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clarence954
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congratulations we are all waiting for a moment like yours

Dan & Juan
Dan & Juan

I never heard someone excited to ARRIVE in Pittsburgh, only to leave :devil: Seriously congratulations after experiencing this with my wife coming to USA it never gets old hearing others joy and f

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Channah&Aaron   51

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; your time will come as well!! :thumbs:

I was sooo done waiting and yelled to everything around me that could move, but since I got my NOA2 last May, every bit of frustration melted as ice for the sun :blush:.

Can't wait to start AOS!!

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AOS
August 31th, 2011: applied for SS#
September 6th: received SS#
September 26th, 2011: AOS sent
September 30th, 2011: NOA1
October 6th, 2011: NOA1 hard copy
October 26th,2011: Biometrics
October 28th, 2011: case transferred to California for faster processing
December 5th, 2011: received EAD/AP card
February 22nd, 2012: Green card in production
February 27th, 2012: GREEN CARD in hand, yaaay!!!




November 10th, 2013: ROC

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WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, YESSSSSSS, I AM HOME!!!! :dance:

CONGRATULATIONS!:-) Welocme to my beauitful country:-)...todd

It's such a good feeling that it's almost ridiculous :rolleyes:

After a long "bottom" flight from Amsterdam to Iceland, Iceland to JFK, JFk to Pittsburgh, I am finally home. As you can see, JFK was my POE. During my flights I was soooooo nervous, but I learned that as soon as I was questioned by the Officer, my confidence showed up :star:

Our plane landed as first from other International flights, so there was no line :thumbs: . The woman said I can choose one Officer and I walked to a desk with a guy that seemed very nice to me, lol! And he was. I told him that I am a K1 and showed him my Visa. He asked for the big envelope and he looked thru it and put some stamps in it. He then asked me to follow him to an Immigration Officer.

I had to sit down and wait for them to call my name, thank goodness I was the only one there so I waited for like 5-10 min or so.

The Officer called my name and started to ask questions:

OFFICER: Your access got denied May 2010, why?!

ME: I explained that I travelled to the US before that time and never had to show anything, and that time I didn't bring any proof either.

OFFICER: So that's the only reason why your access got denied?

ME: I told him that I wasn't honest about my relationship with Aaron that time. I said that he was friend, instead of, at that time, my boyfriend :bonk:

OFFICER: Have you met him before your access got denied?

ME: I told him: like I said earlier, I've been to the US before to meet him. So yes!

OFFICER: At that time, was it your intention to marry him?

ME: I said no, if I really wanted to marry him on a B2 Visa, I would have married him during one of my visits.

OFFICER: Good answer.

OFFICER: So, during the time you were working at this company?

ME: Yes

OFFICER: What does your fiance do for a living?!

ME: I told him what my fiance is doing for a living

OFFICER: Is this the address you are going to stay, and is it Aaron's address?

ME: YES

OFFICER: Who decided to get married, you or Aaron?

ME: I told the Officer that we BOTH decided to get married

OFFICER: Very good answer

OFFICER: You know you need to get married within 90 days, right?

ME: I told him that we are going to get married by the end of this month.

OFFICER: You are all settled, and good luck and welcome in the USA

It all took +/- 20 min (included the waiting) :dance: So, I can say it was a breeze!

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HELPED ME WHENEVER I NEEDED HELP!

It has been a long, sometimes rough, year. But it was WORHT IT!!!!

Now, I am HOME :luv: with the (L) of my life!!

"life is a journey"

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Congratulations and welcome to the US. The long wait is over.

1/28/11 Sent package to Texas
2/03/11 NOA1 received and file is at the Vermont Center.Case number assigned.
6/10/11 NOA2 received.Approved!!!
6/13/11 Hard copy of NOA2 received.
6/28/11 NVC case number received. Case sent to Paris.
7/18/2011 Packet 3 sent out
7/20/11 Packet 3 returned by certified mail
8/31/11 Interview (Approved with two pieces of paper needed)
9/29/11 Visa received.
10/03/11 POE Cincinnati (Thanks to Delta now Atlanta) 5 hours to pick her up is worth it.
10/15/11 Married
10/21/11 AOS documents filed
11/25/11 Biometrics appointment
11/18/11 transferred to CSC
12/24/11 EAD and Advance Parole combo card arrived.
03/13/12 Green card notice received. Welcome to the US. Take a deep breath for a few moments.
03/14/12 Green card received

07/14/2014 Packet for Removing conditions sent

02/10/14 Biometrics in Louisville KY

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Aztec&Taino   144

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Congratulations! :D

Now, time to look forward to the wedding!

August 23, 2010 - I-129 F package sent via USPS priority mail with delivery confirmation.

August 30, 2010 - Per Department of Homeland Security (DHS) e-mail, petition received and routed to California Service Center for processing. Check cashed. I-797C Notice of Action by mail (NOA 1) - Received date 08/25/2010. Notice date 08/27/2010.

After 150 days of imposed anxious patience...

January 24, 2011 - Per USCIS website, petition approved and notice mailed.

January 31, 2011 - Approval receipt notice (NOA 2) received by mail. Called NVC, given Santo Domingo case number, and informed that petition was sent same day to consulate.

Called Visa Specialist at the Department of State every day for a case update. Informed of interview date on February, 16 2011. Informed that packet was mailed to fiance on February, 15 2011.

February 21, 2011 - Fiance has not yet received packet. Called 1-877-804-5402 (Visa Information Center of the United States Embassy) to request a duplicate packet in person pick-up at the US consulate in Santo Domingo. Packet can be picked-up by fiance on 02/28.

March 1, 2011 - Medical exam completed at Consultorios de Visa in Santo Domingo.

March 9, 2011 at 6 AM - Interview, approved!

March 18, 2011 - POE together. JFK and O'Hare airports. Legal wedding: May 16, 2011.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

-Henry David Thoreau

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Congratulations! Welcome to America! We will be getting married the same day as you.

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AOS Journey

11-04-2011 sent AOS to Chicago lockbox

11-07-2011 delivered

11-08-2011 Date on text messages but did not receive until 11-22-2011

11-23-2011 Check cashed.

11-25-2011 Hard copies of NOA1s

12-06-2012 Pui's Brother unexpectly passes away and we make an info pass appointment and receive an emergancy AP so she can return home. Pui leaves for Thailand for 2 weeks.

12-06-2012 Get a text message and email that she received an RFE

12-12-2012 RFE for original birth certificate. I swear we sent it along with a certificate translation of it.

12-20-2012 Pui returns from Thailand.

12-21-2012 We send the RFE back for with original birth certificate along with a new certificate of translation(I had to wait for her to return for her to sign)

12-26-2012 text and email they have received the RFE.

12-29-2012 Appointment for biometrics is 01-23-2012

01-13-2012 AP is approved.

01-23-2012 Biometrics appointment. Later during the evening the text and email saying the EAD is approved.

01-31-2012 EAD/AP combo card arrives.

05-22-2012 Email and text card is in production!

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Dan & Juan   12

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I never heard someone excited to ARRIVE in Pittsburgh, only to leave :devil: :devil: :devil:

Seriously congratulations after experiencing this with my wife coming to USA it never gets old hearing others joy and finally being with their hunnys

Rest and don't worry so much about being in forms and process mode, you deserve to enjoy your new life a little before real life kicks in!

(F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F)

USA NATURALIZATION CITIZEN :-------------------------------------------------------
08-13-2014 - N-400 mailed priority Phoenix lockbox
08-1x-2014 - N-400 package accepted

08-20-2014 - Check cashed

09-xx-2014 - NOA bio-metrics appointment

09-18-2014 - Bio-metrics appointment Columbus office

09-22-2014 - NOA letter scheduled interview 10-30-2014

10-30-2014 - Naturalization interview and test Columbus Ohio office.

Application changed to five year as mark reached while waiting for interview

Passed civic test and interview recommends approval !!!

10-30-2014 - NOA hand letter stating recommendation for approval and wait for letter of approval and oath
11-13-2014 - Case Status updated "We scheduled your oath ceremony"

11-14-2014 - NOA letter final interview and oath Tuesday 11-25-2014

11-25-2014 - Final red tape and oath ceremony Columbus, Ohio Officially a US Citizen!!!

- Applied US Passport at local post office

08-2016 - Received 10 year Q2 visa to visit China as a US citizen

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Congratulations!! That is so exciting, your post almost made me tear up a little because I could tell by reading it how excited and happy you are. :) I can't wait until Michiel gets home for good, too!! Welcome to the good ol' USA!

K-1 Visa Timeline

8-5-11: I-129F sent via FEDEX Ground to Lewisville, TX Lockbox

8-9-11: Delivered to Lewisville, TX Lockbox Signed for by CVILLEGAS

8-11-11: NOA1 Email/Text :)

8-12-11: Check cashed!

8-12-11: Touch.

9-20-11: NOA2. 40 days after NOA1.

12-15-11: Interview and APPROVED!!

12-24-11: POE in Philadelphia!

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~happyndinlove~   540

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Congratulations and welcome home!!! :thumbs:

Immigration Timeline Summary

10.21.2008 – CR-1 Visa Application Filed (By Hubby's Sec)
09.04.2009 – Visa Interview | Passed
09.10.2009 – Visa Packet Received
09.17.2009 – US Entry | Home
07.05.2011 – ROC Petition Filed
05.01.2012 – ROC Approved (No Interview)
05.18.2012 – 10-year GC Received
06.19.2012 – Eligible to apply for Naturalization (procrastinated)
06.24.2013 – N-400 Application Filed
09.30.2013 – Civics Test / Interview | Passed
10.03.2013 – Oath Taking Ceremony | Became a USCitizen!
04.14.2014 – Applied for "Expedite Service" Passport (as PI travel date was fast approaching)
04.16.2014 – Passport Issued & Shipped
04.17.2014 – US Passport Received

Our timeline vanished into thin air.

I've contacted the admin several times but I got zero response.

https://meiscookery.wordpress.com

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Wishin-n-hopin   15

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Congratulations and welcome to the USA!!!! Wishing you much happiness!!! :)

K-1
03-23-2011.....Sent I-129F application
04-07-2011.....NOA1 (dated 03-30-2011)received
07-15-2011.....NOA2 (No RFE's)- 107 days!! *We were #145 on Igor's list*
08-01-2011.....NVC Received
08-03-2011.....NVC Left
08-11-2011.....Consulate Received
08-15-2011.....Packet 3 Received (1 month since our NOA2)
08-29-2011.....Packet 3 Sent
09-23-2011.....Packet 3 logged at Embassy
10-07-2011.....Packet 4 Received
11-08-2011.....Interview Date - APPROVED!!!!
11-15-2011.....Visa in hand today (delivered by DX)
11-20-2011.....Arrived in the U.S.A.
12-03-2011.....Married

AOS/EAD/AP
08-06-2012.....Sent AOS Packet (EAD and AP)

08-10-2012.....Packet delivered
08-17-2012.....NOA1 with appointment for biometrics
09-04-2012.....Biometrics Appointment
10-12-2012.....EAD & AP approved
10-20-2012.....Received EAD/AP "Combo" card by mail

04-19-2012.....Received approval letter for AOS (No interview & no RFE's!!)

04-25-2012.....Received Green Card in the mail today!!!

ROC
03-24-2015.....Sent ROC Packet

03-27-2015.....Packet delivered
04-01-2015.....Check cashed by USCIS
04-04-2015.....NOA1

04-30-2015.....Biometrics Appointment


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