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hi kym and thanks for the congrats...hope all goes well for the move to college...its a big thing over here isnt it..

but i bet your looking forward to your honey arriving though huh...

hi jess..

thats great that you have your bio appointment...we had to travel to detroit for ours ...it doesnt take long at all...show id passport and your letter fill out info sheet and wait to be called.. mine only took about 15 mins...

make sure your hands are clean...ohh and another thing...the passport photo's you sent in with the application aren't used on your greencard...the photo they take on the day of fingerprinting is the one they use...i was spewin the passport photo's were better than theirs lol..they take all 10 fingers too so dont put any hand cream on before you leave....

wonder where all the others have got to.. hi to them...

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh vylex and mrs vylex are getting married today (oz time) probably at the reception by now ....whooo hoooo....

take care

kath

ps. a bit of news i been keeping under my hat...were looking at buying a house...its still up in the air at the moment ..and to all those military couples..have you ever heard of the GI Bill ... i dont get it much but you can get a home loan through being in the military...just google it and see what if it might help anyone of you wanting a home loan....robbie was in vietnam so we can apply through it...when more concrete things are in order will let ya know more...

REMOVING CONDITIONS

11th Aug 2008 - Mailed I-751 to CSC.

12th Aug 2008 - Application received

14th Aug 2008 - Cheque cashed

18th Aug 2008 - Received NOA-dated the 12th

26th Aug 2008 - Received Biometrics letter

4th Sept 2008 - Biometrics-Detroit-Complete-'Touched'

5th Sept 2008 - 'Touched'

1st Dec 2008 - APPROVED-Card production ordered -112 days

8th Dec 2008 - USCIS mailed approval notice.

8th Dec 2008 - Received my 10 year Greencard in the mail. took 2 days.

Although I have the above date for approval my card actualy states the

2nd December..

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Kath, Good luck buying a house! That is exciting news!

What you're referring to is the Montgomery GI bill, it is a VERY good thing. Tony has been paying into it for college. :)

Thanks for the tips about the fingerprinting. Should be a fun day :D

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WOOHOO :D

NVC finally completed our case on the 17th. Phew.

Though I do amuse at the idea of it going out of overworked American workers because of the fee rise, to now go to overworked Australian workers because of APEC :P

Out of the frying pan and into the fire, but that light is definitly looking a lot brighter at the end of the tunnel!

The Beginning

September 29th, 1999 - 'hooked' up with Dave after chatting with him for about a year online.

October 23rd, 2004 - September 29th, 5 years to the day, he proposed to me =D

July 23rd, 2005 - Dave comes over for the wedding on July 27th at the beach :)

Sometime in December, he sends off I-130 to Texas and promptly leaves me in the dark like a mushroom x.X...

The Saga Continues *dumdeduuummm*

August - phone NVC. intriguing :\ Phoned again, ah hah! the truth... no record of us >< losers... Go and visit Dave for 3 months...

End of January, we sent the petition back in again. 2 weeks later, we actually get a number in our hot little hands.

April 5th - NOA2 approved!

April sometime, received and sent back Choice of Agent

May 18th - Received IV Bill

May 28th - Sent IV Bill MO back

June 11th - DS-230 generated

July 12th - Received and sent back DS-230 packet

July 19th - NVC Sent Husband checklist of AoS. They forgot to fill in N/A fills with.... N/A x.X

July 23rd - DS-230 entered

July 26th - NVC received checklist regarding financial suppliment (ie, got a talking to on the phone :P)

August 1st - sent financial papers back

August 3rd - (Automatic msg) Financial records lacking! ARGH!~

August 7th - Received actual fixed paperwork - 'processing'

August 17th - NVC COMPLETED CASE!~

September 10th - Received packet 3

September 17th - Medical in Brisbane

November 14th - Interview VISA GRANTED

December 8th - Landed in USA

December 24th - GreenCard Arrives

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Sugarbob got his biometrics appointment! 9/12/07 he is happy.

11/27/2006 Filed I-129F

12/01/06 received at CSC NOA1

12/09/06 checked cleared

02/28/07 touched!

02/28/07 NOA2 via email 3 of them!!!!

03/01/07 touched

03/09/07 NOA2 received via snail mail

03/20/07 Received email from Sydney that packet 3 should be mailed out tomorrow

03/26/07 Fiance received packet 3

4/26/07 Fiance medical appointment

5/01/07 New date of medical appointment

5/14/07 Fiance interview date!

VISA APPROVED!

6/8/07 My fiance arrives in America

7/14/07 Wedding day!

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Heavy Heart again,...My hubby left today on a flight back to Kuwait...then back to Iraq when a flight is available.

Had the most amazing time in Malta. In fact the whole 18 days were wonderful,...oh well 10 months down, 5 more to go!!!

Kath,..is it a VA loan your looking at?...As I thought Montgomery GI Bill was only for education,..I may be mistaken, but I thought thats how it was.

Anyways,...hugs to you all, hope everyone has had an awesome weekend,..

Jodee

"When a man is educated, an individual is educated; when a woman is educated, a family and a country are educated."

— Mahatma Gandhi

The timeline... (Frankfurt) for the kids visas

10/22/2007 Filed I-130 x 2 in person + paid 710 USD (355 each )

10/22/2007 Filed DS-230 part 1 x 2

10/22/2007 Received the document checklist and FRN (case) numbers

12/18/2007 I-130 petition approved, but I didn't know. I was away at the time, didn't get confirmation letters til I got back from the states.

12/20/2007 Notice of Approval arrives in tha mail. According to the date received stamp on back of envelope at my post box.

Will now wait til hubby is back from Iraq to fax in checklist readiness, even though, I have been ready since day of lodging I-130's. all except medical.

02/18/2008 Faxed the "checklist" back to the consulate.

02/25/2008 Medicals completed.

02/25/2008 Appt letters in mail for appt on March 7th. Cant go due to prior military commitments. Emailed consulate and received an amended appt date of March 12th 2008.

03/12/2008 Visa interview - APPROVED x 2

03/27/2008 Visa's finally generated. I emailed the consulate. they apologised for the delay. They forgot to issue the visas after approval.

03/31/2008 Received visas

04/26/2008 Flying out of Frankfurt to next duty station on orders.

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Me too Jodie, The Montgomery GI Bill is just for education... but the original bill before Montgomery revamped it in the 80's was the GI Bill and included all that stuff together and was colloquially called the GI Bill. :) But yeah, Kath is referring to a VA loan. A very nice loan arrangement it is too, we're going to be using it sometime in the future.

Congrats Sugarbob & Moonie... one step further towards AOS

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Y'all have lots of appointments and happy dates scheduled, I see! I'm happy to report that so do we! Meowboy will be traveling to Sydney for his appointment on September 28!

I've been busy trying to plan our wedding and it's so exciting to see things move in the right direction.

6/22/2010 Sent I-751 to CSC

6/28/2010 NOA1 date

7/06/2010 Received NOA1

8/17/2010 Biometrics appointment

9/07/2010 Approval

9/13/2010 Received card!

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hi ya all

congrats to all those who have their biometric appointments coming up...its no big deal just fingerprinting..

hi ya meowgirl

congrats on getting the interview date way to go..being it on a friday interview is he going to stay the weekend and pick the brown envelope up on monday...or get it posted out to him..

good luck to you both..you will do fine im sure...

take care

kath

REMOVING CONDITIONS

11th Aug 2008 - Mailed I-751 to CSC.

12th Aug 2008 - Application received

14th Aug 2008 - Cheque cashed

18th Aug 2008 - Received NOA-dated the 12th

26th Aug 2008 - Received Biometrics letter

4th Sept 2008 - Biometrics-Detroit-Complete-'Touched'

5th Sept 2008 - 'Touched'

1st Dec 2008 - APPROVED-Card production ordered -112 days

8th Dec 2008 - USCIS mailed approval notice.

8th Dec 2008 - Received my 10 year Greencard in the mail. took 2 days.

Although I have the above date for approval my card actualy states the

2nd December..

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Looks like Loke is going home already :(

He had a death in the family and will have to go home this week. I think that the K3 allows him to travel in and out of the country because when I went to apply for the AP, the form said that he would not need it if he was K3. I am hoping this is right and I think I just need reassurance that this is not going to mess up the Adjustment of Status for us. Any thoughts are so greatly appreciated.

*hugs*

TIME LINE 2007

01/12/07-I Fly to Australia

01/25/07-We Got Married!

07/15/07-Point of Entry (K3 Visa)

K3 Time Line for the I-130, I-129F, EAD and AOS

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Lifting Conditions Timeline

11/06/09- Mailed Petition Via USPS Certified Mail

11/09/09- Your item was delivered at 11:08 AM on November 9, 2009 in LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 92677.

11/12/09- Check Cashed

11/12/09- Return Receipt Arrives in Mail

11/13/09- Touched

11/16/09- NOA Received

11/27/09- Received Appointment Letter

12/18/09- Biometrics

12/21/09- Touched

01/08/10- Card Production Ordered (E-Mail)

01/09/10- Touched

01/14/10- Greencard Received

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dont quote me but i think i read somewhere that if you tell the appropriate people that your leaving is for family reasons that is an emergency you can... i think there might be a specific time frame for you to be out of the country as it were..........

have you emailed the consulate maybe?.... or called USCIS?

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hi ya rings .. sorry to hear about a death in the family..

take a lok at this might help mate...i think it was nia something 3rd post down in that post...

this is what she/he wrote:

You have posted this in the K3 forum if you are approved for a K3 visa you do not need an AP until the K3 has expired (2 years after entry to the US)..

good reason for an AP

so be looks of it Loke can travel back to oz and get back in on his K3 visa cos it hasnt expired mate..i would take a copy of the NOA1 with me to show at the POE to get back just in case they ask for it and anything else that has his american home address on it...

hope the above helps mate ....

take care

kath

ps if your still concerned about it you can always mate an info pass to get the facts right or ring USCIS about it...

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REMOVING CONDITIONS

11th Aug 2008 - Mailed I-751 to CSC.

12th Aug 2008 - Application received

14th Aug 2008 - Cheque cashed

18th Aug 2008 - Received NOA-dated the 12th

26th Aug 2008 - Received Biometrics letter

4th Sept 2008 - Biometrics-Detroit-Complete-'Touched'

5th Sept 2008 - 'Touched'

1st Dec 2008 - APPROVED-Card production ordered -112 days

8th Dec 2008 - USCIS mailed approval notice.

8th Dec 2008 - Received my 10 year Greencard in the mail. took 2 days.

Although I have the above date for approval my card actualy states the

2nd December..

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hi ya all

i get USCIS email of their updates on regulations and laws and anything else thats going on..

i got one this morning and was scimping through the titles and came across one that the military people in here might interested in...they have set up a helpline for you guys to call if you have questions here is the link to it for you..i didnt read all of it so if its nowt to do with you guys i apologise..now im going to read it all lol

MILITARY HELPLINE

take care

kath

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REMOVING CONDITIONS

11th Aug 2008 - Mailed I-751 to CSC.

12th Aug 2008 - Application received

14th Aug 2008 - Cheque cashed

18th Aug 2008 - Received NOA-dated the 12th

26th Aug 2008 - Received Biometrics letter

4th Sept 2008 - Biometrics-Detroit-Complete-'Touched'

5th Sept 2008 - 'Touched'

1st Dec 2008 - APPROVED-Card production ordered -112 days

8th Dec 2008 - USCIS mailed approval notice.

8th Dec 2008 - Received my 10 year Greencard in the mail. took 2 days.

Although I have the above date for approval my card actualy states the

2nd December..

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