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silvana.toma   15

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It seems like yesterday i had a million questions for you guys, and you were all so nice and patient with me. The time has come for us to have our interview, and i want to thank all of you for the great help you have given me. I will let you know tomorrow step by step how it went.

I have a quick question. Is is standard to recieve a 2 year green card at your first application? I heard some peoplle get it for 10 years, and i would asume that happenes after your 2 year green card expires...

Tx again!!!

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If you have been married for less than 2 years, you'll get a conditional green card that is valid for 2 years, and then file for ROC (removal of conditions) to get the 10 year card. If you already had been married for more than 2 years when you filed the AOS, you'll be issued the 10-year card automatically.

Good luck for the interview!

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Adjustment of Status from F-1 to Legal Permanent Resident

02/11/2011 Married at Manhattan City Hall

03/03/2011 - Day 0 - AOS -package mailed to Chicago Lockbox

03/04/2011 - Day 1 - AOS -package signed for at USCIS

03/09/2011 - Day 6 - E-mail notification received for all petitions

03/10/2011 - Day 7 - Checks cashed

03/11/2011 - Day 8 - NOA 1 received for all 4 forms

03/21/2011 - Day 18 - Biometrics letter received, biometrics scheduled for 04/14/2011

03/31/2011 - Day 28 - Successful walk-in biometrics done

05/12/2011 - Day 70 - EAD Arrived, issued on 05/02

06/14/2011 - Day 103 - E-mail notice: Interview letter mailed, interview scheduled for July 20th

07/20/2011 - Day 139 - Interview at Federal Plaza USCIS location

07/22/2011 - Day 141 - E-mail approval notice received (Card production)

07/27/2011 - Day 146 - 2nd Card Production Email received

07/28/2011 - Day 147 - Post-Decision Activity Email from USCIS

08/04/2011 - Day 154 - Husband returns home from abroad; Welcome Letter and GC have arrived in the mail

("Resident since" date on the GC is 07/20/2011

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silvana.toma   15

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If you have been married for less than 2 years, you'll get a conditional green card that is valid for 2 years, and then file for ROC (removal of conditions) to get the 10 year card. If you already had been married for more than 2 years when you filed the AOS, you'll be issued the 10-year card automatically.

Good luck for the interview!

Tx, we have been married for less than a year, so hopefully if everything goes right i should get a 2 year green card.

tx for the info, and for the wishes.

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Tx, we have been married for less than a year, so hopefully if everything goes right i should get a 2 year green card.

tx for the info, and for the wishes.

Goodluck to you...

Just pray..:)

north carolina

march 9, 2011 - sent aos package to chicago lockbox

march 10, 2011-received by chicago lockbox

march 14, 2011- noa 1 date( I-765, I-131, I-485, I-130)

march 18, 2011- noa for biometrics appointment for april 8, 2011

april 8, 2011- biometric appointment

april 21, 2011- received interview letter. date may 23.

april 27, 2011- online status- card/document production :) :) :)

may 5, 2011- received employment authorization card! :)

may6, 2011- applied for ssn

may 12, 2011- ss card received in mail

may 23, 2011- interview -APPROVED! / card production

may 31, 2011- greencard received

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Good luck, Silvana!!!!Everything will go smoothly as you guys have a valid marriage, you'll see. I can't wait to read the good news tomorrow! :thumbs::star:

My N-400 Journey

06-02-2017 - N-400 package mailed to Dallas Lockbox

06-06-2017 - Credit card charged; received text and email confirming that application was received and NOA is on its way

06-10-2017 - Received NOA letter from NBC dated 06-05-2017

06-16-2017 - Received Biometrics Appointment Letter for 06-28-2017

01-19-2018 - Interview Letter sent

02-27-18 - Interview and Oath Ceremony. Finally US CITIZEN! 

My ROC Journey

03-08-2012 - I-751 package mailed to VSC

03-10-2012 - I-751 package delivered

03-14-2012 - Check cashed

03-15-2012 - NOA received, dated 03-12-2012

04-27-2012 - Biometrics appointment

11-23-2012 - ROC approved

11-28-2012 - Approval letter received

12-06-2012 - 10 years Green Card received

My AOS Journey

04-17-09 I-130&I-485&I-765 received by USCIS

04-19-10 AOS Approved

04-29-10 Green Card received

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Good luck tomorrow!!!

Our Love Story's 1st page: June 15, 2008

K 1: 98 days!
May 11 - August 17, 2010 APPROVED!!!
POE: September 14, 2010 Chicago, IL
Wedding Day: September 22, 2010

AOS from K1: 96 days!
November 19, 2010 - February 24, 2011 APPROVED!!!
November 19, 2010: AOS, EAD & AP applications mailed
December 20, 2010: Biometrics (day 31)
January 18, 2011: case transfered to CSC (day 60)
February 10, 2011: EAD & AP approved! (day 83)
February 24, 2011: GC production ordered! (day 96)

Removing conditions: 5 months and 30 days!
December 6, 2012: package mailed
December 10, 2012: NOA 1 (day 4)

June, 5, 2013: APPROVED!!!

June, 10 2013: 10 yr GC received


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ahh! :) Good luck today! I know everything will go great for you guys!!

AOS from my Husband's B2 Visa

Met on Twitter! smile.png
3-22-10 Met for the first time in person in the US
5-13-10 Visited him in Mexico
7-16-10 Visited him in Mexico
7-20-10 He came to the US to visit me POE: Houston TX
9-15-10 My birthday, got engaged! biggrin.png
10-29-10 Married! Happiest day of my life!
12-20-10 Sent AOS package, I485, I130, I765
12-27-10 NOA 1, Package received at the Chicago Lockbox
1-7-11 Biometrics Appointment Notification Received, Appt Feb 4th, 2011
2-4-11 5 Minute stress free, smooth, biometrics appointment in Charlotte NC
2-14-11 HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! NOA 2 biggrin.pngbiggrin.pngbiggrin.png Interview scheduled for 3-22-11 in Charleston SC
2-16-11 TOUCH! EAD production ordered!!
2-22-11 Touch I765
2-23-11 Touch I765 (Post Decision activity?)
3-22-11 AOS Interview, 10:30AM, Charleston SC
Greencard Approved!!!!





02-20-13 I-751, ROC packet mailed via Fedex Express-2 Day
2-22-13 Package Received and Check cashed!
2-27-13 NOA 1 Received! Dated 2-22-13
3-07-13 Received Biometrics letter scheduled for 03-19-13

07-10-13 ROC Approved! Card production ordered

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silvana.toma   15

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My dear friends,

SOOOO.....I'm oficially a green card holder!!!! :dance::dance::dance:

It's been a long and exciting journey to green card land, and I really want to thank all of you for helping me make it happen, without you i would have spent a lot of unnecesarry money, or I would have got it all wrong. So i will never be able to thank you enough!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so exhausted, but i can not go to bed before telling you guys how it went, so, if my english is not very good ,please bare with me...it's been a long day.

SO..here is the story:

Our interview was at 9am this morning, in Norfolk,Va, so we woke up at 5am to make sure we will be there early. Left the house at 6:30(even if it was only a 1:30min drive), and 20 min into the drive we stoped at mcdonalds for a coffe. AS we were paying i remembered i forgot my wallet home which had my EAD, social security, health care card, etc...so we had to turn around :bonk: I said to myself :great.. we started this just great! Went back, got my wallet, and as we got closer to Norfolk my smile was back on my face as we were making really good time then..we stoped...only to notice huge traffic ahead... :crying:

Finally, against all odds ..we got there 15 min before our time, so we took a seat and waited to be called. At 9:25 we were called by this IO officer who at first looked very serious, and did not give us the impresion it will be a walk in the park.

SO..first she asked for the ID's ..i gave her my social security, passports, EAD card, and my hubby's driver's licence.

Then she asked my hubby for last year tax return, pay stubs, then the fact my hubby's in the national guard came up, and i think she was in the navy so they started talking about that for a while...right after that she changed her attitude and became very friendly...

Then she asked if we have any pictures...good thing we had an entire album -200 pictures from all over the world...so she looked at those for about 10 min..she looked at ALL of them ...she seemed to enjoy them too..so we started talking about the cruise ship..and she aked us all sorts of questions about living on cruise ships etc...

Questions for me:

What;s my hubby's name, date of birth, place where he was born

Questions for my hubby

same except that my hubby did not know what year i was born :bonk:

Then she went over the questions with no no no no answers and the funny thing about that was that she asked me if i am planning to kill someone(or something similar) and she started laughing saying maybe i will after this interview, my husband for not knowing the year i was born :lol:

Then ..she asked me if we have any evidence of bona fide, so we gave her joint bank account statement,lease with both of our names on it,life insurance on my name, and joint health care insurance.

Even though i knew from the very beginning there is no reason to worry, i did not expected the golden words to come out of her mouth but they did, and i quote:" you will recieve a 2 year green card and in 2 years from know you have to apply for something something form for ROC(removal of condition)...and sha gave us all the papers back and wished us all the best.

we left the building doing this :dance::dance::dance:

Then we went to the beach, walked on the board walk for a bit, after that we had lunch at a great sea food restaurant, and celebrated with a very cold beer, and very good sea food....yummy ...

Funny thing is that today i was supose to go to my first job interview, for a receptionist job, but i could not make it so i called them to pospond. However i got to the school i want to go to, and the lady told me the Rn program had 10 students fighting for one spot...but then she looked at me and she said i can do it, if i can speak 4 languages i can do this as well, and there was something in the way she said that...that made me think...if a stranger believes in me ...why should't i?

OMG..ok i have to stop...i am writting a novel here...

Ania, and everyone else who are waiting to do this...all the luck in the world to you, but you will be fine,you'll see!

Again i just want to thank you guys for the time and patience, this is an amazing website, with amazing people, and i am so lucky to have found you guys!!!

Going to bed now, have a good night guys where ever you are...

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WOW! Congrats! I am sooooo happy for you.

...uh oh ...didn't see your post till today ...so couldn't cross my fingers for you guys...but at least I can say

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!! Wooohooo - am glad everything went smoothly for you two.

Oh boy traffic huh!? I tell you, when we were on the way to the interview it took us like 20 minutes to get there, find parking and all, but to me sitting on the passenger seat (was too shaky to drive, my wife got stronger nerves ;) ) seemed like a road trip that and the time ticking twice as fast as soon as we hit some traffic here and there....

Again, Congrats!!!

Maxximus

10/13/2010 - Mailed in The Package (AOS, I-765, I-130)

10/17/2010 - USPS confirms delivery to USCIS

10/25/2010 - Check cashed

10/26/2010 - All applications been worked on aka touched

10/28/2010 - NOA1 Receipts for applications received

11/24/2010 - Received appointment for biometrics in the mail for 12/17 *yay*

12/17/2010 - 9.25 a.m. - 9.45 a.m. Biometrics done !!

12/23/2010 - EAD Approved and Card on its way - Email notification received *yay*

01/03/2011 - WOOOHOOO ...EAD Card in Hand!

01/04/2011 - Oh boy....Received Interview Letter today - February 3rd is the day! :)

02/03/2011 - Interview scheduled 12:45 p.m. - out of there before 1:30 p.m. - further review

Coming home, checking for touches at 5:30 p.m. - CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED !!!!

Thank you All on Visajourney for your inputs, experiences and thoughts!!!

02/09/2011 - Yup another e-mail saying that my card production was ordered.

02/10/2011 - E-mail notification "Approval letter was sent today"

02/14/2011 - Welcome Letter / Approval NOA and Card (separate envelope) received!!! :D

Late November 2012 (have to look up my receipts ;) - mailed in ROC I-751

12/12/2012 - NOA 1, status extension received

12/18/2012 - Biometrics appointment letter received

01/08/2013 - Biometrics done

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