January 2018 AOS Filers

[Jakk 67]

13 hours ago, Simon&Jen said:

Hi everyone. My husband and I are going for the AOS interview this coming April 30. We are now on the process of preparing our documents. We reviewed each document and found out that my husband clicked Married filing separately for the tax return instead of married filing jointly. We are now worried that they might consider it as a red flag. 😣 Should we try to change it before we go for the interview? We only have less than 2 weeks left. 

We also filed married filing separately since it was easier to do it that way. We're not even bringing our tax returns to our interview next week since I don't think that would be helpful for our case and we have other pieces of evidence that are much better.

Edited April 17, 2018 by Jakk

[Estibaliz 3,037]

3 hours ago, Jakk said:

We also filed married filing separately since it was easier to do it that way. We're not even bringing our tax returns to our interview next week since I don't think that would be helpful for our case and we have other pieces of evidence that are much better.

Just as a reminder, they want to see your 2017 tax return for the affidavit of support, if not to prove the relationship, so I would take a copy of that if I were you

 

[Jakk 67]

15 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

Just as a reminder, they want to see your 2017 tax return for the affidavit of support, if not to prove the relationship, so I would take a copy of that if I were you

 

I already submitted my husband’s 2014-2016 tax returns with the i-864 in the application but it’s a good idea to bring the 2017 just in case. I make more than my husband anyway so it really shouldn’t matter. 

[Estibaliz 3,037]

4 minutes ago, Jakk said:

I already submitted my husband’s 2014-2016 tax returns with the i-864 in the application but it’s a good idea to bring the 2017 just in case. I make more than my husband anyway so it really shouldn’t matter. 

Well, they just want to see the sponsor's last tax return for the Affidavit of support. I know someone that didn't think of that as something necessary to bring to the GC interview, so just leaving a reminder here for everyone

 

[Britinstl 47]

1 hour ago, Jakk said:

I already submitted my husband’s 2014-2016 tax returns with the i-864 in the application but it’s a good idea to bring the 2017 just in case. I make more than my husband anyway so it really shouldn’t matter. 

 

Yes, it does matter. He's your sponsor, they will want to see he makes enough.

[Arb123 39]

17 minutes ago, Britinstl said:

 

Yes, it does matter. He's your sponsor, they will want to see he makes enough.

I have the same issue. I already submitted affidavit of support with my application and his previous year tax return. It says in the interview letter to bring affidavit of support if not submitted which I already did submit. I’m gonna get his tax returns with me ( most recent one we filed seperatly) but I won’t show it  unless asked for it . 

[Britinstl 47]

2 hours ago, Laura123 said:

I have the same issue. I already submitted affidavit of support with my application and his previous year tax return. It says in the interview letter to bring affidavit of support if not submitted which I already did submit. I’m gonna get his tax returns with me ( most recent one we filed seperatly) but I won’t show it  unless asked for it . 

Yeah that's usually the recommendation. Take the most recent (especially if when you filed, the previous year was the most recent), and if asked, give it.

[Cristina24 122]

I just want to be sure about something, When applying for AOS do i include my husbands name as the original petitioner? I am the one filling for AOS, he is the US citizen. 

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[WafaAamir 20]

Hi guys 

 

My husband came to the states on a K1 visa and we got married and filed for AOS ... we finished our fingerprinting on the 21st of feb 2018 and haven’t heard anything ever since ... both the websites say “fingerprinting fee received” that’s the last update on 30th Jan 2018 ... we have been waiting patiently but I just wanted to ask you guys if this was normal and does anyone have any idea what we should do.

We appreciate any input you guys could give us.

This wait seems pretty long.

thank you 

[conan1234 25]

6 hours ago, WafaAamir said:

Hi guys 

 

My husband came to the states on a K1 visa and we got married and filed for AOS ... we finished our fingerprinting on the 21st of feb 2018 and haven’t heard anything ever since ... both the websites say “fingerprinting fee received” that’s the last update on 30th Jan 2018 ... we have been waiting patiently but I just wanted to ask you guys if this was normal and does anyone have any idea what we should do.

We appreciate any input you guys could give us.

This wait seems pretty long.

thank you 

Same day finger printing. But i got RFIE. And still waiting

[DebbieRaney 126]

11 hours ago, Cristina24 said:

I just want to be sure about something, When applying for AOS do i include my husbands name as the original petitioner? I am the one filling for AOS, he is the US citizen. 

Yes, you do. The EAD form (I-485) for example, will have all his info since he's your sponsor.

[Nouchigang 200]

11 hours ago, WafaAamir said:

Hi guys 

 

My husband came to the states on a K1 visa and we got married and filed for AOS ... we finished our fingerprinting on the 21st of feb 2018 and haven’t heard anything ever since ... both the websites say “fingerprinting fee received” that’s the last update on 30th Jan 2018 ... we have been waiting patiently but I just wanted to ask you guys if this was normal and does anyone have any idea what we should do.

We appreciate any input you guys could give us.

This wait seems pretty long.

thank you 

Hello

 

Yes it is unfortunately normal, EAD/AP take about 3-5 months now and the interview is according to your local office, some wait up to 1 year for it. You can try to call or schedule an Infopass appointment but I doubt it will do anything because you are still within processing times.

You can also try contacting your senator/congressman or ombudsman and see if they can try to expedite your case on your behalf.

I am in a similar situation, no news or movement on my file since Feb 23rd we are getting close to 2 months now. All we can do is wait and track our cases online on the case tracker and DHS website until we are outside processing times.

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

2 minutes ago, Nouchigang said:

Hello

 

Yes it is unfortunately normal, EAD/AP take about 3-5 months now and the interview is according to your local office, some wait up to 1 year for it. You can try to call or schedule an Infopass appointment but I doubt it will do anything because you are still within processing times.

You can also try contacting your senator/congressman or ombudsman and see if they can try to expedite your case on your behalf.

I am in a similar situation, no news or movement on my file since Feb 23rd we are getting close to 2 months now. All we can do is wait and track our cases online on the case tracker and DHS website until we are outside processing times.

Second that!

I'm on day 126 now.
NOA1 is from December 18th and Bio was January 12th. Since then - nothing!


Patience, patience, patience. 

[Arb123 39]

So nervous interview is next week.. Anybody has their interview next week and how are they preparing for it?

Anybody had their interview this week? would be cool to hear their experience from the jan filers