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~Jackie~   30

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:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: Done! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

..did I mention...DONE! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

We arrived at 8:45am and checked in. Officer Lee asked to see me alone first. Swore me in and then proceeded to question me for 2 hours :blink: We reviewed where I lived for the last 20 years...looked at each line of my bank statements and said,,'who eats out all the time?" lol I said that would be me at McDonalds. She looked at what books he checked out of the librarry (lots of accounting books..snore) lets see, what else?

She read EVERY letter I brought from family and friends. I had attatched a picture of each person so she could put a face to each name. She went thru the 100 pictures I brought that covered our 2 years together. She read about 30 of the 13 months of emails I brought :blink: Two hours.....oh my. Then she started sorting what she wanted to keep and gave me back a few things. I knew we were about done. His passport and my passport were laying on the desk, last two things there. So she says, I will get him now and you can go to the waiting room, you can take these and pushed the passports to me. I said outloud "darn!" and she said what? and laughed. I said, well if you were going to approve us you would have to keep his passport to take out the I94. She TOOK IT BACK and said you can go. I walked out still not knowing an answer. Now it was Mr Al Hajis turn with her. Now remember, last time she scared the pants off him!

He goes back and he said she was so different. (i said good for you...i was just grilled for 2 hours! lol) They talked for about 30 minutes while I paced the waiting room. She took out his I94 and said, you will get a welcome letter in about 2 weeks and your greencard after that. :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

He came out smiling :thumbs: then we celebrated in Chicago for about...oh 10 hours ! Home now and DONE DONE DONE with USCIS foreva !

Good luck to everyone still waiting and a huge thank you to everyone that is so supportive on VJ!

Jackie & Ibrahim (F)

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Inky Grand Master

Inky   1,111

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Dont forget about removal of conditions... if you forget that then you get screwed !

Congrats on getting your AOS

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

~*Dorothy*~ Proficient

~*Dorothy*~   2

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Congrats, Jackie!!! I'm happy you are all done and even with your two hour ordeal things worked out so well! Happy dance!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

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Citizenship (N-400)

09/15/2009 - Application mailed to Texas Lockbox

09/17/2009 - Delivered to the Lockbox

09/21/2009 - Check cashed

09/24/2009 - NOA dated 9/18/09

09/26/2009 - RFE mailed out dated 9/25 (biometrics notice)

10/14/2009 - Biometrics completed

01/01/2010 - finally an update - awaiting interview letter

02/08/2010 - interview (Garden City, NY) -- PASSED

03/03/2010 - Oath Ceremony in Brooklyn

03/13/2010 - U.S. Passport in hand

DONE!!!

tnh9479 Rising Star

tnh9479   1

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Is he thinking about citizenship in the future? That was the easiest part of this whole damn crazy process.

Congrats again Jackie and Ibrahim!

OUR VISA JOURNEY

02/24/05 - Mailed K-1 to TSC

03/18/05 - K-1 Approval from CSC

06/16/05 - K-1 Interview in Casablanca, Morocco

06/29/05 - K-1 Visa issued

07/07/05 - SO arrives in US

07/22/05 - Married in religious ceremony and reception with family & friends

07/25/05 - Married in civil ceremony

09/14/05 - Mailed AOS/EAD

12/28/05 - AOS/EAD biometrics in West Palm Beach

01/03/06 - EAD card arrives

03/08/06 - AOS interview and AOS approval in West Palm Beach

03/13/06 - Welcome to America letter arrives

03/18/06 - Green card arrives in mail

12/10/07 - I-751 mailed to TSC

12/26/07 - NOA receipt date (from transfer to VSC)

02/14/08 - Biometrics appointment

10/17/08 - Approval date

10/24/08 - Approval letter received

10/25/08 - 10 year green card arrived

10/06/09 - N-400 mailed to Texas Lockbox

10/08/09 - NOA priority date

11/06/09 - Biometrics

01/04/10 - Interview

01/13/10 - Oath Ceremony

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Ban Hammer Grand Master

Ban Hammer   13,481

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congrats jackie! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

don't be a stranger! stay in touch!

Edited by charles!

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NancylovesAhmad Collaborator

NancylovesAhmad   1

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Congrats Jackie. So excited for you!! I know you must be so relieved.

Embassy Journey

2009-11-15 : Case at US Embassy in Cairo

2009-10-26 : Medical Exam@4pm

2009-10-28 : Medical Exam results given

2009-11-09 : Interview Date @ 9am

2009-11-09 to 2010-01-21 AP

2010-02-02: Visa Issued

2010-02-06 : Visa in Hand

2010-02-11 : U.S. Entry

U.S. Journey

2010-03-01 : Social Security card received

2010-03-04 : Welcome to the US letter received in the mail

2010-03-11 : Green card received

2010-04-04 : Ahmad got a J-O-B (Alhamdullah!)

2010-05-22 : Ahmad got his DL

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Dr. A ♥ O Grand Master

Dr. A ♥ O   203

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:dance: :dance: .....still dancing 'round in the Haji house! :dance: :dance:

charles~ <3

Thx ya'll for replying! It was cool sharing 'approval day' with Olivia and her husband!

Jax (F)

Awe Jax! (L) Thanks for the acknowledgement. It's an honor to share the day with you that we both got approvals for 10 year green cards! kicking.gifkicking.gifkicking.gif

Especially after everything we've both been through with this whole process. wacko.gif IKYKWIM. :P

This reminds me of the day dh got the approval for the visa and the night before you threw the biggest sandbox slumber party ever for me while I was staying up waiting for the interview news. luv.gif I couldn't believe all the people that came into VJ chat that night to show their support. Then as it turned out I got to share the great news with 5 other approvals at the Cairo embassy the same day right here in our own MENA VJ! It was a big day for all! And then 4 out of those 5 people got their visas within a couple of days to no more than 2 weeks. It was unprecedented for Cairo. We were also told we'd get ours in 2-3 weeks but got held up for 5+ months in AP/AR.

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raymaga Mentor

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FINALLY!!! Congrats to you both!!! I've been lurking for a while watching your status.

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

 
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