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Right so I have to share with my fellow UK'ers, because I am so darn happy about this last couple of days as well as what next week brings.

So we officially have the visa now, which is the best news without it the other things couldn't happen. Tim will be home next Friday night 8 days, 14 hours and 24 minutes from now, but who is counting? He also got the details of his contract from his current employer, so he can continue to work from HOME once he arrives in the states. The contract is only for 10 weeks to start, but he has been given many positives that it might continue or he will get a whole different one. The best part is that he will be making nearly double what he is now, which will help us make a fresh start here in the states, all of these months (nearly years) has really put a strain on us financially and it will be nice to finally once again be able to save something. With this job he will also be required to fly back to the UK, which will give him the opportunity to see his children through our adjustment phase at someone elses expense! Needless to say we are very happy! :dance:

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Excellent news!!!!!

Signed in to see where your case was at and so am very happy to hear everything is working out ok in the end. Is Tim planning coming through JFK to get a temporary work permit or does he not need one or maybe he has one already? asking as I am in a similar situation where work in UK will continue to pay me to work 'from home' until Jan. I booked my flight in through JFK to get a temporary work permit.

Best wishes!!!!!!

K1 Application

23 Feb 2006 - I-129 mailed

14 August 2006 - Approved!!!! :-)

21 October 2006 - Married in the mountains of North Carolina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AOS Application

6 November 2006 - Applied for AOS, EAD and AP

09 Decemeber 2006 - e-mail received to say case was trasferred to California

16 December 2006- biometric appointment in Charlotte, NC

20 Jan 2007 -AP approved

24 Jan -EAD approved

28 June -Green card ordered

7 July wedding celebrations in Scotland

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Glad to hear that things are working out so well for you!!!!!! :dance: Congragulations!

May 8, 2006 - sent 129F

May 9, 2006 - USCIS rec'd 129F

May 19, 2006 - NOA1 rec'd in mail

June 29, 2006 - Received & sent IMBRA RFE

June 30, 2006 - RFE delivered at CSC at 7:46am signed by J Arnett

July 24, 2006 - NOA2 Approved!!!!!!!

July 28, 2006 - Petition received at NVC

August 1, 2006 - Petition leaves NVC

August 15, 2006 - sent packet 3

August 21, 2006 - Medical

August 30, 2006 - Rec'd packet 4

October 2, 2006 - INTERVIEW!!! APPROVED!!!

October 4, 2006 - Visa in hand!!!

October 7, 2006 - POE at JFK and got EAD stamp!

October 21, 2006 - Received Social Security card

October 28, 2006 - Married!!!!!!

AOS/EAD

November 10, 2006 - Sent off AOS/EAD

November 16, 2006 - NOA1 for AOS and EAD

December 2, 2006 - Biometrics for AOS and EAD

January 23, 2007 - Without any touches, we get letter for interview in March

January 26, 2007 - EAD card production ordered

January 29, 2007 - EAD touch - Approval Notice Sent

February 1, 2007 -received EAD card

February 8, 2007 - AOS touch

March 6, 2007 - AOS Interview - approved pending FBI checks

May 25, 2007 & May 29, 2007 - AOS touch- yay! it's been awhile

May 30, 2007 - email notice Welcoming New Permanent Resident

June 6, 2007 - Greencard in hand

REMOVING CONDITIONS

March 15, 2009 - Sent off I-751

April 10, 2009 - Biometrics

May 18, 2009 - APPROVAL LETTER RECEIVED!!! Without any online updates

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Excellent news!!!!!

Signed in to see where your case was at and so am very happy to hear everything is working out ok in the end. Is Tim planning coming through JFK to get a temporary work permit or does he not need one or maybe he has one already? asking as I am in a similar situation where work in UK will continue to pay me to work 'from home' until Jan. I booked my flight in through JFK to get a temporary work permit.

Best wishes!!!!!!

(F) Thanks! We have the CR-1, which entitles him to work from the start and with it being his UK employer he wont need the ssn or green card so no worries waiting for that to arrive. Know you are happy about that, it buys us time to find something here for him if they don't keep him on just knowing he will not be unemployed is a blessing in itself.

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It is no nice to hear that things are going your way now......hope that the rest of your lives together are as happy as you are now

I-129F SENT TO CSC 01/31/2006

I-129F NOA1 RECEIVED 02/02/2006

touched 04/25/2006

NOA2 04/25/2006

touched 04/26/2006

NVC received case 05/11/2006

Left NVC 05/12/2006

medical 06/06/2006

Packet 3 received 05/30/2006

returned packet 3 05/31/2006

Interview date 07/18/2006

Approved...yeahhhh

07/21/2006 Received visa...WOOOOHOOOO

09/24/2006 marrying my baby yeahhhhhhhh

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Congrats on your visa, and yes good things always/ten dto happen in 3.

I do not wish to share any information about this dead end journey.........I have reached my final destination on this train, and it is time for me to get off.

THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"If marriage means you fell in love, does divorce mean you climbed out?"

"You never really know a man until you have divorced him."-Zsa Zsa Gabor

"When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife." Deuteronomy 24:1-2

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller

"Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?" - Mary Manin Morrissey

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." - Mother Theresa

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We are so very happy to read you now have the visa at last. Excellent news on the job front too. Have a wonderful, wonderful re-union.

with very best wishes, daisy

Daisy, Surrey UK +++ DJ, California USA

March 2001: Dear Duck.... with kind regards, Daisy

April 2002: Our first visit, the start of many..

How blessed we are to meet and fall in love

May 2005: We marry in California

June 2005: We start the visa process

July 2005: NOA1

Jan 2006: NOA2

Apr 2006: Case complete

Apr 2006: NVC send file to London

June 2006: Church blessing in London

June 2006: Medical

June 2006: Interview

June 2006: VISA!!!!! :)))

Sept 2006: Daisy age 50 and 7/12ths moves to California... whoooohooooooo!

Removal of Conditions

June 2008: Mail package to CSC

July 2008: Biometrics Appt

October 2008: 10 year green card arrives in the mail.

Citizenship

January 2010: Apply for US citizenship.

March 2010: Oath ceremony. Citizenship complete!!!!!

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That's great news :dance:

Congratulations

Alison (F)

2004

April A friend told me that she thought my ideal man lived in Wyoming or Montana.

May 17 Did search on match.com. Found no-one in Wyoming. Only wrote to one person in Montana...his name was John. He replied two hours later.

Jun 26 Flew to Missoula to meet him & a weekend trip turned into a five week visit...

Many trips between US, Canada & Europe.

2005

March 31 During a meeting in Vancouver, John proposed & I said YES!!!

Jun 2 Finally sent off our I-129F & a few days later we received NOA1. I am now officially an alien bride-to-be.

Aug 22 Email notification of NOA2.

Sep 12 Received letter to say application would be forwarded to US Embassy.

Nov 23 Returned packet 3 to Embassy

Nov 30 Medical

2006

Jan 5 Got interview date

Feb 1 Interview. APPROVED!

Feb 2 Visa delivered.

Feb 7 Flight to Seattle.

Feb 8 Finally back home in Missoula, MT. I'm happy, John's happy & the cats are ecstatic - together again!

Apr 22 Wedding Day!

May 6 Sent AOS application

May 7 Honeymoon

May 23 NOA date for AOS, EAD & AP

Jun 12 Biometrics

Jun 15 RFE for AOS mailed

Jun 20 RFE received

Aug 16 RFE reply sent

Aug 31 AP approved!

Sep 5 EAD approved

Sep 8 AP received

Nov 13 Interview letter

Dec 14 Interview. Success!

Dec 26 Got green card!

2008

Oct 08 I-751 to remove conditions sent to CSC

Oct 14 NOA

Nov 21 Biometrics

2009

Jan 7 Approval notice

Jan 12 Received greencard

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Hi Ya Lady !!!

Glad to see all is going well at last.

Graham got his SS # today when we got back from our holiday (which was great) but we got a letter from DHS that states that his I-89 (biometrics) never got to Texas. :angry:

Someone dropped the ball there...

So, next week he has to go dowtown and get another set taken-no big deal, but another pain in the a** to sort out.

Hopefully he will find work soon, and we'll be sittin' pretty !

Good to hear Tim's can work from home and visit the kids ! Awesome !

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

I have to run, but will speak soon !

Good to hear you have news...

-Rose

"I have spread my dreams under your feet

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"

-Yeats

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Hi Ya Lady !!!

Glad to see all is going well at last.

Graham got his SS # today when we got back from our holiday (which was great) but we got a letter from DHS that states that his I-89 (biometrics) never got to Texas. :angry:

Someone dropped the ball there...

So, next week he has to go dowtown and get another set taken-no big deal, but another pain in the a** to sort out.

Hopefully he will find work soon, and we'll be sittin' pretty !

Good to hear Tim's can work from home and visit the kids ! Awesome !

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

I have to run, but will speak soon !

Good to hear you have news...

-Rose

How was your holiday? I am sure you had a great time!

Sheesh on the Biometrics! Seems typical with the f*** ups coming out of London lately. Tim was reading the cover page on his MBE and they have a number transposed on my zip code, going to have to get that sorted out otherwise he wont get a green card or ssn either! Strange it is correct on everything but this one final piece of paper. :angry: Won't you just be happy when you don't have to deal with any of this anymore?

Glad to see you back!

Bethanie

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