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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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Seems many are getting their interviews scheduled but we just got our EAD approved Friday! Our application was mailed May 30 but our NOA is June 3. My husband is happy to finally be able to go to work!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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We had our interview this morning. It went pretty well although I was not approved on the spot.

 

We were interviewed separately. I (immigrant) went in first at 7:30. The IO was polite and seemed familiar with our case details. She swore me in, took my photo and fingerprints. Right off the bat she said she was looking for evidence of co-mingling. She asked a few questions about the earlier part of my relationship with my husband: how we met, our first date, when/how I met my husband's family, how the proposal happened. Then we went over the I-485 together, noted my requested amendments and I signed the last page to confirm.

 

She asked more questions like:
What is your husband's mother's name? How many siblings does your husband have?
What car does your husband have?
What activities do you do together?
What shows do you watch?
What did you have for dinner last night? What's your breakfast?
What did your husband get you for your birthday?
What are you planning to do for your honeymoon?
Are you planning to have children?

 

For some of these answers I was able to show photo evidence. It felt more like an AMA than an interview since we were laughing at some of my answers. We went over some photos and afterwards I gave her the entire photoset. She asked if there were any other documents I'd like to add. I gave her ALL our copies of stuff she didn't already have on file: joint finances, joint health insurance, proofs of address, my husband's ID -- explaining each document as I went. She said to give her a month to make a decision and if there was a RFE (said it didn't seem likely) that they would mail us. She called my husband in at 8:30 and I sat in the waiting area. At that point I realized they were separating almost everyone. 10 minutes later my husband came out and we left. He told me the questions she asked (=same ones I got) and that he could tell she was pretending to sound interested at his answers lol. She also told him to give her a month.

 

I don't know why they separated everyone but it didn't matter to us because we were honest in our answers and they matched. The IO seemed more focused on how we talked about our relationship than the papers. I can understand why since we didn't front load AOS (although we are K1). It was a positive experience overall. Now for more waiting! :)

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18 minutes ago, Nashvan said:

We had our interview this morning. It went pretty well although I was not approved on the spot.

 

We were interviewed separately. I (immigrant) went in first at 7:30. The IO was polite and seemed familiar with our case details. She swore me in, took my photo and fingerprints. Right off the bat she said she was looking for evidence of co-mingling. She asked a few questions about the earlier part of my relationship with my husband: how we met, our first date, when/how I met my husband's family, how the proposal happened. Then we went over the I-485 together, noted my requested amendments and I signed the last page to confirm.

 

She asked more questions like:
What is your husband's mother's name? How many siblings does your husband have?
What car does your husband have?
What activities do you do together?
What shows do you watch?
What did you have for dinner last night? What's your breakfast?
What did your husband get you for your birthday?
What are you planning to do for your honeymoon?
Are you planning to have children?

 

For some of these answers I was able to show photo evidence. It felt more like an AMA than an interview since we were laughing at some of my answers. We went over some photos and afterwards I gave her the entire photoset. She asked if there were any other documents I'd like to add. I gave her ALL our copies of stuff she didn't already have on file: joint finances, joint health insurance, proofs of address, my husband's ID -- explaining each document as I went. She said to give her a month to make a decision and if there was a RFE (said it didn't seem likely) that they would mail us. She called my husband in at 8:30 and I sat in the waiting area. At that point I realized they were separating almost everyone. 10 minutes later my husband came out and we left. He told me the questions she asked (=same ones I got) and that he could tell she was pretending to sound interested at his answers lol. She also told him to give her a month.

 

I don't know why they separated everyone but it didn't matter to us because we were honest in our answers and they matched. The IO seemed more focused on how we talked about our relationship than the papers. I can understand why since we didn't front load AOS (although we are K1). It was a positive experience overall. Now for more waiting! :)

Interesting they separated you and your husband.  With ours being next Tuesday, I'll be interested to see if they leave my 11 month old with me or my wife :D

 

Appreciate you posting this!  Helps me to prepare my wife since she gets highly anxious in situations like that. 

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4 hours ago, Spardasa said:

Interesting they separated you and your husband.  With ours being next Tuesday, I'll be interested to see if they leave my 11 month old with me or my wife :D

 

Appreciate you posting this!  Helps me to prepare my wife since she gets highly anxious in situations like that. 

It might be a new thing they're doing now, not sure why. My husband said he saw an IO ask someone if their kid (maybe 8 yo?) was old enough to wait out by himself. Since your daughter is so young she might go with mom. Let us know!

 

Aw, I'm the same. I didn't sleep well these past few nights. The anxiety went away the minute we stepped into the building. Being there and seeing other people made me feel better about how the interview was going to go. I think the best advice I could give to your wife is to be honest and not rush to answer. The whole experience was rather anticlimactic for all the stress we felt. Afterwards it's like "wow that was really not worth losing sleep over". :D

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Nigeria
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On 10/22/2019 at 5:24 PM, SafeHaven said:

We got our interview letter in the mail.! Our interview is scheduled for Nov. 13.

Hey! 
 

@SafeHaven

Make sure you go over everything in the house.  What color are the curtains in the bedroom? is there a window in the bathroom?  who got up first this morning? what did y’all wear to bed? what are the floors made of in the house? does the refrigerator have ice or water in the door? what was the last movie you saw,? whet was the last restaurant you went to, what did you eat? Who insures your car? How many doors in your house? Is the mailbox on the street or the house?  Does the shower have a door or a curtains? We were married before, so we got what are your ex spouses names? 

Our interview was 40 minutes for each of us. 
 

Good Luck! Y’all got this! 

 

Cheschirecat 

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On 10/21/2019 at 3:13 PM, Spardasa said:

Interesting they separated you and your husband.  With ours being next Tuesday, I'll be interested to see if they leave my 11 month old with me or my wife :D

 

Appreciate you posting this!  Helps me to prepare my wife since she gets highly anxious in situations like that. 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Hello. I was hoping someone could tell me the Tennessee AOS documents required for the interview concerning the beneficiary's birth certificate. Someone on another thread said he may need 2 Original copies. I'm trying to prepare ahead of time. Thanks.

  • 7-15-1   I-129F Sent
  • 7-17-19    I-129F Received
  • 7-22-19    NOA1
  • 10-25-19  NOA2 / Hardcopy Received 11-1-19
  • 11-7-19    NVC RECEIVED
  • 11-12-19  RECEIVED CASE #
  • 3-17-20    MEDICAL (CANCELLED) 
  • 3-30-20    INTERVIEW (CANCELLED) 
  • 6-25-20    MEDICAL (RESCHEDULED/CANCELLED/TBD)
  • 7-8-20      INTERVIEW (RESCHEDULED/CANCELLED)
  • 7-9-20   INTERVIEW (RESCHEDULED/CANCELLED/TBD)
  • ?-?-21 MEDICAL 
  • ?-?-21  INTERVIEW 

 

Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Psalm 37:4,5Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. 

Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.  

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Update: I-485 approval notice received 10/26 dated same day as interview (10/21). The tracking number was updating back in time and said "Delivered" with the wrong zip code! After much panic and confusion, the green card arrived today after a surprisingly nice call to USPS. 😀 Wishing a happy ending to all!

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17 hours ago, J&S12 said:

Hello. I was hoping someone could tell me the Tennessee AOS documents required for the interview concerning the beneficiary's birth certificate. Someone on another thread said he may need 2 Original copies. I'm trying to prepare ahead of time. Thanks.

For AOS interview bring an original and copy.

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8 minutes ago, Nashvan said:

For AOS interview bring an original and copy.

Thank you!

  • 7-15-1   I-129F Sent
  • 7-17-19    I-129F Received
  • 7-22-19    NOA1
  • 10-25-19  NOA2 / Hardcopy Received 11-1-19
  • 11-7-19    NVC RECEIVED
  • 11-12-19  RECEIVED CASE #
  • 3-17-20    MEDICAL (CANCELLED) 
  • 3-30-20    INTERVIEW (CANCELLED) 
  • 6-25-20    MEDICAL (RESCHEDULED/CANCELLED/TBD)
  • 7-8-20      INTERVIEW (RESCHEDULED/CANCELLED)
  • 7-9-20   INTERVIEW (RESCHEDULED/CANCELLED/TBD)
  • ?-?-21 MEDICAL 
  • ?-?-21  INTERVIEW 

 

Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Psalm 37:4,5Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. 

Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.  

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We completed our interview yesterday for AoS.  Here was our takeaways:

 

  1. The office was easy to find (especially if you stay at the Best Western or Holiday Inn Express that are 2 minutes away).
  2. You have to go through Airport like security (removal of shoes, belt, jewelry, etc then metal detected).  You can bring your phone which is nice, but usage is discouraged.
  3. The beneficiary checks in using their ID (Me as the petitioner never had it checked).
  4. You are then called by the immigration officer.  Ours differed slightly from NashVans experience:
    1. You are sworn in just like when you had the consulate interview and then the beneficiaries picture and index fingerprints are checked.
    2. Both my wife, myself, and my 11 month old daughter were allowed in during the initial interviewing.  I evidently didn't submit a copy of my passport's bio page so it was good that I brought both my passport and a copy.
    3. I submitted additional financial documents (like my last 2 months of pay stubs) just to strengthen that, but the IO didn't need anything else on that topic since I had submitted my IRS tax returns.
    4. We gave her pictures, copies of both of my retirements with her listed as a beneficiary, insurance statements with our names on it, electric bills with both our names on it, and then for shits and giggles a credit card offer my wife got in the mail.  We didn't have lease or banking because we hadn't gotten her SSN....
    5. We did get asked "How did we meet?" "Where did I propose?" "show me a picture of the wedding ceremony you guys had" "Is our Daughter going to be added to this application (she's gotten Us citizenship through me so no worries there). 
    6. The IO went through the application  to verify things were correct (wedding date, names, birthdays, etc).
    7. Once the IO reached the Eligibility question portion (The Yes/No questions you have to answer about if you had a crime ever, etc), the IO escorted me and my daughter out.  This part is only asked of the beneficiary. My wife told me the IO went through each Yes/No question.  Only thing my wife was asked about was a prior conviction that was overturned (an overstay in Switzerland) that she provided the copies of the court document with the translation, which the IO was very cool about in her comments.
    8. After that, they are lead out a different door on the other side of the waiting room and out you go.  We got told that the IO has 30 days to review the case, request additional information, etc.

As of now, we're waiting for our case to change in the case tracker.

 

One big thing to note:  I asked about my wife's SSN.  The IO stated the hang up was on the green flag for the EAD.  Since my wife has her EAD, she should had gotten her SSN. Also, they should had been able to tell us why we were getting the hang up. 

 

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Hi all, I just found this thread. Good to see a few here that I know.

 

I did send back the RFE and since Oct 18th they seem to be reviewing the case. I'm guessing it takes 4 weeks to decide after getting the RFE. This RFE was the original birth certificate, which we just sent 2nd original already.

 

Any idea how long I should wait other than to see what next week update?

K-1 Visa process (I'm the USC [F]) [2018-2019]

Spoiler

Sent packet: August 10, 2018 (Lines Compressed to fit signature restriction guideline)

USCIS Received package: August 14 - Notification in text/email: August 17 - Mail received from USCIS: January 22, 2019
USCIS Approved I-129F Petition: January 17 - NVC Received Case: February 14 - NVC Case # Assigned: February 14

US Embassy Received: Not sure but got email reply - March 11 - Instructions Received via e-mail: March 19

Interview: May 7 - Approved! - Arriving to US/POE: June 12 - Married July 15, 2019

AOS Process [2019-2020]

Spoiler

Sent packet: July 27, 2019 - USCIS Received Package: July 29 - [Hiccup] Package was sent back due to incorrect fee and sent on August 5.
Notification in text/email: August 12 @ 12:30AM - Check cashed: August 12 - NOA 1 Mail: August 16 - Biometric: September 5 @ Atlanta, GA

AOS RFIE: Sept. 28 - got in mail by Oct 3. [They lost my Husband's Birth Certificate] - Sent back AOS RFIE: Oct 16 2019, at office by Oct 17.
AOS Case update notice on April 9th, 2020, waiting for mail. - Interview date: Scheduled as of July 15, date is August 19. Passed the interview!

My Husband got his GC! 2 Year Conditional Green Card expires 08/19/2022, Residence since 08/19/2020

ROC Process [2022-2024]

Spoiler

Sent packet: June 16, 2022 via USPS, USCIS Received Package: June 21
Notice in text (didn't get email nor text on other phone): June 24
Notice date: June 23, package is at SRC (Texas Service Center), Paid with Credit Card, payment taken on June 25
NOA 1 Mail: June 30, Biometric: Reused
Got letter in mail for extension: April 12th, Received date June 21, 2022, Notice date: April 5, 2023 = 48 Months Extension. No physical card yet.
Approved without interview as of Feb 15th, 2024. Was not a combo interview with N-400.

Naturalization N-400 [2023-...]

Spoiler

Filed Online: July 28, 2023NOA: July 29, 2023
Service Center: NBC, application # starts with IOE#.
Biometrics waived. Got NOA mail Jan 5, 2024 says Interview in Nashville, TN on Feb 6, 2024.
Queue for review and approval. Already in line for Oath Ceremony as of Feb 13th, 2024.

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