K2 AOS A SUCCESS!!!!

[raymaga 25]

Hi Guys:

Kaely an I just got back from her AOS interview and she was APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are the details:

Kaely did her AOS interview separately from me because she followed me to the U.S. almost one year later and I had already become a Conditional Permanent Resident by then.

We got called in right at 11:00 a.m. (which was her appointment time) at the Seattle district office.

The Officer looked at the stack of stuff we had with us and commented "What's all in there.... you're scaring me"!!!!!! I told her I was the type of person that takes everything but the kitchen sink to things like this. She just laughed. And by the end of the interview, I knew why she was laughing. The only thing I had to give her was my husband's G-325A (he was the petitioner and I-864 sponsor) and a photocopy of my husband's U.S. birth certificate. THAT'S IT!!!!!!!! And she took Kaely's I-94 out of her passport and attached it to her file.

The Officer told us that Kaely's sealed brown envelope (which contained her medical report for her K-2 Visa) which we turned in at the POE (Sumas, WA.) was not with the rest of her file. She asked me if I had a copy of her medical report and I told her no.... that we weren't given one at the medical exam in Vancouver. I told her I had the Vaccination Supplement from a civil surgeon here in the U.S. and gave her that. She left the room and was gone for about 10 minutes and when she returned, she said she had checked with her supervisor about the necessity of Kaely having to have another medical exam done because it was not in her file. The supervisor said it was NOT necessary as the presumption would be that she must have had a successful medical exam in order to have entered the US with her K-2 Visa. Whhhheeeeeewwwwww!!!!!! That was a close one!!!!!!

Then she told us that when I apply to have my conditions removed (this September) that I should include Kaely on the form and that we would most likely both be approved and receive our 10-year Green Cards at the same time.

They no longer put the I-551 stamp in the passport (like when I had my AOS interview back in Dec. 2004) because the Green Cards are done electronically now, and should be received in the mail in 7 to 10 days after the interview.

I also asked about Kaely attending college or university outside of the U.S. (if she should ever choose to) now that she is a Conditional Permanent Resident. The Officer told us that as long as Kaely kept residence in the U.S. and returned to the U.S. on Spring breaks/Xmas breaks/Summer breaks occasionally without being out of the US for longer than 1 year, that should be perfectly fine. She told us that you cannot be out of the U.S. for longer than 1 year without a Re-entry Permit. The Officer also told us that we do not need to put in a change of address with USCIS if Kaely should attend a university in a different state in the U.S. (such as Oregon where she is currently applying to). As long as the address they have on file is an address that Kaely can receive mail from the USCIS, the change of address is not necessary.

So......... that's it...... all finished (for now) until this September when the Lifting of Conditions saga continues.

Good luck to all of you who are still awaiting your AOS interviews.

Rayma

[pri 0]

hey congrats

[Girona40 0]

Well Done! I am sure that is a great weight off your mind.

[Moon9393 0]

congrats

[den_y2005 0]

congrats

[radacos 0]

That's wonderful, Rayma! I have my interview in Seattle in a couple weeks, and I hope it's giong to be equally painless.

[Peggy 1]

Great news........Congrats

[jaaaaamas 0]

Congratulations! The interview is a breeze isn't it? I was so surprised!

Your mix up with the vaccination supplement was exactly the sort of thing the officer who interviewed my husband and I, was talking about. She says that very frequently people's medical exams and vaccinations get lost in transit from the POE to the main offices and that she has to turn away many people, because they don't come in with I-693 supplements to make up for the lost vaccination sheets from the original medical overseas.

That's why she recommended everyone to bring in an I-693 medical supplement, just to be sure!! (for everyone else reading this!)

Congrats again!

[designermedusa 0]

Congrats!

[SanDan 0]

Yey! Sounds like you guys had a smooth interview Congratulations

[sntoria 0]

Congratulations.

[eau_xplain 2]

Congratulations!!

[Jasman0717 9]

Congratulations