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APPROVED!

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Awesome news!! :dance::dance::thumbs: I KNEW you would get it!! I've been so busy this week, and really haven't been on here much, but I also knew you were going for the interview, so I HAD to get in here and see what happened! Course..I'm not surprised :)

Hope that you're enjoying Montreal, and that you have a safe trip back home, and that you POE soon!!

Congrats again!!!

K-1 timeline

Sent I-129f Dec. 29, 2008

Received NOA Jan. 10, 2009

NOA2 email sent April 16, 2009, APPROVED

Interview in Vancouver, June 23, 2009 APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!

Wedding, September 19, 2009, South Carolina!!

AOS

Mailed package to Chicago, Oct. 22, 2009

NOA hard copies Nov. 3, 2009

RFE Nov. 17, 2009

Finally mailed back RFE December 15, 2009

Case transferred to CSC January 7th 2010girlfreuya.gif

EAD and AP Approved, cards sent January 8th, 2010!!

AOS approved February 9th 2010 smiley-happy093.gif

Welcome letter and GC received February 16th, 2010

Done with USCIS until 11/08/11

ROC

Sent 1-751 to Vermont Service Center November 18th 2011

NOA November 23, 2011

Biometrics December 23, 2011

RFE Dated Aug. 17; received Aug. 20th

mailed off RFE end of Oct.

Received Email stating card has been ordered Dec. 4

Received Email stating card should arrive within seven days; Dec 6

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Wyatt's Torch Experienced

Wyatt's Torch   45

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Thanks folks! I'm back "home" now...at what has been my temporary home for the past three months with my parents. When I came into my room, they had strung red, white and blue crepe ribbons across the ceiling and taped a bunch of red, white and blue balloons up there too with all sorts of things like "bon voyage!" and "Anna here I come!" etc. It was quite adorable, I must admit. :)

I've been awake for over twenty hours now, and only got about five hours of sleep last night, so I don't have it in me to write a review tonight. It will be one of the first things I do tomorrow though, I promise!

Thanks again guys. You've all been a huge help!

Oh, and just a little nugget before my actual review: I talked up Visa Journey to the Consular Officer that interviewed me. He agreed that it's great that there's a community like this, so long as the information is all correct...to which he added, "Which it must be, if your case is any indication." Pretty cool, eh?

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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ok you - when you wake up again -

PLEASE UPDATE YER TIMELINE !!! (evil silly grin)

Seriously - congratulations...

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

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Flames9_RN   358

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congrats

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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Thanks folks! I'm back "home" now...at what has been my temporary home for the past three months with my parents. When I came into my room, they had strung red, white and blue crepe ribbons across the ceiling and taped a bunch of red, white and blue balloons up there too with all sorts of things like "bon voyage!" and "Anna here I come!" etc. It was quite adorable, I must admit. :)

I've been awake for over twenty hours now, and only got about five hours of sleep last night, so I don't have it in me to write a review tonight. It will be one of the first things I do tomorrow though, I promise!

Thanks again guys. You've all been a huge help!

Oh, and just a little nugget before my actual review: I talked up Visa Journey to the Consular Officer that interviewed me. He agreed that it's great that there's a community like this, so long as the information is all correct...to which he added, "Which it must be, if your case is any indication." Pretty cool, eh?

How nice. :) Does it seem real yet?

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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That is really nice of your parents - I don't know why guys are so stand offish with their parents, they aren't going to trap you and make you stay home forever lol

Congratulations on getting your visa. Where is the review, less typy typy more review!

Oh and I spotted this:

Honestly, the interview is not at all nerve-wracking provided you're prepared. If you're calm and confident, you'll find the consular officer to be more chit-chatty than stern. At least in my case...and from what I've read from most others.

No one will ever listen to you on this one Wyatt - so you may as well give up that line right now :lol:

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That is so sweet of your parents :D ! Looking forward to reading your full review - that was certainly a long day and you went from one end of the country to the other as well.

“...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?”

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Wyatt's Torch   45

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Heh...review posted. That took me about two hours to write. :P

Yes, it was indeed sweet of my parents...although when I woke up early this morning and looked at the ceiling in the very faint light, it looked like a giant spider spanning my whole ceiling. The dome light was the abdomen, one of the balloons was its head, and the crepe ribbons were its legs. Yes, I have an overactive imagination. ;)

As for the interview not being nerve-wracking, I actually knew this would be the case for a long time -- I was never nervous about the actual review...only anxious to know EXACTLY what documents they were going to ask for, given that I did Electronic Processing. As soon as I read Sdhiman's review I was completely calm and confident that I had all my bases covered. It's a fairly casual atmosphere in the interview booth. The CO in my case was partially businesslike, but also had a temperament that would likely help put more nervous people at ease.

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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Congrats!

Why on earth does everyone want/go for poutine, when they could go to Schwartz's?!?! :blink::P

Here here!

You can get poutine in a lot of places in Canada, but ya gotta love a good Schwartz's smoked meat sandwich. So good. :thumbs:

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