AOS & EAD Feb. 2008 Filers

[HogNKisses 0]

It's been a week after the interview.. no words..

01/2003: Came to US(F1 visa)

02/2006: Started dating with my USC husband in CA.

06/2006: He moved to IL. I was on OPT (F1 at that time)

10/2006: I relocated to IL, and moved in with my husband.

09/2007: OPT ended. I went out of the US.

10/2007: I came back to the US on H1B.

01/2008: We got married.

02/07/2008: We filed I130/I485 package to USCIS

03/07/2008: NOA for all applications

03/27/2008: Fingerprinting was done.

04/08/2008: I got AP in the mail.

04/15/2008: I got EAD in the mail.

12/11/2008: Interview

12/12/2008: AoS and I-130 Touched.

12/15/2008: AoS and I-130 Touched(again)

12/16/2008: AoS and I-130 Touched(again)

[HogNKisses 0]

Hi everyone,

Yayyy.. Finally, I got an email from Cris about card production ordered today.. I hope to see my card very soon and put my mind at rest. It's been a painful wait..

Thank you everyone for all support..

01/2003: Came to US(F1 visa)

02/2006: Started dating with my USC husband in CA.

06/2006: He moved to IL. I was on OPT (F1 at that time)

10/2006: I relocated to IL, and moved in with my husband.

09/2007: OPT ended. I went out of the US.

10/2007: I came back to the US on H1B.

01/2008: We got married.

02/07/2008: We filed I130/I485 package to USCIS

03/07/2008: NOA for all applications

03/27/2008: Fingerprinting was done.

04/08/2008: I got AP in the mail.

04/15/2008: I got EAD in the mail.

12/11/2008: Interview

12/12/2008: AoS and I-130 Touched.

12/15/2008: AoS and I-130 Touched(again)

12/16/2008: AoS and I-130 Touched(again)

12/24/2008: Card Production ordered!! (Finally!!)

[Lili 3]

Congrats Witty!!! Merry Christmas!!!

[ellla 0]

Wonderful Christmas present! Congratulations

Merry Christmas to all!

[js360 0]

woooohooooooooo finally done, atleast until 2 years for my wife, my son received 10 year green card. received them on saturday. they were probably help up as mail delivery was delayed due to the bad weather here. who knows, doesnt matter, we got them now. the only question i have is.....at the interview we asked if we could changed my wifes last name to mine on the greencard and the lady said yes, but the card came with her last name on it. do you think itll be too much of a hassle to change it, or should we just wait til we do removal of conditions???

[Immigration Blues 0]

I wouldn't be too worried about the touches. I only got one during the AOS process and none during the K-1. The one for AOS was just a couple of days before the interview. Some people seem to get lots of touches and others nothing.

As far as correspondence, maybe bring copies of a few emails, but I wouldn't worry too much. We had to go to Seattle for our interview (Portland for everything else), and the IO looked quickly through things and handed it all back to us. She didn't keep anything to put in the file (and after I made all of the copies and everything!)

I think that what you already have will be plenty and congrats on the interview date!!

We received two touches on 12/24 and 12/29. We're now eagerly awaiting 01/06. We have all our documentation in order, finished a prep session with our lawyer, and can't wait to get this done and over with.

[Immigration Blues 0]

I live in Vancouver, WA. It takes 20 min to get to the Portland office and took us over 3 hours to get to Seattle. A huge waste of time and gas to get there and back (I had to take a day off work from both of my jobs.) Worth it of course for his visa, but it seems a bit ridiculous. They should send you to the closest place.

Can you describe your interview experience in the Portland office? What are the USCIS officers like (friendly, rude, helpful...). How long was your interview and how did it go? Any information will help.

thank you!

[Lili 3]

woooohooooooooo finally done, atleast until 2 years for my wife, my son received 10 year green card. received them on saturday. they were probably help up as mail delivery was delayed due to the bad weather here. who knows, doesnt matter, we got them now. the only question i have is.....at the interview we asked if we could changed my wifes last name to mine on the greencard and the lady said yes, but the card came with her last name on it. do you think itll be too much of a hassle to change it, or should we just wait til we do removal of conditions???

If you filed your AOS with her maiden name, they will charge you to issue a green card with her married name (I-90). If you don't mind paying extra bucks, then go ahead and do it.

It sucks that your IO forgot about the name change. Sorry to hear that but hey! You have the green card!!!

[Immigration Blues 0]

We had our AoS interview today and were approved for a 10 yr Green Card. The interview itself lasted less than 10 minutes its the wait that was killing!

The interviewer has already gone through our file in detail before calling us in and had very few questions for us. She did want to see a few supporting documents and was surprised at the volume documentation that we had come prepared with.

At the end of the interview she told us that she was approving us and that we should expect the card in 10 - 15 days.

Whew!

[Maintian 0]

We had our AoS interview today and were approved for a 10 yr Green Card. The interview itself lasted less than 10 minutes its the wait that was killing!

The interviewer has already gone through our file in detail before calling us in and had very few questions for us. She did want to see a few supporting documents and was surprised at the volume documentation that we had come prepared with.

At the end of the interview she told us that she was approving us and that we should expect the card in 10 - 15 days.

Whew!

Congratulations, so our interview is next tuesday and I'm nervous as hell I think we have all the supporting documents and stuff but I don't know why in the world I'm so nervous.... What kind of question were you ask at the interview, can you please share your experiences with the rest of us waiting.

Thanks

[hum tum 0]

we finally got our interview letter. we have sent 3025 vaccination form. should i still get i-693? it will be 2 years to our marriage in march. interview is in February. will we get 10year green card? is there a list of document that i need to take. (i am out of town, i don't have the letter with me, i just want to start collecting papers) thanks

[Immigration Blues 0]

We had our AoS interview today and were approved for a 10 yr Green Card. The interview itself lasted less than 10 minutes its the wait that was killing!

The interviewer has already gone through our file in detail before calling us in and had very few questions for us. She did want to see a few supporting documents and was surprised at the volume documentation that we had come prepared with.

At the end of the interview she told us that she was approving us and that we should expect the card in 10 - 15 days.

Whew!

There were hardly any questions at all. The interviewer had already gone through our paperwork which was very thorough. She wanted to see some supporting documentation and took copies of our joint bank account, lease, and insurance. She also asked us when we met and where. That was about it. The entire process was over in less than 1- minutes.

I would like to add that our I-130 was already approved at the time of AoS filing, so I guess that made the interview go faster since our marriage was already validated (by the AoS approval).

[silverfai 0]

Green Card Received, thank you for all your support.

[Immigration Blues 0]

Received a CRIS update that card production has been ordered. We have begin planning our visit to India for my wife to meet the family!!! This process has been long, worrisome, and in many ways it seemed like our lives were hanging in abeyance as we waited. Thankfully everything worked out and we can begin planning our next steps in terms of travel, buying house, etc.

We're actually planning to drive across the border to Canada and back just for kicks as soon as I receive my GC.

[u2rsobad 0]

I live in Vancouver, WA. It takes 20 min to get to the Portland office and took us over 3 hours to get to Seattle. A huge waste of time and gas to get there and back (I had to take a day off work from both of my jobs.) Worth it of course for his visa, but it seems a bit ridiculous. They should send you to the closest place.

Can you describe your interview experience in the Portland office? What are the USCIS officers like (friendly, rude, helpful...). How long was your interview and how did it go? Any information will help.

thank you!

First, congratulations on your approval at the interview!! Sorry, I've been extrememly busy at both my jobs and had a schedule change so i haven't been on for a couple of weeks. As you can see from the quote of mine, we didn't have our interview in Portland, we had to go up to Seattle. The interview in Seattle was relatively short, but seemed like we waited forever.

Congrat's again to you and to the rest of you who were approved over the holidays!!