chamma

Case approved on 31st Dec 2019 after 2 moths from the interview date. Received green card. phew!

Case approved on 31st Dec 2019 after 2 moths from the interview date. Received green card. phew!

Case approved on 31st Dec 2019 after 2 moths from the interview date. Received green card. phew!

my online status timeline:
06/12: Card Was Delivered To Me By The Post Office
09/04: Interview Was Scheduled
10/17: Interview Date
10/18: Case Was Approved
10/22: Care Was Mailed To Me
10/23: Card Was Picked Up By The United States Postal Service
10/25: Card Was Delivered To Me By The Post Office
 

Sure. I do not want anybody to go through the same situation. It is a lot of stress
 
What breakfast did you have? What is your date of birth? What is your full name? Where do you stay & how long have you been there? When did you get married? Do you have any children? Where did you go for vacation What bank accounts do you have? Why isn't there enough transactions on this account? What is the most common bank account you use? Do you use a common credit card? We had to show the credit cards we use with our names on it for the same account. What is the car insurance you use? Any life insurance or home insurance you have? How did you meet? How long do you know each other before getting married? What made you get married so soon? Good Luck to all who have their interviews! Please keep me in your prayers
 

Just one question: how did we meet? 
 
They checked our documents. we gave them couple of updated documents and photos and we're good. 

You have two options, please see below, but you have to create an account:
 
https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/
https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

@missileman: Thanks it worked. My case status still shows Case received.

Seems like the vast majority (if not all) who filed an i-130 (unlike the i-129f) end up at MSC right now. MSC is usually handling the interview preparations, so my guess is that most (if not all) who have their i-751s sent to MSC will have an interview.
 
Biometrics can happen at any point. It can take a week or a year or anything in between to get an appointment.

I didn't.......but I wish I had......

Thanks

1.  The VJ guide says affidavits are not crucial.......I did not include any.
2.  Biometric fee must be paid....I combined both the I-751 fee and biometric fee in a single $680 check
3.  Not required.

Nice to see you too
 
I included the below:
Copy of green card Copy of our marriage certificate. Two sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen family & friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage. Copy of the tax statement / transcript for 2016 and 2017 A partial copy of our 2018 joint US tax return. Copy of our W2. Copy of our lease agreement. Copy of our driving license showing our current address. Summary of my life insurance policies (USA & India) showing my wife as beneficiary. Copy of car insurance policy. Copy of our bank statement showing a joint account. Copy of our health insurance cards showing a joint policy. Photos of our vacations / activities taken over two years I filed 5 days early. I haven't received any letter from them. I received the photo album back saying they are returning it back as it's a format they can't place in my file folder for review by an officer during the adjudication process.

Nice to see you back here also.  Two years goes by quickly.  From what I see you should be in good shape.   I did include two notarized affidavits, one from a relative and one from a friend.  Good luck in the new wait.

Do you have renter's insurance, car insurance, life insurance, dental insurance? Do you own your car together? Do you have a shared credit card? Anything with both of your names on it, include it.
I did not include payslips in my petition.

Well, glad to see you active! You had become Mr.India for some time!!
 
Proves you had an easy POE, awaiting your review.. Enjoy your time!

Chamma,
NVC processing August 2017 Scan dates...
Can you please suggest good Hotel near Mumbai US Consulate.
Appreciate your time

Approved on 8/16, issued on 8/17 :)))
scheduled delivery is tomorrow. We paid for ship to home so my husband was so excited, he took the day off to wait for the delivery man lol we're planning for November move so he can tie off everything on his end.
 

Hello everyone vj family,
just book ticket for the 10th of September,
POE seattle(seatac)
wishing everyone Goodluck on each step journey.

Yes I did.  We are on the 18th of October and they close the 19th and 20th (Thursday/friday) so they won't open again until the 23rd.  Was planning to return on the 1st of November.  So that gives us only 8 days.  I may delay until the 3rd or 4th😊 just to give a little extra time

Hey All,
 
I haven't really seen any description of the medical examination here in Chennai, so I thought I'd describe what it was like for my wife (the applicant) and me.
 
Our interview date (Sep. 1, 2017) got fixed on August 1, 2017. We immediately called the Apollo clinic and made an appointment for August 14 and August 16. Note you are required to be there for at least two days; one day for the examination and one day to pick up the results. Because August 15 was a holiday (Independence day), we had to stay for 3 days. In general, it seemed like they had a lot of open/free dates and getting an appointment wasn't really an issue.
We were told to show up at 8 am. The Apollo hospital has an entire floor dedicated to visa medical examinations (US, UK, Canada, and Australia); we filed out some forms and were immediately ushered into a room where my wife gave a blood sample, followed by a urine sample, followed by x-rays. At this point, the receptionist informed us that the panel physician would not be in until 11:30 AM!! Why they asked us to show up at 8 am wasn't very clear. I'd recommend if you're making an appointment to ask when the doctor is going to be in and schedule your appointment roughly 1.5 hours prior to this time. Anyways, we went and got some breakfast. We came back at 10:45 AM and paid the medical examination fees (12,500 INR) and then spent another two hours waiting for the doctor. The doctor's examination was really brief and most of it was spent filling out paperwork required by the US consulate. The doctor did a very brief physical examination and then reviewed my wife's vaccination history.  
Quick side-note about vaccines --
The list of "required" vaccines is provided on the following website (link here). My wife had zero records of past vaccinations. When we saw the list on the NVC website, she was a bit worried about getting SOO many vaccines all at once. So starting ~2-3 months prior we got some blood tests done to prove immunity to a bunch of disease and started getting the remainder of the vaccines slowly. However, we were kind of surprised to learn during the medical examination that the follow vaccines for someone her age were not required (31 year old female) - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Meningicoccal, Pneumonococcal. So my advice to people who have little or no vaccination records, and don't mind getting 4-6 injections all at once : wait until the official medical examination. The number of required vaccines may be far less than you think!
 
The doctors finally recommended one additional vaccine, which a nurse gave. At the end the nurse at the desk told us that we'd receive a phone call by noon two days later if there was anything wrong. If there was no phone call, she said we could come by 4 PM to pick up our results. We came back two days later and picked up our sealed envelope as well as a certified copy of her vaccination history (we asked for a separate copy of this as I think it's useful to have when my wife searches for jobs or if she chooses to go back to school in the US). 
 
In summary, the medical exam is actually really short. The problem is there's like constant waiting between every step - 1.5 hour wait for the doctor, 30 minute line to pay the fees, 30 minute wait for the nurse to go get the vaccine, 30 minutes to wait for an x-ray, etc. Bring a book!

You can get it done the day before the interview. I did the same. Hop on to www.ustraveldocs.com and create an id schedule one.

Got my ssn today!!

my social arrived in the mail today finally. I was getting frustrated caz social security office said it'll arrive within 10 days.  their Helpline told me it can take over 30 days caz it's a first time card.
 
 it took 17 days thankfully. poe Aug 1. applied for social on Aug 4.

I called today morning, rep said they will start giving oct dates by this weekend.