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Thank you! The case status has since updated again today to "Case was approved". So now waiting for the approval notice, also.

Hope you all have progress in your cases soon. My file was at the Nebraska service center.

The case status updated today to "New card is being produced", so now looking forward to receiving it in the post.

Biometrics appointment completed today, without any issues. Wishing you all progress in your cases soon.

We received our biometrics notice today, dated at the end of December - our appointment is in two weeks' time. Pleased to see some progress (the online case checker hasn't changed from "case received").

My application is with the Nebraska centre, they received it on the 21st August and no biometrics letter yet. This centre seems to be quite slow though, and I'm not expecting an update for a few more months.

6 minutes ago, Godisincontrol said:

Hello and how u doing today? I’m about to file my removal of conditions, Can u please help me with the list of documents you submitted 

Hello and how u doing today? I’m about to file my removal of conditions, Can u please help me with the list of documents you submitted 

Hello, best of luck with submitting your ROC. In our parcel was:

- The required front & back of GC

- Copies of driving licences

- Copy of new passport (showing updated name)

- Tax transcripts (2018, 2017) with W2s

- Recent mortgage statements and letter about my partner's house

- Home insurance letter

- Copies of utility bills from 2017 to this year.

- Copies of bank statements (two joint accounts) and credit card statements.

- Health insurance statements, bills

- Car insurance statements

- Two affidavits (one notarised, one not)

- Travel documents including photos of our trips and boarding passes

- Misc. documents such as joint mail received at our home address, vets bill, phone account statement

Extension letter received today (3 days after receiving text notification).

Text notification finally received this afternoon, no e-mail. Happy to have a case number.

On 8/23/2019 at 10:57 PM, SB5130 said:

I am on the same boat. Sent monday, delivered wednesday. No text or email notifications yet. Check not yet cashed. 

 

Except mine was sent to Lewisville via Fedex

Any updates for you yet? We still have not received any text or email notifications (parcel sent 19/8, received 21/8), but I checked our bank today and the cheque has just been cashed. So hopefully that's a good sign!

Edit: Oops, just saw your update above, and you got your text notifications yesterday.  Maybe ours will come today.

We sent our I-751 on Monday...USPS shows our parcel as being delivered in AZ on the 21st, however, no text or e-mail notification from USCIS. It looks like these can take a couple of days to be received. Cheque not yet cashed. Maybe after the weekend there'll be an update.

Hi everyone. We sent our ROC package by USPS today, in one of those flat-rate boxes. Looking forward to seeing the cheque has been cashed and the process is underway.

Hi everyone, I will be an August filer too, got about two weeks left to go. I received my reminder letter last week. I am checking over everything and just finishing off the cover letter.  

As others have said, it hopefully shouldn't cause a problem. I travelled recently with my greencard in my married name and passport still in my maiden name - there were no problems. I had my marriage certificate on hand just in case. Just make sure that the name on your flight ticket matches the name in your passport, and you have your documents for reentry.

I had the same question when I filled in the form. My first and middle name were both shown as 'given names' on the I-94.

I put my middle name in the 'middle name' field in the I-485 form and there were no issues. Obviously not sure if this would always be the case, as every case is different, but in my particular experience it didn't cause any problems.

My passport with visa was ready to collect from the courier 9 days after the approved interview...the officer did say it would take 2 weeks or so, so I was surprised.

Good luck in your interview! I agree with what others have said. In our own interview experience, we took our wedding photo album, and a 'timeline' of our relationship with photos and social media posts etc., but the only thing the IO was interested in was the co-mingling evidence. They looked through our joint banking info, health insurance papers...and didn't look at the photos. It felt good to have them, just in case, but the focus was definitely on the co-mingling evidence.

@Aviinashh I'm so happy to see you finally have your EAD approved, hope it's arrived and you can look forward to the next step now.

@GoodVibesOnly So sorry to see your interview was cancelled, was a reason given? Hopefully they can reschedule for you soon. I can only imagine how frustrating it is to meet so many roadblocks on the way. Edit: I see above that it was unforeseen circumstances..so frustrating.

We were approved for my greencard on the 16th, and were told it would take about three weeks to arrive - it came in the post yesterday! Really surprised and delighted. Now to continue looking for a job and working on my driving licence, also got to update things at the SSN office.

On 11/17/2017 at 5:58 PM, Path24 said:

Oh wow amazing .. once again congratulations 

when was ur pd date ?

Thank you! Is that the priority date? I don't have one on recent paperwork connected to AOS, just one from the original I-129f?

13 hours ago, Path24 said:

What is roc??

Congratulations  when was ur pd ??

ROC = removal of conditions, if you've been married for less than two years when you go through AOS, you're given a conditional greencard. After two years, you go through ROC to have those conditions lifted.

54 minutes ago, Simply Canadian said:

Congrats!

 

What was the interview like, and what happened when you were approved? Did you receive your green card right there or do they send it to you?

 

I’m just wondering what to expect next Wednesday for my interview in northern Mass.

Thank you! Our interview lasted about 30 minutes. Our interview notice and ID were checked first of all. The IO went through the I-485 form and asked questions based off that. Also asked about how we met. They went through the yes/no questions towards the end of the form (if you filled out the new version of the I-485 then there are quite a few). There was no issue with my medical (I didn't send the I-693, only a copy of the DS-3025, and I was a bit worried). At the end, we were told about the approval, and that the card should arrive in the post in a few weeks. I've checked the USCIS status and it's been updated.

Also, as for the co-mingling evidence, we didn't have a huge pile - we gave evidence of our joint bank account and recent bank statements, joint health and life insurance, and a joint utility bill. They didn't look through all of our relationship photos, though I did take along a folder. Before leaving the IO explained about the ROC process, encouraged us to learn my rights as a greencard holder, and explained about returning the EAD card when the new one arrives. Hope that helps! Best of luck in your interview.

3 hours ago, NatO23 said:

My EAD/AP combo card arrived today! It looks very official - more than my driver's licence, even.

 

I also got a notification that my green card interview is scheduled for December 19th, which will be a nice Christmas present if all goes well! 

I was impressed with the EAD card too!
Congratulations on the interview date, that would be a nice present. Best of luck.
We had our interview today and were approved! The IO was very professional, nice, and gave us good information for the next steps (ROC).

I think the cover page note is fine, I put something similar in mine. I understood the same, that the I-693 is not required within a year of your original overseas medical, providing the vaccination sheet is correctly filled in. However, there is always a chance that your medical paperwork is lost and a new I-693 can be requested. I believe this has happened during the AOS process, whilst waiting for the interview, and also at the interview itself, when the IO can ask for a new medical.

I have my interview in two weeks and will take a copy of the I-693 instructions, in case questions arise. Our AOS was submitted in August and up to now, we haven't received an RFE about it. Like you, I included only a copy of the DS-3025 marked as complete.

I'll update after the interview and let you know if there was any issue with the medical.

OK, so our EAD status updated yesterday to 'new card is being produced'! So everybody check your statuses, there could be good news.

One question - my GC interview notice said to bring all documents USCIS has sent me, including any EAD/AP cards. Does anyone know if I have to hand it over, and can no longer use it in the meantime? Just wondering, as my interview is next month, if it is worth applying for jobs when I may not have the card for too long.

Wish you all good news soon!

So great that some of us are getting our GC interviews scheduled for November, hope everybody else hears something soon!

...Having just posted about waiting for the EAD, I was very surprised to find a letter from USCIS in the post - our interview has been scheduled for next month! We live in the least populous state, so perhaps there aren't as many cases at the local office, but still, when I last checked the processing times, they were working on October 2016 cases in August of this year. Nothing has come about the EAD and AP applications. So, a big surprise to have the I-485 interview scheduled so soon, and there'll now probably be a four-week mad scramble to get everything together (cue the nerves). I really hope you all hear something about your applications soon too, EAD or GC or otherwise.