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Final stretch: interview in less than month

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Okay, this is what I have so far:

1. Coach Canada e-tickets for travel Yup. $10 each way, woot, thanks for the tip!

2. xpresspost envelope (314x394) No, got snowed in, planning on purchasing it from MTL as Packet 4 says I can

3. My canadian passport Yup

4. 2 Passport pics (2x2) Got them last night

5. $100 US Will get $131 US from my bank right before I leave to catch the bus

6. Packet 4 appointment letter Check (3 of them , actually)

7. Sealed Medical (Seiden) File NOT YET! I will be waiting outside with a shotgun for the mailman tomorrow

8. My birth certificate & 2 copies Only 1 copy of long birth cert, 1 copy of short. Is that okay?

9. RCMP Police Certificate & 2 copies Only 1 copy, eek?

10. I-134 (AOS) & 2 copies 2 copies, plus sealed envelopes from our co-sponsor, contents: unknown

11. Ol's Letter of Employment & 2 copies Check.

12. Ol's Pay stubs No, but perhaps in the mysterious envelope?

13. Ol's Bank Letter & 2 copies Check.

14. Ol's IRS transcripts of past 3 yrs Uh, mysterious envelope?

15. Ol's Letter of Intent & 2 copies I think only 1 copy

16. DS-156K (unsigned) & 2 copies Yes

17. DS-156 with barcode (just in case) & 2 copies Ditto

18. Tickets: plane, bus, train 1 from when he flew, otherwise credit card statements showing gas purchases from when he'd drive up to see me

19. Photographs of us together Acquiring en route to MTL during stopover in TO from a friend

20. Mass email sent to family & friends announcing our engagement NA

21. Copy of Ol's new lease (as of Oct 27th 2007) for our new place NA

22. Receipt for my wedding dress NA, sigh!

23. Phone Bills Nope, only use IM nowadays, and way too personal to print off

24. Wedding Program & Thank you card from Ol's brother's wedding NA

25. Ol's Birth certificate (just in case) Uh, there is a photocopy of it in my copy of his I-129f

26. NOA2 Approval (just in case) Yup!

Also have a complete copy of the petition

Xray + medical + receipt of expired medical, Xray + receipt of AWOL medical to prove I did have it done, but they haven't gotten it to me yet

Reservation for La Tour Centreville accross the street from MTL

Accordian folder with clear dividers into which all my paperwork is organized, outside black, is this okay? They will be able to open it and see it's just papers.

How did I do?

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03/09/2006: Sent I-129F

22/11/2006: NOA2 - APPROVED!

31/12/2006: 1 year anniversary

22/12/2006: Package received from Montreal

18/01/2007: Packet 3 delivered to Montreal Consulate

02/02/2007: Medical Exam in London, ON- Wonderful Doctor/Office

30/05/2007: Package 4 received from Montreal

05/07/2007: Interview date - Canceled by request, [promised a Dec date b/c was 6+mo in advance, note on file

Screwed up my interview date, given NOVEMBER, fixed, promised Dec or Jan

06/02/2008: Interview date, medical now expired! APPROVED!

23/01/2008: New Medical done, WHERE THE @#$%! IS IT, DID THE MAILMAN LOSE IT?! (It arrived 30 min after I left for MTL, 1 week overdue. KISS MY LEFT FOOT, AFTER IT'S BEEN WEDGED UP YOUR HINEY AND LOST IT'S STILETTO, CANADA POST!)

14/02/2008: VISA IN HAND!!

18/05/2008: POE - Harassed by ignorant and incompetent Customs Official who grilled me until I answered that the reason why I broke up w/ my Ex was not to date my USC but b/c he was "impotent from a porn addiction". He also insulted my husband's motives for talking to me, dismissed our 2 years together as "not enough to get married", and otherwise trotted out the Spanish Inquisition.

22/05/2008: Ceremony of cohabitation (Legally allowed to get bizz-ay!)

AOS/AP/EAD

02/07/2008: Filed for AOS/AP/EAD

14/07/2008: Received NOA1

09/09/2008: Transferred to CSC

29/09/2008: EAD arrives in mail w/out notice, AP following week

18/11/2008: Email notice letter has gone out, card ETA: 60 days

25/11/2008: GC arrives in mail! TWO YEARS OF RED-TAPE FREEDOM! WOOT!

When you know, you know!

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