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Who's going home to Canada for Christmas this year?

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Cassie   8

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Just curious! :star:

(We're going home for ten days on Dec 22nd! Woohoo! )

*Cheryl -- Nova Scotia ....... Jerry -- Oklahoma*

Jan 17, 2014 N-400 submitted

Jan 27, 2014 NOA received and cheque cashed

Feb 13, 2014 Biometrics scheduled

Nov 7, 2014 NOA received and interview scheduled


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Not this yr. Each yr we alternate, this yr its with my wifes parents in Florida. Looks like I will get to spend up to a month this summer, so can't complain!!

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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nice..i hope you have nice white christmas. :star:

i'll not have my AP by christmas, so we are staying here. funny thing is most of the inlaws are going to Canada (skiing in Whistler) for the holidays and the Canadian can't join them! :lol: well, i could go, but i'd not be allowed back in!

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Looks like a few of us may be separated from our squeezes this Christmas. But hey, we can send cards, talk on the phone, buy gifts to give when we see one another, and generally be grateful that this journey will be over at some point. Absence makes the heart grow ...

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Oh how nice Cassie! Joel and I would love to go home for Christmas, but it's just not possible right now. Depending on what's going on in April, we may try to go during Spring Break (school break that is) for a week.

*sigh* Eat some poutine for me, eh? :D

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Im headed up for 4 days. Airfair + car will be 1300.00 Yikes. The Pumpkin pie better be good.

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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!

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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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We've been invited up for the family celebration but I'm not sure work schedules will allow. If we do manage it, it would likely be a day trip only.

We're planning a week or so in the Spring for sure. :yes:

Have a great time back "home", Cassie! :)

(P.S. Hey, remember those ornaments I made last year and then forgot to put on the tree? Guess what was first up today when we started decorating! :lol: )

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I'm going home for a few days next weekend actually. I can't get Christmas week off from work cuz I'm the newbie, plus its month end and no one in the business office can take month end off.

Anyhoo, I'm leaving Friday and coming back Wednesday. We're going to see Wicked on Saturday afternoon, and having "Christmas" dinner at my Mum's on Sunday. :D

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We'll be going from Dec 26 to Jan 2. It's so pricey for the three of us to fly from TN to Vancouver, then rent a car and take the ferry to Vancouver Island. :unsure: I keep thinking I could have a diamond tennis bracelet (the most frivolous expensive item I can think of!) in no time if we didn't have to travel back & forth so much! But it's worth it, for family. :luv:

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Ohhh WIcked, thats a fun one, my wife liked it a lot!

Its just Wicked!

Of course, I saw it on Broadway after dinner at Mortons on the company tab :-P

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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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We wont be going home for Christmas.

This will be our second Christmas away from home, but we are driving home to Nova Scotia this summer :dance:

PEGGY & ROGER

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K-1/K-2 AOS APPROVED IN ATLANTA MAY 17, 2006

10 year GC Approved - APRIL 16th ,2009 - Peggy and Jonathan's......

Still waiting for our cards...Had to file I-90 as they sent them to the wrong address.

March 9th, 2010, Received GC that has been lost in the mail for 10 months. Still waiting for my son's that is lost as well.

Filed Waiver for my son's 10 year GC and it was approved. He finally received his GC after its been missing for 2 years.

Thanking God this is over for 10 years.

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*sigh* Eat some poutine for me, eh? :D

that, and some visits to timmies are in order! :yes:

(P.S. Hey, remember those ornaments I made last year and then forgot to put on the tree? Guess what was first up today when we started decorating! :lol: )

Yes, I remember those beautiful ornaments-- glad you're on the ball this year! :P(F)

I'm just plain excited, we haven't been home since last September, and it's been driving me crazy, with my dad having to go through chemo (outpatient, thank goodness), my grandparents not getting any younger, and my neice and nephew growing up so fast..... *sigh* Wherever you all celebrate, I really do hope you all have a fantastic Christmas. :)

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*Cheryl -- Nova Scotia ....... Jerry -- Oklahoma*

Jan 17, 2014 N-400 submitted

Jan 27, 2014 NOA received and cheque cashed

Feb 13, 2014 Biometrics scheduled

Nov 7, 2014 NOA received and interview scheduled


MAY IS NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS MONTH
Educate Yourself on the Warning Signs of Stroke -- talk to me, I am a survivor!

"Life is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset" ---Crowfoot

The true measure of a society is how those who have treat those who don't.

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me!

I'm so excited it will be my first trip back to canada since my AOS approval!!

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February 19 2005: Met in person in Dallas for the very first time! It was like the fourth of July!

June 30th 2005: "Why don't we just get married?" "Okay!"

November 23rd 2005: Married!

November 24th 2005 - February 18th 2006: Know very little about immigration laws and give ourselves headaches trying to figure it out :P

February 22nd 2006: See our Attorney who advises us to go the AOS route so I can stay with my husband while I wait.

April 2006: Attorney files AOS forms 485 and 765 to TSC.

May 31st 2006: Biometrics

July 15th 2006: Close on first home!

July 18th 2006: Interview, APPROVED!!!! (Also receive i-551 stamp in passport)

Aug 6th 2006: Receive green card in the mail with wrong birthdate on card.

Aug 8th 2006: File i-90 for replacement card

January 2007: Receive replacement card

January 23rd 2008: Our first child, James, is born.

June 22nd 2008: File i-751 to TSC; Forwarded to VSC.

July 2nd 2008: NOA

August 6th 2008: Biometrics in Houston

February 19 2009: Transferred to CSC.

March 18th 2009: APPROVED!!!!!!

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