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Mai and I will be returning to Hanoi on Friday evening, and I'm looking at this HUGE stack of paper taking up space in our lives. I know there are some things we need to keep, but do we really need to save the 20 lbs. of chats, emails, text message records and all that stuff? I was thinking of having a bonfire in front of the apartment building before we leave..............
QUOTE(Melrose Plant @ May 13 2008, 03:21 AM) 
Mai and I will be returning to Hanoi on Friday evening, and I'm looking at this HUGE stack of paper taking up space in our lives. I know there are some things we need to keep, but do we really need to save the 20 lbs. of chats, emails, text message records and all that stuff? I was thinking of having a bonfire in front of the apartment building before we leave..............
E Bay?
James
After our interview, we decided to delete everything that was a duplicate or more. We needed every bit of space for the flight back. Her family was trying to ship everything they thought we'd need for a year in the 4 pieces we could check and the 2 carry ons......So we kept the original I-129f papers, photos, etc, also all the original papers we got back from the interview. The logs of chats (both copies) were left in HCMC so I assume they threw them in the trash. The 2 photo sets for the interview and extra I-129f photos we left with her family for them to divide up since there's 4 brother and 4 sisters.
A bonfire does seem like a nice touch.....
Peter and Thi
I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26
I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26
Touched: 2007-11-02
NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16
Consulate recieved ??????
Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11
Packet 3 received 2007-12-24
Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28
Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14
Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23
Interview Date 2008-2-27
Passed Interview 2008-02-27
Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05
Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)
POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles
Wedding 2008-4-26
After our interview, we decided to delete everything that was a duplicate or more. We needed every bit of space for the flight back. Her family was trying to ship everything they thought we'd need for a year in the 4 pieces we could check and the 2 carry ons......So we kept the original I-129f papers, photos, etc, also all the original papers we got back from the interview. The logs of chats (both copies) were left in HCMC so I assume they threw them in the trash. The 2 photo sets for the interview and extra I-129f photos we left with her family for them to divide up since there's 4 brother and 4 sisters.
A bonfire does seem like a nice touch.....
Peter and Thi
I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26
I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26
Touched: 2007-11-02
NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16
Consulate recieved ??????
Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11
Packet 3 received 2007-12-24
Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28
Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14
Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23
Interview Date 2008-2-27
Passed Interview 2008-02-27
Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05
Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)
POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles
Wedding 2008-4-26
Might as well keep it all until you're done with USCIS for good my friend. Better safe than sorry!
I was told to keep anything that you gave to the USCIS forever. I've actually been told this by an immigration attorney and USCIS.
Duplicates you can probably get rid of but make sure you have one complete package of everything.
Duplicates you can probably get rid of but make sure you have one complete package of everything.
What have people been doing with that freakin' huge chest x-ray? Does it have any remaining official use? Can we roll it up somehow?
We carried it on the plane with us so it wouldn't get damaged in case we needed to for POE or the USIC AOS process. Then I read in the FAQs here that it isn't needed..... You can give it to your doctor, throw it away or whatever you want to do with it according to the FAQs. We still have Thi's as we're not sure what we want to do with it yet.
Peter and Thi
I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26
I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26
Touched: 2007-11-02
NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16
Consulate recieved ??????
Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11
Packet 3 received 2007-12-24
Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28
Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14
Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23
Interview Date 2008-2-27
Passed Interview 2008-02-27
Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05
Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)
POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles
Wedding 2008-4-26
Peter and Thi
I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26
I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26
Touched: 2007-11-02
NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16
Consulate recieved ??????
Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11
Packet 3 received 2007-12-24
Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28
Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14
Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23
Interview Date 2008-2-27
Passed Interview 2008-02-27
Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05
Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)
POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles
Wedding 2008-4-26
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