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Something a bit unrelated to the process but it might help people that want to do it.
I will be changing jobs in a few weeks so I needed an I-551 stamp on my passport to present as evidence of my employment eligibility since my conditional GC is expired and the Notice of action is not accepted for the I-9. I made an infopass appointment for my field office (Fresno) and took my receipt, my biometric letter, my passport and my job offer letter with me. I arrived 30 minutes early and had no problems going in. Once I reached the IO he asked how could he help so I explained my situation, I offered all my documents but he only took my GC and my NOA, looked at his computer for a few and looked at my file and pics (I know because he asked me if I went to certain college because of a pic in the package) and asked me if I was still married, I responded yes, still married. He then grabbed my passport and put the stamp on it. He explained to me that I shouldnt have any problems since I was still married but pointed out to not change my address until I actually move or the process can be delayed a bit. I was out in about 20 minutes since I got to the office.  

Something a bit unrelated to the process but it might help people that want to do it.
I will be changing jobs in a few weeks so I needed an I-551 stamp on my passport to present as evidence of my employment eligibility since my conditional GC is expired and the Notice of action is not accepted for the I-9. I made an infopass appointment for my field office (Fresno) and took my receipt, my biometric letter, my passport and my job offer letter with me. I arrived 30 minutes early and had no problems going in. Once I reached the IO he asked how could he help so I explained my situation, I offered all my documents but he only took my GC and my NOA, looked at his computer for a few and looked at my file and pics (I know because he asked me if I went to certain college because of a pic in the package) and asked me if I was still married, I responded yes, still married. He then grabbed my passport and put the stamp on it. He explained to me that I shouldnt have any problems since I was still married but pointed out to not change my address until I actually move or the process can be delayed a bit. I was out in about 20 minutes since I got to the office.  

We had our interview today and I'm happy to report that we got approved in the spot. We arrived at the site about 15 minutes early and there were 3 couples ahead of us. Our appointment was right at noon so I kind of anticipated that we might have a little bit of a wait. The three couples ahead of us went in fairly quickly. By this time another couple arrived and put the notice in the slot. About 10 minutes after that they were called but not us. Lol

We waited about an hour before the IO came and called my husband name and we both stood up but he said, only him...

So I got a little nervous because we were the only couple that got separated, less than 10 minutes passed and the IO and the hubby came out, the IO asked me to come in, we walked to the office and he swore me in. I forgot to mention that we had a binder full of evidence (deed of house, letter from the bank stating our joint account, insurance policies with both of our names, sworn affidavits of friends, bill on both of our names and about 50 pictures). He asked for our marriage licence, birth certificate, my passport and visa (border crossing card) then he asked me my full legal name, my birthday, date of marriage, full legal name and date of birth of hubby and how we met then a brief explanation on the date we met until today. After that he made a bunch of marks in red on the applications and asked me the yes or no questions. Right after that he told me that he was going to go ahead and approve our petition. The whole process from when they called the hubby until he told me that was less than 10 minutes and he never asked for more evidence or look at the pictures, after all the effort I but on the binder. Oh well.



About 10 minutes after leaving the office I got the notifications that my card is in production and a welcome notice has been mailed. Good luck to everybody that are still in the process.



Cheers!