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nickandkayte   0

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Congratulations! Its nice to hear such a happy story :)

12/31/2009 - Married

01/08/2010- Mailed in AOS

01/13/2010- AOS received and sent back due to missing signature

01/22/2010- AOS arrives back at my house, signed, sent off again

01/27/2010- Receipt number given, huzzahhh! NOA1

01/29/2010- Money taken out :'(

02/02/2010- Touch

02/06/2010- Biometrics Appointment, 16th Feb at 2:00pm .... Also happens to be my 21st Birthday!!

02/07/2010- Sent in Medical to Chicago office

02/09/2010- Got a RFE for medical.....Sent reply letter 2 days earlier due to forgetting to include vaccination data.

02/10/2010- Sent a 2nd copy of medical to MO office.

02/16/2010- 21st birthday, Biometrics done, and a letter saying my case is on "hold" from the 7th of Feb, in a email...

02/17/2010- Touch

02/23/2010- Letter to congressman

02/24/2010- RFE Received and processing resumed.

02/25/2010- Case transferred to CSC

03/24/2010- Work permit printed

03/28/2010- Work permit received (After writing to the congressman...Again...)

07/01/2010- Call to Senator about Green card, Call to USCIS, Nothing... Told to wait another 2 months and then possibly another 4 months.

07/01/2010- Touch on I-485/Green card...

07/02/2010- Second touch on I-485/Green card, No notifications....

07/07/2010- Told at info pass that my application is being sent to west palm from CSC

07/10/2010- Touch I-485

07/14/2010- Touch on I-485

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pothergavel   0

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Thanks all, really appreciate it! Thanks for the heads up on the other links too Nich-Nick!

We're all moved into the apartment now too, so all we need to do is furnish the place. Oh, and AOS ;)

Collecting the SSN tomorrow all being well, and despite the lady who was adamant there that I could work, I guess the 3 month or so break from work is about to start.

For anyone interested in that kind of thing, here's a link to a wedding album that one of our guests took. I told you Mrs Pothergavel was hawt ;)

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.a...w_photos_button

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Congrats! And lovely wedding pics! :thumbs:

Visa Journey completed, but we are still here to provide support! :)

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Congrats! Great wedding pics. Mr & Mrs Pothergavel are both hotties! :star:

K1

5/16/08:Received NA01

2/24/09: NA02 APPROVAL... finally, after 9 MONTHS & 8 DAYS!!

5/5/09 : Interview Date APPROVED!!!!

5/8/09: visa received

From NA01 to interview: 12 LONG MONTHS!!

07/23/09: received SSN

08/17/09: Passed Driving test

08/22/09: Married on beautiful Mackinac Island, MI

AOS

08/31/09: Mailed AOS Package

10/20/09: Received AP

10/21/09 Received EAD card

12/7/09 AOS APPROVED!

12/14/09: Green Card arrived in mail. Happy Days!

It's taken 18 months from applying for K1 to receipt of Green Card! Thank God it's over until 12/7/11

Here we go again...

ROC

09/14/11: Mailed I-751 to Vermont

09/19/11: NA01

10/14/11: Biometrics

7/2/12: Approved. New Card Ordered

7/7/12: Green Card received

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Nich-Nick   3,354

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At my age, I was kinda taken with the man escorting the bride. :rofl: Is that her father?

Nice pics Mr. Poth. The wedding looked lovely.

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K-1 Timeline 4 months, 19 days 03-10-08 VSC to 7-29-08 Interview London

10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

The journey from Fiancé to US citizenship:

4 years, 2 months, 6 days

243 pages of forms/documents submitted

No RFEs

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pothergavel   0

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Haha, yeah.

Father in law. Very photogenic and knows where the camera is for sure!

This is the new Mrs Pothergavel the day after at our little present to ourselves - a photo shoot at the Neon Boneyard in Las Vegas......

http://aaronblumenshine.wordpress.com/ - scroll down 2 pics I think.

On a side note, I just said goodbye to ma and pa in San Francisco. Their 2 week vacation for the wedding is over. Many tears all round :crying: for the first time it kinda feels real all of a sudden, ya know? Probably not making much sense so i'll think about what i'm trying to say and go to bed instead!

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What a gorgeous wedding! Eee! But Mr. Pothergavel seems to have a habit of looking away from the camera. I was going to count, but I forgot to.

:D More happy fluffywuffyness! Congratulations. Oooh, I need a hankie...

Magpie.

Upon the mountain of that which would undo us, our banner shall fly highest.

For K-1 timeline, please check our story!

:: Before-AOS Timeline ::

2009-06-16: Received SSN

2009-06-18: Got my degree classification! Got a 2:1 =D.

2009-07-04: Got MARRIED on Independance Day in San Antonio!

:: AOS Timeline ::

2009-08-06: Mailed off our AOS packet!

2009-08-10: USCIS received packet, no NOA1 yet

2009-08-14: NOA1, eeee!

2009-09-08: Walk-in biometrics, all done!

2009-09-15: Got AP, woo + driving permit

2009-09-25: Approved for EAD, waiting for card

2009-09-30: EAD in hand :D

2009-10-16: Received interview letter for 20th October :D

2009-10-20: AOS APPROVED!

2009-10-30: Green card in hand! Weeeeeee!

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At my age, I was kinda taken with the man escorting the bride. :rofl: Is that her father?

Nice pics Mr. Poth. The wedding looked lovely.

I have to agree in what I hope is a very non-creepy way that he is quite distinguished :lol:

The pics are great (who would have thought a Vegas wedding could look so classy :D)! Especially that shot of your wife from the shoot - memories to treasure for a lifetime, indeed.

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Our naturalization timeline
1/12/2015 - Application sent to Phoenix service center by USPS priority mail

1/14/2015 - Package received in Phoenix

1/16/2015 - NOA date (hard copy received 1/22)

1/20/2015 - Check cashed

2/09/2015 - Biometrics

2/11/2015 - In line for interview

3/28/2015 - Hard copy interview notice received

4/29/2015 - Interview at Chicago field office - Approved!!!

5/22/2015 - Oath ceremony - Now a US citizen!!!!!!

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Haha, well i'm not the most comfortable in front of a camera anyway, and there were so many there that it was inevitable that I would be looking at the wrong ones for the most part! When we get the official ones back I really will panic if i'm not looking the right way!

With the father in law, it's so funny. He looks great now, but back in the day with his glasses and 'tache you wouldn't have looked twice!

As for the now Mrs Pothergavel - she looked stunning. Both at the wedding and at the boneyard the next day. Am a very lucky boy and batting well above average there!!

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Pothergavel, could you look any more of a Spurs fan!!???? :lol:

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Pothergavel, could you look any more of a Spurs fan!!???? :lol:

Haha, i'm not completely convinced that's a good thing ;)

Navy and white colours tho :P That's the only input I had in the wedding!!

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