they received. Less work is more fun! lol Personally, I think it might be fun for the SENDER to post the pics of the cards they send. Then it's like a little game to see what you get in your mailbox... :lol:

I thought about the online album before, but to be honest, I didn't think anyone would want to bother with uploading pics to it, and checking it and everything. I guess if everyone can just respond here to let me know if you want me to set up an album, and if you'd be willing to upload pics to it. Is everyone familiar with Flickr, and how to use it? That'd be my preferred album host if we did set this up.

Again, this would totally be optional. No one is obligated to post a pic of their postcards. It's just for fun, and if you want to :) Also... like I said, I don't want to make too much work for everyone. Including myself :lol:

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Personally, I think it might be fun for the SENDER to post the pics of the cards they send. Then it's like a little game to see what you get in your mailbox... :lol:

May work better that way in my case, anyway... I bought a bunch for upcoming exchanges, but only 5 styles overall with repeats of each one. :P

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May work better that way in my case, anyway... I bought a bunch for upcoming exchanges, but only 5 styles overall with repeats of each one. :P

I would post a photo of the one I sent if someone would tell me how....please. :blush:

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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

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I would post a photo of the one I sent if someone would tell me how....please. :blush:

Still trying...did it work? :whistle:

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Finally figured it out!

I also got mail today :) Colourful mail :)

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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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Oh cool! I was JUST wondering what happened and if you got it! yay!

I hope it's not a secret!

:D

Is it?

I'm glad as i was just thinking... what the? I haven't got one yet.

I received my post card yesterday and sent out mine today. Fun, fun, fun!

USCIS

NOA #2: Approval June 25th, 2009 - 92 days

NVC

July 8, 2009 to August 10, 2009 - 28 days

Interview Assigned - December 3, 2009 - FINALLY!!

Medical - December 14, 2009 - Passed

Embassy/Interview - January 26, 2010 Montreal, Quebec Canada - 167 days PASSED!!!

Port of Entry - February 26, 2010 Baltimore International, Maryland

USCIS -- ROC package sent off

November 26, 2011 to Vermont station November 30, 2011 received NOA1December 16, 2011 received biometrics appointment.

January 04, 2012 Biometrics

September 2, 2012, RFE Received.

September 22, 2012 RFE responded to

October 15, 2012 ROC approved, 10 Green card on its way.

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Yeah, I'm a little slow in getting mine in the mail... it's going out tonight, promise! :)

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yay! I got my postcard today! It's a lovely collage of sites around Battle Creek, Michigan with a really nice message on the back :) that includes the magic word :D. Thanks lilacvioletiris!

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