Creamsoda1983

Just joining the group.
 
Filing today 7/31. 5 year rule. I could have applied 3 months ago. Got GC through marriage, but got divorced after 4 years. Hoping things move fairly quickl!

No there is no good reason to worry about his job. Hes been there 10 years. Problem with his work theres a lot of petty stuff that goes on. Someone gets pissed off enough over feelings they were slighted or whatever (work in sales), a few of these people will make stuff up and lie to save their own ### and to throw others under the bus. Id like to say its like working with children, but children act better than a lot of these people and that would be insulting to children. His employer will fire people on the spot no questions asked. So it could be possible, but i dont think very likely. Hes good at his job and a valued employee, but you know the superior has a bad day and you never know. And I know he could get a new job easily. 
Interview went well, no RFE's or anything yet
 
Anyway thank you, I know im worrying over things that arent even things right now, but my panties are in a twist just thinking of the what if scenarios. I just want to be prepared and am hoping will be allowed to submit an affidavit of support showing assets JUST IN CASE this were to happen . Prepare for the worst and hope for the best!
 

I know I dont get it. My local office on the old website had about a 6 month processing time so pretty good. And as of February 10 my interview has been scheduled for May 1. (yay!). Went to check the processing times just for fun and they they are going back to 2016. How does it go from 6 months to over a year overnight.

Yep. my case was updated online to ready to schedule interview. Then a week or so later it was updated again online with a scheduled interview and said the date. The next day I got the official letter in the mail. 

Yep I would assume so. I received an RFE, sent it back and a week later my case was ready for interview.  So I assume my case is complete and reviewed. Happy news as of today I have an interview date now! So your just waiting for your field office to schedule the interview now. Congrats!

Yep. my case was updated online to ready to schedule interview. Then a week or so later it was updated again online with a scheduled interview and said the date. The next day I got the official letter in the mail. 

i just wanted to add about the lawyer. You can see a lawyer for an initial consult. They can help you go over your options and review the best plan for you and explain exactly how the process works.  You can pay up to abut $500 for that one time consult. I did that. Before I went, I researched everything as much as I could, printed out all the possible forms I might need. It was very confusing at first. I read through each form and all the directions. I circled and highlighted anything I had a question about. So when we did speak with the lawyer, I had a good idea of what I needed to do, and she cleared up any questions. (even the stupidest smallest questions about the forms, which fees apply etc). That was all I really needed to feel confident to do the rest myself.
When she sent us the quote for if we wanted to actually hire her to file for us, it was $5000. Oh hell no. I can see needing to do this when there are major immigration issues, but my case is pretty simple, I never overstayed my visas etc.
 
But the $300 consult fee was worth it. I filed everything myself. Used this website as a great guide to make sure i had a solid package. And now my AOS is ready for interview! the $5000 was completely unnecessary.
 
The thing with AOS is its not exactly a sure thing. Its up to the immigration officer if they think your intent was/was not to marry when you entered unless you have good evidence to prove otherwise.They can just close the books and tell you to have a nice day and go back to Canada. So it is worth considering the Consular processing route where they cant really deny it, or fiance visas (which I dont know much about personally), but these routes are the safest, surest ways.  I am here on a TN, and when I entered in 2016, we were not planning on getting married then, we hadnt really talked about it yet. He proposed 2017 and we got married in October. I applied for AOS and am awaiting our interview. I think it should all be ok though, but still nerve wracking.