AOS Interview - Can you Reschedule?

[angey_blueskies 2]

Hi all, I'm a Canadian who married an American in WA in April under a K-1 visa.

On November 22, 2016, we received our Request for Applicant to appear for initial interview for our Form I-485 Application to register permanent residence or adjust status.

It set our interview date for December 19, 2016. Problem though is we have flights booked and have invested a lot of money to spend time with my great aunt.

Instead of checking with visajourney forums about rescheduling an interview, I just called the USCIS Service Center and put in a request to reschedule.

On Dec. 2, I received an email from USCIS saying that my request to reschedule my interview was approved and that I would receive a new notice once a new appointment was scheduled.

It was only after receiving this email that I read up on visajourney about the perils of trying to reschedule AOS interviews. And now I am VERY NERVOUS!

As it's been 5 days since we received the email saying that our request to reschedule has been approved, I decided to check our I-485 receipt number on the government's website and it is still listing us as having the interview on December 19.

I've heard horror stories of people receiving approval of a change in interview date by USCIS but that they fail to notify the local office, who still expects you to show up the original date and therefore deny you when you miss the date.

So what the heck should I do?

Make an appointment to speak with someone at the USCIS office we'd be doing the interview at before we're supposed to leave?

Reschedule our trip, not knowing whether our date is still on Dec. 19 or will be moved, as per our original request?

[Villanelle 4,121]

Did you get a confirmation number that your request was approved to be changed?

[Villanelle 4,121]

or is it a confirmation number that your request to change the interview was accepted?? These are two different wordings... Please read it carefully. Basically when you put in a service request for something they open a "case" to ask for whatever it is you want. If you call on the phone the phone person does this. They make a case and enter in the details and then it gets bounced around to the people who need to handle it. Eventually it makes it way back to you via email and a letter in the mail with the official response. There can be various updates through out the process saying things like request received, need more info, request denied, or request approved.

IF you got the FINAL request approved confirmation then you shouldnt have any problem.

It can take a while for a new slot to open in your local office. You may not get the new interview date before you leave. If there are any open slots through info pass at your local office and you have time you can go down there and verify that they have gotten your cancellation info and that you are in fact in line to be scheduled for a new appt. This would put your mind at ease. Bring the paperwork showing your approved confirmation that you got from the service request.

For rescheduling- they dont have to reschedule you for a planned trip. It is at their discretion. They seemed to have approved you, which is great!

Let us know how it goes!

[angey_blueskies 2]

or is it a confirmation number that your request to change the interview was accepted?? These are two different wordings... Please read it carefully. Basically when you put in a service request for something they open a "case" to ask for whatever it is you want. If you call on the phone the phone person does this. They make a case and enter in the details and then it gets bounced around to the people who need to handle it. Eventually it makes it way back to you via email and a letter in the mail with the official response. There can be various updates through out the process saying things like request received, need more info, request denied, or request approved.

IF you got the FINAL request approved confirmation then you shouldnt have any problem.

It can take a while for a new slot to open in your local office. You may not get the new interview date before you leave. If there are any open slots through info pass at your local office and you have time you can go down there and verify that they have gotten your cancellation info and that you are in fact in line to be scheduled for a new appt. This would put your mind at ease. Bring the paperwork showing your approved confirmation that you got from the service request.

For rescheduling- they dont have to reschedule you for a planned trip. It is at their discretion. They seemed to have approved you, which is great!

Let us know how it goes!

Hi Damara,

Thank you for your help!

I received an email from USCIS-CaseStatus@dhs.gov that states the following:

"U.S. Department of Homeland Security

USCIS

12500 Tukwila International Boulevard

Seattle,WA 98168

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Friday, December 2, 2016

On 11/22/2016 you, or the designated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us at that time was the following:

Caller indicated they are: Applicant or Petitioner

Case type: I485

Filing date: 06/20/2016

Receipt #:

Referral ID: (USCIS Customer service person + Receipt number)

Your USCIS Account Number (A-number):

Type of service requested: -- Interview Reschedule

The status of this service request is:

On November 22, 2016, you or your representative contacted USCIS concerning your I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, to notify us that you would like to request to reschedule your interview. Below is a summary of what we found and how the issue has been or may be resolved.

USCIS has received and approved your request to reschedule your interview. We will mail you a new notice as soon as a new appointment is scheduled.

Please see the "Online Services" below to check the status of your case in the near future."

Today I went to check my case status + typed in my Receipt Number on the USCIS website. It is still showing my interview as scheduled for December 19, 2016. So I called the USCIS number and talked to one of their customer service reps and they keep saying that since I received an email confirming that they've approved my request + it's showing up in their system as approved, that I shouldn't have a problem. I don't know whether I should trust this, due to the horror stories.

[Villanelle 4,121]

Well that seems to me to be a solid approval of your request... Like I said, if you want extra assurance you can go to your local office via an infopass appt and confirm with them in person that you are in line to be scheduled when a slot opens up. Thats really all you can do.

Are you traveling internationally?

[angey_blueskies 2]

Well that seems to me to be a solid approval of your request... Like I said, if you want extra assurance you can go to your local office via an infopass appt and confirm with them in person that you are in line to be scheduled when a slot opens up. Thats really all you can do.

Are you traveling internationally?

No we are not traveling internationally. Just flying a number of hours out of state. If worse came to worse, the USCIS office in the state we're traveling to is only a 10 minute drive away from where we'll be staying.

[angey_blueskies 2]

The only thing that has me concerned is how, when I type in my receipt number on the USCIS website, it is still showing my interview as scheduled for December 19, 2016.

[hereicomecali 6]

On 12/7/2016 at 6:01 PM, angey_blueskies said:

The only thing that has me concerned is how, when I type in my receipt number on the USCIS website, it is still showing my interview as scheduled for December 19, 2016.

 

Hi, can I ask if your AOS interview was successfully rescheduled later? Thank you.

[sweetadams 138]

16 hours ago, hereicomecali said:

Hi, can I ask if your AOS interview was successfully rescheduled later? Thank you.

This is an old post from Dec 2016. You should start a new post with your questions. Current update of cases differs. If you have requested for an interview to be rescheduled. Did you get a confirmation email that it is approved? You can call the USCIS CSR line and find out more, also you should schedule an infopass at your local field office to sure it was approved.