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captainButch   0

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Hello everyone!

I'm new to this forum so, I thought I'd introduce myself and say "hi". I'm a USC and also a Nicaraguan Resident living in Granada, Nicaragua. We just got our visa and we're planning to move to the States at the end of May. Previously I was at the Direct Consular Filing forum (DCF). What should have been a cake walk for us to get our visa, turned sour. We filed our I-130 on January 8, this year, everything was approved and we were scheduled for our final interview on January 25 and to pick up our visa, a total of just 18 days from start to finish. I had a sister in the States that dying from cancer, we were on a fast track to leave so we could be there before she died. However, we were blind sided by the Adam Walsh fiasco and didn't make it. I still have hard feelings about that. Anyway, we final received our visa on the 23rd of March or, a total of 75 days from start to finish. Not bad considering all the problems we encountered.

We have just finished getting getting the visa stage of our journey, and now we are here, "Moving Here and Your New Life in America" forum. I don't have a clue about this part of our journey, but I am looking forward to finding out.

captainButch

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Nagishkaw   510

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Hello, welcome to VJ , and Congratulations !

Don't just open your mouth and prove yourself a fool....put it in writing.

It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out, the uglier everything seems.

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CONGRATULATIONS! hope the rest of your journey is a good one! :thumbs:

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2/5/07 - 2 Year Green Card arrives!!! YAY!!!!

5/10/08 - Received RI Driver's License!

11/10/08 - Removing Conditions - Sent package out!

11/19/08 - Received Notice of Action - 1 year extension on my current green card - now waiting for biometrics letter.

11/28/08 - Received biometrics letter.

12/12/08 - Biometrics appointment - 10am.

01/13/09 - Still waiting............

06/08/09 - Card in production and on it's way!

06/22/09 - Received 10 Year Green Card! YAY!!

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broma25 Proficient

broma25   2

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Welcome!!

DCF - London

18 Jul 04 - Police Certificate Requested

19 Jul 04 - I-130 sent

22 Jul 04 - NOA I-130 logged with INS

29 Jul 04 - DS230 sent

29 Jul 04 - Had vaccinations

14 Aug 04 - Police Certificate Received

30 Sept 04 - I-130 approved

30 Nov 04 - Received I-864 from co sponsor

04 Dec 04 - Sent DS2001

13 Jan 05 - Interview date 04 Feb 05

04 Feb 05 - VISA APPROVED!!!

08 Feb 05 - Proud owner of IR-1 Visa

09 Jun 05 - Arrived in the USA

24 April 09 - US Citizen

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doc_cute   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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Hello everyone!

I'm new to this forum so, I thought I'd introduce myself and say "hi". I'm a USC and also a Nicaraguan Resident living in Granada, Nicaragua. We just got our visa and we're planning to move to the States at the end of May. Previously I was at the Direct Consular Filing forum (DCF). What should have been a cake walk for us to get our visa, turned sour. We filed our I-130 on January 8, this year, everything was approved and we were scheduled for our final interview on January 25 and to pick up our visa, a total of just 18 days from start to finish. I had a sister in the States that dying from cancer, we were on a fast track to leave so we could be there before she died. However, we were blind sided by the Adam Walsh fiasco and didn't make it. I still have hard feelings about that. Anyway, we final received our visa on the 23rd of March or, a total of 75 days from start to finish. Not bad considering all the problems we encountered.

We have just finished getting getting the visa stage of our journey, and now we are here, "Moving Here and Your New Life in America" forum. I don't have a clue about this part of our journey, but I am looking forward to finding out.

captainButch

welcome to vj captain butch :)

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NVC:

03/14/2007-NVC ASSIGNS CASE NUMBER

03/29/2007-AOS FEE BILL AND DS-3032 GENERATED

03/29/2007-AOS FEE BILL FEES MAILED AND DS-3032 MAILED

04/03/2007-NVC ACKNOWLEDGES CHOICE OF AGENT

04/10/2007-I.V FEE BILL GENERATED

04/18/2007-I-864 GENERATED

04/20/2007-I.V. BILL RECEIVED & MAILED TO N.V.C

04/23/2007-I-864 SENT TO NVC

04/26/2007-I.V. FEE BILL & I-864 ENTERED INTO THE NVC SYSTEM

04/30/2007-NVC BARCODE & INSTRUCTIONS FOR DS-230

05/09/2007-DS-230 SENT

05/23/2007-CASE COMPLETED

VISA APPROVED .

05/XX/2007-FLIGHT To JFK POE

another step of I-751 coming near :)

p.s. My opinion is only what i read research and get advices from experienced people.I aint any

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Namastey !

KarenCee Veteran

KarenCee   3

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A little late with this, but welcome to the VJ family! Wow, your art is incredible! I think it's awesome that you've been able to leave the rat race to do something you obviously are excellent at...and love so much. :)

Teaching is the essential profession...the one that makes ALL other professions possible - David Haselkorn

captainButch Contributor

captainButch   0

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A little late with this, but welcome to the VJ family! Wow, your art is incredible! I think it's awesome that you've been able to leave the rat race to do something you obviously are excellent at...and love so much. :)

I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome. I've been with VJ since January, mainly at the DCF forum, there are a lot of great people there as well. Now that we have our visa and are on our way to the States, we're sharing this part of the journey with all of you people here at this forum.

KarenCee, thanks so much for the compliment on my art. and yes, I was happy to get out of the rat race. I did however, enjoy working for Intel, it's a great company to work for. But I was putting in 12 hours days 6 days a week, no time left for anything else. One day it just hit me, when am I going to be the Artist I have always wanted to be? So, I packed it in, took early retirement and book a flight for Central America. That was in June of 2000. Right now, my art work is financing our return to the States. I have a Mural that I'm rushing to complete, it's huge (10 ft. X 30 ft.) and another painting as well. I hope to have both done soon, Best move I ever made, and I haven't looked back since.

Good luck to you, and good luck to us all.

captainButch

J*C*H*2007 Explorer

J*C*H*2007   0

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Philippines
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WELCOME! Have a nice stay!

REMOVING CONDITIONS (I-751) TIMELINE

03/21/2009 = Sent package to Vermont

03/23/2009 = Package status delivered

03/24/2009 = USCIS received date

03/27/2009 = Checks cashed

04/15/2009 = NOA received

04/18/2009 = Biometrics received

04/25/2009 = Biometrics done

07/15/2009 = Approved notice date

07/18/2009 = Green Card received

NATURALIZATION/N-400 TIMELINE:

02/21/2012 = Sent N-400 package

02/23/2012 = USCIS Dallas Lockbox received my application

02/24/2012 = I-797C, Notice of Action dated on the notice

02/28/2012 = Email/Text message re: Application accepted with receipt#

02/28/2012 = Check cashed

03/01/2012 = received NOA in the mail

03/05/2012 = received my Biometrics Appointment in the mail

03/13/2012 = done my Biometrics Appointment

03/22/2012 = received my Interview Letter in the mail

05/03/2012 = Schedule for Interview

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Savanphil Veteran

Savanphil   3

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Jamaica
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12/03/2005: Married

10/13/2006: Interview Approved

10/26/2006: POE: EWR (ARRIVED) [/size]

182 days from filing to Visa in Hand!!![/color]

AOS/EAD

01/22/2007: Sent to The Lockbox.....let the games begin.....again

02/02/2007: NOA1's for both....the waiting game officially begins

02/15/2007: Biometrics appt.

04/11/2007: EAD APPROVED!! YI-HAW

04/21/2007: Received SSN#

05/23/2007: AOS Interview -------> APPROOOOOOVED!!!!!!

05/29/2007: Received Welcome letter

06/04/2007: Green Card in Hand!!!

122 Days from filing AOS to Green Card in Hand!!!

REMOVING CONDITIONS

05/21/2009: Filed to Remove Conditions

6/18/2009: Biometrics Done

09/14/2009: Approved!!!

Citizenship

2/15/2011: Filed N-400

3/28/2011: Biometrics <-- Done

5/09/2011: Naturalization Interview <--- APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5/09/2011: Swearing in Ceremony (We're Done)

MY HUSBAND IS NOW A US CITIZEN

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