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Filed application today. ☺️ 
 

I have created a spreadsheet for Dec 2020 fillers; you can access it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1krjUsYJAXqbDIuNL0y9UY2uOcBt5dr1Ji1jdbO63Dj0/edit?usp=sharing
 
Let me know if you've problems accessing it. Thank you, @Timona for the suggestion!
 
Good luck everyone! ☺️

Thank you so much for doing this!  I have added my update.  Hopefully all the December filers will post in this thread and update the spreadsheet so we can get a good idea of the progress for December filers. 

I have created a spreadsheet for Dec 2020 fillers; you can access it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1krjUsYJAXqbDIuNL0y9UY2uOcBt5dr1Ji1jdbO63Dj0/edit?usp=sharing
 
Let me know if you've problems accessing it. Thank you, @Timona for the suggestion!
 
Good luck everyone! ☺️

I would suggest allowing everyone to automatically edit the file rather than having to ask your permission first in order to do so. This allows for faster data input. I believe you understand what I mean.
 

 

Just filed my application today.  I have already met the 5-year residency requirement ... just procrastinated on submitting the N-400.  Let the madness begin! 

There's a spreadsheet in the July 2020 N400 filers and I believe some other months too. I'd suggest visit the link, open, DOWNLOAD the spreadsheet on your computer, edit accordingly and upload on Google docs and share link for you December filers. 
 
I'll also suggest creating another email address just to host the spreadsheet...just security reasons as whoever hosts it will have to let it be editable by the public.

Woo! My wife will be applying under the 3 year rule the day after Christmas!

Yay, good for you!  I will join that club at the end of the month; it’s still almost four weeks until I become eligible. 
 
Good luck to you.

Hey everyone!
I just thought to drop an update that we had our interview today and got approved shortly after the interview. Although the officer told us that we'd hear from them in the next few weeks, I received the status update sms in about 30 minutes after the interview. I'd post a detailed account of the interview soon. For those of you still waiting, hang in there!
Cheers!

Hey everyone!
I just thought to drop an update that we had our interview today and got approved shortly after the interview. Although the officer told us that we'd hear from them in the next few weeks, I received the status update sms in about 30 minutes after the interview. I'd post a detailed account of the interview soon. For those of you still waiting, hang in there!
Cheers!

Hey all, 
 
It has been a while since I wrote something. Just wanted to update everyone. 
I had my AOS interview yesterday in Newark and it went well. We were approved and I have already received a notification that my card is being produced!! 

Congrats! No more waiting games for two years! Thanks for sharing positive news from San Francisco Field office. It definitely cheers rest of us up! 

Congrats. We had our interview yesterday and were only told she needed to review the file and we would receive something in the mail. Hopefully, it wont be too long to receive approval.

Hey everyone!
I just thought to drop an update that we had our interview today and got approved shortly after the interview. Although the officer told us that we'd hear from them in the next few weeks, I received the status update sms in about 30 minutes after the interview. I'd post a detailed account of the interview soon. For those of you still waiting, hang in there!
Cheers!

Hello everyone,
 
Congratulations to all April filers who have received updates regarding interview dates or the green card itself.  
I have not received any updates and didn't receive a response to my SR raised in Oct, so I raised another one today.
 
However I thought I should stop by and let those of you know, who are still waiting like me and need to use their AP.
I was able to re-enter US smoothly using my AP last week. The officer was friendly, didn't ask a single question from us and politely told us that my husband should wait in baggage claim and that I'd have to go to secondary since they cannot clear APs at their stations. I just had to wait a little and then was handed over my passport and combo card without any questions asked. 
 
In other news, my mother-in-law, who's also an April filer, received her green card today.  Her online case status is still at "fingerprint fee was received" for some reason.  

We had our infopass appointment today and it was really good news! The officer told me I worry too much (very true) and that Iranians are not taking longer than anyone else. He said our case is just waiting to be scheduled for an interview and there is a large backlog due to many applications recently. Our status has been on RFIE received since April and we have called and put a service request online, but neither time did they tell us any of this information.
 
We also asked about traveling internationally and what would happen if our interview is scheduled for a time we are gone. He said we can request a new interview if that happens. We have an international trip scheduled for January, I know others wouldn't risk it, but he has AP and the travel ban says people who already have re-entry visas are OK. We are willing to take the risk, I haven't heard of any Iranian spouse with advance parole being denied entry, but we will have attorney contact information in case there is an issue.

Our interview is scheduled for December 7...finally! Anyone have tips for the interview? I'll gladly accept links to relevant threads here on VJ, of course.

Green card in hand as of today 10/13/2017.
 
Good luck to any April filers still waiting, but I'm taking a break from this place for the next 2 years! See you guys then. 

Today I had my interview with my husband and we got approved on the spot!:)
We had our interview at 8:55am in San Bernardino Filed Office, but we got called by around 9:20am.
 
The officer is a very nice and professional man.
We first took the oath and the officer assigned us the seats.
Then he letted us to show our ID (my husband's passport + driver license, my passport + work permit + driving instruction permit).
I feel like other than identity verification, an another important thing the officer was looking for is our current address on them.
 
Then He took the picture again for me, I though it should be a very important picture so I just asked him if I can smile, he said yes. And I just gave the camera a big smile:).
Then he asked us how we met? is this our first marriage? do we have kids? How long time we were dating each other before marriage?
In the same time he checked carefully our paperwork and signed or did a mark on different pages.
 
Then He asked us if we have any evidences to add? And we just put everything we had on the table (Originals + Copies): Joint names Bank Statements, Joint names Health Insurance card + medical bills, Joint car insurances, our photos of marriage, travels, families (but he didn't take any of our photos because he said we already submitted some in our original application package).
 
And then some questions in i-485: have you ever committed any crimes in the US? deportations? communists? No No No.
 
Then he just went out of the office to make the copies of our IDs. 
When he came back, he took a hole on my work permit and gave me the approval letter and said congratulations and I was approved to be a permanent resident here!:)
I am happy and my husband was tearful at that time! lol after the interview he told me that the moment that he saw the the officer stamped approved on our paperwork, he was full of emotions. Finally we can book our flights for our next year travel in China!:)
 
In 4pm the same day of my interview, the online status changed to "new card is being produced":)
 
 
My personal suggestions:
1 Be well prepared, get all the evidences of your bona fide marriage to the interview. especially bank, health, cars, to show that you are really financially and physically attached to each other.
2 Tell the truth. It is very very important.
3 If you are a bona fide couples, try to be relaxed, I feel like a lot of officers have been working on this position for many years, if it is true, and your status is eligible,then you should not have a problem:)

Had our interview Sept. 27, 7 months exactly after we filed.  We were approved. Card should come in a week or so.  

Yay, we finally got our interview notice in the mail on Monday! Interview is scheduled for October 30. Interestingly, online case status still stuck on "Fingerprint fee received" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just got an email and like 6 text messages for the same AOS case number. New card is being produced. WOOho!  

Had our interview in Tampa. The officer was very polite.
The first part was him making sure I could give marriage benefits to my wife (who was to receive the green card)
He examined my passport and evidence of prior divorces.
He then asked some basic questions like date of birth, name of mother and father and moved to my wife's application.
He asked for her birth certificate and copy of her legal name change from a few years ago (which I had brought)
I gave him a stack of photos, 3 leases, our wills, my tax returns, our joint car insurance and joint medical insurance.
He went through the check list in my wife's application. He kept a few photos for the file but indicated on the spot it was approved...
 
He indicated they usually split up couples to interview only when they haven't been married a long time.
 
The whole process took about an hour... we have a piece of paper saying ''approved'' and the uscis account was updated as we were walking out the door that my wife's card is in production...
 
Very relieved.  Very happy. Six months total time.
 

Had our interview and it was great. Wife is the AOS applicant and I am USC.
 
The interview was very easy. Whole interview was 15 minutes at most. 
 
When we came into a room the officer said we can have a seat and offered to swear in while we were standing so we did.
Started with two three basic question based on two front pages of AOS application. Then he began asking usual questions for 20 or so questions about crime, terrorism, being affiliated with groups, and such. I noticed that first three question he asked word for word and put check mark next to them. After asking next question he put check mark on 4-5 questions, followed my another question or two while he put check marks next to other 10 questions.
 
Then he asked my wife when if she visited in 2015, followed by how we met and why her first visit with parents was with us. Then officer looked over papers and said everything looks good including affidavit of support and noticed that they got the medical form as well. Then asked if we have something to submit to which I replied with a question if he meant items to support our bona fide. He said yes and I offered bank statement with our names and copy of car title with our names as well. While he was filing those into his folder I also grabbed 4 photos that we had. After small chit chat about photos the officer looked through some papers again and said that everything looks good. He noted that our case is pretty simple and easy and we are approved. Green card will arrive in about 3 weeks. He clarified that wife can apply for citizenship three years (minus 90 days) after she receives the greencard. Before that we will have to remove conditions regardless if we have been together more than two years or not.
 
Officer was very polite and very easy to talk to. This was my second interview that I attended at USCIS and so far I am 100% satisfied with staff at Portland, OR office.
 
I also wanted to ask about medical form for everyone else still waiting but kind of forgot after he said that we are approved xD