Kevin-n-Merlaine

Sorry Skatetrash - anyway - There are several cool apps for android that my wife has been using. They're multiple choice flash card type and she's really learned a lot! Now if we can conquer driving and bike riding she'll be all set

there's a wealth of information out there on the internet.. as a matter of fact, if you need your appendix removed, you can google search the procedure.. heck you can even ask around those who have gone thru it and they will tell you what to do.. question is, are you dumb enough to do it? maybe the couple you know who's cases were problems when they retained a lawyer, did the process themselves, f ^*&^ it up, then come crying to a lawyer asking them to do miracles.. or maybe their case were f*&*^T up to begin with and then blame the lawyer.. i highly doubt a person trained in the field of immigration law would mess up.. that's what they do and are schooled for.. the advice you get from an immigration lawyer, far outweighs any you get from anyone here..

I guess my only question left for you then would be, why are you here? You have no timeline, your journey starts with citizenship, you have no personal stats or information on your profile and obviously don't need any help or advice from such an uneducated group as us. I didn't suggest that all attorneys did a poor job, just the facts of cases I knew of. The attorney does exactly the same thing...fill out the proper forms, file them at the appropriate times...etc. That's just my opinion though

this is not a popular advice here, (since everyone seems to be an expert here in filing themselves, then short of giving themselves a heart attack on waiting if they did everything correct while waiting for a response), i actually retained a lawyer to do all my paperwork from day 1 to the finish line.. this is the most important last step in your journey and the last thing you want to do is screw it up.. sure, you save a couple of hundreds doing it alone but then if you mess it up, it will take twice as much to have it fixed.. my lawyer did all my paperwork and made sure i had everything's in order.. interview took less than 30 mins.. when you are sick, you go to a doctor.. when you have problems with your car, you go to a mechanic.. see where i am going here.. if you are in doubt on your n400 and want piece of mind, use a reputable immigration lawyer..

Not trying to hijack your thread at all skatetrash but I don't think anyone here would claim to be an expert in any area of immigration. Every piece of information you need to complete the process from start to finish is here along with hundreds of people who have gone through the exact same steps that the next person needs to complete. That wealth of knowledge has been far more valuable to me than any false "piece of mind" I might have had with an attorney. I actually personally know several couples who have had more problems and their cases have taken way too long to complete because they did use an attorney. I'm sure a lot have had good experiences too but most that I know, both personally and here on VJ, didn't.

Having said that, I'm not just trolling...lol. My wife and I are going file in the next few months and I too was looking for a few tips if there were any. Sounds about as straight forward as the rest has been though

On December 7, 2012, we ordered production of your new card

Yay, go VSC!

Nice! Congrats dear! Finally VSC is opening the flood gates...big congrats to all the new approvals!!

Congratulations to all the new approvals and a very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!

Big congrats to all the new approvals!! Hang in the VCS-ers

It wasn't too hard for my wife to find work. The "immigrant" part didn't come into play at all and she was able to find a job 2 years ago (even at the height of the economy tanking). Most, if not all, of the ladies I've met here on VJ found work very soon after arriving here

Contrats to the new approvals!

Congrats everyone! It's pretty sad that we all filed at appx the same time and that CSC is at 62% and VSC is only at 5% Hang in there everyone

Did you file at the California Service Center? You don't have your timeline filled out so it's hard to judge just where you might be in the process. If you're CSC then you should get a decision soon. If you're at the VSC then you might want to go ahead and change your address. I would base my decision whether to change it or not on that.

Big congrats to all the latest approvals!!

Just a quick question -- traveling internationally with the expired greencard along with the NOA1 is ok, right?

Mr. Sachinky and I are planning a trip to the Dominican Republic in the next month or two -- anyone know if I, as an Indian citizen, will require a tourist visa?

CongratsSarahandAnis !!

Sachinky - I found this online.. "(1) All legal residents (green card holders) from the United States of America and Canada can enter the Dominican Republic holding travel documents that substitute their passports." It's on this webpage - http://www.learn4good.com/travel/dominican_visa.htm. Hope that helps

Merlaine got her 10 year GC on Monday the 17th Took less than a week from the time I got the text message. Hang in there everyone, it's coming!

Thanks everyone!

Got a nice little note on the USCIS website today - "On September 12, 2012, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you." I'm updating the list

California Service Center (29 applicants, 12 approved 41%)

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

lexrj................02/29/12........03/03/12.......03/30/12........08/14/12....(Card Received 08/20)

BLUEROSE001..........03/01/12........03/05/12.......04/02/12........08/02/12....(Card Received 08/10)

MISSYOUHUN...........03/01/12........03/05/12.......04/13/12........08/20/12....(Card Received 08/24)

NIK+HEATHER..........03/01/12........03/08/12.......04/06/12........--/--/--....

IAHMJPINOY...........03/01/12........03/12/12.......04/09/12........07/30/12....(Card Received 08/08)

RHIANNERCAKES........03/02/12........03/05/12.......04/03/12........08/27/12....(Card Received 08/31)

SARAHANDANIS.........03/03/12........03/05/12.......04/02/12........--/--/--....(RFE Received 08/11, responded 08/24)

SAIF9171.............03/03/12........--/--/12.......04/10/12........08/22/12....(Never received NOA)

JBG805...............03/05/12........03/06/12.......04/06/12........--/--/--....

FONFANSCOTT..........03/07/12........03/12/12.......04/05/12........--/--/--....

ANONEEMOOSE..........02/15/12........03/12/12.......04/05/12........--/--/--....

JSVP2008.............03/08/12........03/12/12.......04/23/12........08/24/12....(card received 09/01)

OSIN.................03/09/12........03/12/12.......04/02/12........08/06/12....(Card received 08/10)

MOONLIGHT7...........03/13/12........03/15/12.......05/14/12........08/29/12....(Card received 09/04)

AMIN&ANI.............03/14/12........03/22/12.......04/21/12........--/--/--....

FABULOUS02...........03/16/12........03/21/12.......05/16/12........--/--/--....

CDAGIRLMI............03/16/12........03/19/12.......05/08/12........--/--/--....

CHIEFS341............03/16/12........03/19/12.......04/18/12........08/31/12....(Early Bio 04/05)

SUPREMECOMPLEX.......03/16/12........03/19/12.......04/19/12........08/27/12....(Card received 08/31)

KBANKS...............03/16/12........03/19/12.......05/09/12........09/05/12....(Early Bio 04/18)

M&ME.................03/20/12........03/22/12.......05/02/12........--/--/--....

LARRY C..............03/22/12........03/26/12.......05/24/12........--/--/--....

KEVIN-N-MERLAINE.....03/23/12........03/26/12.......04/27/12........09/12/12....(Early Bio 4/18)

TINYPYRAMIDS.........03/23/12........03/26/12.......05/07/12........--/--/--....

MARKIEBOY............03/23/12........03/26/12.......05/02/12........--/--/--....

ANDRELLE.............03/24/12........03/26/12.......05/23/12........--/--/--....

UNIQUE...............03/24/12........03/26/12.......04/24/12........--/--/--....(Early Bio 04/13)

OLIVER-CHRIS.........03/28/12........04/02/12.......04/30/12........--/--/--....

RITZZ................03/29/12........--/--/12.......05/11/12........--/--/--....(No NOA yet)

Vermont Service Center (20 applicants, 1 approved 5%)

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

SACHINKY.............02/27/12........03/01/12.......03/26/12........--/--/--....

OSEN74...............02/28/12........03/01/12.......04/27/12........--/--/--....

SANISH...............02/28/12........03/02/12.......04/02/12........--/--/--....(Early Bio 03/15)

DAVE AND MELANIE.....03/06/12........03/09/12.......03/30/12........--/--/--....

JULIAVA..............03/08/12........03/12/12.......04/27/12........--/--/--....

ACLOSIPIC............03/08/12........03/12/12.......04/19/12........--/--/--....(Early Bio 04/06)

SPOOM................03/12/12........03/14/12.......04/19/12........--/--/--....(Early Bio 04/09)

SKV..................03/13/12........03/16/12.......--/--/12........--/--/--....

LILRASKLS............03/16/12........03/20/12.......04/18/12........--/--/--....

CAMHAE...............03/16/12........03/21/12.......XX/XX/XX........05/22/12....(Sent from Japan/military)

KIRTHIRAJ............03/16/12........03/22/12.......05/07/12........--/--/--....

BOTKILLA.............03/16/12........03/23/12.......04/06/12........--/--/--....

SWEET ANGEL..........03/19/12........03/24/12.......04/19/12........--/--/--....(Early Bio 4/11/2012)(Need to redo Bio 05/09)

KNJ..................03/19/12........03/22/12.......04/23/12........--/--/--....

THX1138..............03/20/12........03/22/12.......05/30/12........--/--/--....

LEO&FARAH............03/21/12........--/--/12.......04/23/12........--/--/--....

BUNZARELLI...........03/21/12........03/22/12.......--/--/12........--/--/--....

JLP9576..............03/22/12........--/--/12.......04/30/12........--/--/--....

THARNSUR.............03/23/12........03/27/12.......05/07/12........--/--/--....

CALA BEL.............03/26/12........03/28/12.......04/26/12........--/--/--....

IMPORTANT!

* Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor.

* Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply.

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* Please check that you have not deleted anyones NAME & DATA.

Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your application

NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter

Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment

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Congrats to the new approvals!!

Congrats Moonlight7!!

I left my wife a prepaid greendot visa when I was there...saved a lot of hassles. The photocopy of the card you use to purchase the tickets works just fine too. It's always possible she can get a better deal if she buys them there too. I had my wife price tickets on her end while still there and it turned out I found them cheaper online.

Recieved my new card today!!!

Nice! Congrats

Nice!! New approvals..congrats!!

RFE for me too .

Oh no That stinks!

Same with us. My wife's worked great until a few months ago. It took Smart over a year to deactivate it. I'm sure I read it didn't have to be re-loaded. Maybe it's a newer policy like Scott said. We had to have her family send her a new one that had been roamed...I'll keep this one loaded now.

Now we're moving! Congrats everyone

Congrats iahmjpinoy!

bump! I'm betting on end of August for CSC filers...anyone else have any bets?

From looking at the January filers thread, I'm gonna go with the second week in August