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Kathryn41 Grand Master

Kathryn41   3,205

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Wonderful! Enjoy your surprise lunch and your last day of work. Safe travels coming home- you've waited a long time for this. Congratulations!

“...Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?”

.― Lucy Maude Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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Ban Hammer   13,332

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dang you're gonna be way out west! :blink:

* ~ * Charles * ~ *
 

I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

 

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OBX   51

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Safe travels and a lifetime of happiness together. (F)

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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Danu   19

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Will you get out of the country already? :lol: Have a wonderful safe trip and best of wishes for a smooth and painless POE!

~*~*~Steph and Wes~*~*~
Married: 2010-01-20

ROC: (for the complete timeline click on my timeline button, the signature was getting too long!)
I-751 Sent: 2015-05-22
NOA1 Notice Date: 2015-05-27
NOA1 Received: 2015-06-06
Biometrics Notice Date: 2015-06-27
Biometrics Date: 2015-07-17

Interview Notice Date: 2015-07-28

Interview Date: ​2015-09-01
Approval Date:
Approval Notice Date:


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Ron/Sharon   0

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Thanks everyone, I will try and answer your posts individually later there are things said that need a personal touch but time is running short for me here. I'll be back in a week or so and I'll bring Sharon with me since as far as I know she has never visited VJ.

Love you all and still praying for your speedy completition of the journey

Ron and Sharon

09/20/2006 - Sent I-129F

09/22/2006 - Received at NSC
09/28/2006 - NOA-1 (1-797C date )

10/02/2006 - Cheque cashed

10/02/2006 - NOA 1 (I-797C recieved in the mail)

12/08/2006 - NOA-2 in 79 days

12/13/2006 - NOA-2 hard copy recieved

12/26/2006 - Package recieved by NVC

12/30/2006 - Received by Montreal

01/22/2007 - Received Packet 3

04/16/2007 - Returned Packet 3

08/02/2007 - Received medical documentation

08/07/2007 - Received Interview date Aug. 9th

08/09/2007 - Received I-601 and 212 (not approved yet)

02/17/2008 - I-601 approved 212 abandoned

06/2?/2009 - New medical and passport and doc sent to Mtl

07/22/2009 - Recieved request for DS-221 and notarized letter of intent

07/31/2009 - Montreal recieves thier final requested doc.

09/01/2009 - Visa approved and mail out today

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IR5FORMUMSIE   850

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Thanks everyone, I will try and answer your posts individually later there are things said that need a personal touch but time is running short for me here. I'll be back in a week or so and I'll bring Sharon with me since as far as I know she has never visited VJ.

Love you all and still praying for your speedy completition of the journey

Ron and Sharon

All the things that needed to be said have been said. All the exhortations to the divine have been answered and all the wishes for safe passage have been expressed. Now get goin'!!!!! :thumbs:(L)

IR5

2007-07-27 – Case complete at NVC waiting on the world or at least MTL.

2007-12-19 - INTERVIEW AT MTL, SPLIT DECISION.

2007-12-24-Mom's I-551 arrives, Pop's still in purgatory (AP)

2008-03-11-AP all done, Pop is approved!!!!

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Congratulations. What a long and strange journey you guys have had. Safe travels back to your home. :yes:

N-400

02/08/12 - Mailed N-400

02/14/12 - NOA

03/02/12 - Biometrics Letter

03/22/12 - Biometrics

04/09/12 - Interview Notice

05/16/12 - Interview and Oath - USC

ROC

11/16/10 - Mailed ROC

11/18/10 - Delivered to VSC

11/19/10 - NOA1

11/23/10 - Cheque cashed

12/29/10 - Biometrics

05/06/11 - ROC Approved

05/16/11 - Green card received. Yay! (6 months)

There's diamonds in the sidewalk, the gutters lined in song

Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long

There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working (wo)man

Who will make his home in the American Land

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KarenCee   3

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I check in occasionally to check on your progress...and I am so happy to hear that things are finally coming to a close with this nightmare so you and Sharon can finally...FINALLY...be together. Safe travels and best wishes to you both. (F)

Teaching is the essential profession...the one that makes ALL other professions possible - David Haselkorn

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Ron/Sharon   0

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Beginning my 3rd week here and loving it very much, it is well worth the frustrations. We always knew it would happen we just wondered when, well the wondering is over.

The POE was very easy and quite simple to do in Ottawa. Went to the airport at about 10:00 and had breakfast with my daughter and since the plane was leaving at shortly after noon I went to the customs area at 11:00 not knowing how long it would take and spoke with the officer there and said it took a while to get there and look at the computer and said it seems you had some issues and at that I broke into a smile and said yes it seems. Then I was taken into secondary by officer Garcia who took the two envelopesand did his thing and a few questions only one I remember because the manner he asked the question were more like having a conversation with a friend than being questioned by an official. The question I remember was about where I was going to live in Kansas because in 2006 our address was in Dodge City and now in 2009 Sharon was living in Garden City and that was no problem, the hour in secondary pasted as if only 10 minutes had gone by. I knew everything was alright when he staples the I-94 in my passport. He explained the need to be married within 90 days and other paperwork that needed to be done also and asked if I had any questionsand all I could ask is am I good to go and he said yes and pointed to the way out.

By the time I got to the gate to check the boarding time is was time to board and I was was very ready and made my way to the plane. The flight was never ending, Ottawa to Chicago, wait and then Chicago to Kansas City, wait and then Kansas City to Salina, wait and then Salina to Garden City and home. I got to Garden City and as I walked into the terminal Sharon was walking in also the timing couldn't be better, Sharon's daughter and 4 grandchildren arrived 5 minutes later, had the plane been on time they would have had a 20 minute wait for me but the timing was perfect I had a few minutes of hugs and kisses with Sharon before we all went to have something to eat.

I have one question what is wrong with the food down here? I eat a big meal and am hungry 20 minutes later as if I hadn't eaten for days and gassed up since I got here as if I had eaten a large pot of baked beans on a daily basis.

I would like to thank everyone that has put up with me and my problems over the past years, we wouldn't have made it this far with you and your encouragement, each one of you is the best there is and better people and friends can't be found.

We love you all more than you will ever know.

09/20/2006 - Sent I-129F

09/22/2006 - Received at NSC
09/28/2006 - NOA-1 (1-797C date )

10/02/2006 - Cheque cashed

10/02/2006 - NOA 1 (I-797C recieved in the mail)

12/08/2006 - NOA-2 in 79 days

12/13/2006 - NOA-2 hard copy recieved

12/26/2006 - Package recieved by NVC

12/30/2006 - Received by Montreal

01/22/2007 - Received Packet 3

04/16/2007 - Returned Packet 3

08/02/2007 - Received medical documentation

08/07/2007 - Received Interview date Aug. 9th

08/09/2007 - Received I-601 and 212 (not approved yet)

02/17/2008 - I-601 approved 212 abandoned

06/2?/2009 - New medical and passport and doc sent to Mtl

07/22/2009 - Recieved request for DS-221 and notarized letter of intent

07/31/2009 - Montreal recieves thier final requested doc.

09/01/2009 - Visa approved and mail out today

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Ban Hammer Grand Master

Ban Hammer   13,332

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you was in kansas city and you didn't tell us? :bonk:

* ~ * Charles * ~ *
 

I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

 

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Krikit Grand Master

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Wow. That WAS a long trip, wasn't it, Ron? :blink:

So glad to hear you are finally here, and are doing well. There are a lot of additives in the foods here, so that might be your problem. Also, your body might be adjusting to the change of water...... it will have a different mineral content. I know quite a few of us got sick not long after we arrived. New germs/pollen/water, etc. It passes. Just like your gas. (Okay. I couldn't resist that. :lol: )

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So glad you're finally "home" Ron! You must be overjoyed! I am overjoyed for you two! Sounds like you had an endearing welcoming committee at the airport as well! :lol:

No need to thank us for "putting up with you"? :blink: We're here for each other, through thick and thin! Just as you were for all of us.

Will you be married before Christmas? Give thanks this Thanksgiving for all the joys that abound in your life right now!

Don't know how much you read of other threads here, but it appears that the "mean lady from Montreal", was fired!!!

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