Christine + Blake

Congrats Dizzy!

My green card was approved October 1st, but I didn't get electronic notice or anything so it was a nice surprise when it came in the mail today!

I applied for AOS 11/28/2011, and did my biometrics 1/06/2012. I have received my EAD already but regretfully did not apply for AP originally. My case was transferred to CSC 03/12/2012 and I have yet to hear anything. My mom is getting married at the end of October this year and I'm terrified I won't be able to travel by then. It seems like there is no way to get any information, and even if you do it is completely unreliable, it is so upsetting to me. I am going to send in my AP application tomorrow, I'm really kicking myself for not doing it originally but I didn't think I would need it and then this wedding came as a last minute sort of thing. Could contacting my congressman help?

EAD!

Lise - I've been adjusting pretty well, although same as you I really miss my family. With all the wedding planning and immigration stuff, every now and then I find myself just needing my mommy! Otherwise it's been really great finally being here with Blake and our friends and moving forward in our lives in a new and exciting (and scary!) way. Good luck with your hopeful travels, I'm sure it'll work out and you'll get there!

mochamich - Yeah the RFE sucks but at least its something happening, haha. And now we know we're on the right track otherwise though right? Always trying to look on the bright side!

gyselle - congratulations!!

Had an RFE asking for Blake's taxes (we sent in this years and last years, to be safe) a few weeks ago, and today we got a letter saying our case was sent to California. I hear this means we might not have to do an interview? I hope that's the case! Still waiting on EAD, feeling a little lost about when things will be happening and what's coming up, but that's my own fault for not doing my research really. I wish I had filed for AP, it's stressing me out that I still can't visit Canada, but oh well. Eager to move forward more.

Wedding in 53 days

Well, my biometrics have been done and then two weeks ago we got a letter asking for the most recent year of tax returns. I suppose we'll file this years' taxes asap and then send those in?

We still haven't heard anything about my EAD, which is majorly frustrating me We sent in our paperwork mid-late November (haha, same as our K1!) and I still don't know what's up with any of it! They haven't even asked us for our marriage certificate, which I forgot to send in originally. I see some of you are checking things online and whatnot, where did you get the information to log on and check things out and whatever?

aughh, I just want to be able to start looking for work! (and I really want some progress/answers for my green card so I can go visit my family later this year)

Congratulations everyone on the EADs and even LPR statuses! I received my biometrics appointment letter in the mail on wednesday, it's January 6th Still waiting on an RFE for our lack of marriage certificate inclusion, haha.

Christine, look at my timeline, my RFE did not slow things down for long. Have everything ready to go so you can mail your response the same day you receive your RFE or the next day. Good luck.

Lise

Thanks Lise (and everyone else who replied!). It's our marriage certificate that we forgot, and we've got it sitting in our folder full of all our important documents, multiple copies of it in fact! So we'll be totally ready for when we get the RFE

On friday we sent off our AOS/EAD application packet, but then that night I realized that I forgot our marriage certificate! How stupid of me, I can't believe I forgot it! But it's done now, so what can I do? Can I send it in along with my information so that they can add it to my packet, or do I have to wait for the RFE?

OH NO!

We sent off our AOS packet on friday, and then later that night I realized I forgot to include our marriage certificate! D'OH HOW STUPID OF ME. What can I do? Can I send it on monday with all my information so it will be added to the packet, or will I have to wait for the RFE to come?

Thank you BobbyA for answering my question about question 11, very helpful!

CONGRATULATIONS DIZZY!!!!! That is fantastic

Assuming I don't find that I'm missing something when we go to put it together, our AOS packet will be going in the mail tomorrow! I'll be glad to have it out of the way since I have so much else on my mind right now - finishing my semester of school, keeping up with cooking and housework, taking care of our new little roommate (hehe, ours is just a puppy! No babies for us for a long time!), preparing for Christmas and getting gifts ready to mail back to Canada... ahh!

I'm confused on something on the i-765. Under question 1 it says "USCIS Office" "Date" and "Result". Would this be the uscis office we sent our paperwork to previously, the result is obviously approved, but what about the date? The date it was approved? help!!

Hi Everyone!

I've missed you all, life has just been so busy that I haven't been signing on! We are married, as I think I mentioned before, and I just got my social security number in the mail yesterday. Today we are working on gathering all our paperwork for AOS to send it in in the next few days. Very exciting!

Now to read backwards to catch up with all of you!

Thank you so much for the replies everyone, but thank God I FOUND IT!! I don't know how it possibly got to where it was, but we've got it now and it is safely stashed away with all our other paperwork in our special box!

OMG I FOUND IT

that was the worst day ever. what a close call.

Hi guys

It really looks like we have somehow completely lost my passport with my visa in it. We've been through the house over and over and over again, same with the car, and called every place we stayed along the way, and it hasn't turned up anywhere.

What do we do now?? I assume I need to get a new passport, and then...? The montreal consulate does not take phone calls and the reply time for emails is about a month - my visa that I lost is valid until December 14th and we were going to get married next week. Should we go ahead with the marriage, or wait? I'm so lost and am majorly freaking out here.

Please help!

Okay guys big problem - I've lost my passport with my visa in it. We've been through the house and car multiple times, top to bottom, called the family we stayed with and the hotel we stayed at and it isn't turning up anywhere.

You cannot call the montreal consulate where I got my visa. What do I do?!?!

Hey everybody! Sorry for disappearing these last few weeks, I'm in the US and adjusting to my wonderful new life here. Unfortunately Blake and I are not married yet (we are hoping for Oct.27, since that is when my grandparents, who were married over 60 years, were married) and I haven't even applied for my SSN yet because my birth certificate has gone missing! My mom says she packed it, but I can't find it anywhere, and my dad has a copy but doesn't know it so probably won't find it even though I filled him in, so looks like I have to send away for a new one - on a rush! and wait for that.

Its okay though, its not a race and everything will get done once it gets done.

I am doing AWESOME on the fitness challenge though hahah. I've been cutting carbs and doing Zumba classes (have one tonight actually) and I don't have a scale so I can't tell what my results have been so far, but I'm confident that I'll be able to fit into my dress again by wedding time in May.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who is married now

Congratulations to everyone who is married already! Lise I love your photo!

Blake and I will be getting married in around 2 weeks, and I am feeling extremely overwhelmed by the paperwork for my SSN and AOS and all that. MORE forms, MORE stress.. I just want to be done with this! At least now Blake and I can be together for it all

I got my visa! POE will be next Thursday morning and we'll be getting married at the courthouse in the first week or two of October.

STILL waiting to hear anything about where my passport/visa currently is. My appointment was the 31st, and I know it was a long weekend, but still! I should know SOMETHING by now, especially since other girls that were there with me (for CR1/IR1 visas) have theirs in hand already I know I have time but I'm very stressed about this!

Jeez, sure is quiet around here! Has everyone moved on to the AOS thread already??

DHL - I signed up online a long time ago. My interview was two days ago and there's still no information about the status of my visa, even though other people at the interview with me both have their passport already! Was I supposed to do something at the interview or talk to someone about it? I'm just worried that I've done something wrong :S

K1 approved I'm so happy the interview was really easy !!

Congratulations!!!

My interview today went really well and I met some other VJ users and made friends with a couple lovely girls - it was great to be there supporting each other, one of them cried when I got my approval! haha. So all in all it went wonderfully and now I am APPROVED!!!!!!

POE will be September 15th!

I couldn't have done it without you all, thank you so so so so much for helping me get here.