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Good luck with your next steps!

That question refers only to real estate, so no, you don't have to list your student loan or other debts anywhere

Congratulations on your approval and big kudos to your fiance for keeping it together through what sounds to me like one of the weirdest interviews for a K1 visa I've ever heard of 
I'm not even sure how legal is for them to make you show them your phone, because that kind of conflicts with your privacy rights. I mean, of course we show them emails and texts and chats and so on, but we always have the right to select what we want them to see. Not to mention in most Embassies you are not allowed to take your phone with you inside.
Just seems weird, yep, but I guess when you enter this process you know you are exposed to their full scrutiny.
Anyway... CONGRATS! 

Thank you @Estibaliz and @TearsOfBabylon 
 
I will put the photos on paper. 😊 

So I took some actual photos from the wedding to the interview and the officer didn't care about them, because I had already sent them in paper with my AOS package.
 
However, he was very happy to take the FB collage in paper I had prepared covering the time after the wedding till the moment of the interview. So paper is fine

So I took some actual photos from the wedding to the interview and the officer didn't care about them, because I had already sent them in paper with my AOS package.
 
However, he was very happy to take the FB collage in paper I had prepared covering the time after the wedding till the moment of the interview. So paper is fine

Hey Marchies!

560 days after getting the NOA1 for the K1 visa we had our AOS interview yesterday, and we walked out approved!

So glad it's finally done, and this visa journey is over.... until ROC!

I received the “interview has been scheduled” notice via email on September 11, 2018. We received the interview date via snail mail on September 16 and the interview is scheduled for October 18th.....

Thank you for your reply.
 I received the “your interview has been scheduled” notification today.
 

The medical from the K1 is good for 1 year, so it will depend on when you have your interview. Good luck for it being soon enough so you don't have to get another medical

Just did my reading, and you are completely right, as seen in here, point B.4:
https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume8-PartB-Chapter3.html
 
I still have seen people having been requested to provide a new medical examination, but I guess they should normally do that in advance via RFE. And they can always be rebutted using that info from USCIS itself.
 
Good catch anyway!

Hey everyone, checking in to say we had our interview yesterday and we were APPROVED on the spot. I will say, we were not interviewed together at the outset so be prepared for the possibility as it can be surprising. My wife (sponsor) was interviewed first and then she was brought out and I was brought in to be interviewed. No hard questions, just a conversation (how we met, meeting of family members, our living situation, a little travel history and some of the I485 YES/NO security questions, etc). But I did find out later that most of my questions were already asked of my wife in some form so I assume the interviewer was double checking me for any inconsistencies. She (the sponsor) was asked more questions on various things (my job, our wedding) than I was though and according to her, he had marked approved on some sheet before I ever came in (no clue what that was). At the end, she was brought back for us both to, TOGETHER, present our joint evidence materials. The interviewer even complimented us on our paperwork organization. lol All in all, about 30 minutes and we were reminded to reapply in 2 years - 90 days for ROC. We were a little nervous at first but everyone in the office was nice throughout the entire process so that was calming.
 
Received this via email and text message this morning: 
Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production 
On August 28, 2018, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSC#, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
 
Feels good to have a 2 year-ish break that we can just go on and enjoy our lives instead of worrying about paperwork. lol Good luck to everyone still waiting. It feels like a long road but God-willing, your turn will soon be ahead. Blessings
 
By the way:
I485/765/131 NOA1 was 01/19
EAD/AP approval was 5/31

I think officers are aware of that and don't speak particularly fast, at least mine was easy to understand, but I get your concern.
Have you thought of contacting any local non profit working with immigrants, if finding an official translator is not an easy task? Check the rules about who qualifies as a translator, because I'm pretty sure any individual with the knowledge can do it, so you can always look for help in the French speaking community there.

I think officers are aware of that and don't speak particularly fast, at least mine was easy to understand, but I get your concern.
Have you thought of contacting any local non profit working with immigrants, if finding an official translator is not an easy task? Check the rules about who qualifies as a translator, because I'm pretty sure any individual with the knowledge can do it, so you can always look for help in the French speaking community there.

I don't know if there might still be some rare exception, but our officer told us during the interview that was one thing that had changed with the new immigration policy under the new president, that now everyone needed to go through the interview process.

I don't know if there might still be some rare exception, but our officer told us during the interview that was one thing that had changed with the new immigration policy under the new president, that now everyone needed to go through the interview process.

So, when we got our interview date, it was on a day I am scheduled to be out of town for work. We went through the process of requesting a reschedule and found out today that it was approved. That was a big relief since I work for the feds and funds were already obligated for the trip. The reschedule process was relatively easy - just had to provide evidence. Not ideal for our case, but there was no way I could miss this trip. Slight delay and will update with how it goes.

We had our interview last week at the San Diego field office.  As I mentioned in a previous post, we have had no updates to our case past "Fingerprint Fee Received".  All of a sudden the appointment letter showed up.  We kind of scrambled to get everything together but we did it.  Interview lasted about 25 minutes.  We went in together and did all questions together.  The officer was very young and was very nice.  He asked a lot of questions about our application and then asked about our relationship (how we met, where we live, questions about our condo, etc).  Then he asked to see what documents we brought.  The letter said to bring copies of everything we submitted with our application and he didn't even touch it.  We showed him our joint account info (phone bill & electric bill) as well as my 401k showing my husband as the beneficiary and our 2017 tax return which we filed jointly.  We brought some photos of us since he arrived in the US and the officer asked us to tell him about each one (who was with us, where was it taken, etc).  He said that as of today (last Thursday) my husband is officially a US Resident and he'll get his greencard in the next couple weeks.  So glad it's done and we don't have to do anymore paperwork for 2 years.  For those of you with busy field offices or people who haven't had any movement on your case, have faith!  The processing times for San Diego are 12-16 months and we waited 8 and never received any case updates.  

In our case, a week since the date in which they scheduled it. 4 days after getting the message with the update.

The date in the card is the date your case was approved, so that might be your interview date, if the officer approves you on the spot (our case), or some days-weeks later, whenever you get the message saying your Card is in production/Case approved.

Hey everyone! Big news today so just wanted throw an update in. Green card interview notice FINALLY came in the mail this morning, thank God!!! So excited to be getting closer. NOA1 was 01/19.....EAD/AP was approved on 5/31 so today makes it about 2 months later. Interview appointment is marked 08/27 so about 1 month from now. After EAD came i moved on to focusing on job efforts and getting "LIFE' started but id be lying if I said I wasn't still holding out hope for putting that green card approval behind me ASAP. lol
 
Hope everyone is getting along ok. My best advice is to try to just fill your time with living your new life as fully as possible if you got your EAD. The letter will come when it comes.....
 
 

We were in the same boat with a date of December 18th.  Tracked the case, no updates, weekly emails say that there are no updates on our case and it was last updated on March 16th.  Two weeks ago, we got an interview letter in the mail.  Case never updated...  Maybe the same will happen to you.  Keep an eye on your mailbox!

So after 4 interviews and 3 offers one month after receiving my EAD,  i start a new job in my field this week! i wish you all success on your journey! i will be back with updates when my GC process is through!

its a risk that they are taking by doing that. a lawyer recommended this option to me giving me assurance it will work but i rather do it the way I'm sure there is no risk to be with my wife than there possibly being one just to save a couple 100$ 

If someone comes to the US on a tourist visa with the intent of marrying and staying in the US to adjust status that is visa fraud. 
No one here can tell you what you are suggesting is a “great plan” because it is fraud.
In addition.....it would be against VIsa Journeys TOS to do so.