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Alan & Sharon   0

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Hey all,

Yesterday, wait the day before was the bus ride from hell. Not only did all the buses depart late, LLOOLLLL instead of two transfers, I ended up having 5. I left 8 pm Tuesday, got in NC at midnight thursday, No sleep Not much food to think about, but there was my Alan. He brought me to a restuarant, I pigged out, then we drove HOME. :) I hadn't seen my puppy for 2 years, she about knocked me down. I never knew she had such a wet fast and furious tongue :help: Alan had candles all over the bathroom in preperation for my what was supposed to be early arrival i was 5 hrs. late.. ... but the thought was there, i jumped in a hot steamy bath, then everything hit me.... THIS IS IT........ IM HOME.

I crawled into my comfortable bed, a far cry from the YMCA YWCA tiny bed, then dropped into a restless sleep. So much to be done yet. After 5 hrs. sleep the long days before hit my body, but i never felt so good a pain before. :) I opened my vsa seen that stamp stating one entry... So much more to do.

:) I do have to thank all of you for the support expecially when I was at my lowest. For those of you who feel like giving up, Don't. You will never feel the peace of mind I did when at customs the nice young man *who had turned me away from the border 2 yrs ago* smiled at me and said, "Congratulations, I hope you have a wonderful life and welcome to the USOFA."

All this is worth it and some.

I did have to laugh when the min I told Alan my visa came in, he said, "holy #######, I have to clean"

Again, Thank you all, expecially PresGirl, Lance, Ron and Sharon and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, so many

Kisses Sharon and Alan :dance::dance:

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Emancipation Mentor

Emancipation   2

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awe.... 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

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Ron/Sharon   0

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Hey all,

Yesterday, wait the day before was the bus ride from hell. Not only did all the buses depart late, LLOOLLLL instead of two transfers, I ended up having 5. I left 8 pm Tuesday, got in NC at midnight thursday, No sleep Not much food to think about, but there was my Alan. He brought me to a restuarant, I pigged out, then we drove HOME. :) I hadn't seen my puppy for 2 years, she about knocked me down. I never knew she had such a wet fast and furious tongue :help: Alan had candles all over the bathroom in preperation for my what was supposed to be early arrival i was 5 hrs. late.. ... but the thought was there, i jumped in a hot steamy bath, then everything hit me.... THIS IS IT........ IM HOME.

I crawled into my comfortable bed, a far cry from the YMCA YWCA tiny bed, then dropped into a restless sleep. So much to be done yet. After 5 hrs. sleep the long days before hit my body, but i never felt so good a pain before. :) I opened my vsa seen that stamp stating one entry... So much more to do.

:) I do have to thank all of you for the support expecially when I was at my lowest. For those of you who feel like giving up, Don't. You will never feel the peace of mind I did when at customs the nice young man *who had turned me away from the border 2 yrs ago* smiled at me and said, "Congratulations, I hope you have a wonderful life and welcome to the USOFA."

All this is worth it and some.

I did have to laugh when the min I told Alan my visa came in, he said, "holy #######, I have to clean"

Again, Thank you all, expecially PresGirl, Lance, Ron and Sharon and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, so many

Kisses Sharon and Alan :dance::dance:

Sharon, I don't know if you ever made a man cry before, I am right now after reading what you wrote actually the first paragraph is the one that got everything flowing. You will never know how good it feels here to know tha you are now home, in your home and away from the Y.

(L)(F)(F)(F) for You and Alan

09/20/2006 - Sent I-129F

09/22/2006 - Received at NSC
09/28/2006 - NOA-1 (1-797C date )

10/02/2006 - Cheque cashed

10/02/2006 - NOA 1 (I-797C recieved in the mail)

12/08/2006 - NOA-2 in 79 days

12/13/2006 - NOA-2 hard copy recieved

12/26/2006 - Package recieved by NVC

12/30/2006 - Received by Montreal

01/22/2007 - Received Packet 3

04/16/2007 - Returned Packet 3

08/02/2007 - Received medical documentation

08/07/2007 - Received Interview date Aug. 9th

08/09/2007 - Received I-601 and 212 (not approved yet)

02/17/2008 - I-601 approved 212 abandoned

06/2?/2009 - New medical and passport and doc sent to Mtl

07/22/2009 - Recieved request for DS-221 and notarized letter of intent

07/31/2009 - Montreal recieves thier final requested doc.

09/01/2009 - Visa approved and mail out today

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MissStacey   1

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I'm so happy for you!! Welcome Home!!

It was such a great feeling for me also when I went through Customs when I had been previously denied and said "I need to activate my Visa."

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Welcome Home ! :dance:

بســــم اللـــــه الــــرحمـن الــــرحــــيم

My N-400 timeline, I hope it will help - Local Office (Chula Vista Field Office - San Diego)

10/01/2010: Application was sent.

10/04/2010: Application was received.

10/06/2010: Email received "Application has been received" & Noticed Date.

10/07/2010: "Touch"

10/08/2010: "Touch" & Check was Cashed

10/09/2010: NOA1 Received via mail.

10/22/2010: Status Changed Online "Request for evidence" It was for Biometrics.

10/25/2010: Request for evidence recieved "Biometrics Notice".

11/18/2010: Biometrics date ==> 11:00AM. Biometrics was taken On time.

12/03/2010: "Yellow Letter" Received.

12/06/2010: "Touch" Case Moved to "Testing and Interview".

12/08/2010: Interview Letter received via mail.

01/13/2011: Interview Date. Done, " Thanks To ALLAH, I Passed the Test.

01/18/2011: Oath Letter was Sent.

01/20/2011: Oath Letter Recieved via mail.

01/28/2011: Oath Date. ==> Done, I am a U.S. Citizen

01/31/2011: Applied for a U.S. Passport Book, And, U.S. Passport Card.

02/25/2011: Passport Book's Received.

02/26/2011: Passport Card's Received.

02/28/2011: Certificate Of Naturalization's Returned.

Game Over.

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vnoe   0

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Glad you made it home!!!

Oct 1/09 - I-751 package sent

Oct 3 - package delivered

Oct 5 - NOA mailed

Oct 13 - 1st NOA received and additional letters for my daughters I filed with. NOAs stated Resident Status

has been extended for 1 year and that we will be receiving a letter for an ASC appointment for

fingerprints, photo, and signature.

Dec 2009 - Received 10 year permanent resident card.

Feb 2010 - My children received their 10 year permanent resident cards.

Oct 2010 - My children were legally adopted by my USA Citizen husband.

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jg_am Rising Star

jg_am   0

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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!

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JA Tam   7

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That was so beautiful...Congratulations and welcome home :dance:

I-130 for husband - see TIMELINE

10/23/2007 - Receive SSC (took 9 days from POE)

12/04/2007 - Receive Welcome Letter

12/14/2007 - Received 2nd Welcome Letter and Green card!!!

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N-400

09/21/2010 - Mailed application to Lewisville TX location

09/23/2010 - Information input in the system/check cashed

09/29/2010 - N-400 receipt received

09/30/2010 - RFE mailed

10/15/2010 - Biometrics appt (@8am) YAY!!!!

11/20/2010 - Received the yellow letter (dated 11/17/2010)

11/30/2010 - Case moved to the Testing & Interview stage (Email)

12/03/2010 - Received interview letter

01/06/2011 - Interview @ 10:15a...APPROVED!

02/12/2011 - Received oath ceremony letter (dated 02/10/2011)

02/18/2011 - Received descheduled oath ceremony letter (dated 2/15/2011)

02/26/2011 - Received new oath ceremony letter

03/02/2011 - Oath Ceremony @ 1:30p (IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!)

03/09/2011 - Oath Ceremony @ 1:30p...FINALLY A CITIZEN!!!

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Flames9_RN   358

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glad to see there is a happy ending, 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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~Nini~   2

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Welcome home! :D

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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Kathryn41   3,205

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Oh, how wonderful! I am smiling with tears in my eyes too:-).

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“...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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