HoustonIsSlow

I was granted AOS at my interview on June 30th. IO stamped my passport and handed me a letter granting my application.

1 year - 15 days from the date my application was received.

Did you ask for a stamp? if so what reason did you give to the IO?

Hi Tammy,

How did you get scheduled so soon for an interview in Houston? a bunch of us have been waiting for almost a year now for a date...shm congrats too.

Sure!

Jan 6th 2016 - sent my application to the Chicago Location (overnight shipping)

Jan 7th 2016 - application received - this was my priority date

Jan 19th, 2016 - received receipt letters from MSC

Jan 29th, 2016 - Received letter for biometrics (for Feb 11th)

Feb 1st - did walk in Biometrics appointment (successfully)

March 15, 2016 - Application ready for interview from MSC

April 8th, 2016 - received EAD and travel document combination card (after going through my local congressman because I had already been 90+ days --- that really helped, I was approved on the same day I reached out to them)

April 25th, 2016 - application ready for interview, interview given for May 25th, 2016

May 25th, 2016 - Interview completed at Houston Field office and green card approved!

Awaiting Green Card in the mail.

Please note - I found it THE most helpful to make an infopass appointment to get information from them regarding where my file was. I don't think calling the customer service line was that helpful for me. My office was about 25 minutes away so I made a few and went in and talked to an officer. This is very helpful because they can always direct you to the supervisor etc, which is not possible over the phone.

I wish everyone the best of luck. Be patient. Very very patient - I know easier said than done lol, but try.

Mine approved on the spot and got the approval notice during interview, the interview was less than 10 minutes.

Can you tell us about the interview experience? question asked?

Mine approved on the spot and got the approval notice during interview, the interview was less than 10 minutes.

Can you tell us about the interview experience? question asked?

Good News Y'all Houston has just scheduled someone with a PD of april 30 for march 23 today. At least we can say there is some sort of activity now...

HoustonisSlow

You say Houston is 9 months behind - is that only for the interview? For AOS concurrent filers? where are you getting your information from?

From everyone if you look in this forum you can find info from the Houston folks... anyway i filed in July 2015 (AOS through marriage concurrent) and still waiting for an interview i know that most people that filed in May 2015 are also still waiting. An info pass also confirmed that there is a huge back log. Just a heads up

My file now says we are waiting for an interview appointment for the three of us - YAY!! Anyone got their interview date yet?

No word on my EAD as of yet ...timeline says 1st or 2nd week of March

Slowly but surely !!!

good luck everyone!!

Don't get too excited because Houston is 9 months behind if not more so it might be a long wait.

Good news and Bad news

The good news is that we have an update from someone on a different forum that had an infopass on Feb 1st and the bad news is that IO said they are only scheduling interviews for citizenship and might start scheduling GC interviews 2nd or 3rd week in Feb, so more wait time for everyone.

but don't hold your breathe

The questions were related to day to day activities.

They started off by calling my husband(petitioner) first. After he came out I was called in. The office here called the spouses separately.

The office first makes to take an oath.

Then I was asked tyhe following questions;

What is your current address?.

Do you live in a house or apartment?

How many bedrooms?

How many bathrooms?

Who owns the house?

How many televisions? where are they located?

Do you share room with your husband?

Does you or him have any tattoos?

What is the size of the bed?

Color of the walls in the bedroom?

Any windows? Do the windows have blinds or curtains?

Who owns the house?

When and where did you get married?.

How did you meet?

How much time did you speak to each other before deciding to get married?.

The interview was pretty short. I would say 10 mins for me and 10 for my husband.

So the questions were basically to find out if you live together.

Sorry for the typos

nvm

Someone needs to drive up there not for an info session but to see if they are interviewing couples and also ask those couples about their priority dates at least one it will give us the peace of mind because this waiting game is getting absurd . I'm not even in the USA and I'm stressed out

just throwing it out there.

What the Hell is going on at Houston Field office? i know they just resumed but the least they can do is update us on wait time so we can plan accordingly. Someone needs to schedule an InfoPass just to go in there and see if they are interviewing anyone at all..damn....Sorry this my rant for the day

PS: Sorry to those folks who where hoping to here good news from this post

Anyone in Houston heard anything yet? Still nothing on my side.

Not yet it's driving me crazy at this point, I filed in July but i do creep up here to check up on you...lol because if you haven't gotten a date yet then there is no hope for me you're pretty much my compass to how soon i will get a date.

I really thought this stress would be over by jan 2016 but from the look of things i will be lucky if i get my GC by march 2016...smh

Have you tried calling the customer service no?

send what they asked and it will flow smoothly...thats what i did and i just had my interview yesterday and thanks God we made it..

Can you please share your experience ?

its really sad to know that a couple people that filed in April have still not gotten an interview date just when i thought that June filers were getting interviews... Houston is just sad at this point...smh

Hey guys,

I filed on july27th no news yet for an interview this wait is driving me crazy. If the folks that filed in June are still waiting then i guess i might just hope to hear something by march 2016.

I also read somwhere on on a different site, a guy that filed on june 10th in houston got called for an interview for Dec 10th so you guys might be closer than you think