dasha&drew

Congrats! Maybe a copy of Rosetta Stone Россия for your husband.

Thank you:) I actually like Duolingo better, give it a try! I'm trying to not push him too hard with Russian as he's working and doing his Bachelor's Degree at the same time, so we're learning the basics now. But as soon as he's done with the degree...

Don't worry:) K-1 interviews are less scary than they seem (or maybe I was just extra lucky), but the officer I had the interview with was very friendly and they, of course, understand that you are nervous (on my GC interview last Wednesday I said my maiden name instead of my current name and my husband failed to remember my mom's full name, but we still got approved).

Just relax and go with the flow, answer the questions that the interviewer asks. If your relationship is genuine, I'm sure he/she will know it and give you the conclusion you deserve:)

I understand you really well about being worried. After my K-1 was approved, I came outside of the embassy and started crying and couldn't help it just because it was such a huge weight off my shoulders. Just rember that if everything is real with you and your fiance, they have no reasons to say no.Good luck:)

Congratulations to everyone whose GC journey is complete!

I had my interview today (finally!). Right before the interview my husband kept freaking me out just for fun (he was having fun, I wasn't lol) But the officer was really nice and I relaxed a bit. She asked my full legal name and I accidentally said my maiden name (I seriously had zero reasons to worry but couldn't help it). Then she asked us both about our dates of birth, asked my husband about the day of our marriage (he remembered, yay!), asked me about my SS number and a series of formal questions on whether I ever committed crimes, participated in illegal activities etc. Then was the funny part: she asked my husband about my parents' names. He got soooo stuuuck. When we talk on Skype, he usually just says mom/dad and he has a lot of troubles with my native language. He couldn't remember my mom's name but managed to remember my dad's name. The officer found it funny, luckily. I submitted all the proof of bona fide marriage I had (health insurance, banking docs, life insurance, a stack of pictures). She said everything looks good and she'll approve my GC this afternoon. I'm so releived!

Good luck to everyone who are yet to have the interview!

Congratulations on everyone who has been approved!

I'm very excited: got my interview appointment for June, 4th, even though the website said that they've been processing July applications on March, 31. There are no reasons for them to reject me, but I am still nervous:)

Thank you, Dave!

Hi VJers,

I have my biometrics appoinement in the Portland, OR office on Monday.

My husband works at that time and I'll be using public transportation to get there. I am absolutely stupid when it comes to understanding where I am, so my trip will involve a lot of navigation and I can't leave my phone at home.

Do any of you know whether the security staff will lt me just leave the phone with them during my appointment?

I called the USCIS customer service and they had no idea.

I got an SSN and stated my new name (with my husband's last name as mine) in it. It only took a week for them to mail me a SSN card. After that, I have applied for AOS

Is this a mobile app?

No, I did it on my laptop

Ok, great. Thanks

I used "Message Saver". And it gives a lovely clouds background to messages lol

I don't know if this Message Saver is safe to use or anything, but I have not encountered any problems after using it (and it was in June 2014). Changing a password after might be a good idea though

Our Facebook chat log had over 90k messages, so I feel your pain:D I have found some app on the Internet that lets you download your Fb log history and used it. Then I started picking out parts of our talks from different periods of time (one extract per week or fortnight, I don't really remember) to show continuing communication. It took me hours but the Officer didn't even ask for these logs or any other proof I had with me and approved my visa very easily.

Is there anyone from Portland, OR Field Office? I have a bad feeling nothing at all is happening...

Additionally to this, we have included a small letter, that we both signed, that gave a brief description of how we met, where and how we met in person, how our relationship was developing, how we communicated during the long distance relationship (Facebook, Skype, Online games etc.) etc.

So if my case is "ready to be scheduled for an interview", there is no chance they'll send me the waiver and I'm lucky?

So will the speed of my case processing depend on how well NBC works or how well my local office works?

It actually makes me sad looking at the timelines of the field office in Portland

I've filed for AOS on October, 31st and now waiting to have my interview scheduled since December, 23. It looks like I'll have to wait for a long long time as the Portland (OR) office seems really slow...

USCIS also managed to send my EAD to my old address in Las Vegas and now I'm kind of stuck