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L_n_O   3

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Alright folks!

So, Oliver and I rented a U-haul (14'). Came to about $470 Including 867 miles (plus gas only). Gas costed us about $250 for the trip from Toronto to Pennsylvania (his parents house to pick up a loveseat) to Virginia. We got super lucky at the Oakville U-haul dealership cuz we got a 2007 truck with only 14,000 miles on it.

At the border, when you're driving your truck towards customs, DO NOT FOLLOW THE SIGNS THAT SAY "TRUCKS THIS WAY"!!!!!!!!!. As a person moving your stuff to the US in a truck, you are still NOT A "TRUCK". Those signs mean commercial trucks!!!!!!!! Well, obviously we followed those signs and got into a little bit of doo-doo for it. The guy at the booth who takes your passport and package didn't know what the f- to do with them. He took them anyway though cuz we couldn't back up and go back and sent us to the yard to park with all the other semi's. yay. In our attempt to do that, we went into kinda the wrong area and a female CO yelled at Oliver :unsure: a little and then told us to get out of the truck cuz now she's going to x-ray the truck! I think she was just pissed at us and that's why she did this. more yay. Finally get to the right area and had to wait in a waiting room to get our stuff processed. Got my I-94 stamp for $6. However, the guy told us that I could go back to Canada before we wed and come back with it but just make sure to take the I-94 paper out of my passport or else the airport will confiscate it and then I'll be screwed.. I don't know what the f- he was smoking or talking about but we just nodded and said sure! (ya, not doing that). But he didn't ask for the list of what was in the truck or anything. The border took about an hour and a half-ish.

From there on.. it was just a smooth drive but bloody long.

We had left Mississauga/Toronto at 11 am, arrived in Pennsylvania at 9:30pm (had dinner with his folks and packed the loveseat in the truck) and didn't get into Virginia til 3 am. We were in bed at 4am.

Next day we picked up the pup at 9:30 am and unpacked til about 2am today.

Oliver's at work now and I just setup the computer and got all my 16 bags of clothes to still put away. :blush:

It's weird though. I don't feel like I live here yet, feel like I'm still here on a "trip" even though we unpacked all the 27 boxes yesterday of my stuff....... Think it'll take some time..

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kimmbo Community Regular

kimmbo   0

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Sounds exhausting!! so glad to hear you made it safely, great review!!

Kimmbo (Las Vegas,NV,USA)

Barry (Brampton,ON,CANADA)

Im an American married to a Canadian, I have no kids, yet Im a grandmother, I can pick things up off the floor with my toes

I-130

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Feb/26/07 Sent I-130 (VSC)($190 US)

March/2/07 Rcv'd at VSC

March/5/07 NOA-1

July/23/07 NOA2(147 days)

I-129F

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March/16/07 Sent I-129F (Chicago) ($170 US)

March/21/07 Received in Chicago

March/22/07 NOA-1

April/10/07 Transferred to VSC

April/23/07 Email from USCIS (case pending at VSC)

July/23/07 NOA2(129 days)

July/28/07 Rcv'd at NVC

July/31/07 NVC sent to Montreal

Aug/3/07 Montreal Rcv'd

Aug/8/07 Packet 3 Received

Aug/10/07 Packet 3 Sent

Aug/13/07 Packet 3 Received in Montreal

Oct/17/07 Medical Scheduled (Dr Seiden)

Jan/25/08 INTERVIEW MONTREAL...APPROVED!

Feb/6/08 Montreal sends Visa, finally!

Feb/8/08 Received Visa (14 days)

April/18/08 Moving Day/POE Sarnia

AOS/EAD

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June/21/08 AOS/EAD package sent ($1010)

June/23/08 Received in Chicago

June/30/08 Check cashed

July/01/08 Received NOA's for I-765 & I-485 (dated June 27th)

July/02/08 Touch

July/07/08 Received Biometrics letter (dated July 1st)

July/18/08 Biometrics appt 8am

Aug/30/08 EAD card received (approval dated Aug 26th)

Sept/04/08 Applied for SSN

Sept/15/08 Social Security card received

Jan/23/09 letter received with interview date

March/10/09 INTERVIEW 9:30am...APPROVED!!

March/19/09 Welcome Letter received

March/23/09 GREENCARD RECEIVED, DONE WITH USCIS UNTIL 2019!

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Ovaltine Jenkins   5

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I like these happy endings :) Good luck to you both :) I believe with your SO by your side you will soon feel like at home :thumbs:

Like anyone would dare to remove the document from the passport! Heh :P

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I'm glad you made it there safe and sound. You definately had a long trip... you must be pooped, but sooo happy :)

K-1 Journey

04/09/06 - met for the first time

03/24/07 - proposed!

03/28/07 - sent I-129 to NVC

04/04/07 - NVC received I-129

06/26/07 - NVC sent approval

07/12/07 - Montreal Consulate recieved approved petition

07/20/07 - recieved Packet 3 from Montreal

07/24/07 - sent Packet 3 back to Montreal

** obtained police certificate

08/07/07 - Montreal confirmed that they recieved Packet 3

09/21/07 - INTERVIEW BOOKED NOV. 9TH, 9AM

10/17/07 - Completed Medical (took 5 minutes!)

11/09/07 - Visa APPROVED in Montreal (should receive in 2-3 weeks)

11/16/07 - picked up visa at the post office today (2-3 weeks my a$$)

Entered US December 4th!!

Married December 22nd

AOS Journey

01/11/08 - sent AOS package to Chicago Lockbox

01/13/08 - USPS confirmed delivery of AOS package

01/14/08 - received new SSN with married name

01/19/08 - received all 3 NOA's

02/04/08 - case transferred to CSC (notified online)

02/11/08 - biometrics

02/14/08 - case received at CSC

03/08/08 - approval notice for travel document sent (notified online)

03/12/08 - EAD card approved

03/14/08 - received AP

03/15/08 - received EAD

03/16/08 - AP and EAD touched?? I have already received them.

03/26/08 - AOS touched!!

03/27/08 - AOS touched again...

05/12/08 - Card Production Ordered!!

05/13/08 - Welcome letter has been sent

Lifting of Conditions I-751

02/12/10 - Mailed petition to Vermont

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Carlawarla   1

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Welcome "home" Liz! Glad you had a fairly smooth border crossing.

Also glad you got your priorities straight and got the computer up and running before putting your clothes away! :thumbs::lol:

Carla (F)

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derekkj   0

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Welcome to Virginia, Liz! Glad the move went relatively smoothly. Great that you set up the computer and posted on VJ before you unpacked everything! :lol:

I think it took Derek awhile to feel really settled in our apartment too, but almost 2 years later he finally thinks of Arlington as home.

canadaC.gif - Derek usaCa.gif- KJ

TIMELINE

Civil Ceremony - 02/19/2005

I-130 Mailed Out - 02/25/2005

I-130 NOA1 - 03/04/2005

I-130 Approved - 04/07/2005

Pay I-864 - 05/13/2005

Return I-864 - 07/22/2005 *We mailed in the wrong birth certificate which led to a month or so delay*

Family Ceremony - 10/22/2005

Interview in Montreal - 12/22/2005

Activate Visa - 12/25/2005

Move to Virginia - 04/06/2006

Mailed I-751 - 11/02/2007

Received in Vermont - 11/05/2007

Check Cashed by VSC - 11/09/2007

Received NOA 1 - 11/10/2007

Biometrics - 01/10/2008

Card production ordered - 09/10/2008

Card received! - 09/17/2008

Now on to citizenship...

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Glad you made it home safe. Sounds like an exhausting trip though. I bet your glad to be home now.

Mary

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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~Nini~   2

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Great review, Liz! Glad that you're finally home :)

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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~Laura and Nick~   5

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I love reviews!!!

Yours was great.

Congrats on arriving safely...enjoy this special time :)

~L

(F)

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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Oh happy day Liz.

And please don't keep us in suspense any longer.

Tell us about that shower curtain liner please.

:P:lol::D

SpiritAlight edits due to extreme lack of typing abilities. :)

You will do foolish things.

Do them with enthusiasm!!

Don't just do something. Sit there.

K1: Flew to the U.S. of A. – January 9th, 2008 (HELLO CHI-TOWN!!! I'm here.)

Tied the knot (legal ceremony, part one) – January 26th, 2008 (kinda spontaneous)

AOS: Mailed V-Day; received February 15th, 2007 – phew!

I-485 application transferred to CSC – March 12th, 2008

Travel/Work approval notices via email – April 23rd, 2008

Green card/residency card: email notice of approval – August 28th, 2008 yippeeeee!!!

Funny-looking card arrives – September 6th, 2008 :)

Mailed request to remove conditions – July 7, 2010

Landed permanent resident approved – August 23rd, 2010

Second funny looking card arrives – August 31st, 2010

Over & out, Spirit

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bradcanuck   1

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The feeling of being settled comes later and it sort of feels like being hit with a frozen baseball bat in the brain.

"OH SNAP" is all I can think of. LOL

You unpacked in a day? Ya... I have boxes I haven't unpacked from like 3 years ago.

Current Status
July, 2011 - US Citizen

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BH45   0

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Sounds like you had a great move.... :whistle: ...well except for the booboo with the "commercial" truck....

You definitely lucked out with the Uhaul. I don't see myself as being that fortunate. Unpacked - wow. Until we move to a bigger place, I know my stuff will not all be unpacked but put into a storage cubicle. Then again, could have a bigger place before I even move.... :crying: but I hope not.

You'll be able to take some time now and relax somewhat till the next round of paperwork starts.

Best of luck ... glad to see you made it safely.

April 13, 2009 - Welcome to the USA letter rec'd. PRC to be rec'd within 3 weeks.

April 16, 2009 - 2 yr GC rec'd in mail.

March 2, 2011 - Mailed in I-751 to CSC

March 4, 2011 - I-751 delivered to CSC

March 4, 2011 - NOA issued

March 12, 2011 - NOA received

April 14, 2011 - BIO Appt 5/6/11

May 6, 2011 - BIO done in 10 minutes...no re-takes this time :)

June 27, 2011 - Email rec'd "Status - Approved"

July 1, 2011 - 10 yr GC arrived

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