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Congratulations!!! :dance::dance::dance:

K1 Timeline

02/26/2007 - Filed I-129F

03/08/2007 - NOA1

06/05/2007 - NOA2

09/10/2007 - Interview

09/13/2007 - Visa Received

12/14/2007 - Flight to USA, POE-LAX

02/22/2008 - Wedding Date

AOS

05/29/2008 - I-485 received at Chicago Lockbox

06/19/2008 - Biometrics

08/25/2008 - Card production ordered

08/30/2008 - Green Card received

ROC

07/15/2010 - Mailed I-751 to CSC

07/19/2010 - NOA1

07/21/2010 - Check cleared

08/11/2010 - Biometrics

08/24/2010 - Card production ordered

08/27/2010 - Approval notice received

08/30/2010 - Green card received

N400 - Naturalization

08/08/2011 - Mailed N400 to Phoenix, AZ lockbox

08/12/2011 - NOA

08/15/2011 - Check cashed

09/07/2011 - Biometrics

09/09/2011 - Case status update - In line for testing & interview

09/13/2011 - Case status update - Interview scheduled

09/16/2011 - Interview appointment letter received from the mail

10/31/2011 - Test/Interview - Passed

12/07/2011 - In line for Oath Ceremony Scheduling

01/27/2012 - Oath Ceremony

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:star: Congratulations, Sharky/Paul for getting your 10yr green card (so quickly and unexpectedly too, especially that you had to file it on your own on a waiver)! :star:

Good luck on the rest of your immigration journey.

Ant (Still waiting at the VSC...)

Hi Everybody,

I just wanted to share my joy at receiving my 10 year Green card in the post, along with the approval notice!!

:dance:

I must admit this was COMPLETELY unexpected!

California service center had received my application to remove conditions on MAY 19th, but I had applied on my own because I had divorced my wife after only 7 months of marriage.

I was convinced that I would get a RFE, and when I looked online at the date the service center was processing, it said January 2008. My package included monthly bank statements, rental agreement, car insurance form, 2 affidavits from friends who attended our wedding, tax return in both our names but that was all.

I simply can't believe it!!!

All those people who are applying to lift conditions as a divorced applicant, don't give up hope. California is probably one of the quickest service centers in the country.

My best wishes to all the VJ community and to people still waiting

Paul :thumbs:

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**Ant's 1432.gif1502.gif "Once Upon An American Immigration Journey" Condensed Timeline...**

2000 (72+ Months) "Loved": Long-Distance Dating Relationship. D Visited Ant in Canada.

2006 (<1 Month) "Visited": Ant Visited D in America. B-2 Visa Port of Entry Interrogation.

2006 (<1 Month) "Married": Wedding Elopement. Husband & Wife, D and Ant !! Together Forever!

2006 ( 3 Months I-485 Wait) "Adjusted": 2-Years Green Card.

2007 ( 2 Months) "Numbered": SSN Card.

2007 (<1 Months) "Licensed": NYS 4-Years Driver's License.

2009 (10 Months I-751 Wait) "Removed": 10-Years 5-Months Green Card.

2009 ( 9 Months Baby Wait) "Expected": Baby. It's a Boy, Baby A !!! We Are Family, Ant+D+BabyA !

2009 ( 4 Months) "Moved": New House Constructed and Moved Into.

2009 ( 2 Months N-400 Wait) "Naturalized": US Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization. Goodbye USCIS!!!!

***Ant is a Naturalized American Citizen!!***: November 23, 2009 (Private Oath Ceremony: USCIS Office, Buffalo, NY, USA)

2009 (<1 Month) "Secured": US Citizen SSN Card.

2009 (<1 Month) "Enhanced": US Citizen NYS 8-Years Enhanced Driver's License. (in lieu of a US Passport)

2010 ( 1 Month) "Voted": US Citizen NYS Voter's Registration Card.

***~~~"The End...And the Americans, Ant+D+BabyA, lived 'Happily Ever After'!"...~~~***

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Great news! :thumbs:

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22 February 2010 - mailed the N-400 packet

02 March 2010 - Check encashed/I-797C NOA

03 March 2010 - USCIS Acceptance Confirmation via e-mail and text message

06 March 2010 - received I-797C, Notice of Action/Receipt

01 April 2010 - Biometrics Appointment (Biometrics done 4/7/10)

27 April 2010 - received I-797C/ Request to Appear for Naturalization Interview

02 June 2010 - Interview schedule

17 June 2010 - Oath Taking (Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA)

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Congratulations!

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Our Princess have her first tooth at five months of age.

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I-130 (IR-5) Petitions for my Mom and Dad

*06-08-2010---Petition will send on this date???

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hi sharky, congrats on getting the card, mighty fast and mighty cool.

If you don't mind me asking though... what prompted you to stay? (and tell me if I'm way outta line)

I mean I'd stay cos we have a daughter together and well, I'd really have no choice.... do you?

12/07/05 - receive K1 & K2 visa from embassy

12/09/05 - flew to Lincoln, NE - moving to USA to be with my hun :)

12/27/05 - apply for SSN

02/03/06 - receive SSN

02/04/06 - WE TIE THE KNOT :):)

02/09/06 - applied for State ID - learning to drive.....

02/13/06 - re-applying SSN - married name

02/15/06 - starting AOS and EAD process

02/18/06 - finally got everything in the post (certified mail via USPS)

02/20/06 - package delivered to Chicago (on Presidants Day??)

02/27/06 - NOA1 for 2x AOS and EAD

03/04/06 - biometrics letters received for 2x AOS & EAD

03/13/06 - biometrics appointment in Omaha, NE

03/14/06 - both AOS and EAD got touched... as a result of biometrics?!

06/09/06 - EAD approved

08/03/06 - AOS interview - APPROVED!

11/05/06 - found out we were pregnant :):):):):):):)

07/09/07 - Gabriella is born 7lbs 4oz. - 20 inch. long - an Angel sent from above

05/02/08 - Immigration again... removing conditions this time....

05/09/08 - My son received his extension letter

05/13/08 - I receive my NOA1 - here for at least another year!

05/28/08 - getting my biometrics done

09/30/08 - GC APPROVED - CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED!!!!!!!!!

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sharky   2

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Hi Everybody,

I just wanted to share my joy at receiving my 10 year Green card in the post, along with the approval notice!!

:dance:

I must admit this was COMPLETELY unexpected!

California service center had received my application to remove conditions on MAY 19th, but I had applied on my own because I had divorced my wife after only 7 months of marriage.

I was convinced that I would get a RFE, and when I looked online at the date the service center was processing, it said January 2008. My package included monthly bank statements, rental agreement, car insurance form, 2 affidavits from friends who attended our wedding, tax return in both our names but that was all.

I simply can't believe it!!!

All those people who are applying to lift conditions as a divorced applicant, don't give up hope. California is probably one of the quickest service centers in the country.

My best wishes to all the VJ community and to people still waiting

Paul :thumbs:

Wow, This is really Cool!!! Congratulations!! I read your timeline and you filed your lifting conditions five months before your GC will expire???if that so, I will do the same thing cause our lawyer told me that I can apply 3months before the GC will expire...my congratulations again.

I could file to lift conditions 5 months before my conditional status expired because I was DIVORCED. If you are not divorced you can only do this 3 months before. My divorced was finalized last September but I didn't realize that you could file when it was finalized.

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hi sharky, congrats on getting the card, mighty fast and mighty cool.

If you don't mind me asking though... what prompted you to stay? (and tell me if I'm way outta line)

I mean I'd stay cos we have a daughter together and well, I'd really have no choice.... do you?

hey Douglas, no problem with your question. I don't mind at all. I have plenty of choices and options, but why not hang on in there and get your 10 yr GC, then you have more options to work in the US if you want to? I mean after all this stress and money to get to this point, why not apply and get the 10 yr GC instead of heading back home with "your tail between your legs". I'm a marine biologist and I live in California, which is a great place to be in my profession... it doesn't mean I will stay here, but why not keep your options open? I can leave the states for a maximum up to a year and still come back... and to be honest if McCain gets in here I may well consider leaving for good anyway.... :unsure:

but when you think of all those people out there sacrificing so much for these cards, the least I could do was to get mine aswell

hope that helps

Paul

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