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Hi everyone! I'm new to these boards and very excited to be reading everyone's stories!

My name is Kelley and I'm from the USA; my sweetheart, Marc, is from Germany and here's our story:

We met online in September 2007 but didn't see each other with "romantic eyes" until February 2009, one year ago as I write. To this day, due to the recession and finances, we haven't met in person, though we have talked on web cam and, of course, use Skype daily! It kind of makes me giggle to think that we've known each other so long and haven't even met in person when there are clearly people right here on these boards who've known each other significantly less time than we have and are already married - more power to 'em! We're just taking it a little more slowly... :)

We have more than a sneaking suspicion that "this is the big one" so we're exploring this forum and checking out how the whole process works. No rush though and, frankly, right now, I'm much more interested in knowing what it's like to hold hands and in daydreaming about our first kiss than I am in doing significant thinking about the steps we'll have to take for immigration! Once we get our first 'face to face' visit under our belts, though, step back and watch us fly because I think from that point forward, it'll be an all systems go!

We don't really have a timeline yet but as soon as we do, I'm going to find one of those cute little tickers and add it to my signature because, darn it, they're cute! And I want one!

Anyway, that's our story in a nutshell - again, we're glad to be here and look forward to getting to know you all!

p.s. My avatar picture is a sketch a friend of ours (from Croatia) drew for us. She blended a photo of mine with a photo of his to make our first "portrait together" and gave it to us for Christmas; I absolutely love it!

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Our Journey

2007-03-07 Met online (Second Life)

2009-02-21 Beginning of courtship

2010-02-21 First anniversary!

2010-05-20 Entry to the USA for first face-to-face visit (yay!)

2010-10-15 Anticipated I-129F filing date

2010-12-10 Anticipated second face-to-face visit (fingers crossed!)

2011-06-04 Anticipated wedding date (flexible)

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Celtic Dryad   0

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Welcome! Have you made plans to meet yet? :)

This is probably awful but we're waiting until we have enough money for airfare before we make ANY plans. That said, it's in the works but we're not quite there yet. Once we are, the quickest flight possible will be booked and I'll be shouting it from the mountain tops - I think, with 2.5 years of friendship and a year of online dating behind us, we're due for some face time, don't you? ^_^

and thank you both very much for the welcome!

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Our Journey

2007-03-07 Met online (Second Life)

2009-02-21 Beginning of courtship

2010-02-21 First anniversary!

2010-05-20 Entry to the USA for first face-to-face visit (yay!)

2010-10-15 Anticipated I-129F filing date

2010-12-10 Anticipated second face-to-face visit (fingers crossed!)

2011-06-04 Anticipated wedding date (flexible)

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trillium13   84

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This is probably awful but we're waiting until we have enough money for airfare before we make ANY plans. That said, it's in the works but we're not quite there yet. Once we are, the quickest flight possible will be booked and I'll be shouting it from the mountain tops - I think, with 2.5 years of friendship and a year of online dating behind us, we're due for some face time, don't you? ^_^

and thank you both very much for the welcome!

I don't think it's awful at all, it makes a lot of sense. There are plenty of disaster stories on here of people who hardly knew each other before they got married and the next thing you know they're asking if they can get divorced and still stay in the US. ;)

I don't think that's going to happen in your case. :D

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Welcome!

Unfortunately money rules the world.... just some tips.. look for tickets in the off season to help save money.. Last time I went to Germany, my fiance at the time (now husband) only paid $350 for my round trip ticket. Unfortunately right now ticket prices aren't at their best prices.

Where in Germany is Marc? My husband Marco lived near Duesseldorf.

Good luck to you!

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Frankfurt, Germany

01-04-2008 - I-129F Sent

01-09-2008 - I-129F NOA1

03-05-2008 - I-129F NOA2

04-08-2008 - Medical Exam

04-17-2008 - Interview!!!

04-22-2008 - VISA IN HAND!

05-02-2008 - U.S. Entrance

06-14-2008 - MARRIAGE!

Phase 2....

06-19-2008 - Sent AOS/EAD/AP

06-26-2008 - AOS/EAD/AP NOA1

07-19-2008 - Biometrics

07-22-2008 - Transferred to CSC!

07-28-2008 - Email from CRIS confirming CSC received case

08-25-2008 - Received AP in the mail (NO STATUS CHANGE OR CRIS EMAIL)

08-29-2008 - Received EAD card in the mail (NO STATUS CHANGE OR CRIS EMAIL)

09-22-2008 - Received Email from CRIS for I-485 "CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED!"

09-27-2008 - Received Green Card in the mail!

Phase 3....

06-29-2010 - Sent I-751 and package to Remove Conditions

07-06-2010 - NOA1

08-24-2010 - Biometrics

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Welcome!

Unfortunately money rules the world.... just some tips.. look for tickets in the off season to help save money.. Last time I went to Germany, my fiance at the time (now husband) only paid $350 for my round trip ticket. Unfortunately right now ticket prices aren't at their best prices.

Where in Germany is Marc? My husband Marco lived near Duesseldorf.

Good luck to you!

Ah cool and thank you for the tip! Marc is in Hamm and will go through Frankfort for everything. You know, we've just read the timeline for the K-1 application and seeing it lined up step by step makes it look actually doable and not nearly as confusing as I thought it would be! Now that we're actually taking steps, we're thinking about a wedding date of 1-1-11 and I'm excited to see that it could actually be possible! If not, no worries, though; maybe we can do 11-11-11 instead :lol:

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Our Journey

2007-03-07 Met online (Second Life)

2009-02-21 Beginning of courtship

2010-02-21 First anniversary!

2010-05-20 Entry to the USA for first face-to-face visit (yay!)

2010-10-15 Anticipated I-129F filing date

2010-12-10 Anticipated second face-to-face visit (fingers crossed!)

2011-06-04 Anticipated wedding date (flexible)

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Oh by the way - yes! we have tentative plans to arrange for his flight! He just informed me tonight that he's almost got all of the money he needed to save and intends to come here hopefully by late March! Oh my gosh!

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Our Journey

2007-03-07 Met online (Second Life)

2009-02-21 Beginning of courtship

2010-02-21 First anniversary!

2010-05-20 Entry to the USA for first face-to-face visit (yay!)

2010-10-15 Anticipated I-129F filing date

2010-12-10 Anticipated second face-to-face visit (fingers crossed!)

2011-06-04 Anticipated wedding date (flexible)

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Oh by the way - yes! we have tentative plans to arrange for his flight! He just informed me tonight that he's almost got all of the money he needed to save and intends to come here hopefully by late March! Oh my gosh!

Welcome to VJ!

I just read your story..... I'm excited for you!!

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Welcome to VJ! I hope you get to meet in person soon :)

K-1
09/09/09 - NOA1 :: 10/20/09 - NOA2 :: 01/11/10 - Interview :: 02/24/10 - POE :: 04/10/10 - Wedding

AOS
05/17/10 - NOA :: 06/08/10 - Transferred to CSC :: 07/02/10 - Biometrics :: 07/16/10 - EAD/AP Approved :: 10/26/10 - AOS Approved

ROC
08/16/12 - NOA :: 09/13/12 - Biometrics :: 04/12/13 - Approved :: 04/19/13 - GC received

Naturalization
08/22/13 - NOA :: 09/20/13 - Biometrics :: 01/30/14 - Interview - Approved :: 02/27/14 - Oath

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besaangel   17

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WELCOME TO THE SITE WHERE WE IMMIGRANTS GET TOGETHER TO HELP AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER...

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01/06/10 - ♥ Got Married ♥

AOS from F-1 visa (2 months 2 1/2 weeks or 82 days)

04/14/10 - Sent AOS Package

04/26/10 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

05/16/10 - Biometrics letter

05/19/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

07/07/10 - Interview Appointment in Philly- July 7 @ 11:05 am APPROVED

07/19/10 - 2 YEAR Green Card received

Removal of Conditions (9 months 1 1/2 weeks or 285 days)

04/08/12 - Eligibility date

04/19/12 - Sent ROC Package

04/26/12 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

05/17/10 - Biometrics letter

05/24/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

01/25/13 - APPROVED- ROC card production ordered

02/05/13 - 10 YEAR Green Card received

Naturalization (5 months 2 days or 155 days)

04/15/13 - Eligibility date

06/07/13 - Sent Package

06/20/13 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

06/27/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

07/05/13 - Interview letter sent/In-line notification

08/14/13 - Interview scheduled in Philly @ 1:30 pm APPROVED

11/07/13 - Oath Ceremony

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