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Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

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Probably had it in the canada section so it remained civil!!

:lol:

Its the truth!! Normally things stay pretty mellow here in the canada forum. No name calling, etc! Put it out in OT, next thing u know people are calling down others for their opinions. Every one has an opinion and is entitled to them, but many seem to take it personal when u disagree. All i know for a fact is that the world best hockey team is the Calgary Flames!! have a good night ya all!!

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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misa Experienced

misa   2

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Aww c'mon Misa, it is about time we got some controversy going in this branch :lol:

Well if it's controversy you want, we could always start rating provinces! :P

East coast versus West coast.

Or how about just the entire country versus Toronto? :P

K3 Timeline - 2006-11-20 to 2007-03-19

See the comments section in my timeline for full details of my K3 dates, transfers and touches. Also see my Vancouver consulate review and my POE review.

AOS & EAD Timeline

2007-04-16: I-485 and I-765 sent to Chicago (My AOS/EAD checklist)

2007-04-17: Received at Chicago

2007-04-23: NOA1 date (both)

2007-05-10: Biometrics appointment (both - Biometrics review)

2007-06-05: AOS interview letter date

2007-06-13: AOS interview letter received in mail

2007-07-03: EAD card production ordered

2007-07-07: EAD card received! (yay!)

2007-08-23: AOS interview (Documents / Interview review)

2007-08-23: Green card production ordered!!!

2007-08-24: Welcome notice mailed!

2007-08-27: Green card production ordered again... ?

2007-08-28: Welcome notice received!

2007-09-01: Green card received!

Done with USCIS until May 23, 2009!

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Lance27   19

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Everyone knows Toronto is the center of the universe :P

AOS

Filled : 2007-09-17

NOA : 2007-09-25

Biometrics : 2007-12-13

EAD card prod : 2007-12-13

Job Offer : 2007-12-18

EAD card prod : 2007-12-18

EAD approved mailed : 2007-12-21

EAD in Hand : 2007-12-24 (Awesome Christmas Present)

Applied for SSN : 2007-12-26

SSN arrives in mail : 2008-01-05 (Happy New Year)

Start work :2008-01-15

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Flames9_RN   358

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Grew up in Sk, lived in Calgary for a bit, as well as Winnipeg and Halifax. Lived in Victoria for nearly 10 yrs, Greenwood NS for 2+,and out of them all, I would say Victoria had the highest quality of life!! Nicest people were found in the prairies and the east coast!! Know a few guys down here fromthe Toronto area, and well,lets just say I have nothing nice to say about them,thus I shall say nothing,lol but i'm sure there are nice people from TO! Hard to blame them, when ur hockey team is out on the golf course first each yr, can be a bit frustrating. Especially when u phone the course to make a reservation,lol

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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All i know for a fact is that the world best hockey team is the Calgary Flames!!

You know I have to disagree with that right? But I will say they are better than the Capitals, lol.

Go Islanders!

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TIMELINE

Civil Ceremony - 02/19/2005

I-130 Mailed Out - 02/25/2005

I-130 NOA1 - 03/04/2005

I-130 Approved - 04/07/2005

Pay I-864 - 05/13/2005

Return I-864 - 07/22/2005 *We mailed in the wrong birth certificate which led to a month or so delay*

Family Ceremony - 10/22/2005

Interview in Montreal - 12/22/2005

Activate Visa - 12/25/2005

Move to Virginia - 04/06/2006

Mailed I-751 - 11/02/2007

Received in Vermont - 11/05/2007

Check Cashed by VSC - 11/09/2007

Received NOA 1 - 11/10/2007

Biometrics - 01/10/2008

Card production ordered - 09/10/2008

Card received! - 09/17/2008

Now on to citizenship...

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Flames9_RN   358

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All i know for a fact is that the world best hockey team is the Calgary Flames!!

You know I have to disagree with that right? But I will say they are better than the Capitals, lol.

Go Islanders!

Watch it, I know where u live!!! lol

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Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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Well I haven't travelled too much over Canada. Just through Ontario, Montreal, St. John's (not St. John), Saskatoon and Vancouver. I grew up in Toronto but I will say that my favourite place in Canada (aside from "home") was St. John's, NFLD. Everyone was awesome and I liked the laid back feel of the city. I also went to the Ship Inn a number of times including during one of their open mic nights and the local talent was awesome! Second best place would probably be Montreal or Vancouver.

And yeah, it's funny that I grew up in Toronto but the usual Toronto people that annoys everyone else (stuck up, thinks the universe revolves around them and the city) annoy me too! Maybe because I grew up in a poorer area and slowly saw it getting gentrified. Funny though, all the people that annoy me in Toronto aren't even originally from there. They moved their for the big city "lifestyle" (if that made sense).

K3 Timeline - 2006-11-20 to 2007-03-19

See the comments section in my timeline for full details of my K3 dates, transfers and touches. Also see my Vancouver consulate review and my POE review.

AOS & EAD Timeline

2007-04-16: I-485 and I-765 sent to Chicago (My AOS/EAD checklist)

2007-04-17: Received at Chicago

2007-04-23: NOA1 date (both)

2007-05-10: Biometrics appointment (both - Biometrics review)

2007-06-05: AOS interview letter date

2007-06-13: AOS interview letter received in mail

2007-07-03: EAD card production ordered

2007-07-07: EAD card received! (yay!)

2007-08-23: AOS interview (Documents / Interview review)

2007-08-23: Green card production ordered!!!

2007-08-24: Welcome notice mailed!

2007-08-27: Green card production ordered again... ?

2007-08-28: Welcome notice received!

2007-09-01: Green card received!

Done with USCIS until May 23, 2009!

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Illegal immigration doesnt really bother me, as long as they pay taxes and dont commit additional crimes. I think these people are trying to get better opportunities which is natural for any human being.

3/20/07: Mailed I765/485/130 To chicago

3/29/07: NOA For all three

4/9/07: RFE (medical) grrrr!

4/9/07: Interview date notification. (7/27/07)

5/20/07: Sent out rfe response.

6/5/07: RFE response received by NBC.

6/7/07: EAD card production ordered.

6/10/07: AOS and EAD touched?

6/12/07: EAD card production ordered again!!!

6/13/07: EAD touched again

6/16/07: EAD card notice: approval sent,,,

6/18/07: EAD touched again....

6/18/07: Received EAD card in the mail!

7/27/07: Interview day, everything went well except the fact that the doctor made an error on the forms- RFE.

No touches after interview,,,, strange.

8/22/07: Card production ordered.

8/27: Welcome notice received.

8/31: i485 approval notice sent.

9/4: GCard received.

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Lance27 Proficient

Lance27   19

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I was being scarcastic :lol: I've been asked "How's the center of the universe?" whenever I went to Ottawa and Vancouver for work. The... we live in Toronto's greatest city and we have the best hockey team and we have the best of the best of the best kinda annoys me. The best places I wouldn't mind settling down in Canada... 1. Sudbury 2. Calgary (would have been 1 if it wern't so darn cold in the winters) 3. Victoria

Oh now I beg to differ with ya Lance...Nova Scotia is heaven! ;)
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AOS

Filled : 2007-09-17

NOA : 2007-09-25

Biometrics : 2007-12-13

EAD card prod : 2007-12-13

Job Offer : 2007-12-18

EAD card prod : 2007-12-18

EAD approved mailed : 2007-12-21

EAD in Hand : 2007-12-24 (Awesome Christmas Present)

Applied for SSN : 2007-12-26

SSN arrives in mail : 2008-01-05 (Happy New Year)

Start work :2008-01-15

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Lance27, Sudbury? Really? I didn't find much to do there. I mean, it is a great place to "settle" later in life but kind of far from everything. Unless that's the point. :)

K3 Timeline - 2006-11-20 to 2007-03-19

See the comments section in my timeline for full details of my K3 dates, transfers and touches. Also see my Vancouver consulate review and my POE review.

AOS & EAD Timeline

2007-04-16: I-485 and I-765 sent to Chicago (My AOS/EAD checklist)

2007-04-17: Received at Chicago

2007-04-23: NOA1 date (both)

2007-05-10: Biometrics appointment (both - Biometrics review)

2007-06-05: AOS interview letter date

2007-06-13: AOS interview letter received in mail

2007-07-03: EAD card production ordered

2007-07-07: EAD card received! (yay!)

2007-08-23: AOS interview (Documents / Interview review)

2007-08-23: Green card production ordered!!!

2007-08-24: Welcome notice mailed!

2007-08-27: Green card production ordered again... ?

2007-08-28: Welcome notice received!

2007-09-01: Green card received!

Done with USCIS until May 23, 2009!

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Hmm getting lost here.

Thought Tim Horton's was the center of the Universe. ......and it being in Canada....... :whistle:

No comment on the thread, don't want to stir up anything :innocent:

2006/11/29 : I-129F Sent

2006/12/12: I-129F NOA1 (Receipt)

2007/02/22: I-129F NOA2 (Approved)

2007/03/06: Package Left From NVC

2007/03/21: Rec Instructions (Pkt 3)

2007/03/27: Pkt 3 sent to Montreal Consulate

2007/03/28: Pkt 3 rec. @ Montreal Consulate

2007/04/12: Entered into system

2007/04/19: Medical

2007/07/25: Phone call, interview Aug/Sept. Email, at least 6 months for interview

2007/08/01: Phone call, 5-7 months

2007/08/08: Phone call. INTERVIEW

2007/08/16: Interview letter arrives.

2007/09/03: My baby girl leaves for Trent University

2007/09/12: Interview@8:15 APPROVED

2007/09/19: Visa received in hand

2007/10/08: POE Sarnia/Port Huron

2007/10/09: Home

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I was being scarcastic :lol: I've been asked "How's the center of the universe?" whenever I went to Ottawa and Vancouver for work. The... we live in Toronto's greatest city and we have the best hockey team and we have the best of the best of the best kinda annoys me. The best places I wouldn't mind settling down in Canada... 1. Sudbury 2. Calgary (would have been 1 if it wern't so darn cold in the winters) 3. Victoria
Oh now I beg to differ with ya Lance...Nova Scotia is heaven! ;)

Aye, I'm just a tad bit prejudiced as NS is the only place I've seen so far. As long as there's a Tim Horton's I suppose I'd be happy most anywhere in Canada. :D

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The only part of Canada I know well is outside of Edmonton. But on our drive across the country, I learned that

1) Parts of Ontario are astonishingly beautiful.

2) All of Saskatchewan is exceedingly flat.

3) Manitoba has nothing to brag about in that department, either.

4) 100km an hour is too slow of a speed when the terrain is that flat.

AOS

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Filed: 8/1/07

NOA1:9/7/07

Biometrics: 9/28/07

EAD/AP: 10/17/07

EAD card ordered again (who knows, maybe we got the two-fer deal): 10/23/-7

Transferred to CSC: 10/26/07

Approved: 11/21/07

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Flames9_RN   358

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not ALL of sakatchewan is flat!! There are area in Southern Sk (around regina) that is hilly. Yes not mountanous, but not flat either!! One doesnt see much of any provinces true beauty when u stick the highways, lol

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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