January 2018 AOS Filers

[bestofluck 129]

Dear all we went to our lawyer to prep our interview document early this week.

 

The lawyer pointed out that having a pair of wedding rings is pretty important, we don't have rings as we are not the ring type of couple. The lawyer advised us to get rings before the interview. Another thing is pictures with family during holidays. We don't have them because both sides of our parents live outside of CA, we don't spend much time with our family. We do have lots of photos taken during vacations, all around the world. The lawyer mentioned I should print out flight tickets or travel reservations.

 

Hope these help.  

[Jakk 67]

18 hours ago, Laura123 said:

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

Mine is next week too! I’ve reprinted all the forms I submitted and some 100 photos annotated with dates and place. Got all the usual evidence (leases, bank statement, etc). I made a Google spreadsheet that I share with my husband which we populate with all of our details and answers to potential interview questions. 

 

Saw this article on the New York Times yesterday and thought people here would be interested:

https://nyti.ms/2HcBYjK

 

[Itssimons 122]

1 hour ago, Jakk said:

Mine is next week too! I’ve reprinted all the forms I submitted and some 100 photos annotated with dates and place. Got all the usual evidence (leases, bank statement, etc). I made a Google spreadsheet that I share with my husband which we populate with all of our details and answers to potential interview questions. 

 

Saw this article on the New York Times yesterday and thought people here would be interested:

https://nyti.ms/2HcBYjK

 

Are you adjusting from K1?

[Kristina K 5]

Hi all - haven't posted too much here, but was so excited yesterday to get an email that our interview is being scheduled!! We're hoping to get the date in the mail in the next few days. Our priority date was January 26, so definitely a lot quicker than expected! We received a RFIE for the I-864 on February 22 and our response was received March 6. We will be interviewing at the Philadelphia office.

 

The timing works well because my husband's H-1B expires at the end of August, so hopefully we will not even need to worry about the EAD if we get approved at the interview

 

Best of luck to everyone!

[Jakk 67]

20 minutes ago, simonvikih79 said:

Are you adjusting from K1?

F1 OPT actually.

[Britinstl 47]

39 minutes ago, Kristina K said:

Hi all - haven't posted too much here, but was so excited yesterday to get an email that our interview is being scheduled!! We're hoping to get the date in the mail in the next few days. Our priority date was January 26, so definitely a lot quicker than expected! We received a RFIE for the I-864 on February 22 and our response was received March 6. We will be interviewing at the Philadelphia office.

 

The timing works well because my husband's H-1B expires at the end of August, so hopefully we will not even need to worry about the EAD if we get approved at the interview

 

Best of luck to everyone!

 

'Ready to be scheduled for interview' or 'Interview date mailed'? There is a huge difference between the two. The first one means they may have sent you an interview date, or you might be waiting a long time depending on your local office processing times.

[Kristina K 5]

1 minute ago, Britinstl said:

 

'Ready to be scheduled for interview' or 'Interview date mailed'? There is a huge difference between the two. The first one means they may have sent you an interview date, or you might be waiting a long time depending on your local office processing times.

Thanks - "On april 19, we scheduled an interview for your I-485". and says an interview notice has been mailed. I should have mentioned that I am pretty familiar with the process, as I was an immigration paralegal years ago, before I met my husband!

[Britinstl 47]

Just now, Kristina K said:

Thanks - "On april 19, we scheduled an interview for your I-485". and says an interview notice has been mailed. I should have mentioned that I am pretty familiar with the process, as I was an immigration paralegal years ago, before I met my husband!

Awesome, great news! I'm glad you're familiar with the process It's just I've seen people get left upset when they've had to wait months when they get 'ready for interview', which of course is an entire different kettle of fish! Did yours go from 'ready for interview' to this yesterday? If so, how long did you wait for them to mail your interview date?  

[Kristina K 5]

9 minutes ago, Britinstl said:

Awesome, great news! I'm glad you're familiar with the process It's just I've seen people get left upset when they've had to wait months when they get 'ready for interview', which of course is an entire different kettle of fish! Did yours go from 'ready for interview' to this yesterday? If so, how long did you wait for them to mail your interview date?  

Thanks! Honestly, the updates have been so intermittent - its hard to get your hopes up. The online USCIS case status site never even updated after I responded to the RFIE, but i signed up for an account on the DHS site which said they had received my reply, so it's a bit all over the place! It never changed to ready for interview! I'll update once I get my notice - fingers crossed its in the mail as we speak!

Edited April 20, 2018 by Kristina K

[Britinstl 47]

Just now, Kristina K said:

Thanks! Honestly, the updates have been so intermittent - its hard to get your hopes up. The online USCIS case status site never even updated after I responded to the RFP, but i signed up for an account on the DHS site which said they had received my reply, so it's a bit all over the place! It never changed to ready for interview! I'll update once I get my notice - fingers crossed its in the mail as we speak!

Yeah, I've noticed! I have an account on both government tracking websites, and they're not in line with each other, and one has updates over the other, and vice versa! Pretty confusing, and odd! Also, my EAD application jumped back in time to 'received your case' from 'biometrics review complete' once I got the ready to be scheduled update, which has confused me even further! Please, do let us know what it says!

[Zzyzx 106]

1 hour ago, Britinstl said:

Yeah, I've noticed! I have an account on both government tracking websites, and they're not in line with each other, and one has updates over the other, and vice versa! Pretty confusing, and odd! Also, my EAD application jumped back in time to 'received your case' from 'biometrics review complete' once I got the ready to be scheduled update, which has confused me even further! Please, do let us know what it says!

We still have the dreaded technical error on USCIS (3 weeks now), shows a date of case updated but a blank update for I-485.  Talking to Tier 2 didn't do any good they just told us to wait a year and couldn't tell us what the update was.  

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

3 hours ago, Britinstl said:

Yeah, I've noticed! I have an account on both government tracking websites, and they're not in line with each other, and one has updates over the other, and vice versa! Pretty confusing, and odd! Also, my EAD application jumped back in time to 'received your case' from 'biometrics review complete' once I got the ready to be scheduled update, which has confused me even further! Please, do let us know what it says!

"Biometrics Review Complete"? 
I haven't heard of that yet! Is that on the AOS application or on EAD/AP?
When does that show up?
Mine says Biometrics Fee Received since December. Is that supposed to show after that?

Confused!

[poh 137]

21 hours ago, simonvikih79 said:

Dear filers I have these worries about my name order and need advice from you guys: the name order on my passport was wrongly put. So the order is different from the one on my birth certificate. However, we’ve been using the order of name on my birth certificate through out this process. But because my K1 visa was issued on the same passport, my I-94 form has this order. But all my other documents since K1 have the correct order on my birth certificate. My question is, should I call USCIS to correct this now or let them correct it during my interview. I didn’t want to change the name format for fear of confusion between my K1 application documents and AOS application documents. I’ll gladly listen to each and everyone’s advice here

if passport is wrong, you should change your incorrect name on your passport through your embassy.      you will most likely use it when you travel back to your country.  

[Itssimons 122]

5 minutes ago, poh said:

if passport is wrong, you should change your incorrect name on your passport through your embassy.      you will most likely use it when you travel back to your country.  

Thanks for the advice and this’s what I thought doing before submitting my AOS application but the process to get a new passport was daunting. So my worries now are if this name thing will retard my application process or whether the process will be smooth and I’ll given the opportunity to correct it during my interview 

Edited April 20, 2018 by simonvikih79

[poh 137]

21 minutes ago, simonvikih79 said:

Thanks for the advice and this’s what I thought doing before submitting my AOS application but the process to get a new passport was daunting. So my worries now are if this name thing will retard my application process or whether the process will be smooth and I’ll given the opportunity to correct it during my interview 

it may cost bit more but try checking with a local travel agency that does travel to the country to help with the passport issue.      my travel agent has connections with my foreign wife's country and they know the requirements to help with your passport.   

 

for example, i needed a vietnamese visa renewed and my travel agent went through the Mexico embassy to get one with 5 days.    i had no problem going through immigration.