Archie Wilson

> PS: We were processed through the Texas service center, for those
> interested. Papers were accepted by USCIS on 12/7/06, biometrics
> appointment set for 1/18/07. My wife was out of the country, so
> we wrote a letter to reschedule for May. She came back early, and
> we walked in to the Charlotte ASC on 4/4/07. Online notice said
> application was approved on 4/23/07, and the 10 year GC arrived
> 5/2/07. I assume it would have come much sooner if the biometrics
> had been done in January :P

I think your assumption that your I-751 would have been adjudicated any
quicker due to a delayed biometrics appointment is incorrect.
My wife's biometric appointment was late December 2006 after filing I-
751 on 12/7/2006, and her approval and receipt of gc was almost
identical to yours.
Archie Wilson

Meauxna

> Well, the long saga is over. One day after our 3rd anniversary, my
> wife got her 10 year GC. Not bad, considering the 2 month delay with
> her biometric appointment. She got approved just a few weeks after
> she finally got back into the US after taking care of her mom
> (undergoing chemo).
>
> She is not interested in citizenship (plus, since we plan on living in
> both countries over the course of our lives, it's good to have a solid
> foot in each door, as it were), so this is the end of the line for us.
> Hopefully, our interactions with USCIS will be limited to once every
> 10 years. That is, unless for some reason we end up staying out of
> the country for more than 2 years at a time, in which case I'm sure
> I'll be right back here asking how to reestalblish here LPR status :P
>
> My wife and I would like to thank everyone here for your support and
> advice. We could do it without a lawyer, but we couldn't have done it
> without you all. :thumbsup:

Congrats NOLA_Dave & Mrs NOLA_Dave!!!

Best wishes for mum and her speedy recovery