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Yes, they are working May-July 2021 now.

Hoping you get to hear something within the next few weeks!

wow, that is a really long time of waiting. perhaps when you changed your application to a waiver,  it gave you kind of like a new priority date. I initially filed in June of 2021, so even more waiting for myself. I guess it does not hurt to submit more evidence with my request to adjust my application. I believe David (the person I had originally messaged) did not have to do an interview.
 
Thank you for your help.

Congratulations! Thank you for the very informative post.

So, today was our Green Card Interview at the Philadelphia Field Office. I can truly say that for it to take as long as it did to get to this point from our filing date, this was the most QUICKEST and EASIEST part of the whole process!!!
 
Our interview was scheduled for 10:45am, we arrived at 10:15-10:20am. There's a parking lot across the street from the building that has a flat rate of $20 for all day parking which sucked because we weren't going to be there all day but it was either that or having my husband to keep running downstairs to feed the meter. Anyway, we went through security (cell phones are not allowed inside the building just have to keep them on silent) but no food or drink (glad I had a big breakfast as I'm almost 9 months pregnant and would have been starving and grouchy if I didn't). Checked in at the front desk with the interview notice and driver's licenses, and was told to go to the 2nd floor and sit close to door 3.
 
It was a lot of people waiting but it flowed very well and was very organized from what I can see. I actually did see a couple go in separately to be interviewed so I assume they had a "Stokes Interview" because they were in there for a long while (we actually left and the husband was still waiting on his wife to come out). 
 
Around 11:30-11:45am, my husband's name was called. IO Alton, was her name, interviewed us - she was younger than me, very nice and pleasant. She immediately took notice of my belly and my waddle and said, "I'm gonna get you guys out of here quickly because you look like you're about to have the baby any minute now!" I appreciated her kindness and consideration but told her that it wasn't needed. We walked into her office, she asked us to raise our right hand and we were sworn in. She asked my husband to scan his index fingers from both hands, and advised that the interview would be recorded.
 
She first asked for us to present all original documents so she could compare them to the copies already provided in the AOS filing, so she looked at his birth certificate, marriage license, my original divorce decree (she asked for a copy as well because she claimed she couldn't find the copy that was provided) and she asked for our passports. She asked me (USC) the following:
 
What is my full name?
What is my DOB?
Where was I born?
What is my current address to where I live?
How many times have I been married?
How many children do I have?
 
She went through our file and then asked my husband (Beneficiary) the following:
 
What is his full name?
What is his DOB?
Where was he born?
What is his current address to where he live?
Where does he work?
What is his SSN#? (he didn't know it by heart so he gave her his SS card so she can confirm it was correct on the petition)
How many times has he been married?
What date did we get married?
What are his parents' names?
She asked him to explain what happened during Thanksgiving 2016 when he attempted to come visit me using his visitor's visa for which he was denied entry, and was made to go back home and had his visitor's visa cancelled. As he provided his explanation, she nodded in agreement and understanding, I apologized for had happened and moved on.
She asked him had he traveled outside the US since receiving his EAD/AP combo card?
Then she asked him all the questions that are on the AOS petition that we answered "No" to, as if to confirm that these answered wouldn't change (which they didn't).
 
Finally, she asked for any documents or additional evidence we might have had to show proof of ongoing marriage, so I provided the following:
 
2018 Tax Return (which we filed Married Joint; even though he hadn't worked last year)
Car Insurance Cards
Credit Card Statements (2 months worth only)
Copy of Health Insurance Cards, along with printout showing the date he was added to my Health insurance plan (which was 3 days after we got married)
Beneficiary documents such as 401k and Life Insurance showing his name being added
4 months Joint Bank Statements (and I highlighted his transactions to show spending and his direct deposit from his employer - also attached his paystubs for the payroll that wasn't direct deposited when he first started)
And I printed 40 pictures and told her she could keep them all but she only took maybe like 5-10 of them because she said she didn't want to weigh down our file anymore than it was with all our prior relationship proof (K1 visa packet is in the same file)
 
While going through the photos, she talked about how great we looked in the pictures, talked about her having her son last year during the summer, she noticed I had "Bruno Mars" ticket stubs from when we went to his concert last year and talked about that...I mean, the whole interview process was so relaxing and very pleasant. After taking the photos she wanted, she said "everything is perfect, and we're good to go! You will have an update to your case within 4-6 weeks but most likely sooner." She said congratulations to us on the baby and good luck and now we can just focus on the baby coming in the next few weeks. And that was it! We left at 12:15pm!
 
She didn't ask any hard questions, or relationship questions, no tricky questions - it was very basic, which could only mean they never questioned the legitimacy of our relationship and marriage. 
 
Glad this part of the process is over and we finally get a break from dealing with USCIS and the immigration process for at least 2 years! 

I live in the South Florida area and I was able to open a bank account in Chase without a social or anything. As long as there is 1 person in the account with a social/citizen, you can just give your passport with your visa or whatever you have and that is enough. Now that I have my social I added it to the account. It has been this way for years because I’ve had a bank account with my mom with no social for at least 5 years. Been to multiple branches.

I just got back from my travels. I went on a 7 day cruise with my employment authorization card/Advance Parole.
 
I would say cruise Customs and Border Patrol is way more laid back than airport CBP.
 
Getting on the cruise ship took longer than when I came back.
 
On the way out of the US I believe the issue was a lack of knowledge on what an Advance Parole was but I think this is because when you get on a cruise ship, you are not really dealing with TSA or actual immigration agents; only with the cruise line’s employees. 
 
I showed my Visa and they asked if I was a tourist. At this moment I did not want to lie and have any problems, but I feel like if I had just said “yes, I am” I would have just gotten on the ship right away. But since I am adjusting status I explained that I was adjusting my atatus and showed my AP card. The man at security did not know what this meant and sent me to guest services. At guest services the guy inputting my information had to go in the back and ask his manager on what to do. Took about 10 minutes. They took my picture and sent me on my way.
 
On the way back, I showed my visa and advance parole document to the Customs and border patrol officer. She just looked at it and asked me to take off my hat to compare to the picture. Did not even question the different name. (i brought my marriage certificate with name change just in case) and let me go.
 
took less than a minute.
 
for people that are hesitant on traveling with advance parole, I would say you should go for it. I did not run into any issues, but of course you should always keep in mind that this is not a guarantee that you will be let in to the US again.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I am planning a trip in May:)!

Got my EAD and AP combo card in the mail 😍

Our EAD/AP card came In the mail today....

Got my EAD and AP combo card in the mail 😍

Got my EAD and AP combo card in the mail 😍

You can travel for business or pleasure but this said, USCIS does not guarantee that they will let you back in even if you have Advance Parole. They stress this multiple times in the letter you receive when your Advance Parole is sent. Also, if you have unlawful presence you could potentially still be barred from entering to the United states back after departure. 
 
Supposedly to be let back in is still to the discretion of the CBP officer who you encounter at the point of entry.
 
Now, I have read a lot of experiences of people traveling with Advance Parole and I have not seen them run into issues. They just make you go to another room, take your Advance Parole card, input your date and then let you go; usually no questions asked.
 
I am going on a cruise on the 17th of this month and will update you guys when I come back with my experience.
 
if anyone knows more or has experience with this, feel free to add.
 
 

I would like to add that maybe it’s a better idea to wait to leave the country until you get your green card just to be on the safe side. Most likely we will get our green cards fairly soon.
 
But if you have to leave the country, I wouldn’t be that worried.

You can travel for business or pleasure but this said, USCIS does not guarantee that they will let you back in even if you have Advance Parole. They stress this multiple times in the letter you receive when your Advance Parole is sent. Also, if you have unlawful presence you could potentially still be barred from entering to the United states back after departure. 
 
Supposedly to be let back in is still to the discretion of the CBP officer who you encounter at the point of entry.
 
Now, I have read a lot of experiences of people traveling with Advance Parole and I have not seen them run into issues. They just make you go to another room, take your Advance Parole card, input your date and then let you go; usually no questions asked.
 
I am going on a cruise on the 17th of this month and will update you guys when I come back with my experience.
 
if anyone knows more or has experience with this, feel free to add.
 
 

You can travel for business or pleasure but this said, USCIS does not guarantee that they will let you back in even if you have Advance Parole. They stress this multiple times in the letter you receive when your Advance Parole is sent. Also, if you have unlawful presence you could potentially still be barred from entering to the United states back after departure. 
 
Supposedly to be let back in is still to the discretion of the CBP officer who you encounter at the point of entry.
 
Now, I have read a lot of experiences of people traveling with Advance Parole and I have not seen them run into issues. They just make you go to another room, take your Advance Parole card, input your date and then let you go; usually no questions asked.
 
I am going on a cruise on the 17th of this month and will update you guys when I come back with my experience.
 
if anyone knows more or has experience with this, feel free to add.
 
 

You can travel for business or pleasure but this said, USCIS does not guarantee that they will let you back in even if you have Advance Parole. They stress this multiple times in the letter you receive when your Advance Parole is sent. Also, if you have unlawful presence you could potentially still be barred from entering to the United states back after departure. 
 
Supposedly to be let back in is still to the discretion of the CBP officer who you encounter at the point of entry.
 
Now, I have read a lot of experiences of people traveling with Advance Parole and I have not seen them run into issues. They just make you go to another room, take your Advance Parole card, input your date and then let you go; usually no questions asked.
 
I am going on a cruise on the 17th of this month and will update you guys when I come back with my experience.
 
if anyone knows more or has experience with this, feel free to add.
 
 

For me the regular USCIS website has proven to be more reliable. This is where I have gotten all my updates and the “card is being produced” didnt even show up on MY USCIS until a day later. Although in the MYUSCIS it shows my i-131 as approved and in the regular just as received.
 
But thankfully my card has been mailed as of today according to the regular USCIS.

Apologize to y'all if you think I was the one rude. We're here to support and help each other and I'm sorry if I was rude
so I actually learned couple of things on the infopass that I'd like to share (Maybe y'all already knew, but I didn't know):
So when your "case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" it doesn't mean that it's in your local office. It's still at the NBC or Texas I guess depending on where you're applying from.
Your local office will ask for an amount of cases for that day or week to conduct the interviews. That's when the NBC will send that certain amount of cases to your local office.
So the officer who talked to me was able to see my case from the computer and say it's not in the local office yet, it's in the line to be sent, but he didn't have access to what "position" I am in that line.
He also gave me an estimate of when my interview would probably happen. He said July, cuz that's how long it's taking in my office (Way better information than: between 10,5 months and 22 months provided by the uscis website)
I asked about the medical examination because I see a lot of k1s retaking the exams after it expires. However both the officers I talked today said that the k1 examination won't expire, what might happen is that your doctor back in your home country might have put that's incomplete. in which case they'll ask you to retake it. That actually made me wonder if mine is complete, I hope so, but I guess I won't be retaking any exams before the interview.
Anyway, hopefully that was helpful to someone.
They were very polite and nice, and not at all disrespectful! I was glad to know they didn't just repeat whatever the website/app or call service says.
 

Still waiting, this whole process is so frustrating and depressing. Congrats to all that has been approved and or at least got there cards. 

Got this update this afternoon. 
 
USCIS received my case August 27 and NOA was August 31.
 
So excited 😋

I feel so hopeful! My NOA1 is Aug 27th!!!! and next week is my birthday:) would be a great gift for sure!

Thanks so much, they didn't show either about my fingerprints, only today the card produced, be patient , and you can download the USCIS app , add your case in it , automatically when there are a changement it's will show you friend . Be patient

For me,i think its better to use mother-in-law income coz as u have said it already meet the financial requirement. Dont worry coz they will not ask anymore from ur AOS docs coz that is already reviewed in the NVC. It is only a problem if NVC ask u to provide another AOS in the time of interview. So if u want to be sure, u get ur hubby's i-864 for emergency or personal purpose so that it wont hassle u if they ask for it..its better to be prepared, right?
For me,i think its better to use mother-in-law income coz as u have said it already meet the financial requirement. Dont worry coz they will not ask anymore from ur AOS docs coz that is already reviewed in the NVC. It is only a problem if NVC ask u to provide another AOS in the time of interview. So if u want to be sure, u get ur hubby's i-864 for emergency or personal purpose so that it wont hassle u if they ask for it..its better to be prepared, right?

Yes if LPR mother in law is unmarried.
Yes. Your husband only needs to do I-864A if your income is not enough.
What is the "IRS section of the I-864"? In the part that asks for your current individual income, put your current individual income. The current household income is the sum of your current individual income and the current income of your husband if you decide to count his income.
In the quetion that asks for the "total income" number on your tax returns, you put exactly the number it says on the "total income" line on your tax returns, no matter how you filed. Since you filed jointly, this will be the "total income" number on your joint tax return, so it should be the same on your I-864 and his I-864A.

You might be scheduled to have an interview in October or November which means you will be notified either in September or October.