Kamikazi718

We had our interview today 6/20

Here's what happened:

Interview was scheduled for 7:15 am. We got there at 6:30, and the line for security was out of the door. They do not start screening until 7 and the line moves very fast. 

Once we got to the 7th floor, around 7:10, there were only a couple of people waiting. One of the officers announced that they were having an issue with their computers, so they didn't call anyone until 9:30. We waiting for another hour until they called us. 

The lady that interviewed us was polite and very straight forward.

Questions asked: 

- When did I meet my wife?

- Do we live together? 

-  Did we have kids? 

- Did we have a wedding ceremony? 

- Asked something about a trip we took ...the question came up while she was looking through the photos. 

- Where do we live? 

The only tricky task she asked us to do was to highlight expenses on a credit card statement. She gave us two different color high lighters and ask to highlight each charge to indicate who made it. That was kind of weird, but it was pretty simple. 

Funny thing is that we didn't have a wedding ceremony. We are planning that this summer back in Kosovo since all of our relatives live there. We explained it to her and she was very understanding about it.  So we gave her all of the documentation (evidence) for that. She keep those documents. 

Out of all the documents which we put together,she only took the photos, renewed medical, bank statement and the wedding ceremony evidence. 

An hour after the interview, The USICS Case updated to "New Card in Production" 

If you have the interview soon, don't be too nervous about it. The whole thing lasted less then 20 mins. It would have been even faster if their system was working right. 

I would advise to get there early, have all of your documents in order and just be composed when they ask questions. The interview should be a piece of cake if you are actually living with your spouse. 

Has anyone applied for the EAD/AP combo card and requested for EAD to be expedited? If so, do they approved both the EAD and AP since it’s a combo card or do they approve individually? 

When we applied we received two separate notices.  

On 5/16/2019 at 12:35 PM, lms said:

The EAD/AP? No. Has been 5.5 months now. GC interview is next week. 

Good Luck in the interview! Let us know how it goes.

Ours is scheduled very early in the morning, hopefully the IO is a morning person lol 

On 5/15/2019 at 8:07 AM, DayDayDay said:

They received mon renew package on September 04, still no news after 8 months. My previous combo card expired on December and my work permit extension expires on Juin 12   

Sorry to hear that! 

Did I’d you reach out to your congressmen? 

Anyone waiting for EAD/AP combo card? 

We are almost at 7 months of waiting and we didn’t get anything. 

10 hours ago, lms said:

Received Mail a week after online Status changed, interview 4 weeks after mail received. So probably 5 weeks from now!

Congrats  

Thank You! 

Did you receive the card yet?  

At last! 

After 19 months since applying, the case status changed to "Interview Scheduled." 

Does anyone know how long after we receive the interview notice do they schedule the interview? 

Anyone interview in the New York office? Any pointers?

12 hours ago, KatieAndNaimah said:

Me! My status changed to interview scheduled April 1, I got the actual paper a week or so later, and my interview is May 7th

Congrats!!! How long did you have to wait from “Ready to schedule interview” to “Interview Scheduled” 

5 hours ago, kevinnn said:

Thank you! Status changed March 26th. She is filing from Brooklyn. On that date, the USCIS website went from "Waiting to schedule an interview" to "Interview scheduled".

 

Hoping they process yours soon!

5 hours ago, kevinnn said:

Thank you! Status changed March 26th. She is filing from Brooklyn. On that date, the USCIS website went from "Waiting to schedule an interview" to "Interview scheduled".

 

Hoping they process yours soon!

Wow that’s nice. When did the status change from “Case received” to waiting for an interview? 

My wifes update changed last year from “Case Received” to “Waiting to schedule” back in March of 18’

Did you guys wait that long?   

4 hours ago, kevinnn said:

My wife has an October 26th 2017 PD and will be interviewing on May 2nd.

Congrats! When did they send you the notice of interview? I have the same date and it's such a pain going through NY office. Also, did you get an update on their website "waiting to schedule an interview"?

Anyone in this forum applied in October of 2017 and their local office is in New York? Did they schedule an interview yet? I have been waiting for an interview since March of 2018.  

Anyone file for I-131 after filing for I-485? If so, what's the wait time? Besides I131 is there any other documents we need to file? 

Can my fiance travel outside the US for pleasure, rather than a family emergency? 

6 hours ago, kevination said:

Brooklyn here.

Did you get a notice for interview yet? 

6 hours ago, cheema1 said:

Yes. Long Island NY

Did you get a notice for interview yet? 

Anyone here with New York as their local office?

Anyone know if theres a different form for a co-sponsor?

We got our interview date :-)))))))

READY - NVC Tracking 

quick, stupid question!

Do I-129F filers have to follow the "The Immigrant Visa Process" as described on the NVC website?

After you get the NVC case number, where do I check for the tracking?

6 minutes ago, Maria & Lester said:

congrats

Congrats to you as well!!

3 minutes ago, TriloByte said:

Congrats!

Thank you, thank you!!
 

I know most of the members here are older than me, but if your in your mid-20's jam to this song if you got approved today!!!!

1 minute ago, TriloByte said:

I doubt it's fixed :). Even if it is, it's unlikely retro. 

19 minutes ago, TriloByte said:

Who said that the tracking tool was supposed to be updated? I can run a scan and see if that's true.

3 minutes ago, eastcoastgroove said:

I just checked for you and it still says received for me.

All we can do is Hope :-)

1 minute ago, TriloByte said:

Who said that the tracking tool was supposed to be updated? I can run a scan and see if that's true.

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/customer-service-tools-outage

Please run them, I would really appreciate it. 

they were suppose to update the tracking tool. For all that are approved, can y'all check and see if they actually fixed it? It would be helpful to alot of us here. 

Also, does any one know how to run the scans? I know @iamdegieis not available.

3 minutes ago, WayneAdoresWendy said:

If you simply look in the App Store, USCIS Tracker, there are several apps. My NOA2 is not showing in the Scan or USCIS website! 

 

I do not know if true, but I read that if you can reach Tier 2, your approval comes ins week. I know only circumstantial evidence, but worked for us. 

 

I detailed my experience with Tier 2 on this discussion group. I really hope this helps. I am a timid person. Hopefully my detailed story helps.

Last Thursday 5/26 I called USCIS and spoke with a Teir 2. He told me that my case was on someone's desk. And I see that RFEs and approvals are issued just 1 case number after me and 3 before me. It's just so frustrating. I am going to call again on Monday.