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Here's my journey...............

AOS INTERVIEW – F4 CATEGORY – FILING BY BROTHER (APPLICANTS LIVE IN USA)

My brother-in-law was the petitioner who filed for my husband who in turn added me as spouse. Our interview was scheduled for 10:45 am but we got there about an hour early. My husband and I were there with his brother (our petitioner) and our lawyer. Our lawyer informed us that the interviews were running behind schedule, we were finally called in about 1.5 hours after our scheduled time.

I had prepared with me the usual documents to prove we were husband and wife (we’ve been married for 25 years), for example insurance, property, albums etc. My husband had photos showing him and his brother in the same photos when they were young, burial program of their father, his and brother’s BCs showing same parents.

We had no sponsor, my husband was the sponsor because he had proof of 40 working quarters (10 years) and he was earning what was considered adequate. Our IO said that was the first time she had come across a self sponsor.

We were sworn in and asked the standard yes/no questions. The interview went perfectly. She did not take a look at any of the tons of stuff that I had taken along, and the albums that weighed a ton. She only asked for our BCs, marriage certificate, passports and checked originals against the documents that we had sent in earlier with our application. It was our lawyer who even reminded her to take a look at my brother in law’s citizenship certificate. She saw from my entry passport that I had visited the U.S a number of times before I decided to stay put. She asked whether I had ever overstayed on any of the previous visits, I said No. (That is an absolute No No, you cannot have overstayed on any of your prior visits!!!).

Our lawyer had told us that usually in Chicago, the IOs do not tell you whether you are approved or not and take offence sometimes if you ask. However because of the cordial atmosphere, she asked our IO if we would be able to travel to go and see our daughter soon in the UK and she said YES and confirmed that we are approved.

We got our green cards exactly 17 days later! Valid for 10 years.

And thus ends a 12 year journey for this green card. Started in April 2001!!!

Wishing all fellow applicants the very best of luck.

NB. There was a lot of praying and fasting pre-interview.

Letter of interview arrived today. Interview is scheduled for 10:45 am.

Hello All,

I have not posted in a while bcos everything that could go wrong went wrong to delay my application. 1st, lawyer forgot to add original I130 to AOS package. Then got RFE for hubby's BC. Then it took 3 weeks to change to Testing and interview and another 2 weeks to get an interview date. But thank God we finally have an interview date for Sept 24. Here's my timeline......

05/06/2013: AOS package sent

05/10/2013 : NOA

05/16/2013 : AOS returned by USCIS (original I130 missing)

05/22/2013 : AOS package resent

05/24/2013 : Rcvd at USCIS

06/01/2013 : 2nd NOA

06/06/2013 : Received Bio-metric appointment (appointment date: 06/21/2013)

06/21/2013 : Bio completed successfully

06/28/2013 : RFE (requesting document to support age declaration cos no BC)

07/08/2013 : RFE mailed

07/12/2013 : RFE response received. Processing at NBC (sat at review for 24 whole days!)

08/05/2013 : Testing and Interview (txt & email)........another 2 weeks

08/20/2013 : EAD card ordered on (8/19 txt & email)

08/22/2013 : FINALLY EMAIL ARRIVED..............INTERVIEW DATE IS 9/24

08/23/2013 : Card mailed, tracking info for USPS (txt and email), My husband received his own card in the mail yesterday.

Will keep you posted

Oh my! My bio was scheduled for today @ 2 pm in Illinois. Confidently walked in at 8:10 this morning and the lady was mad that I did not come at the time I was given. She asked me to wait and refused to attend to me for 30 mins so I ended up spending 40 mins instead of 10. Course I gave them "excellent" to all 3 questions on the questionnaire which was not anonymous.

Hi All, Just joining. Filed in May also, looking for a timeline similar to mine.