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How did you welcome your fiance home?

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JelloShotGirl   0

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My hubby came from manila to nyc on a flight that took an ungodly amount of hours. I showed up with balloons that said I love you, etc etc. It was an intimate thing, just me and him; cuz we were just hugging and crying .I knew that he would be exhausted and he had his luggage .........so I didnt want to bring a lot of stuff. PS he slept for two days after that .....................its prob better to have a welcoming party a week after he gets here in my opinion.

mailed out aos and ead 7/13/2007

aol and ead packet received per usps 7/16/2007

checks cashed 07/26/07

noa 1 FOR EAD RECEIVED 07/27/07

noa 1 for aos received 07/28/07

biometrics 08/15/07

ead card ordered 09/20/07!!!!

ead card received 10/01/07! finally!

aos case transferred to California Service Center 10/03/07!

received "Welcome to the United States of America I-797 11/05/07!(dated 10/30/07)!

Permanent Resident card received 11/05/07 (dated 10/31/07)! THank u LorD!

Will file for 10 year GC End of July/Early August 2009!

Removal of Conditions:

Mailed I-751 overnight mail to Vermont Service Center 09/10/09

VSC received the I-751 Packet 09/11/09 About 12 pm Local time

Check was cashed as of Sept 16th 2009

NOA Received 09/19/09 dated 09/14/09

I-797 Appointment Notice received 10/01/09 dated 09/25/09 (Biometrics)

Got they 10 year GC approval letter in the mail dated 01/08/10! yehey!

10 GREENCARD RECEIVED 01/20/10

Citizenship.......maybe............or maybe stay a permanent resident .......................

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Amit-N-Melody   11

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these are some good ideas.. I am also wondering what I am going to do... I remember when i flew to India I was soooo tired... And I am thinking he will also be... I am going to book a honeymoon suite for a few days before I bring him home... is it selfish of me to want alone time before we start the bump and grind of everyday life? Also since my family and friends have never met him and was not able to attend the wedding I am thinking about have a welcoming/wedding reception, but not as soon as he gets here... maybe within the month... I think I am just looking for an excuse to through a party :D yes I am using "think" alot... because I keep changing my mind.... I want it too be perfect

~ NVC Journey~

22 days at NVC

03/18/2010: Case Complete!

03/25/2010: Called NVC .. INTERVIEW May 27 @ 7:45!! Woot Woot

05/27/2010: Approved at the interview, but put on AP afterwards :(

06/27/2010: Really missing my Hubby :*(

07/29/2010: Visa Issued!! AP is OVER!!

07/31/2010: Visa in hand!!! Thank you GOD!

09/01/2010: POE JFK

2 Amazing Years Later!!!

~Lifting Conditions~

08/09/2012: File I-751 Packet

08/17/2012: NOA I-751 Receipt Notice recieved!

"Distance means nothing for love. Even the sun is so far away; yet, its energy blossoms the flowers on earth."

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After spending so much time apart waiting on the visa to process I just wanted to have him all to myself. He'd never been to the states before and had never met my friends either, so I figured that any sort of party or get-together would be overwhelming and exhausting--especially after the 13 hour flight in from Chile. We just made a nice dinner at home and drank a great bottle of Chilean carmenere that he had brought along with him. Then we made up for some lost time, if you know what I mean... ;)

That was about eight months ago and we're expecting our first child next month :lol:

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of. ~Blaise Pascal

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I still recommend (as a first action) an energetic exchange of wedgies. Simple, heartfelt (buttfelt?), and effective, si man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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party 1 week after he arrives.... get a nice honeymoon suite for the weekend and order food up there and go in the pool to relax... thats it

04/03/2010-Package sent (i765, i485, i130)

04/06/2010-AOS recieved (day 1)

04/13/2010-NOA dated (day 8)

04/17/2010-NOAs recieved (day 12)

04/23/2010-Biometric letter (day 18) appt day 5/11/10

04/26/2010-Biometric walk-in (day 21)

04/26/2010-Touch i-485 & i-765 (day 21)

04/27/2010-Touch i-485 & i-765 (day 22)

04/29/2010-Touch i-130 & i-765 (day 24)

05/11/2010-Actual Biometric appt day (day 36)

05/21/2010-Inverview Letter (day 46)

06/11/2010-1st "Card Production Ordered" e-mail recieved.(day 66)

06/16/2010-2nd "Card Production Ordered" e-mail recieved.(day 71)

06/17/2010-Touch I-765 (day 72)

06/21/2010-3rd "Approval notice sent" e-mail received.(day 76)

06/24/2010-EAD received in the mail

07/08/2010-Interview appointment (day 93) (approved)

07/09/2010-Touch i-130 (day 94)

07/12/2010-Letter of interview approval ("Welcome to USA") recieved on mail(dated 07/08/09)(day 97)

07/13/2010-e-mail recieved for "card production order" on greencard (day 98)

07/14/2010-Touch i-485 (day 99)

07/16/2010-"Approval notice sent" e-mail for Green Card (day 101)

07/19/2010-Green card arrived in the mail (day 104)

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