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Congrats francie and don't be shy....we are all family! ;)!

Our stuff is finally on it's way to the consulate...ds-160 was hell to fill out because I had no printer, no scan, and I never cropped a picture in my life!!!! Also, it wasn't clear to me if I had to send something from the ds-160, so I printed everything and sent the confirmation page with it...hope it's ok. I'm so glad I'm done with it! I'm also glad that the people at the consulate are so helpful, cause i was able to correct my daughter's name (they made the error) and was able to explain that my daughters were dual citizens (Canada-US) so they said that I was not to fill the forms for them. OUF!!!

Anyone else with canadian-american kids?

I'm thinking of waiting about 2-3weeks before I start looking for an interview date...Is that too soon?

129F

14 Oct 2008 --- I-129F sent to VSC

17 Oct 2008 ---- NOA1 (rec'd Oct.23rd)

17 Mar 2009 ---- NOA2 151days (rec'd Mar.21st)

31 Jul 2009 ---- Interview - APPROVED!! (visa rec'd Aug.5th)

16 Aug 2009 ---- BIG MOVE!!!! So many conflicting emotions!

21 Aug 2009 --- marriage - civil ceremony

AOS, EAD, AP

13 Oct 2009 --- sent to Chicago Lockbox

18 Nov 2009 -- Bio app. for AOS and EAD (Rec'd Nov. 2nd)

18 Dec 2009 --- AP and EAD APPROVED!!!! (AP rec'd Dec. 29th; EAD rec'd Dec. 31st)

15 Jan 2010 --- AOS transfered to CSC!!

19 Jan 2010 --- AOS touched

22 Jan 2010 --- AOS touched

25 Jan 2010 --- AOS touched

17 June 2010 ---AOS touched

18 June 2010 ---AOS touched

10 July 2010 --- AOS touched

12 July 2010 --- Letter to welcome new permanent resident and card ordered

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thank you...

got a little confession to make..

i was the first one on the line but i was too shy to introduce myself to the other fellow vjers that was there... :bonk:

thank you very much for being so nice!

Awww I thought that was you!! Bill said, I bet the girl in the front was the other girl from VJ, she was smart enough to come early :lol: Its ok, the experience was intimidating, I spent a lot of time just sitting there staring into space thinking about all the things that could go wrong! After you came up and said you were approved I felt a little better, so thanks for that!

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lol i wasnt able to sleep the whole nyt so i got out of bed at 5am and i was ready at 6. i stayed in omni mont royal which is a little far from the consulate so i decided to go early so i can still grab a cup of coffee. im not canadian, im only here in canada on work permit so i was so much worried that they will take our case differently, which they did not!

i forgot to ask the name of the guy next to me. if he can read this, im so sorry for lying! he asked me if i read visa forums or a member of it.i said i read sometimes but im not a member. i wasnt 100% sure that i will be approved thats y its one of the reason that i was so shy to introduce myself to u. message me on pm coz i dont know what was the result of your interview.

anyway, i was the only one i think who brought bunch of papers and proofs of relationship which the consul didnt even asked me to show it so the TIFF recycable bag just sat on the chair in the corner of the interview room.

hugglebubbles - when i was finish at the interview, i returned to my sit and the guy next to me asked if im waiting for anything, and i said nothing but my knees are shaking thats y i decided to sit. lol!

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I was wondering if that other guy was a VJ member as well, but I didn't really have a chance to talk to him aside from a couple words. When they came out after the interview they gave us the thumbs up, so I think it went well! Mystery man should post and say hello! :lol:

But don't blame you for needing to sit after. It didn't hit me until after... we got out and walked straight to the elevator, I just wanted out!! Then after we got outside the consulate I was like WOW! We brought some evidence, but not a lot. I figured the fact my fiance was there would be prof in itself! I'm glad everything went well for you!

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we talked a lot of stuffs while waiting, he said he will be moving to hawaii. i heard his fiancee's name like there is LEE in the end. there's this one couphele on the list of the interviewees yesterday as josef and lee. maybe that's them. good to hear that he was approved as well!

huggle, the woman after you, we were on the same train on our way to montreal so i was surprise that she was having interview too. then while waiting for the train on the way back to toronto i bumped into her on the central station and asked her if the interview went well and she said yes.we were in the same train again. what about the other lady before you, with her mom, u said she is vjer too. did her interview went good as well?

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APPROVED!

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. You were right, it was so easy! It was the traveling and the waiting that was the hardest part. The interview literally took 5 minutes, she praised us on our neat paperwork, and just basically read through everything! She didn't even ask us how we met, she just read the paper we submitted with the I-129F and said, "wow you've been corresponding since 2005?" I'll write a review later tonight when I get home.

YEA!!! Congrats! Funny feeling once you're done, huh? All excited and now there's this "lull" from the drama and stress over a 5 minute simple conversation. I'm soooooo happy for the two of you!!! :dance:

just got home from montreal and we were approved!!

That's terrific! Congratulations! :dance:

Event Date

ROC

9/24/11 - Mailed I-751 packet to CSC

9/26/11 - NOA1 Receipt Date

9/28/11 - Check cashed

10/1/11 - NOA1 arrived in mail

3/19/12 - RFE

5/3/12 - RoC APPROVED!!!

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Question about Montreal Visa X-press post envelope:

Does anyone know or has anyone tried using a "Priority Next Day" envelope over an "X-Press Post" envelope? The X-press post can take 2-3 days. Would they care?

Also, does someone have to be home to sign for it? I don't know if this thing requires a signature or not.

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Just wanted to let you know I found out about my appointment today. I called NVC - 1, then 0... and then she said...

Yes, you are scheduled for June 2 at 9am.

Wow... never knew how much that would affect me. I hung up, and called my beloved in California... still reeling. She is too.

What for weeks has felt like time was inching along at a frustratingly slow pace, all of a sudden changed. In an instant. Like the turbo boosters kicked in and now I realize that I have 1,389,563 things left to do and not nearly enough time. Interview prep is fine. I have that all ready. It's all the other stuff that now has a deadline on it.

Thanks for being such a huge part of the journey these last 10 months. I can't imagine doing it without you.

cheers!

Fell in love with her: 1975

Lost track of her till 2004

Proposed in Paris.

And then...

I-129F Sent : 2008-10-31

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-11-04

I-129F NOA2 : 2009-01-09

NVC Received : 2009-01-15

NVC Left : 2009-03-05

Packet 3 Received : 2009-03-16

Packet 3 Sent : 2009-03-18

Packet 4 Received : 2009-05-07

Interview Date : 2009-06-02 (approved!!!)

Visa Received : 2009-06-??

US Entry : 2009-06-11

Marriage : 2009-06-13

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Just wanted to let you know I found out about my appointment today. I called NVC - 1, then 0... and then she said...

Yes, you are scheduled for June 2 at 9am.

Wow... never knew how much that would affect me. I hung up, and called my beloved in California... still reeling. She is too.

What for weeks has felt like time was inching along at a frustratingly slow pace, all of a sudden changed. In an instant. Like the turbo boosters kicked in and now I realize that I have 1,389,563 things left to do and not nearly enough time. Interview prep is fine. I have that all ready. It's all the other stuff that now has a deadline on it.

Thanks for being such a huge part of the journey these last 10 months. I can't imagine doing it without you.

cheers!

Great news, congratulations :dance:

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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just got home from montreal and we were approved!!

Yay Francie!!! When are you moving down???

September 11th, 2004 - Met in Asia

May 2007 - Engaged in Hawaii!!

June 2008 - I-129F Petition

June (I think) 2008 - NOA1

October 2008 - NOA2 (P3 sent to wrong consulate by accident)

December 2008 - NON-legal wedding ceremony in Honduras

January 19th, 2009 - P3 finally arrives to correct consulate AND me!!

January 19th, 2009 - "Overnighted" P3 back same day. I am so efficient!!

January 23rd, 2009 - Montreal finally gets it. "Overnight" my a**!! Money refunded to me from Canada Post...ASAH!

March 27th, 2009 - Notified by phone call of interview date

March 31, 2009 - Interview Letter received in mail (P4)

April 6th, 2009 - Medical

April 17th, 2009 - Interview!!!

April 27th 2009 MOVED POE - Buffalo Peace Bridge

May 1st 2009 - Married!!

May 18th - SSN arrived in mail

AoS:

May 14th, 2009 - Filed for AoS - Come on NOOOO RFE'S!!!

May 22nd, 2009 - NOA1 for AoS, AP, EAD - California Service Center. ASAH

May 30th, 2009 - Biometrics appointment letter received for I485, I765 (where is the I131????)....date June 12th. 2009

June 2nd, 2009 - Biometrics completed

June 15th, 2009 - EAD Card production ordered!!

June 20th, 2009 - AP, EAD arrives in mail! (no email from CRIS)

July 2nd, 2009 - AOS Transferred to California

August 7th, 2009 - Green Card production ordered. WoohoO!

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Question about Montreal Visa X-press post envelope:

Does anyone know or has anyone tried using a "Priority Next Day" envelope over an "X-Press Post" envelope? The X-press post can take 2-3 days. Would they care?

Also, does someone have to be home to sign for it? I don't know if this thing requires a signature or not.

You do have to be home to sign for it, if you're not they'll leave a slip and you have to go pick it up at your local PO. It's up to you to pay the extra $1 or whatever it is for the signature reqd sticker.... I'd suggest it though, you want to make sure this package doesn't get into the wrong hands by accident!

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K-1

I-129F sent to Vermont: 2/19/08

NOA1: 2/21/08

NOA2: 3/10/08

Packet 3 recd: 3/25/08

Packet 3 sent: 4/18/08

Appt letter recd: 6/16/08

Interview at Montreal Consulate: 7/10/08 **APPROVED!!**

K1 recd: 7/15/08

US Entry at Buffalo, New York: 11/15/08

Wedding in Philadelphia: 11/22/08

AOS

AOS/EAD/AP filed at Chicago Lockbox: 12/17/08

NOA: 12/29/08

Case transferred to CSC: 1/7/09

AOS Approval: 4/2/09

Biometrics appt: 1/16/09

EAD received: 3/12/09

AP received: 3/13/09

AOS approval notice sent: 4/2/09

GC received: 4/9/09

ROC

Sent package to VSC: 1/5/11

NOA1: 1/7/11

Biometrics: 2/14/11

Approval letter received: 8/1/11

GC received: 8/11/11

Citizenship:

N-400 sent to Dallas lockbox: 3/1/12

NOA1: 3/6/12

Biometrics: 4/9/12

Interview: 5/25/12

Oath Ceremony: 6/4/2012

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Just wanted to let you know I found out about my appointment today. I called NVC - 1, then 0... and then she said...

Yes, you are scheduled for June 2 at 9am.

Wow... never knew how much that would affect me. I hung up, and called my beloved in California... still reeling. She is too.

What for weeks has felt like time was inching along at a frustratingly slow pace, all of a sudden changed. In an instant. Like the turbo boosters kicked in and now I realize that I have 1,389,563 things left to do and not nearly enough time. Interview prep is fine. I have that all ready. It's all the other stuff that now has a deadline on it.

Thanks for being such a huge part of the journey these last 10 months. I can't imagine doing it without you.

cheers!

Awww congrats! It truly is an amazing feeling! I cried! Lol'!

Congrats to all who recently got approvals! What a great couple of months we have had...

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N-400 Citizenship

06/27/2014 Mailed N-400 Packet

07/02/2014 Tracking Confirmation Packet Rec'd @ USCIS

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probably a dumb question, but I prefer to be safe that sorry .. lol

We received our express post envelope back from the consulate today :D Now I read somewhere there is one envelope that we can't open and have to give to the agents at the border .. which one is it, is it the express post envelope itself or another one that is inside the express post envelope ? I mean, is it OK to open the express post envelope ?

Sorry for my ignorance :blush:

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

K1

2008-07-09 : I-129F Sent

2008-11-18 : I-129F NOA2

2008-11-24 : Consulate Received

2008-11-30 : Packet 3 Received

2009-01-26 : Medical appointment (3 vaccines shots !)

2009-02-09 : Packet 3 Sent

2009-03-30 : Packet 4 Received

2009-04-28 : Visa APPROVED !!!!!

2009-05-01 : Visa in hand !!!!!

2009-08-22 : Big smile and moving to sunny Florida

2009-08-23 : Finally here in Florida with my babe :)

2009-09-17 : Civil wedding :)

AOS

2009-10-13 : Filed for AOS, AP, EAD

2009-10-23 : AOS NOA Received

2009-10-23 : AP NOA Received

2009-10-23 : EAD NOA Received

2009-11-05 : AOS Transfered to CSC

2009-11-18 : Biometrics Appt.

2009-12-04 : AP Approved

2009-12-11 : EAD Card received

2010-02-16 : AOS Approved and Greencard Received ! :)

Removing conditions on 11/16/2011

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just got home from montreal and we were approved!!

Yay Francie!!! When are you moving down???

3rd week of May. no exact date yet. i'll give my boss 2 weeks notice before i leave.

im still waiting for my visa. been checking canada post every hour lol.

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probably a dumb question, but I prefer to be safe that sorry .. lol

We received our express post envelope back from the consulate today :D Now I read somewhere there is one envelope that we can't open and have to give to the agents at the border .. which one is it, is it the express post envelope itself or another one that is inside the express post envelope ? I mean, is it OK to open the express post envelope ?

Sorry for my ignorance :blush:

Yes, you can open the Xpress Post envelope. The one you can't open is actually labeled... DO NOT OPEN. You'll know the difference when you see it. :)

Event Date

ROC

9/24/11 - Mailed I-751 packet to CSC

9/26/11 - NOA1 Receipt Date

9/28/11 - Check cashed

10/1/11 - NOA1 arrived in mail

3/19/12 - RFE

5/3/12 - RoC APPROVED!!!

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