POE Experience

[susan+mike 0]

Well the day I waited for so long for has now come and gone. I arrived in Tulsa, OK yesterday to start my new life........ getting married tomorrow, March 15th........... so have been busy running around today getting prepared. We then have my infopass appt. through D.O.R.A. for AOS in one week's time on March 21st.

I had phoned US Customs at the Calgary Airport a few weeks prior to leaving to see how much time I needed to allow before my flight to surrender my visa and get my I-94 and be on my way. They told me you are required to be there 2 hours before any international flight and so I should come 3 hours prior to my flight time. When I was taken into the waiting room there were 7 guys having their work visas processed that were all ahead of me. I waited for approximately 45 minutes, then was finally called. I walked up to the desk, the Officer said he was just verifying I was there and then told me to sit down again. A few minutes later he called me back up and told me to fill out the I-94 in the waiting room and he would call me again. He called me in about 10 minutes and gave me my passport back with my I-94 stapled in it, told me it was good for 90 days and I was done. About 15 minutes from start to finish once they got to my case. They weren't over friendly or anything........ I guess just doing there jobs!

Susan

[Flames9_RN 358]

Glad all went well!!!

[cdancer 0]

congrats! Happy Wedding Day in Tulsa!

[misa 2]

Congrats!

[together2love 0]

Congrats and welcome to the USA. Have a great wedding!

[CutienPurg 0]

Happy Wedding Day!!!!!!!!!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Congrats

[notrepetiteashley 0]

Hooray for your wedding today! Hope it was lovely, I'm sure it was.

[Cassie 8]

Congratulations and welcome to Tulsa!!!!!

[MissStacey 1]

Congrats!!!

And I have to agree- US Customs at the Calgary Airport are not a very friendly bunch.

[susan+mike 0]

Congratulations and welcome to Tulsa!!!!!

Thanks Cheryl............ things are going good........we went to Bank of Oklahoma today..... I don't have an SSN yet and they added me added onto my hubby's account and opened an account for me in my own name too....... I was pretty surprised at that one. All I had to show for ID was my passport and Visa. They told me when I get my SSN and Oklahoma driver's to bring them in for them to copy. Hope everything in OKC with DORA next Wednesday goes as smooth!

Susan

[Cassie 8]

Congrats!!!

And I have to agree- US Customs at the Calgary Airport are not a very friendly bunch.

I have to disagree, the first officer I talked to was quite friendly and chatty -- turns out he was originally from Oklahoma City, so perhaps there was a bit of a bond there. The officer in the secondary room was a little brisk, but professional. Different experiences, I guess.

[Cassie 8]

Congratulations and welcome to Tulsa!!!!!

Thanks Cheryl............ things are going good........we went to Bank of Oklahoma today..... I don't have an SSN yet and they added me added onto my hubby's account and opened an account for me in my own name too....... I was pretty surprised at that one. All I had to show for ID was my passport and Visa. They told me when I get my SSN and Oklahoma driver's to bring them in for them to copy. Hope everything in OKC with DORA next Wednesday goes as smooth!

Susan

Yeah, I had a pretty easy time of it when going to my husband's bank branch, they set me up about as easy as what you went through. I will warn you that you won't be able to get a driver's license until you have your EAD card or your permanent residency card because you entered as a K-1. However, you are allowed to drive around using your Canadian DL (if it's still valid) -- just carry around a photocopy of your marriage certificate with you if you are using your married name on all the rest of your ID.

Tulsa is very beautiful this time of year, with all the redbud trees and Bradford Pear trees flowering. I like it alot

[susan+mike 0]

Congratulations and welcome to Tulsa!!!!!

Thanks Cheryl............ things are going good........we went to Bank of Oklahoma today..... I don't have an SSN yet and they added me added onto my hubby's account and opened an account for me in my own name too....... I was pretty surprised at that one. All I had to show for ID was my passport and Visa. They told me when I get my SSN and Oklahoma driver's to bring them in for them to copy. Hope everything in OKC with DORA next Wednesday goes as smooth!

Susan

Yeah, I had a pretty easy time of it when going to my husband's bank branch, they set me up about as easy as what you went through. I will warn you that you won't be able to get a driver's license until you have your EAD card or your permanent residency card because you entered as a K-1. However, you are allowed to drive around using your Canadian DL (if it's still valid) -- just carry around a photocopy of your marriage certificate with you if you are using your married name on all the rest of your ID.

Tulsa is very beautiful this time of year, with all the redbud trees and Bradford Pear trees flowering. I like it alot

Yes indeed.......... the Bradford Pear trees in full bloom was one of the first things I noticed when I got here on Tuesday night........ I'm sure enjoying the weather here.........wearing flip flops in March.....gotta love it!

We were at a Tag Agency the other day to get my pics done for my AOS and I asked them about the OK driver's license......... they told me they thought all I had to do was an eye exam and then it would just be changed over. They gave me a number to call in Jenks. My Cdn DL is still good for 4 years so I'm not really worried about changing it over immediately as hopefully with going through DORA in OKC next week I will have my GC in the 90 day time frame.