scarlet43

Received an email today that my GC was in production, 9 days after the interview... YAY!

I figure I may as well post my timeline here, I'm not usually one to post much on forums but this site has helped me greatly.

EAD/AP

8th July 2015: Date filed
15th July 2015: NOA 1 recieved
4th August 2015: Biometrics done
11th November 2015: Approved
18th November 2015: EAD/AP card received

AOS:

8th July 2015: Date filed
15th July 2015: NOA 1 received
4th August 2015: Biometrics done
20th October 2015: Interview (recommended for approval!!)

Our interview was at Philadelphia, it went very well. The lady interviewing us was very nice, we went in together and I handed her the interview notice then we were sworn in. Firstly she wanted to see originals of everything we included in our applications, birth certificates etc. She then asked my Husband (USC) the usual questions, name, d.o.b. and went through some of the questions in his i-130 application. After she was done with that she turned to me and went over some of the yes/no questions in my i-485 application. In between asking some of these questions she would randomly fire questions like "So, who did you marry?" "Does your Husband have any children?" and others. After that was over, I asked her if it was possible for me to have the name changed in my application to my married name, she was unsure if it could be done but made a note that I would like it changed, I had shown her that my SSN was in my married name at this point. She asked if we had any further evidence, like photographs. I went to grab my tablet that had photographs on it to show her and she responded telling me that she didn't need to see them. After which she pulled out one of our wedding photographs from my application and asked me who everyone was in it. At the end of the interview she smiled and told us that she was recommending us for approval!

About 4 hours after the interview we received an email and my i-485 application status went to "Initial Review" with the first part of the email saying "On October 20, 2015, we updated your name for your Form I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS" and that it initiates background checks of the applicant/petitioner, but no approval notice. This has me slightly concerned, but I was advised in another thread to just wait.

About 4 hours after the first email we received an email approving my Husbands i-130.

Now I'm just waiting on the i-485 approval notice and card.

Thank you What worried me was the case going back to initial review, I've been brewing on it since I saw that, especially after she told us she was recommending us for approval.

My Husband and I had our i-485 interview 2 days ago, during the interview I asked if my GC could be in my married name, I had applied using the name on my passport which is my previous married name. The interview went really well and at the end we were told that she was recommending us for approval!

I recieved an email a few hours later about the name change that says my case status is at "Initial Review" and background checks will be initiated. I have not received an email about the approval on the i-485 but the i-130 approval email came through. Is this something I should call them about? Or is it an automated email and I need to wait?

I haven't posted here at all before, but I just want to say a big thank you because this site has been invaluable with it's help.