Venusle

2014-2-14 NOA

2014-2-28 Biometrics (Elizabeth, NJ)

2014-5-12 Interview (Newark, NJ)

2014-5-16 Green Card received

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to share with you that my Green Card finally arrived yesterday. I never got an EAD/AP card but won't need it now anyways.

Good luck to the rest of you on line.

See you in 21 months

I had my interview on Monday, May 12 as I shared with you, all. I just checked my status and that's what it says:

"The USPS reported that they picked up mail from USCIS containing your new card on May 15, 2014. The USPS tracking number assigned is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. You can use this number at usps.com to view updates to the delevery status of your mail. You should receive your new card whithin 7 days. If you do not, or if you move before you get it, please call our customer service at 1-800-375-5283."

I'm so happy ))

Thank you all

Today we had the interview and, I am happy to say, we are approved!!. I cannot put in words the joy I feel and the gratitude I have for those of you that posted your experience on visa journey. I did not post on VJ until now because I am very superstitious, so I didn't want to "jinx" myself. But now that I have been approved I can share my, our, experience.
My husband and I decided to go with a lawyer to file our petition. I found a cheap lawyer located in downtown Brooklyn. Filing was painless and I didn't have to worry about having it wrong because I used a lawyer so that helped me to sleep at night. later on my husband was doing some online research on this entire visa process and he stumbled across visajourney, sent me the link, and I took to visa journey like a fish takes to water. We were in a dark place with no answers and only questions, the stress of not knowing got to the both of us until we started browsing visajourney. From then on our moods were more relaxed because we had answers and every now and then I would tell him about any new postings I found that were similar to our situation. I found out about looking up my status through VJ and when my status changed to interview, we were both excited because we knew it would soon be over. Then came the interview letter (around the beginning of April) and shortly after that came the interview date (May 12)
Our interview was scheduled for 845 am. When we arrived, the room was 75% full. We were surprised because we thought we had an early interview. We actually arrived at 815 and ended waiting 90 minutes to be called. My husband was about to go to sleep then my name was called. The interviewer had us sworn in. The first question was for my husband which is "how did we meet?" My husband and I met at a bar that the interviewer knew about because she knew exactly where it is. We got a laugh out of that and it helped to ease the tension. The follow up question for my husband was "how did you know you could propose to her?" As we have only been together for 6 months when my husband purposed to me. After he answered that question, the interviewer asked us for our passports/ID's. At that point the interviewer took my I-94 which I knew from reading on VJ that when approved, I would not receive my I-94 back. So I had a feeling that early in the interview that we were approved. Then the questions for me were the usual questions everyone is asked as far as criminal history or have you ever harmed anyone or been a part of any terrorist activities...which of course the answer was no and that's all I said..except that I said "oh hell no" when asked if I ever caused anyone harm. After those questions my husband chimed in and told the interviewer that I am a pacifist so that's why I gave the emphatic "oh hell no" reply which we all laughed. When the interviewer asked my husband the earlier questions I also chimed in here and there with details of our first date..like for example I said that he would always come to my apartment because mine was a larger apartment than his and he was embarrassed at how small was his apartment. The interviewer also commented and said.."of course, you're a bachelor so your apartment isn't as big" I really think that helped in letting the interviewer know that my husband and I are a real couple.
So after that the interviewer asked for my travel documents, asked my husband what is my full name? asked me what is his full name?, where do I work?, asked me where does he work?..then asked for our utility bills, joint bank account, and photos. The photos is was the cherry on top because there were a few family events that came up before our interview date and my husband and I made sure we took plenty of pictures...one of the pictures we included was of me holding my husbands 3 month old nephew which got an "awwwww" out of the interviewer. We knew at that point that we bought it home. The interviewer then told is that our marriage looks good and that she will approve the visa but a temporary visa because we have not been married for 2 years and also told us about the next step in order to receive the 10 year visa which I had already known from reading VJ.
In all the process took 3 months, at times it felt like 3 years but right after we found out about VJ is when the process seemed to move faster and I guess it's because we had answers so we knew what to expect. Again..my husband and I thank you all for your support and keep posting!!! And I hope my post has shed some light on someone's visa journey.

Hello there,

I'm new here because It's my very first time posting, but I have been visiting and reading the visa journey site for the past two months.

You guys have been so helpful with sharing your information and experience which makes me want to do the same as well just to give back...

We received our NOA on February 4th and three days later appointment for biometrics for February 28th. I didn't do the early walk-in, so I just went on the actual date. I went alone. I didn't want my husband to take off because I read on here that some places don't allow a second person.

We live in Jersey City but had that appointment in Elizabeth NJ.

There was no news at all in the month of March.

On April 9th I found out about our case status change:

"On April 8, 2014, we mailed you an appointment notice for an interview for May 12, 2014. Please follow the instructions on the notice. (...)"

Our interview was at 8:45 am in Newark NJ

We waited more than 90 minutes.

I'm going to post more about the interview in a few because I asked my husband to break it down. He loves to write ))

To be continued...