jtona

Received notice green card sent on 03/07/24 and received physical green card 03/09/24.

Received text and notice on USCIS site that new card is being produced. No interview. Yehay!

Filed March 2022, CSC.

Received text today 2/21/24 that new card was being produced. No interview. Biometrics re-used July 2022. 

Received 48 month extension letter today..

Received our NOA today. Now the wait.

We sent my wife’s package on 3/03. Keeping fingers crossed.

Just sent our packet in on 3/03..keep our fingers crossed. USPS

4 minutes ago, Trinab80 said:

Case notification just updated and received text message and email!!!! GREEN CARD APPROVED!!!!!! 

 

WE.....ARE.....DONNNNNEEEEEE!!!

Congratulations 🎉🎈 

On 5/14/2019 at 11:51 PM, mqmendoza said:

Hi!

I know this post was last year but wondering how your vacation went. Did you have any problems with the immigration? I have the same case and planning to visit Phils. 

 

Hoping for your reply.

Thank you.

 

My wife has the same issue. Passport in Maiden name and GC in Married name. I booked tickets in her maiden name as it is on her passport . 

Let me know how your trip works out. We plan on changing her passport after we get back vacation

My wife’s green card came in the mail today. 8 days after her interview.  She was so excited and I was too. 

She was excited because we postponed our trip to the Philippines in April because we got the Status change that interview was scheduled.

Now we can re-book her trip to the Philippines to visit family. 

Woke up to this this AM. 5 days after the interview .

12 minutes ago, Kat1111 said:

Hi guys!

 

I just got back from a 3-week overseas trip, and I entered in JFK. When we were at the border control, I went to the US citizen line with my husband. I showed my combo card to the officer, and he told my husband to pick up the luggage and told me to follow him. So I went to another room with him, and only waited there for like 15 minutes, the only question the senior officer asked me is if I had any food with me... It was a really fast and painless experience.

 

My interview is in 2 weeks, and on the letter, it says the spouse has to bring a birth certificate, my husband lost his original birth certificate, he only has a copy, can we go to the interview with the copy and a notarized letter explaining how he lost the original birth certificate?

 

Thank you! 

 

 

We just finished our interview . When my wife got her letter it said the same thing. For me to bring my Birth Certificate, a new I-864, and other documents. Our officer did not ask for any of it. Only took our copies of our joint accounts.

And we were approved .

But I was glad we were prepared just in case. 

By 5:30pm , my wife’s status changed to APPLICATION APPROVED!!  Less than 8 hours after our interview..Yay!!!!!!!

We had my wife’s interview this AM in Hawaii. 

Her appt time was 9:45am. We arrived early and checked in. Went to waiting  room full of people. 

The officer called us around 10:05am and then said he would take my wife 1st and come back for me. I sat in waiting room probably for 15 minutes or so when my wife came out and I went back.

Took the oath and he asked me probably 5-8 questions total. At the end he informed me of the conditional green card process and to not let it expire after 2 years. He then smiled and said he did not see a problem with our application congratulated us.

Now the wait to see when the website changes.....

11 minutes ago, Kat1111 said:

Congrats!!! Could you please let me know when did you receive the notification that the interview was scheduled?  Mine was scheduled yesterday (waiting for the mail).  I am leaving tomorrow and flying back to the states on May 12th! just want to make sure if I don't need to reschedule my flight tickets lol 

We got the text April 5...we got the letter April 12.....interview scheduled May 9....

good luck to you 

On 4/6/2019 at 10:38 AM, jtona said:

Got the SMS Text/email yesterday that out AOS interview has been scheduled. Now waiting for the letter to find out when. Other's from our field office say it's usually 30 days after so we will see.

It is good and it sucks too because we had a trip to the Philippines scheduled next week.My wife the AOS Recipient was going to stay for 2 months since we have her AP card and I was going to stay for 1month. Now we wait until we get the letter to cancel/re-book the trip. 

 

Reading on the forums about the headaches of re-scheduling , we would much rather have the green card in hand now and take the hit on all the fees for rebooking our trip..

 

Update. Got the interview letter. May 9...Now to get Everything ready!

18 minutes ago, LionessDeon said:

Yes that is what it’s for. 

 I understand what it’s for . But I mean after you AOS interview , you leave the US and let’s say you green card is approved and sent but you don’t have it , is it ok to re-enter on your AP card or is the AP card cancelled when green card is approved.

Does anyone know if you can leave the US after your AOS interview and reenter on your AP card if your green card hasn’t been approved?

Got the SMS Text/email yesterday that out AOS interview has been scheduled. Now waiting for the letter to find out when. Other's from our field office say it's usually 30 days after so we will see.

It is good and it sucks too because we had a trip to the Philippines scheduled next week.My wife the AOS Recipient was going to stay for 2 months since we have her AP card and I was going to stay for 1month. Now we wait until we get the letter to cancel/re-book the trip. 

Reading on the forums about the headaches of re-scheduling , we would much rather have the green card in hand now and take the hit on all the fees for rebooking our trip..

Same thing with us. We had a trip booked and planned for next week. Sure enough, I get a text message/email Friday 4/5 saying our interview has been scheduled. My wife had planned on being gone for 2 months.

So now it looks like from our field office, they schedule 30 days after notice sent (4/5) so that would be right in the middle of our vacation.

I've read about the hassles of cancelling and re-schedule the Green card interview, so we have made a determination to put our trip on hold until after our interview and she gets her green card.

Much more important than the trip..we can re-book later and she will have green card in hand. !! I wil ltake the hit on the re-booking  and ticket fees..

On 2/9/2019 at 9:48 AM, Lil bear said:

Should and did are two different things unfortunately. 

On 2/9/2019 at 10:35 AM, Ann&James said:

I checked the box on my DS260 as well, after 2 weeks I was advised to go into the office because there was a 50 percent chance that I would get the ss card. I went in the ss office and I was told I was not on the system so I applied for the card.

Received the SS card in mail today.. went to the SS office Friday ,because it’s been 2 weeks since we received my wife’s EAD/AP card and no SS card.. after waiting over an hour in office , they looked her up and said it was processed on 2/11 and we should be getting it.Made a trip over to Honolulu for nothing...except my wife got to shop..

timeline... EAD arrived 2/6 SS card arrived 2/23..

8 hours ago, Ate said:

 

Philippine immigration will know what an EAD/AP combo card is.  If you'd like to make sure, call the immigration (departures) office at the airport your wife will be using.

 

 

 

She'll probably have to pay travel tax.  With her AOS still pending, she doesn't qualify yet for exemption for Filipinos who are permanent residents abroad.  Check here if she qualifies for exemption under a different category: http://tieza.gov.ph/travel-tax/travel-tax-exemption/

 

Thank you for the info

My wife will be traveling to the Philippines . Her Philippines passport still has her maiden name on it as we haven't got a chance to change it to her married name.

Her EAD card has her married name on it.

Coming back to the USA will it be OK. She will be bringing her Marriage certificate and all her I-797's for the AOS..

Any advice appreciated.

How is the Philippines and their immigration when it comes to the US EAD/advance parole card,

We filed our I-485 and Ead/AP and just received her EAD/AP combo card.

Will Philippine immigration give her a hard time when she is coming back to USA?( do they understand) will she have to get travel tax again?. I am going with her but I’ll be coming back before her so she will be alone with our daughter(US citizen).