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35 minutes ago, craigybear said:

Successful interview at the Washington DC field office last week!

 

Our officer was stern but friendly. At the beginning we were asked for ID, birth certs and marriage cert.

We then spent a lot of time going through the respective I-130 and I-485 forms my wife and I - section by section. She was effectively asking us the question again and checking off our responses vs the form content. Be sure to know your I485 and I30 contents very well. These questions prompted numerous follow on questions and clarifications.

We were asked if we wished to provide any additional information relative to the I-130 and I-145 applications and we provided the officer with a printed contents list which we ran through and she requested pretty much all of it; 

Joint 2018 Tax Return 

Join Mortgage Deed 

Joint Bank Statements 

Joint Health Insurance 

Joint Vehicle Lease 

Joint Vehicle Insurance 

Joint Home Insurance 

Joint Rental Agreement 

401k Beneficiary statements

Paychecks 

Collection of photographs

 

We used the photographs to help with her request that we describe our relationship from beginning until now; she would jump in and asked pointed questions (I guess to catch us out) such as how many attended our wedding dinner, the cost of the engagement ring, full name of the person who introduced us, when our parents met for the first time - she seemed to scribble this all down in no particular order.

At the end of the process we got the spiel about the  next steps - including that it could take up to 120 days for a response. I got the feeling we weren't going to get on the spot approval so I did ask how she felt about our application. She stated she felt good about but had to do some additional checks. She said we were well prepared and liked our binder of evidence. All in all we were with her for about 40 minutes.

 

That evening we got an update to the I485 and I130s on the USCIS website stating 'interview was completed and case must be reviewed' which certainly caused us some concern and heartache as we went to bed. Happily by the time we woke up the next morning we had a notification that card was in production! Expecting card to be delivered today which is 7 days after the interview.

Such good news! Congratulations!

We had our interview in Denver this morning and it went better than I could have ever imagined. 

The officer seemed very official at first but warmed up to us quickly. He asked us a few questions about how we met, when we started dating, when I moved here etc. Asked to see evidence of our new address (as we only moved here 2 months ago). But no other things from our mountain of paperwork, not even joint benefit statement or photos of anything. 

He then asked us a few questions about our AOS application and said he would approves us tonight and the card will be with us in 2 - 4 weeks. 

However, I have had flights booked for a long planned family holiday in Spain on Oct 3rd (10 days time eeeeeek) so I asked him if he would stamp my passport so I could go. It was a LONG shot but he approved me then and there and I GOT MY STAMP whaaaaaaoooooo!! 

Still can't quite believe I can leave the US (I never got my AP or EAD so I've been here for a long time haha)!!!! But absolutely over the moon. 

My advice to anyone who still has their interview to come - be prepared and bring everything because you never know what they are going to ask but don't stress, these officers are just normal people and it's usually a pretty simple interview. 

Good Luck! x 

3 hours ago, JMCKNG said:

Interview this morning and went great!! Started with the "you will have the decision within 30 days.." which led into conversation ending in "honestly, I'll probably approve this today and you should receive this within 7-10 days" WE ARE SO HAPPY! The only documents they took from us were the I-94, joint assets, marriage certificate (then gave it back because they had the original). They went through the basic questions on the app and just asked us when did we meet, when did we get married, and then where have we traveled together. We brought WAY too many pictures haha probably close to 200, and 2 photo albums that she glanced through. 

 

Very pleased!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

39 minutes ago, Luna3716 said:

I actually did fill out a new one, but then forgot to give it to the officer during the interview 🤣 she didn't ask for it, and it wasn't an issue. I guess if you've had a big income change or job change you could bring a new one. Can't hurt to be overly prepared just in case! 

Just now, rrobin0609 said:

 

We did not fill out a new one as I didn't have any new employment information. We did print off a second copy just incase they wanted it.

Thank you both!

18 hours ago, Pat Argen said:

We have our interview in less than two weeks! Just a quick question, did you guys fill out a new i-864 (Affidavit of Support)? I am a bit anxious of what paperworks to bring and am still trying to figure out how to organize all the documents. I am not sure if we should just bring another copy of the i-485 application we sent months ago!  

I wondered this as well!

Interview scheduled for September 23rd yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!! No EAD/AP ever given.

I know people have answered this previously but I think it would be useful to get all the info in one place -

How long did everyone have to wait for there GC after the interview? 

5 hours ago, JMCKNG said:

Well 264 days here waiting for EAD/AP.  Our SR for outside of processing times I'm sure got us a whole lot of nothing. Called once we were "allowed" to inquire because it was finally 30 days after the submission of our ticket for them to only tell us that yes, it is assigned to an officer and you have to wait, if you would like to can submit a new ticket.. I'm like #######. Yeah, that's going to make me want to file a new ticket or new anything to make sure my case gets stuck somewhere again.

 

On the small silver lining perspective, Saturday we received a status change for our I-485 from Fingerprints received (since 12/2018) to Case is ready to be Scheduled for an Interview. Any Milwaukee office people in here that received that status change and can reference how soon after they received their interview date scheduled? I know it's a HUGE range for some offices, but I'm holding onto hope that maybe we are just going to receive the Green Card and the EAD/AP will just dissolved at this point.. 

Congratulations!! We also received a status change on Saturday to 'ready to be scheduled for interview'. Still slightly annoyed that my EAD/AP never appeared but I'll take any progress at this point! Our timelines seem to be pretty much exactly the same. Although we actually moved few weeks ago so now being processed by the Denver Office rather than Milwaukee,. 

Anyone with experience of the Denver office out there? 

2 hours ago, JMCKNG said:

Thank you for the update.. and at the same time I'm so sorry to hear this. Tomorrow we are able to call and check on ours so I will keep everyone posted as well. We are at Day 260 today and my biggest fear is that they will still give me the blanket statement. Hard to know that in my same local office, someone just got there EAD in 3 months. Here we are at 9 months. Does you Case online state that it was assigned to an officer?

Thanks JMCKNG, I'm sorry for all of us that have got so far left behind! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you for tomorrow. Do please let us know how you get on. 

No, neither my Travel Permit or Work Auth have been assigned. Have yours? 

Hi All, 

Just a quick update from my call with USCIS today after waiting 30 days for my 'out of processing time' request for AP and hearing nothing. 

I actually got a very nice guy on the phone, he looked into all my cases, said they all 'look normal' and then filed a new 'why is it taking so long' case for my AP, he said I should hear something via email by Aug 23rd. 

While I still have no idea how long this never ending process is going to take but at leased came away today (perhaps) a tiny step closer. 

Good look for all others calling in for the same reason soon, I'd be interested to hear what they have to say....

On 8/5/2019 at 2:35 PM, JMCKNG said:

For all those still waiting, we are at Day 257. I feel like we could be making some progress with the calls in on a daily basis but I'm not sure. I have had our Senator calling who was able to clarify that the app isn't "lost" or any issues, just in the system still. Once you submit an inquiry for outside of processing times, no matter "Tier 2" officers cannot see into the case anymore until the 30 day period has expired so know that when you do submit one that yes it will go to a different Team and reviewed but they won't be able to guide you along where it stands in the meantime. Our 30 day waiting period is up this Friday for AP so we will call then. The Tier 2 officer actually offered to have a higher up officer call my husband back to inform him that "all is well" so fingers crossed..........

Thanks for this, it' really helpful. I do often wonder whether they've lost my application it's taking that bloody long! My 30 days are up on Thursday so I'll call them then, fingers crossed!

17 hours ago, NewbieFeb said:

Sooooo....the EAD processing time has just been updated on the USCIS website to between 2.5 months to 5 months again! The inquiry date now is March 2nd, 2019 at the NBC!!

Still waiting for mine too - filed Nov 15th! I am usually pretty good at keeping my cool but this just make me SO MAD 😡 

1 minute ago, slow_brooklyn said:

Thanks great. Any thoughts if it's a good idea to file a SR for both the 131 and 765 or just the 765?

I’m not too sure to be honest, I just really need my travel permit so wanted to file ASAP. 

Just now, slow_brooklyn said:

How do you check if it's assigned to an officer?

On the case tracker app, click on the specific case (e.g I-131), wait for it load then scroll down to the bottom of the page of 'case history' and it's there. 

Hope that helps!

On 7/11/2019 at 4:38 PM, wakeuplittlesuzy said:

I'm out of normal processing times for AP as well (Case was received November 14th), but my EAD is still technically within processing times. I'm guessing if I don't hear anything next week we'll be outside of normal processing times for the EAD as well. We'll see what happens.

 

We submitted an inquiry on our AP, but still haven't heard anything from USCIS because they decided it would be fair to give themselves an extra 30 days. 🙄

 I'm also out of normal processing times of AP, exactly the same dates as you @wakeuplittlesuzy

Submitted my AP inquiry last and no news as yet, it's not even assigned to a case officer.  

3 minutes ago, JMCKNG said:

Bummer, yes this wait is tiring.. 11/21 filers here. I haven't called them just because I remember talking to them with everything with the K-1 and it just made me more exhausted after talking to them.. so just going to wait it out but look forward to seeing updates from you if you hear

Yes don’t bother, as you say, I called them them other day and it achieved nothing but upset on my end, they were so rude and heartless! 

I will definitely keep you updated and would love to hear how it goes for you too. Best of luck!  

On 6/26/2019 at 7:17 AM, JMCKNG said:

Hey! When was your filing date? I’m a Milwaukee filer and we filed 11/21 and still no word at day 217. I tried contacting my senator but he stated they told him we were still in normal processing time. 

Hey! 

We are Nov 20th filers in Milwaukee with still no word on anything either! I feel your pain! 

182 days and still waiting, I’m right there with you guys 😩😩😩

On 4/20/2019 at 12:14 PM, wakeuplittlesuzy said:

You're definitely right there! I think we both feel better when we don't check either, but for some reason the wait seems even tougher the closer you get to probably hearing something. 😂

 

That does sound like a good way to keep busy! He loves Ebay, and we have lots of junk to get rid of, so that's probably a good idea for us too, haha. We live in Nashville, and everything is super spread out here (especially in the neighborhood we live in). It's tough to get around without a car, but he's taken to getting Lyfts places, and has actually started going to a course across town about starting a small business (he's a painter and photographer). I think that's been helping as well.

 

We've also found a couple of surprisingly good "British" pubs in Nashville, so if it all gets to be too much we can drown our sorrows with pints of Old Speckled Hen and Fullers! 

I agree, I wasn’t freaking out at all until this month! 

Posting things on EBay also takes ages so it’s a good, productive time killer and when you sell something it feels so good haha. 

That sounds like like a great use of his time. We moved from downtown out to the suburbs where I can’t walk to anything, probably not the best idea in hindsight but I’m getting used to it. 

Ahhh British pubs and beer, how I miss it! I’ll have to get your recommendations next time we head there! 

Hope you guys had a lovey relaxing weekend not worrying about visa stuff. 

It’s coming, I know it! 

On 4/18/2019 at 6:10 PM, wakeuplittlesuzy said:

Haha! That is exactly how I feel too! I keep doing scans on the USCIS app on my phone, and realized I was checking it so much I may have gotten temporarily logged out of my account due to an "unusually high level of activity". *facepalm* I need to take a chill pill and take it easy for a bit! 😂 It just pains me so much to see my husband feeling down about not being able to work or leave the country -- especially because our friend asked him to be the best man at his wedding mid-May, and we were asked to play music for the first dance. (No pressure, right?! 😛) It sometimes brings me to tears seeing how much it's been distressing him. I wish there was something I could do to alleviate the stress and pain of it all, but I'm afraid we'll just have to keep waiting. All we can do is remain hopeful... and maybe (in my case) not check the status of our case *quite* so much, 🙃

I actually do feel better if I'm busy all day and don't check it, but it's easier said than done! He'll be ok, us Brits are made of tough stuff  

I've taken to ebay selling all of our extra junk, good hobby to keep me busy while the hubby is at work! Do you guys live somewhere he can easily get around? 

On 4/18/2019 at 8:57 PM, TogoAfrica said:

We will...nothing today. Like everyone we anxiously jump every time our phones beep hoping it’s it. 🤪

Still nothing, at least we can relax knowing there won't be anything over the Easter weekend!

20 hours ago, TogoAfrica said:

We are November 26th....Waite g like you. It will happen....eventually 😜. I agree it’s encouraging to know there are others waiting also. Ohhhh myyy can you imagine still waiting from September 🤦🏻‍♀️😳. I truly hope this doesn’t happen to any of us, but we can’t control who gets answers and who doesn’t. We are all here together, waiting 

Keep me updated TogoA, it’s good to have a buddy in the same situation! Still nothing today!

 @rrobin0609 I get it, I keep thinking it’s our day too, and then I’m disappointed when it’s not, again! I’m checking every beep on my phone like a crazy lady. But keep your chin up it WILL happen for us, soon! 

Love and good luck to you all you hopeful November’ers out there 😘

Thank you so, so much, that really puts my mind at ease! 

Hi I would appreciate all your help with this, I’ve read so many articles but none that are quite the same as my issue! 

I sent off all my AOS paperwork with my completed DS-3025. At the bottom ‘K Visa applicant voluntarily completed vaccination requirements’ was ticked. 

However, at my medical I had a Tetnus (Td) booster and it was marked with a B (insufficient time wavier).

I was also given a slip to say I needed a 2nd tetanus booster in 6 - 12 months. 

My question - Will I need to have this 2nd ternus booster before my AOS interview and get a civil surgeon to fill out a new I-693?  

Or will my current DS-3025 be sufficient? Is this 2nd booster voluntary? 

Thanks for your help! 

Fantastic, thanks so much for your help!