Jump to content
~Nini~

Woohoo!

By ~Nini~ in Canada

 Share

20 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

~Nini~ Proficient

~Nini~   2

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

I think I've finally come down from cloud nine. :lol:

In all seriousness, the POE in Vancouver was incredibly painless on Thursday - the CBP officer was really helpful (I suspect though it was because I was all blotchy from crying with my mom and little sister at the departure gate) and answered all my questions. Funny thing was when he told me that I could apply for a temporary EAD stamp, he said, "Make an Infopass appointment" and I said, "But that's only valid for the duration of the I-94, right?" Ah, that close to a temp stamp. He also kept hammering the point in about not being able to leave after I got married within 90 days and how I wouldn't be allowed back into the country if I left... it took me a lot of restraint not to blurt out, "My VJ buddies have my back!" :lol:

Flying itself was pretty awful, since I've been steadily getting worse with traveling as I get older, and the trip itself was pretty strenuous with several crying babies and a delayed stopover in Chicago O'Hare. I arrived after midnight and fourteen hours of travel time in Philadelphia. But it was worth it just to see Bee at the arrival area :D

Bee and I applied for our marriage license Friday afternoon at the Chester County courthouse - we sure weren't going to waste any time! :blush: First thing that the clerk told us was, "You're going to leave with a license in your hands today." :blink: We were expecting to wait three to four days, so that was a surprise! (Turns out after we looked at the marriage license, it's not valid for three days... shucks.) Then she asked us the legal questions under oath - one of the questions that made us all crack up was "Are you related in any way?" (Ben's a white Jewish boy, I'm a tiny Asian girl.) :lol:

One of the things she emphasized was that I had to obtain certified copies of the marriage license for my AOS and any other stuff (SSN and DL) since our portion of the marriage certificate shows my maiden name and won't stand up by itself. However, she did mention that the county's portion of the marriage license could be returned in person and I could obtain copies at that point on the spot.

We're going to call a few judges on Monday and see what dates are good for the family - until then, I've been filling my time with conquering Target. Among other things, I've already bought a pair of stunning brown shoes for $17.99! :lol:

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites
PfcsBaby Collaborator

PfcsBaby   0

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Glad you made it to your new home!

Here's my K-1 Timeline:

October 2006 - I-129F sent

10/24/2007 - INTERVIEW DATE!!!!!....APPROVED!!

10/30/2007 - Visa in hand!

AOS Timeline:

1/30/08 - Sent AOS pkg Priority Mail with USPS

3/12/08 - Biometrics taken

3/29/08 - EAD and AP in hand for me and my son

5/21/08 - Email-GC on its way!...RFE for my son's application

5/27/08 - GC arrives!!!

7/02/08 - Sons GC arrives!!!

ROC TIMELINE

3/23/10 - ROC sent!

3/29/10 - NOA1

4/22/10 - Biometrics Appt for me and my son

6/30/10 - Email saying card production ordered for me and my son

7/6/10 - Letter in the mail saying cards will arrive within 60 days

7/10/10 - Both cards received!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites
~Laura and Nick~ Mentor

~Laura and Nick~   5

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Woo hoo!! Congrats!

So you didn't need a SSN card to get the marriage license? :)

Let's Keep the Song Going!!!

CANADA.GIFUS1.GIF

~Laura and Nicholas~

IMG_1315.jpg

Met online November 2005 playing City of Heroes

First met in Canada, Sept 22, 2006 <3

September 2006 to March 2008, 11 visits, 5 in Canada, 6 in NJ

Officially Engaged December 24th, 2007!!!

Moved to the U.S. to be with my baby on July 19th, 2008 on a K1 visa!!!!

***10 year green card in hand as of 2/2/2012, loving and living life***

Hmmm maybe we should move back to Canada! lol smile.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Emancipation Mentor

Emancipation   2

Posted
Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Excellent news!! 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

Link to comment
Share on other sites
vanee Community Regular

vanee   13

Posted
Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Hey, neighbour. I mean, former neighbour. :blink: Good to see you made it across the line.

Rain is forecast for Vancouver for the rest of the week, so enjoy not being in that. :P

In all seriousness, the POE in Vancouver was incredibly painless on Thursday - the CBP officer was really helpful (I suspect though it was because I was all blotchy from crying with my mom and little sister at the departure gate) and answered all my questions. Funny thing was when he told me that I could apply for a temporary EAD stamp, he said, "Make an Infopass appointment" and I said, "But that's only valid for the duration of the I-94, right?" Ah, that close to a temp stamp.

I'll be following you through that POE on Wednesday. So did the officer bring up the EAD stamp? Can people really get EAD stamps at Infopass appointments?

Also, how long did all that take?

Thanks!

K-1, AOS, ROC
2007, 2009, 2011

Naturalization

2016-05-17 - N-400 package sent

2016-05-21 - NOA1 (IOE receipt number)

2016-06-15 - Biometrics

2016-11-08 - Citizenship interview in Detroit: approved
2016-12-16 - Oath ceremony

Link to comment
Share on other sites
~Nini~ Proficient

~Nini~   2

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Canada
 Timeline
  • Author
Posted (edited)
So did the officer bring up the EAD stamp? Can people really get EAD stamps at Infopass appointments?

Also, how long did all that take?

I'm not sure whether people can get EAD stamps at Infopass appointments. Either he's wrong about that, or he's referring to applying for a regular EAD before AOS. :P

All in all it took about 15 minutes - the POE officer was really nice and tried to make me laugh, probably because he saw the remnants of leaving my mom and little sister at the gate -_-

Edited by Nini & Bee

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites
samaci Explorer

samaci   0

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Timeline
Posted

Congrats on your move!!

Aug/2001: We met, started dating long distance style and lots of weekend sleepovers!!!

May 16/2004: Married, and still doing weekend sleepovers

Mar 13/2006: Sent off I-130

Mar 28/2006: Rec'vd NOA1

July 7/2006: Rec'vd NOA2

Aug 29/2006: Rec'vd IV Bill

Sep 12-2006: Pay IV Bill

Mar 30/2007: Case Completed at NVC

Jul 18/2007: Case left NVC on way to Montreal

Aug 31/2007: Rec'vd 1st interview letter (the one they DIDN'T send me, due to NVC having my address tagged as bad---this one was hubby's that I got 5 weeks late.)

Aug 9/2007 : 1st Interview Date (of course I missed it)

Sep 15/2007: Rec'vd 2nd interview letter

Sep 26/2007: Medical Appt booked

Oct 5/2007: 2nd Interview scheduled in Montreal

Oct 5/2007: Approved!!!!!!!

Oct 11/2007: Recv'd Visa in hand after hearing doorbell ring

Oct 21/2007: Activated visa

Nov 20/2007: Applied for SSN because it wasn't done for me... UGH!!!

Dec 03/2007: Received SSN in mail... YAHOO!

Apr 11/2008: GC finally arrived

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BH45 Rising Star

BH45   0

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Congrats - must be nice to be home.

April 13, 2009 - Welcome to the USA letter rec'd. PRC to be rec'd within 3 weeks.

April 16, 2009 - 2 yr GC rec'd in mail.

March 2, 2011 - Mailed in I-751 to CSC

March 4, 2011 - I-751 delivered to CSC

March 4, 2011 - NOA issued

March 12, 2011 - NOA received

April 14, 2011 - BIO Appt 5/6/11

May 6, 2011 - BIO done in 10 minutes...no re-takes this time :)

June 27, 2011 - Email rec'd "Status - Approved"

July 1, 2011 - 10 yr GC arrived

Link to comment
Share on other sites
 
Didn't find the answer you were looking for? Ask our VJ Immigration Lawyers.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
- Back to Top -

Important Disclaimer: Please read carefully the Visajourney.com Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service you should not access or view any page (including this page) on VisaJourney.com. Answers and comments provided on Visajourney.com Forums are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Visajourney.com does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. VisaJourney.com does not condone immigration fraud in any way, shape or manner. VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you.
×
×
  • Create New...