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Congratulations alem614! Great news!!!

Hello! Great news- we had our interview today and got approved on the spot! I'm so so happy and excited and relieved that it's over! Here are some interview details:

We got there (Los Angeles) an hour early, and were called in pretty much on time (8.45am). The interviewer was very serious but nice. We had to give him our drivers licenses, passports etc, and then take the oath. He asked about why I had come to the US in the first place, then about the other visas I've had. He asked where we met, and the month we got serious, and the month we moved in, and he wrote it all down. Why did it take us so long to get married (7 years), and why our parents didn't attend the ceremony. He then started to loosen up a bit-joked about 'is this you?' in all the passport photos, and on my EAD. OH- he also said "there are a lot of people, why chose this guy?", which was kind of fun to answer!

He then collected all of our joint documents, and flights together to Australia and added to the file. We didn't show him any of our photo album at all! He then went through our ENTIRE application, page by page, kind of as if he was looking for something? Asked me address, social, phone number, all the 'no' questions (are you a communist etc). But then just wrote some more stuff on paper, photocopied our drivers licenses, and approved us. Handed me a piece of paper that said "Congratulations..etc". Said to expect the green card in three weeks.

I think it took about twenty to thirty minutes? It was nerve racking, but relatively painless. I do have to say though- I was EXTREMELY organized in my original application, thanks to Visa Journey. Then I was super organized going in this morning, and we even practiced questions together- just to get in the feeling of answering concisely.

Phew! It feels great to be done! Best of luck to everyone else- the wait is worth it!!!

Cheers.

Ah- I see! Great. Thanks for such a quick reply! Congratulations again!

Congrats @alem614, thanks for sharing your interview experience! So nice to be seeing approvals for the April filers! Do you mind if I ask what form/paperwork they asked you to send in extra? Just want to make sure I'm on top of things!

Thank you!!!

Congrats alem614! So great!

Hope today goes smoothly- when you get a chance can you let us know how it went and what your experience was like? Thanks so much!!!

@elisabethferg9- ugh, another RFE! That's bad luck! What was your first one for? Do you have an interview date set yet?

Finally received my EAD combo card today! I was approved on 25th June, and it arrived today, 15th July. So happy to have it! Now getting paperwork together for interview in a couple of weeks!

P.S. @shawnalovegarry -looks like you keep posting "." Not sure if you're trying to write to the forum?

Wow, congratulations Fantaji! That's so great!

Can you tell us a little about how it went? What were the questions and what extra paperwork did they want?

Time to celebrate!!!

Me too! The letter said my EAD is approved, and I should receive the card soon. ALSO- I received a letter stating my interview date! It's set for July 30th. I'm just so excited to finally have some movement!

The waiting is hard, but it's all so worth it in the end.

Congrats to all who are getting EADs and interview dates!

I called USCIS this morning, it has been 75 days since my case was received. Hopefully I hear something soon!

Congrats @Nihongirl! Moving along speedily! What Visa are you adjusting from?

Hey guyz any news on progress so far?

Not for me :-(.

Nothing updated online, and completed biometrics two weeks ago. Trying to be patient, and hope that I don't get an RFE! I think I would have heard by now, though (fingers crossed!!).

Definitely helps to have this forum and know others are going through the same thing.

I walked in to the Wilshire support center yesterday, in LA, but they (very kindly) denied me. They have over 400 appointments in a day. So I drove to the one on Fairfax and Pico, and luckily got in! The security guard said there were only two officers working, but if I wanted to wait, I could. So I did! They were really lovely and efficient. So my biometrics is all done!

I'm not sure if early walk-ins speed up the process, but it's nice to be done with it. I have a feeling the real LONG wait begins now...

Hope everyone else is doing OK!

I received my biometrics notice in the mail yesterday. Yay! It has instructed me to go to Chatsworth on May 12th- which is pretty far away from me! I'm going to attempt a walk-in in LA tomorrow, and see how I go!

Hope everyone is doing OK with the waiting! Drives me nuts sometimes, and other times I can (thankfully) go a few hours without thinking about it!!!

@stallion and @nycfa2015, let us know when you hear about the RFEs. Hope its easily fixed!!!

Wow, @Cris_32- you are really moving along- that's great!

Has any one else received their biometrics notice? I'm on day 24, and haven't got one yet. Really trying to be patient!

@Leo7777- Thank you! Very helpful and thoughtful.

Received my 4 hard copy NOAs in the mail today! My case numbers are not working yet on the USCIS website- are anyone else's working?

Checks cashed this morning, and received 12 emails and 12 text messages! Routed to the USCIS National Benefits Center for processing. Feels good to know they got it all OK!

Sent my Adjustment Of Status package (I-130 and I-485, as well as 765 and 131) on Monday! It arrived in Chicago today, Wed 8th April. Anyone else filing for AOS this month?

Hello! This is my first post! I am finding Visa Journey amazingly helpful!

I am filing for an AOS, from my current O1 Visa, to Green Card, through marriage. I am putting on the final touches, and we will be sending off the file to Chicago Lockbox on Monday! Extremely nervous and excited. Any other April filers out there? Would love to share the journey!