Dee28

Keep your heads up everyone. It's just temporary. You're all with your loved ones now so the worst wait is over. Together you can do anything. 
 
I had my AOS interview today in Indianapolis. It went pretty good. They didnt ask my husband to go back, just me. He went through the form with me, every single question, which took almost half an hour in itself. Then asked for my passport, a copy of the marriage liscence, and both our divorce papers. And all the papers proving our marriage,bank statement, shared insurance ect. That's it. He told me all seemed in order and he'd recommend us for approval.
He said it could take up to 3 months to get my greencard, but other people were told 2 to 3 weeks. So we'll see. 

I just got notification that our interview was scheduled today!
 
Things are moving along!

Congrats!!! 

Hi all!  I had my AOS Interview at Tampa FL USCIS Office today.  Here is my review...
 
Met with a lovely immigration officer (Riki) who went through the I-485 and verified all the information that I had provided in the form.

Asked for my name and former names, my DOB, husbands name and his DOB, my parents names, current address, how long we have lived there for, date we were married and then we went through each of the immigration/criminal/terrorism questions which you have to answer verbally yes/no to. We were then invited to provide any supporting documentation to verify our relationship. We provided gym membership, health insurance, joint credit cards, car insurance, joint bank statements, birthday cards, 5 x photos from the wedding, copies of our wedding vows and facebook msgs and emails. She then invited us to tell her about us and our story which we didn't mind retelling as we love to tell our little 'fairytale'

She then informed us that she had everything she needed for her review and that once they did a 'refresh' on my background check, everything to her looked good to be approved. Told us they have 90 days to approve it but that she normally takes less than 30 days to go through her cases and issue decision. She then said that I will receive a letter advising us of their decision and then a week later will receive the card.

By the time we arrived home (approximately 2 hours after the appointment ended), I received a text notification that my case status had been updated for all three cases (AOS, EAD & AP). So I signed in to my USCIS account online and it advised 'New Card is Being Produced' for my AOS which means I have been APPROVED and it is on it's way! NOTE - Because my greencard was issued before my employment authorization/advance parole requests had been granted, they have now been cancelled by the immigration officer (she advised us that she would cancel them once she approved and issued my green card).

So all in all, a easy experience (even though I was nervous... something about an 'interview' that always makes me a little uneasy haha), questions were straight forward and after only a short wait, I now have my green card on it's way! Happy Days

Also just a quick mention regarding the I-693 medical. I had my overseas vaccination in Feb 2018 with all my vaccinations completed (except for the flu vaccine as it was not flu season in Australia). I provided a copy of my vaccination record (DS3025) with my I-485 submission and this was sufficient. I did NOT go to a civil doctor and re do any medical or vaccination part of the form for my interview as it was still within the 12 months of my overseas medical. The topic of the medical was not even brought up in the interview. Just wanted to add this in for others as this was something that I wasn't sure of and took a chance in not completing the additional medical just in case I didn't need it - which turns out I didn't!
 
If you have any further questions, let me know and good luck to the rest of you!!
 
Alli

Hi Y'all,
 
I got my interview letter yesterday with an appointment for November 27th 😊.
Here my AOS timeline :
Date Filed : 2018-07-31 NOA Date : 2018-08-06 Bio. Appt. : 2018-08-29 Interview Date : 2018-11-27  
Hope you get yours soon.
 

Congrats🎉

Got my interview letter in today. My appointment is on Nov 29 in Indianapolis. That's 3 months after filing. 

Hey everyone! 
I recieved a letter today saying my GC interview has been scheduled for Dec.6. Feels surreal!
 
I did not receive an update on the app, the letter just showed up! 
 
My timeline is filled in
 
 

(Crosspost)
 
YAY!!! 
Email and text from USCIS:
New Card Is Being Produced
On October 16, 2018, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSC189129XXXX, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
 
Hoping the AP comes with it and it arrives quickly! 

Congrats!

Got our AP/EAD and SS card. Whew.... now on to the next step. 

Dont be too serious. Are you not getting some? 😏

Hey guys! Just popping in to let you know my EAD card is currently in production. Yay! So hoping I will get some mail soon.
 
Applied 6/4. I guess the EAD is not New York specific really (because they're all processed in centrally Chicago?) but still wanted to let you know.

Hi,
 
I know how you feel because the RFE of my K1 visa petition took me more than a month to respond. But always better safe than sorry, responding to RFE should be quick but not in a rush especially when you're still quite confused . Luckily, my AOS application got no RFE and I hope the following of how we did regarding tax info would help:
 
Go here https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript and sign up an account to get transcripts online in a minute. My USC husband who claims to be a techtard can easily do this himself so your husband will also be able to. The Tax return transcript you will get would look like attachment.
 
Also, to make my husband's tax filing situation easier for USCIS to understand , we also downloaded wage and income transcripts, which should be unnecessary if you submit tax return transcripts, and used them as alternatives of W-2, 1099....to further explained our case. (Please ignore this wage and income transcript if your case is rather simple.)
 
We submitted 3 years of tax return transcripts plus wage and income transcripts total in 15 pages only (will be even lesser if you only submit the most recent one) and highlighted the important info. Surely a breeze for you to prepare also for USCIS to figure out
 

May filer here. I received my EAD after 125 days. The green card interview will normally take place after you receive your work permit, unless you live in a city where the local office is moving really fast. 
You can check the processing times on the USCIS website, just search by the location where you had your biometrics taken.
Good luck!

Get the tax return transcript from IRS, not return but transcript and try sending that. 
 
What did you send for taxes?
 
Only w2 and 1099? Cause if you send these 2 then you need the tax return at least and that would be a lot of pages.
 
if you send the tax return transcript obtained from irs then you won’t need these.
 
your husband can obtain it online or ask for it to be mailed to your address (takes around 4-10 days) for free.
 
good luck! And don’t forget to send the copy and not original because they may not scan the back of it!

Got my appointment letter for the biometrics today. Thank god it's in Louisville 😁
 
Noa1 08.30
Biometrics 10.04

Hey there.... thanks so much for following along with me and your support. Yes girl, we finally made it through the K1 and are now waiting for his GC interview. 
 
Good luck with the rest of your journey as well!! 😊

Hi Trina, I followed along with your journey for a while we both had the same K1 files as well so glad to see you here. Good luck with everything

Awww...no problem!!!! Just remember to make sure you cross-check everything, signed all documents and that you have whatever else is needed for your case.

Atti didn’t get the visa, He was missing 3 documents the consul said. Police certificate needed to be a particular one specifically for immigrants , which I had told him to get cause I had read that on VJ forum and he still got the the wrong one. Same thing for military record.  We also need to apply for a I-601 and an I-212 each $930. (I just checked processing times for those forms on uscis and it says 13-18 months) even though consul told Atti it would take like 3 months. 🤷‍♀️
I’m just depleted right now! 

Just got my NVC number!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April 17- May 9-
 
22 days!

Hello All!
Atti’s interview is in a couple of hours. I’m a nervous wreck. Please pray for us 🙏🏻

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Yeah, we look like a couple of derpos. Not the  most flattering of pictures. I think we were still shell shocked they wavered the 48 hour wait... 😂 That and we were goofing around.