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All these interviews are certainly giving me hope. Mom and Pop's case was completed in late July so I'm overjoyed. It really won't be long now. The only thing that would be better would be to hear that all those April. May and June filers got their interview dates too and are too busy preparing their materials to respond.

CONGRATS GLADY and C&C!!!!!! Give'em Hell in La Belle Province!!!!

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2007-07-27 – Case complete at NVC waiting on the world or at least MTL.

2007-12-19 - INTERVIEW AT MTL, SPLIT DECISION.

2007-12-24-Mom's I-551 arrives, Pop's still in purgatory (AP)

2008-03-11-AP all done, Pop is approved!!!!

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Folks I just called and I also have an interview for November 27th @7:45 i montreAL. Words cannot explain how we feel. I'm hoping for more good news for April, may and june filers.

Congrats Glady!

Sept.09/06 Married!!!

Dec.21/06 Sent I-130

Jan.04/04 Received NOA1

Feb.23/06 Sent I-129F

March06/06 USCIS Website States: "Approval Notice Sent."

March15/07 Approval notice arrives in snail mail

March 18/07 NOA1 for I-129F

April 10/07 DS-3032+ AOS fee arrive

April 17/07 Sent back DS-3032 + AOS fee via overnight delivery

May 05/07 AOS arrives in mail

May 07/07 IV bill arrives in mail

May 08/08 Sent back IV bill

May 21 NVC generates DS-230

June 4/07 Mailed DS-230 via overnight delivery.

June 7/07 DS-230 entered into the system

June 18/07 Case Complete!

July 25/07 Medical

September 4/07 Contacted State Senator Re: MTL backlog

Dec.6/07 INTERVIEW..... APPROVED!!!! (After being kept awake all night in dirty clothes standing outside my hotel because Air Canada lost my luggage and my hotel started on fire. Meh, sleep is highly over-rated anyways.)

Dec.18/07 Moved to the US

Oct. 29/09 Citizenship Oath Ceremony

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

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Updated Glady - interview November 27th - Congrats!

Member..........NOA2.....Case# @NVC..3032/AOS.....I-864......IV Bill......DS230......Done @NVC...Interview...DTI

thermophile...03/01/05...06/05/05....06/05/05....11/28/06....08/15/06....11/15/06....04/03/07....08/09/07....128

samaci........03/13/06......--..........--..........--..........--..........--.......03/30/07....10/05/07...*132

neiks.........05/02/06...05/30/06....06/06/06....07/03/06....07/03/06....08/10/06....09/20/06....06/28/07....93R

djc..............--.........--..........--..........--..........--.......03/26/07....04/16/07

kaftar........09/21/06...10/04/06....10/24/06....11/01/06....11/04/06....11/20/06....04/26/07

pororoca......10/31/06...11/27/06....11/27/06....12/17/06....12/26/06....01/16/07....04/27/07

midalake......12/19/06...01/02/07....01/08/07....01/28/07.......--..........--.......05/15/07

Glady.........01/28/07...03/11/07....03/14/07....04/23/07.......--.......04/23/07....05/29/07....11/27/07....182

C&C..............--.........--..........--.......05/01/07.......--.......05/01/07....06/08/07....11/30/07....175

Misty1979.....03/06/07...03/26/07....04/02/07....04/23/07....04/23/07....06/06/07....06/18/07

Karina........03/13/07...03/26/07....04/23/07....05/14/07....05/07/07....05/21/07....06/01/07....08/30/07.... 90

comelly.......04/19/07...05/01/07....05/29/07....06/26/07....06/14/07....07/15/07....07/30/07

kcmetzy.......05/03/07...05/18/07....06/12/07....06/25/07....07/06/07....07/23/07

Knowledge.....05/09/07...--/--/--....06/12/07....07/19/07....07/19/07....08/22/07....10/05/07

MGW...........05/18/07...09/24/07....10/02/07

trailmix......06/05/07...06/19/07....07/02/07....07/02/07....08/09/07....08/17/07

Schmelle......06/06/07......--.......07/25/07....08/17/07....08/18/07

LadyJane......07/02/07...07/20/07....08/06/07....09/05/07....09/06/07....09/24/07

whitesnail....08/21/07...08/27/07....09/11/07...10/08/07.....

parinita......08/22/07......--.......09/24/07...10/12/07.....10/12/07

R = neiks for reference - days to interview calculated for original interview date Dec 22/06 (rescheduled for June 28/07)

* = samaci for reference - days to interview calculated for original interview date Aug 9th (rescheduled for Oct. 5th)

DTI - Days between completion at NVC and interview

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Holy Friggin Cow and The ENTIRE Herd of MOO.

I hope you stick around, because if I don't get a date this month, I need all the addresses you sent letters to. Your letter worked, mine were ignored.

Can you do me a big favor and call the automated line? Tell me if it says, "Sent to consulate sometime," or if it still says "case completed?"

Just called the line and it says the same that it always has... case complete data and if it's been more than 8 weeks past that and you have received nothing you press 0 to get to the operator. I seem to recall from a post I read quite a while ago that it takes a while for them to update the autotelephone system - you have to call and talk to them. Cmon..... do it, you might be surprised!

Oh and by the way, one thing we have i common with Glady is simultaneous receipt and submissionor m of 230 and I864 forms. I'm not sure if we have a slightly different process for somereason? also, our case # is a MTL 2006 case number, in the 600's ....

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Oh and by the way, one thing we have i common with Glady is simultaneous receipt and submissionor m of 230 and I864 forms. I'm not sure if we have a slightly different process for somereason? also, our case # is a MTL 2006 case number, in the 600's ....

That's what I was thinking Liz!! happy_fairy.jpg

Did you apply in 2006 C&C?

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Oh and by the way, one thing we have i common with Glady is simultaneous receipt and submissionor m of 230 and I864 forms. I'm not sure if we have a slightly different process for somereason? also, our case # is a MTL 2006 case number, in the 600's ....

That's what I was thinking Liz!! happy_fairy.jpg

Did you apply in 2006 C&C?

the fairy dust was obviously the trick!!!

Yes, we received our instructions to file the last paperwork about this in 2006 -- I forget which forms it was we received then, but it's when we got the domicile checklist... we didn't realize I'd have to repatriate to US to show domicile and that we'd have to be separated.... that threw us for a bit loop and we took about 9 months to get used to that idea and prepared our career and home affairs for the transition.

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Yes, we received our instructions to file the last paperwork about this in 2006 -- I forget which forms it was we received then, but it's when we got the domicile checklist... we didn't realize I'd have to repatriate to US to show domicile and that we'd have to be separated.... that threw us for a bit loop and we took about 9 months to get used to that idea and prepared our career and home affairs for the transition.

Oh I didn't know that! So you were living in Canada, but when you received your I-864 (that's the affidavit of support where you have to give your supporting documentation re domicile) you moved back to the U.S.?

Did they say you had to to prove domicile (ie: they wouldn't accept your proof) or did you decide to do it to just cut through all the 'stuff' and show clear domicile?

We both live in Canada and used bank account in U.S. etc etc to prove domicile so I'm just curious. I think it's terrible you had to move back and leave your Husband in Canada!!

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Wow! It looks like the folks at the Montreal consulate finally got off their lazy behinds and got some work done! Perhaps it was all of the pressure from irate VJers that forced them to do the jobs for which they are paid.

I am very pleased to report that we've also been scheduled for an interview: November 16th! :dance:

Perhaps the snarky operator I spoke with in September who said, "Call back next month -- maybe we'll surprise you" wasn't just being a jerk after all.

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Updated pororoca - interview November 16th - Congrats! This list is on a roll!

Member..........NOA2.....Case# @NVC..3032/AOS.....I-864......IV Bill......DS230......Done @NVC...Interview...DTI

thermophile...03/01/05...06/05/05....06/05/05....11/28/06....08/15/06....11/15/06....04/03/07....08/09/07....128

samaci........03/13/06......--..........--..........--..........--..........--.......03/30/07....10/05/07...*132

neiks.........05/02/06...05/30/06....06/06/06....07/03/06....07/03/06....08/10/06....09/20/06....06/28/07....93R

djc..............--.........--..........--..........--..........--.......03/26/07....04/16/07

kaftar........09/21/06...10/04/06....10/24/06....11/01/06....11/04/06....11/20/06....04/26/07

pororoca......10/31/06...11/27/06....11/27/06....12/17/06....12/26/06....01/16/07....04/27/07....11/16/07....203

midalake......12/19/06...01/02/07....01/08/07....01/28/07.......--..........--.......05/15/07

Glady.........01/28/07...03/11/07....03/14/07....04/23/07.......--.......04/23/07....05/29/07....11/27/07....182

C&C..............--.........--..........--.......05/01/07.......--.......05/01/07....06/08/07....11/30/07....175

Misty1979.....03/06/07...03/26/07....04/02/07....04/23/07....04/23/07....06/06/07....06/18/07

Karina........03/13/07...03/26/07....04/23/07....05/14/07....05/07/07....05/21/07....06/01/07....08/30/07.... 90

comelly.......04/19/07...05/01/07....05/29/07....06/26/07....06/14/07....07/15/07....07/30/07

kcmetzy.......05/03/07...05/18/07....06/12/07....06/25/07....07/06/07....07/23/07

Knowledge.....05/09/07...--/--/--....06/12/07....07/19/07....07/19/07....08/22/07....10/05/07

MGW...........05/18/07...09/24/07....10/02/07

trailmix......06/05/07...06/19/07....07/02/07....07/02/07....08/09/07....08/17/07

Schmelle......06/06/07......--.......07/25/07....08/17/07....08/18/07

LadyJane......07/02/07...07/20/07....08/06/07....09/05/07....09/06/07....09/24/07

whitesnail....08/21/07...08/27/07....09/11/07...10/08/07.....

parinita......08/22/07......--.......09/24/07...10/12/07.....10/12/07

R = neiks for reference - days to interview calculated for original interview date Dec 22/06 (rescheduled for June 28/07)

* = samaci for reference - days to interview calculated for original interview date Aug 9th (rescheduled for Oct. 5th)

DTI - Days between completion at NVC and interview

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I called this morning and finally, we got our interview November 16...... oh yah

I-130

July 6 2006 sent I-130

Aug 2006 nothing is happening

Sep 21 2006 I -130 approved, notified via email, never received anything in the mail

Oct 4 2006 docs where returned to USCIS by post office as undeliverable, notified via emailed

Oct 4 2006 called USCIS, was told to send in I-824

Oct 5 2006 sent in I-824

Oct 4 2006 NVC received docs, assigned Case Number

Oct 24 2006 Received Choice of agent and AOS fee bill

Oct 26 2006 Emailed Choice of Agent

Oct 27 2006 Email from NVC saying Choice of Agent accepted

Oct 30 2006 IV bill sent by NVC

Nov 01 2006 AOS bill mailed to NVC

Nov 04 2006 IV bill arrived

Nov 08 2006 IV bill returned

Nov 20 2006 ds-230 generated

Feb 20 2007 I-864 returned

Feb 27 2007 ds-230 returned

Apr 12 2007 all documents received by NVC

Apr 26 2007 case completed

Nov 16 2007 Interview date

Nov 16 2007 APPROVED....

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I called this morning and finally, we got our interview November 16...... oh yah

Oh wow!! This is great, that is 4 now for November!! Congrats!

I'm wondering if DJC has heard anything.

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*baths herself in fairy dust for next month*

Congrats to all of you with interviews :thumbs:

Sept.09/06 Married!!!

Dec.21/06 Sent I-130

Jan.04/04 Received NOA1

Feb.23/06 Sent I-129F

March06/06 USCIS Website States: "Approval Notice Sent."

March15/07 Approval notice arrives in snail mail

March 18/07 NOA1 for I-129F

April 10/07 DS-3032+ AOS fee arrive

April 17/07 Sent back DS-3032 + AOS fee via overnight delivery

May 05/07 AOS arrives in mail

May 07/07 IV bill arrives in mail

May 08/08 Sent back IV bill

May 21 NVC generates DS-230

June 4/07 Mailed DS-230 via overnight delivery.

June 7/07 DS-230 entered into the system

June 18/07 Case Complete!

July 25/07 Medical

September 4/07 Contacted State Senator Re: MTL backlog

Dec.6/07 INTERVIEW..... APPROVED!!!! (After being kept awake all night in dirty clothes standing outside my hotel because Air Canada lost my luggage and my hotel started on fire. Meh, sleep is highly over-rated anyways.)

Dec.18/07 Moved to the US

Oct. 29/09 Citizenship Oath Ceremony

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

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Updated kaftar - interview November 16th - Congrats! woo hoo!

Member..........NOA2.....Case# @NVC..3032/AOS.....I-864......IV Bill......DS230......Done @NVC...Interview...DTI

thermophile...03/01/05...06/05/05....06/05/05....11/28/06....08/15/06....11/15/06....04/03/07....08/09/07....128

samaci........03/13/06......--..........--..........--..........--..........--.......03/30/07....10/05/07...*132

neiks.........05/02/06...05/30/06....06/06/06....07/03/06....07/03/06....08/10/06....09/20/06....06/28/07....93R

djc..............--.........--..........--..........--..........--.......03/26/07....04/16/07

kaftar........09/21/06...10/04/06....10/24/06....11/01/06....11/04/06....11/20/06....04/26/07....11/16/07....204

pororoca......10/31/06...11/27/06....11/27/06....12/17/06....12/26/06....01/16/07....04/27/07....11/16/07....203

midalake......12/19/06...01/02/07....01/08/07....01/28/07.......--..........--.......05/15/07

Glady.........01/28/07...03/11/07....03/14/07....04/23/07.......--.......04/23/07....05/29/07....11/27/07....182

C&C..............--.........--..........--.......05/01/07.......--.......05/01/07....06/08/07....11/30/07....175

Misty1979.....03/06/07...03/26/07....04/02/07....04/23/07....04/23/07....06/06/07....06/18/07

Karina........03/13/07...03/26/07....04/23/07....05/14/07....05/07/07....05/21/07....06/01/07....08/30/07.... 90

comelly.......04/19/07...05/01/07....05/29/07....06/26/07....06/14/07....07/15/07....07/30/07

kcmetzy.......05/03/07...05/18/07....06/12/07....06/25/07....07/06/07....07/23/07

Knowledge.....05/09/07...--/--/--....06/12/07....07/19/07....07/19/07....08/22/07....10/05/07

MGW...........05/18/07...09/24/07....10/02/07

trailmix......06/05/07...06/19/07....07/02/07....07/02/07....08/09/07....08/17/07

Schmelle......06/06/07......--.......07/25/07....08/17/07....08/18/07

LadyJane......07/02/07...07/20/07....08/06/07....09/05/07....09/06/07....09/24/07

whitesnail....08/21/07...08/27/07....09/11/07...10/08/07.....

parinita......08/22/07......--.......09/24/07...10/12/07.....10/12/07

R = neiks - days to interview calculated for original interview date Dec 22/06 (rescheduled for June 28/07)

* = samaci - days to interview calculated for original interview date Aug 9th (rescheduled for Oct. 5th)

DTI - Days between completion at NVC and interview

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YEA!!! Congrats to everyone else also getting their slots. I am SOOO Relieved and excited for everyone! DJC??? Midalake?

To answer your question trailmix about the domicile issue. It was before we submitted the last forms 864 and 230 that we investigated the issue and decided we had to be safe to show I had reestablished domicile.

The only thing I would do over again is to have gotten a very good, experienced lawyer, although how you know for sure you have one is a barrier. What we could have used is advice on the quickest and best visa strategy and information on actual immigration processes and interpretations. One thing we have all learned through the process that we did not know at the outset is that key issues are not captured in print or available from those at the call centers who can do nothing but regurgitate published information. They can’t clarify vague or conflicting statements, interpret grey areas, or tell you how the rules apply to your situation.

I had moved to Canada in 2000, because of my now hubby although I got an employment authorization to get there quick. While I continued to maintain a bank account with a teeny bit of money in the US, voted by absentee ballot, had all my family ties in the US, and continued to file a US tax return every year, we still felt this combination of factors was not a sure thing for me to prove that my move to Canada was only “temporary”. I had been living continuously in Canada for 6 years, married my now husband there, became a permanent resident and then a Citizen of Canada. For this purpose, we felt, I could not prove that I had maintained domicile in the US. Perhaps an experienced lawyer might have said that’s good enough, but we didn’t think we needed a lawyer and questioning of immigration staff, such as it was, did nothing to contradict the conclusion I just stated.

If you cannot show that your absence from the US was temporary, you have to “re-establish” domicile, or proof that you are again a resident of the US. Whether I have or haven’t is in the interpretation of the immigration official at the time of my husband’s interview in Montreal. If at the time of that interview I cannot not show that I have re-established domicile, we could lose and have to start over. Solid signs of having res-established domicile, which you might show in combination although the first one we viewed as key for us are: getting a job in the US, having signed a lease, having made arrangements to give up residence in Canada, or having enrolled kids in school in the US.

We were really unsure for a long time about what risk we wanted to tolerate and guessing the timeline. We didn’t want the risk of getting the interview and me having no job in the US yet. So we waited to submit the 230 and 864 till I got a written job offer that I accepted. We felt comfortable with that – but… this was with the assumption that it was going to be 2 or 3 months until the interview. The processing times for each piece of mail/form until this time had been very quick and the published information suggested that one should hear something about one’s interview roughly 6 to 8 weeks after case complete date.

So that’s why we did what we did.

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