George & John

Hello folks! To add to the record, we had our green card interview yesterday in Albany, NY. It lasted all of about 10 minutes and involved no questions except confirmation of the details on the application (including my husband's date of birth, which was really the only test-like question). The officer didn't read through any of our evidence or check our photographs, and approved us on the spot.
 
It is worth mentioning that he highlighted our case as giving him "no concerns" from the outset, so it would have been different had there been some red flags. 
 
We waited 183 days from submission to interview, and four months for our interview to be scheduled after the status changed to "Ready". Our EAD was also produced about a month ago. We got very lucky and I'm really sorry to those of you who are still waiting.
 
Good luck everybody!

This reflects our experience in NY - you should indeed be receiving a letter soon with your interview date.
 
It varies considerably but, generally, green card interviews are coming along a little faster than they used to in many locations. This is because the NBC is prioritizing them over EADs (last I heard). You can disregard the timelines provided by USCIS.

Hello folks! To add to the record, we had our green card interview yesterday in Albany, NY. It lasted all of about 10 minutes and involved no questions except confirmation of the details on the application (including my husband's date of birth, which was really the only test-like question). The officer didn't read through any of our evidence or check our photographs, and approved us on the spot.
 
It is worth mentioning that he highlighted our case as giving him "no concerns" from the outset, so it would have been different had there been some red flags. 
 
We waited 183 days from submission to interview, and four months for our interview to be scheduled after the status changed to "Ready". Our EAD was also produced about a month ago. We got very lucky and I'm really sorry to those of you who are still waiting.
 
Good luck everybody!

After finally getting my hands on my EAD yesterday, I've just had an interview scheduled for my AOS! Office is Albany, NY, and I'm adjusting from K1. NOA1 is April 20th.
 
Can anybody with experience tell me how long it usually takes to receive an interview notice?
 
 

Yes there's NO Interview at all. Only complete the online forms and fill up the games test (matching box games and very basic counting). It's not sales position. It's like personal shopper. And I'm so happy with it because one of my hobby is shopping. Lol
I live in Thousand oaks , CA.

After finally getting my hands on my EAD yesterday, I've just had an interview scheduled for my AOS! Office is Albany, NY, and I'm adjusting from K1. NOA1 is April 20th.
 
Can anybody with experience tell me how long it usually takes to receive an interview notice?
 
 

Right now, you do not have the EAD. You have the social security card. They are different. The SS card comes separately from the Social Security Administration when your EAD is approved. The EAD card is mailed to you by USCIS.
 
Basically, all you have is a social security number. That card will tell employers that they also need to see your EAD by virtue of the "Only valid for work with DHS authorization" warning printed across it.
 
When the EAD comes, it will also act as your AP. It should come soon; you'll just have to wait for it before scheduling any interviews.
 
 

Right now, you do not have the EAD. You have the social security card. They are different. The SS card comes separately from the Social Security Administration when your EAD is approved. The EAD card is mailed to you by USCIS.
 
Basically, all you have is a social security number. That card will tell employers that they also need to see your EAD by virtue of the "Only valid for work with DHS authorization" warning printed across it.
 
When the EAD comes, it will also act as your AP. It should come soon; you'll just have to wait for it before scheduling any interviews.
 
 

My EAD is being produced - updated yesterday. Case was received April 23rd, so I'm not an early filer in the forum. Obviously I'm happy, but it's sad and unfair that there's such a disparity in the dates being processed. Some handlers must be much further through their assigned caseloads than others, as was the case during the K1. Hang in there guys.
 
On a different note, does anybody know the rules on Advance Parole and leaving the country? I want to go on vacation with my family outside of the UK, where they live. In the application and USCIS guidance, it seems you should only be leaving for good reasons (family situation etc) matching the ones you gave on the application, but I've seen examples of people taking vacations successfully. The terms of AP remain the same, but it seems as though enforcement of the terms have relaxed as GC wait-times have increased.
 
I'm a worrier, though, so wouldn't risk it even if 99.99% of people have no problems. Can anybody shed light? Even immigration attorneys seem to disagree (see the conflicting answers given here: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-use-an-advance-parole-to-go-on-vacation-outs-2198005.html)

That's interesting. The DMV in NY explicitly told me that they wouldn't take "open-ended" immigration proofs, like my NOA1. Everybody is so fantastically incompetent on this particular issue that I can't work out whether the rules are different or incorrectly applied.

My EAD is being produced - updated yesterday. Case was received April 23rd, so I'm not an early filer in the forum. Obviously I'm happy, but it's sad and unfair that there's such a disparity in the dates being processed. Some handlers must be much further through their assigned caseloads than others, as was the case during the K1. Hang in there guys.
 
On a different note, does anybody know the rules on Advance Parole and leaving the country? I want to go on vacation with my family outside of the UK, where they live. In the application and USCIS guidance, it seems you should only be leaving for good reasons (family situation etc) matching the ones you gave on the application, but I've seen examples of people taking vacations successfully. The terms of AP remain the same, but it seems as though enforcement of the terms have relaxed as GC wait-times have increased.
 
I'm a worrier, though, so wouldn't risk it even if 99.99% of people have no problems. Can anybody shed light? Even immigration attorneys seem to disagree (see the conflicting answers given here: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-use-an-advance-parole-to-go-on-vacation-outs-2198005.html)

My EAD is being produced - updated yesterday. Case was received April 23rd, so I'm not an early filer in the forum. Obviously I'm happy, but it's sad and unfair that there's such a disparity in the dates being processed. Some handlers must be much further through their assigned caseloads than others, as was the case during the K1. Hang in there guys.
 
On a different note, does anybody know the rules on Advance Parole and leaving the country? I want to go on vacation with my family outside of the UK, where they live. In the application and USCIS guidance, it seems you should only be leaving for good reasons (family situation etc) matching the ones you gave on the application, but I've seen examples of people taking vacations successfully. The terms of AP remain the same, but it seems as though enforcement of the terms have relaxed as GC wait-times have increased.
 
I'm a worrier, though, so wouldn't risk it even if 99.99% of people have no problems. Can anybody shed light? Even immigration attorneys seem to disagree (see the conflicting answers given here: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-use-an-advance-parole-to-go-on-vacation-outs-2198005.html)

My EAD is being produced - updated yesterday. Case was received April 23rd, so I'm not an early filer in the forum. Obviously I'm happy, but it's sad and unfair that there's such a disparity in the dates being processed. Some handlers must be much further through their assigned caseloads than others, as was the case during the K1. Hang in there guys.
 
On a different note, does anybody know the rules on Advance Parole and leaving the country? I want to go on vacation with my family outside of the UK, where they live. In the application and USCIS guidance, it seems you should only be leaving for good reasons (family situation etc) matching the ones you gave on the application, but I've seen examples of people taking vacations successfully. The terms of AP remain the same, but it seems as though enforcement of the terms have relaxed as GC wait-times have increased.
 
I'm a worrier, though, so wouldn't risk it even if 99.99% of people have no problems. Can anybody shed light? Even immigration attorneys seem to disagree (see the conflicting answers given here: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-use-an-advance-parole-to-go-on-vacation-outs-2198005.html)

My EAD is being produced - updated yesterday. Case was received April 23rd, so I'm not an early filer in the forum. Obviously I'm happy, but it's sad and unfair that there's such a disparity in the dates being processed. Some handlers must be much further through their assigned caseloads than others, as was the case during the K1. Hang in there guys.
 
On a different note, does anybody know the rules on Advance Parole and leaving the country? I want to go on vacation with my family outside of the UK, where they live. In the application and USCIS guidance, it seems you should only be leaving for good reasons (family situation etc) matching the ones you gave on the application, but I've seen examples of people taking vacations successfully. The terms of AP remain the same, but it seems as though enforcement of the terms have relaxed as GC wait-times have increased.
 
I'm a worrier, though, so wouldn't risk it even if 99.99% of people have no problems. Can anybody shed light? Even immigration attorneys seem to disagree (see the conflicting answers given here: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-use-an-advance-parole-to-go-on-vacation-outs-2198005.html)

I just got back to the US with the Advance Parole. Had no problems at the Port of Entry. Nobody asked for the reasons I traveled, only how long I was away (2 weeks). I only spent longer time at the airlines check-in desk, because they weren't that familiar with AP as they were with Green Cards and visas, and they always ask about the documents you travel to the US with. When boarding the plane they scanned my combo card.

My EAD is being produced - updated yesterday. Case was received April 23rd, so I'm not an early filer in the forum. Obviously I'm happy, but it's sad and unfair that there's such a disparity in the dates being processed. Some handlers must be much further through their assigned caseloads than others, as was the case during the K1. Hang in there guys.
 
On a different note, does anybody know the rules on Advance Parole and leaving the country? I want to go on vacation with my family outside of the UK, where they live. In the application and USCIS guidance, it seems you should only be leaving for good reasons (family situation etc) matching the ones you gave on the application, but I've seen examples of people taking vacations successfully. The terms of AP remain the same, but it seems as though enforcement of the terms have relaxed as GC wait-times have increased.
 
I'm a worrier, though, so wouldn't risk it even if 99.99% of people have no problems. Can anybody shed light? Even immigration attorneys seem to disagree (see the conflicting answers given here: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-use-an-advance-parole-to-go-on-vacation-outs-2198005.html)

I had an awful time getting the DMV (NY) to acknowledge that I was entitled to a driving permit as a K1 entrant. Luckily, one of the managers I eventually appealed to was an immigrant and was able to get it issued (after waiting several weeks for USCIS to confirm my immigration status).
 
Frustratingly, federal law requires there to be a "Temp Visitor" expiry date on the card. The expiry date doesn't change driving privileges but it will prevent you from taking the road test in some states (NY is one of them).
 
The problem for K1 holders is that the DMV will take the expiry date of your only documented visa - in our case, the 90-day K1 expiry - and put that date in bold letters across your permit/licence. You need to wait for your EAD to extend it. In my case, by the time I had actually gotten my permit, I only had a week to take the road test! Now I need to wait for the EAD and submit a change request to extend the temp visitor date.
 
Luckily, you can take both the pre-licencing 5 hour course (in NY) and the theory test with that date having passed, and you can drive with an international licence unsupervised (again, in NY), but no proper licence until the EAD

Wait times are averaging around 150 days at the moment. Take a look at your VJ timeline - it estimates approval dates on the basis of other applicants. My NOA1 is April 23rd and my AP/EAD is due to be approved at the end of September, so I would imagine yours would be around the same time. People are getting lucky, though!
 
Hang in there!

Wait times are averaging around 150 days at the moment. Take a look at your VJ timeline - it estimates approval dates on the basis of other applicants. My NOA1 is April 23rd and my AP/EAD is due to be approved at the end of September, so I would imagine yours would be around the same time. People are getting lucky, though!
 
Hang in there!

Yeay!. Just got a new update from USCIS about my EAD that they're producing my card and will mail it to me. 

Sadly, you can totally and completely ignore whether the online case status has been updated. My K1 is still showing as Case Received, despite having been approved in January. For many, the online status has absolutely no bearing on the reality. It just boils down to whether the case handler could be bothered to update it.
 
Just keep an eye on the mail - annoyingly, that's all you can do!

Hello everybody - another April filer here for AOS. Entered on a K1 and filed April 18th. Biometrics completed May 23rd. Case now changed to "Ready to be Scheduled for Interview" as of June 6th.
 
I guess, having read these posts about the prioritization of GCs over EAD/AP, it's now pot luck under the new system whether or not our case gets picked up quickly by the local field office (in our case, Albany NY) or just sits there for a year!
 
Congratulations to the couple of people I've seen who already have interview dates! Best of luck

Hello everybody - another April filer here for AOS. Entered on a K1 and filed April 18th. Biometrics completed May 23rd. Case now changed to "Ready to be Scheduled for Interview" as of June 6th.
 
I guess, having read these posts about the prioritization of GCs over EAD/AP, it's now pot luck under the new system whether or not our case gets picked up quickly by the local field office (in our case, Albany NY) or just sits there for a year!
 
Congratulations to the couple of people I've seen who already have interview dates! Best of luck

Congrats Marta!
Hopefully you'll get the interview letter soon.
My case status has changed into "Ready to be scheduled for interview" as of May 21st. Hopefully we all get speedy process. 
 

Hello everybody - another April filer here for AOS. Entered on a K1 and filed April 18th. Biometrics completed May 23rd. Case now changed to "Ready to be Scheduled for Interview" as of June 6th.
 
I guess, having read these posts about the prioritization of GCs over EAD/AP, it's now pot luck under the new system whether or not our case gets picked up quickly by the local field office (in our case, Albany NY) or just sits there for a year!
 
Congratulations to the couple of people I've seen who already have interview dates! Best of luck