K-1 March Interviews !!!

[Colleens 40]

Any of the March 30th group interested in meeting up for dinner the night before the interview?? Or for lunch afterwards?

[Kimbear 53]

well it's possible..david and i are staying at le dauphin, and i'm not sure when we are getting into montreal. 9 hour drive or so from Windsor.

I'm already getting nervous. David is on his way here from Chicago now, and we'll be going over the paperwork he is bringning to see what needs to be added to my (feel like it's almost 8 lbs) folder. i'm thinking my 7 tab according folder is just not big enough.

[jmd77 1]

I'm not telling you to eliminate something you think you need, because I recognize much of what we all bring to the consulate is helpful with peace of mind. Based on what we went through today, your 7 tab accordian folder is enough. I broke ours up like this: (1) prior submissions and correspondence in chronological order, (2) passports and birth certificate, (3) medical, (4) new letter of intent, (5) domicile evidence, (6) affidavit of support with evidence, (7) miscellaneous (money, xpresspost, pictures as proof of ongoing relationship, passport photos).

We gambled on proof of an ongoing relationship, because honestly I thought that me standing next to him wearing an engagement ring and taking an oath should be proof enough. We brought 15 photos of us taken since the 129 was filed. I can't say that was right or wrong - they never asked to see our evidence, so it worked for us. I copied/brought my deed, my voter's registration card, and my utility bills to prove domicile - they never asked about it. In fact, once I (the USC) got upstairs, they never asked me to even identify myself - not even when I took the oath in the interview.

My point is take anything you think you need, but don't break your back carrying it because you'll spend 50X more time organizing/gathering it than they'll spend looking at it.

One more point for March 30th interviews - one thing we didn't expect was how tired we would be today after the interview. We were done so early that I thought we'd get a full day of sightseeing in, not so much because we were both exhausted.

[brightskte 18]

I agree with the tiredness thing. Mathew and I were so exhausted after our interview that we came straight home(20 minute drive, lol) and went straight to sleep. We didn`t wake up until 4 that evening. It was so mentally and physically exhausting that I still don`t think I`ve really recovered.

[Kimbear 53]

Thanks for the advice

So far we have a copy of the entire i129f petition, and all originals that go with it. All correspondence from uscis, nvc, lawayer, congress, including all NOID stuff and original noa's.

(OH ya!!! ...went thought the stuff laywer sent us..and he never gave uscis all the ####### we told him to, AND he told us we got a simple RFE..turns out it was an NOID...good thing i did not know that earlier or i WOULD have called and screamed at him since it was his error to begin with......but i digress.)

I have a complete copy of all the p3 letters and stuff i sent in, a copy of the p4, originals and copies of all the stuff on the checklist. orignials and copies of all his tax returns for last 3 years, including the 1040 he just filed for 2009, and corresponding w2, as well as his pay stubs from Jan to now, since the letter from work is dated december only.

about 15 random pics of us and his family taken at valentines day, cdn thanksgiving, xmas.

copies of all trips itineraries etc since noa2 to now, medical, police cert, my envelope, passport pics. new letter of intent. i did one for each of us..not sure if we just needed his but it was easy enough to do a 2nd.

i feel like we are ready, and david will be there with me. already i'm having trouble sleeping though lol. Tomorrow morning we are leaving, should be in montreal early afternoon.

[Kimbear 53]

David and i are in Montreal at le dauphin. took a little longer to get here.. hit some t-storms between kingston and montreal. Hit montrela rush hour from the west island all the way to hotel..AMG stressful!! And some jerk almost hit us when we got out of the car outside the hotel..

Room is nice. we got the top floor 9th. gorgeous view outside the window. omg gorgeous shower!! one of those all glass ones. Nice tall ceilings..but it echoes!!! lol.

tip for the keyboard..little keyboard icon on bottom of windows. just click it and select Anglais.

ok time to have some coffee and advil cuz i'm caffeine deprived! lol

and get soem sleep..already feeling nervous and nautious..i know i know..i'm a vj'er..i'll be fine..

OHHH LOL side street is named viger and of course i said V J as the name..to david..cuz well thats sort of how it sounds.. but with a soft J, and he thought i had you guys on my mind!! LOL

<3

[Leafgal 3]

Good luck tomorrow, and do let us know how you all did.

[Bern. 3]

GOOD LUCK TOMORROW.

[toronto nonie 0]

Good luck to all the March 30th group

[cookingzombies 0]

My Fiance (Sarah) got approved today! she was one of the last to get interviewed and it seems it took like 2 minutes, they didn't even bother looking at half her stuff I guess. haha. I get the full details once she gets home tonight and we get to webcam!

Congrats to all you others that got approved today!

[jmd77 1]

So how did we fair as a group? When is everyone's POE? Marriage? intended AOS filing date? Curious as to how many different plans we have and whether some of us will be on the same timeline enough to continue this thread talking about the next steps. Does it make sense to copy the list and add our details after our name? I did that below. Our tracking number says it is not in the system yet... let's hope it's today.

Power house couple - March 8th

L&S - March 9th

bv2116 - March 16th

usmcfiance - March 19th

toronto nonie - March 22nd

Kayla*Mathew - March 23rd

jmd77 - March 26th (Approved, POE Peace Bridge 4/3/10, civil ceremony 4/23/10, AOS filing between 4/24 and 4/30 depending on county clerk and certified marriage license.)

johnd - March 26th

Kimbear - March 30th

KnR aka slider100 - March 30th

Steflovesbran - March 30th

Lilmermaid - March 30th

Colleens - March 30th

cookingzombies - March 30th

Maggie-Kennyth - April 8th

Amanda2020 - April 16th

[LiLMermaid 2]

We were approved. We got there a tad late and were in a HUGE line so we didn't get out of there until 12:30 ish. I think I may have seen a couple of people from vj there but I'm not sure. I was the one with the 3 kids. With nothing to do but people watch for half the day if you tell me what you were wearing I'll know if it was you or not. lol

[brightskte 18]

We were approved. He is going to POE on May 14th, and the wedding is June 26th!

Congrats to all the approvals we had this month!

Power house couple - March 8th

L&S - March 9th

bv2116 - March 16th

usmcfiance - March 19th

toronto nonie - March 22nd

Kayla*Mathew - March 23rd (Approved, POE 5/14/2010, civil and legal ceremony on 06/26/2010, and AOS the first week of July)

jmd77 - March 26th (Approved, POE Peace Bridge 4/3/10, civil ceremony 4/23/10, AOS filing between 4/24 and 4/30 depending on county clerk and certified marriage license.)

johnd - March 26th

Kimbear - March 30th

KnR aka slider100 - March 30th

Steflovesbran - March 30th

Lilmermaid - March 30th

Colleens - March 30th

cookingzombies - March 30th

Maggie-Kennyth - April 8th

Amanda2020 - April 16th

Edited March 31, 2010 by Kayla*Mathew

[steflovesbran 0]

Here's my updated info!

Power house couple - March 8th

L&S - March 9th

bv2116 - March 16th

usmcfiance - March 19th

toronto nonie - March 22nd

Kayla*Mathew - March 23rd (Approved, POE 5/14/2010, civil and legal ceremony on 06/26/2010, and AOS the first week of July)

jmd77 - March 26th (Approved, POE Peace Bridge 4/3/10, civil ceremony 4/23/10, AOS filing between 4/24 and 4/30 depending on county clerk and certified marriage license.)

johnd - March 26th

Kimbear - March 30th

KnR aka slider100 - March 30th

Steflovesbran - March 30th (Approved, POE Toronto Pearson Airport 4/17/2010, Florida beach wedding 6/12/2010, AOS filing last week in June)

Lilmermaid - March 30th

Colleens - March 30th

cookingzombies - March 30th

Maggie-Kennyth - April 8th

Amanda2020 - April 16th

[Colleens 40]

Here's my updated info!

Power house couple - March 8th

L&S - March 9th

bv2116 - March 16th

usmcfiance - March 19th

toronto nonie - March 22nd

Kayla*Mathew - March 23rd (Approved, POE 5/14/2010, civil and legal ceremony on 06/26/2010, and AOS the first week of July)

jmd77 - March 26th (Approved, POE Peace Bridge 4/3/10, civil ceremony 4/23/10, AOS filing between 4/24 and 4/30 depending on county clerk and certified marriage license.)

johnd - March 26th

Kimbear - March 30th

KnR aka slider100 - March 30th

Steflovesbran - March 30th (Approved, POE Toronto Pearson Airport 4/17/2010, Florida beach wedding 6/12/2010, AOS filing last week in June)

Lilmermaid - March 30th

Colleens - March 30th (Approved, POE Edmonton International Airport 4/12/2010, Wedding and AOS TBD)

cookingzombies - March 30th

Maggie-Kennyth - April 8th

Amanda2020 - April 16th