August Interviews Crew - AOS Journey

[decocker 7,198]

Yay! AOS/EAD sent off 11/15/2010 for me! I decided to include a cheque for $1010, hoping that my interpretation of the rate increase is correct that any application post-marked AFTER the 23rd are subject to the new fee.. we will see.

It will be great if all our AOS journeys can progress as fast as nickbits has, wow!

i ended up doing the same. i paid twenty bucks to have it shipped next day so ... they'll have it way before wednesday.

[Veronik 19]

User .......... AOS sent .... NOA1 ....... Bio. App ... AP/NOA? .... AP - Result ... EAD NOA? ... EAD Result ... AOS Result

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mandaNchris ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... -----------.... xx/xx/xx ... ---------- ...-----------

Rose416 ....... 09/25/10 ... 10/08/10 ... 10/28/10 ... 10/08/10 ... -----------.... 10/08/10 ... ---------- ...-----------

Vero and Chris. 10/06/10 ... 10/18/10 ... 11/24/10 ... 10/18/10 ... -----------.... 10/18/10 ... ---------- ...-----------

J & J ......... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... -----------.... xx/xx/xx ... ---------- ...-----------

Wishing ....... 10/11/10 ... 10/20/10 ... 11/12/10 ... 10/20/10 ... -----------.... 10/20/10 ... ---------- ...-----------

Alaba ......... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... -----------.... xx/xx/xx ... ---------- ...-----------

Valerie78 ..... 11/17/10 ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... -----------.... xx/xx/xx ... ---------- ...-----------

nickbits ...... 09/16/10 ... 09/24/10 ... 10/28/10 ... 09/24/10 ... -----------.... 09/24/10 ... 11/16/10(a) ..Int.12/13/10

Brenda2010 .... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... -----------.... xx/xx/xx ... ---------- ...-----------

Tater&####### .. 10/08/10 ... 10/19/10 ... 11/09/10 ... 10/19/10 ... -----------.... 10/19/10 ... ---------- ...-----------

ken and kate .. 11/15/10 ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... xx/xx/xx ... -----------.... xx/xx/xx ... ---------- ...-----------

Congrats you guys! You're now 1,000$ poorer! Let me know when you get your NOA1 e-mails and I'll update the list!

I know right, I'm hoping we'll all get a smooth process like nickbits!

[Rose416 1]

Wow! Congrats on getting your EAD approved Nickbits! I hope mine comes along soon. I've started job hunting... slowly.

Anyone have any advice on sending money back to Canadian bank accounts? Someone mentioned Customhouse to me, but it is no longer free. Western Union owns it now and they charge quite a bit. I was thinking that my best bet is PayPal.

[Tater&Bugger 3]

Ever since Nickbits got that I have been watching my account on USCIS like a hawk and have become obsessed with this site again.

PS: anyone else find US Thanksgiving gets in the way of getting excited for Xmas? I sure do... lol.. so I am making a huge dinner to give me a reason to like USTG too.

[nickbits 43]

Anyone have any advice on sending money back to Canadian bank accounts? Someone mentioned Customhouse to me, but it is no longer free. Western Union owns it now and they charge quite a bit. I was thinking that my best bet is PayPal.

I've been using paypal with no issues. Just make sure select living expense as the reason for sending money. That way there is no paypal fee.

[Veronik 19]

Chris just sent a cheque to my bank, and there was a 2.50$ fee, nothing else. No hold time or anything...

[Veronik 19]

Received my license today, and I know that this is gonna sound like SUCH a woman's comment, but it's AWFUL! I've never had a piece of ID on which I looked more retarded than this one! I don't even want to show it!!!

[Tater&Bugger 3]

It's ok. My military spouse ID is the worst. I've never had any huge probs with IDs before. He showed me the pic before hand and then it printed onto the card it warped my eye so I look like frankenstein. No joke, people laugh when they see it.

I keep forgetting to go get my stupid license lol maybe next week......

[Tater&Bugger 3]

EEFF! I got an RFE. Just received the email notice this morning. I have no idea what it could be for since I sent them everything they ask for and more. Ugh. Frustrating. Hopefully it's something silly. Annoying though because I was hoping I could make it home for Xmas and an RFE will likely make that not possible

[Veronik 19]

EEFF! I got an RFE. Just received the email notice this morning. I have no idea what it could be for since I sent them everything they ask for and more. Ugh. Frustrating. Hopefully it's something silly. Annoying though because I was hoping I could make it home for Xmas and an RFE will likely make that not possible

WHAT? RFE on what? Did they say? AP, EAD or AOS???

[Tater&Bugger 3]

Online it says all three but the notification by email was only for AOS. Can't know what it is until it arrives in the mail. I have no idea what it could be... I gave them everything! The only thing I didn't send which they don't ask for but VJ.com mentions is a copy of the K1 petition NOA2. It was stolen, but nowhere does it say it needs to be sent in. I mean, they have the K1 approved petition itself haha. The only other thing is maybe the medical? However I send a copy of the invoice I got from Dr. Seidens and my immunization records, proof of negative TB. So my only other though is maybe I forgot to dot an eye or cross a t somewhere. Who knows. I am so upset because it pretty much means I won't make it home for Christmas.

[nickbits 43]

It is probably because of the NOA2.

FYI it is mentioned in the instructions.

Page 4, section 12, evidence of eligibility:

Attach a copy of your fiance(e) peitition approval notice.

[Tater&Bugger 3]

VJ mentions it but USCIS doesn't. Not that I read anywhere anyways, and I was very careful for this reason. They have proof of the approved petition, because they have the petition in hand and I also listed all my confirmation/tracking numbers on the cover page. I was advised by many on this site too that it is not needed, and many of them did not send copies.

If that's the case then I will have to leave the US and start all over again because it takes months to get a replacement copy. I've already spoken to USCIS and written a request for an expedited replacement copy but I can't get one. We've tried making a claim through the base where it was stolen but they are giving us problems on our claim because we weren't married at the time of the theft. So we are arguing that we would have been married if it weren't for the immigration system and the tour in Iraq he was on. Lot's of BS on their part. I also stated that it was HIS NOA2 on our claim.

[nickbits 43]

??

USCIS does mention it. See my note above.

[Tater&Bugger 3]

I didn't read it anywhere on any of the forms. Which form is it attached to? The AOS one (can't remember the official code for it).