mrs.felicia

Hi! Sorry for not posting about my interview, I've been very busy.
We had it last Friday in SF at 8am. We went there by 7.45, waited for like 10 mins and got called in. The guy was young and gay like us and the interview was very smooth. He asked us to raise our hand and oath, then asked me questions about address, if I was part of a terrorist group.... my wife's date of birth... Then he asked both of us how we met, we told him very detailed story of our relationship and then he took some photocopies of our new lease and looked at our photos. He said he had to look more at my application and 5 seconds later he whispered that he was going to approve us. He said the greencard would arrive in 30-90 days (lie, it arrived after 6 days) and while he walked us out he said, "see? it's not as bad as everybody thinks, right?".
So yeah, finally it's over for almost two years. Good luck in your process!!!

Just a short story about my interview...
 
Got there half an hour early, went through "customs", everyone was really friendly. Sat in the waiting room, and the officers I did see were all smiles. I got a really good feeling about them. We were called in maybe 20-25 min after our scheduled appointment time, and the guy seemed pretty laid back. He swore us in, and then started asking us general questions. Birth dates, where we were born, how did we meet (we met online, so he asked us which website, etc), what our address was, asked to see wedding pictures, had a laugh with my husband about "never wanting to move to Canada", asked me all those questions about being a communist, etc that are on the I-485 form.
 
Then, he asked to see my long form Canadian birth certificate. Eek, I didn't have it. In Canada there are two types of birth certificates, and I had the short form one only. He let me call my Mom to see if she had it (he would have accepted just a picture of it), but she didn't have it either. Then after a few other questions, he said he was going to approve the I-485 as soon as we mail in a copy of my birth certificate. I asked if this happens often, he said yeah it's no big deal. He said our I-130 is approved. Cool.
 
So, we went home and I ordered a copy of my birth certificate ASAP. Then I went to check myUSCIS, and it says the I-485 is approved? Weird. But as soon as I get that birth certificate copy I'm gonna mail it in anyway, we'll see what the letter in the mail says about the I-485.
 
So, a little mishap on my part, but all in all I am happy. I hope you all have good experiences too. Cheers!

Awesome regarding the timeline deviation.  Let us know if you built one.
Hope it helps... San Francisco office says they are processing June 14 as of February 28. I went there on April 27 for an Infopass and they showed a print out that they were processing September 12.  
 
Their printout out is basically a month ahead of the website. And it seems more accurate from what I've been seeing. 

Which is your local office please? 
I'm trying to check your case's timeline deviation from the processing time as stated on uscis.gov

The national benefits center in Kansas City area processes the AP and yes they do take on average 90-100 days to process those applications. However, once you file, you can request an expedite process if there's an emergency in your family and you need to go there. They'd ask for proof but it's worth a try 

Hi guys!!
 
I just wanted to update you all about our case. Yesterday my husband and I were trying to figure out wether or not book our flights to Europe for the end of May, hoping that we would not hear from Uscis until later or if worse comes to worse and we were called for an interview we would reschedule it... so taking that risk we bought the flights.
 
I couldn't avoid feeling worried and barely slept last night but to my surprise today at 7am i received an e-mail from uscis saying that my I-485 status changed to "Card/Document production"!! I couldn't believe! 
 
Thanks for all the support, this group is fantastic and wish the best to all the couples who are still waiting.  

Anyone else know about this yet? Looks like both the green card and EAD'S are getting an updated design starting May 1
 
https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-will-issue-redesigned-green-cards-and-employment-authorization-documents?utm_source=homepagebanner&utm_campaign=gcredesign
 

Yay! Congrats to you too! Mailman stalking starts this Friday. 

"Card mailed to me" update received today as well! 🎉

USCIS updated the center processing dates on their website
 
https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

Congratulations!!!! 🍾🎈🎉 
This is fantastic, @Megha13 ! And congratulations to @Jabbie too!!!! 
 
We will miss you guys here at the forum, but glad all went smoothly and it's done for both of you. 

Best of luck tomorrow @Jabbie and @Megha13 ! 
You guys are prepared and may God be with you! No worries at all. Can't wait to learn the good news from you tomorrow! 🙏🏼🌺

Update!!! 
 
Had my interview today it went well took us less than 10 mins only question she asked questions about who brought my son into the us and who he was living with when He was still in a Jamaica. She said she is going to order the greencard to expect it in 10 business days. My status hasn't been updated online yet. 
 
All the best for the rest of your journey. 

Oh my!!! Today I have received a fantastic text message! Yes, card is being produced!  I really need to work and get a CDL. I've already have a job lined up, but I was afraid they would drop me as I wasn't able to give them a timeframe of when I would get the EAD. I'm sooo relieved! 
A little history about my case, as it might help others: PD 12/27. I've raised a SR on 3/17, answered with the generic response: case under review on 3/31. Was able to speak with a tier 2 on 4/7. He said there was nothing that could be done, case under review with an adjudication officer, and that I should wait a few weeks (!) for an answer. I told him a had a job offer and needed to work for financial reasons. He didn't seem to care. But... website update and text message notice of card is being produced this afternoon. Yayyy 🎉

yaayyy! now you can renew and begin your work.

Have you asked to be transferred to a tier 2 ? They should be able to give you more info.Lately, it's been taking less time than usual for a call back.(about 1h30-50mn).

even the customer service person can read out what's in your SR if you ask them nicely. I said " ohhh i am soo confused why i am not able to see the response on my email" and i was like" can you please please help me check whether it was mail or email and if you can read it out for me". she agreed and told me that the response was " it's under normal processing time, please wait"

Thank you mrs,felicia . Sounds good enough.
 
PinoylnUS, I had a medical insurance through my job as far as I can remember so I don't think it has anything to do with the "only for work authorization" thing. 

Thanks mrs. felicia. We are thrilled!! 
I'd been checking for EAD/AP updates religiously and considering putting in a service request for it when the time came (today is only Day 85). But we saw the interview was scheduled today and aren't in the least bit concerned about the EAD/AP any more lol
 
We're in (Columbus) Ohio. Which, according to the USCIS website, lad is to expect a 5-6 months wait. So thankful to God it came sooner. I hope the same for others!

Today I was finally able to get the call back from Tier II officer. Basically he told me the same thing as yours, @Bahamaboy   
 
My case has been ready to schedule for an interview, but not updated on the site. (Boy, how I want to believe in this tier II officer's words!) 
 
In regards to my SR (not assigned) and EAD, she said they are back logged and the timeframe is 75 to 90 working days. She said I should hear back from them next week. Back to waiting game 

We should all move to Helena MT . Processing cases as of January 31 2017

I see . I hope so . I've sent it back in less than 3 business days ( after receiving the letter) so we shall see.No update yet .

how happy we'd be if we could somehow be waived for an interview!

Very unfortunately, I think you are correct! ? I've never heard of anyone in our situation being approved without an interview. But, hey, everything is possible is this world! ?
 
Regarding interview timeframe, I've heard of people from where I live who has gotten their interview in less than three months, and others in nine months. Who knows... each case is unique! There is even someone here at VJ who filed in December and had their interview already. I forgot which local office. 

Hope so ! 
 
Just called Uscis again . She did confirm my EAD won't get re-started so she said in about a week , I should get some kind of update about it .( my birthday is the 25th so that would be great lol). I went over the documents I sent and "apparently " it's all in order. ( taking this with a grain of salt ??).