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Zed’s green card came in the mail today!!!!!! Needless to say I am THRILLED and to just be able to enjoy being married to such a wonderful man with no immigration worries for 1 year and 9 months. . . . ahhhhh its the best feeling ever! What a wonderful Monday! Thanks to my incredible husband for being so supportive and loving and keeping me grounded when I otherwise would have lost my mind, and to our families for all their love and support! KISSES & HUGS TO EVERYONE!

This has been the best week ever! As I see my wonderful husband has already posted about how excited we are about the immigration process being done for now. It has been such a smooth ride for us, we feel very fortunate that all has gone so well, so smooth and so fast! I am so proud of him and how strong he has been through this process, he has been my rock! I love him with all my heart, and am so glad to know that he is here to stay, we can travel when we are ready to travel, and hopefully this will also make getting work easier for him being a permanent resident! I also want to thank both of our families for all their love and support because without them, we could never have gotten this far. We are very lucky to have each other and the support of our family.

We just received the most awesome news since I have come to the USA.
It has been 139 days since we filled our immigration papers and I have been granted permanent residency status in the USA and my Greencard has been ordered, should receive it in the mail shortly.
Our immigration interview went really well yesterday and all the staff there were fabulous and very friendly. The whole immigration process has been very smooth for us and couldn’t have done it without my superwife’s help. The lady that interviewed us was very nice and laughed and joked around with us and made us feel very good about the whole ordeal.
We are both very glad the process is over for now, we don’t have to do anything now for the next year and a half. After that time I can apply to have any conditions lifted on my residency status.
What this all means for us:

• If we were to travel back to Australia or visit another country I am automatically granted access to re-enter the USA.
• If I were stupid enough to do something silly in USA I would no longer be deported back to Australia.
• I have a much higher chance of finding employment being that I am now a permanent resident of USA.

I received a letter yesterday from immigration regarding our application for my permenent residency status asking us to come in for an interview. This is absolutely fantastic news. The appointment is for July 20th, 2 months away. After that as I’m certain it will all go just fine I should be granted permenent residency status an allowed to stay in the USA indefinately an come and go as we please. I can hardly wait and am not the least bit anxious. I’ll keep y’all posted as to the result, we are nearing the end of my immigration journey.
Wish me luck!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaa,

My Employment Authorization Card (EAD) just arrived in the mail.

This is awesome news for us both, this means that I am now authorized to work in the USA. I can now go get a job. This shouldn’t be too hard for me I have never found trouble getting work as a qualified chef, and even though there is a lot of unemployed people in the united states I am still confident I will have no trouble getting work.

I am very excited to finaly be able to legally work here and we can now get on with our life, I’ll keep you all posted as to how I’m going looking for work, so wish me luck. Better get off my ass and get a real job.

My Employment Authorization has been approved, Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Application Type: I765 , APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On May 7, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I765 APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.
*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.
Sincerely,
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

This is just the notice of aproval, the Employment Authorization Card (EAC) will arrive a bit later.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,
My Employment Authorization to work in the USA has just been processed an ordered by the USCIS.
I am expected to receive delivery of the Employment Authorization within 30 Days.
Wish me luck folks it’s time to go get a job!

Application Type: I765 , APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On May 6, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.
*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.
Sincerely,
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Just thought I would let everyone know that yesterday we picked up Zed’s medical exam paperwork and IMMEDIATELY took it to the post office to be sent back to Lees Summit Missouri where our documents are being processed for Immigration. . . . Stay tuned hopefully our next update will be because we have his employment card in hand FINGERS CROSSED everyone!

Saw this pic and made me smile thinking about the happiest day of my life!

Today we received a letter from the USCIS asking me to submit a ‘Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record’. Upon receipt of this report the USCIS will issue my Employment Authorization within 90 days.

I have an appointment tomorrow (Friday April 17, 2009) for the medical and we have to return 2 days later to pick up the report so we can submit it back to the USCIS.

That’s all for now, Stay Tuned!

Our counting of days since immigration received our papers.