End of long journey

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Azazello

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Today, after 6 years, we finally got our cards...
The story goes as follows:
March 2002: first LC (EB3, RIR) denied based on layoffs in the company.
January 2003: second LC (EB3, regular) is filed and stuck in Phila BEC.
November 2005: third LC (EB2, PERM) is started.
March 2006: PERM LC ETA filed.
May 2006: PERM LC approved.
July 2006: I-140 + I-485 filed at Texas (EB2, ROW).
August 2006: I-140 approved, fingerprints taken.
July 2007: letters sent to Senators and Congressman.
August 2007: stuck in name check officially.
November 2007: letters sent to Senators, Congressman, Director of USCIS and the First Lady.
February 2008: new job, sent the AC21 packet to USCIS.
March 20, 2008: e-mail: welcome notice sent.
March 21, 2008: e-mail: cards ordered.
March 25, 2008: e-mail: approval notice sent.
March 26, 2008: welcome notice received.
March 28, 2008: cards received.

I'd like to use this opportunity to thank everyone on this form for moral support and invaluable information and tips.
I wish everyone here best of luck and hope your day will come soon.
 
ZOONI said:
Congratulations. Please Let Me Know Which Country.
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Thanks.
I do not know which one really counts - I was born in one and am citizen of another. I was (unofficially) told that this is one of the factors that may have caused my name check delay.
 
mmubeen said:
Were you cross charged...?
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Honestly, I have no idea - both of them are ROW, so I am not even sure against which I was charged at the end.
I was told that it's the country of birth that counts and I tend to believe it since this is the one printed on the plastic card.
Given the political realities of the modern world, though, it sounds as pure anachronism - I personally know tens of people who were born in one country, but grew up in and are citizens of another one - yet they are forced to mention their country of birth, of which they know close to nothing - not even the language.
 
rollingstone said:
May I ask - did your doctor do a TB skin test as part of your medicals?
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Yes, and it was positive because of BCG vaccination, of which I had paperwork.
Virtually everyone who had such vaccination (which is mandatory in a lot of countries) will test positive on Mantu reaction (the TB skin test).
The doctor was dumb enough to send me over to chest X-ray which of course was clean, but it caused an extra delay (about a week or so) and I had to pay extra for the X-ray.
Needless to say, I was not very fond of the doctor, so I won't recommend them to anyone here.
 
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