April 2019 AOS Filers(merged)

[Shawn_Lock 36]

 

Congrats ! We filed a week after you.

Hopefully soon for us. 

[Sherrysteve 24]

14 hours ago, Shawn_Lock said:

So long just to receive that notice.

So frustrating.

This is the 2nd rfe! 

[okland 31]

All,

 

Yesterday we had our interview in Phoenix, AZ. We got there 30 minutes before the appointment. The security line was fast and in a few minutes we were waiting in the lobby. They called us about 15 minutes after the appointment time. 

 

The IO was very nice and she made us feel at easy, she had our 900 pages file on her desk. After fingerprint/photo she asked us if we had any questions, I got to ask her about my hyphenated last name. Which she said that most likely it won't appear in the GC. After that she sworn us in and started checking the information submitted in the forms. She started with the sponsor spouse asking names, DOB, parents names, address, etc. and they moved to the beneficiary spouse with the same questions.

 

In addition, she asked about the past status that the beneficiary spouse had, such as F1/OPT and J1 visa and the number of hours worked under those visas. The next step was the standard YES/NO questions, she asked us most of them. She corrected the address for the F1-OPT from the company's headquarter to the physical location of work.

 

Finally, she moved on to the relationship part of the interview. She asked us to tell our "love story". We then briefly talked about how me met and started dating. She then asked only two more questions: "Our favorite part of our wedding and what are our future plans". We briefly answered those, gave her a few more photos and financial documents that we had brought in and she said that she'll be approving the application later on the day.

 

She also kept my EAD cards from the F1 status but told us to keep the AOS EAD to use as proof of status and right to work. Finally she explained the RoC process and said that we're done.

 

I believe that the entire thing took about 30 minutes. Out of curiosity, we also asked about the number of cases that she takes on in a day. Apparently she gets about 7 cases everyday and they work 10 hours day. They are encouraged to get everything done the same day.

 

Around 5pm on the same day we got the text saying that the card is in production.

[Shawn_Lock 36]

How many of you April filers have yet to get your EAD ? My case is at the benefits center.  My PD is April 14. 
I would like to follow your timelines to help me stay sane . 
 

Thank you. 

[Vante 59]

4 minutes ago, Shawn_Lock said:

How many of you April filers have yet to get your EAD ? My case is at the benefits center.  My PD is April 14. 
I would like to follow your timelines to help me stay sane . 
 

Thank you. 

I have not received mine as yet. I originally sent everything on April 23rd but the EAD/AP portion of it got sent back to my lawyer, he fixed it and sent it out to USCIS. So while the green card portion was accepted in April, the EAD wasn’t a accepted until late May. Did biometrics for the green card in June and biometrics for the EAD late October. My interview is scheduled though, just waiting for the mail so I can see the date. Did they send a RFIE to you?

[Shawn_Lock 36]

My case status has been “Ready to be scheduled for interview”  since Oct 3.

I had no RFEs before that. Last status for I-765 is Fingerprint review completed on 5/14. 

[Vante 59]

8 minutes ago, Shawn_Lock said:

My case status has been “Ready to be scheduled for interview”  since Oct 3.

I had no RFEs before that. Last status for I-765 is Fingerprint review completed on 5/14. 

My 765 still has received in May, nothing with fingerprints. I thought my “ready to be scheduled” was gonna take forever but only took couple days for it to be scheduled. Really got lucky with that one. Hope you get an update soon.

[JennaV 116]

42 minutes ago, Shawn_Lock said:

How many of you April filers have yet to get your EAD ? My case is at the benefits center.  My PD is April 14. 
I would like to follow your timelines to help me stay sane . 
 

Thank you. 

My son PD is May 23 and as of November 13 his EDA is being produced and yesterday both EDA and AP changed to approved. You should hear something soon. 

[Valmabe 249]

5 hours ago, okland said:

All,

 

Yesterday we had our interview in Phoenix, AZ. We got there 30 minutes before the appointment. The security line was fast and in a few minutes we were waiting in the lobby. They called us about 15 minutes after the appointment time. 

 

The IO was very nice and she made us feel at easy, she had our 900 pages file on her desk. After fingerprint/photo she asked us if we had any questions, I got to ask her about my hyphenated last name. Which she said that most likely it won't appear in the GC. After that she sworn us in and started checking the information submitted in the forms. She started with the sponsor spouse asking names, DOB, parents names, address, etc. and they moved to the beneficiary spouse with the same questions.

 

In addition, she asked about the past status that the beneficiary spouse had, such as F1/OPT and J1 visa and the number of hours worked under those visas. The next step was the standard YES/NO questions, she asked us most of them. She corrected the address for the F1-OPT from the company's headquarter to the physical location of work.

 

Finally, she moved on to the relationship part of the interview. She asked us to tell our "love story". We then briefly talked about how me met and started dating. She then asked only two more questions: "Our favorite part of our wedding and what are our future plans". We briefly answered those, gave her a few more photos and financial documents that we had brought in and she said that she'll be approving the application later on the day.

 

She also kept my EAD cards from the F1 status but told us to keep the AOS EAD to use as proof of status and right to work. Finally she explained the RoC process and said that we're done.

 

I believe that the entire thing took about 30 minutes. Out of curiosity, we also asked about the number of cases that she takes on in a day. Apparently she gets about 7 cases everyday and they work 10 hours day. They are encouraged to get everything done the same day.

 

Around 5pm on the same day we got the text saying that the card is in production.

Hi, we also had our interview yesteday, but in Philadelphia. Same thing, 3 hours later we had a status change to card in production. Congratulations. 

[Meu Amor 180]

We're still waiting for our interview to be scheduled. But EAD and AP approved yesterday. Hopefully, the combo card arrives in about a week. 🤙🏽🇧🇷

 

Have a great weekend everyone!

[march16filer 152]

On 11/10/2019 at 11:50 PM, march16filer said:

Just wanted to give a quick update: 

 

Yesterday (November 9th), we received notifications that both I-130 and I-485 were approved on November 7th (one day after our interview). It hasn’t been updated to Card in Production yet, but, I think it should be updated to that tomorrow or day after. If anyone has any questions about our experience, please feel free to ask.

 

good luck to everyone still waiting.

Hi All - We just received out green card in the mail on Friday and I have updated my timeline on the signature. If you have any questions, please just reach out.

 

[Vante 59]

On 11/12/2019 at 3:07 PM, Vante said:

Idk if I got lucky but only after 3,4 days my interview was scheduled , waiting for the mail to see what the official date is. I have not received no EAD/AP as yet. I hope this is the end 

Update, got my letter with my interview date, scheduled for December 17th. 

[Shawn_Lock 36]

Thanks for the update . Hopefully we hear something soon. Still in purgatory 😕

[Lucky_Mimi 87]

58 minutes ago, march16filer said:

Hi All - We just received out green card in the mail on Friday and I have updated my timeline on the signature. If you have any questions, please just reach out.

 

How was your interview? Did they ask for another set of medical? Or vaccination record? My interview will be this Thursday and I'm slightly getting nervous already 

[Jaime'n'Jenny 8]

Received combo card, but waiting for an interview to be scheduled since September 4th.