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SIGN IN FAILED!!!!! After a very hard fight, trying and trying, emails, calls to the NVC , interviews at US Embassy here we got it!!! Our case has been completed today!!!! It has been forwarded to Spain!!! Our case was very difficult and different to the most of cases. We couldnt´d do it without the US Embassy consular officers!! Now we just hope to get an interview date and the medical!!!! We r so happy!!!!! We just can´t believe!! I think we r the last ones from august filers!!

I´m also so happy for Ms Sheka!!! and for all of u who got your visas!!!

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YAY!!! Big Congrats.... Hope that NVC can squeeze you in for the interviews in March!!! You can check with the embassy reviews here to see how Spain works their medical... Each consulate is different (example, in Italy it is done ONLY the day before the interview, wheras others it is done when you get the interview date)...

Hello Gang!

I'm sitting at Logan airport in Boston using the free wifi waiting for Diane to finish work to pick me up. I have just had my visa stamped and I am officially a US resident. The whole process took literally 5 mins. Nothing to it. Exactly 7 months to the day since we got married we can start being a real married couple.

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YAY!!! Welcome!!!

Happy, happy day!! A week from today it will be my turn :)

Mark

Good Luck and you can start countin the hours soon!!!!

10/14/2000 - Met Aboard a Cruise ship

06/14/2003 - Married Savona Italy

I-130

03/21/2009 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago lockbox

11-30-09: GOT GREEN CARD in mail!!!!!!

Citizenship Process;

1/11/2013: Mailed N400 to Dallas Texas

3/11/2013: interview.. Approved

4/4/2013. : Oath! Now a U.S. citizen!

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mlybrand   0

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Good Luck and you can start countin the hours soon!!!!

Hour count has already begun (86, if you were wondering). I am so pumped :) Yipppeeeee!!!

Mark :)

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Hour count has already begun (86, if you were wondering). I am so pumped :) Yipppeeeee!!!

Mark :)

Add two weeks to that Mark, and you have my count!!!!

Hey, btw, how are you and everyone else filing your taxes? I'm so confused...I don't know if we should wait until they get their SSNs (if they move here before the deadline), or if you can even file jointly if they didn't live in the US last year! Makes my head spin.

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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i have opted to wait until he gets here. hopefully he will have his ssn in before april 15. i did "pre" file. meaning that i entered the information from my side, and just waiting to input his ssn.

Give Generously, Live Fully, Laugh Often, Love Completely...AND PRAY ALWAYS!!!

He is home!!!

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Add two weeks to that Mark, and you have my count!!!!

Hey, btw, how are you and everyone else filing your taxes? I'm so confused...I don't know if we should wait until they get their SSNs (if they move here before the deadline), or if you can even file jointly if they didn't live in the US last year! Makes my head spin.

According to pub 519, I can count her as a resident for tax filing, which will be to my benefit (since she earned way below the allowed foreign-earned income exemption), so I just get the additional allowance. Pub 519 only talks about the ability to treat the spouse of a citizen or PR in this way, it omits other dependents, so I can't treat my stepson (which would be another allowance, but would add child support complications that I would rather worry about next year). So, I am waiting for the SSN. I should have it in plenty of time. I will have all the stuff done in TurboTax and will be able to push the button the moment the number is in.

But I am not versed in tax law, so follow my lead at your own risk.

From what I have read, you can file married filing separately, in any event.

Mark :)

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I would wait if you can for the SSN so you can file married filing jointly... We are running into how to handle the foreign investments we have... We filed married filing seperate for the past 7 years as it hurt us because of his income with a US based company... But now he has to file but the FBAR and how to count foreign investments has me concerned...

10/14/2000 - Met Aboard a Cruise ship

06/14/2003 - Married Savona Italy

I-130

03/21/2009 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago lockbox

11-30-09: GOT GREEN CARD in mail!!!!!!

Citizenship Process;

1/11/2013: Mailed N400 to Dallas Texas

3/11/2013: interview.. Approved

4/4/2013. : Oath! Now a U.S. citizen!

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Yaay for Mark!

03/27/2009: Engaged in Ithaca, New York.
08/17/2009: Wedding in Calcutta, India.
09/29/2009: I-130 NOA1
01/25/2010: I-130 NOA2
03/23/2010: Case completed.
05/12/2010: CR-1 interview at Mumbai, India.
05/20/2010: US Entry, Chicago.
03/01/2012: ROC NOA1.
03/26/2012: Biometrics completed.
12/07/2012: 10 year card production ordered.

09/25/2013: N-400 NOA1

10/16/2013: Biometrics completed

12/03/2013: Interview

12/20/2013: Oath ceremony

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According to pub 519, I can count her as a resident for tax filing, which will be to my benefit (since she earned way below the allowed foreign-earned income exemption), so I just get the additional allowance. Pub 519 only talks about the ability to treat the spouse of a citizen or PR in this way, it omits other dependents, so I can't treat my stepson (which would be another allowance, but would add child support complications that I would rather worry about next year). So, I am waiting for the SSN. I should have it in plenty of time. I will have all the stuff done in TurboTax and will be able to push the button the moment the number is in.

But I am not versed in tax law, so follow my lead at your own risk.

From what I have read, you can file married filing separately, in any event.

Mark :)

I guess I should read pub 519...when I can't get to sleep. ha! So we have to put their income on our taxes? I'm going to play around with turbotax tomorrow and see what happens if I do married filed separately or jointly (if it lets me go back and change, which I think it does)...then wait until my Finn gets his SSN (which will be before 4/15). So confusing!

Speaking of sleep Mark, I bet you can't sleep tonight!!!!! Yay!!!!

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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I guess I should read pub 519...when I can't get to sleep. ha! So we have to put their income on our taxes? I'm going to play around with turbotax tomorrow and see what happens if I do married filed separately or jointly (if it lets me go back and change, which I think it does)...then wait until my Finn gets his SSN (which will be before 4/15). So confusing!

Speaking of sleep Mark, I bet you can't sleep tonight!!!!! Yay!!!!

Only slept in fits and starts, if you can really call that sleep. I have been up since 4. Her flight landed 6:22 (4:22 my time). It is 5:09 and I am anxiously awaiting the "I am here, my love" call. Man, I hate waiting....

Then they get here to Seattle at noon. Oh happy day!!

Mark :)

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Congratulations to all of you who have their visas and/or their loved ones home with them!!!

I am getting ready to leave on Wednesday to start my trek to Cairo to be with my honey and his interview!!!

Please Please keep us in your prayers!!!

The closer it gets to the interview, the more nervous I am becoming!!! :blink: Not that I am worried about the approval, but how long it is going to take afterwards!!! :blush: I just wish there is NO AP or AR for us!!!!! :innocent::innocent::thumbs:

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. " – Herm Albright

POE: JFK New York: 04/18/2010
Receive Green Card in mail: 06/03/2010
Received SSN: 06/17/2010
Received NEW SS CARD: 07/20/2010 (to match GC!)
Got JOB!!: 09/27/2010
Got a better JOB!!: 11/20/2010
ROC Mailed: 02/16/2012
Check cashed: 02/24/2012
NOA received dated for: 02/22/2012
Biometrics dated: 04/18/2012
RFE: 10/23/2012
RFE Response Confirmed: 11/16/2012
Interview at Orlando office: 02/13/2013

2nd RFE!!: 10/03/13

2nd RFE Response: 10/09/2013

Update Biometrics: 10/13/2013 NEVER GOT 10 yr card!

N-400 mailed: 01/21/2014

Biometrics (N-400): 02/21/2014

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Why won't she call? She has been on the ground more than 2 hours and there is just over an hour until her next flight. I am pacing like an expectant father. Grrrrrrr....

Mark

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Houston, we have NO problem!!! The USA is happy to count two new permanent residents among their ranks :) Now, I just have to wait until this afternoon to be reunited :)

Mark :)

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congratulations, mark :thumbs:

may we all have no problems with the POE :dance:

Give Generously, Live Fully, Laugh Often, Love Completely...AND PRAY ALWAYS!!!

He is home!!!

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Mark, you know I'm living vicariously through you today! Well, that's if you post after noon...ha!

And Sam, have a safe trip and kick butt in the interview!

Me? Well, I leave in eight days to go get the Finn Man! Here's a cultural difference between Finns and me...they hate clutter. They don't keep "stuff." They are super neat people. You can only imagine how much work I have yet to do to my house...and to my car! ha!

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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