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thermophile   0

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We stayed at the Rayon-Verte B&B just off of Mont-Royal on the Plateau. if you're interested in making the trip to Montreal a little vacation too I highly recommend the place. our room was $90 a night but I think that there are some for 70 or 80 we just booked 2 weeks before we went so the smaller/cheaper rooms were taken. There is a metro stop a block away on one of the lines that goes through downtown. It's a 3ish block walk from the Victoria Square stop to the US Consulate.

so got to the consulate at 7:40ish. it looked like we were 3rd in line but one guy wanted to finish his smoke and the other couple had brought their suitcases so had to go back to their hotel. We gulped down our coffee and went through security. we were handed a little cardboard note with the letter "E" on it and instructions to go to window 9. went downstairs to wait for the elevator. went to the back and were first off but then couldn't see window 9 (it's down the hall towards the bathrooms but you can't see the sign from the elevator). The guard pointed us in the right direction after she saw our little card. I was surprised to see 4 other couples already in the waiting room-I thought the first elevator was at 8? Around 8:15 we were called to a window to go over our paperwork-it was obviously the first time anyone in Montreal had opened our folder because she was going through form by form and checking off a list. She gave back his birth cert and our marriage cert. went back and sat down till 8:45ish. then were called back to the same window and the woman took his fingerprints. At about 9:20 we were called to the interview room

The interview itself. asked how we met (met in Yellowstone) asked why we were in Yellowstone in a tone that implied that there was no reason the Park Service would have a microbiologist or an archaeologist working for it. Asked a few occupation specific questions-cause if we were lying about our jobs we wouldn't have picked something more common. I'm still not sure if those questions were to reassure him that we actually did what we say we do or if he was just killing time to meet some minimum length of the interview. Asked the hubby if he would have to give up his Canadian job (yes). Then asked why anyone in the US would want to hire an archaeologist-hubby told him. He asked if we would live at my current address in the US or would have to find a new place. That was it, the whole interview took less than 3 minutes.

met summer 1999, summer 2000 hooked up-whoo hoo summer fling

summer fling failed to fizzle, married 2003

I-130 mailed 12/15/03

4/1/04 no word from NE contacted senators office, app found

NOA1 4/13/04

Gave up on ridiculously long US process-started Canadian

12/4/04 submitted app

LSS app returned because of missed signatures, lost in transit, resubmitted in June

9/28/05 landed, yippie

10/4/05 fly back to US to "finish up Master's" lose mind and switch to PhD

Damn it back to the US process

3/something/2005 finally get NOA2, no idea why it took so long

4/15/07 get case approval from NVC

8/9/07 Montreal here we come

10/14/07 hubby activated his visa

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karina   0

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Nice, Thermophile!

I hope the Hubby's interview will be as smooth as yours! :)

btw, it's nice that both of you were interviewed together!

IR1 CSC

10/30/06- NOA 1

3/13/07- Approved! :)

3/26/07- received MTL case #

4/23/07- Choice of Agent and AOS Bill generated

4/24/07- Emailed Choice of Agent and Mailed out AOS Bill

4/26/07- NVC confirms Choice of Agent

4/30/07- NVC mails out the IV Bill

5/07/07- Received IV Bill

5/09/07- Mailed out IV Bill & I-864 Package

5/14/07- NVC said they are reviewing the I-864 Package

5/15/07- Mailed out I-864 CoSponsor Package

5/16/07- NVC received IV Bill

5/21/07- NVC generates DS-230, mailed out DS-230

6/01/07- NVC completes case!

8/30/07-- Interview date! Approved

I-129F transfered to CSC

12/26/06- NOA 1

1/17/07- touch

4/25/07- touch

4/26/07- touch

5/3/07- Approved! :)

5/14/07- NVC confirms receiving K-3 Application

5/16/07- NVC mails K-3 Application to Montreal Embassy

6/12/07- Was put on MTL waiting list

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misa   2

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Congrats!

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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Emancipation   2

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Then asked why anyone in the US would want to hire an archaeologist-hubby told him.

This made me giggle.. Oh dear.. I would have LOVED to seen your hubby's face..

Contrads!!!

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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thermophile   0

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Then asked why anyone in the US would want to hire an archaeologist-hubby told him.

This made me giggle.. Oh dear.. I would have LOVED to seen your hubby's face..

Contrads!!!

he's been asked that enough to have an answer ready. I on the other hand was not ready for a question about how bacteria eat sulfur. immigration and microbial metabolism live in very different parts of my brain. I said something that was partly wrong but sounded good. let that be a warning-they may ask a follow up question about ANY thing you say.

met summer 1999, summer 2000 hooked up-whoo hoo summer fling

summer fling failed to fizzle, married 2003

I-130 mailed 12/15/03

4/1/04 no word from NE contacted senators office, app found

NOA1 4/13/04

Gave up on ridiculously long US process-started Canadian

12/4/04 submitted app

LSS app returned because of missed signatures, lost in transit, resubmitted in June

9/28/05 landed, yippie

10/4/05 fly back to US to "finish up Master's" lose mind and switch to PhD

Damn it back to the US process

3/something/2005 finally get NOA2, no idea why it took so long

4/15/07 get case approval from NVC

8/9/07 Montreal here we come

10/14/07 hubby activated his visa

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The interview itself. asked how we met (met in Yellowstone) asked why we were in Yellowstone in a tone that implied that there was no reason the Park Service would have a microbiologist or an archaeologist working for it.
I was surprised to see 4 other couples already in the waiting room-I thought the first elevator was at 8?
Maybe they were left over from the day before. lol

Ok this got me laughing - and congratulations!

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~Nini~   2

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Then asked why anyone in the US would want to hire an archaeologist-hubby told him.

:lol: I bet your hubby sure told him!

Congrats, thermophile!

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

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Flames9_RN   358

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Congrats!!!

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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Lance27   19

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Congratulations!! now on to the move :)

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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