Mariia

We just submitted the N-400!!! Yay... hopefully the I-751 gets processed sometime this century

Filed N400 on APril 5th 2021.
Received biometrics reused letter.
Anyone here filled in April and from Baltimore, Maryland?

You can refer below list but it is not just limited to these items - (fact is to provide them with all the documents that shows bonafide marriage) 
 
1) Cover letter [If I-751 is pending, I would suggest to request approval of both I-751 and N-400 at the same time]
2) Copy of Green card (front and back) [If you have I-751 pending then copy of your conditional GC and I-797 Notice that shows proof of 18 months extension and case number]
3) The inside of the front cover and signature page of spouse current U.S passport or birth certificate.
4) Copy of drivers license (applicant and USC spouse)
5) Copy of applicants passport (front and back along with  pages that has stamps)
6) Copy of Marriage Certificate
7) Copy of Joint taxes for last 3 years or an IRS tax return transcripts for last 3 years.
8) Joint Bank Accounts statements
9) Proof of Joint membership, if any
10) Lease Agreement, if living in a rental property else Joint House Ownership document copy.
11) Renters Insurance or Home Insurance
12) Joint car loan, if any
13) Car registration showing both names
14) Joint auto Insurance
15) Utility bills
16) Copy of Boarding passes/tickets for last 3 or more years that shows your trips together
17) Copy of Photos together and w/ family members or friends. 
 
If you are filing online then the size of each file should not exceed 6MB.

No update for me. A friend of mine though, who I met during the K1 process, got approved July 28. He filed his ROC last Feb 28, so exactly 5 months for him. SRC. He also had a record fast AOS process, also 5 months. Some folks are just so lucky.

Good morning,
 
Sharing my timeline here:
 
June 10th 2020- I-751 package sent 
June 11th 2020- Delivered to TX PO Box and signed for
June 17th 2020- Text message "Case was received with Receipt# YSCXXXXXXXXXX on June 11". Check cashed on the same day. 
 
Good luck to everyone!
 
 

Sent my package in on Tuesday 3/31 and it was delivered 4/2.
 
Here's a list of what I included in mine:
 
Exhibit A: Table of Contents, Check, G-1145 Form, signed I-751 form, copy of I-551 card
Exhibit B: Marriage Certificate and Identification documents
Exhibit 😄 IRS Transcripts and Joint Checking Account Statements
Exhibit 😧 Past leases and Deed to jointly owned house
Exhibit E: Past Renters Insurance and current Homeowners Insurance
Exhibit F: Auto insurance
Exhibit G: Life Insurance and 401(k) Beneficiaries
Exhibit H: Mortgage statements and utility bills
Exhibit I: Sworn affidavits from family and friends
Exhibit J: Travel as a couple and with family and friends
Exhibit K: Phone bills and records showing communication between couple
Exhibit L: Greeting cards to the couple and between the couple
Exhibit M: Social Media Posts from couple
Exhibit N: Photos of life together with family and friends from date of marriage to today
 
Good luck to everyone!

Hello, 
Thanks for your post, looks good.........we are about to submit our package on April 24, do you mind if I ask you where did you get your dividers with the exhibits on it?
Also are you going to send it in this file showing in the image?
TIA

Just adding some updates to my story
 
Finally we got the best news on our case! Our AOS status changed to "Card is Being Produced" on September 6th ( 43 days after the interview)! On September 10th I-131 and I-765 statuses changed to "Case closed Benefit received by other means". Since then didn't have any updates about GC being mailed until today September 14th when I finally opened our mailbox and found this desired red envelope ! (no updates anywhere even now)
 
Wish everybody the best of luck with your cases:) Don't give up!

Congrats!!
Your case was fast.. i hope i even hear a peep from mine!!
Best wishes and we'll see you here again when you file your ROC..

Just adding some updates to my story
 
Finally we got the best news on our case! Our AOS status changed to "Card is Being Produced" on September 6th ( 43 days after the interview)! On September 10th I-131 and I-765 statuses changed to "Case closed Benefit received by other means". Since then didn't have any updates about GC being mailed until today September 14th when I finally opened our mailbox and found this desired red envelope ! (no updates anywhere even now)
 
Wish everybody the best of luck with your cases:) Don't give up!

Just adding some updates to my story
 
Finally we got the best news on our case! Our AOS status changed to "Card is Being Produced" on September 6th ( 43 days after the interview)! On September 10th I-131 and I-765 statuses changed to "Case closed Benefit received by other means". Since then didn't have any updates about GC being mailed until today September 14th when I finally opened our mailbox and found this desired red envelope ! (no updates anywhere even now)
 
Wish everybody the best of luck with your cases:) Don't give up!

I received my green card yesterday, 2.5 months after my interview!
Good luck to everyone still waiting!

I think this is nothing to worry about, I saw similar situations in this thread some time ago, so you shouldn't worry . Good luck to you and your case!

I think this is nothing to worry about, I saw similar situations in this thread some time ago, so you shouldn't worry . Good luck to you and your case!

Yes I had the same situation 
June 13 Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview
June 19 Interview was scheduled (though this updated was never visible to me, found it a few days ago at USCIS account page)
June 25 Fingerprint review was completed
July 26 Interview was completed and my case must be reviewed 
 
 day 36 after the interview and still no updates...

Sigh starting to get impatient. 
 
USCIS got our packet on April 30th. Including
I-765,  I-131 and I-485 
got my noa1 2 weeks later and already had my biometrics appointment. 
Yet it still says “case recieved” on uscis case status. 
 
Its been over 90 days and I’d really like to start working and have a drivers license (Im not allowed to have one until I get my work permit) How long are wait times? 
 
Sigh!

I’m finally ready to share our AOS interview experience on July 26th in Baltimore, Maryland 
 
Timeline : NOA1 - May 3d, Biometrics -June 4th, AOS interview - July 26th
 
So my husband (US citizen) and I ( applicant) gathered all the needed documents from the list sent by USCIS. ( we got letter with interview date one month ahead) Our appointment was on July 26th at 4:00 p.m ( which is the time when office closes). We came there earlier , registered at 3:30 and started waiting ( advice here: if you have appointment closer to the end of the working day- DONT be late, they won’t let you in) . At about 4:15 officer called me by name , my husband and I headed to the door and here a very weird thing happened: she said: “ I need only Maria( applicant)  for this, you ( husband) can stay here, in the waiting room “ 
That is what made us VERY confused, as we’d never read anything like this before . 
 
After those words, I went with the officer to the interview room and was told that I’ll be videotaped and that the reason why she hadn’t called my husband is  that I’m the applicant for this form and she needs only me to answer the questions. The interview itself went as I expected except for the first few questions :
if I had my original I-129f form( which I obviously didn’t have, because it was in the sealed envelope which I had given to the officer at POE ) . This made me confused but later we figured it out  If I had my EAD ( which I didn’t have too, and I thought they knew it)   Then questions were basic: she went through all I485 form, checked literally every question there, including what my Social Security was , when we got married, where , what are our DOB, where I lived before , etc. There is no need to go further, as I was asked every question in the form. Then she headed to the section with YES/NO questions ( it was the longest part of the interview). Finally she asked if I wanted to add anything that can help , I gave her our BGE papers , joint bank statement , insurance papers , a few photos from different occasions , and a letter/invitation to the wedding from our friends ( with both our names and address ). Then she said it would be enough 
 
P.S when she was going through the form she made a few corrections there and in the end I signed that I confirm all the corrections mentioned . She also wrote down some of my answers in details ( like 
If We want kids in future, what are our plans for the coming 10 years , etc.) 
 
In conclusion , she gave me a standard paper , which says that “ your case is being held for review”). I asked if our case seems fine to her. She said she can’t make any decision yet and we should wait for updates online. That was it , after the interview , in like 30 minutes , our case updated to “interview was completed and your case must be reviewed “ , since then no updates yet... today is August 8th . Still waiting ! 
 
P.S we tried to find similar cases , where only applicant was questioned, and we did find some people with the same situation , but rare cases. 
 
We hope this review helps . Good luck to all of you, guys:) any questions are welcomed

Thank you for sharing! Seems like a very detailed interview, asking questions what are your plans in next 10 years is pretty intense 😟

I’m finally ready to share our AOS interview experience on July 26th in Baltimore, Maryland 
 
Timeline : NOA1 - May 3d, Biometrics -June 4th, AOS interview - July 26th
 
So my husband (US citizen) and I ( applicant) gathered all the needed documents from the list sent by USCIS. ( we got letter with interview date one month ahead) Our appointment was on July 26th at 4:00 p.m ( which is the time when office closes). We came there earlier , registered at 3:30 and started waiting ( advice here: if you have appointment closer to the end of the working day- DONT be late, they won’t let you in) . At about 4:15 officer called me by name , my husband and I headed to the door and here a very weird thing happened: she said: “ I need only Maria( applicant)  for this, you ( husband) can stay here, in the waiting room “ 
That is what made us VERY confused, as we’d never read anything like this before . 
 
After those words, I went with the officer to the interview room and was told that I’ll be videotaped and that the reason why she hadn’t called my husband is  that I’m the applicant for this form and she needs only me to answer the questions. The interview itself went as I expected except for the first few questions :
if I had my original I-129f form( which I obviously didn’t have, because it was in the sealed envelope which I had given to the officer at POE ) . This made me confused but later we figured it out  If I had my EAD ( which I didn’t have too, and I thought they knew it)   Then questions were basic: she went through all I485 form, checked literally every question there, including what my Social Security was , when we got married, where , what are our DOB, where I lived before , etc. There is no need to go further, as I was asked every question in the form. Then she headed to the section with YES/NO questions ( it was the longest part of the interview). Finally she asked if I wanted to add anything that can help , I gave her our BGE papers , joint bank statement , insurance papers , a few photos from different occasions , and a letter/invitation to the wedding from our friends ( with both our names and address ). Then she said it would be enough 
 
P.S when she was going through the form she made a few corrections there and in the end I signed that I confirm all the corrections mentioned . She also wrote down some of my answers in details ( like 
If We want kids in future, what are our plans for the coming 10 years , etc.) 
 
In conclusion , she gave me a standard paper , which says that “ your case is being held for review”). I asked if our case seems fine to her. She said she can’t make any decision yet and we should wait for updates online. That was it , after the interview , in like 30 minutes , our case updated to “interview was completed and your case must be reviewed “ , since then no updates yet... today is August 8th . Still waiting ! 
 
P.S we tried to find similar cases , where only applicant was questioned, and we did find some people with the same situation , but rare cases. 
 
We hope this review helps . Good luck to all of you, guys:) any questions are welcomed

I’m finally ready to share our AOS interview experience on July 26th in Baltimore, Maryland 
 
Timeline : NOA1 - May 3d, Biometrics -June 4th, AOS interview - July 26th
 
So my husband (US citizen) and I ( applicant) gathered all the needed documents from the list sent by USCIS. ( we got letter with interview date one month ahead) Our appointment was on July 26th at 4:00 p.m ( which is the time when office closes). We came there earlier , registered at 3:30 and started waiting ( advice here: if you have appointment closer to the end of the working day- DONT be late, they won’t let you in) . At about 4:15 officer called me by name , my husband and I headed to the door and here a very weird thing happened: she said: “ I need only Maria( applicant)  for this, you ( husband) can stay here, in the waiting room “ 
That is what made us VERY confused, as we’d never read anything like this before . 
 
After those words, I went with the officer to the interview room and was told that I’ll be videotaped and that the reason why she hadn’t called my husband is  that I’m the applicant for this form and she needs only me to answer the questions. The interview itself went as I expected except for the first few questions :
if I had my original I-129f form( which I obviously didn’t have, because it was in the sealed envelope which I had given to the officer at POE ) . This made me confused but later we figured it out  If I had my EAD ( which I didn’t have too, and I thought they knew it)   Then questions were basic: she went through all I485 form, checked literally every question there, including what my Social Security was , when we got married, where , what are our DOB, where I lived before , etc. There is no need to go further, as I was asked every question in the form. Then she headed to the section with YES/NO questions ( it was the longest part of the interview). Finally she asked if I wanted to add anything that can help , I gave her our BGE papers , joint bank statement , insurance papers , a few photos from different occasions , and a letter/invitation to the wedding from our friends ( with both our names and address ). Then she said it would be enough 
 
P.S when she was going through the form she made a few corrections there and in the end I signed that I confirm all the corrections mentioned . She also wrote down some of my answers in details ( like 
If We want kids in future, what are our plans for the coming 10 years , etc.) 
 
In conclusion , she gave me a standard paper , which says that “ your case is being held for review”). I asked if our case seems fine to her. She said she can’t make any decision yet and we should wait for updates online. That was it , after the interview , in like 30 minutes , our case updated to “interview was completed and your case must be reviewed “ , since then no updates yet... today is August 8th . Still waiting ! 
 
P.S we tried to find similar cases , where only applicant was questioned, and we did find some people with the same situation , but rare cases. 
 
We hope this review helps . Good luck to all of you, guys:) any questions are welcomed

Hi everyone! Ive recently entered the USA (state Maryland) with K1 visa, got married and changed my last name , as well as sent AOS and EAD package. Now Im thinking about getting learners permit and drivers license while waiting for EAD and Green Card. The point is: is it possible to do so if I have my passport and I-94 form with my maiden last name on them, Social Security card is already with a new last name, and we do have marriage certificate , proving last name changed? 
 
P.S. Recently tried to get ID , MVA told us that it is impossible until all my documents match by the same last name, so I'll be able to do it only after getting my EAD with new last name on it. Is is the same process wit Drivers License ? Thank you 

Update: I just received an email saying, "On July 30, 2018, we scheduled an interview for your Form I485 and we will mail your interview notice."
 
I will update when I receive the interview notice.
 
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I-140 filed in Nov 2017
I-140 approved in May 2018
I-485/combo filed on May 18, 2018 (to NBC)
Request the expedite for combo on July 6, 2018
Combo received on July 20, 2018
Case ready to be scheduled on July 23, 2018
Email notice: case scheduled for an interview on July 30, 2018
 
  

Yeah , congratulations to you !!!  That means an approval

A couple of hours ago the status of our I-485 was changed to "Initial Review"' then quickly after that it was changed again to "Card/Document Production" and we ordered your new card for case xxxxxx. I'm guessing this means we've been approved? I can't find anything that specifically says approved.

We have the same situation. Interview was last week 7/19 morning (office at Atlanta GA). IO called our number. My husband and I walk over to her. She very friendly. She say don’t need my husband to come in. Both of us look at each other (husband and me). Got me nervous. Next I try to take the bag from my husband (big bag with documents and photo). IO say don’t need to bring in. Went in the office oaths and finger print. IO say we don’t need your husband because the 129F has been approved. AOS is about me. IO ask questions from the 485 form. Took my ID and our marriage cert. Ask about my medical report. Told her the report is with my husband. She say will take from him later. Few more question and she say we are good here. Walk out with me to my husband and take the medical report. My husband ask her can we open a champagne and celebrate? She laugh and say yes. Leaving the building I just got confused. Approved or not approved? We did not receive paper or a stamp. Did not received text on the day. We only received approved on 7/25. New card is being produce. Yeah! Relieved.