bookwormbelle

Interview done as of this afternoon, and our online case status has already changed to "card is being produced". 
  Here is how things went:   We arrived at 2:00 (our appointment was at 2:30), and went to the security line. They wanted to see both of our driver's licenses and the appointment letter. They then had us walk through the xray machine and they scanned the binder and file holder we had brought with us (we opted to leave our cell phones in our car). After we finished (it took 5 minutes or less), they directed us to go sit in the waiting area.    We had been sitting there all of 2 minutes when we were called back. I believe that we were being interviewed by one of the supervisors, because it said he was a supervisor on the plate outside of his office door.    Once we sat down, he asked to see our driver's licenses again and my husband's passport, which we showed him.    He then asked where we met, and we asked him to clarify if it was where we initially made contact or when we met in person. He asked where we initially made contact, and we told him we met on a dating website, _________.com. He asked us if we knew "around" when that was, and my husband was able to give him the specific date. He asked why my husband knew the date so well and we explained that it was very much a big deal to us.     The next thing he asked is where my husband was working now. He saw the last place listed as the company my husband was working for in Australia, and asked if he was still working there. We answered that he wasn't, and we told him he was now working for a local crane company. I pulled out the employment letter we had from my husband's company and gave it to him, and he added it to the file and copied the address down. He said that he was making the correction on the form since it wasn't correct.    We asked about this time if we needed to tell him that our lawyer wasn't coming (we had already asked the front security folks if we needed to tell them and they said for us to tell the officer working with us). He started laughing and said he forgot to ask us, and then he had us fill out a waiver saying that we would be proceeding in the interview without a lawyer. It was comical, really.    He then asked if we had any pets, to which we answered that we just have chickens. He wanted to know if we were going to eat them, to which we responded that we would not be, at least anytime soon, because they give us eggs!   He asked what I do, and I told him I was a veterinary receptionist.    Next he ran down the list of questions about the human trafficking, criminal acts, sabotage, etc. that is actually on the form. He combined a few of them because he said they were redundant and take too long to ask, so that part didn't take too long.    After that, he asked what other proof we had- I gave him a copy of our car title in both of our names, our car insurance being in both of our names, a copy of our joint bank account information (he actually asked for bank statements too which I didn't have- I completely forgot to print and include those in our stuff- he didn't seem upset about it, but I'll know to have those printed for next time.)   At this time, I also gave him my husband's updated medical, which he said he didn't need because technically, the one on file hadn't expired yet (which it has- I'm not sure why the difference in information?) He went ahead and opened it and added it to the file anyway since we had brought it.    We showed him photos of some of our recent trips. He asked us why we were wearing the matching superman shirts, and we explained about that and he started laughing. He also congratulated us on the baby. He said he could tell that it must have been true love for my husband to move over here with all of the mess we had been through with immigration and that we seemed really happy together.    After that, he said that he was approving our application and that we could expect to receive the green card in the next two weeks.    He also took some time to explain what we could expect to do when it was time to remove the conditions in two years.    The entire interview took about 45 minutes, and was much easier than I expected. The officer/interviewer was very laid back and would crack jokes every now and then, as well as seemed to take a genuine interest in our life together.    Glad to be done for the next two years!! Good luck to all of you with interviews coming up soon!

Interview done as of this afternoon, and our online case status has already changed to "card is being produced". 
  Here is how things went:   We arrived at 2:00 (our appointment was at 2:30), and went to the security line. They wanted to see both of our driver's licenses and the appointment letter. They then had us walk through the xray machine and they scanned the binder and file holder we had brought with us (we opted to leave our cell phones in our car). After we finished (it took 5 minutes or less), they directed us to go sit in the waiting area.    We had been sitting there all of 2 minutes when we were called back. I believe that we were being interviewed by one of the supervisors, because it said he was a supervisor on the plate outside of his office door.    Once we sat down, he asked to see our driver's licenses again and my husband's passport, which we showed him.    He then asked where we met, and we asked him to clarify if it was where we initially made contact or when we met in person. He asked where we initially made contact, and we told him we met on a dating website, _________.com. He asked us if we knew "around" when that was, and my husband was able to give him the specific date. He asked why my husband knew the date so well and we explained that it was very much a big deal to us.     The next thing he asked is where my husband was working now. He saw the last place listed as the company my husband was working for in Australia, and asked if he was still working there. We answered that he wasn't, and we told him he was now working for a local crane company. I pulled out the employment letter we had from my husband's company and gave it to him, and he added it to the file and copied the address down. He said that he was making the correction on the form since it wasn't correct.    We asked about this time if we needed to tell him that our lawyer wasn't coming (we had already asked the front security folks if we needed to tell them and they said for us to tell the officer working with us). He started laughing and said he forgot to ask us, and then he had us fill out a waiver saying that we would be proceeding in the interview without a lawyer. It was comical, really.    He then asked if we had any pets, to which we answered that we just have chickens. He wanted to know if we were going to eat them, to which we responded that we would not be, at least anytime soon, because they give us eggs!   He asked what I do, and I told him I was a veterinary receptionist.    Next he ran down the list of questions about the human trafficking, criminal acts, sabotage, etc. that is actually on the form. He combined a few of them because he said they were redundant and take too long to ask, so that part didn't take too long.    After that, he asked what other proof we had- I gave him a copy of our car title in both of our names, our car insurance being in both of our names, a copy of our joint bank account information (he actually asked for bank statements too which I didn't have- I completely forgot to print and include those in our stuff- he didn't seem upset about it, but I'll know to have those printed for next time.)   At this time, I also gave him my husband's updated medical, which he said he didn't need because technically, the one on file hadn't expired yet (which it has- I'm not sure why the difference in information?) He went ahead and opened it and added it to the file anyway since we had brought it.    We showed him photos of some of our recent trips. He asked us why we were wearing the matching superman shirts, and we explained about that and he started laughing. He also congratulated us on the baby. He said he could tell that it must have been true love for my husband to move over here with all of the mess we had been through with immigration and that we seemed really happy together.    After that, he said that he was approving our application and that we could expect to receive the green card in the next two weeks.    He also took some time to explain what we could expect to do when it was time to remove the conditions in two years.    The entire interview took about 45 minutes, and was much easier than I expected. The officer/interviewer was very laid back and would crack jokes every now and then, as well as seemed to take a genuine interest in our life together.    Glad to be done for the next two years!! Good luck to all of you with interviews coming up soon!

Montgomery, AL.

Interview done as of this afternoon, and our online case status has already changed to "card is being produced". 
  Here is how things went:   We arrived at 2:00 (our appointment was at 2:30), and went to the security line. They wanted to see both of our driver's licenses and the appointment letter. They then had us walk through the xray machine and they scanned the binder and file holder we had brought with us (we opted to leave our cell phones in our car). After we finished (it took 5 minutes or less), they directed us to go sit in the waiting area.    We had been sitting there all of 2 minutes when we were called back. I believe that we were being interviewed by one of the supervisors, because it said he was a supervisor on the plate outside of his office door.    Once we sat down, he asked to see our driver's licenses again and my husband's passport, which we showed him.    He then asked where we met, and we asked him to clarify if it was where we initially made contact or when we met in person. He asked where we initially made contact, and we told him we met on a dating website, _________.com. He asked us if we knew "around" when that was, and my husband was able to give him the specific date. He asked why my husband knew the date so well and we explained that it was very much a big deal to us.     The next thing he asked is where my husband was working now. He saw the last place listed as the company my husband was working for in Australia, and asked if he was still working there. We answered that he wasn't, and we told him he was now working for a local crane company. I pulled out the employment letter we had from my husband's company and gave it to him, and he added it to the file and copied the address down. He said that he was making the correction on the form since it wasn't correct.    We asked about this time if we needed to tell him that our lawyer wasn't coming (we had already asked the front security folks if we needed to tell them and they said for us to tell the officer working with us). He started laughing and said he forgot to ask us, and then he had us fill out a waiver saying that we would be proceeding in the interview without a lawyer. It was comical, really.    He then asked if we had any pets, to which we answered that we just have chickens. He wanted to know if we were going to eat them, to which we responded that we would not be, at least anytime soon, because they give us eggs!   He asked what I do, and I told him I was a veterinary receptionist.    Next he ran down the list of questions about the human trafficking, criminal acts, sabotage, etc. that is actually on the form. He combined a few of them because he said they were redundant and take too long to ask, so that part didn't take too long.    After that, he asked what other proof we had- I gave him a copy of our car title in both of our names, our car insurance being in both of our names, a copy of our joint bank account information (he actually asked for bank statements too which I didn't have- I completely forgot to print and include those in our stuff- he didn't seem upset about it, but I'll know to have those printed for next time.)   At this time, I also gave him my husband's updated medical, which he said he didn't need because technically, the one on file hadn't expired yet (which it has- I'm not sure why the difference in information?) He went ahead and opened it and added it to the file anyway since we had brought it.    We showed him photos of some of our recent trips. He asked us why we were wearing the matching superman shirts, and we explained about that and he started laughing. He also congratulated us on the baby. He said he could tell that it must have been true love for my husband to move over here with all of the mess we had been through with immigration and that we seemed really happy together.    After that, he said that he was approving our application and that we could expect to receive the green card in the next two weeks.    He also took some time to explain what we could expect to do when it was time to remove the conditions in two years.    The entire interview took about 45 minutes, and was much easier than I expected. The officer/interviewer was very laid back and would crack jokes every now and then, as well as seemed to take a genuine interest in our life together.    Glad to be done for the next two years!! Good luck to all of you with interviews coming up soon!

We finally got my husband's interview letter last week. Busy getting everything together now for the interview, which is to be on October 11th, 2018. :)
 
 

We finally got my husband's interview letter last week. Busy getting everything together now for the interview, which is to be on October 11th, 2018. :)
 
 

We also had to redo my husband's medical because it expired before his interview date as well. Yay for another $400 bucks... 😛

Got the paper approval letters for both the I-765/EAD and the I-131/AP forms today. I checked the USPS informed delivery and it shows that his card is on it's way from Lee's Summit. October 27th, 2017 filer with a February 23rd, 2018 approval date. 

Got the paper approval letters for both the I-765/EAD and the I-131/AP forms today. I checked the USPS informed delivery and it shows that his card is on it's way from Lee's Summit. October 27th, 2017 filer with a February 23rd, 2018 approval date. 

Finally got notification that my husband's EAD was approved this morning! 120 days from USCIS receipt until approval date for us. I'm going to assume that his EAD card will be the EAD/AP combo card as we filed them both concurrently with the AOS stuff. We were an October 27th filer. 

Any other Oct 27th filers still waiting? At 92 days and counting now... put in a service request online two days ago and the email said to expect a response in two weeks, but the lady I talked to at USCIS today said to wait a month? This is getting really frustrating.
 
 

@shakeyy Thank you! I'm really hoping that we'll hear something any day now. We're getting tired of living on savings, lol!!

Received the electronic NOA1 for the AOS/EAD/AP early this morning. YAY!! Now the waiting starts again for the biometrics letter and NOA2s.

Received the electronic NOA1 for the AOS/EAD/AP early this morning. YAY!! Now the waiting starts again for the biometrics letter and NOA2s.

Thank you so much!!

My fiancé had his interview yesterday at the consulate in Sydney, Australia. He had a really easy time while there- this is what he said happened:
 
It's kind of interesting how it all went. There were two booths where the interviews were being conducted in full sight and hearing of everyone in the waiting room then there were four administrative booths. They'd take your paperwork and make sure it was complete then get you to sit back down and wait to be called for an interview while they organized the paperwork and handed it to the interviewer to examine then call you up. So I waited in there about an hour and a quarter then they called me up and took my paperwork and told me to sit back down for another fifteen minutes. Then I got called up to an interview booth up in the back corner out of sight or hearing of anyone else. And the guy literally asked 'who is the petitioner' I said 'my fiancée Courtney -------------------------' he said 'when did you meet her' I said 'I met her online in April 2016' he said 'when did you meet her in person' I said 'in June of 2016' he said 'when did you last see her' I said 'back in September 2016' he said 'so you haven't seen her since you were denied entry in October 2016' I said 'no sir' then he looked down at the papers and handed them to me and said 'your visa has been approved, have a nice day'....and that's all it was!!! It was probably half as short as all the others I watched (there were ten people ahead of me and seven of them were also K1 visas) no 'describe to me how y'all met' 'where do you plan to live' 'how do you plan to support yourself' 'tell me about your engagement' etc.
 
We are so glad to have that done!! Hoping all of y'all's goes through soon as well! What a journey it's been!

My fiancé had his interview yesterday at the consulate in Sydney, Australia. He had a really easy time while there- this is what he said happened:
 
It's kind of interesting how it all went. There were two booths where the interviews were being conducted in full sight and hearing of everyone in the waiting room then there were four administrative booths. They'd take your paperwork and make sure it was complete then get you to sit back down and wait to be called for an interview while they organized the paperwork and handed it to the interviewer to examine then call you up. So I waited in there about an hour and a quarter then they called me up and took my paperwork and told me to sit back down for another fifteen minutes. Then I got called up to an interview booth up in the back corner out of sight or hearing of anyone else. And the guy literally asked 'who is the petitioner' I said 'my fiancée Courtney -------------------------' he said 'when did you meet her' I said 'I met her online in April 2016' he said 'when did you meet her in person' I said 'in June of 2016' he said 'when did you last see her' I said 'back in September 2016' he said 'so you haven't seen her since you were denied entry in October 2016' I said 'no sir' then he looked down at the papers and handed them to me and said 'your visa has been approved, have a nice day'....and that's all it was!!! It was probably half as short as all the others I watched (there were ten people ahead of me and seven of them were also K1 visas) no 'describe to me how y'all met' 'where do you plan to live' 'how do you plan to support yourself' 'tell me about your engagement' etc.
 
We are so glad to have that done!! Hoping all of y'all's goes through soon as well! What a journey it's been!

My fiance had his medical exam done yesterday, and the interview is in 1 week!! So thankful to be nearing the end of this part of the process.
 
I would love to chat with anyone who has gotten a K-1 approval after an ESTA denial....that is the only thing we are concerned about. 
 
Blessings to all of you!!

Heard back from the embassy and they told us to fill out DS-160 and schedule the medical and interview at that point. I'm so glad to have some answers!! Our lawyer is looking over our DS-160 today to make sure it's all in order and then on to the next step. Thank you for the help!!

Come on DEC 27th 

That's what I thought....  OK, Thanks!!!
 
Because in the the scan spreadsheets our WAC number shows Dec 27th    
But others on here say relax Roger n Grace, your really Jan 6th in the USCIS Notice date...
 
Thanks 
 
My Easter prayer,,,,,for us all. 
 
Dear God, To get approved before Easter would be a great re birth for Grace and I!
I pray for the other active people on VJ that also are worried, feeling left out, or ignored that need this to make their lives whole again!  
I'm sending this with Philippians 4:6-7 in mind!  
Amen

December 22nd filer and just got approved! Hang in there, y'all- I was beginning to wonder if our case had been lost!  Best wishes to everyone still waiting!!

December 22nd filer and just got approved! Hang in there, y'all- I was beginning to wonder if our case had been lost!  Best wishes to everyone still waiting!!

December 22nd filer and just got approved! Hang in there, y'all- I was beginning to wonder if our case had been lost!  Best wishes to everyone still waiting!!

December 22nd filer and just got approved! Hang in there, y'all- I was beginning to wonder if our case had been lost!  Best wishes to everyone still waiting!!