02/25/04 - [day 0] - NOA1
05/28/04 - [day 93] - RFE online
06/29/04 - [day 125] - no RFE in the mail yet, contacted Carolyn Kobey (Senator Hutchison's caseworker)
07/23/04 - [day 149] - we find out through Carolyn that our petition was lost
07/24/04 - [day 150] - 'reconstructed' petition mailed to Carolyn, who forwards it to the TSC
08/25/04 - [day 182] - finally approved!
09/01/04 - [day 189] - petition at the NVC / NOA2 in the mail
09/07/04 - [day 195] - petition left the NVC, Naples here we come!
09/21/04 - [day 209] - the consulate in Naples confirms they have our petition and emails packet 3
09/23/04 - [day 211] - packet 3 returned by fax
10/04/04 - [day 222] - got medical/interview date over the phone
10/19/04 - [day 237] - medical
10/20/04 - [day 238] - interview - visa issued!
11/01/04 - [day 250] - leaving date, POE: Dallas/Fort Worth - home at last!
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11/19/04 - [day 268] - applied for ss# and got marriage license
11/30/04 - [day 279] - ss# card in the mail
12/06/04 - [day 285] - 4th anniversary and wedding
12/16/04 - [day 295] - applied for name change and Texas state ID
12/27/04 - [day 306] - new ss# card in the mail
01/25/05 - [day 335] - AOS interview (D.O.R.A. pilot program) ~ approved!
01/31/05 - [day 341] - AOS NOA1
02/04/05 - [day 345] - AOS NOA1 in the mail
02/08/05 - [day 349] - biometrics appointment
02/17/05 - [day 358] - fingerprint results received by MSC
04/26/05 - [day 426] - AOS NOA2 online
04/28/05 - [day 428] - AOS NOA2 in the mail
05/02/05 - [day 432] - Green Card in the mail