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Haha you and I are on the same wavelength! I did the same, with the introduction letter and everything! Only was disappointed that though I uploaded all my evidence numerically in the order I had put in my cover letter, in the finished application they are uploaded all jumbled...but at least they are numbered so should make it easy. Shrug.

1) I submitted a cover letter with mine. I have done this with the K-1, AOS application, and I-751 removal of conditions. A detailed cover letter outlining every piece of evidence I had uploaded, so that there would be no question as to what I uploaded. There is no requirement to do this, which is why you won't find consensus. But if they say "you didn't submit X", I can say, "You can see it's Exhibit 7b labeled page 46 and here is the PDF in my file reflecting that."
 
2.) I didn't fill out the "additional evidence" or "evidence of name change" section bc they didn't apply. When yo uclick "next" it will give you the warning that failing to upload evidence may delay your case, but I think it's just a system blanket warning that if any section is left "blank" they warn you that that might not be a good idea. I was certain these didn't apply to me so I clicked next again and it lets you go onto the next page.

Just an update to overall topic. Flew with my wife back into the US (JFK) from Grand Cayman on "expired" conditional GC with extension letter, our first time flying on the extension letter. The gate attendant in Grand Cayman looked at the letter, no questions asked, and gave us boarding passes. We were not able to go through the automated passport/GC scanning machines on entry into US and did have to wait in the manual-processing line, but the officer who processed us was definitely knowledgable, asked almost no questions, took fingerprints from all fingers on both hands, took a photo, and got us through immigration in under 5 minutes. Easy peasey!

Today my wife was checking the USICS app for cases status update on the approx 500 cases surrounding our case number, and had the pleasant surprise of discovering her case had been approved! We are delighted and will be stalking the mail box until her new green card arrives. Our timeline is below. Good luck to everyone else still waiting!
 
For anyone curious, we were EAC (Vermont) and case number EAC1990118***
07/06/19 - Mailed I-751 
07/08/19 - Application received by USCIS
07/10/19 - Credit card charged, NOA-1 dated
07/11/19 - Text receipt received, EAC (Vermont)
7/13/19 - Received NOA/extension letter in mail
08/03/19 - Biometrics letter received
08/14/19 - Biometrics appointment completed
08/26/19 - Case status updated to “Fingerprint Review Completed”
05/20/20 - Case status updated to "New Card is in Production"

Just an update to overall topic. Flew with my wife back into the US (JFK) from Grand Cayman on "expired" conditional GC with extension letter, our first time flying on the extension letter. The gate attendant in Grand Cayman looked at the letter, no questions asked, and gave us boarding passes. We were not able to go through the automated passport/GC scanning machines on entry into US and did have to wait in the manual-processing line, but the officer who processed us was definitely knowledgable, asked almost no questions, took fingerprints from all fingers on both hands, took a photo, and got us through immigration in under 5 minutes. Easy peasey!

At this point I wish there were separate threads for different service centers! They all process at different speeds and different ways of doing things. All the Vermont filers like us got biometrics appointment within 6-8 weeks of submission and are now on 175+ days since hearing anything. Other centers are getting biometrics 3 months ago; others now. For any other Vermont filers on here, from what I can see Jan-Feb filers are getting their cards now 🤷🏼‍♂️

Just an update to overall topic. Flew with my wife back into the US (JFK) from Grand Cayman on "expired" conditional GC with extension letter, our first time flying on the extension letter. The gate attendant in Grand Cayman looked at the letter, no questions asked, and gave us boarding passes. We were not able to go through the automated passport/GC scanning machines on entry into US and did have to wait in the manual-processing line, but the officer who processed us was definitely knowledgable, asked almost no questions, took fingerprints from all fingers on both hands, took a photo, and got us through immigration in under 5 minutes. Easy peasey!

My wife and are I are the same: We did K-1 --> AOS --> pending ROC and plan to do Citizenship without an attorney, with the caveat that when I was very new to this and applying for the K-1, I put together the entire application and paid an attorney for 30 minutes of his time to look over my application and make edits and suggestions. At the time when I was new to this, that was worth the $140 or so that I paid for that. Having gotten confidence with that, we felt very good about not hiring an attorney for AOS and it went off without a hitch. Good luck to you!

If you look at May 2019 and April 2019 filers threads, these updates are showing a lot of people with LIN (Nebraska) case numbers just now getting biometrics. And since April/May was 5-6 months ago, my best guess it that IF you need biometrics, which many LIN filers do not end up needing, you'll get a notification sometime around March-April of 2020.

Additionally, many people find that the old USCIS website (the one pictured in your original post) and USCIS case tracker app do not work to track their case until after biometrics are completed and sometimes not even then. My wife has completed her biometrics now 3 days ago and still she cannot use that website to track her case. However, when she logs into the new website, she is able to track case status. So it may be simply that.
 
 Old site: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do
New site: https://my.uscis.gov/

All of us have sent the applications to AZ or TX. All of the applications get forwarded to a service center, which is reflected on your extension letter. Mine, for example, is at “EAC” which is the Vermont service center. Others are MSC (national benefits center), LIN (Nebraska), etc.

And already today received text receipt for case number, EAC (Vermont Service Center). Hopefully everyone else moves quickly!

Got our biometric notice in the mail today! I think we are the second people on July filers with a biometrics date, so hopefully more people start to see movement on their cases pretty soon. This makes our timeline:
 
7/6/19 - Mailed packet, 7/8/19 received by USICS
7/10/19 - NOA-1 dated, credit card charged
7/11/19 - Text receipt received, EAC (Vermont)
7/13/19 - Received NOA/extension letter in mail
08/03/19 - Biometrics letter received, dated 07/26/19
08/14/19 - Biometrics appt

Got our biometric notice in the mail today! I think we are the second people on July filers with a biometrics date, so hopefully more people start to see movement on their cases pretty soon. This makes our timeline:
 
7/6/19 - Mailed packet, 7/8/19 received by USICS
7/10/19 - NOA-1 dated, credit card charged
7/11/19 - Text receipt received, EAC (Vermont)
7/13/19 - Received NOA/extension letter in mail
08/03/19 - Biometrics letter received, dated 07/26/19
08/14/19 - Biometrics appt

Most people in the June filing group got their extension letter in the mail within 11 calendar days of delivery of package

Just a note -- I have been going through other months' threads to see how this process pans out, and wishing I had done that BEFORE sending mine in. From what I can see, most folks do NOT receive RFE, but those who do, some are for not showing proof of long-term financial comingling despite having joint leases, mortgages, cars, etc. Those are folks who only submitted 1-2 months worth of bank account statements or credit card statements showing joint finances. (We sent the most recent 3 months of credit card and joint checking...now I'm wishing we had sent all 24 months worth, trees & forests be damned.)
 
So just word to the wise, if you haven't sent in yet --- when in doubt, just send in copies of statements for every single month from time of opening joint bank account (and/or joint credit card) to now.

Just a note -- I have been going through other months' threads to see how this process pans out, and wishing I had done that BEFORE sending mine in. From what I can see, most folks do NOT receive RFE, but those who do, some are for not showing proof of long-term financial comingling despite having joint leases, mortgages, cars, etc. Those are folks who only submitted 1-2 months worth of bank account statements or credit card statements showing joint finances. (We sent the most recent 3 months of credit card and joint checking...now I'm wishing we had sent all 24 months worth, trees & forests be damned.)
 
So just word to the wise, if you haven't sent in yet --- when in doubt, just send in copies of statements for every single month from time of opening joint bank account (and/or joint credit card) to now.

Thank you! She was approved for GC this afternoon!
 
We waited only about 20 minutes past our scheduled time to be called. The officer interviewing us interviewed me (the American citizen) after kicking my wife out of the room! He asked me questions for about 15 minutes - all relationship questions from the K-1 application packet. My name, birthdate, her name and age, how we met, how we came to be dating and engaged, whether I knew her family, how I had met them, where our wedding was and what date, and what I did for work. Then he called her back into the room with us and asked her a pared down version of the same questions - only five minutes.
 
We brought a whole binder full of proof of joint finances etc but he only asked for a photocopy of our joint auto and renter's insurance and an envelope addressed to us from a card we got congratulating us on marriage. Then he said we were approved and would receive GC in the post in two weeks!

This is perhaps old news to some. But my wife was approved 9/25 for GC, which we are still awaiting. Just wanted to post here that we stumbled across many forums on what to do following receipt of GC, to make sure we missed nothing. We did not realize that you have to change your Social Security Card to an unrestricted type following AOS. My wife has had a SSN since she was here on a J-1 ten years ago, to work at a summer camp. However, it says she may not work prior to DHS Authorization on the card. Anyone with a SSN saying this or that they cannot work (anyone who applied for SSN after marriage with K-1) must have their SS "account" essentially changed to an unrestricted type so they can get a job.
 
This is easy enough: once you have the card, make an appt with nearest SSA office to have it changed. They change status on the spot and mail you an unrestricted card in 7-10 days. Cheers!!

This is perhaps old news to some. But my wife was approved 9/25 for GC, which we are still awaiting. Just wanted to post here that we stumbled across many forums on what to do following receipt of GC, to make sure we missed nothing. We did not realize that you have to change your Social Security Card to an unrestricted type following AOS. My wife has had a SSN since she was here on a J-1 ten years ago, to work at a summer camp. However, it says she may not work prior to DHS Authorization on the card. Anyone with a SSN saying this or that they cannot work (anyone who applied for SSN after marriage with K-1) must have their SS "account" essentially changed to an unrestricted type so they can get a job.
 
This is easy enough: once you have the card, make an appt with nearest SSA office to have it changed. They change status on the spot and mail you an unrestricted card in 7-10 days. Cheers!!

This is perhaps old news to some. But my wife was approved 9/25 for GC, which we are still awaiting. Just wanted to post here that we stumbled across many forums on what to do following receipt of GC, to make sure we missed nothing. We did not realize that you have to change your Social Security Card to an unrestricted type following AOS. My wife has had a SSN since she was here on a J-1 ten years ago, to work at a summer camp. However, it says she may not work prior to DHS Authorization on the card. Anyone with a SSN saying this or that they cannot work (anyone who applied for SSN after marriage with K-1) must have their SS "account" essentially changed to an unrestricted type so they can get a job.
 
This is easy enough: once you have the card, make an appt with nearest SSA office to have it changed. They change status on the spot and mail you an unrestricted card in 7-10 days. Cheers!!

I will seocnd these and many others. My wife and I had been married exactly 4 months at the time of our interview for AOS last week. We brought copies of our joint gym membership, proof that I added her as a driver on my car insurance (legal to drive on international driver license for 1 year after entry to US), proof that her phone bill was paid out of our joint account (as we don't share a phone plan for cost reasons), a couple letters addressed to us as a couple, copies of plane boarding passes from a wedding we flew to together in August, and a copy of my very small retirement plan from a past job showing I had added her as a beneficiary. We also brought a million photos. The officer brushed aside everything and for our file only took photocopies of the envelopes of letter addressed to us and a copy of the auto insurance showing we were both covered on the policy - nothing else. If your story fits and you are a true couple from a low fraud country, seems they are forgiving and understanding of the short time.

Thank you! She was approved for GC this afternoon!
 
We waited only about 20 minutes past our scheduled time to be called. The officer interviewing us interviewed me (the American citizen) after kicking my wife out of the room! He asked me questions for about 15 minutes - all relationship questions from the K-1 application packet. My name, birthdate, her name and age, how we met, how we came to be dating and engaged, whether I knew her family, how I had met them, where our wedding was and what date, and what I did for work. Then he called her back into the room with us and asked her a pared down version of the same questions - only five minutes.
 
We brought a whole binder full of proof of joint finances etc but he only asked for a photocopy of our joint auto and renter's insurance and an envelope addressed to us from a card we got congratulating us on marriage. Then he said we were approved and would receive GC in the post in two weeks!

Thank you! She was approved for GC this afternoon!
 
We waited only about 20 minutes past our scheduled time to be called. The officer interviewing us interviewed me (the American citizen) after kicking my wife out of the room! He asked me questions for about 15 minutes - all relationship questions from the K-1 application packet. My name, birthdate, her name and age, how we met, how we came to be dating and engaged, whether I knew her family, how I had met them, where our wedding was and what date, and what I did for work. Then he called her back into the room with us and asked her a pared down version of the same questions - only five minutes.
 
We brought a whole binder full of proof of joint finances etc but he only asked for a photocopy of our joint auto and renter's insurance and an envelope addressed to us from a card we got congratulating us on marriage. Then he said we were approved and would receive GC in the post in two weeks!

As myself and others on this forum have stated multiple times, those of us who live in places where the local field office are processing AOS applications quickly have received interview dates without an expedite. My wife's timeline for AOS/EAD/AP was an application mailed 6/30, NOA-1 7/5, Biometrics 8/3, Interview 9/25 (tomorrow). We did NOT raise an SR or request an expedite. Maine (as well as Yakima, WA and several other places around the country) is just processing AOS applications on a 50-day timeline from biometrics to interview date. Some people like us will have an interview in 3 months from application date; some will wait nearly a year for an interview (like those in Houston, where apps were taking 300+ days BEFORE Irma and Houston is now postponing interviews; or Minneapolis, where it is an average of 350+ days between biometrics and interview).