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Joined my wife in the Philippines and JOINED the "Mile High Club" on the way home!!

Wasn't :devil: easy!!!

:lol: crazy but funny! I would be afraid of getting caught!! :whistle: But I guess they can't kick you out half way over the ocean!! haha

No, but some people will be waiting for you when you get off the plane if you get caught... :blink: but yeah, I agree, TMI.. :unsure:

"No saan nga makaammo nga nangtaliaw ti naggapuanna, Saan a makadanon ti papananna..."


*04/23/10 - GC recieved in the mail!! d( -_-)b
*07/30/12 - ROC Approved!!
*08/08/12 - 10/yr GC received in the mail!!

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Filed: Other Country: Philippines
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Once everything is filed and approved, then I will return to her country to offer her support while she has

her medical exam and interview. My wife has never flown internationally and It would be much easier and less

stressful on her If I were there by her side.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Australia
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I wish I could, but sadly he'll have to be excited and freaking out over the Pacific all by himself again. If I'm gonna pay $1500 for a flight to Aussieland I'd much rather go enjoy the country instead of turning around and coming right back. lol

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I will be flying alone into US. My husband was just here for the Christmas-New Year holidays. If all goes well next week, i shall be on my way the following week. I guess I will lose out on the luggage allowance part, but we make do and he already brought back a whole luggage of my stuff each time we meet up, and I have boxes on the way. I have no problem with international traveling, altho I never like dealing with immigration whether they are nice or stern. We shall see how the interview turn out.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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i will be going to singapore to pick her up and have a little vacation b4 comeing back. we both agreed it would be nice to fly back here together and i will be there to help her with anything i can. she has flown b4 but we wil both feel better doing it together..

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Guatemala
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Well if timing works out as planned, I will be going down on a one way ticket as soon as teacher work days are over in June and hopefully he will be coming back with me (estimate is July). I will be able to (hopefully) go to the Medical and Interview with him! Also will be able to spend some more time with his family before he moves here. That is the tentative plan, and he has never flown before. However if things miraculously start moving before summertime he will be coming here on his own :unsure: The only thing I'm concerned about is the language issue - does anyone know if the officers who check him in at the POE will speak Spanish? I know this depends on where and when and who's working, but how does that work with all the foreigners that come here and do not speak English?

MR. & MRS. CACEREZ

K-1 Process

10.23.08 - sent K1 packet

10.29.08 - NOA1

02.19.09 - NOA2 113 days, Igor's #226

04.13.09 - Interview, Visa in hand next day

04.19.09 - POE Atlanta

04.20.09 - Married!

AOS Process

06.09.09 - sent AOS,EAD,AP packet

06.17.09 - NOAs issued

06.24.09 - Biometrics done (3 weeks earlier than appt date)

07.03.09 - received RFE for I-693 (dated 6.29, responded 7.07)

07.23.09 - transferred to CSC (received letter 7.27)

07.29.09 - EAD Card Production Ordered & AP Approved

11.23.09 - AOS touched - card production ordered & welcome letter sent - 13 months exactly after initially applying for K-1!

12.03.09 - GC arrived in mail

Removal of Conditions Process

07.28.11 - received reminder letter from USCIS to remove conditions before 11.18.11

09.28.11 - mailed I-751 packet

10.03.11 - NOA

10.05.11 - check cashed

11.25.11 - Biometrics

07.24.12 - GC approved!

08.01.12 - GC arrived in mail

Citizenship Process

12.16.16 - sent N400 packet

12.23.16 - NOA issued

01.27.17 - Biometrics done

02.01.17 - put in line for interview

03.15.17 - scheduled for an interview on 04.21.17, had to write a letter asking for a reschedule because we will be out of the country

03.31.17 - scheduled for an interview again

05.09.17 - Interview!

 

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My sweetie will be flying here to meet me and then drive the 2000 miles from Nova Scotia, Canada to Wisconsin together. We opted for the uhaul and trailer to haul my car. This way we can take turn driving and get to see some more of Canada for him. Well, this is the plan to date....who knows, maybe once I start packing all my #######...jumping on an airplane and just flying might not look that bad afterall. LOL

Wisconsin Hunter & A Canadian Beaver

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Joined my wife in the Philippines and JOINED the "Mile High Club" on the way home!!

Wasn't :devil: easy!!!

It's not TMI...matter of fact I need pictures to complete the vision :thumbs::devil:

04-12-08 Married

06-11-08 Mailed I-130 Package

06-18-08 NOA1

08-08-08 NOA2

10-22-08 Interview USEM

10-28-08 Visa Received

11-01-08 POE

That was fast!

Got to love the fact my wife was preggy and even with a RFE @ NVC she was still here in under 5 months!

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I am flying to the Phils to spend some time with her family and then we both woill fly back together. She has never flown internationally and I do not want her to try flying by herself. I wil enjoy the flight back together and I also want to visit het immediate family again and they plan a farewell party also for us, her family and I get along so well. Sure it costs money but I think treveling there and back with her is the right thing to do. :)

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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Well, I unfortunately can't go to Thailand to make the entire journey with her. I just don't have the vacation time from work at this point to do that, much as I'd like to. I was there last in Sept and had a great time with her and all her family then.

So, there are 2 options. One - she will come directly here and I'll pick her up at O'Hare.

Two - I have a family wedding to attend in Toronto in late March. Depending on how things work out with interview etc. I'm really hoping she'll have the K-1 in hand before then. At first I was disappointed thinking that she would be stuck in Chicago and unable to travel to Canada for the wedding with me. But now I'm getting this crazzzy idea that we should try to get her a tourist visa to enter Canada, and then book her flight as BKK-YYZ, then I fly up to Toronto and meet her there, attend the family wedding with my family, and make the trip YYZ-ORD together. That has the added advantage of letting us navigate her US POE experience together. I'm hoping to make this work but it will all depend upon the timing of getting her K-1, and whether she can also get a Canadian tourist visa.

So, this is the compromise solution to your question: No, I won't go to her home country, but also no, I won't just meet her in the US. We'll meet in a 3rd country and enter the US together.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ecuador
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I'm going over to offer support for the interview and spend some time together. At this moment can not afford to go again when it is approved to fly back with her. If I had the money I would. : ) Jorge

K1 (K2) Application
06-19-2008 I-129F sent (Vermont SC)
06-28-2008 NOA1 / 11-11-2008 NOA2
02-03-2009 INTERVIEW - APPROVED!
02-17-2009 Visa received (for both)
04-27-2009 ARRIVED IN MIAMI
05-30-2009 MARRIED (L)

AOS
07-30-2009 I-485/I-765/I-131 (CIS office Miami)
08-27-2009 NOA1 date
09-03-2009 Biometrics (appt date 09-23-09)
09-18-2009 NOA2
10-21-2009 INTERVIEW DATE - APPROVED
10-31-2009 Green card Received (for my wife and daughter) :joy:

ROC
07-21-2011 I-751 sent to VSC
07-30-2011 NOA1 Date
08-08-2011 Biometrics (appt date 08-26-11)
09-06-2011 Biometrics re-take (appt date 09-28-11)
03-26-2012 RFE – additional evidence / 04-19-2012 Sent docs
07-27-2012 Interview letter (appt date 08-30-12)
08-30-2012 INTERVIEW DATE - APPROVED
09-13-2012 10 Year Green card received (for my wife and daughter) :joy:

N-400

07-02-2015 N-400 sent to Lewisville, TX / 07-09-2015 check cashed
07-16-2015 NOA1
07-17-2015 Biometrics (appt date 07-30-15 / CIS office Oakland Park, FL)
08-03-2015 Case in line for interview

08-20-2015 Interview letter rcvd (appt date 09-22-15 / Hialeah, FL office)

09-22-2015 INTERVIEW DATE - APPROVED (Oath Ceremony date 09-26-15)

09-26-2015 OATH TAKEN. I GOT MY CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION :joy:

11-16-2015 Passport application

12-07-2015 US Passport received

12-09-2015 Got back CoN

N-600 for daughter

05-21-2016 Application sent (13 yo)

06-28-2016 Non-Delivery of Notice request sent since no receipt or letter with case # was received (reply rcvd on 07-13-2016)

07-25-2016 Checked status online: In Line for Oath Ceremony to be scheduled

08-20-2016 Oath Ceremony letter received (now 14 yo) (date 08-27-2016)

08-27-2016 OATH TAKEN IN CEREMONY. DAUGHTER GOT CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP AND END OF THE JOURNEY :joy:

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Most likely I will be flying up to Montreal and driving home with him. Not sure though, but I doubt he wants to make the 8 hour drive alone especially since he is going to have to stop at the border and do the whole car importing thing. I guess as time gets closer we will work it out. I know I am going to go with him for the interview, so will just probably make it an extended trip until the visa is issued than just drive together :D

K-1 Visa

Event Date

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Montreal, Canada

I-129F Sent : 2008-12-03

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-12-16

CHECK CASHED: 2008-12-18

TOUCHED: 2008-12-23

I-129F RFE(s) : NONE

I-129F NOA2 : 2009-04-06

NVC Left : 2009-04-13

Consulate Received : 2009-04-15

Packet 3 Mailed: 2009-04-17

Packet 3 Received : 2009-04-22

Packet 3 Sent : 2009-04-23

Packet 3 Received in Montreal: 2009-04-27

Medical : 2009-04-27

Packet 4 Received : 2009-06-08

Interview Date : 2009-07-08 Approved!

Visa Received : 2009-07-10

US Entry : 2009-07-16

Marriage : 2009-07-24

Comments : Church Wedding and Celebration on November 14, 2009.

Having civil wedding because need AP for trip to Ireland planned December 2009, couldn't risk not being able to go so civil wedding before the church wedding.

AOS, EAD and AP

CIS Office : Dover DE

Date Filed : 2009-07-29

Check Cashed: 2009-08-07

NOA Date : 2009-08-06

RFE(s) :

Received Bio Appt Notice: 2009-08-20

Bio. Appt. : 2009-08-31

AOS Transfer** : 2009-08-24

Interview Date : NONE

AP/EAD Approved: 2009-09-21

AOS Approved:2009-10-02

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Filed: Country: Indonesia
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If the person has no experience flying internationally, it can be daunting although with basic knowledge of English, you will be able to get help, in the plane and at the airport. I personally avoided flight with domestic connecting flight on the first POE because I do not know how long the immigration will take and have to worry about catching the next flight or being bored at the airport. Well, I still try to avoid the domestic connection :blush:

But I came on CR-1 & my husband just met me at the airport.

I-130

Jun 28 2004 : Received at NSC

Oct 25 2004 : Transferred to CSC

Oct 29 2004 : Received at CSC

Nov 8 2004 : Received response from CSC that my file is being requested & review will be done

Nov 10 2004 : Email & online status Approved

Nov 15 2004 : NOA 2 in mail

Dec 16 2004 : NVC assigns case number

Dec 20 2004 : NVC sent DS 3032 to beneficiary, copy of DS 3032 & I-864 fee bill to petitioner

Jan 3 2005 : Petitioner received copy of DS 3032 and I-864 fee bill. Post-marked Dec 23rd.

Jan 11 2005 : Beneficiary received DS 3032 in Indonesia

Jan 31 2005 : Sent DS 3032 to NVC

Feb 8, 2005 : NVC received DS 3032

Feb 21, 2005 : IV fee generated

Feb 25, 2005 : Sent I-864 fee bill

Feb 28, 2005 : I-864 fee bill delivered to St Louis

Mar 3, 2005 : IV fee bill received

Mar 7, 2005 : Sent IV fee bill

Mar 9, 2005 : IV fee bill delivered to St Louis

Mar 28, 2005 : I-864 fee credited against case.

April 6, 2005 : Received I-864 package

April 7, 2005 : Immigrant Visa fee credited against case.

April 11, 2005 : DS 230 is generated

Aug 12, 2005 : I-864 & DS 230 received by NVC

Sep 14, 2005 : RFE on I-864

Nov 3, 2005 : Checklist response received at NVC

Nov 25, 2005 : Case completion

Dec 9, 2005 : Police Cert requested from the Netherlands

Jan 12 2006 : Interview success - Approved !!

Jan 19 2006 : Visa & brown envelope picked up

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