The ME/NA Welcome to America Thread

[lostinlove228 0]

congrats on the marriage sharon

[kerewin21 2]

Congrats to Ke_east_coast on their recent AOS approval!!!

Twila and Hicham have their AOS interview coming up next week on March 8th. Let's wish them good luck!

And I spotted an upcoming wedding... Amera and Youssef will be married on April 22nd!

Recent Reunifications:

jenprincess1 (Egypt/Kuwait, CR-1) Reunited OCT 18th!!!

morac (Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT 23rd!!!

Prena and Aziz (prena, Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT S28th!!!

Moe and Lisa (moe_lisa, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited NOV 3rd!!!

Liz and Abdel (honeyblonde, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV 5th!!!

Sharon and Majid (kerewin21, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV. 15th!!!

erika1228 (Lebanon, K-1) Reunited NOV 11th!!!

Rebecca and Abderrafie (rhouni, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 9th!!!

Alma and Omar (appletree35, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Jenn and Ouadia (jenn3539, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Amal and Noor (amal, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited DEC 11th!!!

Melody and Khaled (melodyjeanne2003, Egypt, K-1) Reunited DEC 29th!!!

Sarah and Otman Reunited JAN 13th!!!

Hawhaw Reunited JAN 20th!!!

Farah2005 Reunited JAN 22nd!!

Amera and Youssef Reunited JAN 26th!!

Angel and Anmar Reunited FEB 9th!!!

Upcoming Reunifications:

Recent Marriages:

Doreen and Abdou June 23, 2005

Carolyn and Simo July 9, 2005

Twila and Hicham July 22, 2005

Vicki and Youness August 20, 2005

Liz and Abdel December 16, 2005

Rebecca and Abderrafie December 23, 2005

Prena & Aziz January 15th, 2006

Jenn & Ouadia January 20th, 2006

Sharon & Majid January 28th, 2006

Upcoming Marriages:

Amera & Youssef April 22nd, 2006

Recent AOS Approvals:

Dana and Khalid (dkbakkass, Morocco, K-3) Approved OCT 26th!!!

Jacque and Mohammed (jmagayreh, Jordan, K-3) Approved NOV 3rd!!!

Sara and Adnan (sara535, Morocco, K-1) Approved DEC 1st!!!

Doreen and Abdou (myfellah, Morocco, K-1) Approved JAN 26th!!!

Ke_east_coast (Ke_east_coast, Morocco, K-1) Approved FEB 22nd!!!!

Upcoming AOS interviews:

Twila and Hicham (tnh9479, Morocco, K-1) Interview MAR 8th!!!!

Carolyn and Simo (carolyn, Morocco, K-1) Interview MAR 15th!!!!

Elizabeth and Hisham (elizabeth&hisham, Morocco, K-1) Interview in April!!!!

AOS Transferred to CSC (probably no interview for green card):

Rabie and Layne (rabie007, Morocco, K-1) Filed August 2nd

Waiting on AOS:

Vicki and Youness (karotte, Morocco, K-1) Filed October 11

Laura and Abdel (lal_brandow, Canada, K-1) Filed OCT 19th

Edited February 28, 2006 by kerewin21

[anxious 0]

I missed this thread...

Please upda te me too, our NOA dates for AOS are Jan.13,

and we were legally married September 9th

[anxious 0]

I meant the 26th

I am in a bit of a dilemna as to what marriage date to observe.

Unknown to me LOL, I was actually married in Morocco,

I did not know the fine lines of the religous muslim marriage. It seems an Imam

does not have to be present in front of both the woman and the man to marry...there was one at the engagement party with

the men in a different room but I did not know they married us LOL, I recieved the dowry

etc... there also. It wasn't till he came here and we went to the imam that I found out

we were "married" already. Rachid just thought I knew, and when he always

referred to me as his wife in emails...I just thought that was out of love but not technically

his wife. So I don't know which date to use:

1) The date we married in Morocco, when I did not know it LOL

2) The date he came here and we errmm consumated the marriage

or

3) The date we signed the court documents

Isn't that wild? Rachid refers to the date in Morocco and tells people we

have been married for almost 2 years. I still am undecided...

(all of this was to explain my lapse in memory for a wedding date LOL)

[kerewin21 2]

Dawn and Hatem reunite TOMORROW!!!! Congrats on your wedding, anxious (wow, you're almost at your 6-month anniversary!! I don't know which wedding date I would pick either...)

Congratulations to Vicki and Youness on their recent AOS approval! And added some people to the AOS waiting thread.

Recent Reunifications:

jenprincess1 (Egypt/Kuwait, CR-1) Reunited OCT 18th!!!

morac (Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT 23rd!!!

Prena and Aziz (prena, Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT S28th!!!

Moe and Lisa (moe_lisa, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited NOV 3rd!!!

Liz and Abdel (honeyblonde, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV 5th!!!

Sharon and Majid (kerewin21, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV. 15th!!!

erika1228 (Lebanon, K-1) Reunited NOV 11th!!!

Rebecca and Abderrafie (rhouni, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 9th!!!

Alma and Omar (appletree35, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Jenn and Ouadia (jenn3539, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Amal and Noor (amal, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited DEC 11th!!!

Melody and Khaled (melodyjeanne2003, Egypt, K-1) Reunited DEC 29th!!!

Sarah and Otman Reunited JAN 13th!!!

Hawhaw Reunited JAN 20th!!!

Farah2005 Reunited JAN 22nd!!

Amera and Youssef Reunited JAN 26th!!

Angel and Anmar Reunited FEB 9th!!!

Upcoming Reunifications:

Dawn and Hatem MAR 2nd

Recent Marriages:

Doreen and Abdou June 23, 2005

Carolyn and Simo July 9, 2005

Twila and Hicham July 22, 2005

Vicki and Youness August 20, 2005

Liz and Abdel December 16, 2005

Maryum and Rachid September 26, 2005

Rebecca and Abderrafie December 23, 2005

Prena & Aziz January 15th, 2006

Jenn & Ouadia January 20th, 2006

Sharon & Majid January 28th, 2006

Upcoming Marriages:

Amera & Youssef April 22nd, 2006

Recent AOS Approvals:

Dana and Khalid (dkbakkass, Morocco, K-3) Approved OCT 26th!!!

Jacque and Mohammed (jmagayreh, Jordan, K-3) Approved NOV 3rd!!!

Sara and Adnan (sara535, Morocco, K-1) Approved DEC 1st!!!

Doreen and Abdou (myfellah, Morocco, K-1) Approved JAN 26th!!!

Vicki and Youness (karotte, Morocco, K-1) Approved FEB 15th!!!

Ke_east_coast (Ke_east_coast, Morocco, K-1) Approved FEB 22nd!!!!

Upcoming AOS interviews:

Twila and Hicham (tnh9479, Morocco, K-1) Interview MAR 8th!!!!

Carolyn and Simo (carolyn, Morocco, K-1) Interview MAR 15th!!!!

Elizabeth and Hisham (elizabeth&hisham, Morocco, K-1) Interview in April!!!!

AOS Transferred to CSC (probably no interview for green card):

Rabie and Layne (rabie007, Morocco, K-1) Filed August 2nd

Waiting on AOS:

Laura and Abdel (lal_brandow, Canada, K-1) Filed OCT 19th

Maryum and Rachid (anxious, Morocco, K-1) Filed DEC 31st

Jenn and Ouadia (jenn3539, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 8th

Liz and Abdel (honeyblonde, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 11th

Sharon and Majid (kerewin21, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 27th

[kerewin21 2]

Welcome to America Hatem!!!!!!!!!

And I spotted another wedding.... Congratulations Melody and Khaled, they were married on Valentine's day!

Last but not least, we have an AOS interview for Twila and Hicham next week. Let's wish them good luck!

Sharon

Recent Reunifications:

jenprincess1 (Egypt/Kuwait, CR-1) Reunited OCT 18th!!!

morac (Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT 23rd!!!

Prena & Aziz (prena, Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT 28th!!!

Moe & Lisa (moe_lisa, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited NOV 3rd!!!

Liz & Abdel (honeyblonde, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV 5th!!!

Sharon & Majid (kerewin21, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV. 15th!!!

erika1228 (Lebanon, K-1) Reunited NOV 11th!!!

Rebecca & Abderrafie (rhouni, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 9th!!!

Alma & Omar (appletree35, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Jenn & Ouadia (jenn3539, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Amal & Noor (amal, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited DEC 11th!!!

Melody & Khaled (melodyjeanne2003, Egypt, K-1) Reunited DEC 29th!!!

Sarah & Otman (tatedaoui, Morocco, K-1) Reunited JAN 13th!!!

Hawhaw (hawhaw, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited JAN 20th!!!

Farah (Farah2005, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited JAN 22nd!!

Amera & Youssef (AmeraMouttaki, Morocco, K-1) Reunited JAN 26th!!

Angel & Anmar (angelk96, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited FEB 9th!!!

Dawn & Hatem (dawnnhatem, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited MAR 2nd!!!

Upcoming Reunifications:

Recent Marriages:

Doreen & Abdou June 23, 2005

Carolyn & Simo July 9, 2005

Twila & Hicham July 22, 2005

Vicki & Youness August 20, 2005

Liz & Abdel December 16, 2005

Maryum & Rachid September 26, 2005

Rebecca & Abderrafie December 23, 2005

Prena & Aziz January 15th, 2006

Jenn & Ouadia January 20th, 2006

Sharon & Majid January 28th, 2006

Melody & Khaled February 14th, 2006

Upcoming Marriages:

Amera & Youssef April 22nd, 2006

Recent AOS Approvals:

Dana & Khalid (dkbakkass, Morocco, K-3) Approved OCT 26th!!!

Jacque & Mohammed (jmagayreh, Jordan, K-3) Approved NOV 3rd!!!

Sara & Adnan (sara535, Morocco, K-1) Approved DEC 1st!!!

Doreen & Abdou (myfellah, Morocco, K-1) Approved JAN 26th!!!

Vicki & Youness (karotte, Morocco, K-1) Approved FEB 15th!!!

Ke_east_coast (Ke_east_coast, Morocco, K-1) Approved FEB 22nd!!!!

Upcoming AOS interviews:

Twila & Hicham (tnh9479, Morocco, K-1) Interview MAR 8th!!!!

Carolyn & Simo (carolyn, Morocco, K-1) Interview MAR 15th!!!!

Elizabeth & Hisham (elizabeth&hisham, Morocco, K-1) Interview in April!!!!

AOS Transferred to CSC (probably no interview for green card):

Rabie & Layne (rabie007, Morocco, K-1) Filed August 2nd

Waiting on AOS:

Laura & Abdel (lal_brandow, Canada, K-1) Filed OCT 19th

Maryum & Rachid (anxious, Morocco, K-1) Filed DEC 31st

Prena & Aziz (prena, Morocco, K-1) Filed JAN 27th

Jenn & Ouadia (jenn3539, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 8th

Liz & Abdel (honeyblonde, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 11th

Sharon & Majid (kerewin21, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 27th

[noura 0]

best of luck to you Twila & Hicham! i'm sure things will be smooth sailing for you... it's been a blessed ride for you so far

Noura

Oh yes! and Welcome to America Hatem!!! Dawn, I hope everything is settling in nicely. Keep us posted on your transition of being together now! Hope it's all good...

Noura

[MaryandMian 1]

best of luck to you Twila & Hicham! i'm sure things will be smooth sailing for you... it's been a blessed ride for you so far

Noura

Oh yes! and Welcome to America Hatem!!! Dawn, I hope everything is settling in nicely. Keep us posted on your transition of being together now! Hope it's all good...

Noura

Could not of said it any better. Good luck to you Twila and Hichamon on your AOS interview and it should be easy for you both.

Dawn hope you and Hatem are settling in nicely too.

Mary

[Dixie_Peach 1]

best of luck to you Twila & Hicham! i'm sure things will be smooth sailing for you... it's been a blessed ride for you so far

Noura

Oh yes! and Welcome to America Hatem!!! Dawn, I hope everything is settling in nicely. Keep us posted on your transition of being together now! Hope it's all good...

Noura

Could not of said it any better. Good luck to you Twila and Hichamon on your AOS interview and it should be easy for you both.

Dawn hope you and Hatem are settling in nicely too.

Mary

i second that!!!

[honeyblonde 0]

Yes, good luck to Twila and Hickam. While my K1 was able to move as fast as yours I could only dream our AOS would. We may be in the same region, but not the same state, and I'm in one of the slowest. I'm sure your interview will be fine - it's certainly easy for us to see how much in love you guys are from what you tell us.

[tnh9479 1]

Thanks everyone. We'll be sure to tell you how it goes on Wednesday. Our only main concern is that we did not file the vaccination supplement. At the time, we didn't know he would need a copy of that record from the civil surgeon in Morocco (and they are so loathe to give it). So...we just put a letter in the AOS packet stating he had the vaccinations at the time of his medical and all that information was in the brown packet surrendered at the airport upon arrival. Besides that fact...I don't want my husband to have to get double vaccinated. We both believe in getting what you need...not anything more. We will discuss this if we have to. We never got an RFE from the NBC so we are praying all will be well. Worst case scenario...we get told to go get it done (I already have the civil surgeons in this area printed out and know which ones are even on our insurance plan.) Other than that, we have plenty of proof of our relationship.

Twila

P.S. West Palm Beach used to be the slowest place in the world. One of my great-aunt's step-daughters works for immigration in Vermont and was sent down to West Palm Beach for six months to help get them on track again. Who knows! We may see her on Wednesday!

[kerewin21 2]

Twila, after much consideration we decided to just get the Vaccination Supplement, but we were fortunate to have the advice from you to insist upon the Vaccination Documentation Worksheet. I'm sure the worst that will happen is that you'll be delayed a few weeks, and since Hicham already has his EAD that shouldn't be too much of a problem for you (although it may be an annoyance!)

Sharon

[myfellah 0]

Twila and Hicham, our best to you on Wednesday. You'll be in our thoughts and prayers. I do hope yours is as easy as ours. Ours was maybe 5 minutes and she didn't want to see a thing as she said it was all in our file as she was looking through it. You know I didn't think they needed the supplement either because all that information is turned in at JFK. Abdou elected to take his two shots again so we could include it in our AOS paperwork. I hated him taking them again but that was his choice instead of trying to go through Morocco from here. Maybe they won't even mention that you don't have the supplement because they should have the report right there in front of them. Try not to worry, easier said than done, I know

Doreen and Abdou

[tnh9479 1]

Hicham's AOS was approved today and in less than 10 minutes!!!! No more USCIS for 1 year 9 months!!!!

Recent Reunifications:

jenprincess1 (Egypt/Kuwait, CR-1) Reunited OCT 18th!!!

morac (Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT 23rd!!!

Prena & Aziz (prena, Morocco, K-1) Reunited OCT 28th!!!

Moe & Lisa (moe_lisa, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited NOV 3rd!!!

Liz & Abdel (honeyblonde, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV 5th!!!

Sharon & Majid (kerewin21, Morocco, K-1) Reunited NOV. 15th!!!

erika1228 (Lebanon, K-1) Reunited NOV 11th!!!

Rebecca & Abderrafie (rhouni, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 9th!!!

Alma & Omar (appletree35, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Jenn & Ouadia (jenn3539, Morocco, K-1) Reunited DEC 10th!!!

Amal & Noor (amal, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited DEC 11th!!!

Melody & Khaled (melodyjeanne2003, Egypt, K-1) Reunited DEC 29th!!!

Sarah & Otman (tatedaoui, Morocco, K-1) Reunited JAN 13th!!!

Hawhaw (hawhaw, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited JAN 20th!!!

Farah (Farah2005, Morocco, CR-1) Reunited JAN 22nd!!

Amera & Youssef (AmeraMouttaki, Morocco, K-1) Reunited JAN 26th!!

Angel & Anmar (angelk96, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited FEB 9th!!!

Dawn & Hatem (dawnnhatem, Jordan, CR-1) Reunited MAR 2nd!!!

Upcoming Reunifications:

Recent Marriages:

Doreen & Abdou June 23, 2005

Carolyn & Simo July 9, 2005

Twila & Hicham July 22, 2005

Vicki & Youness August 20, 2005

Liz & Abdel December 16, 2005

Maryum & Rachid September 26, 2005

Rebecca & Abderrafie December 23, 2005

Prena & Aziz January 15th, 2006

Jenn & Ouadia January 20th, 2006

Sharon & Majid January 28th, 2006

Melody & Khaled February 14th, 2006

Upcoming Marriages:

Amera & Youssef April 22nd, 2006

Recent AOS Approvals:

Dana & Khalid (dkbakkass, Morocco, K-3) Approved OCT 26th!!!

Jacque & Mohammed (jmagayreh, Jordan, K-3) Approved NOV 3rd!!!

Sara & Adnan (sara535, Morocco, K-1) Approved DEC 1st!!!

Doreen & Abdou (myfellah, Morocco, K-1) Approved JAN 26th!!!

Vicki & Youness (karotte, Morocco, K-1) Approved FEB 15th!!!

Ke_east_coast (Ke_east_coast, Morocco, K-1) Approved FEB 22nd!!!!

Twila & Hicham (tnh9479, Morocco, K-1) Approved MAR 8th!!!!

Upcoming AOS interviews:

Carolyn & Simo (carolyn, Morocco, K-1) Interview MAR 15th!!!!

Elizabeth & Hisham (elizabeth&hisham, Morocco, K-1) Interview in April!!!!

AOS Transferred to CSC (probably no interview for green card):

Rabie & Layne (rabie007, Morocco, K-1) Filed August 2nd

Waiting on AOS:

Laura & Abdel (lal_brandow, Canada, K-1) Filed OCT 19th

Maryum & Rachid (anxious, Morocco, K-1) Filed DEC 31st

Prena & Aziz (prena, Morocco, K-1) Filed JAN 27th

Jenn & Ouadia (jenn3539, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 8th

Liz & Abdel (honeyblonde, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 11th

Sharon & Majid (kerewin21, Morocco, K-1) Filed FEB 27th

[noura 0]

Enormous Mabrooks to Twila & Hicham!!!! You two have had such a smooth experience... I pray ours will be so easy... What a load off of your shoulders....no more USCIS for a while!

Noura