Canadianmade

Thank you, guys!

By the way I got second update/email that my green card is in production today early morning.

Congrads Diazy

Hello all!!

Got the good news today!

.."On September 27, 2011, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service .."

YAY!!

Good luck to all of you!

Congrads BiancanDoug

Sorry guys, I have been so busy but i just wanted to let you guys know I received my green card 9/24/2011. The card looks way cooler than the card we got 2yrs ago. It came fast and this process was way faster than my AOS it took me about 10months to get with many complications and headaches. Good luck to those still waiting and will see you guys in the citizenship stage which is in a few months.

I just got an email telling me my new card is in PRODUCTION! *doing the happy dance* I should get my NEW 10 yr Green Card within the next 30 days *now doing back-flips* Fingers are crossed for all the other May filers out there, may the approvals be coming your way!

Yayyyyyyy!

Congrads Frenchy, I know the feeling when I found out I was so freakin happy to get the email.

Canadianmade and Frenchy, congratulations!!!

Thank you Diazy!!

Thank you shefellfromheaven!!!

Congratulations, Canadianmade!

The last three approvals have been for the earliest three bio dates... so perhaps we'll see later bio dates approved now?

Thank you Alex & Rachel, very happy this process is now over, and I hope you guys hear good news soon. I am routing everyone on and hope more may filers get approved soon. I think you guys are on to something with your theory. Good luck!!

Thank you Yuirka and Jim, finally, I am sure more approvals are on the way, now just waiting for the card to come in the mail .

Hey guys, I know I have been really quiet on here, I just got the email from USCIS today saying I am approved for my 10yr green card, so I am super excited right now and I cant complain, it went smoother than my AOS, so its a great day and next step is citizenship. Good luck to everyone and thank you for all of your help and I will definately stick around to cheer everyone on.

Well done that that part over for you. Good luck with speedy approval.

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Thank you, we will see if its gonna be as fast as it is going right now lol. Good luck to you guys too

Hey gang, just letting you know that I had my biometrics appointment today @11:00am in Cleveland, it was a really quick process, it was done less than 10 minutes. Now I play the waiting game and good luck to everyone.

Hello Guys! I also sent my package on may 31,they received it on 1'st of june.i wait for them to chash the check and send me Noa 1!

Hi can you update my progress i got my biometrics letter today, it was dated for 5/30/2011 and my appointment is for 6/13/2011 @11:00am. Thank you and wish everyone a smooth process and i hope i get no rfes or interview, knocked on wood.

Canadianmade, I think that happens to some people who make the transition into the states. Some, like yourself, end up loving their new life and I think that's awesome. No matter where you go, you've got to be comfortable and connect to the land and with others around you.

I think for me, and this was a hard lesson to learn, I'm severely connected to the landscape. It's not even so much my friends and family, whom I love very much obviously but it's the actual geography that tugs at my heart strings.

My friend Liz and I hold this very dear to our hearts:

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David BouchardLet's see who truly reads my status.... you and I wake up in a police car together. Using Four words only, what would you say to me? Note: if you comment, you must copy and paste this to your status so I can comment on yours as well. be a good egg and play along. ( 4 word's are harder than you thinkt

It's something I guess we feel to the depth of our souls.

Your are right on what you said, I know some people adapt to their new surroundings better than others, like myself I guess I happen to be at a place I like, its morely the standard of living here in Ohio is totally different than Toronto, because I live in a very slow pace town, not much going on and at first I struggled to adapt to it because of being from a big city, but once i gave it a chance, I turly started liking it more and more, I mean some people will never change the way they feel about what they consider home you know. I think sometimes what makes a person like their new surroundings is what a person had to go through threw or experience in their old surroundings ex. drama with friends family life whatever before coming to the US. I think what plays a role is if a person had a life or felt like they had a life in Canada before coming here to the US. I think that is a very awesome poem you know very deep stuff. I love Canada and very proud to say I am Canadian. I think it would be cool to have some Canadian friends too.

It happens every time. haha

Hi fellow Canadians. I totally feel for you Laura and everyone who is going through homesickness right now. It is hard to be away from your friends and family and what we consider home you know. I personally feel if someone is living somewhere where they don’t consider home will never be at peace within themselves or happy. I will say at the beginning of this whole beuaucratic immigration process, I did feel homesick because I was in a new environment I wasn’t use too and life was different than what I was use too in Canada. I had my wife who I love dearly and was more than helpful to me when I was down about not being home, so it does help to have someone to have your spouse or someone you can talk to to help you out when your down. I will say that when I made the move to the US for my wife my friends and family weren’t too happy about my move, morely my friends. My family was happy for me but not at the sametime just in the basis of them going to miss me that kinda deal. I go visit Canada twice a year and each time its such an awesome feeling being in Toronto, but I did notice too my friends who I thought were my friends totally moved on and didn’t talk to me or anything, so much for real friends. I also feel that my life is no longer in Canada and don’t feel really right in Canada anymore. I personally have no desire to ever live in Canada anytime down the line and if I did move back after citizenship and all that, it would be for my family that’s it. I totally love my life here in Ohio, I have a decent job, going to school for nursing have an awesome wife and awesome friends, so complaints. I personally feel I have better friends here in the US than I ever had in Toronto. I think people were more than welcoming to me because I transitioned from a big city to a small town in the US. I think it all depends on the foundation back in Canada you know, I love Canada to death, love my hockey basketball and baseball teams. I do love everything about Canada, but I just don’t feel the same about it inregards to ever living there again. I do wish I did have some Canadians friends here so I can talk about stuff Canadian you know.

Updating list to include CanadianMade's NOA date

California Service Center (15 applicants)

VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

SHEFELLFROMHEAVEN....05/03/11........05/05/11.......06/06/11........--/--/11....

ALEX & RACHEL........05/03/11........05/06/11.......06/15/11........--/--/11....

NW MUSHROOM..........05/03/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

CHRISTERA22..........05/06/11........05/09/11.......06/06/11........--/--/11....

DIAZY................05/09/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

TRICIA599............05/10/11........05/11/11.......06/20/11........--/--/11....

RROBIN...............05/10/11........05/12/11.......06/20/11........--/--/11....

FRENCHY..............05/16/11........05/17/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

DANIELWHITE..........05/16/11........05/17/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

SUZANNYO.............05/19/11........05/23/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

DALE_TRISHA..........05/20/11........05/23/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

CANADIANMADE.........05/20/11........05/23/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

RASBERRY.............05/20/11........05/23/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

SFU+TFU..............05/24/11........05/25/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

D&I..................05/24/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

Vermont Service Center (23 applicants)

VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

YOINK................05/02/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

TINKERBELLUK.........05/02/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

EDINA................05/04/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

SWANTIGER............05/04/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

KMEHMOOD1............05/06/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

PRINCESS_MARICAR.....05/06/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

J&N79................05/07/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

CLAUSKI..............05/07/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

JOHN HALL............05/09/11........05/11/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

VIP1.................05/11/11........05/16/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

MARY AND ENRIQUE.....05/12/11........05/16/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

FURIOUSNG............05/14/11........05/19/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

~LAURA AND NICK~.....05/14/11........05/17/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

AUDREYBELLA..........05/16/11........05/18/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

DEIDRE...............05/17/11........05/19/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

HELLOMIFFY...........05/17/11........05/20/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

VMM..................05/17/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

DAGOBERT.............05/19/11........05/23/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

PATTU RANI...........05/19/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

RUPA.................05/20/11........05/23/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

ANGUS28..............05/23/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

SAL AND JAY..........05/26/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

OPHELIA783...........05/27/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11....

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thank u deidre for updating my info

Wow, no Vermont filers have a biometrics date yet?

That's strange........I hope people just haven't updated their statuses yet!!!

Very weird Laura, I hope your process is speedy and smooth, like I hope my process as well. Good luck to you.

I got my one-year extension my NOA is dated 5/23/2011, I think I received it Saturday in the mail. Good luck to everyone and now waiting for my biometrics appointment letter.

I could have mailed mine in April but I had a death in the family and a lot of stuff went down so I finally mailed mine off the other day.

Better late than never! lol My green card expires July 7th so I'm not super late.

Good luck to everyone waiting

Laura how are you? Cool beans and hope your process goes smoother than the AOS stage as my AOS process was abit rough and long too. I sent my package off today so now we will wait and see. Good luck.

Hey Canadianmade, good luck with your ROC! I really hope this time around everything will go nice and smooth for you! I be here cheering for you!!

Rosie how are you? Long time no hear how is life in sunny California? Thank you and I finally sent the package off today, so now we are playing the waiting game. I hope it is smooth too since my AOS was a bit rough. Thank you for the support

Hi guys, I just wanted to say, I sent my package today and I was told they will receive on Monday. I sent it to the California Service Center since I live in Ohio. Can I be added to the list. Thank you and wish everyone a smooth process.

Hi guys, I will be sending my package tommorow, so hopefully it will be a smooth journey for me and all of us filing.

Agree 100% with everything

We were a great group back in 2008/09 and it's great we can keep in touch again through another step on this immigration process! We'll be there cheering for you in the May filers thread!!

Yes we were Rosie and thank you, and will be looking forward to you guys cheering me on in the may thread

Looks like the package was received on Friday! At least it got there okay!

Canadianmade - don't worry about it, a little chit-chat along the way makes this board a lot less boring while we are waiting for arrivals, notices, appointments etc! There is most definitely a lot of bonding that goes on in these forums as you well know from when we were Oct. '08 filers! You, for one had a rough ride in this process and we were all there with you! Chat away - they'll just ban us if we're a problem!!!

I am happy to hear that Beantown that your package has been received. Absouletly theres alot of bonding that happens in these forums and our group for one was one of the many few. Thank you and yes I believe chit chating along in the process does make any immigration process alot less stressful because you can talk with people who are going through the same process and experience. I certainly did had an rough experience and my wife, family and the oct 08 filers were with me to support me and ride out this rough experience with me at the end. I do thank you and the many others who were there with me.

I think this is a rigid stance.

I enjoyed reading your posts. People are going to naturally find old friends from visa or AOS days and want to catch up. It adds a little personality to an otherwise boring repetition of a list with a bunch of rules taking up more space than your short chit-chat.

Well thank you, my purpose was to reunite and chat with old friends, I havent talked too in over a year and see how they have been doing including you. I really wasn't trying to step on anyone's toes or disrespect anyone in this thread or forum. I agree with what you said, and adding a little conversation to the forum can make it somewhat more exciting, than just talking about the immigration process only which can make it stressful.

Hi Canadianmade,

I understand that you are excited about seeing familiar name here. Sorry I'm not December filer either but here is "December Filers" thread and I think we should keep it to this subject

I can definitely respect your request, but at the same time, you don't have the right to tell someone else, to no longer post in a thread. All I was doing was telling old friends who are in the Dec ROC stage good luck, so actually it was on topic, and fine some old immigration stuff was brought up, but its immigration talk, it wasnt like I was talking about something so off topic. I have issues with people who are trying to dictate and control things, so since you said your not a December filer and, I am not a December filer either which is true, we both shouldn't post in the thread anymore right? Its amazing, you seem to be the only person who had an issue with my posts.

Trust me, May will come around in no time at all! The good thing is that we were all approved and we can ALL be in this position of filing to remove conditions. A few months doesn't make much difference at this point in the game, since Life has just been happily moving along regardless! The next step will be super smooth for you, just watch! Thanks for asking about my daughter, she's wonderful, feisty and doing great! Kimcorene had a baby while we were adjusting status, didn't she? I wonder how she is doing? I don't remember when she received her approval or if she'll be a December filer also. Rosie, do you remember?

Yes that is true and hope that this process will be alot smoother than my 1st process. I am glad to hear that your daughter is fine and healthy and I remembered while you were in the AOS process you were pregnant. Yeah I had also remembered Kimcorene was also pregnant and wondering how shes is doing? Theres quite a few people I wonder how they are doing, there were some super cool people in our group. How has the US been treating you?

We're Oct 2008 filers. I just finished the ROC packet today. Yay! We can't mail it until Christmas Eve, but the Priority Mail envelope is already addressed and the check written. Now I can get back to Christmas.

Our AOS took longer than a lot of the group. I remember the ones transferred to CSC took longer than those with interviews. And I remember Canadianmade's struggles. We bought a new house and moved away from where I spent my whole life. It's been great. Love the house and neighbors and the adventure of learning a new area. But it still seems weird to go to the grocery store and not run into one person I know. It used to take me forever to shop because I knew almost everybody in town and had to stop and talk.

We've been back to England once and had company from there 3 times. We took a short, last-minute trip to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for our second anniversary because we got super cheap tickets. Things have been great. In another year he plans to file for citizenship.

Hey, I remember you guys glad to hear from you, it certainly has been a long time since the time we were waiting for our approvals. Congrads on sending in your ROC packet, and I hope your guy's process is smooth and fast. Yes I do also remember that your guys's AOS process took a while to get approved. Oh yes I think I am the only one in our group who had the roughest AOS process after the interview. It took 10 months in total to get approved and it pushed back my ROC filing by a couple months, but hey what can you do. The part that bothered me the most was why it took so long and the fact after my interview they never gave me any straight answers at the infopass apointments and why they held onto my passport and birth certificate. Anyways congrads to you guys on your new home and glad to hear you guys had a good transition. I am also glad to hear you had the opportunity to visit back home and your family came to the US to see you guys. I have been working as a nurses aide for almost 2yrs now, going to school to become an RN and I also got my drivers license too so it has been pretty awesome and the US has been nothing but good to me and my wife and I have been back to Canada quite a few times since and we are going down new years eve. I will be eligible to file my ROC in May 10 2011 and ironically thats our anniversary day, so it will be 3yrs for us. I do also plan to file for citizenship so I can get this process done and over with and be able to travel without any fear and vote.

i have a double major, organizational communication and human resources and he's working through general education, primarily studying english so he becomes proficient and yes english is incredibly difficult to learn i remember being frustrated as a child trying to learn it! since it makes little sense but he's doing remarkably well. sometimes too well since he forgets thai words now .

i love thai food too, i have learned to my quite a few dishes since when my husband first came back i thought it would be one less way for him to feel homesick since eating out is expensive. ironic really since when he lived here when we were dating he couldn't get enough of trying other foods. now he fanices himself andrew zimern, every country we go to..."what's weird to eat here? i want to eat that!" well the horse in montreal almost did him in, he hated it, i tried to tell him since i had eaten it before but you men are a stubborn lot.

i'm glad you guys are doing well also, yes the working full time and school full time is a bear but it will all be worth it right? RIGHT?

we really had a good group in our aos crew didn't we. i hope everyone is doing well! we're all closing in on the end of it i hope. ugh!

have fantastic hols! and happy new year to you and mrs. canadianmade. definitely keep me posted on your roc journey. those jokers kinda owe you one hopefully that's a smooth 90 day journey!

Very cool and hey theres a big demand for HR managers you know and keep at it. Yes going to school at the end will pay off who can afford do just do one or the other lol. Yeah we did have a pretty cool group of people in our AOS journey and hope to hear from some of them soon. Yes I cant wait to just get this journey done and over with honestly. Thank you and hope you both have a nice holiday too. fingers cross that my ROC journey will be alot better.