Scandi

They seem to have many different ways of saying that your card is in the works of being shipped out. In my case, the very first status was "card is being produced", a day or two later it changed to "case was approved" and yet a few days later it changed to "card was mailed to me". 

Maybe you just missed the first status about your card being produced, sometimes the status updates quickly right after each other within a minute even.

There were several parts I couldn't figure out, the IO just changed them as she saw fit at the time of the interview. No biggie. 

No need to overthink anything, just scan your docs and upload them. If they have any questions they will ask you at the interview. Likely they won't care about your evidence at al since you already sent a lot with your ROC. Just upload a few docs, you can bring more to the interview if you want to. 

So jealous, I would LOVE to have my own bedroom so I could get better sleep. 😭 Having a whole queen size bed to yourself is what dreams are made of. 

So jealous, I would LOVE to have my own bedroom so I could get better sleep. 😭 Having a whole queen size bed to yourself is what dreams are made of. 

So jealous, I would LOVE to have my own bedroom so I could get better sleep. 😭 Having a whole queen size bed to yourself is what dreams are made of. 

So jealous, I would LOVE to have my own bedroom so I could get better sleep. 😭 Having a whole queen size bed to yourself is what dreams are made of. 

So jealous, I would LOVE to have my own bedroom so I could get better sleep. 😭 Having a whole queen size bed to yourself is what dreams are made of. 

Everyone I know that had travels scheduled after the interview, let the IO know at the time of the interview, so they wouldn't be called for an oath until they were back in the US again. 

So the marriage isn't bonafide. The beneficiary doesn't know much about the petitioner, there hasn't been much conversation/chatting between the two despite claiming they chat every day, the photos presented were staged for immigration benefits only, and the claim that they together spent three nights at the parents' house before the wedding appears to be false. Why wouldn't the parents be at the actual wedding if they were fine having the couple stay at their house prior to it? 

Yeah this looks like a scam marriage to me as well, the little I can tell from what you have posted (ie this letter page only). So this "couple" has made up stories about their "marriage" trying to trick the CO into thinking it's bonafide? That's not a smart move, I don't think there's any "coming back" from this one unless they decide to actually make the marriage bonafide and live together for quite some time before applying again. 

It's almost certain that you will have an interview for either the AOS or the ROC. Since you didn't have one for AOS you're very likely to have one for ROC instead. Only in rare cases both interviews are waived, so don't count on that happening. 

The interviews are super easy and nothing to worry about. I always loved the interviews when I went through the process, it was fun and very interesting. I would've easily had an interview at every step if I could choose. 

Not sure I understood it correctly, but here goes.. So with your current joint bank account situation, your wife doesn't appear to be using it other than to transfer a fixed amount into it every month? IF that's the case, even if both of your names are on it (are they?), that's not considered a joint bank account in regards to what USCIS wants to see and won't help anything in regards to proving co-mingled finances. With joint checking bank accounts they want to see both of you actively using it, spending money via it etc. If her only relation to that account is putting a fixed amount of money into it every month, and not using it in any other way, that doesn't really prove anything. To USCIS, that could be her just paying off a personal loan she got from you, or her being your room mate and paying her part of the rent that way, or whatever. It doesn't help proving a bonafide marriage.
 
Do you have savings accounts, money markets or other financial "savings" in both of your names? If you do, send proof of that. 

 
 

Not sure I understood it correctly, but here goes.. So with your current joint bank account situation, your wife doesn't appear to be using it other than to transfer a fixed amount into it every month? IF that's the case, even if both of your names are on it (are they?), that's not considered a joint bank account in regards to what USCIS wants to see and won't help anything in regards to proving co-mingled finances. With joint checking bank accounts they want to see both of you actively using it, spending money via it etc. If her only relation to that account is putting a fixed amount of money into it every month, and not using it in any other way, that doesn't really prove anything. To USCIS, that could be her just paying off a personal loan she got from you, or her being your room mate and paying her part of the rent that way, or whatever. It doesn't help proving a bonafide marriage.
 
Do you have savings accounts, money markets or other financial "savings" in both of your names? If you do, send proof of that. 

 
 

You don't need to go to court if you want to take your spouse's last name, the marriage certificate is the name change document if you decide to take their name. You can for instance bring your marriage certificate to SSA and update your name today. For other types of name changes (ie first/middle name, not related to marriage), you need to either go through court or wait until you file the N-400. 

For USCIS however, since you already filed, it's a hit or miss trying to get them to update your info. Legally it's not an issue, you have the marriage certificate to prove your name change, but it's well-known making changes with USCIS (whether it's a name or an address) is usually a royal pain in the butt. So you greencard may or may not have your married name on it if you send USCIS a letter or bring it up at a potential interview. You haven't filled out your timeline so it's harder to know how likely you are to get an interview or not. I had a name issue with my AOS application and was lucky enough to get an interview, so I could fix the name issue right there and then.

You don't need to go to court if you want to take your spouse's last name, the marriage certificate is the name change document if you decide to take their name. You can for instance bring your marriage certificate to SSA and update your name today. For other types of name changes (ie first/middle name, not related to marriage), you need to either go through court or wait until you file the N-400. 

For USCIS however, since you already filed, it's a hit or miss trying to get them to update your info. Legally it's not an issue, you have the marriage certificate to prove your name change, but it's well-known making changes with USCIS (whether it's a name or an address) is usually a royal pain in the butt. So you greencard may or may not have your married name on it if you send USCIS a letter or bring it up at a potential interview. You haven't filled out your timeline so it's harder to know how likely you are to get an interview or not. I had a name issue with my AOS application and was lucky enough to get an interview, so I could fix the name issue right there and then.

It means adding as much evidence of a bonafide relationship as possible with the actual petition. 

Most of us hardly sent any evidence at all with the petition (other than proof of having met in person). We brought all the rest of our evidence to the visa interview at the consular stage, and we did fine because we interviewed in low-fraud countries.
For high-fraud countries, many VJers will tell you to frontload the actual petition so the consular officer already has a lot of it on hand before the visa interview. Many times it appears that the CO has already made up his mind before the actual interview, and will refuse to look at any evidence you bring in person. 

It means adding as much evidence of a bonafide relationship as possible with the actual petition. 

Most of us hardly sent any evidence at all with the petition (other than proof of having met in person). We brought all the rest of our evidence to the visa interview at the consular stage, and we did fine because we interviewed in low-fraud countries.
For high-fraud countries, many VJers will tell you to frontload the actual petition so the consular officer already has a lot of it on hand before the visa interview. Many times it appears that the CO has already made up his mind before the actual interview, and will refuse to look at any evidence you bring in person. 

It means adding as much evidence of a bonafide relationship as possible with the actual petition. 

Most of us hardly sent any evidence at all with the petition (other than proof of having met in person). We brought all the rest of our evidence to the visa interview at the consular stage, and we did fine because we interviewed in low-fraud countries.
For high-fraud countries, many VJers will tell you to frontload the actual petition so the consular officer already has a lot of it on hand before the visa interview. Many times it appears that the CO has already made up his mind before the actual interview, and will refuse to look at any evidence you bring in person. 

You should always expect to have your biometrics taken with every single petition you file. Some get their reused, but the normal is still to have new biometrics with every petition. 

My state (California) has always cared about my legal status too when I have applied for or renewed my license (my application even ended up at the "presence unit" when I tried to renew without sending a copy of my ROC extension letter). But not once have they scanned it. Nowhere, not at DMV, the doctor or elsewhere where I have used it as a regular ID. Scanning the greencard is something I have never encountered, they have only looked at and used the info on it, just like they have done with my DL and/or state ID. No scanning. 

Yeah it was a smooth process, I only needed my EAD (and possibly foreign passport and SSN, don't remember about those two) to get a state ID, that was long before I became a greencard holder. California is easy, but they still required me to prove my status in the US (EAD was enough before getting a greencard). 

The US does not make you get rid of other citizenships when you become a US citizen. The US simply ignores other citizenships. 

They don't take the greencard at the interview, only at the oath. If your interview is close to the travel date, you ask to have the oath ceremony scheduled at a later date. A lot of Swedes in the FB group I'm in have requested to have their oath ceremonies scheduled after they come back from their vacation - I haven't yet seen a case where there was an issue with that. 

My state (California) has always cared about my legal status too when I have applied for or renewed my license (my application even ended up at the "presence unit" when I tried to renew without sending a copy of my ROC extension letter). But not once have they scanned it. Nowhere, not at DMV, the doctor or elsewhere where I have used it as a regular ID. Scanning the greencard is something I have never encountered, they have only looked at and used the info on it, just like they have done with my DL and/or state ID. No scanning. 

Sounds strange, never heard of anybody having to scan a greencard, other than possibly at airports. Grocery store, doctors etc just look at it for identification, they don't scan anything. Neither has DVM every time I have used my greencard there.