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Good Morning everyone

Congratulations Julie and Michael :thumbs:

Met Jan 1998, vows on 2006, Jay Jay born 2008, baby 2 - 2011

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hey ladies quick qustion.

where do u get the applications to start the process?

On this website, there are forms that you can type and print

N-400 - Naturalization/Citizenship

10/26/12 - Sent N-400 packet to Phoenix lockbox via USPS mail w/Certified Delivery, received 10/29/12, check cashed 11/02/12

11/05/12 - NOA-1 received, notice date 10/31/2012, received and priority date 10/29/2012

11/09/12 - Biometrics notice received, biometrics appointment date 11/19/12

11/21/12 - In line for interview scheduling (letter received via USPS mail 12/17/12)

01/16/13 - N-400 interview/testing - APPROVED! Oath ceremony letter received late Jan. 2013

02/26/13 - OATH CEREMONY COMPLETED - NATURALIZED US CITIZEN!

751 - Removing Conditions

06/28/08 - Sent 751 packet to CSC via USPS Priority Mail (signature required)

07/05/08 - NOA received, dated 6/30/08

10/23/08 - Card ordered: APPROVED! (USCIS website)

10/30/08 - 10 YR GREENCARD RECEIVED

K-1 and AOS

07/07/05 - K1 Packet received - USPS tracking

09/19/05 - K1 approval online

12/01/05 - 1st K1 interview in Kingston: need updated birth certificate

12/13/05 - 2nd K1 interview in Kingston: Approved!

05/01/06 - AOS/EAD packet received

08/09/06 - AOS interview in SF: APPROVED!

08/19/06 - 2 YR GREENCARD RECEIVED

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Good morning (F)

Tomorrow is Julie & Michael (Sbys) AOS interview. Please everyone, send them your best wishes for a speedy and easy interview. :dancing:

Good Morning Everyone :D

All the best on your interview Julie & Michael, relax yourself, take some deep breaths, you guys will do fine. And when you leave you will leave the interview rejoicing and celebrating.

Wedding plans coming along, Thanks guys for your advice, I will have some of my church brethren cooking, so far the menu looks like this

Jerk Pork

Curry Chicken

Specialy Chicken

Spanish rice

White Rice

Potato Salad

fresh Salad

Rolls

Punch

I have someone making a 3 tier wedding cake? How does the menu sound, and I missing anything. I have more people willing to cook, or does this look good enough? $$ is short, My mom blasted me for planning a wedding in a short time. My cousin is getting married next month she has been planning for a year, and spent over $20,0000 .. pssssttt. they cant expect me to compete with that she is older makes more $. and got a fiance that makes good $. plus she lives in Atlanta where everything is dirt cheap compared to NY :rolleyes:

You are making me hungry!! It all sounds so good... We have a lot of the same food on our menu.. Your wedding is going to be hear really soon wow. Congrats! (F)

Met Jan 1998, vows on 2006, Jay Jay born 2008, baby 2 - 2011

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CONGRATULATIONS JULIE & MICHAEL! :dance::dance::dance:

:Squitto, the steamed fish thing, Lake also says the same thing. Funny thing, I wasnt really familiar with the lingo and didnt really know what they MEANT when they would tell me something "would make ya strong". I...(mistakenly) thought that meant it would make you have more energy, make you healthier, etc, NOT kick your libido in overdrive.

Imagine every time I go down island, and they tell me coconuts "make ya STRONG", I would get one for each of us and tell my elderly mum...drink it, Mom, its supposed to make ya strong....and every time they would LAUGH like crazy at that. No wonder...!!!! :lol::lol:

:lol::lol:

July 4, 2006: Married

October 7, 2006: AOS Packet mailed to Chicago Lockbox via FedEx (I-485, I-130, I-765)

October 10, 2006: Package reived in Chicago

October 23, 2006: Checks cashed

November 1, 2006: I-130 and I-765 touched

November 2, 2006: I-485 touched--email notification about RFE letter on the way.

December 2006: Biometrics

January 2007: EAD Card

July 10, 2007 @ 9 a.m.--AOS Interview in West Palm Beach, FL...APPROVED!!!

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Seven e:mails sitting in my box this morning....

EAD is approved!! :dance: :dance:

cho!

:lol::lol:

Congrats Mindy :thumbs:

Your glued shut tactic worked :lol:

You know it! What did grandma say about buying the cow and getting the milk for free. :lol::lol::whistle:

AOS, EAD - 115 days from mailing AOS to conditional Green Card in Hand

06-07-08 - File to remove conditions

4/28/09 - Moved to CSC

06-20-09- Received 10 year Greencard

Citizenship

07-09-09 - Filed N-400

Joel 2:25 (Amplified Bible) And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten--the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.

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Seven e:mails sitting in my box this morning....

EAD is approved!! :dance: :dance:

Yay!!! It's a great day!

Congrats Mindy!!!! Tell Roy Michael and I are soooo happy for him :luv::yes:

Click My Timeline For Our K-1 Info

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10.21.05 - Applied For SS Card (He's Not In The System Yet)

10.27.05 - Got Marriage License

11.02.05 - Received SS Card In The Mail

11.10.05 - Passed Permit Test!

NOVEMBER 18th - We're Married!

12.17.05 - Mailed AOS/EAD Papers

12.27.05 - Checks Cashed

12.29.05 - Received both NOA's in the mail (receipt dates 12.20.05)

02.17.06 - Received Biometrics Letter

02.27.06 - Got Driver's License!

03.11.06 - Biometrics Appointment

03.16.06 - EAD Approved

03.21.06 - EAD Came In The Mail

04.10.06 - Received AOS Interview Letter

06.08.06 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!

06.19.06 - Green Card Received

WE'RE DONE!

08.22.06 - Elias Is Finally Here!!! Born at 1:13am, 8lbs. 15oz. and 20.5 Inches Long

November 18th, 2006 - Our Real Wedding In Negril

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It's just a great day all around!! I think "8" is now my lucky number

JAMA0001.GIFMindy & Roy

06/08/05 -- I-129f Sent to Nebraska

08/30/05 - Approved

12/02/05 - Interview in Kingston

01/13/06 - Roy flies to Chicago

03/03/06 - Married

03/29/06 - EAD/AOS Sent

06/06/06 - EAD Approved

07/11/06 - AOS Approved - w/o interview

07/17/06 - GC Received....

I-751 - Lifting Conditions

04/01/08 - Sent to Nebraska

04/03/08 - NOA1 Notice Date -- Trans to California

04/14/08 - Received NOA1 in mail

04/14/08 - Check cleared bank

04/24/08 - Biometrics letter received

05/02/08 - Biometrics scheduled

10/10/08 - Card Ordered

10/16/08 - Card received -- DONE!!!

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You guys are :wacko: , All this kindah talk...gee, I am so interested to look , but I will wait until I am married and active, i dont want to pollute my sanctified mind at this point :innocent:;)

Tenika, I feel you on this one. Ain't no sense in troublin' the waters. :no: I will, however, save the links for future reference. ;)

Lee

July 4, 2006: Married

October 7, 2006: AOS Packet mailed to Chicago Lockbox via FedEx (I-485, I-130, I-765)

October 10, 2006: Package reived in Chicago

October 23, 2006: Checks cashed

November 1, 2006: I-130 and I-765 touched

November 2, 2006: I-485 touched--email notification about RFE letter on the way.

December 2006: Biometrics

January 2007: EAD Card

July 10, 2007 @ 9 a.m.--AOS Interview in West Palm Beach, FL...APPROVED!!!

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You know it! What did grandma say about buying the cow and getting the milk for free. :lol::lol::whistle:

:lol:You just get funnier and funnier every day..... :whistle:

JAMA0001.GIFMindy & Roy

06/08/05 -- I-129f Sent to Nebraska

08/30/05 - Approved

12/02/05 - Interview in Kingston

01/13/06 - Roy flies to Chicago

03/03/06 - Married

03/29/06 - EAD/AOS Sent

06/06/06 - EAD Approved

07/11/06 - AOS Approved - w/o interview

07/17/06 - GC Received....

I-751 - Lifting Conditions

04/01/08 - Sent to Nebraska

04/03/08 - NOA1 Notice Date -- Trans to California

04/14/08 - Received NOA1 in mail

04/14/08 - Check cleared bank

04/24/08 - Biometrics letter received

05/02/08 - Biometrics scheduled

10/10/08 - Card Ordered

10/16/08 - Card received -- DONE!!!

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Ok, so here's how our interview went:

We got to the office at 7:15am - our appointment wasn't until 8am and the building didn't open until 7:30, so we waited in the car for 15 minutes, then we went inside - went through security, and then went right upstairs. We had to drop our interview letter in a bin and go to the waiting room. We waited until about 8:05 and then the baby starts kicking on my bladder. I HAD to go to the bathroom. This guy next to us was still waiting for his 7:30 appointment (but he was there for citizenship) so I thought I was safe to go. So I go, it's right down the hall... I come back and Michael is moved way to the front of the room. He says the lady called our name in the whole 2 minutes I was gone. Can you believe it?? What are the chances?!

Luckily she said she would check back in a few minutes, so she comes back out and calls our name again. We get sworn in and then sit down in her office. She asks us each for our I.D. and says "...for you, sir, I specifically need your passport" - That's when he looks at me funny while pulling out his driver's license. Yeah- WE DIDN'T BRING THE PASSPORT :bonk::dead: ! I couldn't believe it. I asked her if we "had" to have it, she said she could work around it :unsure: - I wasn't about to argue with that. Then she had Michael pull out his EAD and I plopped my pile of paperwork next to me so it was ready. She got a copy of his I94 out his file and looked at it, then started paging through Michael's stuff and basically just verified the forms. She asked him:

-His full name

-Address

-Phone number

-If he is working now

-All the questions on the I-485

-Have you been married before?

-Do you have any kids?

-When he entered the U.S. on the K1

-When was the first time he ever came to the U.S.

When she asked if he had kids he said just the one on the way so she asked us when we were due... boy or girl? and if we picked out a name yet.

Then she said she was going to approve our case and we would get the green card in 2-4 weeks. She gave him his EAD back. I asked her if she needed any of the stuff I brought and she said no. She didn't even take my 2005 taxes or anything. We just thanked her and left.

The immigration officer was really nice - it was such a simple interview and fast. We were back out to our car at 8:20am.

Thanks for all the congrats! :luv:

Click My Timeline For Our K-1 Info

__________________________________________

10.21.05 - Applied For SS Card (He's Not In The System Yet)

10.27.05 - Got Marriage License

11.02.05 - Received SS Card In The Mail

11.10.05 - Passed Permit Test!

NOVEMBER 18th - We're Married!

12.17.05 - Mailed AOS/EAD Papers

12.27.05 - Checks Cashed

12.29.05 - Received both NOA's in the mail (receipt dates 12.20.05)

02.17.06 - Received Biometrics Letter

02.27.06 - Got Driver's License!

03.11.06 - Biometrics Appointment

03.16.06 - EAD Approved

03.21.06 - EAD Came In The Mail

04.10.06 - Received AOS Interview Letter

06.08.06 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!

06.19.06 - Green Card Received

WE'RE DONE!

08.22.06 - Elias Is Finally Here!!! Born at 1:13am, 8lbs. 15oz. and 20.5 Inches Long

November 18th, 2006 - Our Real Wedding In Negril

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You know it! What did grandma say about buying the cow and getting the milk for free. :lol::lol::whistle:

:lol:You just get funnier and funnier every day..... :whistle:

It's the :devil:! I need to say my prayers and get back on the good girl track. :innocent:

AOS, EAD - 115 days from mailing AOS to conditional Green Card in Hand

06-07-08 - File to remove conditions

4/28/09 - Moved to CSC

06-20-09- Received 10 year Greencard

Citizenship

07-09-09 - Filed N-400

Joel 2:25 (Amplified Bible) And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten--the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.

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Ok, so here's how our interview went:

We got to the office at 7:15am - our appointment wasn't until 8am and the building didn't open until 7:30, so we waited in the car for 15 minutes, then we went inside - went through security, and then went right upstairs. We had to drop our interview letter in a bin and go to the waiting room. We waited until about 8:05 and then the baby starts kicking on my bladder. I HAD to go to the bathroom. This guy next to us was still waiting for his 7:30 appointment (but he was there for citizenship) so I thought I was safe to go. So I go, it's right down the hall... I come back and Michael is moved way to the front of the room. He says the lady called our name in the whole 2 minutes I was gone. Can you believe it?? What are the chances?!

Luckily she said she would check back in a few minutes, so she comes back out and calls our name again. We get sworn in and then sit down in her office. She asks us each for our I.D. and says "...for you, sir, I specifically need your passport" - That's when he looks at me funny while pulling out his driver's license. Yeah- WE DIDN'T BRING THE PASSPORT :bonk::dead: ! I couldn't believe it. I asked her if we "had" to have it, she said she could work around it :unsure: - I wasn't about to argue with that. Then she had Michael pull out his EAD and I plopped my pile of paperwork next to me so it was ready. She got a copy of his I94 out his file and looked at it, then started paging through Michael's stuff and basically just verified the forms. She asked him:

-His full name

-Address

-Phone number

-If he is working now

-All the questions on the I-485

-Have you been married before?

-Do you have any kids?

-When he entered the U.S. on the K1

-When was the first time he ever came to the U.S.

When she asked if he had kids he said just the one on the way so she asked us when we were due... boy or girl? and if we picked out a name yet.

Then she said she was going to approve our case and we would get the green card in 2-4 weeks. She gave him his EAD back. I asked her if she needed any of the stuff I brought and she said no. She didn't even take my 2005 taxes or anything. We just thanked her and left.

The immigration officer was really nice - it was such a simple interview and fast. We were back out to our car at 8:20am.

Thanks for all the congrats! :luv:

That seemed simple enough. Congrats again :luv:

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The immigration officer was really nice - it was such a simple interview and fast. We were back out to our car at 8:20am.

Thanks for all the congrats! :luv:

Very cool!! Now you can put immigration out of both your minds and focus on getting things ready for Makayla!! :yes::thumbs:

AOS, EAD - 115 days from mailing AOS to conditional Green Card in Hand

06-07-08 - File to remove conditions

4/28/09 - Moved to CSC

06-20-09- Received 10 year Greencard

Citizenship

07-09-09 - Filed N-400

Joel 2:25 (Amplified Bible) And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten--the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.

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