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mr_s_p   1

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It has been a very busy 3 weeks... giving notice at work, arranging for a friend to buy the house, packing the items I'm taking and selling/giving away/turfing the items and furniture I'm not.

So, as a result of the packing, selling the house, arranging for the move, moving and dealing with issues in the house that was discovered after my friend arranged to buy it, it has been very busy these last few weeks. So busy in fact that I wasn't really able to check VisaJourney on a regular basis. I tell you... at 41 years of age, I'm not as young as I used to be when it comes to lifting boxes and such <ouch!!!>...

So, I rented a 5x8 U-Haul Trailer and had a hitch put on my car. Hitch was installed Monday, August 6th and picked up the trailer Wednesday, Aug 8th. Packed the trailer Thursday and Friday, worked my last day of work on Friday and left in the late afternoon... crossed the border at Coutts/Sweetgrass at about 7:45PM Friday evening.

I approached the booth and told the CBP gentleman that I was activating a K1 Visa... he took the passports and packages and told me to park around the corner and go to secondary clearance, which I did. They were somewhat busy at secondary clearance and it took this other CBP gentleman a while to process our file... by the time we were done, it was after 9PM. It was interesting, at the end, I asked for the EAD stamp, and while he told me that I was work authorized, he avoided the question about the stamp itself. I also asked him if there was anything else and he said nope even though I felt we were forgetting something. We were on the road for about 20 minutes before I realized that they had forgot to ask me for any processing fees (I think it was supposed to be $8.00 a person). Oh well...

I will tell you... Pulling a 5x8 U-Haul trailer full of stuff with an Olds Alero with a V6 can be interesting, to say the least. I was watching that temp guage with a hawk's eye as I was watching it climb slightly more and more as I was going further south. By the time I got to Kansas and went through a small gully, it almost went into the red...so the last hour of the trip ended up taking longer as I was going slower.

So, anyways, I'm here... been here since yesterday afternoon and the boys and I have been settling into our new home.

Just wanted to let you guys know how we're doing... and that we've made it!!!

Scott.

June 3 - Mailed N-400, Application for Naturalization.

June 8 - Received email with Receipt Number.

June 11 - Biometrics appointment letter mailed out (June 30 at 1PM)

June 30 - Biometrics.

misa Experienced

misa   2

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Glad to hear you made it through okay!

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!

Udella&Wiz Mentor

Udella&Wiz   325

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Congratz and welcome to the US.

Wiz

Wiz(USC) and Udella(Cdn & USC!)

Naturalization

02/22/11 - Filed

02/28/11 - NOA

03/28/11 - FP

06/17/11 - status change - scheduled for interview

06/20?/11 - received physical interview letter

07/13/11 - Interview in Fairfax,VA - easiest 10 minutes of my life

07/19/11 - Oath ceremony in Fairfax, VA

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Removal of Conditions

12/1/09 - received at VSC

12/2/09 - NOA's for self and daughter

01/12/10 - Biometrics completed

03/15/10 - 10 Green Card Received - self and daughter

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thetreble Experienced

thetreble   19

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congratssssssss!!! Welcome to your new home.

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

Kathryn41 Grand Master

Kathryn41   3,205

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Congratulations on your entry and safe arrival.

Hmm, if they forgot to charge you the processing fee, they did remember to put the I-94 into your passports, right? The one that gives the 90 day validity date?

“...Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?”

.― Lucy Maude Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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Another Member of the VJ Fluffy Kitty Posse!

Lance27 Proficient

Lance27   19

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Congrats, glad to know it all went well.

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

~Nini~ Proficient

~Nini~   2

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Yay! Congrats on your move!

Nini - Vancouver BC, Canada (she's the one who does the forum thing)

Bee - Devon PA, USA (he's the one who gave her the shiny ring)

Getting our sanity tested by bureaucracy since 2007.

Here we go again...

Removal of conditions @ VSC

9/4/2010 - sent!

9/14/2010 - NOA

Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

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Glad it ended well

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

Emancipation Mentor

Emancipation   2

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Yeah!! Welcome home!

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

mr_s_p Contributor

mr_s_p   1

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Whew!!! Don't scare me like that...!!!! :o

Yup.... have I-94s in all passports!

Congratulations on your entry and safe arrival.

Hmm, if they forgot to charge you the processing fee, they did remember to put the I-94 into your passports, right? The one that gives the 90 day validity date?

June 3 - Mailed N-400, Application for Naturalization.

June 8 - Received email with Receipt Number.

June 11 - Biometrics appointment letter mailed out (June 30 at 1PM)

June 30 - Biometrics.

Peggy Experienced

Peggy   1

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Congrats

PEGGY & ROGER

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K-1/K-2 VISA'S APPROVED IN MONTREAL MAY 2, 2005

K-1/K-2 AOS APPROVED IN ATLANTA MAY 17, 2006

10 year GC Approved - APRIL 16th ,2009 - Peggy and Jonathan's......

Still waiting for our cards...Had to file I-90 as they sent them to the wrong address.

March 9th, 2010, Received GC that has been lost in the mail for 10 months. Still waiting for my son's that is lost as well.

Filed Waiver for my son's 10 year GC and it was approved. He finally received his GC after its been missing for 2 years.

Thanking God this is over for 10 years.

jg_am Rising Star

jg_am   0

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Congrats and welcome home!

CIS Office : Philadelphia PA

08/25/09 I-751 Sent to VSC

08/26/09 Package arrives at VSC

08/31/09 Check is Cashed/Clears

08/27/09 NOA

09/24/09 Biometrics

11/24/09 Approval letter arrives!

lynamon Rising Star

lynamon   0

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Hey .. I can sooo relate to what you have just gone through :) .. Congratulations on your successful move!!! .. remember to take some time for some R&R ..... :dance:

Met in Cleveland 07/07/05 ... Fireworks!!!

Emails and phone calls until first visit back September '05

Many trips to Cleveland and overnight stays in New York

Engaged 05/07/06

07/18/07 - Interview yeeehaaa .. approved

07/26/07 - received Visa from Montreal (should have received 07/24)

07/26/07 - POE Buffalo, NY (Peace Bridge) .. No EAD stamp

07/27/07 - Beautiful marriage .. now you may call me Mrs. :)

07/28/07 - Filed AOS,EAD, and AP for me and AOS and AP for my son via UPS .. received 08/01

08/16/07 - applied for ssn

09/03/07 - received ssn card

11/07/07 - AP approved and received 11/12/07 :)

11/19/07- EAD approved online and received same day (actual approval 11/07/07) :)

12/27/07 - AOS transferred to CSC

02/26/08 - 485's approved without interview

01/14/09 - Sent I-751 - removal of conditions

02/23/10 - Biometrics

03/17/10 - Removal of conditions approved .. card production ordered

"Life is not measured by the amount of breaths that we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

 
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