June 2017 I-751 filers

[NYCBoy 159]

1 minute ago, Bella1464 said:

Oh com'n! You said you got magic. Lol

i have my powers focus in Vermont,  but as soon as i get my approval, ill CSI the heck out of Cali service center.  

[Bella1464 52]

Just now, NYCBoy said:

i have my powers focus in Vermont,  but as soon as i get my approval, ill CSI the heck out of Cali service center.  

Perfect!! 

[Lemon23 400]

8 minutes ago, NYCBoy said:

Ahahah i’m Vermont idk about California.

I'm EAC17229 but still waiting LOL!

[Bella1464 52]

1 minute ago, Lemon23 said:

I'm EAC17229 but still waiting LOL!

See, that David Blaine wanna be telling stories..Hahahaha

[NYCBoy 159]

4 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

I'm EAC17229 but still waiting LOL!

That’s cause the officer assigned to your case is not there yet. 

[NYCBoy 159]

3 minutes ago, Bella1464 said:

See, that David Blaine wanna be telling stories..Hahahaha

Ahahah 🎩 🐇 

[mrs thb 331]

2 hours ago, Bella1464 said:

So one January filer ( CSC obviously ) just got approved and his number was 115, another one that has NOT been approved yet, said his number is 024...So who knows...Every case is different I guess...Hoping it's going to speed up though! Staying positive. 

Otherwise we will be approved sometime this fall : ( 

Trying to keep track of numbers is a mission of futility.  Best to exert your time and energy into something more fun...like taking a hike, try new food or restuarant or better yet imo, have a flight of beer at a local brewery.

 

I did this number gig back when it took forever to get our I-130 approved and I drove myself crazy.  Trust me, don't do it.  Get fresh air, mingle, play with your SO, get some sun, volunteer.....instead.

[Bella1464 52]

15 minutes ago, mrs thb said:

Trying to keep track of numbers is a mission of futility.  Best to exert your time and energy into something more fun...like taking a hike, try new food or restuarant or better yet imo, have a flight of beer at a local brewery.

 

I did this number gig back when it took forever to get our I-130 approved and I drove myself crazy.  Trust me, don't do it.  Get fresh air, mingle, play with your SO, get some sun, volunteer.....instead.

Haha I am not doing it. It was exhausting just trying to understand how it works...I have bigger and better things to do : ) 

[mrs thb 331]

2 minutes ago, Bella1464 said:

Haha I am not doing it. It was exhausting just trying to understand how it works...I have bigger and better things to do : ) 

Adda girl! 

[Girl from Celebes 588]

1 hour ago, mrs thb said:

Trying to keep track of numbers is a mission of futility.  Best to exert your time and energy into something more fun...like taking a hike, try new food or restuarant or better yet imo, have a flight of beer at a local brewery.

 

I did this number gig back when it took forever to get our I-130 approved and I drove myself crazy.  Trust me, don't do it.  Get fresh air, mingle, play with your SO, get some sun, volunteer.....instead.

This is epic, lol!

 

I kept saying to people about “patience is a virtue” since I started K-1 visa in 2013 up to now at RoC stage. I got a lot backlash comments regarding that - you could see the responses of my comment regarding “patience is a virtue” on this thread as well (*sigh-oh humans*)

 

Not try to brag, but I would like to show how much I had accomplished within a year after I filed for I-751, June 2017

 

1. I read about 50 books from local library, Hoopla, and OverDrive. If I wanted to read magazines, RBDigital is my choice. Book topics ranging from The General vs The President by HW Brands to cookbooks such as How to Bake Everything by Mark Bittman. Oh Michael Wollf,” Fire and Fury” was a good one as well as Hillybilly Elegy by JD Vance. I'm now reading A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James B Comey Jr. 

2. I finished four online  courses on Coursera from American laws to business entrepreneurs topics

3. My husband and I visited a lot of local farmer markets and festival of arts such as Tempe Festival of Arts, Phoenix Festival of Arts, named a few good ones 

4. I'm started my small online business. Attending ASU started up business classes at Glendale Public Library (AZ). Talked to my suppliers from overseas was a fun, lol

5. I started gardening and composting ( I failed to be frank but it won't stop me)

6. I started learning ASL (American Sign Language) because I am now working as a part time at one event organizer (EO) in my state ( some of audiences have disabilities). This EO handled a lot of concerts such as Taylor Swift concert recently in Glendale. Happy to watch the concert for free though I am not a fan of Tay Tay. Beyoncé will coming in September this year.

7. I'm started again my mystery shopping that stopped a few years ago. I got free groceries and got paid for that, eating out for free, you could also get opportunity to stay in hotel for free, massage, many activities that you got paid by doing it

8.  I'm learning knitting and crocheting (hey, it doesn't have to be grandmas)

9.  We adopted another kitten that came to our backyard 

10. Attended classes that were provided by City of Glendale for residents

11. Joined Samsung Health Challenge for Walk. I am down from 108 lbs to 89 lbs incorporated with SweatCoin and Holiday Challenge in Facebook. I'm 4’11” by the way, lol.

12. Just downloaded RobinHood App and started trading stocks 

 

Now, I don't understand why people don't see a lot of opportunities here yet chose to focus on small thing like “when my I-751 will get approved or why other people were approved faster than me”. It will drive you nuts. Remember, time flies fast, you just have to see it happens. It doesn't have to be a genius to calculate the math.

 

See the other side of your point of view and you will see how many things are waiting need to be seeing as an opportunity!

 

Just my two cents!

Edited June 6, 2018 by Girl from Celebes
grammatical error

[Bella1464 52]

13 minutes ago, Girl from Celebes said:

This is epic, lol!

 

I kept saying to people about “patience is a virtue” since I started K-1 visa in 2013 up to now at RoC stage. I got a lot backlash comments regarding that - you could see the responses of my comment regarding “patience is a virtue” on this thread as well (*sigh-oh humans*)

 

Not try to brag, but I would like to show how much I had accomplished within a year after I filed for I-751, June 2017

 

1. I read about 50 books from local library, Hoopla, and OverDrive. If I wanted to read magazines, RBDigital is my choice. Book topics ranging from The General vs The President by HW Brands to cookbooks such as How to Bake Everything by Mark Bittman. Oh Michael Wollf,” Fire and Fury” was a good one as well as Hillybilly Elegy by JD Vance. I'm now reading A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James B Comey Jr. 

2. I finished four online  courses on Coursera from American laws to business entrepreneurs topics

3. My husband and I visited a lot of local farmer markets and festival of arts such as Tempe Festival of Arts, Phoenix Festival of Arts, named a few good ones 

4. I'm started my small online business. Attending ASU started up business classes at Glendale Public Library (AZ). Talked to my suppliers from overseas was a fun, lol

5. I started gardening and composting ( I failed to be frank but it won't stop me)

6. I started learning ASL (American Sign Language) because I am now working as a part time at one event organizer (EO) in my state ( some of audiences have disabilities). This EO handled a lot of concerts such as Taylor Swift concert recently in Glendale. Happy to watch the concert for free though I am not a fan of Tay Tay. Beyoncé will coming in September this year.

7. I'm started again my mystery shopping that stopped a few years ago. I got free groceries and got paid for that, eating out for free, you could also get opportunity to stay in hotel for free, massage, many activities that you got paid by doing it

8.  I'm learning knitting and crocheting (hey, it doesn't have to be grandmas)

9.  We adopted another kitten that came to our backyard 

10. Attended classes that were provided by City of Glendale for residents

11. Joined Samsung Health Challenge for Walk. I am down from 108 lbs to 89 lbs incorporated with SweatCoin and Holiday Challenge in Facebook. I'm 4’11” by the way, lol.

12. Just downloaded RobinHood App and started trading stocks 

 

Now, I don't understand why people don't see a lot of opportunities here yet chose to focus on small thing like “when my I-751 will get approved or why other people were approved faster than me”. It will drive you nuts. Remember, time flies fast, you just have to see it happens. It doesn't have to be a genius to calculate the math.

 

See the other side of your point of view and you will see how many things are waiting need to be seeing as an opportunity!

 

Just my two cents!

NICE! That's the way to look at it! Great example you are setting here : ) 

[Girl from Celebes 588]

7 minutes ago, Bella1464 said:

NICE! That's the way to look at it! Great example you are setting here : ) 

 

Thank you! Again, if it sounds I was bragging then I am apologized for that. I just wanted people see a lot of opportunities and learning experience you could get rather than sitting in front of your laptop and complaining why approval hasn't come yet.

 

To tell the truth, I sometimes feel uneasy have seeing adult people who have been through long distance relationship like this and long process of immigration still don't get it. If you could passed the long process at the first stage then why this make any different?

[Lettyana 70]

So I went to get my passport stamped today and it was the most interesting experience I've had with USCIS so far.

 

My GC expires on August 1st and my extension letter expires on June 16th. Apparently, I have a USCIS office right around the corner and all they do is biometrics and stamps, I was pretty happy to find out about it because the other field office is 3,5 hours away. Well, it took the immigration officer an hour to stamp my passport, he even admitted that he has never done that before. I guess I was the first person with a pending I-751 from. Long story short I got my stamp and he also gave me back my expired GC LOL I'm a little bit worried because it kinda felt like he is not really confident in what he was doing and I didn't know the officers actually have to file some forms online before they can stamp your passport plus I am pretty sure he was supposed to take my GC. Anyways, at least now I can go get a local DL and won't have to renew it in a month when hopefully I'll receive my 10 years GC.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Lettyana

[TabeaK 517]

Good for getting the stamp, but FYI, the extension letter extends the GC for a year. So it cannot have a different expiration date than the card.

[Lettyana 70]

39 minutes ago, TabeaK said:

Good for getting the stamp, but FYI, the extension letter extends the GC for a year. So it cannot have a different expiration date than the card.

There are different opinions about that and I personally agree that the extension letter extends your status from the date on GC. I just really need to get a local DL, so that's why I went to get the stamp earlier, so I won't have to go to the DMV again in a month or so