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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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i've made a few posts already - and asked a lot of questions, i know :) - so i thought i'd introduce myself and share my story.

i'm sure everyone's is very unique, but i honestly challenge anyone to beat ours, lol. i'll do my best to keep things brief. :)

before i can tell my story, i have to tell my sister's... about a year and a half ago, she was working at a local lighting company here in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. she got a call one day from a guy working at a Lowes in Wichita, Kansas, looking for a light fixture for a customer. there weren't any locally, so he'd done a general search and one came up in Edmonton, AB - which he assumed was Alabama :lol:

how, i'm not exactly sure, but they hit it off immediately and kept talking and texting each other over the next 9 months or so. he came up for a week last september and things went better than they both hoped for. two months later he was back, and they got married in a very small ceremony at my parents' mid November. unfortunately, he had to go home after a few days, but shortly before Christmas, my sister flew down to Wichita and drove back with her new hubby. for many reasons, they decided it was better for them if he immigrated here instead of her moving stateside. they are a perfect match for each other in every way, and i see them being together for a long time (L)

now i'll have to back-track ever so slightly... after my now brother-in-law was here in september, he made mention to my sister several times that he thought his best friend - also in Wichita - had a lot in common with me and was going through a rough time (a couple relationships that ended badly). he asked my sister if he could give his friend my email address; i though what the heck, he probably won't email me but if he does, maybe it will be a new friend and didn't think anymore of it.

mid-october, i got an email from Tom and for the next three weeks, things progressed quickly from emails to chatting via Yahoo (several hours each night) to talking on the phone for hours on end. thank goodness for unlimited long distance!! by the fourth week (early november, just before my sister's wedding), i was flying down to Wichita for a week... all i can say is it felt like we'd been together for months. he came up for two weeks at christmas, we got engaged while he was here, filled out our K1 paperwork and now we're very impatiently waiting so that i can move to Wichita and we can finally get married and be together. :yes:

as a side note, my mom doesn't know what to think of this, haha. two cross-borders romances and marrying off both her daughters in less than a year. :wacko:

First contact: Oct 14/06

First meeting: Nov 6-13/06

Engaged: Dec 29/06

Moved to US: June 28/07

Married: July 14/07

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Welcome to VJ and thanks for sharing your stories.

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"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." John Wayne

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Wow, that is quite a story. Congratulations. It looks like there is finally starting to be some movement at CSC again, so hopefully you will be approved here shortly and on to the next step!!! Have you had any touches from CSC? Well, thanks for the story. I enjoyed reading it. I think a lot of us here on VJ have some pretty unique stories, I always like to hear them!!!! Take care, Jen

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Filed: Country: Germany
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Congrats and thanks for the story. :)

How awesome that you and your sister are marrying best friends!

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Done with USCIS until 12/28/2020!

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Filed: Country: Pakistan
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Welcome

***I-130***

2006-12-14 I-130 Sent to Vermont Service Center

2007-01-12 I-130 NOA1

2007-04-06 Approved!

***I-129F (new form)***

2007-01-31 I-129F Sent to Chicago

2007-02-07 I-129F NOA1

2007-04-06 Approved!

***US Embassy Islamabad***

2007-04-25 Packet Received by my wife

2007-05-15 Medical Exam

2007-05-29 Interview Approved!

2007-05-29 AP starts

2007-11-01 Wife got call to pickup her Visa from American Express

2008-01-12 POE at JFK

***I-485***

2008-11-10 I-485 Sent to Chicago

2008-11-20 Payment accepted

2008-11-22 I-485 NOA1

2009-01-09 Biometric

2009-03-08 Interview Letter

2009-04-08 Interview Approved!

2009-04-08 Welcome letter received

2009-04-18 Green Card Received

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Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer and anything posted is just my own opinion

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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Tee hee I can relate.. My poor mother..

My oldest brother was introduced through mutual friends via e-mail to his now wife

My other brother met and dating his now wife (from China) over the internet

And now me..

I didn't shock my mother one bit.. She's used to the gig now :)

AOS:

2007-02-22: Sent AOS /EAD

2007-03-06 : NOA1 AOS /EAD

2007-03-28: Transferred to CSC

2007-05-17: EAD Card Production Ordered

2007-05-21: I485 Approved

2007-05-24: EAD Card Received

2007-06-01: Green Card Received!!

Removal of Conditions:

2009-02-27: Sent I-751

2009-03-07: NOA I-751

2009-03-31: Biometrics Appt. Hartford

2009-07-21: Touched (first time since biometrics) Perhaps address change?

2009-07-28: Approved at VSC

2009-08-25: Received card in the mail

Naturalization

2012-08-20: Submitted N-400

2013-01-18: Became Citizen

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Beautiful! ;)

"Daca voi nu ma vreti, io va vreau"

DCF Frankfurt Germany

01/12/2007 I-130 filed in person at the Consulate in Frankfurt

01/17/2007 Faxed the checklist to the Immigrant Visa Unit in Frankfurt

03/29/2007 Got letter from USCIS to provide evidence that our marriage is bona fide

04/02/2007 Sent to USCIS lots of evidence

05/03/2007 I have an unofficial "PETITION APPROVED" ...waiting for confirmation from Consulate

05/07/2007 Received email from USCIS ROME confirming that our petition was approved (why Rome? because we complained to the District Office Rome about the Sub-Office Frankfurt..it took too long for our petition to be approved)...now waiting for the interview letter from the Consulate

05/18/2007 E-mail from IV Frankfurt, our interview was scheduled for May 29th

05/19/2007 Packet 4 in the mail: ja ja ja interview letter

05/29/2007 Interview at 7.30 a.m. APPROVED Thank you, God!

06/01/2007 Visa arrived !

06/03/2007 Mayday on the plane POE Cincinnati

Living in Maryland

06/21/2007 Welcome Notice from USCIS

06/29/2007 Applied for SSN at the local Office

07/07/2007 Green Card arrived

07/09/2007 Another 2 Welcome Letters from USCIS...God, they really love me! :D

07/20/2007 Social Security Card arrived

Living@working in Maryland :)

01/18/2009 PCS-ing to Stuttgart Germany

Feb 2009 Received letter from VSC to start removing conditions.

Getting ready the packet for Removing Conditions I-751

03/12/2009 Mailed the I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

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