New milestone in our long journey -- Dec '01 case approved!!

W

wac-02-068

Registered Users (C)
After so many years of hard working and painful waiting, we have finally
reached a new significant milestone in our immigration journey. Even though
both men in our house are too tired of the almost endless waiting to show
any excitement, I still can truly feel the happiness and would like to share it
with our big family in this forum, the good news of our I-485 approval.

Here is a list of our milestones:

Fall 1997 -- Entered the U.S. on J1 visa.
Spring 1998 -- Husband and son joined.
July 1998 -- Applied Canadian Residency.
Jan. 1999 -- Applied J1 waiver.
March 1999 -- Canadian "Green Card" approved.
Oct. 1999 -- J1 waiver approved.
Oct. 1999 -- In last minute, hubby changed mind to stay in the U.S.
Spring 2000 -- Changed status to F1, F2 and H1 respectively.
Sep. 2000 -- Started G.C. application.
Dec. 2000 -- Labor certificate application submitted.
Feb. 2001 -- Labor certificate approved.
April 2001 -- I-140 applied.
Aug. 2001 -- I-140 approved.
Aug. 2001 -- Medical Exam done.
Sep. 11 '01 -- Something non-trivial happened.
Dec. 2001 -- I-485 application submitted.
May 2002 -- First finger prints done.
Oct. 2002 -- Joined ImmigrationPortal.COM.
Jan. 2003 -- Parents formally prayed to ancesters for help with our GC.
Summer '03 -- Mom started suspecting the GC delay was caused by my
unfinished(still on-going) degree.
Dec. 2003 -- Became active in this forum.
Spring 2004 -- Participated in all the major campaigns.
Feb 2004 -- Visited by an officer from DOD. (Reason why called
ImmigrateMe several times to share information.)
Feb 2004 -- Made donation to ImmigrationPortal.ORG.
March 2004 -- Contacted INS and Congresswoman for case status.
March 2004 -- ACKed primary applicant under name check.
April 2004 -- Primary applicant changed job and informed CIS.
June 15 '04 -- Second Finger Prints done.
July 12 '04 -- Successfully defended dissertation.
July 20 '04 -- Proven mom was right: GC approval on July 19 shown on
CIS website, right after the defense.
July 21 '04 -- $175 (was to pay CIS for an advance parole for self) sent
to ImmigrationPortal.ORG.
By 2008 -- Get citizenship for the family!


In real life, both my husband and myself have big families, from where we always get so much love and support. We feel so lucky that besides that we have an even bigger family here in this forum, which has been the source of information, care and support in an even wider range of aspects for the past couple of years, and in the future. On behalf of my real life family, I thank you all from the very bottom of my heart!

Our special thanks to Kashmir for his selfishless contributions to this community and his help with our individual cases. We thank congresswoman Ana Eshoo and her office for their efforts. All my comrades in bayarea485 group, along with all the other active members in this forum, deserve our truest respect for their leadership, devotion and support!!

wac-02-068
ND 12/18/01 RD 12/20/01 AD 07/19/04
 
Congratulatoins !!

You had been actively working for the community not just to participate in campaigns
but also to drive one of the most successful campaign #8b to CIS Ombudsman which, I strongly believe, contributed I-485 backlog reduction at the CSC, to visit Zoe Lofgren's office with us, to attend Pete Stark's town meeting, and so on.
It's really deserving !!

Enjoy your freedom,
-kashmir

P.S.
I started taking classes from this summer to get another degree here in the States.
Originally, I planed to get some kind of prize as a U.S. citizen,
but reading your post, I have changed my mind to get a degree and a prize before a citizenship.
 
wac-02-068 said:
After so many years of hard working and painful waiting, we have finally
reached a new significant milestone in our immigration journey. Even though
both men in our house are too tired of the almost endless waiting to show
any excitement, I still can truly feel the happiness and would like to share it
with our big family in this forum, the good news of our I-485 approval.

Here is a list of our milestones:

Fall 1997 -- Entered the U.S. on J1 visa.
Spring 1998 -- Husband and son joined.
July 1998 -- Applied Canadian Residency.
Jan. 1999 -- Applied J1 waiver.
March 1999 -- Canadian "Green Card" approved.
Oct. 1999 -- J1 waiver approved.
Oct. 1999 -- In last minute, hubby changed mind to stay in the U.S.
Spring 2000 -- Changed status to F1, F2 and H1 respectively.
Sep. 2000 -- Started G.C. application.
Dec. 2000 -- Labor certificate application submitted.
Feb. 2001 -- Labor certificate approved.
April 2001 -- I-140 applied.
Aug. 2001 -- I-140 approved.
Aug. 2001 -- Medical Exam done.
Sep. 11 '01 -- Something non-trivial happened.
Dec. 2001 -- I-485 application submitted.
May 2002 -- First finger prints done.
Oct. 2002 -- Joined ImmigrationPortal.COM.
Jan. 2003 -- Parents formally prayed to ancesters for help with our GC.
Summer '03 -- Mom started suspecting the GC delay was caused by my
unfinished(still on-going) degree.
Dec. 2003 -- Became active in this forum.
Spring 2004 -- Participated in all the major campaigns.
Feb 2004 -- Visited by an officer from DOD. (Reason why called
ImmigrateMe several times to share information.)
Feb 2004 -- Made donation to ImmigrationPortal.ORG.
March 2004 -- Contacted INS and Congresswoman for case status.
March 2004 -- ACKed primary applicant under name check.
April 2004 -- Primary applicant changed job and informed CIS.
June 15 '04 -- Second Finger Prints done.
July 12 '04 -- Successfully defended dissertation.
July 20 '04 -- Proven mom was right: GC approval on July 19 shown on
CIS website, right after the defense.
July 21 '04 -- $175 (was to pay CIS for an advance parole for self) sent
to ImmigrationPortal.ORG.
By 2008 -- Get citizenship for the family!


In real life, both my husband and myself have big families, from where we always get so much love and support. We feel so lucky that besides that we have an even bigger family here in this forum, which has been the source of information, care and support in an even wider range of aspects for the past couple of years, and in the future. On behalf of my real life family, I thank you all from the very bottom of my heart!

Our special thanks to Kashmir for his selfishless contributions to this community and his help with our individual cases. We thank congresswoman Ana Eshoo and her office for their efforts. All my comrades in bayarea485 group, along with all the other active members in this forum, deserve our truest respect for their leadership, devotion and support!!

wac-02-068
ND 12/18/01 RD 12/20/01 AD 07/19/04
Click to expand...

Njoy............
 
kashmir said:
P.S.
I started taking classes from this summer to get another degree here in the States.
Originally, I planed to get some kind of prize as a U.S. citizen,
but reading your post, I have changed my mind to get a degree and a prize before a citizenship.
Click to expand...

Wise decision! As a matter of fact, the older I get, the more I am thrilled by old people's wisdom. Don't forget to share it with us when you get your degree and prize, and your citizenship of course!
 
Passport stamped on July 23rd

We left home at 7:10am, arrived CIS San Jose office at 7:40am. Parking was full by then. Dropped passengers, parked car across road and walked back to the line. Entered the building at 9:51am and got token. Called by an officer at around 12:15 noon. Walked out of building by 12:30.

Highlights:
- eat before leaving for CIS;
- a jacket is necessary if get there early;
- camera, either stand alone or integrated to cell phone, should be kept in the car;
- the "military guy" (what our boy calls the gentleman handled our case) is at least 3 times faster than the asian girl in doing the stamping.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top