APRIL 2018 AOS FILERS

[KozmicBlues 592]

Hey April group!! Hope everyone is well and getting ready for the Christmas holiday!  Just have a question about interview scheduling... does anyone know if it's possible for us to re-schedule when USCIS schedules the GC interview? and what that process is like?

 

We just booked airline tickets to go back to India for a visit in March for about 5 weeks. I'm a bit nervous that as luck will have it, his interview might be scheduled around that time since it will be 1 year from when we filed. He has had the EAD/AP for a few months now, so we actually completely spaced the pending interview when we decided on dates for our trip. I'm just trying to prepare ahead of time so I can be ready in case that happens and know what I need to do if it happens!

 

Hopefully the interview happens before, but it's not likely. Our local office is Phoenix, AZ which is notoriously slow so maybe it will happen after our trip anyway which is totally fine with me! 

[Sarah&Facundo 614]

2 hours ago, KozmicBlues said:

Hey April group!! Hope everyone is well and getting ready for the Christmas holiday!  Just have a question about interview scheduling... does anyone know if it's possible for us to re-schedule when USCIS schedules the GC interview? and what that process is like?

 

We just booked airline tickets to go back to India for a visit in March for about 5 weeks. I'm a bit nervous that as luck will have it, his interview might be scheduled around that time since it will be 1 year from when we filed. He has had the EAD/AP for a few months now, so we actually completely spaced the pending interview when we decided on dates for our trip. I'm just trying to prepare ahead of time so I can be ready in case that happens and know what I need to do if it happens!

 

Hopefully the interview happens before, but it's not likely. Our local office is Phoenix, AZ which is notoriously slow so maybe it will happen after our trip anyway which is totally fine with me! 

We just asked for a reschedule a few days ago. We are also visiting my husband's country and the interview got schedule they day of our flight home  We called the USCIS office and put in a service inquiry. Hopefully this is enough to take care of it......

[George & Roth 1,485]

8 hours ago, Lsthorpe1 said:

Question - completely off topic! Does anyone know where I can do a currency exchange? I’m leaving for the UK tomorrow and need to change my $ into £!  This is all new to me!

Perhaps a local bank. You could also find by doing a web search "Currency exchange near me" and enabling location services when prompted. 

 

The airport in a booth may be an option, albeit not a cheap one. 

[George & Roth 1,485]

3 hours ago, Sarah&Facundo said:

We just asked for a reschedule a few days ago. We are also visiting my husband's country and the interview got schedule they day of our flight home  We called the USCIS office and put in a service inquiry. Hopefully this is enough to take care of it......

I think rescheduling is pretty common, you will get an appointment a few weeks later I bet. 

 

[ChristaandJosh 145]

Hey!

Yesterday my status online changed to interview scheduled. Assuming itll br for around a months time going off other peoples timelines.

Just a question: anyone had any problems with medicals? Having to do one again or anything? I've heard it's one year from filing the AOS that your medical is good for which it will be ok of that's the case as we filed end of March last year. 

Anyone had any issues with this? Heard different stories. 

 

 

[ChristaandJosh 145]

On 12/18/2018 at 2:30 PM, Jeto said:

Had my interview in Denver today as well! It was pretty busy in there, but we were seen within 10 minutes of arriving and approved 10 minutes later!

I was expecting my interview to be another 6 or so months away as well!

Congrats! I have my interview next month! New Orleans. Can I ask if you needed a new medical? Very confused about this lol.

[Jeto 118]

1 minute ago, ChristaandJosh said:

Congrats! I have my interview next month! New Orleans. Can I ask if you needed a new medical? Very confused about this lol.

Thanks! 

 

No we didn't need any additional medical papers for our K1 Visa. The sealed envelope that was taken at entry is all we needed. 

We asked the CO and apparently you don't need to have a new medical if you came in on a family K visa.

 

Good luck on your interview! :) 

[ChristaandJosh 145]

56 minutes ago, Jeto said:

Thanks! 

 

No we didn't need any additional medical papers for our K1 Visa. The sealed envelope that was taken at entry is all we needed. 

We asked the CO and apparently you don't need to have a new medical if you came in on a family K visa.

 

Good luck on your interview!

Okay great! Thank you. I filed within the year of my medical and my interview is within the year of filing. Thank you! 

[George & Roth 1,485]

I think you just need to go in USA if you needed to complete some vaccinations, or if your prior one expires. 

 

We had to go to the doc in Cambodia and also here in USA to complete the shots and form https://my.uscis.gov/findadoctor

 

From Australia, you should have a better record of medical history compared to Cambodia (NONE!) and a likelihood you already have required vaccinations so perhaps it can be avoided for you. 

 

Edited December 23, 2018 by George & Roth

[antipasti7 14]

Since the government is shut down, do you guys think that this will affect our green card processing times?

[emekus94 1,125]

1 hour ago, antipasti7 said:

Since the government is shut down, do you guys think that this will affect our green card processing times?

It should not--

USCIS is primarily funded by the dollars we use to file these forms. I mean AOS costs like $1,140 so...

USCIS receives very little gov't funds from my understanding so all is well.

[frisbieprods 47]

This may have been asked before, but if our receipt doesn't specify a field office, should we be concerned that it hasn't been moved to one at this point? Or is it worth calling and getting a status check over the phone? Been reading about our local office (SF) and looking online at processing times is pretty depressing...

[krissy002 11]

On 12/28/2018 at 10:44 PM, Jake H said:

This may have been asked before, but if our receipt doesn't specify a field office, should we be concerned that it hasn't been moved to one at this point? Or is it worth calling and getting a status check over the phone? Been reading about our local office (SF) and looking online at processing times is pretty depressing...

I just called because my husband rec'd his work visa in September and we haven't had any updates online and just wanted to make sure we didn't miss the interview snail mail and they told me if I don't receive anything in 21 months I can then file an inquiry online!?!

[QN&CD 14]

Hey guys, I have some quick questions, please help.

 

1. I submitted my form I485 in April 2, 2018 to National Benefits Center. My local office is San Francisco, CA. I am checking the uscis processing time of form I485 now and did not see NBC in the dropdown options, thus I wonder which center is processing my case, so I can estimate the timeline better. 

2. Among applicants whose local office is San Francisco, CA here ? Did anyone get the interview date yet ? My I485 status has changed into "Interview Cancelled" since last October, 2018 without scheduling any interview date for me. I am just getting more confused over time.

 

Thanks for your help.

[Kat1111 45]

On 12/13/2018 at 12:46 PM, George & Roth said:

Rescheduling isn't that bad, but I know you would want to just get it over with.

 

I'll be waiting to see the NJ updates on schedule, and of course waiting on my mail to arrive!

 

Hi, do you mind sharing when was your case ready to be scheduled for an interview? My case online status just changed to ready to be scheduled for an interview today and I just wanted to know how long it would take to get an interview for Newark, NJ lol

 

Thank you!!!