sheva29

Sheva29-

How long after the interview did the status on website get updated to approved status. My status online still shows initial review.

It took about a week and a half. After that it showed that production had started and a week after that, the card was shipped right away and it took like 3 days. I got it like a week ago.

Congratulations on your interview!!!

Thanks! Best of luck to all of you as well!

Had my interview this morning also. Great idea sheva29! I would definitely contribute to this thread.

Yes!

Experience

I just mailed our ROC package, thank you for sharing.

Good luck sir Daniel, Stay positive!

I sent my packet for ROC on July 9th of 2013. Among the files that I sent I included:

1. Joint Bank Statements

2. Utility bills

3. Internet and Cable

4. Health insurance

5. Joint lease

6. Taxes for the last three years

7. Some pictures

I felt that my case was pretty strong and we should be approved right away. Later after that our case got transfered to California, within the note they specified that they could either approved it within 90 days or schedule an interview at a local office. But on Nov 27th we received a notification saying that in fact the case was transfered to a local office, and that they will schedule an appointment. I started freaking out and thinking about possible red flags. We are a very young couple and don't have a lot of income, we hadn't had a chance to travel together due to schedules and cost. The lawyer told us that it was a very standard procedure, sometimes it happens random but that we should be prepared for anything - Including a Stokes Interview. Fortunately we were assigned to the LIC office in Queens, the lawyer told me that when they conduct interviews at that location are usually regular ones, the stoke ones are usually conducted at Plaza, in Manhattan, so that was a bit of a relieved. We finally got the letter for the interview on January 1st. It was scheduled for this morning at 10:30 am.

We arrived at 9:30 am, checking in only until 10 when the lawyer arrived and waited almost for 1.5 hours. We finally got called. Our officer was a very serious black gentleman, I think he was an African Immigrant based on his accent and last time - I can't actually remember it. He made us walk into his office and had us sit down . The chairs were very far away from his desk which I thought it was interesting. Then he asked my wife for her ID and my passport.

Then he asked me the first question: How long have you been married. Then he asked my wife: what's your current address? And continued with her, do you have family here? Where do they live? Does your husband know them? Then he asked me: do you know her parents? Then he went back to her, Who of your parents like him better? Why the mom? Then he started asking very fast questions to the two of us? Were you married before? Was she married before? Did you have Children from previous Marriages? I think he was trying to trick us or something but the answers for that were kind of obvious since we are a very young couple. But at the moment the old man started to loosen up with us. He asked my wife if I was good to her? and That if we should give him the green card? Then he asked me if she was nice to me and we started laughing, even my lawyer threw some comments. Then he asked us for some pictures after the wedding. I started to passing them. and he asked us questions, Where was this? Where you buying her a drink? Then at certain point he asked me to let my wife pick a picture since I had the album. So she gave him one at the end we congratulated us for the evidence and the order in that we provided it and ended up the interview telling us that we were good people. He said that he was going to approve our case and that we should wait outside and that he would call me to hand me the passport with the stamp. It seems that the old man perhaps had a rough day but at then end he was extremely nice to us. I picked up the passport wished us good luck and parted ways. He never asked for any evidence. We brought everything I described on top but updated.

It was a very nerve racking experience. I think I read all the interviews post for I-751 on this website, they were definitely helpful in to see what to expect. I also realize that at the end none of them were helpful in order to calm me down. The more I read the more I would freak out. I think every case is different. There are definitely very weird stories about people who have gone through the worst in this process. The only thing I would recommend is that if you feel that there is something wrong with your case get a lawyer. And work your case, I hope this is helpful, and I can't be more grateful to be done with this process. I know this is very cliche and repetitive, but if your marriage is real no one knows better your significant other than you. Hope this is helpful

Hi,

I'm going through the same thing. I received that letter late October and I'm still waiting on an interview date

The letter freaked me out because it wasn't your standard uscis formatted letters. This one was simple looking.

Anyway I've decided to hire a lawyer to be safe. I suggest anyone who is nervous do the same. Your lawyer at

Your interview changes things up just with his/her presence. At first I thought this was happening to everyone who

Applied in the time frame that Vermont was unable to process. But a friend of mine had no issues and was approved

Within couple of months.

Wade,

I just had the interview this morning. I asked on other posts and some people said that better be prepared because it could be a "RFE on steroids", of course like you, when I received the notice I was freaking out. Throughout our whole process, we have had a lawyer and he told us that this is normal procedure. We went this morning and got approved on the spot. The officer was actually very nice. I would open a thread regarding the interview to show my experience. But you shouldn't worry, as long as your evidence is solid, and if you think you have red flags work on them with your lawyer.

Best!

Hello, how long it takes to get an interview date after receiving the letter saying we will have an interview? Thanks.

I guess it depends on the office. We got ours a month after exactly. With a 2 weeks in advance before the actual interview

Hi guys,

I have my official address at my parent's house, but live across the street at my grandmother's house. We pay her rent every month with a check, but there is no official documentation other than my check receipts that we are paying rent anywhere. There is no contract. How do we show joint rent in this situation? Maybe we can have my grandmother write up a letter and have a notary public document the legitimacy? I am worried about the USCIS not accepting that our official address is different than our living address. I do not want to change our official address since we don't know if my grandmother might have to move back in here at some point (and we would then have to move back to my parent's anyway).

Or...should I just not submit any of that information?

Thanks,

Tina

Hi,

We had the same situation when we first applied for our green card, it was worse than your because it was a basement of a house with everything included, furniture, internet, cable and utilities. The landlord said that she couldn't give us a lease because apparently the place was not suitable for living. The rent was very low and it was all we could afford at the time, though she was kind enough to give us a notarized letter saying what we paid and that we were in fact living there, which worked for us. So you should be fine getting the letter from your grandmother.

I am in the same situation. I initially applied on May 6th as divorce waiver, received RFE on August 26th replied to RFE on Oct 17th. I received a letter stating that my petition has been forwarded to local USCIS office and they will send me an interview date when it becomes available.

Havent heard from local USCIS office so far.

Please let us know how it goes. Even though your case might be a bit different. Hope everything goes well.

Hi.

I'm experiencing exactly the same thing with my ROC process. I live in Hartford and filed to VSC (June 25), by the beginning of October I checked the case status online and realized that they had transferred it to California (this message was available only one day on the website). Almost one month later I received the same letter you described, indicating that my case had been relocated to my local USCIS office and that they would schedule an interview when available. I was shocked as well, never received an RFE notification and freaked out. As some others mentioned it seems this a random process, I'm gathering more evidence but I don't even know what else I should take since I though I had sent everything I had. The letter is quite ambigous, one month has passed since then and I haven't received the actual appointment. I'll keep you posted and wish everything goes well for you.

jfcolombian,

You don't know how much relieved I felt after I read your comment. As many people have posted we need to be prepared for anything. And pls keep me posted of your process on this thread. I received mine on November 25th and had to cancel my plans for Christmas. I sent as many joint documents as we had. I'm in the same process of collecting more information since the day of the notification.

Hi all, what did you all send as evidence of an ongoing marriage?

Kristal,

Any join documents that show a legal connection between both parts: Mortgage, or rent lease, phone bill, gas, electricity, cable, internet, health insurance, etc. Any type of document that shows both your names serves as a proof pretty much.

The above is a reasonably accurate summation of the process. During our time at this stage, an immigration attorney told me that, by statute, a certain number of ROC couples are to be interviewed (10% was the figure, I believe). He said -- and anecdotal VJ reports have said, over the years -- that the questions asked are more perfunctory than based on suspicion.

The letter (quoted above) from USCIS, if read accurately and interpreted literally, sounds like a standard transfer notice and call for an interview, rather than an RFE on steroids or anything specifically worrisome.

Of course, nothing can be taken for granted during the immigration process. The couple should come prepared with full copies of their submitted I-751 package, originals of official documents (marriage & divorce certificates, for example), and other newer evidence that would help to convince a third party of the financial legitimacy of their marriage. In contrast, the couple should not be paralyzed by fear at this point, because there's no imminent need to suspect a Stokes interview if their case is otherwise typical.

Excellent documents that are often overlooked as evidence are Wills, medical powers of attorney, and HIPAA releases. (Immigration aside, it's important to have these things in real life.) The interviewee has ample time to pursue and procure these documents.

TBone,

I think this is the right thing to do right now. I will most definitely have more information when the notice from the local office comes. This wasn't actually the regular format letter that comes from Vermont. The format was totally different and the information could just be interpret as it is.

thanks,

M

I am not sure about that, but I would definitely wait for the actual interview letter from the local office. Even then, different offices have different templates. It is very possible that it would not mention anything about being randomly selected even if you were. By the way if they had a problem with your evidence, more than likely they would have sent you an RFE first. Going straight to interview to me indicates it's just random. And yes, the interview is for both of you as I assume you filed jointly. For someone with a divorce waiver for example, it would be only for the immigrant.

Please don't sweat it. In the EXTREMELY unlikely event of USCIS denying a ROC case (I am speaking in general, I really don't think your case will be denied) people get to go in front of an immigration judge who will most likely grant ROC. So it's not like ROC denied, now leave the country, unlucky immigrant. LOL

I think that's the right thing to do. It can be anything at this point. I will keep updated with anything that comes at this point.

sheva29, would you please post the exact text of the USCIS letter you received?

This is what they sent me the following:

"This letter is in reference to your Form I - 751. Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence. This is to notify you that your petition has been relocated to the USCIS Field Office listed below for adjunction. That office will schedule an interview for you. When an interview date becomes available, that office will notify you in a separate notice of the date and time you will need to appear for the interview.

When you appear for the interview, you must bring this notice and your appointment notice, along with evidence to establish that the marriage through which you gain your conditional residence status was entered into good faith"

I never received a ROE or something. Like many people who Filed in July, my case sent from Vermont to California and from California they replied that.

Thanks!

Sometimes you're randomly chosen for an interview, even if you have enough evidence. Don't worry.

EM_Vandeer,

Thanks for your comment. We were just very concerned since I read on some posts that when people are randomly chosen the notice actually mentions that "they have been randomly selected". I don't know if it is because mine was coming from California - The actual format of the notice letter was a bit different from the regular ones. So we got very worried but I would keep you guys posted. Hopefully everything is resolved. I wonder what the notice from the local office would say. Can't wait to hear from them.

OK Guys we went throughout the same shitttttttt however in our case they sent us a notice using the internet website and then few days latter we receive a letter

stating that we where move.... As a matter of the Fact thanks to that transfer we were available to speed up little bit in the rest of this endless winning road of immigration. therefore hang-in there....... it is light at the en of the tunnel and is not a train. MARRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY 2014

c12h22oh,

Thanks for your reply. But did your notice say that you have to go for an interview? I'm just concerned since I filed with ample evidence and never received a notification that the proof I sent was insufficient or something similar. The office from California said that my case was sent to my Local office in Long Island city in New York, and that they will schedule an interview. If someone else went through the same type of notification please share your experience.

Hi Everyone,

We also filed in July 9th through Vermont but my case was sent to California. We received a notification on the 25th of Nov saying that the petition has been relocated to the USCIS Field office and that the office will schedule an interview. Have any of the people from Vermont received such a similar notification?

Also, I never received a letter for Request of Evidence.

Thanks!

Greetings,

We initially filed on July 9th. But then my case was transferred to the USCIS office in California. This was on September 6th. On November 25th we received a notice from the office in California saying that my petition has been relocated to the USCIS office listed below for adjudication, and that the office will schedule an interview for me. Is this for me an my wife? It says me only BTW.

We never received a RFE letter during this process. Has anyone gone through the same situation? If so, could you share your experience.

Thanks!