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Udella&Wiz   325

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Aren't some of those new phone verizon offer just as good,if not better than the Iphone?? I'm no cell phone junky, i'm just happy my phone has a keyboard,lol. Few of my co-workers have those new droid ones and they seem cool

yes - we have a Motorolla Droid and a Droid Eris...I like 3 G, quite fast...if I could have an iPhone though, I wouldn't have to carry my ipod too. I need to consolidate devices!

Wiz(USC) and Udella(Cdn & USC!)

Naturalization

02/22/11 - Filed

02/28/11 - NOA

03/28/11 - FP

06/17/11 - status change - scheduled for interview

06/20?/11 - received physical interview letter

07/13/11 - Interview in Fairfax,VA - easiest 10 minutes of my life

07/19/11 - Oath ceremony in Fairfax, VA

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Removal of Conditions

12/1/09 - received at VSC

12/2/09 - NOA's for self and daughter

01/12/10 - Biometrics completed

03/15/10 - 10 Green Card Received - self and daughter

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J&K   0

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John and I just got iPhones (I got the 4 and he the 3GS) with the Family Talk Nation with Canada.

We have Vonage for home use, but we travel and are out so much that with our old Sprint plan, I couldn't phone my parents or family without paying 45cents a minute. When my mom had her double lung transplant in April, I was using my phone A LOT at work, and racked up quite a cell phone bill.

Plus, we were month to month with Sprint, and John's phone was so old, we technically had a family plan, but I was the only one using it :bonk:

And with Sprint, as soon as we crossed the border, I didn't have a cell phone anymore. I didn't pick up on a 'friendly' carrier. With AT&T I won't have to worry about that, and won't have to pay roaming fees when I travel up there.

I've been quite happy so far with it. It's more expensive than our old plan (have to have the data plan with an iPhone), but John gets a 17% discount with AT&T through his work, where we only got 12% with Sprint.

Just a tip too...ask your cell phone provider whether they have discounts for certain things! It's not just work related, they also have them for military, credit union memberships, etc :thumbs:

AOS/EAD

04/07/07 - Sent AOS/EAD to Chicago

04/09/07 - Received at Chicago Lockbox

04/16/07 - NOA Date

05/10/07 - Transferred to CSC

05/30/07 - Case Pending at CSC

06/19/07 - Card Production Ordered for AOS

06/22/07 - Approval Notice Sent for AOS

06/23/07 - Welcome to America Letter received!

06/27/07 - Green Card Received

Removing Conditions

06/03/09 - Sent I-751

06/04/09 - Received at VSC

06/05/09 - NOA1

07/01/09 - Biometrics - Alexandria, VA

07/02/09 - the Lonely Touch

10/29/09 - Approved!

11/04/09 - Card Production Ordered

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We had AT&T a few yrs ago and now on Verizon! I find we have far less dropped calls now and we had horrible connection in the (DC)Metro's on AT&T but fine with Verizon.

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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Aren't some of those new phone verizon offer just as good,if not better than the Iphone?? I'm no cell phone junky, i'm just happy my phone has a keyboard,lol. Few of my co-workers have those new droid ones and they seem cool

My husband got the Droid due to his work commitments. He is very happy with it.

We had AT&T a few yrs ago and now on Verizon! I find we have far less dropped calls now and we had horrible connection in the (DC)Metro's on AT&T but fine with Verizon.

We had so many dropped calls with AT&T when we moved to NoVA that my husband cancelled it and signed up with Verizon. Works great now.

AT&T worked fine in FL..... just not in NoVA.

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Of course they bring this out AFTER I'm in Canada and have left my iPhone in the States... :(

- Tiffanney & Matthew -

K1 VISA: 09/11/09 - 08/10/10

MARRIED: 10/10/10
AOS/EAD/AP: 02/22/11 - 05/04/11

ROC
04/04/13: Mailed off!

04/09/13: NOA1

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My fiance is with Verizon and has the Canada plan. It's the regular cost to call Canada but he still pays roaming if he's here... it's main fault is that texting (send or receive) Canada costs extra, which sucks because I love to text. Whats weird is last year calling Canada was at a discount and texting was free but they no longer offer free texting to Canada, just calls. He was debating switching to AT&T but we weren't sure how reliable the network would be. When at home we just use Skype, the phone is good for when you're not at home obviously. ALSO- if you have an iPhone you can download the Skype option and call anywhere through your iPhone and not use your minutes because it's internet calling and not phone calling.

See profile for our K-1 Visa/AOS story from 2010-2011Apparently we love USCIS/NVC so much we left and are doing it again! This time giving IR-1 a whirl. Rock on immigrators.

07/09/2014 sent in IR-1 packet to Chicago Lockbox

07/16/2014 NOA1

07/17/2014 check cashed by USCIS

10/01/2014 found out we are expecting baby #2 June 2015!

12/15/2014 NOA2

12/30/2014 Case received by NVC

03/23/2015 Received Case and Inv # from NVC after many calls and bogus excuses.

03/24/2015 AOS payment accepted by NVC

04/09/2015 IV payment finally accepted by NVC after the set the wrong fee and took weeks to correct it.

*many more delays thanks to the agency processing my fingers prints to the RCMP and the post office losing our mail*

05/20/2015 Packet sent to NVC via UPS, eta May 28.

06/16/2015 Baby #2 due - homebirth in Scottsdale, AZ

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Of course they bring this out AFTER I'm in Canada and have left my iPhone in the States... :(

Aww I sorry. I meant to post it in the September thread whenever they came out with it for you and Maggie but I spazzed out and forgot.

Naturalization

04/10/17- N-400 Filed

04/12/17- Received Phoenix, AZ Lockbox

04/13/17- Credit Card Charged

04/14/17- NOA

05/08/17- Biometrics

05/11/17- In Line

05/22/17- Interview Scheduled

06/28/17- Interview(Approved)

08/29/17 - Oath Ceremony

 

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frenzyheart   2

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Aww I sorry. I meant to post it in the September thread whenever they came out with it for you and Maggie but I spazzed out and forgot.

Naaah, it's okay. It wouldn't have mattered anyways. I left for Canada back in April, haha. Thank you anyways, though. (I seriously cannot wait to upgrade my phone in September though...hahah)

- Tiffanney & Matthew -

K1 VISA: 09/11/09 - 08/10/10

MARRIED: 10/10/10
AOS/EAD/AP: 02/22/11 - 05/04/11

ROC
04/04/13: Mailed off!

04/09/13: NOA1

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Naaah, it's okay. It wouldn't have mattered anyways. I left for Canada back in April, haha. Thank you anyways, though. (I seriously cannot wait to upgrade my phone in September though...hahah)

I'm not hinting or anything but you need to upgrade and get another iphone so you can play words with friends with me. :whistle: Not that I'm addicted LOL

Naturalization

04/10/17- N-400 Filed

04/12/17- Received Phoenix, AZ Lockbox

04/13/17- Credit Card Charged

04/14/17- NOA

05/08/17- Biometrics

05/11/17- In Line

05/22/17- Interview Scheduled

06/28/17- Interview(Approved)

08/29/17 - Oath Ceremony

 

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frenzyheart   2

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I'm not hinting or anything but you need to upgrade and get another iphone so you can play words with friends with me. :whistle: Not that I'm addicted LOL

LOL I have it on my phone already. :D I was getting pretty bad before I left; I had like 15 games going at once.

- Tiffanney & Matthew -

K1 VISA: 09/11/09 - 08/10/10

MARRIED: 10/10/10
AOS/EAD/AP: 02/22/11 - 05/04/11

ROC
04/04/13: Mailed off!

04/09/13: NOA1

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Our plan doesn't charge roaming. :unsure:

Ours either... and texting to and from Canada doesn't cost us any extra. Unless that's a new thing that I haven't noticed yet. I have a bad habit of not reading the bill.

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I'm pretty sure texting isn't extra on our plan, either. (We obviously have the same bad habit. :lol: )

I always thought we did pay for texting in Canada but I just checked the bill that came in today and we don't! :)

Unfortunatley the roaming charges are still there. :(

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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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I'm so glad this topic was brought up. I'm wanting to get a cell phone in the next couple of months (still can't afford it right now... even those 'deal' prices, almost make me lose my breakfast).

I'm still unclear though. Verizon, or AT&T? lol What about Sprint?

I am going to be using my phone primarily for calling the hubby if need be, or calling and especially texting to Canada. I like the Skype to Go thing. I'll definitely look into that. But, you guys are saying texting to Canada does not cost extra?

(btw, the roaming thing is no big deal for us, since we're so far away we can only visit once a year at most :( so won't be crossing the border much)

Oh, also p.s. does anyone have experience with Virgin Mobile down here? just curious

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For details visit My Timeline or Profile

ROC Timeline:
May 23, 2012 - Mailed I-751
January 7, 2013 - RFE Received
March 26, 2013 - RFE Response Sent
April 11, 2013 - ROC APPROVED

June 8th, 2013 - 10 yr GC Received (FINALLY)

AOS Timeline:
March 23, 2010 - Mailed I-485 (AOS), I-131 (AP), I-765 (EAD)
June 7, 2010 - AP received
June 12, 2010 - EAD received
August 27, 2010 - 2 yr Green Card Received!

K-1 Timeline:
April 22, 2009 - I-129F Sent
November 20, 2009 - Interview in Montreal - Approved!
January 3, 2010 - POE (Ambassador Bridge)
January 20, 2010 - Wedding

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