August 2017 AOS Filers, Part II

[KathCali 47]

3 minutes ago, purple-rose said:

Hi, everyone! Very new to VJ but I was wondering if any of you here has filed in LA (specifically at the Chatsworth office)?

Filed August 2017
Received EAD & AP November 2017

And pretty much after that nothing has happened. We have requested for a renewal of my EAD as it's expiring soon and I needed to renew my driver's license... But pretty much nothing. I was a little sad and upset earlier after hearing that a former colleague of my husband has gone through the whole process, filed on October 2017 and has already been through the interview. Anyone who still hasn't had their interview? We haven't received any RFE or whatever.

Hi purple rose! Join us in the San Fernando Valley filers group 

 

[mushroomspore 3,043]

Hey all, so today my I-485 updated to, "Post office picked up your new card". I was just wondering if anyone knows what this means exactly. On October 5, it said, "We mailed your new card." I've never seen this pick-up update before.

[heamatite2000 34]

So I had my interview today!

nightmare on the way there I put in the address wrong! The address was 6680 corporate center blvd and I put in 6800 corporate blvd (Orlando) which is a 15 miles difference lol! Super stressful, ended up turning up 5/10 mins late but there was a line anyway to check in so it didn’t matter at all and it wasn’t mentioned! Even though I don’t suggest this to anyone 😂 my stress levels were already high and then they got even higher! Lol

our interview went very smoothly - first the IO went through I-130 with my husband asking him questions from that, then she went through I-485 with me. We gave her all supporting evidence which we had a joint lease, insurance, I’m a beneficiary for my husbands 401k, I’ve got him as my beneficiaries for my benefits, joint tax return plus a few more photos of us with our families - she already had the rest of them I’d sent with my original package. 

Then all she really asked us was how we met and why our parents didn’t come to our wedding ceremony. Easy. She then gave us this letter saying how we needed to wait for it to get approved and ROC. 

We both mentioned afterwards that my employment card expires on October 22nd with my employer wanting evidence of my status ASAP, and how we have booked to go on a cruise from 21st-25th October and if we are able to get something for that? (We knew about the stamp they can give out but wanted her to mention it). The woman was very kind and explained about the stamp but she didn’t know if they would be able to give it to us, but told us to hang on a bit to see if she can pull some strings. We waited back out into the waiting room and 20 mins later she said she ran our background checks everything looked good and to go grab lunch and come back around 2pm (it was 12.45 by this point). We did exactly that came back, waited another 30 minutes and got the stamp! 

I don’t know if it was because of our circumstance, or if she was just being really nice, but now I’m stress free as was worrying about if I was gunna be able to go on this cruise! 

Wishing everyone luck for those who are still waiting! Xoxo

 

Edited October 15, 2018 by heamatite2000

[borodine01 94]

Hey Guys,

 

Been awhile! finally after a year and some change of waiting, we finally got the update this morning that interview was schedule.

[Louv 32]

On 10/26/2018 at 8:17 AM, borodine01 said:

Hey Guys,

 

Been awhile! finally after a year and some change of waiting, we finally got the update this morning that interview was schedule.

My online status just changed to Interview was scheduled as well. How long before the notice arrives on average and how much time before the interview? Thanks everyone

[veggieguuu 5]

3 minutes ago, Louv said:

My online status just changed to Interview was scheduled as well. How long before the notice arrives on average and how much time before the interview? Thanks everyone

You should expect to receive your interview notice in mail in the next 7 days and interview date is usually a month from the day you receive the notice in mail. If you would like to find out the date and time of your interview, you can connect with a tier 2 officer and they should be able to look it up for you. Good luck!

[Louv 32]

2 minutes ago, veggieguuu said:

You should expect to receive your interview notice in mail in the next 7 days and interview date is usually a month from the day you receive the notice in mail. If you would like to find out the date and time of your interview, you can connect with a tier 2 officer and they should be able to look it up for you. Good luck!

Thank you! I am excited and freaked out at the same time. Has anyone found a good checklist of the documents to bring? I have been preparing but am worried abot forgetting something...

[veggieguuu 5]

Just now, Louv said:

Thank you! I am excited and freaked out at the same time. Has anyone found a good checklist of the documents to bring? I have been preparing but am worried abot forgetting something...

No prob! There's a checklist of what you'll need to bring on the interview notice. I believe its the same for everyone. You can probably google it just to get an idea.

[borodine01 94]

18 hours ago, Louv said:

My online status just changed to Interview was scheduled as well. How long before the notice arrives on average and how much time before the interview? Thanks everyone

Hello,

 

I have not received the letter yet either. I'm still waiting and I need it asap because we both have to ask for the days off.

[veggieguuu 5]

1 hour ago, borodine01 said:

Hello,

 

I have not received the letter yet either. I'm still waiting and I need it asap because we both have to ask for the days off.

You can call USCIS (ask for tier 2) to find out the date and time

[borodine01 94]

Just now, veggieguuu said:

You can call USCIS (ask for tier 2) to find out the date and time

Will do that today.

[Hamilton 511]

7 hours ago, borodine01 said:

Will do that today.

If you tell the tier 1 officer that that's why you want to talk to Tier 2, they may not connect you -- they might insist that the Tier 2 officer doesn't know that info. Not sure why they say that 😕 

 

But yeah, the Tier 2 officer definitely knows your date and time. We found out via phone too.

[ceeq 53]

 Anyone else still on the same boat as we are? SF location. 😫

[borodine01 94]

On ‎11‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 1:20 AM, ceeq said:

 Anyone else still on the same boat as we are? SF location. 😫

Hello,

 

check on here https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do as well. Mine said the same thing but when I check my case status on that website my interview was scheduled. I received my letter already.

[ceeq 53]

1 hour ago, borodine01 said:

Hello,

 

check on here https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do as well. Mine said the same thing but when I check my case status on that website my interview was scheduled. I received my letter already.

Thank you! But this has been the status on that site for months...