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[minnew 4]

Congrats on GC production beans!!!!!

That's amazing news Joyce! Hopefully CSC will be fast for you!!

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Card production ordered woot woot. Now if only I could get a job interview. I told myself if I don't get a call by January 21st ish I'm applying at Mc Donalds..I mean how bad could it be :|

Congrats beans!!

My backup plan is Starbucks. I worked at Tim Hortons for 3 years, so they probably won't know the difference and think I have some quality coffee experience

Free chicken nuggets can't be all bad

[beans 7]

lol I don't know if I could work at Starbucks, I mean I LOVEEEEE Starbucks but could you imagine working with those baristas all day? My second backup is Tim's though. I'll walk in be like "I'm a Canadian, I KNOW Tim Horton's..you should hire me"

[TimandJoyce 1]

Congrats on GC production beans!!!!!

That's amazing news Joyce! Hopefully CSC will be fast for you!!

Thanks minnew! I'm still in shock. After that RFE I thought FOR SURE we'd end up with an interview...I feel lots more hopeful now about approval, although I know I'm not out of the woods yet..

[TimandJoyce 1]

Congrats beans!!

My backup plan is Starbucks. I worked at Tim Hortons for 3 years, so they probably won't know the difference and think I have some quality coffee experience

Free chicken nuggets can't be all bad

I've no coffee ( other than drinking it lol) or fast food experience!! Mine is in retail...so I'll try Belk, J.C. Penney, among some other places. There's a couple of restaurants here too I'd work at, but I really don't want to be a waitress again...

lol I don't know if I could work at Starbucks, I mean I LOVEEEEE Starbucks but could you imagine working with those baristas all day? My second backup is Tim's though. I'll walk in be like "I'm a Canadian, I KNOW Tim Horton's..you should hire me"

You have a Timmy's near ya?? I'm so jealous...been craving a double double forever!! It's one of the first things I'm going to go get when I get back to BC!! LOL

That and Timbits...and I'll eat a couple for Charles...lol

[beans 7]

I've no coffee ( other than drinking it lol) or fast food experience!! Mine is in retail...so I'll try Belk, J.C. Penney, among some other places. There's a couple of restaurants here too I'd work at, but I really don't want to be a waitress again...

You have a Timmy's near ya?? I'm so jealous...been craving a double double forever!! It's one of the first things I'm going to go get when I get back to BC!! LOL

That and Timbits...and I'll eat a couple for Charles...lol

lol Well Joyce I've never worked in a restaurant or fast food chain in my life but at this point it appears to be an immigrants right of passage.Because no one is hiring. I have applied to 26 places thusfar (keep a list lol), and I have yet to receive a single phone call. I've got a clean record, have management experience, worked in tourism and retail lol and bupkis. So at this point Mc Donalds doesn't seem all that bad lol but yeah our town has like four Tim's around

[TimandJoyce 1]

lol Well Joyce I've never worked in a restaurant or fast food chain in my life but at this point it appears to be an immigrants right of passage.Because no one is hiring. I have applied to 26 places thusfar (keep a list lol), and I have yet to receive a single phone call. I've got a clean record, have management experience, worked in tourism and retail lol and bupkis. So at this point Mc Donalds doesn't seem all that bad lol but yeah our town has like four Tim's around

YES :dance: :dance: :dance: I got approved today for BOTH AP and EAD!!!! WHOOOOO Not exactly sure as to when I should start looking for work, as the cards were just mailed today, and I'll probably get them within, ( I hope ) a week. At the very least should be able to start my claim soon too!! So I guess I'll soon be seeing what the job rate is really like..

OHhhhhhh I feel sooooooo goooooood.... It's like I'm legal!!!!

[Rhiannercakes 14]

Woo, congratulations on the EAD and AP!

I'm sure your Green Card is coming soon.

[darkchilde794 5]

I finally received the silly hardcopy of the RFE yesterday, which asked me to complete a medical. Found a doctor who was willing to transcribe my vaccines and made an appointment for today. I also finally got in touch with a USCIS customer service agent who told me that I should NOT have received any RFE because what I did (submitted a I-693 signed by Dr. Le Arnold) was perfectly legal. Anyway he told me I can fight it, but why bother right?

So I drove all the way to Bethesda to the office of a local (if you can call her that -- her office was really far) USCIS CS, who transcribed my vaccine history for 30 USD. I mentioned that I called several other doctors and they required a medical, and she replied that was wrong, because CS are given specific instructions not to pursue a medical if the applicant has already completed one. I also told her that I received an RFE, which may be because I used an out-of-state CS. She said that the I-693 should have been accepted because I can choose to send my vaccines transcribed in any state in the US, as long as it is completed by a CS.

Anyway, I think I finally figured out why I got the stupid RFE. As I prepared my looong cover letter rebuttal to the RFE, I went back to my I-485 cover letter and realized that I did not bold-face the word I-693 in the letter. I had listed everything in the package and bold faced I-485, the EAD and AP, but not the I-693 which I added as part of the I-485 package. Maybe Im just delusional in thinking this, but Im almost certain that whoever opened my package, went through my cover letter really quickly and just read whatever was bold-faced. This is the rational explanation to why I received the RFE requesting a medical.

SIGH. Anyway mailed the new I-693, the copy of my old I-693 and the instruction page for the I-693 where I highlit the K1 section. Crossing my fingers and toes (and my husband's) that the application get touched next week so I can get my EAD soon.

[TimandJoyce 1]

SIGH. Anyway mailed the new I-693, the copy of my old I-693 and the instruction page for the I-693 where I highlit the K1 section. Crossing my fingers and toes (and my husband's) that the application get touched next week so I can get my EAD soon.

I'm sure you'll hear everything within the next month. I got notice on Christmas they received my RFE back, and today got notice that my case is transferred AND my EAD and AP are approved!!

Hang in there Darkchilde...it's coming!!

Edited January 9, 2010 by TimandJoyce

[minnew 4]

I'm sure you'll hear everything within the next month. I got notice on Christmas they received my RFE back, and today got notice that my case is transferred AND my EAD and AP are approved!!

Hang in there Darkchilde...it's coming!!

Congrats Joyce!!!!! You can definitely start looking for work now! EAD will arrive soon!!

[TimandJoyce 1]

Congrats Joyce!!!!! You can definitely start looking for work now! EAD will arrive soon!!

Thanks...I was hoping I could start looking soon. Well...maybe AFTER the weekend..

*hmmmm now where is that resume???*

Oh yeah...*slaps forehead* on my computer....

[minnew 4]

Thanks...I was hoping I could start looking soon. Well...maybe AFTER the weekend..

*hmmmm now where is that resume???*

Oh yeah...*slaps forehead* on my computer....

Haha! Sounds like you will be busy this weekend!!

Good luck on the job hunt!!

[coldwatersurf 5]

I should NOT have received any RFE because what I did (submitted a I-693 signed by Dr. Le Arnold) was perfectly legal.

i hope i dont get an RFE. i didnt label the sealed envelope as I693. i just sent it the way Dr. Arnold sent it to me.

[darkchilde794 5]

Thanks TimandJoyce. Congrats on getting your EAD and AP AAAAND having your case transferred! Just think, you are getting your GC in a few months!

Border: Im not sure if thats the whole reason for it... it could be that Dr. Arnold was also retiring the time I got her to do my medical, so maybe she didnt keep up with her CS status. Anyway goodluck to you. If you do get an RFE, there is a thread in the AOS forum about doctors who dont rip you off for vaccine transcription. Thats how I found the one in Bethesda.