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Why are you here?

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Why are you here?  

119 members have voted

  1. 1. Is your own visa journey over?

    • Yes, completely
      8
    • More or less
      33
    • No
      78

  2. 2. If yes, what is the primary reason why you're still here?

    • To help those still going thru their journey
      20
    • It's a distraction from work
      11
    • I've made friends here & I want to keep in touch
      12
    • Not applicable
      64
    • Other reason
      12

  3. 3. If no, do you think you will still be here after your journey is over?

    • Yes, definitely!
      33
    • Maybe, on occasions
      59
    • I doubt it
      13
    • No
      2
    • Not applicable
      12

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LovinLiberia Proficient

LovinLiberia   0

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Liberia
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I'm here because I'm still going through my process, just started...I think I will be here occasionally when it's all over.

VJ is a fun place and I would still want to be around for the laughs.

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Queen Jenn   0

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Nigeria
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I'm here because I'm going to be starting the visa journey soon. We're still gathering all the documentation we need. And once we start the journey, I'm going to need HELP!!!!!! :blush:

I-129F

11/15/2007 = Package sent overnight Fedex to CSC

11/16/2007 = Package arrived at CSC

11/21/2007 = NOA1 (according to www.uscis.gov online case status)

11/26/2007 = Check cashed (YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!)

11/28/2007 = Touched

11/30/2007 = Rec'd NOA1 hard copy in the mail

12/20/2007 = Touched

12/21/2007 = Touched

03/12/2008 = Touched (due to phone call)

03/24/2008 = NOA2!!!!!!!!!

03/25/2008 = Touched

04/23/2008 = Touched

05/05/2008 = Arrived at Consulate

05/12/2008 = Picked up Packets 3 & 4

06/24/2008 = Interview Date and APPROVAL

07/02/2008 = Picked up Visa at Embassy

07/05/2008 = Arrival in the U.S.!!!!!!!!! Met at POE in ATLANTA

07/06/2008 = Fly back to Salt Lake City Together!!!!

08/06/2008 = MARRIED TODAY!!!

AOS & EAD

08/23/2008 = Package sent via USPS with Signature Confirmation

08/25/2008 = Package arrived in Chicago

08/26/2008 = Check cashed

09/02/2008 = NOA1 for EAD and AOS received in the mail.

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Nessa Grand Master

Nessa   23

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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I'm here because my AOS is not done and because I wuv this place :luv:



* K1 Timeline *
* 04/07/06: I-129F Sent to NSC
* 10/02/06: Interview date - APPROVED!
* 10/10/06: POE Houston
* 11/25/06: Wedding day!!!

* AOS/EAD/AP Timeline *
*01/05/07: AOS/EAD/AP sent
*02/19/08: AOS approved
*02/27/08: Permanent Resident Card received

* LOC Timeline *
*12/31/09: Applied Lifting of Condition
*01/04/10: NOA
*02/12/10: Biometrics
*03/03/10: LOC approved
*03/11/10: 10 years green card received

* Naturalization Timeline *
*12/17/10: package sent
*12/29/10: NOA date
*01/19/11: biometrics
*04/12/11: interview
*04/15/11: approval letter
*05/13/11: Oath Ceremony - Officially done with Immigration.

Complete Timeline

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SteveLaura Experienced

SteveLaura   0

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: England
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I'm more or less done, having received my green card but still need to lift conditions next year. I've only recently come back to VJ, having been a lurker for quite a while. It's a distraction from work - sometimes too much of a distraction. And I'm surprised that, so far, no one claims to be here to help those still going thru their own journeys. I thought I was an exception, rather than the rule.

"It's not the years; it's the mileage." Indiana Jones

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raymaga Mentor

raymaga   25

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Just have Naturalization process to go still (this September).

Enjoy watching other VJ members progress that have been around since I joined in 2004.

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

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MaydayDas Proficient

MaydayDas   1

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Romania
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We started our process in Jan and we haven't finish yet......after, I will try to be in touch with VJ as much as I can :dance:

"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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chri'stina Veteran

chri'stina   190

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Filed: Other Country: India
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We have to file to lift Sujeet's conditions this summer, so the visa journey is not completely over yet.

But I stay around mostly to see what's going on with people and what's going on in OT. I can't seem to go more than a few days without checking in. :wacko:

Married since 9-18-04(All K1 visa & GC details in timeline.)

Ishu tum he mere Prabhu:::Jesus you are my Lord

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peejay Mentor

peejay   327

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Filed: Country: Belarus
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My wife and stepdaughter recently got their 10 year Green Cards, so we are more or less through with the visa journey. My wife will be eligible to file for US citizenship at the end of the year, but that is her project...not mine. Of course I will help her with paperwork or whatever, but she really doesn't need me to become a US citizen at this point.

That said, I'll continue to drop in to VJ when I can. Mostly when I'm at work offshore on the Gulf of Mexico. There's not much entertainment out here on the sea, but we do have internet.

"Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."

"...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX)

Testimony to the House Immigration Subcommittee, February 24, 1995

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Kang Lang Proficient

Kang Lang   7

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Thailand
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to comiserate with others who are truly understand what i am going through. :)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

ROC Timeline

18 NOV 2010 Sent 1.8lb packet to USCIS in Laguna Niguel (day 1)

19 NOV 2010 Package signed for V SEMEGI (day 2)

24 NOV 2010 Package returned because USC didn't sign petition (day 6)

calendar reset

26 NOV 2010 Package sent out again (day 1)

29 NOV 2010 Package signed for by V SEMEGI (day 3)

29 NOV 2010 NOA1 issued (day 3)

03 DEC 2010 Hardcopy of NOA received (day 7)

07 JAN 2011 Successful walk in biometrics (day 42) original date 1 FEB

01 MAR 2011 Date on Approval notice (although it arrived after the card did) (day 94)

03 MAR 2011 Card received (day 96)

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KarenCee   3

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Filed: Country: Canada
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Journey not over...not by a long shot. Still in the "AOS Pending" status at the moment. I seriously doubt I'll ever leave permanently...I've made some friends here and I enjoy sparring on occasion too. ;)

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

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