RaptureSongbird

I just received my combo card!
after 5 months.
for those who are still waiting, you’ll have yours soon just be patient.
 
😊

Thanks again, guys! We sent in our RFE stuff and just got word that our interview will be August 15. 

Hi everyone! We had our AOS interview on June 26. The officer was probably new to this job because there was a supervisor present. He just went over the form with me and my daughter (14 y.o.), she got fewer ''terrorist" questions though. My son (11 y.o.) was just asked his name and address. My husband got only one questions that he had absolutely no clue about - my parents' names He is terrible with names! The officer didn't even look at supporting evidence, he only took the kids' copies of vaccination reports, and my new form I-693 that says that I can't complete vaccinations due to pregnancy. He was not sure if the kids' ones were complete (in spite of them being marked as "Complete"), so he said he would double check and make a decision later. On July 3 I got an email that the case is still being reviewed and there are no updates - and several hours later there were 3 approval notices in the mail!!! Yay!!! 
Today the status changed from "My interview was scheduled" to "My card was picked up by USCIS",  nothing about being approved.
So, the electronic notifications seem to be not very reliable... 
 

It's actually neither of those.  The expiration date is 2 years from the date they do the final approval of your case and begin production/issue the card.  In our case, fiancé entered the USA on October 26th, 2017, got married on December 20th, 2017, sent in the AOS packet on February 6th, 2018, had our interview on May 14th, 2018, case was approved and went into production on June 8th, 2018.  The expiration date on his Green Card is June 8th, 2020.

Just woke up to an email stating that there was an update on our case.  I logged into the DHS website and it was an update on EAD.  That case now states "We closed your case because you received a status or benefit in another way".  This must be the status update that our IO mentioned at the interview that would happen with EAD since we were likely going to receive the green card, which we did, before the EAD was produced.  I just wanted to update here that it looks like they are pushing further into February for EAD; if we had not already received the green card it looks like it would have been 142 days for EAD approval.

Not to play the devil's advocate but approval can sometimes take a month+.  Yes, some cases get approved at the interview/shortly after but others do take up to a month+ for final approval.  We had our interview in Chicago on May 14th and we didn't get any updates until June 8th.  I realize you are trying to be positive/encouraging, which is awesome, but I also wanted to give @CatP another perspective so they are not worried if approval doesn't happen so quickly.  The approval will come and it will take whatever time it takes, just like every step in this process times vary for everyone.  I know it's hard not to worry about it, I was certainly worried when I thought we would be approved in a few days and it took almost a month.  The only advice I can offer is to be patient, check the case trackers for updates every day, and wait for the relief you will feel when the green card arrives.

Just woke up to an email stating that there was an update on our case.  I logged into the DHS website and it was an update on EAD.  That case now states "We closed your case because you received a status or benefit in another way".  This must be the status update that our IO mentioned at the interview that would happen with EAD since we were likely going to receive the green card, which we did, before the EAD was produced.  I just wanted to update here that it looks like they are pushing further into February for EAD; if we had not already received the green card it looks like it would have been 142 days for EAD approval.

I don't have an issue with it either, it seems to me that it is only stating the obvious and as far as having the info to contact ICE, anyone that sees Immigration Fraud should want to report it.  That puts a bad light on all of us that are trying to do everything legal and above board.

Hey everyone!
Just got a notification that my I765 is now approved.
PD is 02Feb but then received an RFIE.
Day 145 from Noa1.
Just be patient and your time will come.
 

They didn't actually look at any of the evidence during the interview. She took it to be 'added to our file' and said our file would be reviewed before the tracker would update with the outcome. Kind of strange.
But we gave them 2 joint apartment leases, my health insurance with my husbands name as the sponsor, my husbands life insurance with me as a beneficiary, my husbands military DEERS information with me as spouse, a power of attorney from my husband to me for when he deploys next month and pictures of us with our friends and both families. 
She clearly stated to us when asking for anything we want to submit that she couldn't tell us what they are looking for. Which sucked and meant we just had to guess at what to give them. 
Hopefully it will be enough :/ 

I had my AOS interview today at Raleigh. It went smoothly. They didn't ask us any questions so I can't really give advice on that. They just went through the yes/no questions on the i-485 and asked for our marriage date. They told us they don't approve at the interview in Raleigh and that we should find out via tracker by the end of the week. Now to wait some more good luck to everyone who is still waiting on that interview, S. 

Hey everyone, sorry for being absent for a bit, was on a vacation to California.  Before we left we had received notification that our card had been mailed and would be delivered by USPS.  Since I had a feeling it would come while we were gone, I left a note for the mail carrier to please leave a pick up notice for the package and we would get it at the Post Office upon our return and to please not return it to the sender.  When I got home last night, I looked through the stack of mail that my friend had brought in for us while she was watching our cat and there was the envelope.  I was really surprised that our mail person just left the envelope without a signature or verifying the passport as I thought a signature would be required.  So, we now have green card in hand and this part of the journey is over for us.  We feel extremely lucky having gone through the Chicago Field Office and from submission to Green Card in hand was only 4 months.  I don't know how we got so lucky but it is such a relief to finally be at this point.  I hope that everyone here gets to feel this soon as you all have been great and supportive along this second part of our journey.  So, for now, we're done with USCIS and DHS for 1 year and 9 months until we apply for RoC.  I know the user defined error and lack of updates gets very frustrating but everything will come in time and the feelings of frustrations will be overcome and forgotten by the feelings of joy as you complete the process.  Of course I'll continue to be here and check up on everyone and I wish everyone the best of luck!

GC Recieved!  Her card arrived in the mail today.  Now we just have to wait for her daughter's K2 to be processed.  I wonder how long that will take.

Monica received her GC yesterday.  So Happy!!!!!

Yeah, staying positive is the hardest part for sure!  When I saw others here get approved on the spot and have their Green Card within a week of the interview, I started to get very nervous that we had said something wrong in our interview/there was something wrong with our case/we would be called in for a second interview.  Luckily none of that happened and we were finally approved.  I think part of the delay with ours was, somehow, in their systems it showed we needed to do a I-130 which our IO mentioned and then I explained that I didn't think that was necessary since we were adjusting from a K1.  She then said that I was correct, that she didn't understand why it was showing that in her system, and she would look into that.  I'm guessing that is what caused our delay, she had to get to the bottom of that issue and may have even requested our original I-129f submission since she didn't have that at the interview, and then after getting that all sorted we were finally approved.  Thank you for the congrats on getting our card, it is certainly a relief!  I hope you will get yours soon too!!!

Good news everyone, I got my interview scheduled today. Here is my experience so far:
 
F1 TO AOS
 
NBC
 
PD: 02/13/2018
We received your case update on USCIS website 02/23/2018
RFIE Recevied (Forgot to add the original birth certificate) 03/12/2018
Biometrics scheduled and done 03/20/2018
RFIE Response received, your case is no longer on hold 03/21/2018
Service Request for I765 (No replies or updates received) 04/29/2018
 
And yesterday morning (06/20/2018) I saw the interview schedule update on the case status website, but it hasn't been updated on my applicant page for some reason. I'm just hoping it can't be a false alarm and I'm waiting to receive the mail and learn my interview date! Also wanted to add that I never got an error while checking the case status, it always said Fingerprint Review Was Completed until yesterday.
 
 

Thanks that helps a lot.
Our apartment lease is utilities included so unfortunately that's not something we have.
But yes, we have a ton of pictures from Christmas with his family, and with my family from our Florida vacation this summer. 
We also have a power of attorney document from him to me since he's deploying next month. If that isn't evidence of at least trust, I don't know what is! Haha
Oh jeez, I visited so many times I don't even remember. Better get refreshing on that then.

Yeah, staying positive is the hardest part for sure!  When I saw others here get approved on the spot and have their Green Card within a week of the interview, I started to get very nervous that we had said something wrong in our interview/there was something wrong with our case/we would be called in for a second interview.  Luckily none of that happened and we were finally approved.  I think part of the delay with ours was, somehow, in their systems it showed we needed to do a I-130 which our IO mentioned and then I explained that I didn't think that was necessary since we were adjusting from a K1.  She then said that I was correct, that she didn't understand why it was showing that in her system, and she would look into that.  I'm guessing that is what caused our delay, she had to get to the bottom of that issue and may have even requested our original I-129f submission since she didn't have that at the interview, and then after getting that all sorted we were finally approved.  Thank you for the congrats on getting our card, it is certainly a relief!  I hope you will get yours soon too!!!

Hey everyone, sorry for being absent for a bit, was on a vacation to California.  Before we left we had received notification that our card had been mailed and would be delivered by USPS.  Since I had a feeling it would come while we were gone, I left a note for the mail carrier to please leave a pick up notice for the package and we would get it at the Post Office upon our return and to please not return it to the sender.  When I got home last night, I looked through the stack of mail that my friend had brought in for us while she was watching our cat and there was the envelope.  I was really surprised that our mail person just left the envelope without a signature or verifying the passport as I thought a signature would be required.  So, we now have green card in hand and this part of the journey is over for us.  We feel extremely lucky having gone through the Chicago Field Office and from submission to Green Card in hand was only 4 months.  I don't know how we got so lucky but it is such a relief to finally be at this point.  I hope that everyone here gets to feel this soon as you all have been great and supportive along this second part of our journey.  So, for now, we're done with USCIS and DHS for 1 year and 9 months until we apply for RoC.  I know the user defined error and lack of updates gets very frustrating but everything will come in time and the feelings of frustrations will be overcome and forgotten by the feelings of joy as you complete the process.  Of course I'll continue to be here and check up on everyone and I wish everyone the best of luck!

Good luck at your interview, I'm sure it will go well!
 
Our interview was on May 14th and the Green Card was mailed on June 13th, so almost a month later.  However, it can happen much quicker as some people are approved on the spot, get an update of approval on the trackers later that day, and have their green card within a week or less of the interview.  So, like everything in this process, nothing is consistent.  So, if you don't get approved on the spot, don't worry too much, you might have to wait a little bit of time like we did and then approval and green card will come!
 
Oops, editing to answer the RoC question.  You need to file for RoC within 90 days before the date of your card expiration.  The card expiration is 2 years from the date of the card being approved/produced.  On our Green Card the Resident Since date is 06/08/18, the day that our case was listed as approved online, with the expiration date of 06/08/20.  I already did a date calculation and found that March 9th, 2020 is the first day in that 90 day window that they can receive our application and I plan on having that in their hands at that point since it's taking so long for RoC now (12-18 months).

Thank you! I'm so nervous for the questions and worried we don't have enough 'joint assets'. But hey, I'm 23 and have been married for 4 months... how much can they expect! We went to open a joint bank account after marriage. Unfortunately the visa was expired and the bank wouldn't let us open anything without valid immigration doc. We rent, so have that joint lease. And then I'm enrolled into his military plans as a dependent for everything. Hopefully it's enough. 
Thanks for that info! Patience is key with everything USCIS related I guess... 12-18 months is gonna be a killer 

Hey! Congrats to you and @Keith & Monica and @RaptureSongbird on the green cards. I have my interview on Monday.
How long after interview did your cards get mailed out? And for ROC,  do you file for that 2 years from entry, marriage or green card date?
Thanks! 

Hey everyone, sorry for being absent for a bit, was on a vacation to California.  Before we left we had received notification that our card had been mailed and would be delivered by USPS.  Since I had a feeling it would come while we were gone, I left a note for the mail carrier to please leave a pick up notice for the package and we would get it at the Post Office upon our return and to please not return it to the sender.  When I got home last night, I looked through the stack of mail that my friend had brought in for us while she was watching our cat and there was the envelope.  I was really surprised that our mail person just left the envelope without a signature or verifying the passport as I thought a signature would be required.  So, we now have green card in hand and this part of the journey is over for us.  We feel extremely lucky having gone through the Chicago Field Office and from submission to Green Card in hand was only 4 months.  I don't know how we got so lucky but it is such a relief to finally be at this point.  I hope that everyone here gets to feel this soon as you all have been great and supportive along this second part of our journey.  So, for now, we're done with USCIS and DHS for 1 year and 9 months until we apply for RoC.  I know the user defined error and lack of updates gets very frustrating but everything will come in time and the feelings of frustrations will be overcome and forgotten by the feelings of joy as you complete the process.  Of course I'll continue to be here and check up on everyone and I wish everyone the best of luck!

Hi! Wow, we may have had the same officer then! We are trying to stay positive about it and your feedback definitely helps. Hopefully we'll hear something with a month or so like you did! Congrats on getting the green card already!

Hey everyone, sorry for being absent for a bit, was on a vacation to California.  Before we left we had received notification that our card had been mailed and would be delivered by USPS.  Since I had a feeling it would come while we were gone, I left a note for the mail carrier to please leave a pick up notice for the package and we would get it at the Post Office upon our return and to please not return it to the sender.  When I got home last night, I looked through the stack of mail that my friend had brought in for us while she was watching our cat and there was the envelope.  I was really surprised that our mail person just left the envelope without a signature or verifying the passport as I thought a signature would be required.  So, we now have green card in hand and this part of the journey is over for us.  We feel extremely lucky having gone through the Chicago Field Office and from submission to Green Card in hand was only 4 months.  I don't know how we got so lucky but it is such a relief to finally be at this point.  I hope that everyone here gets to feel this soon as you all have been great and supportive along this second part of our journey.  So, for now, we're done with USCIS and DHS for 1 year and 9 months until we apply for RoC.  I know the user defined error and lack of updates gets very frustrating but everything will come in time and the feelings of frustrations will be overcome and forgotten by the feelings of joy as you complete the process.  Of course I'll continue to be here and check up on everyone and I wish everyone the best of luck!