susan+mike

I still can't check for my EAD either.........the NOA date was June 24th. I had also sent in my AP along with the payment in the same envelope as my EAD and haven't even gotten a NOA for it...... they must have it as like I said it was in the same envelope as the EAD application. Can we ever expect these people do do anything right!

Hi all,

Just a few simple questions about some stuff from the I-485. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

First off, we cannot seem to find any evidence of her legal status here. She crossed the border LEGALLY on a bus in April. Problem is that her passport was not stamped and all she has is her return ticket (obviously they take her ticket at the bus when she came here). Remember, Canadians do not get an I-94 either.

I have spoken to someone at USCIS in NYC and they told me that her passport will be proof enough, even without a stamp. They said that just by running her passport # into the system they will be able to tell (I know that they DO scan your passport at the border she crossed. Any Canadians run into this problem too? What did you put on the 485 where it asks for I-94 # and everything?

OK now for the easy stuff that I just want to doublecheck...

In Part 1, for her address, does she put her address HERE or in CANADA?

For SSN do I write "none" or "n/a"?

Her status would expire 6 months from the date she entered, right? So if she came on April 15, I would write October 15?

In Part 3, it asks for her name on her I-94. Do I write "none" or "n/a"?

Place of last entry would be the city/state of the border she crossed?

She does not have a nonimmigrant visa #, do I write "none" or "n/a"?

Same question for "Consulate visa was issued" and "Date visa was issued"

All Canadians as far as I know get an I-94 upon coming to the US when they move...... I came on a K-1 and I got one.

Your post has be a little confused........why would she have a return bus ticket if she was coming here to get married?

The K-1 visa itself is good for six months from the date it was issued in Canada....... which means she has six months to leave Canada. Once you surrender your visa and cross the border......well I can only speak for a K-1, you have 90 days to get married..then your K-1 status expires.

You would put your US address on your paperwork and for SSN, (I didn't have one either) I just put none. Non Immigrant # would be her A#.

Consulate Visa issued would be either Vancouver or Montreal......where did she get it from and there and what date was it issued?

I just saw Sicko today........ it makes me sick just to think about it...... how can a country that claims to be the best place in the world to live treat humans like this. My husband's insurance company wanted another $500.00 per month for me to be added to his plan..... we don't have the money...... I don't have any coverage. I wanna go home! I don't feel safe here at all!

I agree 100%........ I think they are awesome too! Don't have one but would love one! I think they are definately chic cars!

My NOA had a receipt date of June 24th and I still can't view mine online either.

I miss my two adult sons (24 and 26) that still live in Canada soooooooooooo much, and I am missing them more every single day that I am here. Thankfully, my daughter (19) lives here with us and is attending college.

The thought of missing out on being part of my grandchildren's lives (when the time comes) makes me want to cry.

That's the only part I'm worried about. I have a 23yr old son and a 19yr old daughter, but who's going away to University this fall, so she's not coming with me. I know I'm going to miss them so much

I'm having a really hard time....... been here in the US since March.... I have 3 grown daughters all married..... 24, 28 & 30 and 4 grandkids....... if I would of known it would be this hard for me I would never have come........ I was a single mom for almost 20 years, my kids were my world and now my world is gone..... I hate it....... I don't get through one day without tears...... everyone on VJ says it gets better after a while......I find it gets worse every day!

CONGRATULATIONS!

OUR CASE NUMBERS WERE FINALLY AVAILABLE ONLINE TODAY, JULY 7. OUR NOA DATE WAS JUNE 25. HOPE SOME OF THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND ARE THERE FOR YOU TO SEE NOW.

CHUCK, ZHANGBEI AND XUERU

Mine still isn't working...... my NOA says Rec'd Date June 24/07 and Notice Date June 29/07.

Hi all. Our Day has finally arrived

At 2 p.m Lorry and I will be Married in our backyard

We want to thank everybody here on VJ for all your assistance and sound advice in helping us make it through all the Visa process

Good luck to all and to those still waiting

Best Regards

Allie & Lorry

Congratulations!

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue:

We filed the EAD (I-765) and received the NOA (June 22) with the Application Receipt Number. When I go to the USCIS site to add it, it says...

"Customer Portfolio Insert Failed

Attempting to add a case that does not exist. Check the app receipt number."

I have quaruple-checked the number. In the past, when I got the I-129F and I-485 NOA's I was able to add the case immediately and start tracking it.

I've sent an email to the webmaster, but is there something else I should do? I just want to make sure that they have my case, and that I can track it before the new fee schedule takes effect July 30th. In the meantime, I'll be a bit nervous about it.

Thanks!

I'm having the same problem exactly....... just thought I'd have to wait for a bit and hopefully it will work.......... I'm not really surprised as nothing ever seems to go smoothly with this immigration process why would they want to make things easy for us?

Well... Picked up the Medical Packet today for all 3 of us... no issues there.

She phoned me up indicating that they were ready for pickup, but there was a catch... I thought to myself "Oh... now what???" But all she needed was for my oldest to come with me and sign the documents, since he's considered an adult.

Even was able to look through it and see what I was signing... in fact, my son was even more thorough in checking out the immigration document before signing than I was...

Those xray envelopes are so large and unwieldy... don't even fit in my briefcase!!!

Scott.

Next step... The Interview!!!!! B)

They don't ask for your x-ray at the interview and you can't take a briefcase into the building with you anyway.

If anyone gets any update on their status please update us to anything....i was planning to make an appointmet for our EAD, seeing we are well past our 90 days of DORA..will the current issue of no dates available for DORA effect people who want to file EAD?

If I were you I would send your EAD application by mail to the Chicago lockbox if you don't want it delayed any more. When I was in Oklahoma City last week at my infopass appt. there was a notice on the wall telling people even for their AOS to mail it to the Chicago Lockbox because of long waiting times for infopass appointments. I guess it's up to you how long you want to wait.

My hubby got a police certificate from the Calgary Police Service that states "A search based on the above names and birthdate has not disclosed a record of criminal convictions in Canada's National Repository for criminal records."

But, there is also this stamped note in red at the top of the page...

"Please Note: The CPS Security Clearance Unit recommends a local police check be conducted where this applicant previously resided."

Has anyone seen this on their certificate? Do you think this certificate is sufficient since it is a search in the 'National Repository' or do I need him to get another local one for his previous city?

Hi,

I had my police certificate also done in Calgary last September. Mine said exactly the same thing as yours but didn't have the stamped note in red. I'm not sure what that is about at all. I would go back downtown in Calgary to the main police station and take the letter with you and ask them about it. I don't undertand about the previously resided thing as they check Canada wide. Unless of course you lived perhaps in some other country before Canada?

Susan in Tulsa

I paid $35.00.

That was great! Happy Canada Day!

This whole thing makes me sick too and very very angry......who do these people think they are? My prayers and best wishes are with you and your family during this stressful time.

Happy Birthday...... hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday Canada! I miss you!

Best of luck on your move and congratulations on the upcoming wedding!

First of all, some background....

I have a 15 year-old who it totally fearful of needles... For his hep B shots for school, had to pretty much sit on him the first shot, and very much coerce him to get his second and third shots... So, when I heard over the phone from Dr. Viljoen's office from his medical assistant that he didn't have to go for blood test, I was ecstatic!!!! Even planned my day around that.... to say nothing of having the proper cash on me based on this... However....

Let me explain....

June 15th - Made appointment with Dr. Viljoen's nursing assistant. June 29 @ 1PM. I asked to confirm the price and if there was GST on the price. The price would be $260/Adult and $140/Child. She told me both boys would be considered children, so the boys at $140 each = $280 and me at $260 would be $540 with no GST. But it could only be cash. They don't accept credit cards for Immigration medicals.

June 26th - Received phonecall from the nursing assistant (I don't know her name, and she wasn't wearing a nametag) of Dr. Viljoen asking if we could move the appointment up a day to June 28th at 12PM. Sure, no problem, I say....

June 28th - Day of Medical appointment. All 3 of us showed up at noon. Sat in the waiting room for about 10 minutes. The nursing assistant calls us into a small room with a computer where she, doing each of us separately, took down our particulars, asked for our AHC cards, asked for our passports, and then vaccination records. As she's updating this on her computer, she's doing a lot of copy/pasting within the immigration document (Word Document). She took the boys and checked the weight and height of them and just took my info from the driver's license. Also, as she was doing each one of us, we were told to stand on the opposite end of the small room and read from the eye chart. All in all, for 3 of us, it took about 45 minutes in this small room (imagine doing this with 2 bored boys...!). While we were in there, I asked her how many Immigration medicals they do in a month, and her response was "Oh, we do about 4 a day. We're booked right up until the end of July with Immigration medicals."

Anyways, she put each of the boys in separate rooms where they had to remove their clothes for the medical check. In short, Dr. Viljoen goes into each of the rooms and does the check on the boys. After doing the oldest, Dr. Viljoen comes up to me and tells me that my oldest will have to do blood tests and xrays. I tried to explain to him how it's worse than pulling teeth to get the oldest anywhere around needles, to say nothing of his nursing assistant told me he wouldn't have to do the blood test and xray. Dr. Viljoen says, the choice is either he does the tests or he doesn't go... nothing like a good bedside manner here.... Leads me to think that he does this "on the side" and it interferes with his normal business... Now comes my turn. His nursing assistant tells me that I need to take pants and underwear off and to sit on the table. She digs out a big paper blanket for me to use then leaves the room. Twenty minutes later, Dr. Viljoen comes back apologizing about his delay, and then says "oh ya... forgot that I have to do something". He grabs something out of the fridge and disappears again. Ten minutes later he returns and completes the medical checks on me. Once again, with these delays, I now more firmly believe he does this "on the side" and is inconvenient for him.

Once I'm done, we all head up to the wicket to where I'm told that I need to pay $660.00. Uh... what? I was told $540. Nope, the oldest has to be considered an adult since he's 15 and therefore has to do the blood test and xray. I only have $540 cash, since I generally use debit or credit for any purchaes. She says, well you could put $120 on Visa, which was fine with me. Of course, I'm thinking to myself, why couldn't I just put all of it on Visa??? GRRR!!! I then handed her the photos... in fact I wonder if she would have forgotten them if I didn't offer...

Now, my intention before this day was, as soon as I was finished at the Dr's office, I'd just head over to Calgary Lab Services, Glenbrook location, as told by the Dr's office and do the blood work. And as I provide IT support for CLS, as well, once I was done that, then I would do tickets that I have for there (one of which had to be done that afternoon). Now, I have a 15 year old that has to go there, and it would be considered unethical to bring the boys to work... employers don't really like that sort of thing. Anyways, I drop the boys off at home and went to CLS Glenbrook to do the tickets. Talked to the management there and arranged for a specific person who deals with reticent young teenagers the next morning to do my 15 year old.

June 29 - I managed to drag my oldest son to CLS Glenbrook mid-morning where we got our blood drawn for the blood test. Other than the dragging him to the lab, he was done quickly. We then went to the Radiology Associates place to get our xrays done. Well... low and behold, the Dr's office forgot to fill in and sign my oldest's son requisition form. They can't process him until they have a signature from the doctor, but "beware, this doctor's office isn't known to be quick in sending faxes" and "they don't always answer their phone". Joy... (all the more reason why I think this is a side business for this doctor). They were able to contact the doctor's office and were given the promise it'll get done right away. Figured in the meantime, I could get myself done. So, I was done in 5 minutes and we ended up waiting another 30 minutes before the fax came in with the properly filled out requisition. My oldest was done within 5 minutes of receipt of the fax.

Now we wait for the packages...

So... in summary, as I've mentioned before, this seems to be a sideline for Dr. Viljoen. The way that the nursing assistant copied and pasted in this Word document, it's a wonder that they don't miss more details in their requisitions and forms for Immigration.

Maybe my views are tainted somewhat by the frustrations of getting my son to do the needles, but it seemed to me that the medical offices of Dr. Viljoen are not run that well. He's probably making more money through the cosmetic surgery and spa side of his business, hence the more resources for that side of his business. I also think that if they have a macro in Word that prompts for fields (eg: Passport number, AHC number, Vaccinations, auto-dates, etc) it would cut down on the amount of missing details in requistions and Immigration documents. Maybe my expectations are too high, but....

Anyways.... hope this helps others in Calgary...

Scott.

I also had Dr. Viljoen last summer for my medical and thought he was a total jerk to say the least. He had the bedside manner of a knat! Apparently they are supposed to check you for warts..... you know where ........ as he was lifting the paper sheet he said to me "well if you don't look like a bull frog down there you should be okay to go"! I was in total shock........ it's too bad there isn't a place where you can report some of these doctors that work for Immigration.......... then there's the thing with all the civil surgeons here in the US and how they rip people off so badly just to transcribe the vaccination supplement.

Scott..... make sure you get copies of your vaccination worksheets for all of you as you will need them later for AOS.

Ditto....... it's all been said!

Is anyone trying to use DORA for AOS in Texas? I've been trying to book appointments and there are none available (probably due to the huge increase in price).

I filed for my AOS through the DORA program in Oklahoma City and went to an infopass appt just this morning that I had made to see about my case. Anyway........there was a notice on wall stating that because of the fee increases there is a big demand for DORA infopass appt's and your chances of getting one are very slim so to save on delays to just mail your applilcations to the Chicago lockbox.

It also said that Chicago has been given instruction that if they recieve applications from people who would normally be under the DORA jurisdiction they are to be accepted........ whatever that means!

Yay! It came in the mail today, such a relief to see it there with all the correct info on it.

For those still waiting, good luck!

It feels so weird that I actually have it now! Can I just remove my I-94 now? :-)

Congratulations! You still have your I-94? They took mine from me at my interview!

Hi all,

On Day 91 I received what is known as the "70 Day letter" telling me they would not be getting my Green Card to me within the 90 Day DORA timeframe and that if I wanted I could file for my EAD and AP by sending them to the Chicago lockbox like everyone else does. When I filed my AOS I was told you don't file for EAD and AP as supposedly you get your GC in 90 days so no need to file for EAD and AP. My advice to anyone is to file them anyway unless you really want to take your chances.

The lady I talked with wasn't very nice.......very abrupt and cold, not friendly at all. I told her I was under the understanding that if you got the "70 day letter" you would get an appt date to go back to the office to file there in person for your EAD and AP and that it basically was approved that day and that you would get your cards for them within a week or so. First off she told me my AOS is stuck in FBI name check and secondly that no one would have ever told me not to file for my EAD and AP at the time I file for my AOS....that it's my own fault that I have to now wait another approximately 3 months for my EAD and AP......how rude! .... she said some offices have the machine and the manpower to issue cards the same day but that they didn't in Oklahoma City.

So basically I'm hooped...... have to wait again for another couple months for EAD and AP when I could of probably had them already.

So to anyone out there filing with the DORA program........ you do have a choice if you want to file only for AOS or for all 3..... AOS, EAD and AP.

An Unhappy Camper in Tulsa

Susan

I had an info pass appt. this morning in Oklahoma City....... my case is stuck in name checks.......... so the waiting continues and the more crazy I get by the day

Susan in Tulsa