AOS March 2016 filers/Part 2

[Linyahui 103]

7 minutes ago, kbrookeq said:

Just came to check in on everyone else's cases and found the other thread closed! 

 

Our interview is at 8:15 tomorrow morning.....

 

Anyone have any last minute words of advice??

We're all still waiting, so doubt we have nuggets of wisdom to share about interviews! 

 

In all seriousness, just be yourselves! Take a deep breath, look the officer in the eye, smile, and enjoy the last step of the process! (Well, until RoC, haha).

 

Good luck! If you can, write a post about your experience for the rest of us. Will keep you guys in my thoughts tomorrow!

[kbrookeq 7]

35 minutes ago, Linyahui said:

We're all still waiting, so doubt we have nuggets of wisdom to share about interviews! 

 

In all seriousness, just be yourselves! Take a deep breath, look the officer in the eye, smile, and enjoy the last step of the process! (Well, until RoC, haha).

 

Good luck! If you can, write a post about your experience for the rest of us. Will keep you guys in my thoughts tomorrow!

The taking a deep breath part is the part that I am having a problem with. We are both so nervous. And for us this is the last step.  This year will be our 5 year wedding anniversary so no ROC necessary. 

 

I just wasn't sure what extra stuff I should take....pics and insurance docs....so we decided that our 3 year old is coming too 

 

I will post about our interview. Thank you!

[newyorkaos 15]

linyahui- in response to them telling you within you are normal processing times- do they even consider analyzing how the tables work? It says clearly AS OF Nov 30 they were processing Jan 23 for St. Paul. So if say we follow the trend of 4 week movement, by the actual date of January 30, they would have "touched " your case already and working on cases March 23 and earlier. Let's look forward to the next bulletin for February that will say AS of Dec 30, processing dates of-- it should be feb 23 or somethinng and so on. If you are lucky, they are actually looking at your case or scheduling you now. Maybe expect something until January 23. I know it's confusing but there is a 45 day delay from

their reporting so whatever is on the screen is what they worked on 45 days ago.

[newyorkaos 15]

It's really BS that they want you to believe that the dates they are working on is what is on the screen but it's not! It was what was last touched 45 days ago or so!im referring to the processing times...

[newyorkaos 15]

I was looking at Paddygirl's timeline and hers kind of fit to be one of those within processing times. 

[Linyahui 103]

18 hours ago, kbrookeq said:

The taking a deep breath part is the part that I am having a problem with. We are both so nervous. And for us this is the last step.  This year will be our 5 year wedding anniversary so no ROC necessary. 

 

I just wasn't sure what extra stuff I should take....pics and insurance docs....so we decided that our 3 year old is coming too 

 

I will post about our interview. Thank you!

 

How did your interview go, kbrookeq?

[Linyahui 103]

14 hours ago, newyorkaos said:

linyahui- in response to them telling you within you are normal processing times- do they even consider analyzing how the tables work? It says clearly AS OF Nov 30 they were processing Jan 23 for St. Paul. So if say we follow the trend of 4 week movement, by the actual date of January 30, they would have "touched " your case already and working on cases March 23 and earlier. Let's look forward to the next bulletin for February that will say AS of Dec 30, processing dates of-- it should be feb 23 or somethinng and so on. If you are lucky, they are actually looking at your case or scheduling you now. Maybe expect something until January 23. I know it's confusing but there is a 45 day delay from

their reporting so whatever is on the screen is what they worked on 45 days ago.

 

Thanks for the support, newyorkaos. USCIS' methods of analyzation is completely bonkers! I hope you're right about the date calculation...I can't decide if I should calculate based on movement trends month to month or the "as of" date. As you said, if we follow the 4-week movement trend, they should have touched our case by the end of the month. But if we think about the 10 months and 3 weeks that passed between January 23 and November 30, they won't touch our case until early Feb. Eh, six of one, half a dozen of another, I guess. 

 

I'm obsessing over this so I don't have to think about the inauguration today....

[newyorkaos 15]

Good morning amd good news! Our interview was finally scheduled for Feb 27,  so 10 months and 11 days- within the processing times for Queens NY in relation to schedule for interview, not necessarily getting the GC. Will

continue to pray that everyone gets their schedule soon, I know this is not over but this is such a relief. Thank you for being my virtual friends and support - i will be actively joining you guys I couldnt have kept my sanity without checking out your posts everyday

 

daveyjoe! You will be scheduled soon since your date is 2 days after me or go check your case status now! 

[newyorkaos 15]

So yeah Linyahui- your next processing update will say as of Dec, processing Feb- i think it will arrive soon. Give it a few weeks i feel it's coming

[daveyjoe! 5]

56 minutes ago, newyorkaos said:

Good morning amd good news! Our interview was finally scheduled for Feb 27,  so 10 months and 11 days- within the processing times for Queens NY in relation to schedule for interview, not necessarily getting the GC. Will

continue to pray that everyone gets their schedule soon, I know this is not over but this is such a relief. Thank you for being my virtual friends and support - i will be actively joining you guys I couldnt have kept my sanity without checking out your posts everyday

 

daveyjoe! You will be scheduled soon since your date is 2 days after me or go check your case status now! 

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@NewYorkaos!  THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME TO CHECK! I'm currently in Italy (Florence this weekend) and decided to do what you said and check! 

MY INTERVIEW IS FOR FEBRUARY 23RD! THEY SAID THEY SENT ME A LETTER OUT ON THE 19TH!

THIS.
IS.

HAPPENING.

 

- Semi-terrified because currently we are both unemployed. The challenge to find a job is officially ON! 
Sigh - nothing is ever easy is it? 

Should I still put in my EAD card renewal or no? 

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING GUYS! You are literally my sanity!

[sparkles_ 456]

Someone care to look at the Charlotte NC thing at tell me what they think is up? As of Nov. 30, processing May 4.....our NOA is March 23......####### man >.<

 

We also had an initial RFE that took about 2-3wk to get back......I don't even know how to factor in that. Sometimes I wonder if I need to be going of the May 10th date they got our RFE and resumed our case.

Edited January 20, 2017 by sparkles_

[newyorkaos 15]

Sparkles- do you remember what was the last processing date  for NC ( as of Oct. 30...) ? Try to write it down and see if the trend for your office is 4 weeks. Queens was very varied like 10 days-4 weeks. If they have moved along in a 4 week trend for NC, they probably are working between June and July but as I understood it, it doesnt mean that they finished everything else prior to June. What was the last inquiry step that you made? Was it an SR or are you working with your congressman's office? I think that you can argue that at face value of the processing times, it's beyond your PD already and that is reason enough for them to give you attention.

[sparkles_ 456]

18 minutes ago, newyorkaos said:

Sparkles- do you remember what was the last processing date  for NC ( as of Oct. 30...) ? Try to write it down and see if the trend for your office is 4 weeks. Queens was very varied like 10 days-4 weeks. If they have moved along in a 4 week trend for NC, they probably are working between June and July but as I understood it, it doesnt mean that they finished everything else prior to June. What was the last inquiry step that you made? Was it an SR or are you working with your congressman's office? I think that you can argue that at face value of the processing times, it's beyond your PD already and that is reason enough for them to give you attention.

It is about a 4wk trend, give or take a few days. Last I heard, when we went to infopass on Dec. 19 is that we were still in background and security checks. We made an SR last time only to get the 'delays not related to your case' deal.....never involved a congressman yet. I was going to save that for a 2 in 1 when we filed the EAD renewal, to expedite it as well as check on the AOS.

[Linyahui 103]

5 hours ago, newyorkaos said:

Good morning amd good news! Our interview was finally scheduled for Feb 27,  so 10 months and 11 days- within the processing times for Queens NY in relation to schedule for interview, not necessarily getting the GC. Will

continue to pray that everyone gets their schedule soon, I know this is not over but this is such a relief. Thank you for being my virtual friends and support - i will be actively joining you guys I couldnt have kept my sanity without checking out your posts everyday

 

daveyjoe! You will be scheduled soon since your date is 2 days after me or go check your case status now! 

 

4 hours ago, daveyjoe! said:

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@NewYorkaos!  THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME TO CHECK! I'm currently in Italy (Florence this weekend) and decided to do what you said and check! 

MY INTERVIEW IS FOR FEBRUARY 23RD! THEY SAID THEY SENT ME A LETTER OUT ON THE 19TH!

THIS.
IS.

HAPPENING.

 

- Semi-terrified because currently we are both unemployed. The challenge to find a job is officially ON! 
Sigh - nothing is ever easy is it? 

Should I still put in my EAD card renewal or no? 

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING GUYS! You are literally my sanity!

YOU GUYS, THIS IS SUCH GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!  What a wonderful thing to think about instead of the SH*TTY events going on in DC!

 

Yay!!!!!!

 

Keep us updated as we get closer to your interview dates and then let us know how they went! I think we're still waiting to hear from another VJ member about the interview which occurred yesterday (?). 

 

CONGRATS!! 

[Linyahui 103]

5 hours ago, newyorkaos said:

So yeah Linyahui- your next processing update will say as of Dec, processing Feb- i think it will arrive soon. Give it a few weeks i feel it's coming

 

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