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Just wanted to share my wifes picture from heroath ceremony on 10 March 2010....I covered up the officials face and his badge(I'm paranoid like that).

Hope all is well with everyone.

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I-129F

03-01-06 Sent

03-03-06 NOA1

04-14-06 NOA2

04-18-06 NVC Received

04-20-06 NVC Left

04-25-06 Consulate Received

06-02-06 Interview Date

06-09-06 Visa Received

06-30-06 US Entry JFK

07-04-06 Married

We got married in Ukraine (Religious service on 27 June 2006 so her family/friends could attend, then a civil service on July 4….How patriotic!!!!!)

I-485

08-31-06 Date Filed :

09-07-06 NOA Date :

09-19-06 Transfered to CSC on

09-22-06 Recieved at CSC on

09-26-06 Bio Appt

11-01-06 E-mail stating RFE being sent

11-04-06 Received RFE via snail-mail

11-13-06 Sent RFE to CSC

11-16-06 CSC Received RFE (9)

11-27-06 E-mail stating AOS was approved on 11-24-06

11-29-06 Production Ordered

11-29-06 to Present - Never Recieved the darn card

I-751

10-01-08 Filed to VSC

10-03-08 NOA1

07-15-09 10 year "Green Card" arrived (actually got the card this time)

N-400

11-27-09 Filed to Lewisville, TX lockbox

12-04-09 Rejected because I'm an idiot and overlooked a signature block

12-05-09 Resubmitted with wife's signature

12-14-09 Accepted

01-14-10 Bio appt

02-04-10 NOA Interview appt scheduled for 03-09-10

03-09-10 Approved

03-10-10 Oath Ceremony....Hurray!!!

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Congratulations - that's a great photo - and your wife is a beautiful woman :). Thanks for posting.

“...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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v333k Experienced

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Thanks for sharing your photo....

Congratulations to you and your wife!

N-400 Naturalization Timeline

06/28/11 .. Mailed N-400 package via Priority mail with delivery confirmation

06/30/11 .. Package Delivered to Dallas Lockbox

07/06/11 .. Received e-mail notification of application acceptance

07/06/11 .. Check cashed

07/08/11 .. Received NOA letter

07/29/11 .. Received text/e-mail for biometrics notice

08/03/11 .. Received Biometrics letter - scheduled for 8/24/11

08/04/11 .. Walk-in finger prints done.

08/08/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Placed in line for interview scheduling

09/12/11 .. Received Yellow letter dated 9/7/11

09/13/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Interview scheduled

09/16/11 .. Received interview letter

10/19/11 .. Interview - PASSED

10/20/11 .. Received text/email: Oath scheduled

10/22/11 .. Received OATH letter

11/09/11 .. Oath ceremony

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Congrats and best wishes as a new American citizen!!!!

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

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Just wanted to share my wifes picture from heroath ceremony on 10 March 2010....I covered up the officials face and his badge(I'm paranoid like that).

Hope all is well with everyone.

Cupidoll-Congratulations on your wife becoming a US citizen! :thumbs::star:

And thanks for sharing about that experience (Washington, DC, from your timeline?) and photo of that too. (I couldn't enlarge it..but saw the thumbnail and liked that..thanks..lol..about blocking out the officer...understandable there...;)...)

By the way, how was the oath ceremony itself? What happened during then?

Did you specifically request for that one-on-one photo with the officer after the ceremony? Or did everyone get such photos with the officer too?

Good luck with the rest of your wife's journey as a USC, and good luck in getting a passport too.

Ant

Edited by Ant+D+BabyA

**Ant's 1432.gif1502.gif "Once Upon An American Immigration Journey" Condensed Timeline...**

2000 (72+ Months) "Loved": Long-Distance Dating Relationship. D Visited Ant in Canada.

2006 (<1 Month) "Visited": Ant Visited D in America. B-2 Visa Port of Entry Interrogation.

2006 (<1 Month) "Married": Wedding Elopement. Husband & Wife, D and Ant !! Together Forever!

2006 ( 3 Months I-485 Wait) "Adjusted": 2-Years Green Card.

2007 ( 2 Months) "Numbered": SSN Card.

2007 (<1 Months) "Licensed": NYS 4-Years Driver's License.

2009 (10 Months I-751 Wait) "Removed": 10-Years 5-Months Green Card.

2009 ( 9 Months Baby Wait) "Expected": Baby. It's a Boy, Baby A !!! We Are Family, Ant+D+BabyA !

2009 ( 4 Months) "Moved": New House Constructed and Moved Into.

2009 ( 2 Months N-400 Wait) "Naturalized": US Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization. Goodbye USCIS!!!!

***Ant is a Naturalized American Citizen!!***: November 23, 2009 (Private Oath Ceremony: USCIS Office, Buffalo, NY, USA)

2009 (<1 Month) "Secured": US Citizen SSN Card.

2009 (<1 Month) "Enhanced": US Citizen NYS 8-Years Enhanced Driver's License. (in lieu of a US Passport)

2010 ( 1 Month) "Voted": US Citizen NYS Voter's Registration Card.

***~~~"The End...And the Americans, Ant+D+BabyA, lived 'Happily Ever After'!"...~~~***

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SunDrop   59

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Not everyone gets sworn in by Jack-in-the-Box. Am kidding!! :D Congratulations!!

OMG PMSL... word. *still laughing*

Congrats :)

Timeline Summary:

K-1/K-2 NOA1 - POE: 9 February - 9 July 2010

Married: 17 July 2010

AOS mailed - Interview : 22 November 2010 - 10 March 2011

ROC mailed - approved: 14 February - 18 June 2013

Citizenship mailed - ceremony: 9 February - 7 June 2017

 

VJ K-2 AOS Guide

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wow Congrats to u guys! :thumbs: nice pic too!

off topic question:

did anybody here use the PO box address or the best way to go is the EXPRESS address? thanks!

Citizenship N-400

4/15/2010- sent my N-400 via fedex overnight

4/16/2010- signed and delivered

4/29/2010- check cleared

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Cupidoll   1

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Thanks to all of you for the replies and comments. Yes, I should have painted a Jack-in-the-Box or something on the whited out area of the guys face :lol: . With all due respect to the oath officer, I'm doing everyone a favor...believe me!!! :wacko: BTW, my wife, on her own and without asking me what to do (a first on some levels) went and changed her driver's license and social security info the next day...Way-to-go for her! Just goes to show what this accomplishment can do to someones self-esteem and attitude. We're holding off on the passport another week for personal reasons...

The officer was taking pictures with everyone that wanted one. My wife said he even poked his face in a few of them for other folks. People certainly didn't seem to mind. In case you didn't see my other post "Almost US Citizen", I'll include below the post about the ceremony. I was originially going to make the 10am ceremony (my wife's originally scheduled time slot), which was pushed back to 2pm...all for good reasons. However, wasn't able to make it for the 2pm due to work...I need to win the lottery!!!

RonMay I used, the Express mailbox. That way you can get a signature of receipt for proof in case you need it. The PO boxes won't do that.

NickD Love your comment...and I'll leave it at that... :rofl:

Ant+D+BabyA Over all the experience was very positive, both at the interview and the oath ceremony (which occured the next day). Please let me know if this reply doesn't answer your questions.

Here's the posting from last week:

Great news! My wife is a US Citizen...and Mr. S. was able to change my wife's first name after all (I'll try to get more details from her and post them as to why and how). The bad thing is that instead of being sworn in at 10am (which I was headed out the door from work and my now "American" bride was leaving the house to attend), her oath ceremony was pushed to 2pm today. Mr. S. had been trying to reach me since around 7:30am to tell me to wait until 12pm to be at the USCIS office. I didn't get his message until 9:15am when I was getting in my truck to meet my wife at the USCIS office. So, I called my wife to tell her and noticed a text message from her saying "My cell phone is almost out of power"... and she has no charger in her car...Well, Mr. S. needed an extra hour to officially change her name and get a sworn (written) statment from her. Because it was pushed to 2pm, my wife had to wait for four hours at a cafe next to the USCIS building...poor thing! And because I had a briefing to conduct at 3pm for work, I was not able to attend. I will say that as much as I dislike my job, the leadership made great exceptions for me this morning but, unfortunately couldn't get me out of my responsibility this afternoon as I was the only one who knew the material.

My wife said that the important thing was being with her yesterday for the interview. Which I see her point: Without supporting her yesterday, today might not have happened. However, the patriot in me sooooooooo wanted to see the exact moment she became an American. The important thing is that she is officially a US Citizen....She said she even teared up toward the end...

My wife is now at work, paying taxes like a good American and I won't be able to upload the photo(s) of her after the ceremony until tomorrow afternoon. I've only been able to speak to her for about 2 minutes since the ceremony which lasted about 30 minutes...

I ramble tooooo much!!!

I-129F

03-01-06 Sent

03-03-06 NOA1

04-14-06 NOA2

04-18-06 NVC Received

04-20-06 NVC Left

04-25-06 Consulate Received

06-02-06 Interview Date

06-09-06 Visa Received

06-30-06 US Entry JFK

07-04-06 Married

We got married in Ukraine (Religious service on 27 June 2006 so her family/friends could attend, then a civil service on July 4….How patriotic!!!!!)

I-485

08-31-06 Date Filed :

09-07-06 NOA Date :

09-19-06 Transfered to CSC on

09-22-06 Recieved at CSC on

09-26-06 Bio Appt

11-01-06 E-mail stating RFE being sent

11-04-06 Received RFE via snail-mail

11-13-06 Sent RFE to CSC

11-16-06 CSC Received RFE (9)

11-27-06 E-mail stating AOS was approved on 11-24-06

11-29-06 Production Ordered

11-29-06 to Present - Never Recieved the darn card

I-751

10-01-08 Filed to VSC

10-03-08 NOA1

07-15-09 10 year "Green Card" arrived (actually got the card this time)

N-400

11-27-09 Filed to Lewisville, TX lockbox

12-04-09 Rejected because I'm an idiot and overlooked a signature block

12-05-09 Resubmitted with wife's signature

12-14-09 Accepted

01-14-10 Bio appt

02-04-10 NOA Interview appt scheduled for 03-09-10

03-09-10 Approved

03-10-10 Oath Ceremony....Hurray!!!

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