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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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Ox-cart express.

Fly somewhere within a couple of hours, rent a car, explore.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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TRAIN.

I have such fond memories of taking the train cross-country, meeting people in the lounge car, eating meals on fine china in the dining car while watching the sun set, and best of all, being rocked to sleep by the clickety-clack of the wheels and lazy shifting of the car.

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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Filed: Country: England
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It's been a while, but I always enjoyed going places on my motorbike, especially the last one I owned.

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This one isn't mine, but looks just like it

It wasn't the fastest, or best handling 600 when I bought it, but it was the only one on which I could get my foot down and the red looked classy, when all the other bikes out there had gaudy graphics.

The best part was the journey, not the destination. Taking it all the way through France to see the Bol d'Or, when they held it at the Paul Ricard circuit, near Marseille, was fantastic. Good roads, good company, sunshine, the epic Ardeche Gorge and the last stretch chasing our group leader down the Autoroute at 140mph, with the engine howling at over 12,000rpm was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

And the Germans still blew past us like we were standing still.

Don't interrupt me when I'm talking to myself

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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I think I need a list.

Local: Public transit, especially subway. I grew up where there is no public transit, so it seems a miracle to me to be able to get places without having to drive yourself, and Toronto's public transit is AMAZING.

Within 800 miles: Car. I like long drives, much more than short ones. I used to get taken on 10 hour drives all the time when I was a kid and I love watching the scenery.

Further than 800 miles: Plane. I had never been on a commercial flight until this past November and it's absolutely amazing to watch the clouds and the earth beneath.

My favourite ever, which I have only gotten to ride on a few times, is a motorcycle, but I'll probably never get to be on one again, so.

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Met in 2010 on a forum for a mutual interest. Became friends.
2011: Realized we needed to evaluate our status as friends when we realized we were talking about raising children together.

2011/2012: Decided we were a couple sometime in, but no possibility of being together due to being same sex couple.

June 26, 2013: DOMA overturned. American married couples ALL have the same federal rights at last! We can be a family!

June-September, 2013: Discussion about being together begins.

November 13, 2013: Meet in person to see if this could work. It's perfect. We plan to elope to Boston, MA.

March 13, 2014 Married!

May 9, 2014: Petition mailed to USCIS

May 12, 2014: NOA1.
October 27, 2014: NOA2. (5 months, 2 weeks, 1 day after NOA1)
October 31, 2014: USCIS ships file to NVC (five days after NOA2) Happy Halloween for us!

November 18, 2014: NVC receives our case (22 days after NOA2)

December 17, 2014: NVC generates case number (50 days after NOA2)

December 19, 2014: Receive AOS bill, DS-261. Submit DS-261 (52 days after NOA2)

December 20, 2014: Pay AOS Fee

January 7, 2015: Receive, pay IV Fee

January 10, 2015: Complete DS-260

January 11, 2015: Send AOS package and Civil Documents
March 23, 2015: Case Complete at NVC. (70 days from when they received docs to CC)

May 6, 2015: Interview at Montréal APPROVED!

May 11, 2015: Visa in hand! One year less one day from NOA1.

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Country: Vietnam
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Yeah my candy apple red Z3 BMW was my baby. I stil miss it.

It's been a while, but I always enjoyed going places on my motorbike, especially the last one I owned.

rf600.jpg
This one isn't mine, but looks just like it

It wasn't the fastest, or best handling 600 when I bought it, but it was the only one on which I could get my foot down and the red looked classy, when all the other bikes out there had gaudy graphics.

The best part was the journey, not the destination. Taking it all the way through France to see the Bol d'Or, when they held it at the Paul Ricard circuit, near Marseille, was fantastic. Good roads, good company, sunshine, the epic Ardeche Gorge and the last stretch chasing our group leader down the Autoroute at 140mph, with the engine howling at over 12,000rpm was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

And the Germans still blew past us like we were standing still.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Never say never. ;)

My wife is not a fan of motorcycles. I don't want to terrify her.

Met in 2010 on a forum for a mutual interest. Became friends.
2011: Realized we needed to evaluate our status as friends when we realized we were talking about raising children together.

2011/2012: Decided we were a couple sometime in, but no possibility of being together due to being same sex couple.

June 26, 2013: DOMA overturned. American married couples ALL have the same federal rights at last! We can be a family!

June-September, 2013: Discussion about being together begins.

November 13, 2013: Meet in person to see if this could work. It's perfect. We plan to elope to Boston, MA.

March 13, 2014 Married!

May 9, 2014: Petition mailed to USCIS

May 12, 2014: NOA1.
October 27, 2014: NOA2. (5 months, 2 weeks, 1 day after NOA1)
October 31, 2014: USCIS ships file to NVC (five days after NOA2) Happy Halloween for us!

November 18, 2014: NVC receives our case (22 days after NOA2)

December 17, 2014: NVC generates case number (50 days after NOA2)

December 19, 2014: Receive AOS bill, DS-261. Submit DS-261 (52 days after NOA2)

December 20, 2014: Pay AOS Fee

January 7, 2015: Receive, pay IV Fee

January 10, 2015: Complete DS-260

January 11, 2015: Send AOS package and Civil Documents
March 23, 2015: Case Complete at NVC. (70 days from when they received docs to CC)

May 6, 2015: Interview at Montréal APPROVED!

May 11, 2015: Visa in hand! One year less one day from NOA1.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Transatlantic cruise.... done 3 now....

10 hours sat upright in an uncomfortable seat, or 15-18 days, including food, entertainment ,visiting a few European ports and a balcony view of the sea....for the same price!!

No comparison!!!

Old and Grumpy....But an American Citizen!!!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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I like tour bus, schlepping along in the USA. Mostly, it's fun. and you can drink yer own beer.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Italy
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Sailboat... Silent, just you with the wind and the waves...

10/14/2000 - Met Aboard a Cruise ship

06/14/2003 - Married Savona Italy

I-130

03/21/2009 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago lockbox

11-30-09: GOT GREEN CARD in mail!!!!!!

Citizenship Process;

1/11/2013: Mailed N400 to Dallas Texas

3/11/2013: interview.. Approved

4/4/2013. : Oath! Now a U.S. citizen!

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