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Hi all,

 

Hope everyone is staying safe and well!

 

I just moved to the US on my K1 visa and currently completing the AOS paperwork. I’m dreaming of a vacation. (Of course I won’t go anywhere at all for a long while!!), but just looking places up for the future. 
 

What are some of your favourite spots that you’ve been to in the US? Particularly looking for delayed honeymoon suggestions for when it’s finally safe for everyone to travel again! 🙂

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I am a nature person and my favorite place to visit is the southwest.  I loved Zion Canyon and Bryce Canyon in Utah.  It was very beautiful. Take the mule ride to the bottom of Bryce Canyon.  It was beautiful but it was scary.  I would NOT do it again. I did get back on a mule in Zion and they didn't tighten my saddle and it rolled to the side and I fell off.  Was NOT a fun thing.  I no longer like mules.  lol.   The hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque in amazing, especially if you go up with the large group of balloons at sunrise.  I loved Arizona and New Mexico. The Grand Canyon is a must see but is very crowded.  I loved Monument Valley.  We had a Navajo guide and we spent the night on the reservation in a traditional Hogan.  I would highly recommend it.  Estes Park in Colorado was so beautiful but the high altitude got to me due to my lung problems and we had to cut that visit short.  But we were able to take a train ride through the mountains which was beautiful and a lot of fun.  

 

I live in Florida and it does have the ocean to offer.  I like living here and as I approach retirement age I go back and forth about where I want to retire to:  Arizona, New Mexico, or stay in Florida.  

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Get to, let's say, Crystal City, TX (ask how).

Head north on U.S. Hwy. 83 to Uvalde.

Once you hit Concan and Leakey, with the little town of Utopia nearby, you'll be floored.

This is the western edge of the Texas Hill Country.

Continue north to Junction.  From there, two equally appealing choices:

 1) Continue north on 83 to Eden, and cut NW to San Angelo or continue north to Abilene.

 2) Cut NE on 377 to Mason, then Hwy. 29 to Llano, Burnet, & Georgetown; then head south to Austin.

 

The Mason-Llano-Burnet run takes you through Inks Lake State Park, perhaps the most beautiful in Texas.  The Lake has a dam.  Near the dam used to be (I hope still is) a bar called "The Dam Pub."

 

The whole route is staggeringly gorgeous and covers a good bit of the Texas Hill Country, which is worth the visit.  You'll find really decent small-town restaurants, and you'll hit no traffic till Georgetown and (urgh) Austin.  Prerequisite: practice saying "Howdy."

 

For more info, holler.

 

https://www.texas-map.org/road-map.htm

 

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Depends really what you are interested in, also if you can afford it you should defintely travel round the US while you are waiting for your EAD/GC otherwise you will be tied down to a job and won't have as much chance. Personally some of the most beautiful places i have seen are in no particular order. Sedona, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and grand tetons, a road trip from Seattle to San Francisco down the coast, hawaii to name a few... start building that list, there are plenty of beautiful amazing places to visit in the USA

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onek Proficient

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On 5/4/2020 at 10:58 AM, US2UK said:

Hi all,

 

Hope everyone is staying safe and well!

 

I just moved to the US on my K1 visa and currently completing the AOS paperwork. I’m dreaming of a vacation. (Of course I won’t go anywhere at all for a long while!!), but just looking places up for the future. 
 

What are some of your favourite spots that you’ve been to in the US? Particularly looking for delayed honeymoon suggestions for when it’s finally safe for everyone to travel again! 🙂

It depends what you like to do. Some people to to big city first like NYC, some go to Disney World first, other go to Niagara Falls, etc. 
US is huge and has many different things. You have to know what you like 

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04/28/20: Case Transferred to California Service Center

05/14/20: Touched 

05/15/20: Touched 

07/01/20: Touched

07/06/20: Touched 

07/06/20: RFE Issued (not available online)

07/16/20: RFE Received in Mail

07/20/20: DNA Done in USA

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San Diego California. It's America's Finest City for a reason..... Just sayin :thumbs:

I-130                                                                 I-129F

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Mailed: Mar. 9, 2019 (Phoenix LB)              Aug. 9,  2019

Delivered: Mar. 12, 2019                               Aug. 12, 2019

NOA1/PD: Mar. 15,  2019 (LIN)                   Aug. 15,  2019

NOA2: Sep. 24, 2019 - Approved                 Sep. 24, 2019 - Denied 

I-130 sent to NVC: Oct. 8, 2019

Received NVC: Oct. 18, 2019

NVC Case#: Nov. 09, 2019 (Assigned to China, should be Japan )

AOS Submitted: Nov. 18, 2019

IV Submitted:  Dec. 23, 2019

AOS/IV Approved: Jan. 16, 2020 

Interview Scheduled: Jan. 23, 2020

 

Request location change: Mid Nov. 2019 --> Feb. 21, 2020

Contacted my Reps (House, Senate): Feb. 5, 2020 - Rep contacted Guangzhou & Tokyo. 

Response 1: Feb. 11, 2020 - Guangzhou gave copy/paste info to my Rep's office.

Response 2: Feb. 18, 2020 - Tokyo Embassy - Requested transfer fm China - Case moved to Administrative Processing 

A Short Time Later after talking with Rep. Case's office, they contacted the embassies again. 

Response 3: Feb. 21, 2020 - Transfer complete; New interview scheduled.

 

Interview Date: Mar. 2, 2020 - Tokyo Embassy 

Interview Result: Approved

Visa Issued: Mar. 4, 2020

Visa in hand: Mar. 6, 2020

 

Time: ~359 Days from start to finish 

POE:  Stupid COVID-19 delaying travel to the US....

POE: Aug. 13, 2020 - San Francisco 

 

SSN: Oct. 23, 2020

GC: Aug 5, 2021 (51 weeks from entry)

 

I-751

NOA1 - May 20, 2022 CA Service Center

NOA2 - July 20, 2022 Case Transfered to NBC

NOA3 - Mar 6, 2023 48 month GC extension letter

NOA4 - Sep 1, 2023 Biometrics Appointment 

Update - Oct 6, 2023 Case status update to show fingerprints taken  

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Alaska

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Check Cashed 11/18/21

Biometrics Waived 01/19/2022

 

 

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On 5/13/2020 at 4:07 PM, Scott001 said:

San Diego California. It's America's Finest City for a reason..... Just sayin :thumbs:

Also, it's home, which was why our honeymoon was a staycation (Anastasia had never been to the US prior to arriving on a K-1, so her first experience of America was driving in the rain from LAX to my place during LA rush hour traffic) ... 

K-1                             AOS                            
NOA1 Notice Date: 2018-05-31    NOA1 Notice Date: 2019-04-11   
NOA2 Date: 2018-11-16           Biometrics Date: 2019-05-10    
Arrived at NVC:  2018-12-03     EAD/AP In Hand: 2019-09-16     
Arrived in Moscow: 2018-12-28   GC Interview Date: 2019-09-25      
Interview date: 2019-02-14      GC In Hand: 2019-10-02
Visa issued: 2019-02-28
POE: 2019-03-11
Wedding: 2019-03-14

ROC                             Naturalization
NOA1 Notice Date: 2021-07-16    Applied Online: 2022-07-09 (biometrics waived)
Approval Date: 2022-04-06       Interview was Scheduled: 2023-01-06
10-year GC In Hand: 2022-04-14  Interview date: 2023-02-13 (passed)
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Scott001   119

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41 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Also, it's home, which was why our honeymoon was a staycation (Anastasia had never been to the US prior to arriving on a K-1, so her first experience of America was driving in the rain from LAX to my place during LA rush hour traffic) ...

haha I know how that goes. I've made that trip several times. Now I just take the train from SD <-> LA. It's quite relaxing. 

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Mailed: Mar. 9, 2019 (Phoenix LB)              Aug. 9,  2019

Delivered: Mar. 12, 2019                               Aug. 12, 2019

NOA1/PD: Mar. 15,  2019 (LIN)                   Aug. 15,  2019

NOA2: Sep. 24, 2019 - Approved                 Sep. 24, 2019 - Denied 

I-130 sent to NVC: Oct. 8, 2019

Received NVC: Oct. 18, 2019

NVC Case#: Nov. 09, 2019 (Assigned to China, should be Japan )

AOS Submitted: Nov. 18, 2019

IV Submitted:  Dec. 23, 2019

AOS/IV Approved: Jan. 16, 2020 

Interview Scheduled: Jan. 23, 2020

 

Request location change: Mid Nov. 2019 --> Feb. 21, 2020

Contacted my Reps (House, Senate): Feb. 5, 2020 - Rep contacted Guangzhou & Tokyo. 

Response 1: Feb. 11, 2020 - Guangzhou gave copy/paste info to my Rep's office.

Response 2: Feb. 18, 2020 - Tokyo Embassy - Requested transfer fm China - Case moved to Administrative Processing 

A Short Time Later after talking with Rep. Case's office, they contacted the embassies again. 

Response 3: Feb. 21, 2020 - Transfer complete; New interview scheduled.

 

Interview Date: Mar. 2, 2020 - Tokyo Embassy 

Interview Result: Approved

Visa Issued: Mar. 4, 2020

Visa in hand: Mar. 6, 2020

 

Time: ~359 Days from start to finish 

POE:  Stupid COVID-19 delaying travel to the US....

POE: Aug. 13, 2020 - San Francisco 

 

SSN: Oct. 23, 2020

GC: Aug 5, 2021 (51 weeks from entry)

 

I-751

NOA1 - May 20, 2022 CA Service Center

NOA2 - July 20, 2022 Case Transfered to NBC

NOA3 - Mar 6, 2023 48 month GC extension letter

NOA4 - Sep 1, 2023 Biometrics Appointment 

Update - Oct 6, 2023 Case status update to show fingerprints taken  

:clock:

 

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