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What is your singular biggest achievement since moving to America? I have been here well over 4 years and I still pinch myself to make sure it is real :)

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Achievement in what sense?  A good job, becoming acclimated, developing a circle of friends?  Did you have a focus in mind with your question?

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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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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QueenComley   295

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Anything that gives you a great sense of achievement. Mine sounds a little daft, but when I lived in England I had been driving for about 2 years when a 20 ton truck rammed into me and crushed my car.... I walked away without a scratch. But I never drove again. I was terrified. My biggest achievement since moving to America was getting behind the wheel again, in a different country, on the opposite side of the road, and passing my driving test :-)

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Hard to say: for my husband he'd been coming and going for so long he knew how things worked in America years ago. Every small achievement (like obtaining a license) was no biggie to him, since he was already experienced driving here. He says his best achievement was marrying me, but besides that I'd say landing a really good job after all the time waiting. I'm always so proud of him, so any accomplishment is wonderful to me. :)

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Filed I-129F: 10/4/14 - Packet received: 10/7/14
NOA 1 email + ARN assigned: 10/10/14 (hard copy 10/17/14)
Touched on website (fixed?): 12/9/14 - Poked USCIS: 4/1/15
NOA 2 email: 5/4/15 (hard copy 5/11/15)
Sent to NVC: 5/8/15 - NVC received + #'s assigned: 5/15/15 (estimated)
NVC sent: 5/19/15 - London received/ready: 5/26/15
Packet 3: 5/28/15 - Medical: 6/16/15
Poked London 7/1/15 - Packet 4: 7/2/15
Interview: 7/30/15 - Approved!
AP + Issued 8/3/15 - Visa in hand (depot): 8/6/15
POE: 8/27/15
Wedding: 9/30/15

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Packet received: 11/9/15

NOA 1 txt/email: 11/15/15 - NOA 1 hardcopy: 11/19/15

Bio: 12/9/15

EAD + AP approved: 1/25/16 - EAD received: 2/1/16

RFE for USCIS inability to read vax instructions: 5/21/16 (no e-notification & not sent from local office!)

RFE response sent: 6/7/16 - RFE response received 6/9/16

AOS approved/card in production: 6/13/16  

NOA 2 hardcopy + card sent 6/17/16

Green Card received: 6/18/16

USCIS 120 day reminder notice: 2/22/18

Filed I-751: 5/2/18 - Packet received: 5/4/18

NOA 1:  5/29/18 (12 mo ext) 8/13/18 (18 mo ext)  - Bio: 6/27/18

Transferred: Potomac Service Center 3/26/19

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On 26/03/2017 at 10:06 AM, yuna628 said:

Hard to say: for my husband he'd been coming and going for so long he knew how things worked in America years ago. Every small achievement (like obtaining a license) was no biggie to him, since he was already experienced driving here. He says his best achievement was marrying me, but besides that I'd say landing a really good job after all the time waiting. I'm always so proud of him, so any accomplishment is wonderful to me. :)

 

Congrats on that!! I just moved here and I've always got some sort of phobia of driving - I'm trying hard to get my drivers license (and actually drive on my own). 

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03/20/17....Applied SSN 

03/25/17.... SSN card received

04/01/17....AOS mailed  

04/10/17....NOA 1

04/19/17....RFE 

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I asked Mrs. T-B., finally.

I thought that she was going to answer, "Not having to work."

Or, "Being able to call my husband in a panic when my car is about to run out of gas."

She acknowledged those truths, but said, "Being able to go to school here."

I never would have guessed that.

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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Even when Im having incredibly hard days (especially at work blah) I try to just close my eyes, breath and remember Im in America LOL. I actually just asked my husband what he felt my biggest achievements were since I moved to America. His responses were rather typical:

1. Marrying him

2. Finding a good nail bar to get my nails done (???? WHAT!!!???)

 

 

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On 4/1/2017 at 1:28 PM, k1-2016 said:

 

Congrats on that!! I just moved here and I've always got some sort of phobia of driving - I'm trying hard to get my drivers license (and actually drive on my own). 

k1-2016 and @QueenComley: I empathize with the driving phobia! I've lived in the UK and the east coast of the USA for most of my life, so I had access to public transportation. + some horrific accidents suffered by friends and family and = driving phobia. After moving to TX last August, I realized that I'd *have* to learn how to drive. I got my learner's permit in January and finished driving lessons last month. I can drive (somewhat poorly) in residential streets and can park reasonably smoothly. So I'm proud of the progress, even though I have a long way to go.

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17 hours ago, Allie D said:

k1-2016 and @QueenComley: I empathize with the driving phobia! I've lived in the UK and the east coast of the USA for most of my life, so I had access to public transportation. + some horrific accidents suffered by friends and family and = driving phobia. After moving to TX last August, I realized that I'd *have* to learn how to drive. I got my learner's permit in January and finished driving lessons last month. I can drive (somewhat poorly) in residential streets and can park reasonably smoothly. So I'm proud of the progress, even though I have a long way to go.

You will do it! I refuse to drive on interstates so always take the longest route everywhere LOL. I love driving but only on roads I know and am very familiar with

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