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Captain Ewok   1,900

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I hope the new forum will help give a place for issues on adjusting status from non-family visa types and other specific issues. From my understanding from other members we have gotten quite a few questions that would have benefited from this new forum so hopefully this will help out. Your feedback is welcome :).

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YuAndDan   153

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Great idea! Yes it will help separate the two scenarios.

OUR TIME LINE Please do a timeline it helps us all, thanks.

Is now a US Citizen immigration completed Jan 12, 2012.

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Look here: A Candle for Love and China Family Visa Forums for Chinese/American relationship,

Visa issues, and lots of info about the Guangzhou and Hong Kong consulate.

raymaga Mentor

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Good thinking, Captain!!!

I'm sure it will be used a great deal and provide a lot of people with the help and answers they need.

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

EstebanTrabajos Mentor

EstebanTrabajos   7

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Great! I was just asked by a friend of mine if this forum had a forum not just related to fiance, spouse of a US Citizen but also to work, student etc..

Good thinking people!

I'll let her know that it has been added ;)

P.S. and by the way this adjustment of status forum is a sub-categorty of general family based immigration topics, hence we need this new forum bc people can be in process not just solely by the sponsorship of a relative

Edited by GueraYTavo

05/01/08 Green Card in mailbox!!

06/05/10 Real GREEN Card RECEIVED!

01/17/13 Sent application for US Citizenship!!!

01/19/13 Arrived to Arizona Lockbox

01/24/13 Notice of Action

01/25/13 Check cashed

01/28/13 NOA received by mail and biometrics letter mailed as per uscis.gov

02/14/13 Biometrics appointment

03/18/13 In-line for inteview

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Dias Melhores   0

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I would like to see this subforum :thumbs:

Our Story so far...

K-1

7/26/07- I-129F sent to CSC

8/02/07- NOA 1

12/13/07- NOA 2

2/12/08- Interview in Rio- APPROVED!

2/15/08- Visa Received

2/18/08- US Entry

2/20/08- Wedding Day

AOS

3/04/08- AOS, EAD and AP mailed

4/07/08- RFE

4/11/08- AOS, EAD and AP re-mailed

4/18/08- NOA's received

5/06/08- Biometrics Appt

6/14/08- AP approved

6/17/08- EAD approved

11/07/08- Greencard Approved!

11/22/08- Greencard Received

Gabriel was born on January 12, 2010!

bluegreen Collaborator

bluegreen   0

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Agreed, it IS a slightly different process and it would have helped me out a bit at the beginning.

Concurrent I-130 and AOS

Nov 30 2007 - I enter US as a tourist to spend the ski season with my sweetie and figure out what we both want outta life - we plan on ending up in Canada, but...

Jan 30 2008 - We get married in Vegas! We decide to stay in the US.

Feb 08 2008 - File I-130, I-485, AP and EAD

Feb 11 2008 - Package arrives in Chicago

Feb 19 2008 - Receive NOA 1 for everything except I-485. NOA date Feb 15th

Feb 19 2008 - Touch I-130, AP, EAD

Feb 21 2008 - Receive I-485 NOA 1. NOA Date Feb 15th

Feb 22 2008 - Receive Biometrics notice, dated Feb 20th, for appointment March 11th

Feb 27 2008 - Walk in to Denver field office and have Biometrics taken early as the 11th March I'll be away

Apr 16 2008 - EAD card production ordered

Apr 16 2008 - AP approval sent

Apr 21 2008 - AP received in mail

Apr 21 2008 - EAD card production email received again - strange

Apr 24 2008 - EAD card approval notice sent email

Apr 26 2008 - EAD card received

May 03 2008 - Interview notice received -June 27th

May 22 2008 - Touch on I-485

June 09 2008 - I-130 finally shows up online and shows a touch that day, so does I-485

Jun 27 2008 - Interview - approved, stamped, received card production email. Ya-hoo!!!!

July 10 2008 - Card received

Total time from filing - approval: 4.5 months

MOVED TO SAN DIEGO!!

Lifting of Conditions

June 11 2010 - Package mailed

June 16 2010 - NOA date

July 2 2010 - Bio letter received - July 27th date

July 9 2010 - Early biometrics walk in San Marcos CA

Sept 16 2010 - Card production ordered

Lili Rising Star

Lili   3

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I agree, great idea!!

Adjustment of status is not quite exactly the same for everybody!

AOS Approved on 10-17-08 (details in profile)

Removal of Conditions on 07-19-10

In this tedious process, we tend to forget that this is all worth it.

I love my hubby beyond anything in this world.

Reneehao Explorer

Reneehao   0

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I am new to this helpful forum. And this forum is realy good for me!

I entered US under TN visa( Canadian can work in the US under TN visa) and married my hubby (American honey guy).

Now I am waiting for the AOS approval.

Is there anyone here has the same situation to me?

05/29/09, sent application package to Chicago USCIS for both parents

06/05/09, Checks cashed

06/08/09, NOA's received, online status visable

06/12/09, Bio letters received

06/29/09, Bio done

06/30/09, case transfered to California

sweetpiano Collaborator

sweetpiano   0

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Captain Ewok, great idea!

A lot of confusion sometimes arises when people adjusting from a certain visa give advice that is not appropriate to a different visa. Here people adjusting from the same visa can help each other.

BTW, shouldn't we be able to see a link to this forum from this page: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=7, within the "breadcrumbs" at the top, instead of going back to the general forums page and clicking through from there?

Thanks.

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10-Apr-08...Filing date for I-130/AOS/EAD/AP

02-May-08...Biometrics

31-Jul-08...EAD Card received

15-Sep-08...Interview (APPROVED)

27-Sep-08...GC received

03-Aug-10...Filed I-751 (Removal of Conditions)

06-Aug-10...NOA 1-yr Extension Letter

10-Sep-10...Biometrics

02-Dec-10...ROC approved! (Card production ordered)

Heliosphan Rising Star

Heliosphan   1

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Fantastic idea! There are a lot of different aspects to AOS when coming from an F1 that are so different from a K1. Thanks so much!

Removing Conditions

07/31/2010 - Filed for Removal of Conditions (I-751)

08/02/2010 - ROC Packet received

08/03/2010 - NOA notice date for I-751

08/05/2010 - Check cashed

08/07/2010 - NOA received for I-751

08/13/2010 - Biometrics appointment letter received

09/01/2010 - Biometrics taken

09/01/2010 - Case status appears online

11/08/2010 - Card production ordered

11/13/2010 - I-751 Approval Letter received

11/19/2010 - Green Card received in the mail

Citizenship

08/01/2011 - Filed for Citizenship (N-400)

08/03/2011 - N400 Packet received

08/05/2011 - Received email/text confirming application receipt

08/08/2011 - Check cashed

08/09/2011 - Biometrics notice sent

08/12/2011 - NOA received for N400

08/12/2011 - Biometrics appointment letter received

08/29/2011 - Biometrics taken

08/31/2011 - Case Status Notification: Placed in line for interview scheduling

10/11/2011 - Received yellow letter

01/11/2012 - Interview letter sent

01/17/2012 - Interview letter received

02/16/2012 - Interview & received Oath letter

03/06/2012 - Oath ceremony

Lili Rising Star

Lili   3

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Fantastic idea! There are a lot of different aspects to AOS when coming from an F1 that are so different from a K1. Thanks so much!

Name them.

Other than the fact you need to get a stateside medical exam, I don't know of any.

I-130, whether or not to use AP, keeping use of current work visa or not... The concerns are different.

AOS Approved on 10-17-08 (details in profile)

Removal of Conditions on 07-19-10

In this tedious process, we tend to forget that this is all worth it.

I love my hubby beyond anything in this world.

rebeccajo Grand Master

rebeccajo   14

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Fantastic idea! There are a lot of different aspects to AOS when coming from an F1 that are so different from a K1. Thanks so much!

Name them.

Other than the fact you need to get a stateside medical exam, I don't know of any.

I-130, whether or not to use AP, keeping use of current work visa or not... The concerns are different.

I don't see these as major differences.

And the discussion of these issues in the general forum is educational for all.

IMO, the further we segregate information, the harder it is for everyone to learn about the process.

The only purpose I see this subforum serving is keeping the marriage visa adjustees from attacking people who are adjusting from another visa type with wrongful allegations of fraud. And that's doing people no good either IMO, because people need to realize that you can adjust from another visa type without it being an illegal immigration act.

 
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