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Hi everyone,

I and my wife are filling out our I-485 application. We are not sure if we have a priority date in our I797C. Our I797C only has the received date. I do not see anywhere it says priority date. Is our priority date the received date? Should we put the received date in the priority date box in our I-485? Thank you so much.

Not sure if this is the right thread but I just want to thank the whole VJ community for all the help. We never had any lawyer from filing I130 to N400. All I relied on was the official websites, family and this community!

Here's my interview experience last October 17th at 10:50AM (approx 8 mins only):

Lane to the front of the FO (Sacramento FO) was closed due to Iron Man so I had to run (I was far from late but I wanted to be sure lol). I was called in by my officer, he let me set my stuff on the other chair, and he swore me in. Reminded me to turn off my phone (hence why I know it was only 8 minutes!)

He proceeded to ask if I was still married and why I waited for the 5 years. I answered truthfully saying that I knew my brother will be having his wedding and I didn't want the schedules to clash. He appreciated my answer and said it was a smart choice.

He asked for my greencard, driver's license and passport (yes, he asked for my passport, but gave it back). He then asked for the appointment letter.

We started with the Civics, reading then writing:

What territory did the US buy from France in 1803?
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is the highest court in the US?
Who is the Father of Our Country?
Name your US representative.
How many amendments does the constitution have?

Reading: Who is the Father of Our Country?
Writing: Washington is the Father of Our Country.

Officer was friendly, we talked about the US representative etc.

He proceeded with my name, address, birthday. He asked for my husband's full name. How many kids we have. Then if I was still working at my 2 jobs. And then proceeded to the yes/no questions, I even feel like he skipped some? I don't reme.ber him asking if I was novelty lol. That was it!

I asked if my picture looked okay and he asked if I'd like to have a new picture taken which I said yes to. Then he handed me the paper and led me to another officer who then took my picture. That's it.

I got the myuscis notification about the oath about 30 mins later.

I had my Oath Ceremony yesterday October 29th! One tip if I may give is to check your notices online. I had a hard time opening it on my phone and so I just told myself the oath is usually scheduled a month out. The actual physical mail came in on the 24th of October for an October 29 ceremony! Good thing my boss was understanding enough for the short notice.

Thank you again, everyone! Now onto my passport...

Hello:

i need help before I finish my process. i used to live in new york for many years, I had a green card. I had two daughters born in new york. We went back to argentina, lost my status. Fast forward many years and my daughter all grown up and living in the states wants me to come and live with her.

she filed I-130, was approved and now we are at the consular stage, just paid the fees for aos and IV, we have not started to fill out the application yet, because , I just realized she did not enter my previous Alien registration number and i know that number is a lifetime identifier. My niece, which never lived in the states, had her number assigned at The NVC stage, with her visa. What would you suggest I do so i dont get another number and prevent problems in the future

Hi All,

First time posting here but have been reading up a lot to better educate myself with the nuances of immigration process. I am an LPR and my wife is also in the US on F-1 Student visa. She was already in the US on F-1 when we met through family connections and went back home Morocco to get married in late 2023. In June 2024 I filed I-130 in F2A category for her and then separately I-485 later in 2024.

Going by the current Visa bulletin, I guess her PD should become current in the next 2-3 months and this is where I would like to know what would be the process for the next steps:

1. Once the PD becomes current, is that when USCIS starts to adjudicate I-130? Approx. how long does the process take in number of months?
2. In F2A category, are both I-130 and I-485 processed and adjudicated together or is this only reserved when petitioner is a USC?
3. I keep reading about immigration interviews. Is that interview a part of I-130 processing or does USCIS asks to attend interview to approve I-485?
4. If the interview is for I-485 processing, usually how much time is available from when I-130 is approved to when the interview is scheduled?
5. Should we start collecting documentary evidence for bona fide marriage now e.g bank statements, lease documents, photos etc? or wait till later?

I am asking these questions to better understand the steps involved in the upcoming process and be ready with all documentary evidence ahead of time since I am expecting to be out of the US in early Feb next year for work reasons for about 4-5 weeks.