August 2017 AOS Filers, Part II

[PR&PR 325]

On 8/24/2018 at 2:34 PM, Phoenix Filer said:

Still waiting on the interview in Phoenix for a year now. 
Applied for a new EAD 120 days before mine expires and got a receipt notice that extends the current EAD that I have 180 days beyond the expiration date. 
Also got new medical exam done, another $220 out of the door. The civil surgeon said that they are going to raise prices in October by $120 for i-693 exam as they will be required to do a blood TB test, not the skin TB test. 
This time, I won't let the exam results expire by sending them in too early. USCIS says that one must submit their medical exam results within one year. After submission, the results are good for 365 days. I will bring the package to the interview, but if they can't schedule their interview within a year, I will wait around 330 days to submit the medical exam via mail. Once they receive it, it will be good for another 365 days. Thus, I will milk out almost 700 days out of the same exam in case they take more than 2-2.5 years to process the case. 

I was confused for a moment, and then I realized you probably went a different route than me. I did a K1 visa, so there was no way I could have waited for the medical as I had to send it in to get the K1.

[SerendipityMuse 24]

On 8/29/2018 at 9:46 PM, mushroomspore said:

Thank you!!! And funny you should mention the late update. The same thing happened to me!

 

I called USCIS back in May and the rep told me the exact date our case had been put in line for an interview (mid April). I didn't bother checking the DHS site for a while and only got the recent interview update on the regular egov site. I decided to check the DHS site and guess what??? It says "Case Ready" on the same day the rep had told me. "Case Ready" just means your case is in line for an interview. When it is actually scheduled, it will say "Interview Scheduled". Hope you get this soon!!!! 🇨🇦

Thank you! I hope so too! 🙂

[Stephanie B 124]

I’m been watching this post for months. We filed August 2017 and they have finally scheduled my husband’s interview.  🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[cdenise88 2]

I've been following this thread and never commented but wanted to share our news. We filed August 2017 from a K1 Visa. Received an RFE November 2017. In March 2018 we received a letter requesting a new medical as Knightsbridge in the UK failed to administer a gonorrhea test at our K1 Medical. We sent that in and on August 20th we received our interview letter from the Dallas Field Office. We went for our interview today. Arrived 30 minutes early, our appointment was at 1:30pm. We were taken back to the interview room at 1:40. Lasted about 30 minutes. The officer had to call another officer in with her because there seemed to be some confusion about my husbands very minor police record. After they sorted that out they went through the questions off of the i-485 then asked him what my birthday was and what day did we got married. They looked at our evidence of our marriage and only kept a couple photos and our lease and gave the rest back to us ( I submitted a bunch of photos, social media screen grabs, receipts for movie tickets/concerts we've gone to, sworn affadavit from my mom, our lease, his name as a beneficiary on my life insurance) She did not approve us on the spot and said they would need to do another background check but would know something in the near future. Well, we get home and check our status and after a year of no updates (ours showed fingerprint fee received for ages) it updated to "new card is being produced." Couldn't be happier.

[SerendipityMuse 24]

4 hours ago, cdenise88 said:

After they sorted that out they went through the questions off of the i-485 then asked him what my birthday was and what day did we got married.

Congratulations!! 😄 Just wondering - do they go through the entire I-485, or do they only ask a few specific questions?

[mushroomspore 3,043]

14 hours ago, SerendipityMuse said:

Congratulations!! 😄 Just wondering - do they go through the entire I-485, or do they only ask a few specific questions?

I believe it is protocol to go through the entire thing as all those questions determine eligibility and admissibility.

[cdenise88 2]

22 hours ago, SerendipityMuse said:

Congratulations!! 😄 Just wondering - do they go through the entire I-485, or do they only ask a few specific questions?

They went over the whole application to make sure there were no changes. I did tell her I received an increase in my salary since we filed and brought a new Affadavit of Support but since we already met the minimum income requirement she said it wasn't necessary. The specific questions were all of the yes/no questions on the I-485. 

[Grazelfaith 3]

On 7/30/2018 at 10:14 AM, nortonplus said:

Just hang in there. Did you at least have your EAD?

I still don’t have my interview 😭 

[MrMizo 144]

"When you enter the building, there is an officer that ask if you have an appointment as soon as you walk in, we showed our appointment paper and he said to we're clear to enter the building and to speak to the front desk of where to go, we lined up through security and it's similar as airport security when you walk through. After we had passed the front desk was directly in front of us.

My wife had asked the front desk where to go. She told us we have to go to the second floor and wait by door 2. 

We went upstairs and it was a pretty crowded waiting room with 3 different doors. We sat by door 2 and we waited for about 20-25 minutes and we were called by door 3 instead (door 2 was pretty busy and we hardly saw anyone come out).

We were called and confirmed with the USCIS interviewer if it was my last name and she replied yes and no worries. 

We had sworn to tell the truth before need had in sat in the office and the interviewer had checked our identifications and asked my wife to fingerprint scan. 

The interviewer was very pleasent and began to interview us questions:
What is your name? 
What are your other names?
Where do you live? 
What do you do? 
What does your spouse do?
Where did we meet?
Did you have family over there?
What is the name of your parents?
Where did you get married?
And interviewer asked about the restaurant we went too, but we didn't remember the name because it was a spur of the moment kind of thing.
The interviewer said don't worry I believe you. We were relieved and we joked about my workplace for a little.

Then the interviewer proceeded to go over the application questions of eligibility

the interviewer congratulated us and explained about removal of conditions and to expect it in 2-4 weeks. "

 

my review of Philadelphia's office and it was such a great experience, we finally did the interview and we passed !!! Good luck everyone,  for all of those still waiting, your time will come! 

[ceeq 53]

Hi, friends! Still haven't received an update for an interview. :( Husband and I are really bummed and we may need to move houses soon. I think most people I first contacted through the Aug 2017 thread 1 has already received theirs.

[karlabarbosa 27]

Hey guys, I am filling the form I-485 and that is asking for UNDERLYING PETITION NUMBER and PRIORITY DATE. What is this number?

[MrMizo 144]

17 hours ago, karlabarbosa said:

Hey guys, I am filling the form I-485 and that is asking for UNDERLYING PETITION NUMBER and PRIORITY DATE. What is this number?

Your case number and the date USCIS received your i-485 

[virginia1993 26]

On 9/13/2018 at 9:57 AM, Chris&RunnyRun said:

"When you enter the building, there is an officer that ask if you have an appointment as soon as you walk in, we showed our appointment paper and he said to we're clear to enter the building and to speak to the front desk of where to go, we lined up through security and it's similar as airport security when you walk through. After we had passed the front desk was directly in front of us.

My wife had asked the front desk where to go. She told us we have to go to the second floor and wait by door 2. 

We went upstairs and it was a pretty crowded waiting room with 3 different doors. We sat by door 2 and we waited for about 20-25 minutes and we were called by door 3 instead (door 2 was pretty busy and we hardly saw anyone come out).

We were called and confirmed with the USCIS interviewer if it was my last name and she replied yes and no worries. 

We had sworn to tell the truth before need had in sat in the office and the interviewer had checked our identifications and asked my wife to fingerprint scan. 

The interviewer was very pleasent and began to interview us questions:
What is your name? 
What are your other names?
Where do you live? 
What do you do? 
What does your spouse do?
Where did we meet?
Did you have family over there?
What is the name of your parents?
Where did you get married?
And interviewer asked about the restaurant we went too, but we didn't remember the name because it was a spur of the moment kind of thing.
The interviewer said don't worry I believe you. We were relieved and we joked about my workplace for a little.

Then the interviewer proceeded to go over the application questions of eligibility

the interviewer congratulated us and explained about removal of conditions and to expect it in 2-4 weeks. "

 

my review of Philadelphia's office and it was such a great experience, we finally did the interview and we passed !!! Good luck everyone,  for all of those still waiting, your time will come! 

That was my office too and my experience there was awesome 👏

[mushroomspore 3,043]

On 9/17/2018 at 12:42 PM, karlabarbosa said:

Hey guys, I am filling the form I-485 and that is asking for UNDERLYING PETITION NUMBER and PRIORITY DATE. What is this number?

I'm guessing you are not adjusting from K1. If so, you have neither of those things. So leave it blank.

[mushroomspore 3,043]

On 9/17/2018 at 12:42 PM, karlabarbosa said:

Hey guys, I am filling the form I-485 and that is asking for UNDERLYING PETITION NUMBER and PRIORITY DATE. What is this number?

Oh never mind I just noticed you ARE K1. That info is on your K1 NOA's.

 

On another note, our interview is fast approaching. Where did the last 4 weeks go?! I just re-did my medical today and will be finalizing our additional documents and then prepping with my husband. We're actually pretty excited to finally be at this point. Good luck to those still waiting.