March 2017 AOS Filers

[valentinanola 17]

My Green Card was approved without interview on 12/14 and I received it in the post on 12/21. Glad to be done with USCIS for a couple of years!

[T_P 872]

8 minutes ago, valentinanola said:

My Green Card was approved without interview on 12/14 and I received it in the post on 12/21. Glad to be done with USCIS for a couple of years!

Mind sharing your interview experience? questions etc?

[valentinanola 17]

18 minutes ago, T_P said:

Mind sharing your interview experience? questions etc?

 

Hi, we were approved with no interview. I was waiting for an interview appointment but we just received a letter saying we were approved and my Green Card was enclosed.

 

Sorry I can't help!

[T_P 872]

5 minutes ago, valentinanola said:

 

Hi, we were approved with no interview. I was waiting for an interview appointment but we just received a letter saying we were approved and my Green Card was enclosed.

 

Sorry I can't help!

Thats easy. Thanks

[valentinanola 17]

Just now, T_P said:

Thats easy. Thanks

 

Yea well, it's not like we were expecting it lol. They just decided an interview wasn't necessary in our case I guess.

[marmax 3]

1 hour ago, valentinanola said:

My Green Card was approved without interview on 12/14 and I received it in the post on 12/21. Glad to be done with USCIS for a couple of years!

Did your case status update online at all?

[Annloha 18]

I'm in NYC Still waiting for schedule an interview.

Filed since March 16th,2017 Nothing happens even call to Tier 2 couple times.

Edited January 23, 2018 by Annloha

[umabanana 9]

1 minute ago, Annloha said:

I'm in NYC Still waiting for schedule an interview.

Filed since March 16th,2017 Nothing happens even call to Tier 2 couple times.

Same here. I got excited about all the NYC posts yesterday and we... don't have an appointment scheduled yet. Ugh. 

[Annloha 18]

I filed on March 16. but i still haven't heard anything. which make me nervous. 

 

[Annloha 18]

48 minutes ago, umabanana said:

Same here. I got excited about all the NYC posts yesterday and we... don't have an appointment scheduled yet. Ugh. 

finger crossed together!

[Californiansunset 332]

On 1/22/2018 at 11:52 AM, raulgon2493 said:

you should be fine, as long as it includes the ghonorrea test.

Mine didn’t include the ghonorrea test and I was fine. Haven’t heard of anyone recently who had to do a new medical bc of missing it. I did my medical Aug 2016. Jfyi

 

oh and my interview was three weeks ago. 

Edited January 24, 2018 by Californiansunset

[Apfel 46]

On 1/22/2018 at 2:50 PM, T_P said:

Congrats.....would you mind sharing a little bit of your experience? questions? etc

Our interview lasted about 45 minutes and the interviewer was very calm. They asked many questions from the applications, the original forms were right in front of them, such as addresses, parents' names, etc. The only questions that surprised us were about his hometown and name, as they are very significant for his country and religion. We explained he is no longer religious and neither am I, which is something that drew us closer together. I recommend being over prepared with documents - we had a huge bag filled with documentation from our AOS application, wedding album, new evidence after marriage, etc and they seemed impressed.

 

They asked for our additional evidence and I handed them a stack of labeled papers including financial information, photos, etc but they didn't look at any of it except a Christmas card from my parents that included our marriage announcement on it. I suggest bringing evidence of your intertwined lives such as mail sent to both of you at an address, family greeting cards, etc. 

 

We were approved on the spot after the interview and given a paper! Our online case status updated a couple of hours later.

 

Due to a travel emergency we got the green card stamp in my husband's passport after the interview in the Infopass area and are traveling to see his family on Thursday!! This was a many hours long ordeal however and not something anyone can do right after the interview. But it is possible.

[Shushulsan 32]

On 1/21/2018 at 11:41 AM, DelilahBrz said:

Do you have a Florida ID card?

I renewed my license before going for interview. So yes I did have Florida driver license despite being a temporary one (under 6 months validity)

[Shushulsan 32]

Today we had our interview for marriage based adjustment of status in West Palm, FL.

 

First a little background:

 

I came to the states as F-1 student 18 years ago. Went to school, graduated and worked my OPT for one year. I married my current spouse who was also an F-1 student 12 years ago. She got job after graduating and we move together and started a family. By this time, I was out of status. She finally got green card via employment and eventually became a citizen last year. Finally, after 11 years of being out of status I applied for adjustment of status in March 2017.

 

What we took to interview:

 

1.      Original & Copy of Marriage Certificate (2006)

2.      Original & Copy of Child Birth Certificate (2011)

3.      Original & Copy of Spouse Citizenship Certificate

4.      Original & Copy of Spouse Name Change

5.      Original & Copy of I-94

6.      Original & Copy of entry Visa

7.      Original & Copy of entry Passport

8.      Original renewed Passport

9.      Original & Copy of both parties Birth Certificates

10.  Original & Copy of Spouse US Passport

11.  Original & Copy of Child US Passport

12.  Original & Copy of all EAD cards

13.  Original & Copy of all I-20s

14.  Copy of Bachelors and Master Degrees for both of us

15.  Copy & Original approved I-130 filling

16.  Copy of I-485, I-864, I-693, I-765 fillings

17.  Sealed I-693 Envelope

18.  Joint Taxes 1040 (2007-2017) 11 years

19.  Spouse’s past 6 months of pas stubs

20.  Copy of letters to us by friends (2007-2017) 11 years

21.  Copy of emails to us by friends (2007-2017) 11 years

22.  Copy of letters written to us by us (2002-2017) 16 years

23.  Joint Stock Brokerage Account (2013-2018) 5 years

24.  Joint Car Insurance (2007-2018) 12 years

25.  Joint Saving/Checking Account (2009-2018) 10 years

26.  Joint Credit Account (2007-2017) 11 years

27.  Joint previous Title to a Vehicles

28.  Joint Health Insurance (2007-2017) 11 years

29.  Joint Dental Insurance (2007-2014) 8 years

30.  115 Photos (2002-2018) 16 years

31.  Apartment Leases (2004-2018) 15 years

32.  Spouse 401k stating I am 100% beneficiary

 

Interview Experience:

 

Our interview was scheduled at 7:15am in the morning. We arrived around 6:40 behind West Palm, FL USCIS building. Doors were opened around 7:00am. We passed the inspection, got ticket at reception and were the first ones to be issued a number for interview.

Minutes after we arrived, we were called in by a gentleman in his 50’s. He took us to his room and closed the door. My daughter was also in the room on an iPad to keep her busy. At first, he was very quiet. He was going through my thick file and marking vigorously with a red pen and intermittently entering information on this computer.

He neither made us swear to tell the truth, nor asked us yes/no questions from I-485.  He asked for my original passports, our driver licenses, my EADs, marriage certificate, our daughter’s birth certificate and my spouse’s citizenship certificate. He also asked that I have been here for so long how could I possibly support myself? Which I answered that I have had a supporting spouse with good income. Then discussion when to a lot of unrelated stuffs. From life in Florida, to his grandparents being immigrants and him being familiar with other cultures. At some point he was waiting for systems to respond due to servers being down. I offered to show him our 16 years album of over 100 photos. He commented that it spans such long time. I offered the album to him in its entirety and he accepted to include it into our folder.

At the end he said everything is good and I should get the card by Valentine’s day, which is in 3 weeks. I tried to get his confirmation regarding approval of my case and he said “Yes”. I also asked him why he did not ask anything of my US citizen spouse or asked me more questions? Or if this in fact was the result of a very long-term relationship that needs no further proof? Her replied “that and other evidences and that every case is different”. He also mentioned that he can tell if something is wrong and the fact that they receive a lot of fraudulent marriage applications, which he suspects next case is from that category.

At the end he took the print of both index fingers and a photo using a desk cam. At this point he said he has submitted my card to be produced and I should get a notice of action soon. We shook hands, thanked him and said goodbye.

The whole process took around 50-60 minutes and it was very pleasant. Now we are crossing our fingers that nothing goes wrong during this process and can get that elusive car in our hands soon.

God bless you all.

Edited January 24, 2018 by Shushulsan

[kimy33 19]

Thank you for sharing your interview experience. Congrats on your approval! Hope you will receive your card soon!