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sleepless in OR   2

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Greetings all:

Just wanted to share our AOS interview experience today in Portland, OR. After about 30 minutes, we were approved by an officer who was friendly, pleasant and also very thorough. She looked through the file carefully, asked for evidence of co-habitation - we had copies of utility bills, insurance cards, city parks & rec card with photo of us both on the same card, not too much really. She also asked for my 2006 W-2 and was very happy I had brought a copy of my 2006 tax return, which I filed back in Jan (filed married joint, BTW, and had no problems, already got the return). She never asked to see my original birth certificate, which I had brought along. She was not interested in seeing wedding pictures or any others, even though we had plenty. She asked who had been at the wedding, what we did after the wedding (helicopter tour over Vegas), what my children thought about the whole thing, if he had ever had any children.

After all was in order, she said the AOS was approved, and she stamped his passport with the I-551, which she wrote in is valid for 60 days, authorizing travel and work during the period. We didn't ask for the stamp, she just did it, saying it would probably be about 2 weeks for the green card to arrive. So we blew $170 on the AP application, which we haven't heard boo about yet. Oh well. We're just thrilled it's done for a while.

WOW! What the heck am I going to do to break the habit of checking the USCIS website 40 times a day????

Best wishes to all of you who have been waiting a long time, and for those of you just starting the AOS process. It's almost like having a second job, but it's worth it in the end.

2/28/06 - K-1 app sent to NSC

3/06/06 - NOA 1

3/31/06 - NOA 2

4/12/06 - NVC sent approved petition to Paris embassy

4/24/06 - fiance received instruction pkt (pkt 3)

5/05/06 - pkt 3 checklist returned to embassy

6/16/06 - CRIS-USCIS email "petition received"

6/21/06 - 1-797s (2) received, petition "received", "reopened" by CSC

6/26/06 - email, RFE sent

7/05/06 - RFE received and sent back to CSC

7/06/06 - RFE received, signed for by receptionist at CSC

7/11/06 - email RFE received by CSC

7/12/06 - touched (same message as day before about RFE receipt

WAITING WAITING WAITING

8/15/06 - NVC receives reaffirmed petition (no written confirmation yet)

8/22/06 - NVC sends reapproved petition back to Paris CHOUETTE!!!!

9/21/06 - Pkt. 4 received

10/4/06 - INTERVIEW scheduled\

11-14-06 - VISA RECEIVED!!!!![/b]

12/08/06 - Arrives - POE PDX

12/14/06 - Married in Vegas, Baby!!!

AOS

01/03/07- I-485 sent to Chicago

01/09/07 - NOA from MSC

01/30/07 - Biometrics taken

02/01/07 - touched

04/10/07 - Interview scheduled/AOS approved - I-551 stamp in passport

04/18/07 - Permanent Resident Card received!!!!!

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raymaga   25

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Congrats on the approval.... enjoy your rest from immigration business for a while!!!

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

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Congrats! :dance:

~ maria :luv: eric

~ AOS Journey ~

03/08/2007: AOS/EAD sent

03/16/2007: NOA AOS/EAD

03/21/2007: Touched

04/05/2007: Biometrics

04/09/2007: Touched

04/11/2007: Case transferred to CSC

05/16/2007: Case pending at CSC

05/17/2007: AOS Touched

05/24/2007: EAD Touched

05/29/2007: EAD Approved (82 days)

06/19/2007: AOS Approved (93 days)

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Congratulations :dance:

Send the application on 3/13/2010

Arrived on 3/15/2010

Cash Withdrawal 3/15/2010

USCIS Received the App undate on the UCIS portal 3/15/2010

NOA (I-797C) received 3/29/2010

Bio Metrics apprionmetn letter received 4/6/2010

Bio Metrics done 4/26/2010

Interview letter received 5/6/2010

Interview appt 6/10/2010

Oath ceremony appoinment letterreceived 7/13/2010

Oath 8/10/2010

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Robert & Van   0

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Congrats on your approval, :thumbs:

K1/K2 Time Line:

2-22-06 I-129F sent to Nebraska Service Center

3-03-06 NOA1 Received In Mail

5-27-06 NOA2 Received In Mail

6-08-06 NVC Received

6-12-06 NVC Sent File To HCMC

8-01-06 Van Received Packet 3

8-02-06 Van turned Back Packet 3 at Consulate.

9-29-06 Van Received Packet 4 in the Mail.

10-23-06 Interview - Passed

12-01-06 POE - San Fransisco, 10 Min Thur Immigration for Van and Thu

AOS Time Line:

2-06-07 K-1-K2 AOS Mailed I-131,I-765 And I-485

2-20-07 NOA K-1-K2 AOS I-131,I-765 And I-485

2-26-07 Received Biometrics appointment notice's

3-06-07 Biometrics appointment's scheduled and completed

3-30-07 Received AOS Letters For Interviews

5-22-07 AOS Interviews-Passed

6-01-07 Van Receives 2 Year Green Card K1

7-07-07 Thu Receives 2 Year Green Card K2

Removing Conditions Time line:

3-30-09 I-751 Sent to Calif Service Center

4-07-09 Check Cleared

4-10-09 NOA in Mail-Reciept Date 4-01-09

4-17-09 Biometrics appointment Notice For Van And Thu

5-01-09 Biometrics completed

6-09-09 Approved - Green Cards in Production.

7-17-09 Received 10 year Green Cards For Van & thu

N400 US Citizenship

12-13-10 Sent package

12-20-10 NOA - Reciept

12-22-10 Check Cleared

12-29-10 Biometrics appointment Notice

1-21-11 Biometrics appointment

4-20-11 Interview - PASSED

5-19-11 Oath

6-20-11 Recived U.S. Passport

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Grats! :)

Thanks for posting your experience at the portland office. Makes us less nervous since we're going to have an interview at the same office! I hope I'm that lucky and get a nice interviewer next mth for my interview too.

Jasmine and Patrick's Timeline

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Early 2000- Met online on a MUD.

Early 2004- Friendship --> Love

August 2004- Patrick moved from Maine to Oregon to be with me.

August 2006- 2 year anniversary

Nov 13 2006- Proposed!!

Nov 21 2006- Civil ceremony~

Dec 6 2006- Name change at Social security + Medical

Feb 21 2007- FINALLY sent off I-130, AOS(I-485), I-131, I-765!!

March 2 2007 Cheque cashed

March 7 2007 received NOA for all I-130, AOS, I-131, and I-765

March 11 2007 Touched!! (all 4 cases!)

March 12 2007 received notification (snailmail) for biometrics appointment

March 13 2007 I-130, I-765, I-131 Touched! AOS no touch. :(

March 22 2007 Biometrics Appointment!

March 23 2007 I-485, I-765 Touched!

March 29 2007 Received letter for interview appointment! YAY!

May 4 2007 I-485 touched!

May 10 2007 I-485, I-130 Touched!

May 16 2007 Email notice I-131 Approved!

May 17 2007 I-131 , I-765 Touched!

May 21 2007 I-131 , I-765 Touched!

May 21 2007 Email notice I-765 Approved!! YAY!!!

May 22 2007 I-131 , I-765 Touched!

May 24 2007 AOS interview

May 24 2007 AOS Approved at interview- passport stamped!! YAY!!

June 7 2007 Green Card received!!

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congrats to you both...all the best..and ENJOY!!! (F)

2007 AOS FOR me....Debbie

son...Lance(20)

son...Jason(18)..we lost jay in a head on car crash...oct 4th, 2008

Interview for all 3...03/26

All 3 approved...03/26 ..YEAAAAAAA

all i-485's touched..03/28

rec'd email all ead cards in production..03/29

rec'd email..notice mailed welcoming new perm resident for all 3....03/30

all i485's touched..03831

all ead's touched..03/31

we rec'd all 3 EAD cards...yeha..04/02

rec'd email that all 3 green cards have been ordered..04/04..yeepiekiyaaa!!!

rec'd boys welcome letters...04/05

20 yr olds GREEN CARD COMES!!!!!...he is safe....04/09

rec;d mine and 18yr olds green cards..04/10

good to go until dec of 2008!!!!!!

my son lance joined the vermont national guard..04/25/07

he is leaving for oklahoma for basic training...09/19/07

graduated basic, left for texas to study to become a medic.......12/03/07

he is now a certified medic!!!!......

lifting conditions...dec 26th, 2008 for debbie and son Lance

sent pkg on........ dec 26th, 2008

rec'd sons green card extension.......jan 6th, 2009

check was cashed.............jan 6th, 2008

rec'd son's NOA.........jan 22nd, 2009

rec'd mine and my son's fingerprinting apt...jan 22nd, 2009

fingerprint apts............Febuary 3rd, 2009

touched...both of us...............Feb 4th, 2009

rec'd my extension letter...02/14/2009

re'd our approval letters.....05/15/2009

received our 10 yr cards...06/19/2009

Lance is now deployed to Afghanistan

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mozplay   28

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Congrats to you both!

Mo

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Full timeline can be seen in my profile

PAST - From K-1 to Citizenship (a love story)
K-1: Aug 12, 2006 to Jan 17, 2007 - mailed I-129F
AOS: Feb 26, 2007 - Jul 26, 2007
REMOVING CONDITIONS: May 4, 2009 - Oct 3, 2009
CITIZENSHIP: Nov 27, 2012 - May 9, 2013
Note: I immigrated from Canada, not T&T - the timeline is reflective of this.

PRESENT - IR-5 Story (reuniting a family)
I-130 for Parents - 2013
Aug ?? - mailed I-130 packages for both mother and father
Sept 10 - NOA1 date
Sept 16 - NOA1s received

2014

Feb 25 - got emails saying that the cases had been transferred to another office for processing

Feb 26 - got emails saying that the cases have been transferred to my local office for processing

Feb 28 - got emails saying that the cases have been transferred and are being processed

Mar 17 - got email, attached to one case number only, saying that my A number was changed relating to the I-130 filing

Mar 18 - got emails saying that the petitions are approved smile.png




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Congratulations Sleepless,

Your journey is finally over (well until lifting conditions). Be sure to come back to VJ from time to time and check on us who are still waiting. Both you and American Woman are finished. Je suis tres heurese pour toi et ton mari. A tout a l'heure.

Sherry & Angelo

K-1 Journey

3/09/06 K-1 petition sent to Vermont

3/22/06 NOA1 received

4/17/06 NOA2 Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/21/06 NVC received/ Sent to Paris

5/06 returned to NVC, je ne sais pas pour quoi

7/6/06 IMBRA RFE

7/11/06 RFE received at VSC

8/18/06 NOA 2 Reapproved!!!!!!

9/12/06 Packet 3 arrived

9/22/06 Packet 3 sent

10/28/06 Packet 4

11/29/06 Interview/ APPROVED!!!!!

12/05/06 US arrival JFK POE

AOS/EAD Journey

12/19/06 SSN applied for

1/20/07 SSN card received in mail

1/23/07 Civil Ceremony

4/3/07 I-485 and I-765 sent

4/11/07 NOA1 received

6/15/2007 EAD production of card

6/24/2007 EAD received

6/27/2007 AOS approved!!!!

7/2/2007 Green Card Received!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/14/07 Baby Arrives 7:44pm

11/03/07 "It's a Family Affair" wedding

I-751

4/28/09 mailed to Vermont

5/11/09 receipt letter, I-751 received by VSC

6/12/09 biometrics Baltimore

8/4/09 approval letter

8/11/09 email, card will be sent within 30 days

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Great news!! Your journey has been less than smooth so it is nice that she gave you a stamp to ease your mind. I see that you say that you didn't have alot of evidence and that seemed to be no problem. So, hope that is the case for us too. I'm going to save this to look at before our interview there on the 24th. . . how was parking, etc? If you wouldn't mind copying and pasting your experience for future vj peeps http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php because it seems that it hasn't been current for a little while. And I know there are lots of Oregonians on the way for their interview in the next month.

Congrats :dance::thumbs::dance: , and thanks for the review!

K1 Journey:

April 13/06 NOA1 from NSC

June 1/06 - Moved to CSC

August 12/06 APPROVED - NOA2!!

August 28/06 Left NVC. . . Vancouver Bound!

September 27/06 Interview APPROVED, with visa in hand

October 29/06 Moving Date

December 30/06 Married!!

AOS Journey:

January 16/07 Sent out AOS, EAD, and AP docs

January 23/07 NOA1's for AOS, EAD and AP

February 13/07 Biometrics in Portland, OR

April 7/07 EAD and AP Received

April 24/07 Interview Scheduled . . . and APPROVED, stamp and all!

May 7/07 Greencard is in my hands!

ROC Journey:

February 17/09 Sent I-751 to CSC

February 18/09 NOA1

March 14/09 Biometrics appt.

April 22/09 Date of Approval!!

June 25/09 Greencard arrives in the mail!

*Everything I post is just my .02 cents, seek a lawyer for anything beyond that.*

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sleepless in OR   2

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Congratulations Sleepless,

Your journey is finally over (well until lifting conditions). Be sure to come back to VJ from time to time and check on us who are still waiting. Both you and American Woman are finished. Je suis tres heurese pour toi et ton mari. A tout a l'heure.

Sherry & Angelo

Merci beaucoup pour votre gentillesse. J'espere que il n'y a pas trop longue pour vous maintenant. Et felicitations pour le bebe!!!

Seems such a long time ago now that we were all caught up in the IMBRA nightmare, but the nightmare has passed and everything has worked out in the end. I think I would have lost my mind if it weren't for VJ, especially when our petitions were recalled due to IMBRA and I didn't have a clue as to what was going on. Thanks to you, Amwo, William, Kitkat, and many others going through the same thing, I was able to hold on to a shred of sanity and not give up.

Gros bisous a toi et ton mari!

2/28/06 - K-1 app sent to NSC

3/06/06 - NOA 1

3/31/06 - NOA 2

4/12/06 - NVC sent approved petition to Paris embassy

4/24/06 - fiance received instruction pkt (pkt 3)

5/05/06 - pkt 3 checklist returned to embassy

6/16/06 - CRIS-USCIS email "petition received"

6/21/06 - 1-797s (2) received, petition "received", "reopened" by CSC

6/26/06 - email, RFE sent

7/05/06 - RFE received and sent back to CSC

7/06/06 - RFE received, signed for by receptionist at CSC

7/11/06 - email RFE received by CSC

7/12/06 - touched (same message as day before about RFE receipt

WAITING WAITING WAITING

8/15/06 - NVC receives reaffirmed petition (no written confirmation yet)

8/22/06 - NVC sends reapproved petition back to Paris CHOUETTE!!!!

9/21/06 - Pkt. 4 received

10/4/06 - INTERVIEW scheduled\

11-14-06 - VISA RECEIVED!!!!![/b]

12/08/06 - Arrives - POE PDX

12/14/06 - Married in Vegas, Baby!!!

AOS

01/03/07- I-485 sent to Chicago

01/09/07 - NOA from MSC

01/30/07 - Biometrics taken

02/01/07 - touched

04/10/07 - Interview scheduled/AOS approved - I-551 stamp in passport

04/18/07 - Permanent Resident Card received!!!!!

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Now you can relax for a while...congrats!!!

ONE DAY AT A TIME....

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

12/30/2008: Overnighted I-751 package to VSC

01/06/2009: Check cashed

01/06/2009: NOA (arrived 01/09/09)

01/23/2009: Biometrics appt letter received

01/31/2009: Biometrics scheduled

05/20/2009: APPROVED

06/23/2009: 10 Year Green Card arrived

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