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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Belize
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For the first time in 14 years I'm going back to my country. I haven't seen my mom nor most of my family for the same amount of time. Should be a beautiful trip; I leave December 18th and return January 7th. Originally it was supposed to be myself, my husband and my daughter. Husband is no longer in the picture so it will only be myself and daughter (bitter/sweet).

Who else?

09-26-05 Mailed AOS/EAD/130

12-23-05 Recieve Notice of Interview for 02-28-06 (77 days total)

02-28-06 AOS interview APPROVED stamp in passport (138 days total)

03-24-06 Welcome to America letter arrives.

03-28-06 Green Card Arrives error free

Removal of Conditions

12-01-07 Mailed I751 to VT (day 1)

11-13-08....Card Production Ordered (day 358)

N-400

03-16-2011 Mailed to Lewisville lockbox

03-17-2011 NOA date

03-23-2011 Check Cashed

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I wish I was, last Christmas was my first away from home, so I really wanted to try and make it back to the UK this year...but I'm really busy with work and I'm kinda back and forward between Seattle & Portland at the moment, so I don't think its gonna happen :(

01/10/05 - Arrived back in US

01/26/05 - Got Married! WooHoo!

02/14/05 - Had Medical Exam

02/22/05 - Filed for AOS in Seattle, in person

03/31/05 - Got EAD!!

04/02/05 - Biometrics and Fingerprinting

05/19/05 - AOS Interview - awaiting decision...

08/24/05 - (conditional) Permanent Resident

09/08/05 - Passport stamped in Seattle

09/19/05 - Recieved actual Greencard! YAY!!!

05/24/07 - 90 days to remove conditions starts!

06/02/07 - Filed I-751, California Service Center

08/09/07 - Biometrics and Fingerprinting

08/28/07 - I-751 Approved & conditions are removed!

09/12/07 - Recieved 10 year Greencard! YEAH!!!

*now contemplating N-400 and citizenship*

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We're going to visit Marlene's family and friends. We'll arrive in Manila December 23rd and we don't come back to the U.S. until January 21st. It will be a little over 1 year since we have been there.

05/16/2005 I-129F Sent

05/28/2005 I-129F NOA1

06/21/2005 I-129F NOA2

07/18/2005 Consulate Received package from NVC

11/09/2005 Medical

11/16/2005 Interview APPROVED

12/05/2005 Visa received

12/07/2005 POE Minneapolis

12/17/2005 Wedding

12/20/2005 Applied for SSN

01/14/2005 SSN received in the mail

02/03/2006 AOS sent (Did not apply for EAD or AP)

02/09/2006 NOA

02/16/2006 Case status Online

05/01/2006 Biometrics Appt.

07/12/2006 AOS Interview APPROVED

07/24/2006 GC arrived

05/02/2007 Driver's License - Passed Road Test!

05/27/2008 Lifting of Conditions sent (TSC > VSC)

06/03/2008 Check Cleared

07/08/2008 INFOPASS (I-551 stamp)

07/08/2008 Driver's License renewed

04/20/2009 Lifting of Conditions approved

04/28/2009 Card received in the mail

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not me. it'll be my first away from my family :(

and get this, the hubby hasn't spent christmas with his family for years (1st because of the ex-wife and then because of work) and get this - they are all going to Banff for the holidays and they don't get why i can't go! LOL well, i could go, i'd just not be able to come back. we could book tickets and hope we get the AP on time, but we can't really afford that or to wait until we know. so it'll be just us. :)

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I will be going also home for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy..... I will leave on the 2nd and come back on the 14th of january.

6 weeks in France with family and friends. Plus it will be good because my parents will enjoy seing their grand daughter.

My husband will also come for 2 weeks!!!

Betti :D

me France (Paris)- him US (North Carolina)

09/21/2003 - send documents to INS in California

05/23/2004 - RFE

06/23/2004 - approved !!! information to consulate in France

07/21/2004 - received package from US consulate

09/09/2004 - send package back

10/19/2004 - interview - failed have to get more proof

10/20/2004- interview success!!!

11/21/2004 - on my way to USA through POE JFK

12/11/2004 - Wedding

12/17/2004 - went to SS office to change last name

12/27/2004 - received new SScard !

01/10/2005 - AOS, EAD and AP papers send :-)))

01/21/2005 - NOA received for AOS,

01/24/2005 - AOS and AP touched

02/16/2005 - Biometrics, Fingerprint appointment in Charlotte

02/17/2005 -EAD and AOS touched

02/25/2005 - AP and EAD approved

03/07/2005 - AP and EAD in my hand!!!!

09/02/2005 - Case transfered to California (email)

10/21/2005 - AOS approved (email)

10/25/2005 - Welcome letter by mail

10/27/2005 - 2 year green card in the mail!!

12/22/2005 - Our daughter was born

08/24/2007 - Send my package to remove conditions to Texas Service Center

10/21/2007 - NOA , card is extented one more year

12/05/2007 - Biometrics appointment

03/21/2008 - Our son was born

08/12/2008- I called customer service to be told that my case has been approved in march 08 but

forgot to issue a 10 year green card!

08/14/2008 - send I90 form to receive green card

03/12/2012 - sent my N400

05/09/2012 - Fingerprints

06/19/2012 - interview

07/13/2012 - Oath Ceremony

almost done with my journey.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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This is going to be my first Christmas without my family. I am trying to convince my mom and stepfather to come here for Christmas but they have a plan to come in April so I would doubt they will.

*January 24 2006 - mailed in I129-F petition

*January 25 2006 - I129-F received at CSC

*January 30 2006 - packet returned.....arggggggggg we forgot one signature!!

*January 31 2006 - sent I129-F back to the CSC, hope we did not forget anything else

*February 1 2006 - I129-F received at CSC again

*February 3 2006 - NOA1

*April 20 2006 - NOA2!!!!!

*April 24 2006 - Touched!

*May 15 2006 - NVC received petition today!

*May 17 2006 - Case left NVC today!!

*May 30 2006 - Received Packet 3 from Vancouver!

*May 30 2006 - Faxed back Packet 3!!

*June 6 2006 - Received packet 4!

*June 20 2006 - Medical in Saskatoon

*June 28 2006 - Interview in Vancouver!!

*June 28 2006 - GOT THE VISA!!!*June 30 2006 - Moving day!

*July 3 2006 - Home at last!!

*July 28 2006 - married!

*September 13 2006 - Mailed AOS/EAD package

*September 25 2006 - Received NOA for AOS/EAD

*October 6 2006 - Biometrics appointments

*October 10 2006 - Touched!

*October 19 2006 - Transferred to CSC!

*October 26 2006 - Received by CSC

*October 27 2006 - Touched

*October 28 2006 - Touched again

*October 31 2006 - Touched again

*November 2 2006 - Touched again

*November 3 2006- and another touch

*November 7 2006- touched

*November 7 2006 - My case approved, still waiting for kids!

*November 8 2006 - Touched my case again

*November 13 2006 - Greencard arrived...yeah I can work!

*November 14 2006 - Touched my case again

*January 2007 - RFE for kids Greencard.

*February 2007 - kids medical and sent in RFE

*February 2007 - Received kids greencards

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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Great that you're going home! I'm just leaving home in two days so I'll definitly be in PR for Xmas, which is my new home now.

(Puerto Rico) Luis & Laura (Brazil) K1 JOURNEY
04/11/2006 - Filed I-129F.
09/29/2006 - Visa in hand!

10/15/2006 - POE San Juan
11/15/2006 - MARRIAGE

AOS JOURNEY
01/05/2007 - AOS sent to Chicago.
03/26/2007 - Green Card in hand!

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS JOURNEY
01/26/2009 - Filed I-751.
06/22/2009 - Green Card in hand!

NATURALIZATION JOURNEY
06/26/2014 - N-400 sent to Nebraska
07/02/2014 - NOA
07/24/2014 - Biometrics
10/24/2014 - Interview (approved)

01/16/2015 - Oath Ceremony


*View Complete Timeline

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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We plan to (husband, son and I). Don't know the date yet when we leave. Going to see my sister in British Columbia (12 hour drive one way from where we live) for a few days and my parents are flying over from Ontario to her place.

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Filed: Other Country: Canada
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I'm still having a hard time over that.............I can go home but hubby can't get enough time off from work. He supports whatever decision I make but it's a toughy!! This is our first Christmas together. And I'm used to a big family gathering with my Dad and siblings and their families and of course my girls. His family here are not close knit like mine. His kids will probably show up long enough to open their gifts and eat then leave!! (they're nice kids....just don't seem that family oriented!!) Plus my youngest daughter is going home with our new grand daughter. I am in such a dilema and I don't know what to do!!! I want so much to be with my husband but I'm torn being away from my Dad, daughters, and 3 grand babies.....I have never been away from them before. This is killing me and it's showing in my every day manner. Try as I might I don't like it here (the place, not my hubby....I love him more and more every day and can't imagine life without him!! (L) Bruce loves my hometown also and would love to move there but his work is here. We have so many friends there.............people here are clickish!!......Lucky you who are going home in tow with your hubbies......................{{{{HUGS}}}}

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” JMAC

June 25, 2004 - Bruce & I met through mutual friends in my hometown in Newfoundland the night before he was going back to Maine

July 1 - First email between us

July 3 - I called him to wish him a Happy Independance Day

Daily phone calls and emails from there on in

October 20 - Bruce drove back to Newfoundland. He planned on staying a week but it ended up being 3 weeks. We knew for a fact we were in love!

March 19/05 - Bruce back in Newfoundland

April 8 - Bruce picked me up in North Sydney, NS and we drove to Maine. I stayed for a week due to work

July 26 - Bruce back to Newfoundland for another 3 weeks. I can't bear to see him leave.

August 10 - He asked me to marry him.........I had already asked him anyway just to make sure*_*

September 30 - I flew to Boston to meet Bruce there and then we drove back to Maine for 2 weeks

November 18 - We filed I-129F

December 1 - NOA Receipt #

December 28 - Received Packet 3

January 6/06 - Received my Police Certificate of Conduct

January 11 - Sent DS-230 Part 1 back to Montreal Consulate

February 3 - Sent off my check list to Montreal Consulate

March 24 - Medical

April 5 - Interview Date.....APPROVED......Yahoo

April 17 - Moving to Maine

May 16 - Bruce & I became Mr. & Mrs. in Las Vegas (Oh HAPPY DAY)

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Germany
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not me. it'll be my first away from my family :(

Dito. :(:(:( I have no idea how it'll be, I hope I won't be too sad.

AOS & EAD:

10/13/2006 - sent AOS and EAD documents

10/18/2006 - NOA1

11/02/2006 - biometrics appointment in Santa Ana

01/05/2007 - interview appointment in Santa Ana - APPROVED!!!

01/16/2007 - greencard in mail

01/22/2007 - EAD card in mail (well, thank you very much)

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Jonnie & Sandra

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Canada
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We are. Hard to miss the anual I'm going to be dead soon guilt fest that Christmas has become :-)

IR1

April 14, 2004 I-130 NOA1

April 25, 2005 IR1 Received

April 26, 2005 POE Dorval Airport

May 13, 2005 Welcome to America Letters Received

May 21, 2005 PR Card in Mail

May 26, 2005 Applied for SSN at local office

June 06, 2005 SSN Received

June 11, 2005 Driver Licence Issued!

June 20, 2005 Deb gets a Check Card! Just like Donald Trump's!

Citizenship

Jan 30, 2008 N400 Mailed off to the VSC!

Feb 2, 2008 N400 Received at VSC

Feb 6, 2008 Check Cashed!

Feb 13, 2008 NOA1 Received

Feb 15, 2008 Fingerprint letter received. (Feb 26th scheduled)

Feb 18, 2008 Mailed out the old Please Reschedule us for Biometics <sigh>...

Feb 27, 2008 Received the new scheduled biometrics.

Mar 15, 2008 Biometrics Rescheduled.

Sep 18, 2008 Interview Letter Recieved.

Nov 11, 2008 Interview Passed :-).

Nov 14, 2008 Oath Cerimony.

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Mexico
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we are. Last Christmas was Ana's first away from home. This year we will be going to mexico. Maybe this is how we will do it. One year here, the next year there.

good luck everyone!

Daniel

:energetic:

Ana (Mexico) ------ Daniel (California)(me)

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Sept. 11, 2004: Got married (civil), in Mexico :D

July 23, 2005: Church wedding

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K3(I-129F):

Oct. 28, 2004: Mailed I-129F.

~USPS, First-Class, Certified Mail, Rtn Recpt ($5.80)

Nov. 3, 2004: NOA1!!!!

Nov. 5, 2004: Check Cashed!!

zzzz deep hibernationn zzzz

May 12, 2005 NOA2!!!! #######!!! huh???

off to NVC.

May 26, 2005: NVC approves I129F.

CR1(I-130):

Oct. 6, 2004: Mailed I-130.

~USPS, First-Class, Certified Mail, Rtn Recpt ($5.80)

Oct. 8, 2004: I-130 Delivered to CSC in Laguna Niguel.

~Per USPS website's tracking tool.

Oct. 12, 2004 BCIS-CSC Signs for I-130 packet.

Oct. 21, 2004 Check cashed!

Oct. 25, 2004 NOA1 (I-130) Go CSC!!

Jan. 05, 2005 Approved!!!! Off to NVC!!!!

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NVC:

Jan. 05, 2005 ---> in route from CSC

Jan. 12, 2005 Case entered system

Jan. 29, 2005 Received I-864 Bill

Jan. 31, 2005 Sent Payment to St. Louis(I864)

Feb. 01, 2005 Wife received DS3032(Choice of Agent)

Feb. 05, 2005 Payment Received in St. Louis(I864)

Feb. 08, 2005 Sent DS3032 to Portsmouth NH

Feb. 12, 2005 DS3032 Received by NVC

Mar. 04, 2005 Received IV Bill

Mar. 04, 2005 Sent IV Bill Payment

Mar. 08, 2005 Received I864

Mar. 19, 2005 Sent I864

Mar. 21, 2005 I864 Received my NVC

Apr. 18, 2005 Received DS230

Apr. 19, 2005 Sent DS230

Apr. 20, 2005 DS230 received by NVC (signed by S Merfeld)

Apr. 22, 2005 DS230 entered NVC system

Apr. 27, 2005 CASE COMPLETE

May 10, 2005 CASE SENT TO JUAREZ

Off to Cd. Juarez! :D

calls to NVC: 6

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, American Consulate:

Apr. 27, 2005 case completed at NVC.

May 10, 2005 in route to Juarez.

May 25, 2005 Case at consulate.

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