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Island-Girl   0

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Hello VJ!

Finally im here with my fiance! in hawaii maui!!!!

Heres was my experience POE

arrived in hnl 8 hrs wew! we arrived early im a bit nervouse I followed where people went tsk tsk (princess and kscyrob told me to do so hehhe) so I followed them i tooked up bus to Immigration I didnt carry my x-ray hehhe I just follwed some who hand carried their x-rays there was a woman called if you go to wrong direction .. its not really busy they gave us priority number and ask for the x-ray and brown envelope.. so they called my name again for the few questions immigratin officer interviewed shes chinese shes really nice all her questions same as during my USEM interview I'm finished like 20 mins.. and instructed to go downstairs and pick up my luggage and she said WELCOME TO AMERICA! dnt forget to get married within 90 days heheh... so I ran downstairs to pick up my luggage cant wait to hug my dragon! grrrrr as I dragged my luggage someone called me! and said THERE YOU ARE! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU! the immigration officer whew! I was nervouse again (I was thinking oh my GOD they change their mind they probably send me home huhuuh ) and she said SORRY I FORGOT YOU HAVE TO FINGER SCANN FIRST! whew thats a relief so went upstairs for my finger scanning! she said okay your index finger please I point my index finger I was looking for the machine and she laughed oh sorry she forgot to placed the machine infornt of me...and said oh you have healthy finger prints! ( hmmm didnt know what that means anybody knows what that means?or shes trying to say i have clean fingers haahhah sigh**) so finally I'm done went to main exit door~ BOOOOM heres my dragon! we hugged each other so tight!hmmmm kissy kissy.... we had fun 2 days in waikiki fun fun......thanks for reading my post!

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visit me: Much aloha from Maui

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RonMay   1

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Hello VJ!

Finally im here with my fiance! in hawaii maui!!!!

Heres was my experience POE

arrived in hnl 8 hrs wew! we arrived early im a bit nervouse I followed where people went tsk tsk (princess and kscyrob told me to do so hehhe) so I followed them i tooked up bus to Immigration I didnt carry my x-ray hehhe I just follwed some who hand carried their x-rays there was a woman called if you go to wrong direction .. its not really busy they gave us priority number and ask for the x-ray and brown envelope.. so they called my name again for the few questions immigratin officer interviewed shes chinese shes really nice all her questions same as during my USEM interview I'm finished like 20 mins.. and instructed to go downstairs and pick up my luggage and she said WELCOME TO AMERICA! dnt forget to get married within 90 days heheh... so I ran downstairs to pick up my luggage cant wait to hug my dragon! grrrrr as I dragged my luggage someone called me! and said THERE YOU ARE! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU! the immigration officer whew! I was nervouse again (I was thinking oh my GOD they change their mind they probably send me home huhuuh ) and she said SORRY I FORGOT YOU HAVE TO FINGER SCANN FIRST! whew thats a relief so went upstairs for my finger scanning! she said okay your index finger please I point my index finger I was looking for the machine and she laughed oh sorry she forgot to placed the machine infornt of me...and said oh you have healthy finger prints! ( hmmm didnt know what that means anybody knows what that means?or shes trying to say i have clean fingers haahhah sigh**) so finally I'm done went to main exit door~ BOOOOM heres my dragon! we hugged each other so tight!hmmmm kissy kissy.... we had fun 2 days in waikiki fun fun......thanks for reading my post!

glad ur there safe and sound with ur hubby! enjoy the great weather of hawaii!!!

Citizenship N-400

4/15/2010- sent my N-400 via fedex overnight

4/16/2010- signed and delivered

4/29/2010- check cleared

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Frank+Jocelyn   1

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Congrats and cute post.

04/01/2007: Met online

08/24/2007: First trip to the Philippines. 09/11/2007: Left Philippines...sad day

09/13/2007: Gathering info for I-129F

09/22/2007: Mailed I-129F. 09/26/2007: Delivery confirmation of I-129F

09/27/2007: NOA1 Notice Date

10/01/2007: I-129F Check Cashed

10/02/2007: Touched

10/04/2007: NOA1 received in the mail

10/23/2007: Second visit to Philippines

01/11/2008: NOA2 Approved!

01/14/2008: Touched

01/15/2008: Petition arrived NVC. 01/17/2008: Petition left NVC

01/18/2008: Date on NVC letter

01/18/2008: NOA2 Received in Mail

01/22/2008: Petition arrived in Manila @ 10:53 a.m., Signed for by Grace

01/22/2008: NVC letter arrived in the mail

01/24/2008: Found medical and interview dates on embassy web site

02/04/2008: Packet 4 received

03/04/2008: Medical Exam @ 6:30 AM

03/08/2008: Third trip to Philippines

03/13/2008: Interview @ 6:30 AM...APPROVED!!!

03/13/2008: CFO Seminar in Manila

03/17/2008: Visa released to Delbros

03/18/2008: Visa delivered to our hotel in Manila by Delbros @ 8:30 AM

03/19/2008: We fly home! POE Guam

04/10/2008: Applied for Social Security card

04/14/2008: Applied for marriage license

04/15/2008: Received Marriage license

04/17/2008: Received Social Security card

04/21/2008: Married!

05/01/2008: Applied for name change on Social Security card

05/15/2008: Pregnant!

05/25/2008: Mailed AOS

01/08/2009: AOS Approved!

01/16/2009: Green card arrived

01/20/2009: Our baby is born!

sophie_09 Explorer

sophie_09   0

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Hello VJ!

Finally im here with my fiance! in hawaii maui!!!!

Heres was my experience POE

arrived in hnl 8 hrs wew! we arrived early im a bit nervouse I followed where people went tsk tsk (princess and kscyrob told me to do so hehhe) so I followed them i tooked up bus to Immigration I didnt carry my x-ray hehhe I just follwed some who hand carried their x-rays there was a woman called if you go to wrong direction .. its not really busy they gave us priority number and ask for the x-ray and brown envelope.. so they called my name again for the few questions immigratin officer interviewed shes chinese shes really nice all her questions same as during my USEM interview I'm finished like 20 mins.. and instructed to go downstairs and pick up my luggage and she said WELCOME TO AMERICA! dnt forget to get married within 90 days heheh... so I ran downstairs to pick up my luggage cant wait to hug my dragon! grrrrr as I dragged my luggage someone called me! and said THERE YOU ARE! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU! the immigration officer whew! I was nervouse again (I was thinking oh my GOD they change their mind they probably send me home huhuuh ) and she said SORRY I FORGOT YOU HAVE TO FINGER SCANN FIRST! whew thats a relief so went upstairs for my finger scanning! she said okay your index finger please I point my index finger I was looking for the machine and she laughed oh sorry she forgot to placed the machine infornt of me...and said oh you have healthy finger prints! ( hmmm didnt know what that means anybody knows what that means?or shes trying to say i have clean fingers haahhah sigh**) so finally I'm done went to main exit door~ BOOOOM heres my dragon! we hugged each other so tight!hmmmm kissy kissy.... we had fun 2 days in waikiki fun fun......thanks for reading my post!

Thanks for sharing your POE experienced.. :thumbs::thumbs: Wish you all the best...gud luck :thumbs::thumbs:

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honeybear   0

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hi, welcome to Maui!!!

I came over to maui just 2 weeks before you....

Isnt it nice over here?

a lot of pinoys although majority of them do not know how to speak tagalog...only ilocano and english,hahaha!

08/24/06 - we met thru his cousin who was my co-worker

04/18/07 - my honey asked me to marry him and i said yes! we're ENGAGED!

05/28/07 - my honey sent the petition to USCIS

06/08/07 - USCIS recieved (on-line)

09/25/07 - hard copy of NOA1 received thru mail

10/15/07 - process for the petition was taking long so he decided to go back to the PI

10/22/07 - NOA2 approved (on-line)

11/08/07 - honey had to leave me again to go back to hawaii

12/10/07 - i was assigned an interview date (2/7/08) and PE date (1/30/07)

01/02/08 - Received PACKET 4!!!!!!

01/04/08 - 1st Day Early Medical at SLEC

01/07/08 - 2nd Day Early Medical at SLEC - PASSED!!!

01/30/08 - Scheduled Medical accdg to packet

02/06/08 - Interview at the USEM 7:30AM - APPROVED!!!!

02/12/08 - US Embassy called for visa pick-up

02/14/08 - Visa on hand YEY!!!!WOHOOOO!!!!!

02/16/08 - 3:30pm Flight to HNL, Hawaii

02/21/08 - Civil Wedding

AOS

4/20/08 - Received SSN

4/23/08 - NOA

4/25/08- ASC Appointment Notice

5/22/08 - Biometrics in HNL

7/30/08 - Interview (APPROVED)

8/11/08 - Green Card Received

chuck_n_rose Collaborator

chuck_n_rose   0

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very nice to hear, welcome to the U.S.

Citizenship

8/06/2011 - Package sent

8/25/2011 - Biometrics schedule

9/26/2011 - Interview date received

10/09/2011 - Received yellow letter

11/08/2011 - Interview date THANKS GOD went smooth n pretty easy with the nice lady IO takes 9-10 minutes wow???????????????

I think I waited more time for my Oath Ceremony schedule rather than interview process and after 13 minutes the lady gave my sched WOW CAN'T BELIEVE ......yayyyyyyy

11/16/2011 - Oath Ceremony

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Removing Conditions

08/3/2010 - File for Removal of Conditions (I-751)

08/6/2010 - Received date/ Noticed Date

9/06/2010 - Biometric Date Modesto

12/2/2010 - Card production( they orderd) new card. I just checked I'm not in hurry but hahahaha lucky GOD IS SO GOOD THANKS FOR EVERYTHING PAPA JESUS MWAHHH.

AOS

06/06/2008 - AOS PACKAGE SENT

06/09/2008 - RECEIVED DATE

06/13/2008- NOTICED DATE checked cleared ( received in mail 06/17/2008 notice for AOS, EAD and AP)

07/09/2008- BIOMETRICS date modesto

08/18/2008- AP APPROVED ( received date 8/22/2008)

08/18/2008- EAD APPROVED ( received date 8/27/2008)

09/17/2008- RECEIVED interview date appoinment

10/29/2008- INTERVIEW date 1:00pm sacramento (approved)

11/05/2008- RECEIVED WELCOME NOTICE

11/07/2008- RECEIVED GREEN CARD

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jom   4

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Congratulations and ALOHA!! Welcome to the USA :)

Removal of Conditions :

August 16, 2010 - Petition received by USCIS Vermont Center

August 20, 2010 - NOA1 received

October 4, 2010 - Biometrics

January 3, 2011 - Permanent 10 yr. Green Card Received.

sofia2009 Collaborator

sofia2009   1

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Hello VJ!

Finally im here with my fiance! in hawaii maui!!!!

Heres was my experience POE

arrived in hnl 8 hrs wew! we arrived early im a bit nervouse I followed where people went tsk tsk (princess and kscyrob told me to do so hehhe) so I followed them i tooked up bus to Immigration I didnt carry my x-ray hehhe I just follwed some who hand carried their x-rays there was a woman called if you go to wrong direction .. its not really busy they gave us priority number and ask for the x-ray and brown envelope.. so they called my name again for the few questions immigratin officer interviewed shes chinese shes really nice all her questions same as during my USEM interview I'm finished like 20 mins.. and instructed to go downstairs and pick up my luggage and she said WELCOME TO AMERICA! dnt forget to get married within 90 days heheh... so I ran downstairs to pick up my luggage cant wait to hug my dragon! grrrrr as I dragged my luggage someone called me! and said THERE YOU ARE! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU! the immigration officer whew! I was nervouse again (I was thinking oh my GOD they change their mind they probably send me home huhuuh ) and she said SORRY I FORGOT YOU HAVE TO FINGER SCANN FIRST! whew thats a relief so went upstairs for my finger scanning! she said okay your index finger please I point my index finger I was looking for the machine and she laughed oh sorry she forgot to placed the machine infornt of me...and said oh you have healthy finger prints! ( hmmm didnt know what that means anybody knows what that means?or shes trying to say i have clean fingers haahhah sigh**) so finally I'm done went to main exit door~ BOOOOM heres my dragon! we hugged each other so tight!hmmmm kissy kissy.... we had fun 2 days in waikiki fun fun......thanks for reading my post!

Congrats!! :thumbs: ..i bet you both could not take yourselves apart :lol:

AOS Process:

Mar. 11, 2008- ARRIVED US

Mar. 12, 2008- got married

00-00-0000-Temple wedding-Mormon church

Mar.13, 2008-completed vaccinations-I693A supplement from CS

Mar. 18, 2008- sent the AOS package(I-485 and EAD)..applied for SSN..

Mar.19, 2008-Delivered. signed for by V Bustamante-took and passed written driving test

Mar.25, 2008-Check cashed-Received SSN

Mar.27,2008-Received NOA's in mail-Case available online

Mar.28, 2008-Received Biometrics appointment in mail-04/08/08

Apr.08,2008-Biometrics DONE

Apr.08-09,2008-TOUCHED

Apr.14,2008-Transfer Notice date to California(I-485)

Apr.17,2008-Received Notice in the mail about the transfer

Apr.20 and 22,2008-I-485 TOUCHED..No touch on EAD

Apr.24, 2008-Received AR driver license

May 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 2008- I-485 TOUCHED..

May 16, 2008- I-765 Card production ordered -1st email

May 19, 2008- I-485 TOUCHED

May 21, 2008-I-765 Card production ordered-2nd email

May 22, 2008- I-765 TOUCHED

May 23, 2008-I765 Approval notice sent-3rd email

May 24, 2008- EAD in hand

May 28, 2008-AOS Card production ordered..yehey!!!got another email saying "Notice mailed welcoming the new permanent resident"

May 29, 2008-AOS TOUCHED

June 03, 2008- Green Card in hand

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shining_angel   0

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chori..CONGRATS naa na gyud ka diha. sorry i wasnt able to go to your Despedida party kay busy ang life :) Good luck sa life as a wife :)

AOS -
08-08-08 - Filed AOS with EAD and AP
08-18-08 - NOA for EAD,AP and AOS
08-21-08 - Received Biometrics Appointment Letter
09-09-08 - Biometrics Appointment 10am Kansas City
09-18-08 - I-485 transferred to CSC (got an email from USCIS)
10-07-08 - EAD Touched
10-19-08 - My birthday / Found out I am Pregnant!
10-22-08 - Grief, Pain, Sadness
11-06-08 - EAD card ordered; AP approved (USCIS website)
01-16-09 - AOS Touched
02-23-09 - Green Card (conditional) and welcome letter received in the mail
02-24-09 - Got the job in boyce and bynum lab


"When I bring my worries b4 d throne of Grace, I am at peace bcos I know my God is in full control"

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Island-Girl Enthusiast

Island-Girl   0

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hi, welcome to Maui!!!

I came over to maui just 2 weeks before you....

Isnt it nice over here?

a lot of pinoys although majority of them do not know how to speak tagalog...only ilocano and english,hahaha!

hi where u in maui???

My K-1-and-AOS-timeline

visit me: Much aloha from Maui

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David-and-Mae   15

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Welcome to America! Lucky you, you won't be missing a lot from the Philippines because in Hawaii it's like being back in Pinas.

Enjoy life!

--Mae

N-400 NATURALIZATION

04/04/2011 - Mailed N-400 to AZ Lockbox

04/06/2011 - Received

04/07/2011 - NOA

04/07/2011 - Check cashed

04/14/2011 - Biometrics appointment in the mail

04/21/2011 - Early Biometrics (was scheduled on May 4, 2011)

05/09/2011 - Case Status Notification - In line for interview and testing

05/10/2011 - Case Status Notification - Interview scheduled

05/14/2011 - Interview Appointment Letter in the mail

06/21/2011 - Interview Appointment Date

06/29/2011 - Case Status Notification - Placed in the oath scheduling que

08/16/2011 - Case Status Notification - Oath ceremony scheduled

09/15/2011 - Oath Taking - good riddance!

09/23/2011 - Applied for Passport

10/08/2011 - Passport in the mail

10/17/2011 - Certificate of Naturalization in the mail -- OFFICIALLY DONE!

"Love is a noble act of self-giving, offering trust, faith, and loyalty.

The more you love, the more you lose a part of yourself, yet you don't become less of who you are;

you end up being complete with your loved ones."

 
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