crispytofu

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

Hi all!
 
Just wanted to update the thread here. My wife and I had our interview!
 
We got there early, super early (over an hour) since the office we needed to our interview in was a neighboring city. Checked in and waited, and about 5 minutes after our scheduled time we were called to go in.
 
Once we sat down the officer asked for all our documentation, birth certificates, passports, etc. We were sworn in and then he asked for supporting documentation which for us was joint accounts, birthday and anniversary cards my wife and I sent to each other, house deed, last apartment lease, car title, cell phone bill, insurance for various things, receipts, etc. In hindsight, my wife was probably right that we had went way overboard in evidence.
 
We never were separated in the room and really the only questions that were asked us outside of the forms were "How did we meet and where?". After going through all the documentation we realized he never went through our pictures. We asked him if he wanted to see them, he said he didn't really have to since we had more than enough proof, but he decided to just go ahead and add a couple pictures. So he flipped through them and chose some and we added commentary as he looked through them.
 
After going through all the supporting documents, the officer went through the forms making sure that we could answer things.
 
Overall by the end of the interview, the officer stated that our case was one of the cleanest he's seen in awhile, and that the amount of evidence we had was very impressive. We were approved at the interview, though the officer did say there was a review team that had to just do some double checking before we could be 100% approved. By the end of the day, the status had changed to interview was complete and further review was needed, and the next day the I-485 related receipt number switched to new card being produced. (The I-130 related receipt didn't update not sure why.) My wife ended up getting her green card the following week.
 
My tip for people going to the interview, don't be too nervous! Definitely bring as much evidence as you can, if it has both of your names on it then bring it.
Make sure to always bring copies! This makes it much easier for the officer to just pick things out without the risk of them having to go make a copy of evidence. I literally went through all the cards and photocopied all of them.
 
Anyways I've been a follower of the August thread for awhile. I thank everyone for sharing their experiences, it does help to know that we weren't the only ones also waiting. I'll still lurk around here and probably update when we have to remove conditions.
 
For all those that are waiting, hang in there!

You should contact the congressman. I'm also in Texas as well and even though they are Republican, they still have to look out for their constituents, many times it isn't even the congressman themselves handling your request but their local office. I actually had the same concern as well, but then after not hearing about any status, my wife and I figured, well what's the worst that could happen? They tell us that USCIS is still in process? Turns outs our first reply back from the congressman's office was that it was still being processed, but we were just happy that we at least had another party looking out for our case.
 
For my wife and I, contacting a senator was not very helpful since they seem to be slower in responding than my local House representative. For the House rep, I just called and they told me to have my wife email over a form and the next week I got some info, then a couple weeks later my wife's EAD was processed.
 
Have hope, and just ask the congressman since you won't really know what their response will be unless you ask. After all, you have 3 in Texas that represent you, if one doesn't help out there are 2 others that might.
 

So crazy that everyone doesn’t have their EAD yet! Hopefully this month you will just get an interview notice (happened to some people in July too, no EAD or it came rediculkusly close to interview time). For my own case I notice that the whole thing overall is right on target in terms of timeline. We have our interview this Friday, almost exactly 6 months after applying, which is exactly what I expected. The only unexpected and absolutely agonizing part was waiting for that EAD card which we expected within 90 days of filing. 
 
So so I hope you all will get interview notices soon and not have to worry about EAD. 

I will have my interview tomorrow and will be posting a review after. Let us know how your interview goes as well. 
 
Good luck

FINALLY! We received an email late last night that the EAD card was being sent for printing!

Hello everyone I just received my first text notification from USCIS, I checked my status and my combo cards are on my way 😊 Praise God,  praying for you all to receive your blessing soon.
 
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Official Website of the Department of Homeland Security Español New Card Is Being Produced
On January 30, 2018, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSC**********, and will mail it to the address you gave us. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschangeto give us your new mailing address.
   

Yay! My wife also finally got an update. The card was ordered yesterday (approvals for some reason were today.) Got the first email of the card being ordered and then the approval emails came a little later. So excited!

Yeah that's kind of the strange thing... If I recall correctly, the processing times page actually used to say As of September 31st it was processing September then went back to July, then I think recently is when it bumped to October 31. So the As of date is moving forward, but the processing date is going backwards?

Yep, noticed that as well... I think before Dec 26th it was July 11th or something. Prior to Early December it was something like September was being processed. Now I believe its June 30. Not sure what is causing the date to go back. I guess just proof that it isn't just us that is experiencing delays, something is really going on over there.

Similar scenario here, we contacted our congressman sometime last week and the first response from USCIS wasn't all that great. It basically said "Our records show that this case is pending at the National Benefits Center (NBC). The NBC processing cases of this type as of June 30, 2017." and that our case was after that date.
 
Ended up getting an email earlier today from our congressman with an update from USCIS saying "Thank you for your inquiry regarding this constituent’s immigration matter. This case is currently under review with an officer.  Your constituent should receive a decision or notice of other action shortly. "
 
I'm curious how long "shortly" is, but at least its some update after months of silence .

Early August filer, still absolutely no news!
 
 

You guys, I’m so thankful that we FINALLY got a card in production update on our EAD!!! I got it at 18:00 today. I was actually in the middle of a huge conference when I got the message and it just absolutely made my day. It has really been so hard on us with my husband not being able to work, drive or just have a normal life. It has really been a test of our relationship but I’m so happy that we can start a normal life now. 
 
Now just waiting for the card!! 
 
Its slowly getting there for all for all of us but it sure is hard all of this waiting.

Yay! My wife also finally got an update. The card was ordered yesterday (approvals for some reason were today.) Got the first email of the card being ordered and then the approval emails came a little later. So excited!

Yay! My wife also finally got an update. The card was ordered yesterday (approvals for some reason were today.) Got the first email of the card being ordered and then the approval emails came a little later. So excited!

Not sure if this is the correct way, but I was only able to find out when I created an account on USCIS then added all the receipts. Afterwards, from the "My Cases" page, if I click on the case corresponding to the 765, I see on the bottom of the page "Next Steps" and in that section it tells me that I filed an SR but it has not been assigned.

Not sure if this is the correct way, but I was only able to find out when I created an account on USCIS then added all the receipts. Afterwards, from the "My Cases" page, if I click on the case corresponding to the 765, I see on the bottom of the page "Next Steps" and in that section it tells me that I filed an SR but it has not been assigned.

Not sure if this is the correct way, but I was only able to find out when I created an account on USCIS then added all the receipts. Afterwards, from the "My Cases" page, if I click on the case corresponding to the 765, I see on the bottom of the page "Next Steps" and in that section it tells me that I filed an SR but it has not been assigned.

Not sure if this is the correct way, but I was only able to find out when I created an account on USCIS then added all the receipts. Afterwards, from the "My Cases" page, if I click on the case corresponding to the 765, I see on the bottom of the page "Next Steps" and in that section it tells me that I filed an SR but it has not been assigned.