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Newbies to the US from Canada: Anyone else having trouble adjusting?

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Yup, I find it helps if you can get a bottle of the Canadian East Coast style sweet garlic sauce with a US Gyro, and then you're there. If not you can make your own to taste:

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~gpetitpas/Links/Donair.html

I replaced the garlic powder with the garlic puree you can get in the tube... I found it tastes better but you have to adjust the amount.

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I normally make that donair sauce for pizza :) Haven't been able to find gyros though!

Met 2008. Moved in together 2010. Married 2015. Baby Z joined us 2017 . :wub:

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May 31/15 - Sent AOS/EAD/AP to USCIS

June 4/15 - Email and text notifications they were recieved

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July 1/15- Biometrics appointment done(5 minute appointment, 8 hour round trip drive <_< )

August 5/15 - Change of address submitted for new location

August 8/15 - Mobile/E-mail notifications for approved EAD/AP :)

August 17/15 - Change of address confirmation after calling in

August 17/15 - EAD/AP Combo card mailed out(To the wrong address, and then lost by USPS)

September 3/15 - Contacted USCIS and was told to re-apply with a new application and fees?! Put in a service request online for lost card, and a complaint

September 8/15 - USPS found & returned card to USCIS

September 15/15 - Ombudsman contacted USCIS

September 17/15 - Card mailed back out

September 19/15 - EAD/AP Combo card finally in hand

September 22/15 - NPIW letter received, dated September 9/2015 estimated 6 month wait

October 13-21/15 - Traveled using AP to visit parents & ship the rest of our belongings out west

November 27-30/15 - Traveled using AP

December 28/15- RFE hard copy, waiting on documents from Canada

January 31-February 7/16 - Traveled using AP

February 10/16 - Sent in RFE, delivered Feb 16

April 16/16 - Service request filed, RFE was never updated online

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Haven't ever heard of donairs before, but we have a lot of places and restaurants that make great Gyros around here. I used to get gyros when I lived in Canada too, so any Middle Eastern restaurant will have them...

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Donairs are so good! They just opened up a new place in Calgary with them too(my brother and sister live there.) I should clarify - I've had gyros when in larger cities in the US. However, our town of 3000 in the middle of nowhere North Dakota doesn't have any Middle Eastern influence at all...

Met 2008. Moved in together 2010. Married 2015. Baby Z joined us 2017 . :wub:

AOS Timeline 350 days

 

May 31/15 - Sent AOS/EAD/AP to USCIS

June 4/15 - Email and text notifications they were recieved

June 10/15 - NOA1 for AOS/EAD/AP Dated June 1

June 17/15- Change of address confirmation

June 22/15- Biometrics appointment received

July 1/15- Biometrics appointment done(5 minute appointment, 8 hour round trip drive <_< )

August 5/15 - Change of address submitted for new location

August 8/15 - Mobile/E-mail notifications for approved EAD/AP :)

August 17/15 - Change of address confirmation after calling in

August 17/15 - EAD/AP Combo card mailed out(To the wrong address, and then lost by USPS)

September 3/15 - Contacted USCIS and was told to re-apply with a new application and fees?! Put in a service request online for lost card, and a complaint

September 8/15 - USPS found & returned card to USCIS

September 15/15 - Ombudsman contacted USCIS

September 17/15 - Card mailed back out

September 19/15 - EAD/AP Combo card finally in hand

September 22/15 - NPIW letter received, dated September 9/2015 estimated 6 month wait

October 13-21/15 - Traveled using AP to visit parents & ship the rest of our belongings out west

November 27-30/15 - Traveled using AP

December 28/15- RFE hard copy, waiting on documents from Canada

January 31-February 7/16 - Traveled using AP

February 10/16 - Sent in RFE, delivered Feb 16

April 16/16 - Service request filed, RFE was never updated online

May 12 - Approved email and status update dated May 10. Service request never was assigned or solved, though.

May 14 - Greencard in hand!

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I haven't logged in for a while and I'm so glad this thread was started! I've been here for over two years and I'm just finally adjusting. I thought it was just me and perhaps I was being a bit petty over stuff. My sister just sent down a care package. PC's Loads of Ketchup, All Dressed, and Creamy Dill Pickle Chips, a bottle of HP sauce, and Creamy Cucumber dressing. Super happy about that!

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As for creamy cucumber dressing... try the cucumber ranch... It's pretty much the same thing.

We have salad dressings down here that I love, like green goddess, that I can't get in Canada. :/

I wonder if I'd miss more if I visited more often. I've only been back to Canada once since I left. Guess the NEXUS card was a bit of a waste of time and money. LOL

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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Ok a bit of a vent about my grandmother in law here:..she's lovely but EVERYTHING SHE COOKS HAS SUGAR IN IT! Sugar in green beans, sugar in potato salad, sugar in baked beans (ok that ones alright), deviled eggs yup sugar, it drives me crazy!

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Lol where do u live?? Thankfully in LA the food is great and healthy!!! Plus I love sushi and Mexican food haha that really helps...if we didn't live in LA we would probably live in Vancouver lol bc I'm not a fan of many states. Haha maybe Portland OR Seattle would be cool...but I would not fit in in the south or midwest:/

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If I go back to Canada I can say I would miss avocado!!!! They are not ripe or fresh in canada...and I would miss Mexican food too haha so as much as I miss my iced cap and timbits, their is so much here I would miss if I was in canada...poke too (poke-eh)!! It's authentic Hawaiian marinated ahi tuna (like a sushi salad almost) omg I would be lost without my weekly poke!!!

Ah that is so weird sugar in everything:/ I figured that is a south Carolina thing lolll

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When I had gestational diabetes it was awful! I was so glad not to have any major family gatherings then lol!

However diet snack food wise I find it so much better here (ie: weightwatchers snacks, skinny cow, 100 calorie portions).

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Right haha such a high demand here for healthy snacks...that does sound awful!!! Glad you are feeling better:) I take for granted where I live and the food options available.

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We have some great fruit stands here in Florida and vegetables available at the local markets (some even take foodstamps! Imagine that!) but it's hit and miss of their availability of produce. I do miss Ontario berries and pei potatoes though.

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