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Cantwait2gethome   0

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Well all , its our final step ! :dance::dance::dance: We are leaving tomorrow morning and driving to Montreal. I am such a nervous wreck right now :blush: . I keep thinking I have forgotten something or feel I am going to forget an important document behind (even though I made my husband go thru the folder 3x! :whistle: )

Our interview is Friday at 9am...its going to come to fast hehe.

I want to express my many thanks to those that helped me through the shady areas. Now our future is in the Montreal Consulates hands !

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Timeline:

02-26-05 Married

09-05-05 Permanent Resident of Canada

06-18-07 Mailed in husbands I-130 to US Consulate in Toronto

06-20-07 US Consulate in Toronto recieves I-130 packet via Expresspost packet

07-12-07 Call from Toronto Consulate, advised to call to confirm or make an appointment.

07-13-07 Called and spoke with Toronto Consulate, set appointment for 07-17-07

07-17-07 Interview at Consulate,APPROVED

08-07-07 Packet 3 arrived!!

08-20-07 Mailed DS-230 and Checklist to Montreal

08-21-07 Montreal received DS-230 and Checklist

09-04-07 Packet 4 from Montreal arrives !!

09-06-07 Medical scheduled for 09-19-07

09-19-07 Hubbie has medical, all went well, results to be mailed on 09-21-07

09-25-07 Pick up medical from fed-ex

10-05-07 Interview.........APPROVED !!!!

10-10-07 Recieved passport with Visa inside (all done for a few months)

11-08-07 Hubbie activated visa at Queenston/Lewis POE

12-19-07 Husband finally back home in Illinios, used Sarnia POE

Our Immigration approval took 3months, 2 weeks, and 5 days

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~Nini~   2

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Sending good thoughts for you and your interview at MTL! Good luck! :D

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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IR5FORMUMSIE Grand Master

IR5FORMUMSIE   850

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Bonne Chance! :thumbs:

IR5

2007-07-27 – Case complete at NVC waiting on the world or at least MTL.

2007-12-19 - INTERVIEW AT MTL, SPLIT DECISION.

2007-12-24-Mom's I-551 arrives, Pop's still in purgatory (AP)

2008-03-11-AP all done, Pop is approved!!!!

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PfcsBaby   0

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Best of luck to you! Let us know when you get back with what happened! Have a safe trip.

Here's my K-1 Timeline:

October 2006 - I-129F sent

10/24/2007 - INTERVIEW DATE!!!!!....APPROVED!!

10/30/2007 - Visa in hand!

AOS Timeline:

1/30/08 - Sent AOS pkg Priority Mail with USPS

3/12/08 - Biometrics taken

3/29/08 - EAD and AP in hand for me and my son

5/21/08 - Email-GC on its way!...RFE for my son's application

5/27/08 - GC arrives!!!

7/02/08 - Sons GC arrives!!!

ROC TIMELINE

3/23/10 - ROC sent!

3/29/10 - NOA1

4/22/10 - Biometrics Appt for me and my son

6/30/10 - Email saying card production ordered for me and my son

7/6/10 - Letter in the mail saying cards will arrive within 60 days

7/10/10 - Both cards received!

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Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

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Im sure it will go well, for the most part Mtl is an excellent consulate! Once u get into the interview room, its completed very quickly!

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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Emancipation Mentor

Emancipation   2

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Bring back the gold!!!

:thumbs:

Best of luck!

AOS:

2007-02-22: Sent AOS /EAD

2007-03-06 : NOA1 AOS /EAD

2007-03-28: Transferred to CSC

2007-05-17: EAD Card Production Ordered

2007-05-21: I485 Approved

2007-05-24: EAD Card Received

2007-06-01: Green Card Received!!

Removal of Conditions:

2009-02-27: Sent I-751

2009-03-07: NOA I-751

2009-03-31: Biometrics Appt. Hartford

2009-07-21: Touched (first time since biometrics) Perhaps address change?

2009-07-28: Approved at VSC

2009-08-25: Received card in the mail

Naturalization

2012-08-20: Submitted N-400

2013-01-18: Became Citizen

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~Laura and Nick~   5

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woo hoo..tomorrow! (L)

I'm sure it's going to go fine :)

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Let's Keep the Song Going!!!

CANADA.GIFUS1.GIF

~Laura and Nicholas~

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Met online November 2005 playing City of Heroes

First met in Canada, Sept 22, 2006 <3

September 2006 to March 2008, 11 visits, 5 in Canada, 6 in NJ

Officially Engaged December 24th, 2007!!!

Moved to the U.S. to be with my baby on July 19th, 2008 on a K1 visa!!!!

***10 year green card in hand as of 2/2/2012, loving and living life***

Hmmm maybe we should move back to Canada! lol smile.png

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Lona.C. Proficient

Lona.C.   16

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Good Luck :yes:

 

129f for K1 visa filed in march 07 check my timeline for full info

03 March 2008 , received welcome letter and 2 year GC yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh

22 NOV 2009 to lift condition GC expires 22 Feb 2010

24 Nov 09 send in I 751 ( ROC , in VT )

25 Nov 09 Your item was delivered at 12:10 PM in SAINT ALBANS, VT 05479 to INS .

30 Nov 09 Check Cashed

21 Dec 09 biometric

On March 9, 2010, we ordered production of your new card.

12 March 2010 received approval letter in mail

16 March 2010 10 year Green Card received in mail exp date March 09 / 2020

April 14/2017 send N400 

04/25/17 credit card charged 

04/25/17 e mail NOA send 

05/01/17 hard copy of NOA dated 04/25 received in mail

05/06/17 biometric hard copy in mail 

05/19/17 Biometric appointment in Hartford CT 

07/17/17 Inline for Interview 

07/24/17 Interview letter in mail 

08/24/17 Interview in Springfield MA ... Yes Aproved

09/14/17 Oath Ceremony .... done I am a US citizen

09/22/17 Applied for Passport ( per reg mail ) 

10/04/17 got passport in mail  

10/13/17 got certificate in mail  , updated status with social security office 

AM DONE YEAHHHHHHHHHHH 

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Schmelle   0

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Well all , its our final step ! :dance::dance::dance: We are leaving tomorrow morning and driving to Montreal. I am such a nervous wreck right now :blush: . I keep thinking I have forgotten something or feel I am going to forget an important document behind (even though I made my husband go thru the folder 3x! :whistle: )

Our interview is Friday at 9am...its going to come to fast hehe.

I want to express my many thanks to those that helped me through the shady areas. Now our future is in the Montreal Consulates hands !

WOW...GOOD LUCK!!! I'm so impressed by how quickly you got through the process. It was really fast!!! Let us know how it goes!!!

Schmelle

Timeline CR-1/IR-1

03/01/2007- Mailed I130 to Vermont

03/06/2007- NOA1

06/06/2007-NOA2 APPROVED!!! Case Moved to NVC

O7/25/2007- Mailed in I864 Bill and Choice of Agent to NVC

08/06/2007-I864 forms were generated

08/17/2007-recieved and sent in I864 forms via priority post

08/06/2007-IV Bill was generated

08/18/2007-IV Bill was recieved

08/18/2007-IV Bill sent back via Priority Post

09/08/2007- recieved RFE for I864

09/10/2007- sent checklist for I864 back to NVC with further info

09/17/2007- NVC recieves the checklist for RFE

09/25/2007-recieved DS230 package from NVC

09/26/2007-NVC sends another RFE (AHHHH!!!)

09/27/2007- phone NVC and find out that the RFE is for my DS230...relief.

10/03/2007-sent DS230 via priority post

10/05/2007-DS230 is delivered to NVC

10/10/2007-DS230 is entered into the system

10/25/2007-Recieved RFE for DS230

10/31/2007-Returned RFE and new Police Report vis Priority Post

11/28/2007-CASE COMPLETE AT NVC

02/22/2008-Interview Montreal - APPROVED!!!

03/04/2008- Visa Arrives 11 days after interview.

03/05/2008- POE Toronto Pearson Airport

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Best of luck .. and try to enjoy Montreal while you're there .. old Montreal is beautiful :)

Met in Cleveland 07/07/05 ... Fireworks!!!

Emails and phone calls until first visit back September '05

Many trips to Cleveland and overnight stays in New York

Engaged 05/07/06

07/18/07 - Interview yeeehaaa .. approved

07/26/07 - received Visa from Montreal (should have received 07/24)

07/26/07 - POE Buffalo, NY (Peace Bridge) .. No EAD stamp

07/27/07 - Beautiful marriage .. now you may call me Mrs. :)

07/28/07 - Filed AOS,EAD, and AP for me and AOS and AP for my son via UPS .. received 08/01

08/16/07 - applied for ssn

09/03/07 - received ssn card

11/07/07 - AP approved and received 11/12/07 :)

11/19/07- EAD approved online and received same day (actual approval 11/07/07) :)

12/27/07 - AOS transferred to CSC

02/26/08 - 485's approved without interview

01/14/09 - Sent I-751 - removal of conditions

02/23/10 - Biometrics

03/17/10 - Removal of conditions approved .. card production ordered

"Life is not measured by the amount of breaths that we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

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