TRYNK

February 26, 2008

Greetings fellow VJers,

My Wife's Employment Authorization Card just arrived via mail yesterday. (wohooo happy day)

Before i start rambling on... here are some information about our case process....

(not that you guys are interested but this may serve as an estimate for people curious about how long this process took us)

OK so, I petitioned her under the K-3 Visa Classification.

She arrived here on October 31, 2007.

After a month of dilly-dally we filed for an EAD early December.

We received our first Notice of Action (NOA) on December 13, 2007 and thus the long wait started.

On January 14 we obtained our second NOA that ascertained my wife's biometric appointment! :thumbs:

She was scheduled to appear on the 28th of the same month.

We went early thinking it might take long but all it took was a measly 5 minutes and we were outta there.

We were happy that the appointment was fast and that we didnt have any problems but our smiles and celebration

was premature... i dont know about my wife but all i could remember from the words that came out of that clerk's mouth was

"......90 days... days... days... days... " it echoed in my brain as i was falling in my very own proverbial black hole. haha

The clear blue sky then suddenly turned pitch black.

waaaa another long wait...!!!

I think you guys have pretty much an idea to what happened with us in between that day and this day. haha

I will sum it up with some smileys >>> :clock: ............ :cry: ............. :girlwerewolf2xn: ........... haha

As we played it cool and forgot all about it :whistle: ... heaven opened its gates on February 25th and

an angel handed us an unexpected letter.. :innocent: (Angel is the name of our mailwoman)..

when i got a hold of it, the letter felt weird. like it had some kinda card inside that made

the letter tough so it couldnt be bent. The envelope didnt have the usual USCIS heading on it so i didnt start to assume anything.

It was addressed to my wife so i didnt open it and gave it to her. I asked her wondering what

it could be and that if she was expecting something. She said no and right then and there i did what anybody in that situation would do...

I was praying so hard wishing it wasnt one of those CREDIT CARD offers you get in the mail like every week with a hard card inside

that said <YOUR NAME HERE> YOU ARE PRE-APPROVED!!! :angry: haha

*tear* *tear* letter was opened and on the middle of the letter i saw my wife's face printed on a white card.

"Hey, thats you", i said. "You applied for something?"

I'll let the smileys tell what happened next (since i love using em.. i guess you guys know that by now)

WIFE: :blink: ................a moment of silence................ also a hint of confusion marked on her face due to my idiocy

WIFE to ME: ...................... :secret: ...........she then helps me out as my neurons were firing a bit slow

ME: :mellow: ........... :huh: .............. .............. slaps me own forehead "DUH" ................ :dancing: haha

WIFE: :bonk: ............. :lol: .............. :dancing:

HAHAHA! Lets Celebrate! wheres a bottle of Coor's Light when you need one!

and that sums up my story.. and also wasted roughly a few minutes of your time. haha

We've been waiting intently for this time to come thus we cannot express how much excitement thrives within us.

Right now, we are in high spirits and very hungry!

We want to get to the buffet line as fast as we can so my wife could..........

Apply for a job (thats been waiting for her before she even arrived in the US),

then

Acquire an SS number,

then

Earn a Driver's License,

then

Secure a Bank Account,

then

I can finally file for my Tax Return as it requires my wife to bear an SS#

then

Use my return to buy my wife some pweeety stuff and what not haha

and also

Use that Tax Return so i can include that in my Affidavit of Support when we file for Adjustment of Status.

Yep! we are hungry alright! hungry for all that GOOD STUFF!

I wish all the best for my Wife! She's a very good Nurse, a great person with a very warm heart.

Such wasted talent sitting on the sofa all day long watching HBO and eating popcorn. and NO shes not a fatty! haha

OK, i think ive expressed enough

I just have a couple of questions that i need clarification on..

(Long intro for such a simple question haha)

~Does having a EAD in hand mean that my wife can start applying/working already? or do we still need to apply for a SSN and

wait to acquire one before applying for jobs? It states here in the letter we received that we may show the EAD to

the employer to indicate that my wife is already authorized to work in the US but someone told me that we should get a SSN first

before applying for the job. so i am a bit confused right now? i just wanted to make sure before we go out humiliating ourselves. haha

I hope someone can shed some light on my concern. thank you so much for reading! :thumbs:

My wife is gonna shake her head from side to side so bad when she reads my post..

shes a frank, very straight forward person..

while i on the other hand am a bit of a storyteller..

if she could edit my post it'll state: Greetings Fellow VJers, then "bammm".. <QUESTIONS>.. Thank you! thats it! haha

P.S. dont count how many "haha's" i put in this post. i am somewhat of a comedy-sitcom-director-wannabe and these hahas in my post are just

some "QUEUEs" if you may, for you guys, on when i think my audience is to LAUGH! "haha"

ChEeRs!

-TRYNK

June 12, 2007

my wifes interview is on july 12.. anybody else having their interview that same day??

maybe you and my wife can meet up.

the tension lessens if you have somebody to talk to

June 12, 2007

JULY 12 here

June 11, 2007

nice form! very official looking!

im feeling more confident about this

i think it will be accepted by the USE

bravo flames9!

June 11, 2007

im still so excited i forgot to sleep!

its been 25 hours spent sitting in front of my laptop..

"the things you do for your Loved One" haha

i feel so relieved to get rid of that problem

i better get some rest.

June 11, 2007

thanks guys for the support!

but its not over yet!

i feel 100% we will get that police clearance.

may it be before or after the interview takes place, it wont matter as much to us

just as long as we know it wont be as lengthy as getting one from RCMP

our major concern right now is if the USEmbassy in Manila would actually accept it.

eventhough i cant imagine why not

June 11, 2007

OK. this just in. :reading:

after 23 hours of surfing the net non-stop for different police stations and fingerprinting companies i can call across Canada..

i think i may have found a solution to my problem!

i called IFS, Commissionaires, RCMPs 3 differenct detachments, 6 different police stations.. ill just say i called em all

maybe even dialed a wrong number and got your house by mistake :jest:

they all told me "nope, nope, nope.. we cant help you.. you have to do a finger print check with RCMP",

"right now i'd say it will take 6-8 months to process"

*FAINT* :crying:

i gave up during that time.. and left my chair which i had patented with my butt mark!

i thought about sleeping but a PM popped up on the screen of my laptop and i was back on my warm chair with the mouse in my hand!

it was a pm from vanee here in VJ. we talked a bit till she mentioned about winnipeg police station..

yup the same one flames9 was talking about. then it hit me, "OMG, i forgot all about that police station"

it was on my list of police stations to call. i did call them but a machine always picks up. so i thought to call em back

at another time but never got to it because it slipped my mind. good thing vanee made me remember!

so i called em up again.. with all hope that was left in me.. !%$%$# MACHINE AGAIN :dead:

good thing i wasnt in the mood to just call it quits

i went back online clicked the link to the winnipeg police station vanee gave me

looked at their hours of operation (clearly they were open)

looked for different numbers i could call

saw one...

dialed...

woman answered.. we started talking

*conversation*

"ok thank you, bye"

:mellow: :blink: :bonk:

turns out stupid me had the wrong number!!

i had the number for the "after-hours"

after a raised brow that i gave myself while looking at my reflection in the mirror

i called up the "right" number

and alas, my salvation began....

they told me that they could cater to our situation!!! :dancing:

REJOICE!!!

all we need to do is fill up some forms,

attach 2 IDs and the $30 Fee

and mail it to them.

if we do this correctly and in a timely fashion

we may have the results in time for my wifes interview!

no more 221-g weeeeeee

to good to be true, AYE?

Cheers,

Ryan

June 11, 2007

i read about someone who wasnt in canada that got her police clearance by asking her father to go to a police station and file on her behalf.. she provided 2 IDs and a authorization letter to her father..

can i use this method to get my wifes police clearance?

i would do anything to avoid filing fingerprints to the RCMP because the RCMP takes too long to process

June 11, 2007

i was also thinking the same thing.. maybe we can use winnipeg too.

i just hope she has some I.Ds i can use.

June 11, 2007

THANKS for replying.. but this is the site im trying to avoid.. the RCMP takes too long to process police clearances..

it takes 2-12 months.. who wants to wait that long..

any other ideas guys??

June 10, 2007

Greetings fellow VJers!

I have a big big problem! Let me explain my situation first..

I am from Cleveland, Ohio USA.. and my Wife is from Manila, Philippines.

I have filed my petition I-129F for my Wife on december 2006 and everything has gone smoothly up to this day.

She recieved her interview appointment letter a few weeks back.

She managed to complete all the documents needed for her interview to held on July 12, 2007.. which is a month away!

We were excited as hell that in a month we would be done with all this and finally seeing each other again

would be a plane ticket away..

All is well and good until she told me the bad news just yesterday!

she didnt realize and probably overlooked the fact

that she needed one last document......... A POLICE CLEARANCE FROM CANADA!!!

she completely forgot about the document! suprisingly i did too.. no blames pls. we know what we did wrong!

she and her family went to canada using a tourist visa and they were in the process of immigrating there..

they stayed there for a year (she was 16 years old to 17 years old.. talk about bad luck!)

but they had to go back to the philippines because of some family problems so they stopped the process.

I told her not to panic as i confidently told her that i'll find a way to get it before her interview next month..

Little did i know how hard its going to be to get that piece of paper!!

I searched and i searched.. i dug my way through this forums inside and out.. but i couldnt find the

answers i've been looking for.. that is why im posting right now hoping someone out there can answer me..

and shed some light and support on our path that is now blocked by a huge obstacle.

Let me first tell you guys what i do know..:

1. K3 applicants just need a Police Clearance Check by name and birth date that should be Canada Wide using the CPIC

2. The RCMP requires you to file a finger printing test to get a police clearance if you live outside of canada (eventhough you dont actually need the said test)

3. The results will take 2 months - 12 months to process (OMG.. *FAINT*!)

4. http://www.***removed***/immigration/police-certificates.html - this site states that we only need a name check based police clearance and not a finger print based. and that filing to the RCMP is just a waste of time.

5. we dont need a finger print based check because my wife has no criminal record, so a name based check is sufficient

6. my Wife has no way of going back to Canada.

Is there someone out there that could help us?? we are trying to find out a way of getting a name based police check

without having to use the long process of finger printing blah blah blah.. we cant afford to lose another 2-12 months!

also the interview is in a month.. this suxx.. im so stressed out.. im spacing out at work.. my minds completely fixated

on finding a solution to this problem.. is there any developments out there towards getting a police clearance from canada.

i think its the hardest police clearance to get in the whole world..

PLS SAVE US.. thanks you kindly!

June 10, 2007