On 2/20/2022 at 12:00 PM, Avuscrm5 said:

Congrats!:Did you get interviewed?

No Interview for me, last interview I had was for AOS.

Status changed yesterday to: "Case Was Approved" so I am waiting for the letter in the mail.

May filer here, status changed to "New Card Being Produced"  I wasn't expecting it this early but I'll take it!

Hi Everyone!

Joining the bandwagon a little late, summited ROC May 19th and Sep 10th status changed to: Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken

1 hour ago, americaninlove said:

Holy #######. I just woke up past midnight and figured why not...I’ll do my hourly check. Nothing on the EAD or the AP as usual. Check the 485 and the interview was scheduled! Wasn’t expecting that for another 6 months at least! In total shock! I guess no EAD!?! And that means he cannot take the job offer he has as this will still take a few months to be completed, right? But at least there is SOMETHING!!! After almost 200 days at least it’s moving!

 

That's awesome! Had the same feeling myself when it happened to me, they usually schedule the interview a little over a month after the interview notice date, so you're getting close!

I still check my EAD/AP case status, just to see if it will say anything different or dissapear altogether haha 😁

11 hours ago, Gigi2017 said:

Guy!!! Right now at 1 am I’ve got an email that’s says for my EAD the new card is being produced!!! I can’t go back to sleep just crying!! But they are happy tears!!!

Wohoo! So glad things are moving forward, hope you, and everyone else still waiting gets the GC soon!!

34 minutes ago, sashsash said:

The timeline is just great for California  🎉 don’t mind me asking what’s your local office? Also how long did it take to get “ready to schedule” status after biometrics?

Califonia seems to be lucky (especially if you get the San Bernadino office or get transfered there)

6 hours ago, mdma11 said:

Keep checking the status. It will update with tracking information next. Congratulations! 

It just did! and thanks!

Card Was Picked Up By The United States Postal Service

On July 30, 2019, the Post Office picked up mail containing your new card for Receipt Number MSC------------. We mailed your card to the address you gave us. The tracking number assigned is ------------------------------------. You can use your tracking number at www.USPS.com in the Quick Tools Tracking section. If you did not receive the card, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request that we resend the card to you. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

1 hour ago, Michaela K. said:

Hey guys, I noticed a few people getting their GC interview sooner than they expected. I got mine in 4 months instead of 7-8 as was listed on USCIS website. A December filer I know in a different state was expecting interview around November from USCIS estimates. She just got scheduled for August! I saw a few more people mentioning it on VJ as well.

So fingers crossed that your wait for GC interview will be also much shorter than they're stating on the website 🤞. That way hopefully a lot of EAD/AP can get cancelled and people in the slower offices can get theirs sooner. Hang in there! 

 

One more thought on EAD/AP times, here on VJ I noticed, there is no way of indicating that you got your GC first and therefore your EAD/AP was cancelled. I personally deleted all the information from the EAD/AP section so it doesn't look like I filed and never go my EAD/AP but I'm sure not every person is that diligent 

I changed my EAD/AP on vj as recieving them on the date of my interview, since the green card allows you to work and travel anyway. It might be that the VJ estimated time goes up even more because people who get the interview and the gc just leave the EAD/AP part "unfinished" (even though it will be canceled by USCIS) and that bumps the estimated time even more. But the wait for those has gotten so long that it might not even be a factor, who knows

And 5 days after my interview, Case Status finally changed to Card was Mailed!!

I heard I am supposed to get a USPS tracking number also, but this notice doesn't have it?

1 hour ago, Violax said:

Hi congrats that you already got your GC approved!!

I'm a May filer, and my local field office is also Santa Ana...

How did you find out that your case got transferred to San Bernandino?

Did you call them and ask which office it would be?

Sorry for all the questions, I just haven't seen any people that are Santa Ana

So I'm appreciate whatever information you have. Thank you!!!

Thanks!  I didn't call or get any info on the site about the transfer, the IO told me after the interview when he looked at my case (and saw it was originally at the Santa Ana office)

When I saw that my case status changed to "interview has been scheduled" so much faster than I thought it would take, I figured I jumped ahead of the queue for some reason.

Soo I just looked at informed delivery and I have a letter from USCIS coming.

It says page one of one and is dated july 24th (the day I had the intreview)

I am presuming that's the formal approval letter and not the actual green card?  Since on the website (that still just says Cse was approved) it says they will email me my approval notice.

Also just curious, how does the actual letter with the green card inside look?

1 hour ago, Biffa said:

Did they inform you that your case got moved? I wonder if they’re speeding this process up since EAD is so weirdly backlogged. So lucky someone picked up your case if they were working on dec. Did you call uscis to find out this?

I didn't get any notice of it, this was something IO told me after the interview. He said that someone could have done it mistakenly while picking out cases to transfer.

12 minutes ago, Biffa said:

Crazy you got yours so early? I saw pitburg times are like 11-25 months and you’ve got your interview in just a few months. I’m in Los Angeles and the time is 9-24 months so hopefully I get mine early too ugh esp with these ridiculous EAD wait times

My petition originally went to the Santa Ana office, but because them and all the surrounding offices are so backed up, some of them got transfered to the San bernandino office (thats what the IO told me). Even with that he was suprised mine got through that fast, since he said they are still working on December/January filers. Hopefully more march filers get lucky like i did

10 minutes ago, petkoto said:

First , CONGRATULATIONS !!

 

 

I am glad that you described the interview , we went two weeks ago  and  have been separated in very elegant manner . The IO let my wife to the restricted area then stepped between us and asked me to stay in the waiting room .

Nice and effective trick .  I have had no problem with it , but surprised me . 

The rest of the interview was productive and really decent , no complaints at all . I understand that they have to make sure there is no abuse , so I did answer all questions without problem .

The IO was friendly , but sometimes inserted a question . 

 

The main reason I responded to your topic , is that when I asked other people on this web to tell me how the interview looks like , they did not bother to say anything , like I was asking so much . 

I understand that every IO conducts it differently , but  if some one asked me , I would normally answer that . 

So , I do appreciate your description , even it is already after our interview.  Maybe us , coming from the Slavic countries , we are more warm and friendly. ::))

 

The interesting thing is , that we got completely different document at the interview, but I do not need to leave ASAP . BTW , the card came exactly one week after the interview .

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you!

Most of the interview descriptions I read before mine were people saying how relaxed and easy it is, just a small chat with the IO and that's it, so I wanted to post my experience to show others what might happen if they suspect something. 

Just now, HSsweethearts4E said:

Mine took like 5 days to change and another week to arrive. Hang in there, you are already a permanent resident 

I'm glad someone else waited a bit also, everyone I talked to said theirs changed the same day or the day after.

I'm just being antsy since I am waiting for the card so I can book my flight back home for my first visit (Hoping to leave begining of September so I can  take my exams back home in time)

Day two after the AOS interview and the case status still says Approved.. What do I have to do for them to start making the damn card lol (jk)

5 hours ago, geowrian said:

Not a Stokes interview, but just one where they went into it likely expecting there to be an issue. Glad it turned out fine and the officer seems to have been reasonable and fair.

Congrats!

Thanks! I got quite scared when IO only asked me to go with him, but I'm very glad it all turned out okay. Now just waiting for the actual card to arrive, so i can book my flight back home for the the first visit.

How long after your interview did the status change from Approved to New card is being produced?

So I just got back frommy interview and we were approved!

but it sure as hell didn't seem like your regular AOS interview, so I wrote a post about it:

So I had my AOS interview today, and it went quite a bit differently than I thought it would:

When the IO called my last name, he told me only I should come back with him, while my husband was left in the waiting area. He asked me to turn off my phone and show him that I turned it off.

When we sat down, he asked me if my husband was born here in CA (I said no he was born in Ilinois)

He asked how we met (I said we met online in march of 2015)

IO: "oh? you guys didn't meed before that?" , me: "no"     -- In 2014, i was here on a work and travel program working as a lifeguard over the summer, and returned on time, at this time I did not know my husband-

IO:"but I see he was working for a pool company there, and you happened to be working at a pool right?"

That's where I got confused. and said "no? my husband never worked for a pool company, he woked in retail at that time, and before that he was working at Office Depot"

IO: "Are you sure about that? because I have it in my notes here that he worked for a pool company"

I repeated that I am pretty sure he never worked for any company that had anything to do with pools.

Then he switched to finances and stated "It's our job to also follow the money and where it is coming from"

He looked through two months of bank statements and looked carefully at every single line, asking how often does my husband get paid, and how much does he earn in a month. Then he looked at our saving account, and asked if I had any money comeing over from abroad. I answered yes, that I transfered some of my savings from back home to our joint savings account here. (he also asked how much was it in total roughly)

After that he asked to see the rental agreement, car insurance and took a look at the check stubs that were submitted with the petition.

Then he asked:  "So do your parents know about your guys's relationship?"

I answered no, and said that becuase where I am from, they would not accept that and I would not have a relationship with them if I came clean, but that weplan on telling them eventually.

He understood that as he was aware that I come from a more traditional area.

Next question was: '' When did you realize you were gay?''    *At that point I figured out what his assumption was, that we met while I was here on a WIT program, and that this was all a plot just to get me here*

I told them I always knew I was attracted to guys, after which he commented that when we are young we may not really realize our sexuality.

He asked if this was my first relationship, I said yes, but I have been with girls before when I was trying to convince myself that I am at least bi, and trying to cover up the fact that I'm gay.

All this took about 30min, after that he said that he is approving my application and doesn't see anything that would be an issue, he explained that it's their job to try and figure out genuine couples and explanied the removal of conditions process I would have to do down the line.

Then he called my husband in, read to us a statement about the Affidavit of support, and we spend a good 10-15min talking about his job and how he got into it, some of the interesting moments he had with other couples etc.

He did say that he normaly covers "more interesting" cases, which I assume means the ones that are suspected of fraud, but that he is confident that our relationship is genuine and wished us best of luck.

I am not sure if that was a true stokes interview, since he never asked my husband any questions, nor did he interview him seperately, but as soon as he said only I should come back with him, I knew that it wasn't gonna be your standard interview.

All in all he was very polite and nice, but that was quite a bit more nerve wracking that I was expecting

2 hours ago, lil.han said:

Has anyone noticed if the case tracker app isn’t working? It won’t let me search cases and I’m wondering if USCIS received our RFE documents yet... 

I noticed the same thing, It's back up and running for me

Question:

We have submitted an original copy of the marraige certificate in our AOS petition, but the interview letter is asking for one also, do we have to get another one to bring to the interview?

This maybe a silly question, I have my AOS interview scheduled for July 24th. Will EAD and AP applications get canceled by themselves if I recieve the GC, or do I have to do anything to notify USCIS that I don't need them anymore?

2 hours ago, sgprecision said:

Interview is scheduled for July 26 in San Bernardino 

Oh nice! We're July 24th (also San Bernardino)