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Wyatt's Torch   45

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So...which one is Curly?

And for optimism, I read on another thread (I think the K1) that someone phoned Mtrl and they said they had done some hiring and were now fully staffed. :yes:

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Valerie...your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to FIND THAT POST!!!!

That would be a huge boost to my optimism...along with many others' I'm sure!

Married: 07-03-09

I-130 filed: 08-11-09

NOA1: 09-04-09

NOA2: 10-01-09

NVC received: 10-14-09

Opted In to Electronic Processing: 10-19-09

Case complete @ NVC: 11-13-09

Interview assigned: 01-22-10 (70 days between case complete and interview assignment)

Medical in Vancouver: 01-28-10

Interview @ Montreal: 03-05-10 -- APPROVED!

POE @ Blaine (Pacific Highway): 03-10-10

3000 mile drive from Vancouver to DC: 03-10-10 to 3-12-10

Green card received: 04-02-10

SSN received: 04-07-10

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Mailed I-751: 12-27-11

Arrived at USCIS: 12-29-11

I-751 NOA1: 12-30-11 Check cashed: 01-04-12

Biometrics: 02-24-12

10-year GC finally approved: 12-20-12

Received 10-year GC: 01-10-13

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Better to be very overprepared than even slightly underprepared!

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lgg   2

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I am not bald so I can't be Curly. I think I'm a Moe, actually. ;)

and I really hope that's true about Montreal -- the waiting game is getting to be a bit much as I'm sure everyday more and more Canadians are waiting. It ain't right...

So...which one is Curly?

And for optimism, I read on another thread (I think the K1) that someone phoned Mtrl and they said they had done some hiring and were now fully staffed. :yes:

USCIS

NOA #2: Approval June 25th, 2009 - 92 days

NVC

July 8, 2009 to August 10, 2009 - 28 days

Interview Assigned - December 3, 2009 - FINALLY!!

Medical - December 14, 2009 - Passed

Embassy/Interview - January 26, 2010 Montreal, Quebec Canada - 167 days PASSED!!!

Port of Entry - February 26, 2010 Baltimore International, Maryland

USCIS -- ROC package sent off

November 26, 2011 to Vermont station November 30, 2011 received NOA1December 16, 2011 received biometrics appointment.

January 04, 2012 Biometrics

September 2, 2012, RFE Received.

September 22, 2012 RFE responded to

October 15, 2012 ROC approved, 10 Green card on its way.

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:o

Valerie...your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to FIND THAT POST!!!!

That would be a huge boost to my optimism...along with many others' I'm sure!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st=2835....look at the post by LilMermaid

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Montreal, Canada

I-130 Journey

I-130 Sent : 2009-06-09

I-130 NOA1 : 2009-06-12

I-130 Approved : 2009-08-26

NOA2 Hardcopy : 2009-08-31

NVC Journey

NVC Received : 2009-09-08

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2009-09-14

Pay I-864 Bill 2009-09-14

Return Completed DS-3032 : 2009-09-15

Return Completed I-864 : 2009-09-17

Return Completed DS-230 : 2009-10-21

Login Failed : 2009-11-02

Case Complete: 2009-11-03

Medical: 2010-02-10

Interview: 2010-02-24!!!! Yay!!!! APPROVED

Port of Entry: Blue Water Bridge, Michigan: 2010-03-14

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Now that Americana2009 has just been scheduled, I'm a little happier! I'm probably reading too much into this, but the fact that they've scheduled her for February 1st bodes well to me... The last month (or two?) they started scheduling for the end of the next month, then just seemed to fill in a few random blanks afterward. Maybe they'll be doing a full sweep through February? We'll see...

Married: 07-03-09

I-130 filed: 08-11-09

NOA1: 09-04-09

NOA2: 10-01-09

NVC received: 10-14-09

Opted In to Electronic Processing: 10-19-09

Case complete @ NVC: 11-13-09

Interview assigned: 01-22-10 (70 days between case complete and interview assignment)

Medical in Vancouver: 01-28-10

Interview @ Montreal: 03-05-10 -- APPROVED!

POE @ Blaine (Pacific Highway): 03-10-10

3000 mile drive from Vancouver to DC: 03-10-10 to 3-12-10

Green card received: 04-02-10

SSN received: 04-07-10

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Mailed I-751: 12-27-11

Arrived at USCIS: 12-29-11

I-751 NOA1: 12-30-11 Check cashed: 01-04-12

Biometrics: 02-24-12

10-year GC finally approved: 12-20-12

Received 10-year GC: 01-10-13

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Better to be very overprepared than even slightly underprepared!

Wyatt's Torch Experienced

Wyatt's Torch   45

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Ah, I just found the post that Valerie was referring to.

Great news if it's accurate!

Married: 07-03-09

I-130 filed: 08-11-09

NOA1: 09-04-09

NOA2: 10-01-09

NVC received: 10-14-09

Opted In to Electronic Processing: 10-19-09

Case complete @ NVC: 11-13-09

Interview assigned: 01-22-10 (70 days between case complete and interview assignment)

Medical in Vancouver: 01-28-10

Interview @ Montreal: 03-05-10 -- APPROVED!

POE @ Blaine (Pacific Highway): 03-10-10

3000 mile drive from Vancouver to DC: 03-10-10 to 3-12-10

Green card received: 04-02-10

SSN received: 04-07-10

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Mailed I-751: 12-27-11

Arrived at USCIS: 12-29-11

I-751 NOA1: 12-30-11 Check cashed: 01-04-12

Biometrics: 02-24-12

10-year GC finally approved: 12-20-12

Received 10-year GC: 01-10-13

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Better to be very overprepared than even slightly underprepared!

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You'll get one soon too Wyatt.

:)

Montreal Interviewer: "What do you have in common with each other?"

Peachey: "We're REALLY weird."

Montreal Interviewer (incredulously to me): "Do you agree with that?"

<I think back to several days before the interview. Driving through the country, passing a field with cows...>

Peachey: "MOOOO! MOOOOO! Does this make me weird?"

Me: "No, well yes. Here, let me roll down the windows so they can hear you better!"

Peachey: "MOOOOO!!!!"

<back to interview>

Me: "Yes, yes I do."

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hubby called NVC this morning.... Very nice gentleman assured us that Montreal was schedualling, and if we were given a date...we would know by the 18th....

Kinda have heard this before!! September 25th seems like sooo long ago!! I kept thinking...any day now....and November passed...then December....I know it isn't near as long as some have been waiting...but it is hard...

My daughter and her fiance are planning a trip from Grande Prairie to Tacoma to visit hubby and I.. she is 3 1/2 months pregnant now.. sure hope I am there!!!! :(

My friends in Victoria say I "over-stress" about this immigration, but I think until you are in this situation, where your destiny is determined by others, you just don't get it. They can go see their husbands or wives whenever.....WE have to book flights, assemble files of paperwork, answer a slew of questions at the border, and then, WE have to leave again.......I am tired of leaving.....

anyway....sorry for the downer...needed to vent and expell some of the negative to make room for all the positive I need!!!!

GO GO VJ'ers!!!!!

(thank (whomever) you are here!!!)

April 8, 2007- Met on-line playing World of Warcraft...Me a troll he a Tauren

10/11/2008 Married in Lakewood Washington

USCIS

12/08/2008 CR-1/I-130 mailed

12/19/2008 NOA1

03/09/2009 NOA2

03/09/2009 I-130 approved

NVC

03/19/2009 NVC case # generated

09/25/2009 Completed at NVC

01/11/2010 Interview Assigned..flight and hotel booked same day.

01/20/2010 Medical in Vancouver....no issues reported

02/05/2010 Interview in Montreal..APPROVED..with a few tears at the end!!

02/11/2010 POE...Peace Arch or PAC

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Aaaahhhh you guys, I have my fingers and toes crossed for you. Never did figure out how to cross my eyes. Not just to make it faster for me, but because this whole process is brutal and wearing. The good news is that, by the time it is done, you KNOW you have a great relationship with your SO. If you can make it through this stress, you can make it through anything.

Post on Adjudicators's Field Manual re: AOS and Intent: My link
Wedding Date: 06/14/2009
POE at Pearson Airport - for a visit, did not intend to stay - 10/09/2009
Found VisaJourney and created an account - 10/19/2009

I-130 (approved as part of the CR-1 process):
Sent 10/01/2009
NOA1 10/07/2009
NOA2 02/10/2010

AOS:
NOA 05/14/2010
Interview - approved! 07/29/10 need to send in completed I-693 (doctor missed answering a couple of questions) - sent back same day
Green card received 08/20/10

ROC:
Sent 06/01/2012
Approved 02/27/2013

Green card received 05/08/2013

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I missed that Americana got her interview...when did that happen?

Post on Adjudicators's Field Manual re: AOS and Intent: My link
Wedding Date: 06/14/2009
POE at Pearson Airport - for a visit, did not intend to stay - 10/09/2009
Found VisaJourney and created an account - 10/19/2009

I-130 (approved as part of the CR-1 process):
Sent 10/01/2009
NOA1 10/07/2009
NOA2 02/10/2010

AOS:
NOA 05/14/2010
Interview - approved! 07/29/10 need to send in completed I-693 (doctor missed answering a couple of questions) - sent back same day
Green card received 08/20/10

ROC:
Sent 06/01/2012
Approved 02/27/2013

Green card received 05/08/2013

Wyatt's Torch Experienced

Wyatt's Torch   45

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I missed that Americana got her interview...when did that happen?

Didn't you see my thread about it? :lol:

She just found out this morning. :thumbs:

Married: 07-03-09

I-130 filed: 08-11-09

NOA1: 09-04-09

NOA2: 10-01-09

NVC received: 10-14-09

Opted In to Electronic Processing: 10-19-09

Case complete @ NVC: 11-13-09

Interview assigned: 01-22-10 (70 days between case complete and interview assignment)

Medical in Vancouver: 01-28-10

Interview @ Montreal: 03-05-10 -- APPROVED!

POE @ Blaine (Pacific Highway): 03-10-10

3000 mile drive from Vancouver to DC: 03-10-10 to 3-12-10

Green card received: 04-02-10

SSN received: 04-07-10

------------------------------------------

Mailed I-751: 12-27-11

Arrived at USCIS: 12-29-11

I-751 NOA1: 12-30-11 Check cashed: 01-04-12

Biometrics: 02-24-12

10-year GC finally approved: 12-20-12

Received 10-year GC: 01-10-13

------------------------------------------

Better to be very overprepared than even slightly underprepared!

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hey ZansGirl...

VEnt away -- you're allowed to and yes, 'tired of leaving' is exactly how I described it. Some people are lucky -- they live with their spouse or whatnot during this process or, 'normal' couples who didn't have to immigrate to be together -- but it's super hard being apart all the time, spending only a few days a month or less together -- it wears you down.

Feel free to vent -- most of us here understand that fully. This is a place where no one will tell you that you're over stressing about being separated from your spouse and we'll understand...

:)

LGG

hubby called NVC this morning.... Very nice gentleman assured us that Montreal was schedualling, and if we were given a date...we would know by the 18th....

Kinda have heard this before!! September 25th seems like sooo long ago!! I kept thinking...any day now....and November passed...then December....I know it isn't near as long as some have been waiting...but it is hard...

My daughter and her fiance are planning a trip from Grande Prairie to Tacoma to visit hubby and I.. she is 3 1/2 months pregnant now.. sure hope I am there!!!! :(

My friends in Victoria say I "over-stress" about this immigration, but I think until you are in this situation, where your destiny is determined by others, you just don't get it. They can go see their husbands or wives whenever.....WE have to book flights, assemble files of paperwork, answer a slew of questions at the border, and then, WE have to leave again.......I am tired of leaving.....

anyway....sorry for the downer...needed to vent and expell some of the negative to make room for all the positive I need!!!!

GO GO VJ'ers!!!!!

(thank (whomever) you are here!!!)

USCIS

NOA #2: Approval June 25th, 2009 - 92 days

NVC

July 8, 2009 to August 10, 2009 - 28 days

Interview Assigned - December 3, 2009 - FINALLY!!

Medical - December 14, 2009 - Passed

Embassy/Interview - January 26, 2010 Montreal, Quebec Canada - 167 days PASSED!!!

Port of Entry - February 26, 2010 Baltimore International, Maryland

USCIS -- ROC package sent off

November 26, 2011 to Vermont station November 30, 2011 received NOA1December 16, 2011 received biometrics appointment.

January 04, 2012 Biometrics

September 2, 2012, RFE Received.

September 22, 2012 RFE responded to

October 15, 2012 ROC approved, 10 Green card on its way.

kermit_the_frog1237963302.jpg

"Here's some simple advice: Always be yourself. Never take yourself too seriously.

And beware of advice from experts, pigs, and members of Parliament."

— Kermit the Frog

Visit my News Feed Page -- Good Reads for Everyone!

Wyatt's Torch Experienced

Wyatt's Torch   45

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Sooo...are we going to see scheduling tomorrow? :)

Married: 07-03-09

I-130 filed: 08-11-09

NOA1: 09-04-09

NOA2: 10-01-09

NVC received: 10-14-09

Opted In to Electronic Processing: 10-19-09

Case complete @ NVC: 11-13-09

Interview assigned: 01-22-10 (70 days between case complete and interview assignment)

Medical in Vancouver: 01-28-10

Interview @ Montreal: 03-05-10 -- APPROVED!

POE @ Blaine (Pacific Highway): 03-10-10

3000 mile drive from Vancouver to DC: 03-10-10 to 3-12-10

Green card received: 04-02-10

SSN received: 04-07-10

------------------------------------------

Mailed I-751: 12-27-11

Arrived at USCIS: 12-29-11

I-751 NOA1: 12-30-11 Check cashed: 01-04-12

Biometrics: 02-24-12

10-year GC finally approved: 12-20-12

Received 10-year GC: 01-10-13

------------------------------------------

Better to be very overprepared than even slightly underprepared!

LiLMermaid Community Regular

LiLMermaid   2

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Sooo...are we going to see scheduling tomorrow? :)

A K1 got scheduled for Feb 3 on friday too. Hopefully we see a BUNCH of interviews scheduled for February this week.

K-1 Journey

04/30/2009 - I-129F sent to VSC

03/30/2010 - Interview @ MTL APPROVED!

04/13/2010 - POE @ Pearson International

05/23/2010 - WEDDING

AOS Journey

07/20/2010 - AOS/AP/EAD Sent

07/21/2010 - package received at Chicago

07/28/2010 - check cashed

07/30/2010 - received NOA1 in mail

08/01/2010 - received biometrics letter

08/20/2010 - walk in biometrics completed

08/23/2010 - finally entered into USCIS online -AP's touched on Aug11 and EAD and AOS touched on Aug20 08/30/2010 - AOS/EAD touched

09/09/2010 - AP approved (email notice)

09/13/2010 - Received email that EAD was approved on Sept 10

10/04/2010 - Received interview letter in Mail

11/09/2010 - Interview-APPROVED! 112 days

11/09/2010 - Card Production 11/22/2010 - Green Card received

ROC Journey

08/11/2012 - Eligible to file for ROC10/11/2012 - sent in I-751 (late)10/16/2012 - received NOA 11/20/2012 - biometrics

 
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