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Topic: An emotional day - "Card Production Ordered"
My parents sent me to US when I was only 15 as a high school F-1 student. Now I am 32, married, have a 2 yr old daughter and expecting a boy next year. I have gone thru F-1, H-1B, E-2 spouse visa and now greencard coming. All these years, I was NEVER out of status, and kept almost all INS/USCIS documents. I have 17 year old I-20, which is about to fall apart. It has been a long ride. Today is an emotional day for my family. There were endless prayers. There were days that I just wanted to give up and withdraw the I-140/485 – People think irrationally under stress. There were many nights that I was just stupidly keep checking the online status. There were days that I checked the status from work every 20 minutes and couldn't concentrate especially the last 5 days after RFE was submitted. I would check my status while I am still in bed via my BlackBerry. I’ve read numerous documents and wanted to point out that the "standard op" pdf was the most helpful which I got the link from this website. I've gain tremendous amount of knowledge through this website.
This morning everything came to the end. My blackberry alarm woke me up. From my bed I checked the status. It said they got the RFE – nothing changed. Ok. I got up and walked to my desktop. Just like my habit, I ran my FireFox Macro plug-in to login to the USCIS site. I saw LUD! I didn’t expecting much. I clicked on it and it said “Card Production Ordered”. I started making calls to my families. I took a shower thinking that this was a dream. So after I got out of the shower, I checked again. In this time, CRIS email notifications were sent. This is my story. Thank you everyone.
**my company made me sign that if I leave within 2 yrs, I will have to reimburse all GC related cost. Also attorney office who handles all my company’s immigration issues made so many obvious mistakes. Many typos and incorrect #’s they put on my applications. We MUST all check all details of our applications before we sign. There are many good lawyers out there but some don’t care much.
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Congratulations!!! Well deserved!! Celebrate and take the day off!!!
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COngratulations my friend.
Its your day.. Celebrate in a grand way. -
I know how it goes. We are all getting vexed with 5 years uncertainity ..15 years is too long a period . Appreciate your patience.
Good Luck
Indra
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Congratulations man that is a real long wait!! Celeberate, I know the feeling since I just saw the daylight a week ago.
Cheers
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Congratulations and HATS Off. That was a long long journey. You must be the happiest person TODAY.
7yrs in this country, hardly 6months since I have been in the fray and sometimes I do get fed up because of all the anomalies in the system.
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Congrats!
You definitely deserve to get green card.
Have soju and sam-kyup-sal for party!!
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Congratulations!! I bet you!! by default you might visit USCIS website every morning or use your blackberry on & off to check for your case status online LOL!!! I can feel your pain and all that you have gone through since we all are going through same process right now (8th year). I am pretty sure it might take few days to reset yourself...very happy for you and certainly deserve to celebrate this special day!! happy holidays
Cheers!!
Arvind
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Congratulations!!! 17yrs??? thats alot of time. Well Deserved!! goodluck and all the best.
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Congratulations and HATS Off!!!
My waiting was "only" 10 years with the same symptoms
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Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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send your letter to the usa today editorial department......stories like yours can maybe let people in on the plight of people who do this legally and maybe away if not just for a day the spotlight on illegal immigration which domiantes the headlines
Holder, Christina [cholder@usatoday.com]
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What a well deserved green card patience is indeed a virtue. Good luck to you and your family.
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congrats my freind, great journey you have had. touching journey indeed. just the pain, suffering, uncertainty and irrational behavior and system that USCIS makes us go through is just unbelievable. guess all of us here have a common theme.
good luck in your future endeavours
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Congrats. One more reason for your family to fill this Christmas with joy!
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Congratulations. I hope I don't have to wait until my hairs turn gray.
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Emotional indeed! Congratulations and enjoy the rest of your fulfilled life in the land of the free!
As someone else mentioned, you should share your story with the rest of the world. Send a note to all the major news papers in the U.S and help make a difference in the life of many who are going through the same journey.
I'm curious to know how you will get out of the habit of checking your online status on the USCIS site first thing in the morning :)
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Congratulations!!. Well deserved. I am hapy for you and your family at last this waiting is over. I can feel the pain and today's excitement. You desreve it. Enjoy.
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Jacobsung, great ending to a great story!! ENJOY!!! I have a question - are you planning on staying 2 more years w/ your company? I am in the same boat (no approval yet though) and I am not sure how to handle this 2-year requirement... Once the time comes of course..
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Congratulations to you and your family!
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Congrats my friend and wish you all the best to you and your family.
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Jacob Sung, My sincere congratulations to you and your family. You truly represent the agony and ecstasy of legal immigrant community in this country who are waiting eagerly for freedom with all the persistence and confidence on this legal system by holding on to some ray of hope. You are finally rewarded. I came here when I was 23 and now I am 33, counting days and months and years and decades too..
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Awesome news for you. After reading your post, everyone of us awaiting in this looong line feel so identified with many of your doing all these years, because we all do live the same way in the edge, pending on the USCIS web, mail, phone calls, our lives on hold as was yours until now. We all will wait like you to celebrate our big day as is this yours. Go to celebrate with family and friends, you deserve. Congratulations and blessings!
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Awesome news for you. After reading your post, everyone of us awaiting in this looong line feel so identified with many of your doing all these years, because we all do live the same way in the edge, pending on the USCIS web, mail, phone calls, our lives on hold as was yours until now. We all will wait like you to celebrate our big day as is this yours. Go to celebrate with family and friends, you deserve. Congratulations and blessings!
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Congrats for getting what you deserved for so long time.. Really great and emotional news, it just made my day.. Good wishes for your future life. Have fun and party for the rest of the year... :-)))
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What a well deserved GC.
Congrats.
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CONGRATS for your perseverance! Well done!
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dear jacobsung,
you story is truly inspiring. it definitely made my day! i can feel your pain much as your happiness now. you deserve every inch of happiness you are feeling right now. the joy of your success in contagious for all of us. bravo! congrats and god bless you and your family! indeed, success comes to those who patiently wait within the bounds of the law. good luck on your upcoming adventures in life!
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Good luck in your future ! Indeed it was emotional day for you. Many people here understand those emotions better way. Have your free life, find most dream job & keep your life in good direction. Help anyone was struggling on emmigration situation in future , be in touch with this site. Your next target would be Citizenship but you achived biggest mile stone so take some rest for 5 years until your Citiznship application & watching updates on it after 5 years. Hope by then USCIS processing method might be improved. I am happy for you.
Zest
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3 thumbs up! Well done and congrats..... enjoy the moment! :o)
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Congratulations. You deserve it (and your family too).
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Hearty Congratulations! Your case is truly inspirational and gives me renewed hope that someday USCIS will approve my I140 which is pending for over a year now. Good luck!
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Congratulation on your GC. What did you do with your military obligation?? Please let me know how you got away from it if you did. I have this problem with military. I am from S. Korea.
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Congratulations! That was very touchy! And thanks for sharing the same with us.
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I am so touched and glad for you. Congratulation! Enjoy and Celebrate....
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I m so happy for you and your family. Good Luck and all the Best!!
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Congratualations to you and your family!!!
This shows heights of perseverance.
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Congrats! I also came to this country in F1 visa in 1994 and never left! (not once!). I am 33 now. It's been a long journey for me too so far and I can relate to your emotion. I am happy for you and your family.
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My parents sent me to US when I was only 15 as a high school F-1 student. Now I am 32, married, have a 2 yr old daughter and expecting a boy next year. I have gone thru F-1, H-1B, E-2 spouse visa and now greencard coming. All these years, I was NEVER out of status, and kept almost all INS/USCIS documents. I have 17 year old I-20, which is about to fall apart. It has been a long ride. Today is an emotional day for my family. There were endless prayers. There were days that I just wanted to give up and withdraw the I-140/485 – People think irrationally under stress. There were many nights that I was just stupidly keep checking the online status. There were days that I checked the status from work every 20 minutes and couldn't concentrate especially the last 5 days after RFE was submitted. I would check my status while I am still in bed via my BlackBerry. I’ve read numerous documents and wanted to point out that the "standard op" pdf was the most helpful which I got the link from this website. I've gain tremendous amount of knowledge through this website.
This morning everything came to the end. My blackberry alarm woke me up. From my bed I checked the status. It said they got the RFE – nothing changed. Ok. I got up and walked to my desktop. Just like my habit, I ran my FireFox Macro plug-in to login to the USCIS site. I saw LUD! I didn’t expecting much. I clicked on it and it said “Card Production Ordered”. I started making calls to my families. I took a shower thinking that this was a dream. So after I got out of the shower, I checked again. In this time, CRIS email notifications were sent. This is my story. Thank you everyone.
**my company made me sign that if I leave within 2 yrs, I will have to reimburse all GC related cost. Also attorney office who handles all my company’s immigration issues made so many obvious mistakes. Many typos and incorrect #’s they put on my applications. We MUST all check all details of our applications before we sign. There are many good lawyers out there but some don’t care much.
You DESERVE it
Hearty Congratulations!!!
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There is nothing to feel 'so' much emotional about it.
You have not suffered much as much as lot of others in my opinion. You applied in April 2007 and got your greencard in Dec 2007. This is not even one year of wait time.
Compare yourself with people like kamaljeet
http://www.trackitt.com/discussion-forums/i485-1/46680379/
who have been waiting since 2001 and were stuck in namecheck even though his date was current.
You do not have my sympathy. But congratulations anyway and enjoy your greencard.
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