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AUGUST I-130 PETITIONS!!

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FinnLove Proficient

FinnLove   0

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Thanks Prince and Rose! Sounds like it's only an issue if you travel for long periods. I was talking a few weeks here and there, so he should be okay.

The only real reason my hubby should get his US citizenship is so we can go on Amazing Race (like that one Mark??!!). :lol: But then again, the show will probably be gone by then...

Our timeline:

2/88: We met in Sydney, Australia at a youth hostel! He's Finnish, I'm American-both were in our early 20s at the time and fresh out of college (so couldn't afford to visit each other's countries after that!). We had a three-day romance, then went our separate ways. He actually was going to Sydney a week later, but decided at the last minute to cut his trip short in another country and go early. Wow.

1988-1998: Wrote "snail mail" letters/sent Xmas cards, but lived our separate lives. I married someone else, divorced in 2006...he lived with someone for years and then that ended.

10/08: Because of a series of random life events, I Googled my Finn Man and found him (but no link to his email, and the website his name was on was in Estonian so I couldn't even read it!). It took me two weeks to find a link to someone else, who forwarded my email to him (we were both single at the time thankfully!!!!). The email went to his spam folder but he happened to check it that day and responded back to me immediately! This was after 10 years of no contact and almost 21 years of not seeing each other after we first met.

11/08-5/09: We traveled back and forth to visit each other. Love at first (second?) sight!

7/09: Married in Helsinki, Finland...after meeting randomly 21 1/2 years ago and finding each other again!!!!!

8/13/09: I-130 sent!!!!!!!!!

Rest is on my timeline!

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MsSheka   0

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Morning August Filers :star: headache today :blink: hoping for some good news today that would definately help :dance::dance::dance:

MsSheka - I am hoping your headache gets better and that you get a nice surprise today :D

thank you prince_and_rose :thumbs:

02/04/10 Case complete

02/08/10 Interview scheduled

03/12/10 Interview

03/18/10 POE

03/22/10 applied for SSN

04/01/10 received SSN

04/05/10 received welcome letter dated 03/30/10 :)

04/08/10 Card Production Ordered!

04/13/10 Approval Notice Sent! :)

04/15/10 Second Welcome Letter dated 4/8/10?

04/19/10 Card received!! WOOHOO!

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Removing Conditions Timeline (I-751)

2/11/12 Sent

2/14/12 Delivered

2/15/12 Check Cashed

2/15/12 NOA 1

2/21/12 NOA Received by mail

2/27/2012 Biometrics Notice received

3/13/2012 Biometrics

11/6/2012 RFE

FinnLove Proficient

FinnLove   0

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Mark, here's my prediction...you've been approved! Okay don't get so excited cuz you'll hate me if it's not true. You may not know for sure until tomorrow or Friday anyway...but I'm HOPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:):):)

And Ms. Sheka, hope you feel better soon! I know exactly how that could happen!!!!

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Our timeline:

2/88: We met in Sydney, Australia at a youth hostel! He's Finnish, I'm American-both were in our early 20s at the time and fresh out of college (so couldn't afford to visit each other's countries after that!). We had a three-day romance, then went our separate ways. He actually was going to Sydney a week later, but decided at the last minute to cut his trip short in another country and go early. Wow.

1988-1998: Wrote "snail mail" letters/sent Xmas cards, but lived our separate lives. I married someone else, divorced in 2006...he lived with someone for years and then that ended.

10/08: Because of a series of random life events, I Googled my Finn Man and found him (but no link to his email, and the website his name was on was in Estonian so I couldn't even read it!). It took me two weeks to find a link to someone else, who forwarded my email to him (we were both single at the time thankfully!!!!). The email went to his spam folder but he happened to check it that day and responded back to me immediately! This was after 10 years of no contact and almost 21 years of not seeing each other after we first met.

11/08-5/09: We traveled back and forth to visit each other. Love at first (second?) sight!

7/09: Married in Helsinki, Finland...after meeting randomly 21 1/2 years ago and finding each other again!!!!!

8/13/09: I-130 sent!!!!!!!!!

Rest is on my timeline!

MsSheka Proficient

MsSheka   0

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Both cases touched today 09/30!!!! Bring it on, baby, bring it on!!

Mark :)

yes!!!! :dance::dance::dance::dance:

02/04/10 Case complete

02/08/10 Interview scheduled

03/12/10 Interview

03/18/10 POE

03/22/10 applied for SSN

04/01/10 received SSN

04/05/10 received welcome letter dated 03/30/10 :)

04/08/10 Card Production Ordered!

04/13/10 Approval Notice Sent! :)

04/15/10 Second Welcome Letter dated 4/8/10?

04/19/10 Card received!! WOOHOO!

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Removing Conditions Timeline (I-751)

2/11/12 Sent

2/14/12 Delivered

2/15/12 Check Cashed

2/15/12 NOA 1

2/21/12 NOA Received by mail

2/27/2012 Biometrics Notice received

3/13/2012 Biometrics

11/6/2012 RFE

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david'sgirl   134

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We finally have been Touched!! Come on NOA2! Woo hoo! I cant believe how excited I am that someone is working on the case! I will do a cartwheel when he really gets the visa! We are getting close. he is coming here Monday for a week. It would be so cool to have it before then. Fingers crossed! (toes too!)

:dance::dance::dance:

MsSkeka, have you heard anything? I checked mine an hour ago and nothing then all of a sudden it was there so check again!! :dance:

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david'sgirl   134

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Both cases touched today 09/30!!!! Bring it on, baby, bring it on!!

Mark :)

Woo hoo! I hope we will all be approved this week!

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I know! He knows that too because I've told him over and over. That's okay. He can just stay here forever and not vote! He just can't whine about politics though...I certainly wouldn't give up my US citizenship if I moved elsewhere, so I guess I can understand it a little bit...

I very much doubt I'd choose to become a US citizen either, I don't see the point, and for me as a British citizen there's no real advantage. If I were from certain countries, yes, I probably would in order to make life easier for myself and my husband, but as a Brit there's no need.

I'm considering it. If you ever leave the US for any length of time you lose the green card and would have to start the process again. If you have a US and UK passport you can come and go as you please all over North America and the carribean islands and most of europe. I'd say there was a big advantage to it. I would never give up my British citizenship no matter what but I can have both so I wouldn't have to. I might have to cross my fingers behind my back when I swear to renounce my country tho! :whistle:

I'm assuming they are gonna let me in to the country in the first place! :(

Of course they'll let you in, unless you're always late for work... :lol:

I don't even know the rules about traveling and green cards. Maybe that would change the hubby's mind, since he expects us to visit Finland at least twice a year! What's the max length of time you can leave the US with a green card? I'm so clueless.

If you leave for less than 6 months it's not a problem. Up to a year and you need permission to come back and over 2 years you lose it and have to start again. US citizens can leave the US and never return and still be US citizens.

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FinnLove Proficient

FinnLove   0

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If my hubby wants to leave me for over six months, I guess I'm in trouble!!!! :hehe:

Yay, more touches! Ms. Sheka, it's your turn!

This wait is such a pain. We're supposed to go to Finland for Xmas and can't even book it yet (his embassy interview will be in Italy and we're hoping it's before Xmas). Everything's so up in the air!

Our timeline:

2/88: We met in Sydney, Australia at a youth hostel! He's Finnish, I'm American-both were in our early 20s at the time and fresh out of college (so couldn't afford to visit each other's countries after that!). We had a three-day romance, then went our separate ways. He actually was going to Sydney a week later, but decided at the last minute to cut his trip short in another country and go early. Wow.

1988-1998: Wrote "snail mail" letters/sent Xmas cards, but lived our separate lives. I married someone else, divorced in 2006...he lived with someone for years and then that ended.

10/08: Because of a series of random life events, I Googled my Finn Man and found him (but no link to his email, and the website his name was on was in Estonian so I couldn't even read it!). It took me two weeks to find a link to someone else, who forwarded my email to him (we were both single at the time thankfully!!!!). The email went to his spam folder but he happened to check it that day and responded back to me immediately! This was after 10 years of no contact and almost 21 years of not seeing each other after we first met.

11/08-5/09: We traveled back and forth to visit each other. Love at first (second?) sight!

7/09: Married in Helsinki, Finland...after meeting randomly 21 1/2 years ago and finding each other again!!!!!

8/13/09: I-130 sent!!!!!!!!!

Rest is on my timeline!

MsSheka Proficient

MsSheka   0

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We finally have been Touched!! Come on NOA2! Woo hoo! I cant believe how excited I am that someone is working on the case! I will do a cartwheel when he really gets the visa! We are getting close. he is coming here Monday for a week. It would be so cool to have it before then. Fingers crossed! (toes too!)

:dance::dance::dance:

MsSkeka, have you heard anything? I checked mine an hour ago and nothing then all of a sudden it was there so check again!! :dance:

nothing yet but i'm sure its coming i can feel it :dance::dance:

02/04/10 Case complete

02/08/10 Interview scheduled

03/12/10 Interview

03/18/10 POE

03/22/10 applied for SSN

04/01/10 received SSN

04/05/10 received welcome letter dated 03/30/10 :)

04/08/10 Card Production Ordered!

04/13/10 Approval Notice Sent! :)

04/15/10 Second Welcome Letter dated 4/8/10?

04/19/10 Card received!! WOOHOO!

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Removing Conditions Timeline (I-751)

2/11/12 Sent

2/14/12 Delivered

2/15/12 Check Cashed

2/15/12 NOA 1

2/21/12 NOA Received by mail

2/27/2012 Biometrics Notice received

3/13/2012 Biometrics

11/6/2012 RFE

Bern. Proficient

Bern.   3

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If my hubby wants to leave me for over six months, I guess I'm in trouble!!!! :hehe:

Yay, more touches! Ms. Sheka, it's your turn!

This wait is such a pain. We're supposed to go to Finland for Xmas and can't even book it yet (his embassy interview will be in Italy and we're hoping it's before Xmas). Everything's so up in the air!

And what's terrible too is probably the fact that you cannot book cheap airline tickets when you find them! I think the cheapest flight I had to visit my husband was $298 round trip, but that was from Calgary to Las Vegas, and flying to Vegas is always cheap.

And why will his interview be in Italy? :o Sorry if I missed an earlier explanation. :P

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MsSheka Proficient

MsSheka   0

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Mark, here's my prediction...you've been approved! Okay don't get so excited cuz you'll hate me if it's not true. You may not know for sure until tomorrow or Friday anyway...but I'm HOPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:):):)

And Ms. Sheka, hope you feel better soon! I know exactly how that could happen!!!!

thanks Finn i'm feeling a lot better now :thumbs:

02/04/10 Case complete

02/08/10 Interview scheduled

03/12/10 Interview

03/18/10 POE

03/22/10 applied for SSN

04/01/10 received SSN

04/05/10 received welcome letter dated 03/30/10 :)

04/08/10 Card Production Ordered!

04/13/10 Approval Notice Sent! :)

04/15/10 Second Welcome Letter dated 4/8/10?

04/19/10 Card received!! WOOHOO!

loveshower.gif046314001268967245-final.gif

Removing Conditions Timeline (I-751)

2/11/12 Sent

2/14/12 Delivered

2/15/12 Check Cashed

2/15/12 NOA 1

2/21/12 NOA Received by mail

2/27/2012 Biometrics Notice received

3/13/2012 Biometrics

11/6/2012 RFE

MsSheka Proficient

MsSheka   0

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Guys i'm about to go start on dinner i hope to come back to some good news :dance::dance::dance:

02/04/10 Case complete

02/08/10 Interview scheduled

03/12/10 Interview

03/18/10 POE

03/22/10 applied for SSN

04/01/10 received SSN

04/05/10 received welcome letter dated 03/30/10 :)

04/08/10 Card Production Ordered!

04/13/10 Approval Notice Sent! :)

04/15/10 Second Welcome Letter dated 4/8/10?

04/19/10 Card received!! WOOHOO!

loveshower.gif046314001268967245-final.gif

Removing Conditions Timeline (I-751)

2/11/12 Sent

2/14/12 Delivered

2/15/12 Check Cashed

2/15/12 NOA 1

2/21/12 NOA Received by mail

2/27/2012 Biometrics Notice received

3/13/2012 Biometrics

11/6/2012 RFE

FinnLove Proficient

FinnLove   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Finland
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Bern-he works for a Finnish company in Malta, so Italy is close! I can only imagine how much airfare's going to end up being with our wait in purchasing Xmas tickets. I figured there's a chance we could meet in Italy, do his embassy interview, then fly to Finland, fly back to Italy, and I fly back to the US if we can pick his interview date and get lucky to have a December one. Or...I go on two separate trips! Lucky I have frequent flyer miles if I have to run off to Italy, come back here, then go to Finland (there's no way I'll be able to use FF miles for the Xmas trip-they book them a year in advance!). Well anyway, it's a huge pain.

Ms. Sheka, glad you're feeling better! Dinner? I'm about to eat lunch!

Our timeline:

2/88: We met in Sydney, Australia at a youth hostel! He's Finnish, I'm American-both were in our early 20s at the time and fresh out of college (so couldn't afford to visit each other's countries after that!). We had a three-day romance, then went our separate ways. He actually was going to Sydney a week later, but decided at the last minute to cut his trip short in another country and go early. Wow.

1988-1998: Wrote "snail mail" letters/sent Xmas cards, but lived our separate lives. I married someone else, divorced in 2006...he lived with someone for years and then that ended.

10/08: Because of a series of random life events, I Googled my Finn Man and found him (but no link to his email, and the website his name was on was in Estonian so I couldn't even read it!). It took me two weeks to find a link to someone else, who forwarded my email to him (we were both single at the time thankfully!!!!). The email went to his spam folder but he happened to check it that day and responded back to me immediately! This was after 10 years of no contact and almost 21 years of not seeing each other after we first met.

11/08-5/09: We traveled back and forth to visit each other. Love at first (second?) sight!

7/09: Married in Helsinki, Finland...after meeting randomly 21 1/2 years ago and finding each other again!!!!!

8/13/09: I-130 sent!!!!!!!!!

Rest is on my timeline!

 
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