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I'm totally stalking the other month's spreadsheets.  There is a filer from September for LIN who just got their new GC!!!    Looks like LIN may be waking up and processing again!!!  Wooohooo!!!
 

I had my interview on Tuesday in Houston so here is my account of our experience of the interview. We arrived in good time , however we had quite a wait as it was very busy. Myself and my husband were both called through to be interviewed and I was asked for my EAD, marriage license. all birth certificates (we have 2 children together, both children were born in America) and all of our SSN cards and both of our passports. I had only taken my SSN card as I don't think it was requested for anyone else's. I apologised and said that I didn't have them with me. My husband knows his number and offered to tell the officer but he declined and said that he will look it up. I was then asked questions from the form we submitted. The interviewer asked my husband how we met, our address and the birth dates of our children. He was also asked him what my parents names are and if he had ever met them. I was then asked to name the state and city we had got married in, the wedding date and who attended. He asked me the date twice throughout the interview. 
I was not asked to show any of the documents that I had prepared in my file that they ask for, such as the W-2's, pay stubs, proof of joint assets  or photos. 
At the end he did his own photocopies of documents then said that he will review my case and if I don't receive any correspondence from him within the next 2 weeks I should expect to receive my green card within 4-8 weeks. 
The interview was about 20 minutes long, he did not want to chat just direct answers and did not want any paper work unless he had requested it.  I had put some on his desk and he asked me to put it away. 
We had also taken our youngest child who is 5 months old and I was holding him when we sat down , however I was asked to pass him to my husband to hold for the interview. Although the interview itself is not difficult, it is the intensity of it that makes it daunting.
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting. This has been a long journey. 
 
 

Congratulations, it's been a long time coming, I don't know how you feel but to us September 2017 seems a life time ago!

Had the interview today! And got card in production in about 2 hours! Finally can relax a bit  
 
Thank you all who’s with us in this journey!

Had the interview this morning and we were approved! So happy this is finally over. The officer was extremely friendly and overall a nice person. She asked if I hired a lawyer to fill out my paperwork and I told her I did everything on my own and she said she figured because I made a common mistake on form I-485 but was easily fixed. When I told her lawyers charge way too much she said that they usually make the same mistake I did if not more mistakes and in her opinion, aren't worth it.
 
Anyway she just confirmed what was on form I-485, asked when we got married, when I visited my wife the first time and how many times I visited. We showed her a lot of pictures and she said she's been doing this job for a long time and she knows what she's looking for.
 
Told us that we will get our greencard usually within two weeks.

Wow to the speed of New Jersey(Newark field office)! And thank you so much for all your help @MikeandMeg
 
I just got “interview scheduled” update.. I didn’t even expect it for another year when I was in California (SFV office)
 
Address change= 7th of May
Address change confirmation= 17th of May
interview scheduled= 4th of June
 

We had our interview on May 20, in San Antonio and today we received our green cards ♥️ 

Good to hear you got the card, it sounds like that guy was a real jerk, it is a tense enough time at the interview without someone making it worse, the guy at our interview appeared to be bored if anything, just a civil servant doing a job and we had to wait  days to find out too, the people who are approved on the spot are lucky! Again congratulations. 

Hi all!
My interview was on the 6th in Baltimore. 
The officer was a little weird and tried to confuse the hell out of us, asking the same questions 3 times, verifying our address, etc. Tried to make jokes "i am trying to confuse you to catch you lying" - that was the one that made me feel very uncomfortable. 
We did not have a lease together, since we live in a family property and sounded like just bills and insurance with both our names were not enough for him, to prove our relationship. My husband asked "what about the marriage certificate" and the officer said " well now a days anybody can just get married, this does not mean your relationship is bonafide" .. this just made me feel terrible. So overall ... we left with a bitter feeling.. BUT two days later - I got notification the case was approved and that the card is being produced. 
Thank God! Finally... The long wait is over ... for now. 
 

Just letting everyone know how our AOS interview went yesterday in Milwaukee. The office is on Knapp St and is very easy to get too, parking is ok, some places have meters for up to 2  hours other places are free for up to 3 hours and there is a large carpark for $5.00 a day, we managed to get a free, 3 hour space, so, half an hour before the appointment (1.45pm) we went in, as with all Federal buildings there is the airport style security which was quick and easy then we were directed upstairs where another security guard pointed to window #3 where a very nice woman looked at the appointment letter, entered us into the system and said to wait near door #1, there were only 4 other couples, much to our surprise the building seemed nearly empty, think there were more security people than USCIS officers! We only waited ten minutes and a man opened the door and called my name, we followed him into his office where he asked us to stand while we took the oath then we sat down and he checked our ID's, took another photo, my finger prints and then began asking for some of the documentation, our marriage licence, passports, my EAD and SSN all of which he photocopied although I had copies of everything with us. then asked did we get married within  90 days, asked how we met, asked Colleen where she worked, then we went though the yes / no questions from the I -485 form which he apologized for having to do, but said he has too.  we chatted about the weather and the winter as we had 6 inches of snow a day earlier, I told him where I come from in England (Yorkshire) isn't exactly a tropical paradise!  and really there had only been 6 or 7 really bad days, then he said he would look over the file, see if everything was ok, if he needed anymore information he would send an RFE but either way I should receive the green card within a few weeks, explained to us about the removal of conditions in two years and mentioned briefly about becoming a US citizen and 30 minutes later we were leaving the building. 
To be honest I felt a little despondent that he didn't say a direct  'yes'  at the interview as I felt like the waiting was just going on even longer, HOWEVER this morning I got notification that there was a change to our case and after I signed in to the USCIS site and saw it said that a 'NEW CARD WAS BEING PRODUCED' !!!!   So I guess that's it,  it looks like18 months of form filling, appointments,  worrying and waiting is over for us for now. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who are still waiting we hope you will get to this point really soon.
For Colleen and myself the wait has been a lot longer than just the 18 months, quite a few years in fact due to family issues in England that prevented me leaving, so we know what waiting is, trust me, we do.  

I do get asked by people I meet why did you come and live in Wisconsin, like I should really go and see a physiatrist!
A few things I should have included in interview review. The guy was the typical 'bored government official' but he was ok,  he didn't us ask for any photo's or other proof of a relationship but we had spent over 2 days putting the folder together so as far as I was concerned he was darn well going to take some of it! so I all but forced him to put some photos and other papers we brought into the file, I am not sure if it is the right thing to do but as we left I shook his hand and said "thank you" which seemed to surprise him. One other little point, like us, everyone waiting for their interview were quite well dressed.
So we now get 20 months off before we have to start with the 10 year green card, we should have known this wasn't going to be easy!

Just letting everyone know how our AOS interview went yesterday in Milwaukee. The office is on Knapp St and is very easy to get too, parking is ok, some places have meters for up to 2  hours other places are free for up to 3 hours and there is a large carpark for $5.00 a day, we managed to get a free, 3 hour space, so, half an hour before the appointment (1.45pm) we went in, as with all Federal buildings there is the airport style security which was quick and easy then we were directed upstairs where another security guard pointed to window #3 where a very nice woman looked at the appointment letter, entered us into the system and said to wait near door #1, there were only 4 other couples, much to our surprise the building seemed nearly empty, think there were more security people than USCIS officers! We only waited ten minutes and a man opened the door and called my name, we followed him into his office where he asked us to stand while we took the oath then we sat down and he checked our ID's, took another photo, my finger prints and then began asking for some of the documentation, our marriage licence, passports, my EAD and SSN all of which he photocopied although I had copies of everything with us. then asked did we get married within  90 days, asked how we met, asked Colleen where she worked, then we went though the yes / no questions from the I -485 form which he apologized for having to do, but said he has too.  we chatted about the weather and the winter as we had 6 inches of snow a day earlier, I told him where I come from in England (Yorkshire) isn't exactly a tropical paradise!  and really there had only been 6 or 7 really bad days, then he said he would look over the file, see if everything was ok, if he needed anymore information he would send an RFE but either way I should receive the green card within a few weeks, explained to us about the removal of conditions in two years and mentioned briefly about becoming a US citizen and 30 minutes later we were leaving the building. 
To be honest I felt a little despondent that he didn't say a direct  'yes'  at the interview as I felt like the waiting was just going on even longer, HOWEVER this morning I got notification that there was a change to our case and after I signed in to the USCIS site and saw it said that a 'NEW CARD WAS BEING PRODUCED' !!!!   So I guess that's it,  it looks like18 months of form filling, appointments,  worrying and waiting is over for us for now. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who are still waiting we hope you will get to this point really soon.
For Colleen and myself the wait has been a lot longer than just the 18 months, quite a few years in fact due to family issues in England that prevented me leaving, so we know what waiting is, trust me, we do.  

Just letting everyone know how our AOS interview went yesterday in Milwaukee. The office is on Knapp St and is very easy to get too, parking is ok, some places have meters for up to 2  hours other places are free for up to 3 hours and there is a large carpark for $5.00 a day, we managed to get a free, 3 hour space, so, half an hour before the appointment (1.45pm) we went in, as with all Federal buildings there is the airport style security which was quick and easy then we were directed upstairs where another security guard pointed to window #3 where a very nice woman looked at the appointment letter, entered us into the system and said to wait near door #1, there were only 4 other couples, much to our surprise the building seemed nearly empty, think there were more security people than USCIS officers! We only waited ten minutes and a man opened the door and called my name, we followed him into his office where he asked us to stand while we took the oath then we sat down and he checked our ID's, took another photo, my finger prints and then began asking for some of the documentation, our marriage licence, passports, my EAD and SSN all of which he photocopied although I had copies of everything with us. then asked did we get married within  90 days, asked how we met, asked Colleen where she worked, then we went though the yes / no questions from the I -485 form which he apologized for having to do, but said he has too.  we chatted about the weather and the winter as we had 6 inches of snow a day earlier, I told him where I come from in England (Yorkshire) isn't exactly a tropical paradise!  and really there had only been 6 or 7 really bad days, then he said he would look over the file, see if everything was ok, if he needed anymore information he would send an RFE but either way I should receive the green card within a few weeks, explained to us about the removal of conditions in two years and mentioned briefly about becoming a US citizen and 30 minutes later we were leaving the building. 
To be honest I felt a little despondent that he didn't say a direct  'yes'  at the interview as I felt like the waiting was just going on even longer, HOWEVER this morning I got notification that there was a change to our case and after I signed in to the USCIS site and saw it said that a 'NEW CARD WAS BEING PRODUCED' !!!!   So I guess that's it,  it looks like18 months of form filling, appointments,  worrying and waiting is over for us for now. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who are still waiting we hope you will get to this point really soon.
For Colleen and myself the wait has been a lot longer than just the 18 months, quite a few years in fact due to family issues in England that prevented me leaving, so we know what waiting is, trust me, we do.  

I do get asked by people I meet why did you come and live in Wisconsin, like I should really go and see a physiatrist!
A few things I should have included in interview review. The guy was the typical 'bored government official' but he was ok,  he didn't us ask for any photo's or other proof of a relationship but we had spent over 2 days putting the folder together so as far as I was concerned he was darn well going to take some of it! so I all but forced him to put some photos and other papers we brought into the file, I am not sure if it is the right thing to do but as we left I shook his hand and said "thank you" which seemed to surprise him. One other little point, like us, everyone waiting for their interview were quite well dressed.
So we now get 20 months off before we have to start with the 10 year green card, we should have known this wasn't going to be easy!

But why you on hurry with your green card. As for me, i prefer them to take a bit more then 2 years to process our file and get already 10 years green card, than to have interview now and then having headache after 2 years again with the same process and interview for removal conditions... just relax, get your work authorisation, your travel document and enjoy your life with your husband/wife. Less headache and less money to spend.
 

Just letting everyone know how our AOS interview went yesterday in Milwaukee. The office is on Knapp St and is very easy to get too, parking is ok, some places have meters for up to 2  hours other places are free for up to 3 hours and there is a large carpark for $5.00 a day, we managed to get a free, 3 hour space, so, half an hour before the appointment (1.45pm) we went in, as with all Federal buildings there is the airport style security which was quick and easy then we were directed upstairs where another security guard pointed to window #3 where a very nice woman looked at the appointment letter, entered us into the system and said to wait near door #1, there were only 4 other couples, much to our surprise the building seemed nearly empty, think there were more security people than USCIS officers! We only waited ten minutes and a man opened the door and called my name, we followed him into his office where he asked us to stand while we took the oath then we sat down and he checked our ID's, took another photo, my finger prints and then began asking for some of the documentation, our marriage licence, passports, my EAD and SSN all of which he photocopied although I had copies of everything with us. then asked did we get married within  90 days, asked how we met, asked Colleen where she worked, then we went though the yes / no questions from the I -485 form which he apologized for having to do, but said he has too.  we chatted about the weather and the winter as we had 6 inches of snow a day earlier, I told him where I come from in England (Yorkshire) isn't exactly a tropical paradise!  and really there had only been 6 or 7 really bad days, then he said he would look over the file, see if everything was ok, if he needed anymore information he would send an RFE but either way I should receive the green card within a few weeks, explained to us about the removal of conditions in two years and mentioned briefly about becoming a US citizen and 30 minutes later we were leaving the building. 
To be honest I felt a little despondent that he didn't say a direct  'yes'  at the interview as I felt like the waiting was just going on even longer, HOWEVER this morning I got notification that there was a change to our case and after I signed in to the USCIS site and saw it said that a 'NEW CARD WAS BEING PRODUCED' !!!!   So I guess that's it,  it looks like18 months of form filling, appointments,  worrying and waiting is over for us for now. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who are still waiting we hope you will get to this point really soon.
For Colleen and myself the wait has been a lot longer than just the 18 months, quite a few years in fact due to family issues in England that prevented me leaving, so we know what waiting is, trust me, we do.  

Just letting everyone know how our AOS interview went yesterday in Milwaukee. The office is on Knapp St and is very easy to get too, parking is ok, some places have meters for up to 2  hours other places are free for up to 3 hours and there is a large carpark for $5.00 a day, we managed to get a free, 3 hour space, so, half an hour before the appointment (1.45pm) we went in, as with all Federal buildings there is the airport style security which was quick and easy then we were directed upstairs where another security guard pointed to window #3 where a very nice woman looked at the appointment letter, entered us into the system and said to wait near door #1, there were only 4 other couples, much to our surprise the building seemed nearly empty, think there were more security people than USCIS officers! We only waited ten minutes and a man opened the door and called my name, we followed him into his office where he asked us to stand while we took the oath then we sat down and he checked our ID's, took another photo, my finger prints and then began asking for some of the documentation, our marriage licence, passports, my EAD and SSN all of which he photocopied although I had copies of everything with us. then asked did we get married within  90 days, asked how we met, asked Colleen where she worked, then we went though the yes / no questions from the I -485 form which he apologized for having to do, but said he has too.  we chatted about the weather and the winter as we had 6 inches of snow a day earlier, I told him where I come from in England (Yorkshire) isn't exactly a tropical paradise!  and really there had only been 6 or 7 really bad days, then he said he would look over the file, see if everything was ok, if he needed anymore information he would send an RFE but either way I should receive the green card within a few weeks, explained to us about the removal of conditions in two years and mentioned briefly about becoming a US citizen and 30 minutes later we were leaving the building. 
To be honest I felt a little despondent that he didn't say a direct  'yes'  at the interview as I felt like the waiting was just going on even longer, HOWEVER this morning I got notification that there was a change to our case and after I signed in to the USCIS site and saw it said that a 'NEW CARD WAS BEING PRODUCED' !!!!   So I guess that's it,  it looks like18 months of form filling, appointments,  worrying and waiting is over for us for now. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who are still waiting we hope you will get to this point really soon.
For Colleen and myself the wait has been a lot longer than just the 18 months, quite a few years in fact due to family issues in England that prevented me leaving, so we know what waiting is, trust me, we do.  

Just letting everyone know how our AOS interview went yesterday in Milwaukee. The office is on Knapp St and is very easy to get too, parking is ok, some places have meters for up to 2  hours other places are free for up to 3 hours and there is a large carpark for $5.00 a day, we managed to get a free, 3 hour space, so, half an hour before the appointment (1.45pm) we went in, as with all Federal buildings there is the airport style security which was quick and easy then we were directed upstairs where another security guard pointed to window #3 where a very nice woman looked at the appointment letter, entered us into the system and said to wait near door #1, there were only 4 other couples, much to our surprise the building seemed nearly empty, think there were more security people than USCIS officers! We only waited ten minutes and a man opened the door and called my name, we followed him into his office where he asked us to stand while we took the oath then we sat down and he checked our ID's, took another photo, my finger prints and then began asking for some of the documentation, our marriage licence, passports, my EAD and SSN all of which he photocopied although I had copies of everything with us. then asked did we get married within  90 days, asked how we met, asked Colleen where she worked, then we went though the yes / no questions from the I -485 form which he apologized for having to do, but said he has too.  we chatted about the weather and the winter as we had 6 inches of snow a day earlier, I told him where I come from in England (Yorkshire) isn't exactly a tropical paradise!  and really there had only been 6 or 7 really bad days, then he said he would look over the file, see if everything was ok, if he needed anymore information he would send an RFE but either way I should receive the green card within a few weeks, explained to us about the removal of conditions in two years and mentioned briefly about becoming a US citizen and 30 minutes later we were leaving the building. 
To be honest I felt a little despondent that he didn't say a direct  'yes'  at the interview as I felt like the waiting was just going on even longer, HOWEVER this morning I got notification that there was a change to our case and after I signed in to the USCIS site and saw it said that a 'NEW CARD WAS BEING PRODUCED' !!!!   So I guess that's it,  it looks like18 months of form filling, appointments,  worrying and waiting is over for us for now. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who are still waiting we hope you will get to this point really soon.
For Colleen and myself the wait has been a lot longer than just the 18 months, quite a few years in fact due to family issues in England that prevented me leaving, so we know what waiting is, trust me, we do.  

Congratulations to both of you, I am pleased everything went well, it has been a long journey for all of us. we have our interview in 12 days time, hopefully ours will only take 10 minutes!  

I had my interview today. It was a hard interview because we didn't expect some of the questions that were asked but we got approved on the spot.

To find out look the case numbers, you have a case number for EAD and another case number for I-485. Congratulations!

It is the EAD card! 🙂Im so happy, this came at a much needed time. 

Green card arrived today! Exactly 7 days after our interview.  

Hi Everyone,
Just to keep people informed as to how the USCIS are working though the files,  A letter arrived today informing us that my AOS interview has been scheduled for April 16, 2019 in downtown Milwaukee, it was quite a shock to say the least as I only got my EAD card about 4 weeks ago and wasn't really expecting the interview before May since it is 174 days since we sent the paper work off and the average time is 256 days in MKE. hopefully everything will go ok. 

Hi Everyone,
Just to keep people informed as to how the USCIS are working though the files,  A letter arrived today informing us that my AOS interview has been scheduled for April 16, 2019 in downtown Milwaukee, it was quite a shock to say the least as I only got my EAD card about 4 weeks ago and wasn't really expecting the interview before May since it is 174 days since we sent the paper work off and the average time is 256 days in MKE. hopefully everything will go ok.