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Hello all,

After the longest day of my life of crying, praying and swearing... Mark called this afternoon of being all day at the embassy in Managua saying he got the visa! wOOOhOoo! They put us through more scare and frustration to the very last step! Anyway, he's finally got it. He can pick it up next Wednesday.

THANK GOD! thanks everyone for your advice and support!

I need to book a flight and was going to make it next Friday, 2 days after they said he could pick it up, since it's Nicaragua and who knows what might happen! Is it necessary to book a roundtrip or doesn't it matter if it's a one-way? Any advice? If it's an e-ticket, do I just put it under his name, does he need to have a credit card or anything? He doesn't have one! Does it matter where he enters or are all POE the same?

Any advice is appreciated! Thanks all, good luck!

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Congratulations on the visa. :thumbs: It really does not matter if you buy a one way or round trip ticket. If you buy a round trip you have to use it for the first part of the trip and it may be cheaper than a one way. We went through Houston, Texas and got in around 6:00am and the process was very smooth, and they pretty much all speak spanish there for him if his english is not that good. Other airports like Miami or Atlanta may be a bit crazy because thaty are so large and very busy. Good luck with every thing.

Brian & Isa

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Hello all,

After the longest day of my life of crying, praying and swearing... Mark called this afternoon of being all day at the embassy in Managua saying he got the visa! wOOOhOoo! They put us through more scare and frustration to the very last step! Anyway, he's finally got it. He can pick it up next Wednesday.

THANK GOD! thanks everyone for your advice and support!

I need to book a flight and was going to make it next Friday, 2 days after they said he could pick it up, since it's Nicaragua and who knows what might happen! Is it necessary to book a roundtrip or doesn't it matter if it's a one-way? Any advice? If it's an e-ticket, do I just put it under his name, does he need to have a credit card or anything? He doesn't have one! Does it matter where he enters or are all POE the same?

Any advice is appreciated! Thanks all, good luck!

One way or round trip doesn't matter except we've seen a couple reports of I-94's set to expire on the return date from the return ticket. That is an error but I'd advise you to set the return date out more than 90 days if you buy a round trip.

That said, he doesn't have a visa in hand yet. I'd wait to buy the ticket until the visa is in hand. It may be a small risk but at least check the fee for changing the departure date.

From some countries it is actually less expensive to buy one-way, in country, at the last minute. I have no idea if that is true from Nicaragua.

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thats awesome, congrats!

i figure i'm a few months away still but i'm sure i'll have some questions for you guys about the process when my fiancee goes to managua too.

Sent I-129f to CSC: Sept 26, 2007

Received by CSC: Sept 28, 2007

Check cashed by CSC: Oct 24, 2007

NOA1 date: Oct 24, 2007

NOA1 hardcopy recieved: Oct 27, 2007

Touched: Feb 7, 2008

NOA2 email: Feb 7, 2008

NOA2 hardcopy received: Feb 12, 2008

NVC received: Feb 19, 2008

NVC sent: Feb 21, 2008

Packet 4 received: March 4, 2008

Packet 4 sent back: March 11, 2008

Interview date given: March 12, 2008

Interview date: April 7, 2008

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Sand   5

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Congratulations :dance:

بســــم اللـــــه الــــرحمـن الــــرحــــيم

My N-400 timeline, I hope it will help - Local Office (Chula Vista Field Office - San Diego)

10/01/2010: Application was sent.

10/04/2010: Application was received.

10/06/2010: Email received "Application has been received" & Noticed Date.

10/07/2010: "Touch"

10/08/2010: "Touch" & Check was Cashed

10/09/2010: NOA1 Received via mail.

10/22/2010: Status Changed Online "Request for evidence" It was for Biometrics.

10/25/2010: Request for evidence recieved "Biometrics Notice".

11/18/2010: Biometrics date ==> 11:00AM. Biometrics was taken On time.

12/03/2010: "Yellow Letter" Received.

12/06/2010: "Touch" Case Moved to "Testing and Interview".

12/08/2010: Interview Letter received via mail.

01/13/2011: Interview Date. Done, " Thanks To ALLAH, I Passed the Test.

01/18/2011: Oath Letter was Sent.

01/20/2011: Oath Letter Recieved via mail.

01/28/2011: Oath Date. ==> Done, I am a U.S. Citizen

01/31/2011: Applied for a U.S. Passport Book, And, U.S. Passport Card.

02/25/2011: Passport Book's Received.

02/26/2011: Passport Card's Received.

02/28/2011: Certificate Of Naturalization's Returned.

Game Over.

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Hello all,

After the longest day of my life of crying, praying and swearing... Mark called this afternoon of being all day at the embassy in Managua saying he got the visa! wOOOhOoo! They put us through more scare and frustration to the very last step! Anyway, he's finally got it. He can pick it up next Wednesday.

THANK GOD! thanks everyone for your advice and support!

I need to book a flight and was going to make it next Friday, 2 days after they said he could pick it up, since it's Nicaragua and who knows what might happen! Is it necessary to book a roundtrip or doesn't it matter if it's a one-way? Any advice? If it's an e-ticket, do I just put it under his name, does he need to have a credit card or anything? He doesn't have one! Does it matter where he enters or are all POE the same?

Any advice is appreciated! Thanks all, good luck!

Congrats!! :dance: Round-trip or one-way...either is fine, see which is priced better. E ticket matching the name on his Visa and Passport will be perfect...and there is a section here on VJ that has reviews of many POEs. I have read that JFK may be one of the only POEs where he can get the stamp for work authorization if he is seeking that..... (even then it is not a guarantee he will get it there and still is only good for the 90 days the visa is good for.)

2007

Jun: I Met Elias in Peru

Oct: Returned to Peru. Elias proposed!!

Nov 26: Mailed I-129F to VSC

Nov 28: Rec. Signature Confirm of delivery from USPS

Nov 29: Check cashed ; rec. receipt number. E-NOA1

2008

Feb 14: Touch

Feb 14: NOA2 by email!

Feb 19: File Arrived @ NVC

Feb 20: Hard-copy NOA2

Feb 21: File Left NVC for Lima.

Feb 25: File @ U.S. embassy in Lima!

Mar 04: Rec. Packet 3/4

Mar 18: 8 a.m. My Morenito's Interview!!

Mar 25: VISA IN HAND!!!

Apr 4: My love is home!!!!

Apr 29: Our marriage. And life begins anew..

Dec 31: Mailed AOS, EAD, and AP to Chicago

2009

Jan 5: Rec. e-mail confirm of delivery from USPS

Jan 8: Check cashed. MSC number not visible....

Jan 12: Rec. Hard Copy Notices for AOS, EAD, and AP. Touched

Jan 16: Rec. NOA-Biometrics Scheduled 1/28/09

Jan 28: 9:00 a.m. Biometrics appt. Fast - 15 minutes in and out!

Jan 29: Touched.

Feb 3: AOS Trans. to CSC

Feb 10: AOS Arrived @ CSC

Mar 04: Touch on AOS

Mar 09: Notifice that AP approved 3/6/09

Mar 13: Rec. AP

Mar 16: Rec. EAD (surprised as USCIS shows no updates)

Apr 3: Rec Welcome Letter, AOS approved 03/30 (surprise, no updates on website)

Apr 8: GC Received

June 5: Our precious baby girl arrived!

2010

June 7: Our darling son arrived!

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Congrats! That must be such a relief!

Congratulations on the visa. :thumbs: It really does not matter if you buy a one way or round trip ticket. If you buy a round trip you have to use it for the first part of the trip and it may be cheaper than a one way.

you're not allowed to use the second part of the ticket only?

it's annoying because my fiance and I had planned for him to come here, spend a little time here with my family before I leave and then leaving together

so he was to buy two round trips from the USA to France and I intended to use only the second part of the ticket...

do you know why it's this way?

I-129F Sent : 2007-07-12

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-07-20

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-12-12

NVC Left : 2008-01-17

Packet 3 Received : 2008-02-01

Packet 4 Received : 2008-03-05

Interview Date : 2008-03-20

Visa Received : 2008-03-26

US Entry : 2008-05-04

Marriage : 2008-05-23

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