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Jai M.   0

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Well hi there everyone! My name is Jai, and I'm from Petawawa, Ontario, Canada. I've just recently (April 27th) gotten engaged to Erik, who lives in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA. We met on the intertubes and have done five visits back-and-forth, while of course maintaining contact online. We both like video games and nerdy things. I'm a wannabe chemist (just graduated from uni last June) and he's an IT Guy.

So naturally it's easy to see why I'm here. We're just getting the ball rolling now, consulting with immi lawyers and getting a pro opinion on what options are best for us, but I look forward to hanging out here and keeping you all abreast of how this journey will pan out.

Cheers!

Permanent Permanent Resident Effective 5 Dec 2014!

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dakay ♥   10

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Hi there,

welcome and best wishes in your VisaJourney!!!

My advice, read the guides are very useful, before spending $$$$ on lawyers, start with the process is easy and this site is the best!

We can all make a difference. Please recycle

por favor no escribas en mayúsculas sostenidas, eso equivale a GRITAR

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MacTO   6

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Agree. Unless it's absolutely necessary, search and read all the threads and topics on VJ that are related to your situation and ask a lot of questions. Most likely, believe or not, there are a lot of people who have been in your situation or similar situations already. You'll save a lot of money. Good luck on your journey.

Cheers.

Yes! I am approved!!! :)

It took only two (2) months to be approved. Hooray!

Timeline

December 5, 2009 - I-485 application was submitted.

January 12, 2010 - I-485 application was re-submitted due to address error.

January 20, 2010 - I-485 application receipt notice arrived.

January 25, 2010 - Biometrics notice arrived.

February 9, 2010 - Biometrics taken at local USCIS office.

March 5, 2010 - Initial Interview notice arrived.

April 15, 2010 - Employment Authorization Card arrived out of blue.

April 29, 2010 - Initial Interview scheduled and... APPROVED!!! :) Conditional GC will arrive in 2-3 weeks.

April 30, 2010 - SSN reactivated. Newly printed card will arrive in 3-5 days.

May 7, 2010 - Welcome Notice arrived! Hooray! :)

May 8, 2010 - Freshly printed SSN card arrived.

May 26, 2010 - Conditional GC issued.

June 1, 2010 - Conditional GC ARRIVED! Yippee! :)

June 2, 2010 - SSN upgraded. Newly printed card will arrive in a week.

June 9, 2010 - Freshly printed SSN arrived.

October 10, 2011 - I-751 petition was submitted.

October 18, 2011 - I-751 petition was returned. It turned out to be USCIS's error sending it back to me.

October 19, 2011 - I-751 petition was re-submitted.

October 26, 2011 - I-751 petition receipt notice arrived.

November 18, 2011 - Biometrics taken at local USCIS office.

December 27, 2011 - I-751 petition Approval letter was issued.

December 28, 2011 - I-751 petition Approval letter arrived

December 29, 2011 - GC was issued.

December 30, 2011 - GC arrived.

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trailmix   77

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Hi and welcome,

Unless you are horrible at following instructions/filling out forms, you don't need a lawyer for this process (unless of course you have a criminal history or something else that would make it more complicated). In fact using a lawyer may even slow you down. For this immigration process you and your fiancee are the ones that have to get all the documents and give all the answers to the questions - so basically unless you fall in to the hopeless with forms category, it's a waste of money.

I would really recommend you read the guides here on the K1 (fiance(e)) visa and the CR1 (spousal immigrant visa)

Guides link is at the top of this page.

Good luck!

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kiwiana Proficient

kiwiana   2

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Welcome to VJ!!:star:

ROC

06/01/2011 - Mailed ROC package to CSC

06/02/2011 - Package arrived and signed for at CSC

06/02/2011 - NOA receipt date

06/06/2011 - Check cashed

06/07/2011 - NOA arrived in the mail

06/15/2011 - Biometrics appointment letter arrived in the mail

07/11/2011 - Biometrics appointment

02/02/2012 - Phoned USCIS and put in a service request

02/08/2012 - Email from USCIS confirming my request

02/11/2012 - Letter from USCIS - says i should receive news within 30 days

03/14/2012 - Phoned USCIS again. 30 days has passed. no news. Took details again.

03/15/2012 -Received letter from USCIS - have to go to interview April 24th

04/24/2012 - Interview and ROC approved!!

05/07/2012 - Received email, card production ordered

05/11/2012 - Green card arrived

N-400

06/22/2012 - Mailed N-400 package to Phoenix/AZ Lockbox

06/26/2012 - NOA date

06/28/2012 - Check cashed

06/29/2012 - NOA arrived in the mail

07/02/2012 - Biometrics appointment letter arrived in mail

07/19/2012 - Biometrics appointment

07/30/2012 - Received text +email. Application placed in line for interview

07/30/2012 - Received text +email in evening - interview letter sent

08/03/2012 - Received interview letter

09/19/2012 - Interview - passed interview/test!!

10/24/2012 - Oath Ceremony!

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Tim and Erin   3

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Hi Jai! I live in Pembroke! Welcome to VJ. Do yourself a favor and take the advice of others here and try to do your application yourselves. It's much simpler than you might think. Good luck on your journey!

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teh Jai   0

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Hi Jai! I live in Pembroke! Welcome to VJ. Do yourself a favor and take the advice of others here and try to do your application yourselves. It's much simpler than you might think. Good luck on your journey!

Hah! That's awesome!

BTW, my old user-ID was bahleeted (I had an internet outage), so this is me again! Thanks to everyone thus far for the advice. The reason we're consulting with a lawyer (as a first step, we're still not sure if we're going to actively hire him/her) is because we're relatively clueless as to what to do and this really isn't the sort of thing we can afford to botch up at this point (Basically my personal situation in Canada is starting to escalate to a 'Leave. Now.' sort of thing). Also some professional advice as to which route is best given our particular circumstances couldn't go awry.

We're not placing our faith 100% in legal counsel, but we -are- doing the free consultation for advice (that happens on Monday, actually.). Depending on how that goes, we'll either initiate the process ourselves or do it with this lawyer's guidance.

27 April 2010 - decided to get married

May 2010 - Immi Lawyer Contacted

9 Jul 2010 - I-129F filed

21 Jul 2010 - Petition Received

26 Jul 2010 - NOA1 Received

Late Jul 2010 - Touch

03 Oct 2010 - Touch

05 Jan 2011 - NOA2 (Approved)

11 Jan 2011 - NVC Case Number Generated

21 Jan 2011 - Packet 3 Received by Lawyer; petition now at Consulate

11 Feb 2011 - Received Scans of Packet 3 Checklist from Immi Lawyer

01 Jun 2011 - Appointment Letter, Booked 9 Sep 2011

31 Aug 2011 - Medical in Toronto, passed

09 Sep 2011 - Interview, Visa Approved.

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teh Jai   0

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So we just had our consult, and it's a good thing we did consult first, as my summers working for the Canadian Forces could have potentially blindsided us.

But now we know what needs to be done, and we've decided, for now at least, to go ahead with legal counsel just as a matter of having the information all in one place.

We're set to begin filing the K-1 by the end of the month. :D

27 April 2010 - decided to get married

May 2010 - Immi Lawyer Contacted

9 Jul 2010 - I-129F filed

21 Jul 2010 - Petition Received

26 Jul 2010 - NOA1 Received

Late Jul 2010 - Touch

03 Oct 2010 - Touch

05 Jan 2011 - NOA2 (Approved)

11 Jan 2011 - NVC Case Number Generated

21 Jan 2011 - Packet 3 Received by Lawyer; petition now at Consulate

11 Feb 2011 - Received Scans of Packet 3 Checklist from Immi Lawyer

01 Jun 2011 - Appointment Letter, Booked 9 Sep 2011

31 Aug 2011 - Medical in Toronto, passed

09 Sep 2011 - Interview, Visa Approved.

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prince+angel Proficient

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Welcome! Hold tight, this journey is like none other you've ever experienced ... Good Luck to you both! :star:

The Story of Prince & his Angel

Our Marriage in Ariana, Tunisia - May 1, 2008

Service Center: Vermont Service Center

U.S. Embassy: Tunis, Tunisia

The Journey through VSC:

I-130: June 09, 2008 to April 03, 2009

I-129F: August 5, 2008 to April 03, 2009

The Journey through NVC:

Received by NVC: April 04, 2009

Left NVC: April 13, 2009

The Journey through the Consulate:

April 24, 2009 - May 14, 2009

May 19, 2009 Interview Day @ 11:00 am - PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 20, 2009 Picked up VISA

June 26, 2009 Prince flies to America, arrives to JFK - exactly 18 months from the day we met!!

The Journey through AOS:

May 05, 2010 - mailed I-485

May 11, 2010 - text message stating application received

May 13, 2010 - NOA1 for AOS

May 17, 2010 - Biometrics letter rec'd

June 10, 2010 - Biometrics appt

August 03, 2010 - AOS @10:45 am - "conditional" approval pending corrected medical form by Civil Surgeon

Sept 8, 2010 - AOS Approved for 10 year Greencard!!!

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Welcome to VJ!! :dance:

My son named Zac

"My son's smile makes my day complete"

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MY K3 TIMELINE purple4.gifVid of how I prepared my interview documents purple.gifPapers that I brought on my USEM interview

AOS TIMELINE

06.17.2010 - submitted our papers

06.19.2010 - papers arrived at Chicago lockbox

06.24.2010 - Check cashed

06.28.2010 - NOA1 Hardcopy received (9 days from the day they got our papers)

07.05.2010 - Received Biometrics Schedule (July 26)

08.05.2010 - Biometrics done! (had to re-schedule from 7/26 to 8/5)

08.13.2010 - Got my interview letter

08.20.2010 - EAD card on production

09.06.2010 - Got my EAD Card (62 days)

09.07.2010 - Applied for SSN

09.14.2010 - SSN Card received

09.16.2010 - Interview schedule (APPROVED)

09.20.2010 - Welcome Notice Received ("Welcome to the USA")

09.25.2010 - 10 yr Green Card received! (98 days)

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O & C   3

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Welcome to VJ!! Enjoy your stay!!

2005---We met by friend/Church member that was living in Nigeria

2006---We begin to talk about getting married

2007---I was going to met him face to face, but hurt my back couldn't walk..

2009---Was able to see each for the first time.. I got my engagement ring (WOW).. :wow:

2010-01-22 mailed I129f

2010-01-26 got NOA1

2010-05-12 called to see why no NOA2, I was told that our case is not being processed yet!!!!! No notes in the computer

other then the mailing of the NOA1!!!!!!! :angry:

2010-05-18 called SERVICE CENTER again to see what's going on with our case.. NOT BEING PROCESSED YET I WAS TOLD AGAIN!!!

2010-06-16 Got notice that NOA2 was approved 141 days after NOA1. We got our approval on Ossy's Birthday.. Happy birthday honey, I love you!!!!

2010-06-21 got NOA2 in hand

2010-06-22 called NVC to see if papers was there, but was told that my DOB was not right in the system. Just mailed a letter along with a copy of my birth certificate asking to change my DOB.. Way to go VCS..

2010-06-22 NVC received the case

2010-06-23 Case sent to Embassy in Barbados

2010-06-28 Embassy received our case

2010-08-09 Interview Administrative Review

2010-11-15 Approved for Visa (I was on the mission to make sure the INTERVIEWER that we had never interviewed anyone else and I did it).. Know that you have right and don't let the interviewer cross the line..

2010-12-10 Visa and Passport in hand!!! Thank God!!!

2010-12-19 Ossy will enter the States!!

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SupastarsaM   7

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Hi !!! Glad you're here...this site is great..all the info you need is here..i decided not to get a lawyer because of the information that could be found on the interwebs and this site.. just reading, double checking and following instructions should get you by without having to hire a liar..oops..i mean lawyer..

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