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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Canada
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Are there any 10-10 numbers that work from the cell phone, or are they just good for land lines?

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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Tim uses a calling card called Penny Talk. He has it automatically updated online when it runs out. It used to be 2 cents / minute to call Canada, but I think it is now 1 cent. And apparently you can use it out of Canada now too! Before you could only use it in the States.

Course...we do most of our talking online, through chat, and voice chat...which is way cheaper!! LOL

I sit at the computer and yell "HONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

and he comes over =)

LOL That's funny!!

I'll do that too...but then it will be "how do you call your American?".....

K-1 timeline

Sent I-129f Dec. 29, 2008

Received NOA Jan. 10, 2009

NOA2 email sent April 16, 2009, APPROVED

Interview in Vancouver, June 23, 2009 APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!

Wedding, September 19, 2009, South Carolina!!

AOS

Mailed package to Chicago, Oct. 22, 2009

NOA hard copies Nov. 3, 2009

RFE Nov. 17, 2009

Finally mailed back RFE December 15, 2009

Case transferred to CSC January 7th 2010girlfreuya.gif

EAD and AP Approved, cards sent January 8th, 2010!!

AOS approved February 9th 2010 smiley-happy093.gif

Welcome letter and GC received February 16th, 2010

Done with USCIS until 11/08/11

ROC

Sent 1-751 to Vermont Service Center November 18th 2011

NOA November 23, 2011

Biometrics December 23, 2011

RFE Dated Aug. 17; received Aug. 20th

mailed off RFE end of Oct.

Received Email stating card has been ordered Dec. 4

Received Email stating card should arrive within seven days; Dec 6

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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I'm not sure if anyone has added this in their reply. I'm lazy and haven't had coffee yet.

Chris has Vonage ($25/month). I wanted to add free long distance with Vonage anywhere in Canada and US. So when he called me it was free.

We arranged it so he has an Edmonton phone number though living in HI/AK. So when I lived in Edmonton, I could call him whenever I wanted from my cell/work etc for free.

When he wasn't home, he'd arrange his Vonage # to forward to his cell phone (easy as logging into vonage and entering the # to forward to).

So when he wasn't home, I could call him on his cell and it wouldn't cost either of us a dime. In the end we just kept the phone forwarded to his cell. It was a good option for $25/month. No more long distance.

I guess it all depends on how much you want to spend.

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I'm not sure if anyone has added this in their reply. I'm lazy and haven't had coffee yet.

Chris has Vonage ($25/month). I wanted to add free long distance with Vonage anywhere in Canada and US. So when he called me it was free.

We arranged it so he has an Edmonton phone number though living in HI/AK. So when I lived in Edmonton, I could call him whenever I wanted from my cell/work etc for free.

When he wasn't home, he'd arrange his Vonage # to forward to his cell phone (easy as logging into vonage and entering the # to forward to).

So when he wasn't home, I could call him on his cell and it wouldn't cost either of us a dime. In the end we just kept the phone forwarded to his cell. It was a good option for $25/month. No more long distance.

I guess it all depends on how much you want to spend.

:thumbs:

Vonage is great - I also have the 'local' Calgary number so people can call me.

The price for that, with the Vonage anywhere in NA calling is now $ 37.65 per month.

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Trailmix, do you use Vonage V-Phone (desktop) or Vonage V-Portal (laptop)?

We use it with our desktop - I wasn't familiar with the terms you used so looked them up, basically we have the V-Portal unit, which in theory we could use with a laptop (i'm not sure what a V-phone is with regard to vonage?)

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Trailmix, do you use Vonage V-Phone (desktop) or Vonage V-Portal (laptop)?

We use it with our desktop - I wasn't familiar with the terms you used so looked them up, basically we have the V-Portal unit, which in theory we could use with a laptop (i'm not sure what a V-phone is with regard to vonage?)

I believe it's a memory stick as opposed to a box.

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Trailmix, do you use Vonage V-Phone (desktop) or Vonage V-Portal (laptop)?

We use it with our desktop - I wasn't familiar with the terms you used so looked them up, basically we have the V-Portal unit, which in theory we could use with a laptop (i'm not sure what a V-phone is with regard to vonage?)

I believe it's a memory stick as opposed to a box.

Ohhhhh!! There is even a picture of it right on the page I was reading :lol: - interesting! I guess it is a nice wireless thing that would be really handy when you were travelling!

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I noticed that you have to plug your headset in to the device though, rather than the regular phone you can use with the other model - then you would have to sit at your computer to talk...unless maybe you had a wireless headset, hmm.

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Trailmix, do you use Vonage V-Phone (desktop) or Vonage V-Portal (laptop)?

We use it with our desktop - I wasn't familiar with the terms you used so looked them up, basically we have the V-Portal unit, which in theory we could use with a laptop (i'm not sure what a V-phone is with regard to vonage?)

I believe it's a memory stick as opposed to a box.

Ohhhhh!! There is even a picture of it right on the page I was reading :lol: - interesting! I guess it is a nice wireless thing that would be really handy when you were travelling!

device_vphone_small.gif

I noticed that you have to plug your headset in to the device though, rather than the regular phone you can use with the other model - I can't be tied to a usb port!

Oh, okay. Well that makes my decision easier. :lol: So if I screw it up when I install it, can Mike come and fix it for me? :lol:

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Trailmix, do you use Vonage V-Phone (desktop) or Vonage V-Portal (laptop)?

We use it with our desktop - I wasn't familiar with the terms you used so looked them up, basically we have the V-Portal unit, which in theory we could use with a laptop (i'm not sure what a V-phone is with regard to vonage?)

I believe it's a memory stick as opposed to a box.

Ohhhhh!! There is even a picture of it right on the page I was reading :lol: - interesting! I guess it is a nice wireless thing that would be really handy when you were travelling!

device_vphone_small.gif

I noticed that you have to plug your headset in to the device though, rather than the regular phone you can use with the other model - I can't be tied to a usb port!

Oh, okay. Well that makes my decision easier. :lol: So if I screw it up when I install it, can Mike come and fix it for me? :lol:

We are only a phone call away and yes he can :thumbs:

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We have had Vonage for over 2 years now and I love it.. I like being able to pick up the phone and being able to call anywhere in the US or Canada without worrying about long distance charges...

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We have had Vonage for over 2 years now and I love it.. I like being able to pick up the phone and being able to call anywhere in the US or Canada without worrying about long distance charges...

My favorite is when people dial the wrong number, and you get to say, actually you're calling Hawaii. And then they're like - what but I didn't dial long distance? They get so confused. Although its 10 digit dialing in AB now, so that doesn't happen as much anymore.

:lol:

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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I had a bad experience with Vonage.... when my hubby and I started dating, he had no land line so signed up for Vonage so we could talk and it was always really fuzzy and would disconnect.... sometimes I couldn't hear him and there would be blocks in our convo... It was like he was really far away! Finally he gave up and got Verizon which is great !!

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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