Beantownbabe

I have just applied for the SSN and card, and the lady told me I could come back tomorrow to pick up a copy of the number, and then my card will be send in the mail.

I'm trying to get my D.L. asap and the lady from the driver license branch to me the receipt of SSN is enough, as long as it shows my name and ssn.

So my question is for those who went to pick up their number (before they had their card), did it mention your name as well, or only the number?

You are lucky - in my state, they need to actually see the card and not the receipt. If no-one responds, at least you will find out tomorrow!

Hey guys, this is Canadian Made's wife, I'm going to jump in:) Here's how our interview experience went today.

Well, first, the interveiwer was very old and very procedural, so it seemed like she has been doing this for a long time.

She had a very soft voice and was hard to understand her and she also had accent, so it was hard to understand her.

We got asked the usual questions like, our names, our address, how and when we met, when we got married and where, who proposed to who, asked us to see wedding pictures, asked us who were the people in the pictures, asked me questions on the I-485 and G-325A form, stuff like that.

She just didn't seem to like any of our answers. I will give you a couple of examples.

Interviewer: "What assets do you guys have together?"

Me: "We have a joint checking account. We filed taxes jointly. He is my life insurance beneficiary of 120,000.00, and I cover him on my health insurance."

Interviewer: "When did you open this account?"

Me: "A few months ago."

Interviewer: "And how long have you been married?"

Me: "Almost a year."

Interviwer: "Why did you wait so long?"

Me: "I havn't even had a bank account for about ten years. I don't like them or believe in them, but my husband wanted us to have one, so we opened one, and I told him to manage it and he has and we havn't bounced anything."

That is the truth, but it didn't seem to please her.

Interviewer: "Have you taken any vacations together?"

Canadian Made: "No we havn't"

Interviewer: "Why not?"

Me: "We were saving money for the immigration process."

Canadian Made: "We will be going to Canada after I get my green card. That will be our first vacation together."

Again...this didn't seem to please her.

It was like, if we couldn't go to Paris or buy a boat together, it just wasn't a valid marriage. It was rediculous. We are so valid we make people around us sick...lol. Unless I'm at work or school, we go EVERY WHERE together. There is a new song out that's called lucky, and the lyrics say "I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend." A mutual friend of ours said that when she hears that song she thinks of us, and yet here we are trying to prove we are in love. This is so awful.

Another confusing part was that 95% of the questions were directed at canadian made. This was even a problem at first because we did not know that if she was looking at one us when she asked the question, that one could be the only one to answer. We ARE a married couple and like alot of us, one of us is the spokes person and that's me...lol. Well, when she asked my husband a question and I went to answer for him, it was the first and only time I did this, she said "He must answer, and you should move away from him so he feels more independent from you," She actually made me sit a chair away from him during the entire interview:(

It just seemed like we rubbed her wrong from the beginning and we have no idea why, and like we didn't answer any questions the way she wanted us to.

The last thing that happened was she got up, walked to the door, opened it and said, "If we have any other questions, you will be notified by mail." and we walked out:( We have no idea what to think.

Word of advice to those who have upcoming interviews is to prepare and prepare for anything and everything, you just never know, we were well prepared, but the IO asked alot of really irrelevant questions. The whole interview lasted for about 25min, so we are waiting to see what happens. What do you guys think?

I know you are CandaianMade's wife but still - give him a hug from me!!!

I'm sorry your experience wasn't the greatest, but don't count yourselves out. I bet you will still be approved, even with a frosty reception like the one you had - think of it like this: the worst that can happen is that they will give you a second interview - you guys are the best of friends so you would pass it easily! Anyway, I don't think it will even get that far. I believe the IO's demeanor is just "how she is" (the old boot!) and everyone that gets her probably comes out of the room feeling the same way. Don't worry, you guys will be celebrating in no time!

CanadianMade, keep your head up - you've had so many encouraging things to say to each and every one of us here, that I can only hope and pray for the best of results for you. Go and kiss your lovely wife and wait for your approval letter!

Hi,

Sorry you are going through this. What is the additional evidence that they are looking for?

It's 2.36 - Go Canadianmade, GO!!!

Good luck for tomorrow, Canadianmade! We'll want to know details!!!

KIMCORENE,

I hear you on that.. Your so right..go get them, get all your stuff in order....I like that..don't waste anytime..I did the same thing..

SweetnSexc, I'm counting on it getting here on Saturday- I have business to do on Monday,lol.

I'll be at Social Security on Monday and the DMV as soon as I get a new social security card,lol.

Exactly what I did! Congratulations!

OH MY.. and i just got e-mail..

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: MSC********

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On January 30, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Congratulations!!!! They must have liked you - I think it was definitely the church membership that did it! Just kidding!

Congratulation Shieun on your GC!!

It seems you had a good time, and the person you had were nice.

I have good news too....I just received an e-mail from CRIS saying they ordered my GC!!!!!!!! No interview for me!

I know it doesn't change much to me (since I already have my EAD), but still, I am happy!!!

I hope to see more approvals!!!

Good luck to everybody in their process!

Congratulations too! The first "no-interview" October-filers!

And now for some good news of our own...

Finally EAD AND AP ARE APPROVED!

It took 102 days, but on Jan 27th we received the email that we were approved for both. I saw a few other folks were approved the same day, so good work to whichever adjudicator busted out some serious paperwork that day! hehe

Rosie, you can check us off that list! And to those still waiting, calling USCIS for a Service Request seemed to help us. They said we would hear something within 15 days and we were approved in 10. Just an idea...

Thanks to all who sent their thoughts and kind words! AOS here we come!

Finally! Congratulations!!!

Got a CRIS email saying card production for EAD was ordered on Jan 23 then I received another one today saying the same thing but for the 29th

Whats up with 2 of the same emails a week apart?

You will probably get one more saying "Approval notice sent" - that means they actually have put your EAD in the mail and you'll recieve the hard copy very soon!

Congratulations to all of the Green Card approvals!!

I'm going in tomorrow for 9:30 AM interview... Hopefully I have good story to share!

Here are the items we are taking:

- joint account bank statements (past 3 months)

- copy of my associate profile from work where his name is listed as spouse

- my 401k statement where his name is stated as beneficiary

- church membership card and letter that listed both of our names

- traveling itinerary (trip to Korea) that listed both of our names

- about 10 cards/letters we sent to each other before we got married

- tons of pictures with family, friends and at the wedding

- taking all the USCIS issued items, and tax returns, pay stub

We don't have any lease together because I already owned a house before we got married and it was pain to add his name to the bills since everything required his SSN, and he didn't get his until 2 wks ago.

Hopefully our interview goes smoothly.

Good luck for tomorrow! You'll be just fine!

Congratulations to all the successful interviews. We also passed the AOS interview yesterday at 3:00PM. Everything went well during the interview, We got a very friendly interviewer. He just asked about how did we met...blah. It was just more like us sharing our love story to a friend. We just showed to him our tons of snails mails (Standard Mails) and he appreciated it. I offered him evidence like credit card, bank statement, pictures but he said he don't need to see it because his convince that out marriage is real. He didn't stamp my passport but he said I should remove conditions using I-751 90 days before the expiration of my 2 years green card.

So, it's waiting time for the green card in the mail.

Thanks God for everything....

Once again, congratulations!!!

Ah, Phooey!

I posted congratulations twice and my posts are swallowed up somewhere! I'll try this again...

Congratulations! You are now USCIS-free for a couple of years - does it just feel great?!!! Well done!

howdy fellow october filers so here is the skinny on my husband's interview:

arrived at the building at 9am for a 9:10 interview waited maybe 40 minutes for our officer who was very pleasant, not friendly but nice. (some of the others we saw/heard were completely rude and grouchy)

took the oath

went over some questions that were somehow missed in the application

she looked at the passport/i-94

both state issued identification cards (hubby has only i.d. not ready to drive yet dangit can't wait to turn the car keys over)

asked a couple of questions surrounding how we met and started dating and who proposed

asked for bills/bank statements (she took less than 1/4 of what we brough)

lease agreements

looked a few photos (returned them)

said she would recommend approval and had to get a supervisor to sign off

she left for about 15 minutes

when she came back she took the a/p and ead and gave us a notice saying congrats he was approved!

We're on a roll! Congratulations!!! USCIS-free for a while, Yippee!

relatively painless!

i wish you all the best of luck and that you have as easy and painless a process as we had!

howdy fellow october filers so here is the skinny on my husband's interview:

arrived at the building at 9am for a 9:10 interview waited maybe 40 minutes for our officer who was very pleasant, not friendly but nice. (some of the others we saw/heard were completely rude and grouchy)

took the oath

went over some questions that were somehow missed in the application

she looked at the passport/i-94

both state issued identification cards (hubby has only i.d. not ready to drive yet dangit can't wait to turn the car keys over)

asked a couple of questions surrounding how we met and started dating and who proposed

asked for bills/bank statements (she took less than 1/4 of what we brough)

lease agreements

looked a few photos (returned them)

said she would recommend approval and had to get a supervisor to sign off

she left for about 15 minutes

when she came back she took the a/p and ead and gave us a notice saying congrats he was approved!

Hmmm, my last post got swallowed up!

Congratulations! We're on a roll! USCIS-free for a while!!!

We're on a roll! Congratulations!!! USCIS-free for a while, Yippee!

relatively painless!

i wish you all the best of luck and that you have as easy and painless a process as we had!

Hello Fellow October Filers

We had our interview yesterday, Jan. 27th, in Seattle. The IO was a nice guy. He made us swear that we would tell nothing but the truth. He went through my papers first while asking my husband questions on how we met and they talked about his job. As they were talking, I had readied the copies of the supporting papers which I submitted for the three of us, for my 2 children and mine.

The atmosphere was not tensed as he was a cordial person. Then he asked me for joint account bank statements, car insurance, and health insurance. Then, he stamped my papers with "APPROVED"

Next, he asked my 12-year-old son of his name, age and how was he doing in school while checking his papers. He then stamped it with "APPROVED"

My 7-year-old daughter was the last. He was so amused because she's talkative and told him how her classmates mispronounced her name. He also stamped her papers "APPROVED".

It later became a flowing conversation regarding the dialects in my country. He then told us that so far our papers have no problem and we are approved but another person would check them again. They would just call me if in case they would need something ( hopefully all goes well)

He said the green card will arrive in the mail and we should file for the removing of conditions 90 days before the expiration date but not to wait for a week before it expires.

Congrats to us all who have been approved lately

Wonderful and easy! Congratulations!!!

Oh wow, I notice on the timeline there were a number of interviews today! Anyone else with news to share?!!!

hi fellow october filers!!!!

WOOHOO we were approved. I will come back later and give the details.

congrats on your ead kimcorene!

Congratulations!!! So exciting!

Thank you so much, guys! I was having nightmares about my toddler being in line by herself! Just kidding!!! Thanks.

I'm not sure exactly where to post this so feel free to move it!

Ok, so once you get your 2 year G.C and travel outside of the U.S which line do you take once you get off of the plane? I remember there is one for 'citizens' and one for foreign borns. With your G.C, do you still go to the 'foriegn' line?! I ask because I am tentatively planning on visiting home once I have the G.C in hand - I am a British Citizen but will be travelling with my minor daughter who is a U.S citizen. If anyone even understands what I'm talking about - thanks in advance!!!

Finally-

Application Type: I765, APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On January 27, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I765 APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

Can't wait for Kang Lang's good news!

Congratulations! You are pretty much up to speed now and your interview letter is on it's way!

ok panic has officially set in! we are 17 hours from interview...husband isn't even worried but me (the usc) is a basket case! i have a question on the interview letter it says the following:

bring any immigration related document ever issued to you? what all does that encompass? of course we have the ead and ap docs and the passport w/ original visa but not all the docs from the k-1 since the lawyer we used for that portion won't return them to us.

i must have looked at this stuff a million times but still feel as though something is missing!

OMG, I forgot about this today! Good luck! I'll be checking back for great news later!

Hey guys how are you all? I just want to let everyone know that, I took the written driver's test last saturday at the BMV, and passed it, with a 35/40, so I now have my temporary drivers license for a yr, and working on getting my full license. The test was soooo easy compare to the G1 test in Canada, its way more straight forward here, and the book isnt so damn thick LOL.

Anyways guys, as you can see in my timeline, my interview is coming up next Tuesday @ 2pm, and a little bit nervous about it, and the anticipation of it all. Anyways guys, I know I posted my evidence for what I am bringing to the interview, but I did want to make it a seperate post, so here is what I have going to the interview so far:

Photos of my wifes and I wedding, random photos of the both of us on holidays, memorial day, independance day, birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, photos of us at friends and familys house, pictures of us at my mother in laws b-day in the nursing home. Our certified copy of marriage license, joint bank account, life insurance papers, medical, vision and dental forms and insurance cards, afadavit from our friend stating we are living with them, all necessary IDs( passport, birth certificates, my EAD card, both of our SSNs), my wifes divorce decree, my step sons emergency contact form from school stating, I am an emergency contact, 2 months worth of paystubs from wifes job, wedding, birthday and christmas cards to both of us, income tax, my round trip bus ticket proving I had no intentions on staying the last time I enetered the US and a copy of the entire AOS package.

What do you guys think?

Canadian you are definitely good to go! You have alot of solid evidence for them to look at! Go in there, be confident and come back here with a smile on your face! Good luck!!! (And congrats with the driving test! You had 40 questions? Wow...)

Hi all,

I have my interview in March and the one thing that has been floating around in my head is my 20-month old daughter! Do you think there would be any drawbacks to taking her to the interview? It's really a case of necessity since I stay home with her and we have no other care whatsoever for her. She HAS to come - and I want her to as well but I keep thinking of possibilities of things going wrong! Do you think I'm over-worrying it or is it a real concern? Anyone have any thoughts?

Hi Beantownbabe, I have read many threads in here that people who have kids were allowed and did bring their kids to the interview. I am sure it wont be a problem since you mentioned you dont have a babysitter, and I am sure they will be understanding to your situation.

Thanks Canadianmade. I don't think it should be a problem either, like I said I have no choice in the matter really! I'll be sure to bring lots of bribes with me...

How are everyone's interview documents coming along? I have begun putting together my file and am waiting for our first joint bank account statement which I will include. Everyone else doing okay?

Your welcome Beantown and I can only imagine it will be fine, and plus it will definately show that you have a real marriage, not saying you didnt if you didnt have a baby, but you know what I mean. Did you know bribing an IO is against the law LOL j/k, I know what you mean though.

Our interview documents is coming along very nicely actually, and we are pretty much done putting everything together, the photo album, documents etc etc.

The evidence we are bringing to the interview: Photos of my wifes and I wedding, random photos of the both of us on holidays, memorial day, independance day, birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, photos of us at friends and familys house, pictures of us at my mother in laws b-day in the nursing home. Our certified copy of marriage license, joint bank account, life insurance papers, medical, vision and dental forms and insurance cards, afadavit from our friend stating we are living with them, all necessary IDs( passport, birth certificates, my EAD card, both of our SSNs), my wifes divorce decree, my step sons emergency contact form from school stating, I am an emergency contact, 2 months worth of paystubs from wifes job, wedding, birthday and christmas cards to both of us, income tax, my round trip bus ticket proving I had no intentions on staying the last time I enetered the US and a copy of the entire AOS package.

Do you guys think this is good evidence?

Now don't get me into trouble, Canadianmade! The bribes are strictly for my daughter and will come in the form of something sinful like chocolate or something!

Anyway, your evidence looks great and I just know you'll be fine! Can't wait to hear the story!

howdy everybody and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

so panic has officially set in...my husband's interview is tuesday morning and i'm petrified...can anyone offer some reassurance

for our evidence i have:

bills in both names, comcast bundle, at&t mobile, pg&e and credit cards where we are both on the same account

lease agreement

evidence from travel together for a couple of weekend getaways

cards addressed to both of us

med/dental info (he is on my insurance)

what we don't have is much in the way of photos since i DESPISE having my picture taken but i do have some wedding photos, some photos of us over the years w/ each other's family and attending functions both formal and informal for my work.

anything else i should bring?

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Great! Good luck for Tuesday - I'll be thinking of you guys! You'll be just fine and will be telling us your happy story in no time!

Hi all,

I have my interview in March and the one thing that has been floating around in my head is my 20-month old daughter! Do you think there would be any drawbacks to taking her to the interview? It's really a case of necessity since I stay home with her and we have no other care whatsoever for her. She HAS to come - and I want her to as well but I keep thinking of possibilities of things going wrong! Do you think I'm over-worrying it or is it a real concern? Anyone have any thoughts?

Hi Beantownbabe, I have read many threads in here that people who have kids were allowed and did bring their kids to the interview. I am sure it wont be a problem since you mentioned you dont have a babysitter, and I am sure they will be understanding to your situation.

Thanks Canadianmade. I don't think it should be a problem either, like I said I have no choice in the matter really! I'll be sure to bring lots of bribes with me...

How are everyone's interview documents coming along? I have begun putting together my file and am waiting for our first joint bank account statement which I will include. Everyone else doing okay?

BabyShaq - I have been following your posts - how did your interview go? I'm hoping you heard good news!

Gosh that must feel wonderful! Congratulations and be sure to celebrate by flying back to visit Canada!