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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Scotland
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I'm guessing Yahoo Chat is pretty popular :lol: its still my favourite haunt these days, most of my friends are still hanging in there :) i'm usually haunting 30's & 40's love rooms, most of the friends i have in there are from the U.S, Canada and Oz, we have some great times just hanging out listening to tunes, having a laugh tormenting the life outta people that come into the rooms solely to start drama :huh:

Infact i met my hubby in 30's love:45 but its now gone to the dawgs since a few undesirables decided to invade our once peaceful room and constantly harass and boot myself and my friends out of the room, eventually after weeks of constant abuse we gave up and scattered and found a new room to hang out in. :lol:

Separated!!

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We met in an IRC chat room in 2001. We were friends for a few years until I cried on Dave's shoulder about an idiot ex. Told Dave I needed to get out of London for a while and he offered to show me around Pittsburgh. I flew over for 10 days in April 05, within 5 days we both admitted to being in love :luv:

Been married 14 months and every day I still can't believe how it all happened.

10 year Green Card received, Next step is citizenship urgh!

When you meet the one you want to spend the rest of your life with,

you can't wait for the rest of your life to begin

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In short, in a bar! The long story is I was visiting a gf in US and she wanted to introduce me to him. I said no ty~ and when I came back a second time we started dating and a lot of plane rides later we're married and settled somewhat~ aww

My Timeline or lack of:-

08-29-2000 First met

03-02-2004 He proposed

03-19-2004 Married Cincinnati, OH

03-25-2004 Forms filled waiting on Certified Marriage License.

03-29-2004 3 Copies of certified marriage license handed to me at the local probate court with the $2 per copy fee waived!!!

04-17-2004 FULL packet mailed off finally to Cincinnati Local office.

04-29-2004 Recieve NOA for I-130 and I-485 for our son.

05-01-2004 Recieve NOA for I-130, I-485 and EAD for me.

06-15-2004 Appointment for Fingerprinting and Biometrics at Cincy Sub office. - DONE!

06-17-2004 Cases status for AOS's and EAD updated on USCIS website.

06-21-2004 Fingerprinting review recieved by MSC for I-485's processing resumed.

07-06-2004 Change of addresses sent out to Nebraska, Kentucky and Cincinnati.

08-04-2004 EAD Approved.

08-16-2004 Applied for SSN card at local SSA, relatively painless but with a quirk.

01-30-2006 Interview Cincinnati, APPROVED pending Medical and Vaccination Supplement.

03-14-2006 We're PREGNANT!!

03-23-2006 AOS Notice recieved!!!!

04-03-2006 Cards recieved!

04-24-2006 Miscarriage 12w

04-01-2007 Miscarriage 6w

06-01-2007 Fertility testing begins

07-29-2007 First trip back to England in 4 years.

03-26-2009 DS2 Arrival 7lb 8oz

05-17-2010 We're expecting AGAIN!!

01-13-2011 DD Arrival 6lb 6oz

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Filed: Other Country: United Kingdom
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I had joined a dating site, plentyoffish.com, shortly after getting separated just to get out, meet people and not sit a home thinking about the bad times. I went out on some horrible dates. They were so bad just to get out of them early, I started talking about my failed marriage :whistle:

One night I thought, well I just want a new friend to talk to, someone that doesn't know anything about me or where I'm from, start off with a clean slate. It was about 2 or 3 am so I thought I would look at other countries and see what they had to offer. When I checked out England, by about the 3rd profile I saw him. Same interests, new in his town and looking for friends as well, and damn was he cute! I decided NOT to email him thinking, 'what am I doing? what if he and I end up liking each other? Do I really want to go through another LDR?' A few days later I was still thinking about him and though, hell, who cares what happens, if anything we can at least crash on each other's couches if we want to visit, I just want a friend.

The rest of the story you can see in my sig :luv:

Life long Texan, living in Hull, UK. How did this happen?

11 January - We met online and became friends

4 February - Became a couple

17 March - I went to Hull to meet the guy

20 March - First "I love you"

25 March - I go home :(

16 November - He comes to visit me in Texas

25 November - he leaves back home :(

14 December - ENGAGED! <3

1 March- I fly off to see my babe in Hull

4 April - I go home :(

9 October - He comes back to Texas!!!!

13 October - WEDDING!!!

22 October - He goes back to England and I continue to wait for my settlement visa.

13 December 2007 - Move to England

Now the wait begins, I will become a citizen then we will DFC back to the US.

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Our slide show .......... Our page on TheKnot.com

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Josh and I met in a chatroom for a Sims 2 modding website in May/June 2005. Talking in the chatroom progressed onto online gaming together (first GuildWars and then World of Warcraft). We admitted we had feelings for each other in August 2005, and the first visit in Feb 06 just confirmed them :)

Cheryl

06/2005 Met Josh online ~ 02/2006 My 1st visit to the US ~ 09/2006 2nd US visit (Josh proposed) ~ 02/2007 3rd US visit (married)

04/2007 K3 visa applied ~ 05/2007 Josh's 1st UK visit ~ 09/2007 4th US visit ~ 02/2008 K3 visa completed ~ 02/2008 US entry

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04/2008 AOS/EAD filed ~ 05/2008 Biometrics ~ 06/2008 EAD recv'd ~ 08/2008 Conditional greencard

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

02/2010 3rd wedding anniversary ~ 06/04/2010 Apply for lifting conditions ~ 06/14 package delivered ~ 07/23 Biometrics

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: England
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Kassie and i met june 2005 when we were both working as servers in the restaurant at Canyon Village in Yellowstone national park. I was on a J1 visa for 2 months during my summer vacation from university and we both ended up working the same shifts, got to hanging out all the time, this led to that and now we're engaged after another summer working in Yellowstone, as well as a family vacation to Hawaii and many other great memories too!

I cant wait til we get to be together again. the first thing im going to do is get rid of msn and my webcam!

June 20th 2007.....I-129f Sent to CSC!

July 7th 2007....NOA1

November 8th....NOA2

December 8th.....Packet 3 Received (Sent back 10th)

January 8th.....Packet 4 Received

January 16th.....Interview in London

January 20th....Flight to AZ via JFK, received temp EAD

February 29th...Civil Ceremony

March 10th...I485, I765 & I131 sent to Chicago

March 22nd....Received NOA for I485, I131 & I765 (All dated March 18th)

March 24th....Received Biometrics Appointment Letter (dated March 20th)

April 7th...Request for Initial Evidence for I485 (Received in MO on the 10th)

April 9th....Biometrics Appointment

May 30th...EAD Card Production Ordered and AP Approved

June 7th....Wedding!!

June 13th...EAD Card & AP in hand

September 22nd...AOS Interview - APPROVED!

Nov 21st...Card Production Ordered!

Nov 22nd...Welcome to America Letter Received

Nov 29th 2008...Green Card Received!!!

Aug 20th 2010...Mailed I-751 to CSC

Aug 23rd...Check Cashed

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We met in Japan in 2005. I was there as a research associate on loan from my UK uni for 18 months. To meet people and make friends, I joined a bellydancing troupe and toured one of the islands in my spare time. He was stationed on the same island with the US navy and we met on his first night out. He came to see me dance and that was that... ;)

March 2005 - Met in Japan

5 August 2006 - Married in Iowa

September 2006 - Military paperwork filed

5 June 2007 - I130 sent

29 June 2007 - NOA1

05 July 2007 - NOA2

07 July 2007 - touched

23 July 2007 - NVC assigns case no

25 July 2007 - Choice of agent form recieved and sent

23 August 2007 - IV bill (says it was generated August 6th but only just recieved it.....)

4 November 2007 - I-864 recieved and sent back. Message says DS-230 has been sent (grrr to postal strike!)

15 November 2007 - DS-230 finally recieved!

11 Jan 2008 - Interview letter recieved from embassy

06 Feb 2008 - Inverview and medical - paperwork incomplete

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We met in 1994 in high school when my family and I moved to Scotland when I was 14. I was "the new girl" and a Yank to boot so I was an object of interest to everyone. I ended up falling for the quiet, shy guy at the back of chemistry class, yes chemistry, who constantly pinged erasers in my hair! He also routinely tripped me up on the way to classes and stuck his tongue out at me- which I must have found endearing :blush::wub:

We got together when I was 15 and he was 16 and about two years later we fell pregnant with our first son. :blink: We got married in 2004 and had our second son a year later. So we've been together for 11 years and have finally decided to head west. It took a long time for Malcolm to find the courage to make the scary leap across the pond and I can hardly blame him as he was born and bred in this small town we're in.

It's nice to hear everyones story!

Jul 1, 07 - Sent I-130s

Jul 6, 07 - I-130s filed

Jul 9, 07 - NOA1 received

Jul 23, 07 - Sent police certificate application

Aug 23, 07 -Police certificate received

Sep 25, 07- I-130s both approved

Sep 29, 07- Packet 3 received

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Scotland
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the short story is that Annie asked me for directions to the bathroom.

The whole is that I was stewarding at an event in St Andrews called CLAN and as I had a yellow vest on, I was the appropriate one to ask.

It was immediate attraction, later at the conference while talking in a room with a thousand people there, the whole movie thing happened, the lights dimmed, everyone else disappeared.

You know that whole load a shite that we really do not believe in, but happened to us.

We were married thirteen months later

2005 Aug 27 Happily Married

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We were members of the same music related site since 2000, always thought he was nice but we didn't ever really chat.

He messaged me in Nov 05 when I'd just broken up with someone who lives 20 miles from him in the US....We got talking and the rest in history!!

Naturalization

Son's N-400 Timeline

08/14/2020 - Sent N-400 and I-912 waiver to TX lockbox

09/18/2020 - NOA via text

06/05/2021 - Notification of biometrics scheduled

09/17/2021 - Interview - decision cannot be made

11/24/2021 - Denial letter, 30 days to appeal

12/24/2021 - Appeal sent back with I-912 waiver

12/24/2021 - Motion to terminate deportation proceedings from 2013 filed

 

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: England
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There are some really cool stories here of how people met :thumbs:

Make me feel all gooshy and sentimental it is! :lol:

Our K1 Journey

November 5th 2005 - ♥ Tash & Chris met ♥

June 11th 2007 - We posted the I129F :D

June 19th 2007 - USCIS received date

June 22nd 2007 - NOA1 received

November 16th 2007 - NOA2 - 156 days from filing

November 24th 2007 - Hard copy of NOA2 received

December 15th 2007 - Packet 3 received

January 18th 2008 - Packet 3 returned

February 13th 2008 - Packet 4 received

March 4th 2008 - Medical @ 1.00pm

March 5th 2008 - INTERVIEW @ 10.00am - APPROVED!!

March 11th 2008 - Visa received!

April 30th 2008 - Flying home at last!!!!! (POE: Dulles - Washington DC)

July 12th 2008 - Wedding date!

Now for AOS!

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The first time me and Jamal spoke was online - I think he sent me a message on facepic as he was going to be stationed in England for 2 years. We met a few weeks later in London when I showed him the sights of the capital! We remained friends for 6 months and when I moved to London we finally decided to get together and we visited each other everyweekend. 10 months of weekend trips to London or Newmarket, I finally moved in with him!

OUR K-1 VISA JOURNEY

K1 Application

12-01-2006 I-129F sent priority USPS to CSC ... the real journey begins! (Day 1)

12-06-2006 NOA1 (Day 4)

03-05-2007 NOA2 - YAY!! (Day 89))

05-04-2007 INTERVIEW!!!!!! - APPROVED! (Day 149)

05-10-2007 Visa received (Day 155)

05-17-2007 ARRIVED IN PHOENIX (Day 162)

05-25-2007 Applied SSN

06-04-2007 Received SSN in the mail

06-14-2007 Passed driving test and now have my license

07-12-2007 MARRIED

07-24-2007 Changed name with SSA

AOS

05-31-2007 Appointment with Civil Surgeon for I-693A

07-16-2007 AOS sent to Chicago (received 07-18) (Day 1)

07-27-2007 NOA1 date (received 8/1) (Day 9)

07-30-2007 Check cashed (Day 12)

08-14-2007 Biometrics (Day 28)

11-29-2007 INTERVIEW DATE!!!!!! (Day 131) APPROVED

12-11-2007 Greencard Received

ROC

09-01-2009 I-751 sent to VSC (received 09-03) (Day 1)

09-04-2009 NOA Date (received 09-14) (Day 4)

09-08-2009 Check Cashed (Day 8)

10-05-2009 Biometrics @ Jackson MS (received 09-24) (Day 35)

01-08-2010 10 Year Greencard approved

01-19-2010 10 Year Greencard received

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These are really sweet stories guys! Thanks for sharing.

Chris and I met in a Drum Forum. He is a drummer and I am a poser! Ha. Nah, we met on the drum forum talking about music, then started talking on msn or something of the sort. Then we started talking more...then it seemed we were talking to only eachother...then to the point where one of us was staying up late and rushing home from work just to talk. At that point I think we were smitten but not admiting it to ourselves. I would say we knew eachother for about a year before Chris came to visit. Chris visited twice between New Years and March. Then I visited in April. By that point I was in love...Whitby did it to me!! That was 4 years ago and we just got married in June. Totally worth the wait and the distance.

I must say we had it lucky because Chris and I saw eachother every 6-8 weeks. Gosh....I am feeling lovey now.... :blush:

All You Need Is Love...

*The Beatles*

I am a wife!! Whoa this is weird!

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