August 2024 AOS Filers

[alliejourney 107]

Just now, Edward and Jaycel said:

Thank you so much for explaining  

Of course! It really seemed like the officer had already made up his mind that we were approved before we came in, I'm assuming because of the evidence we'd already provided. The thing that I thought I'd get an RFE for (marking no to the question about being a public charge under INA when it should have been yes) was corrected in the interview, and then he just explained the next steps of ROC, and let us know everything was approved. I'm sure it'll be similar for you with how on top of things you are!

[Edward and Jaycel 1,618]

24 minutes ago, alliejourney said:

Of course! It really seemed like the officer had already made up his mind that we were approved before we came in, I'm assuming because of the evidence we'd already provided. The thing that I thought I'd get an RFE for (marking no to the question about being a public charge under INA when it should have been yes) was corrected in the interview, and then he just explained the next steps of ROC, and let us know everything was approved. I'm sure it'll be similar for you with how on top of things you are!

 

That's awesome! Thank you. From some of the reports I'm reading here and in other places, it seems that if you have a strong case where they used to waive the interview, it appears they can't waive them anymore so they just bring you in to answer the yes/no questions on the I-485 and make any corrections if needed and then send you on your way. Kind of a, "Okayyy... we did the 'interview' and NOW they're approved". Just going by the letter of the procedure type thing. So happy you guys got past this stage  Now Jaycel and I just have to wait and be patient 🤮 because I hear the Denver field office is slowwwwwwww. From what I see in the past stats from VJ members here, it's anywhere from 7-12 months just to get an interview scheduled here 🤪

[alliejourney 107]

10 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

 

That's awesome! Thank you. From some of the reports I'm reading here and in other places, it seems that if you have a strong case where they used to waive the interview, it appears they can't waive them anymore so they just bring you in to answer the yes/no questions on the I-485 and make any corrections if needed and then send you on your way. Kind of a, "Okayyy... we did the 'interview' and NOW they're approved". Just going by the letter of the procedure type thing. So happy you guys got past this stage  Now Jaycel and I just have to wait and be patient 🤮 because I hear the Denver field office is slowwwwwwww. From what I see in the past stats from VJ members here, it's anywhere from 7-12 months just to get an interview scheduled here 🤪

Yep, definitely felt that way! 

 

Hoping things go speedily for you! For us I think it was about 8 months from filing to interview notice, and the interview was a little over a month away from the time of getting the notice. I think Cleveland tends to be on the average-to-slow side as well.

[Edward and Jaycel 1,618]

8 minutes ago, alliejourney said:

Hoping things go speedily for you! For us I think it was about 8 months from filing to interview notice, and the interview was a little over a month away from the time of getting the notice. I think Cleveland tends to be on the average-to-slow side as well.

 

Thank you! I see the Cleveland office "80% of cases" are processed in 22 months - Denver is 21 months so pretty much twinsies LOL Hopefully we will hear soon 🤞

[alliejourney 107]

Just an update because I'm going lightly insane and need to get it off my chest, lol.

 

At the time of the interview, the agent told us he was approving us on the spot. He told us we'd likely receive an approval notice in the mail within a week, and the physical green card within 4 weeks. 

 

Two weeks later and my USCIS account still shows the last update being Interview Scheduled back in March. (Although the MyProgress tab has progressed past interview and is now on case decision.) I did get a "we took action on your case" e-mail on the morning of the interview, but I'm assuming it's just because it was touched. 

 

I know the officer likely just overpromised on the timeline and this is all normal. But I can't help but stress that something has gone wrong! I'd be a little more relaxed but we were hoping to buy a house and move sometime in the summer or fall, which we can't do without his green card, so the more time ticks the more anxious I get.

[OldUser 9,219]

@alliejourney verbal approvals mean nothing. Timelines given by officer OR MyProgress estimates mean nothing.

Most likely, officer needs approval from a higher up, hence a little bit of hold up.

Don't worry, your time will come!