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SRC I-751 Case here filed April 1, 2020 and my case has only updated with my old biometrics. No other updates for 286 days.
 
I know lots of people have already received their 10 year GCs (including folks who filed as recently as November 2020) but I'm really frustrated. I filed my N-400 application last week even though my I-751 has not been adjudicated yet.
 
Anyone else want to report back on their progress?

Oooh - tell us what went inside! 

Excited to finally get this packet together and sent out the door! I thought I was going to submit it in March, but now it looks like it will be closer to April.

I did an informal survey in a FB group I'm a part of related to Removal of Conditions and the vast majority did not have an interview. Unscientific but still quite heartening.

The priority date should be blank. We are very lucky that it is blank because what it signifies is there is basically an unlimited number of green cards for spouses of U.S. Citizens.
 
Brothers/Sisters of U.S. Citizens or spouses of Permanent Residents get a priority date when they apply for their green cards through this process -- similar to the ticket you get in the DMV indicating your place in the queue. Then you wait. And wait. And wait till your number  (i.e priority date) becomes "current". When it becomes current, you can then put in your actual green card application. If you were in the employment based green card queue, your priority date would be related to when your forms were filed. After that you could be looking at a 10-20 year wait for your priority date to become current.
 
We should count ourselves lucky!

Priority date chart: https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates/when-file-your-adjustment-status-application-family-sponsored-or-employment-based-preference-visas-april-2020

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!

I didn't number pages either. I didn't for K1 or for AOS. I took the 'attachments' to mean any extension/attachment to a form. Not the evidence itself which is separate. Could be wrong. Wouldn't worry too much either way. 

Excited to finally get this packet together and sent out the door! I thought I was going to submit it in March, but now it looks like it will be closer to April.

Two links that were very helpful for me were: 
https://learn.simplecitizen.com/immigration-support/form-i-751-how-to-prove-your-marriage-is-legitimate/ https://citizenpath.com/proving-a-bona-fide-marriage/ I want to also include here the list the USCIS officer handed me when we did our AOS interview. 
 

 
I was able to apply OCR on this document above to get this: 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Atlanta Field Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2150 Parklake Drive NE

Evidence to submit when you file your 1-751
Joint marital documents in support of the validity of your relationship should include, but is
not limited to the following:
Photocopy of petitioner and the beneficiary driver's license or state issued identification; Life Insurance Policies that show the other spouse as the beneficiary; Copy of birth certificates for all children born to the petitioner and the beneficiary in this relationship; Copy of lease or evidence of mortgage and evidence of rent or mortgage payments from the date of your marriage to present time; Copy of all utility bills (Water, Gas, Telephone, GA Power) from the date of your marriage to present time; Copy of all bank account statement, joint and individual, showing you and your spouse have combined financial resources such as (joint checking and saving account statements showing deposits or withdrawals, joint installment, other loans or credit card account statements) from the date of your marriage to present time; Affidavits must be sworn to or affirmed by third parties people having knowledge of the bona fides of the marital relationship. Each affidavit must contain the full name, telephone number, address, date and place of birth of person making the affidavit and his or her relationship to the petitioner or beneficiary. (Such persons may be required to testify before an immigration officer as to the information contained in the affidavit). Copy of IRS transcripts for Federal taxes for petitioner and the beneficiary from the date of your marriage to present time;  Copy of pay statements for petitioner and the beneficiary from the date of your marriage to present time; Evidence of automobile insurance coverage for all vehicles registered to petitioner and the beneficiary from the date of your marriage to present time; Evidence that you and your spouse have made estate, health and financial planning arrangements with each other such as (a will, a trust or durable power of attorney for health care or property or both) from the date of your marriage to present time; Any other documentation which is relevant to establish that the marriage was not entered into in order to evade the immigration laws of the United State from the date of your marriage to present time;  

One person who had their application returned for some reason found all her pages stamped with the same "serial" number that probably helps packages that get separated at USCIS to get re-assembled.

Just got my NOA after filing at the Dallas, Texas office. My timeline is below in case you are curious. It was exactly 14 days from the time I sent the package to the time I received my NOA extending my green card by 18 months. Grateful to the USCIS staff who continue to work through this difficult time.
03/31/20 - Sent ROC package to Dallas, TX by USPS 2 day Priority Mail.
04/02/20 - Delivered to Dallas, TX by USPS.
04/08/20 - Received text message from USCIS stating original receipt to follow in mail and a receipt number starting with SRC
04/09/20 - Check for $680 cashed for USCIS Dallas
04/13/20 - Received I-797 NOA for I751 ROC which extends expired Green Card by 18 months

Just got my NOA after filing at the Dallas, Texas office. My timeline is below in case you are curious. It was exactly 14 days from the time I sent the package to the time I received my NOA extending my green card by 18 months. Grateful to the USCIS staff who continue to work through this difficult time.
03/31/20 - Sent ROC package to Dallas, TX by USPS 2 day Priority Mail.
04/02/20 - Delivered to Dallas, TX by USPS.
04/08/20 - Received text message from USCIS stating original receipt to follow in mail and a receipt number starting with SRC
04/09/20 - Check for $680 cashed for USCIS Dallas
04/13/20 - Received I-797 NOA for I751 ROC which extends expired Green Card by 18 months

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We have a Change of Address in place from September. We never got anything in the mail. I'm glad we had it on eight different calendars and tattooed on the inside of my eyelids!

We have a Change of Address in place from September. We never got anything in the mail. I'm glad we had it on eight different calendars and tattooed on the inside of my eyelids!

Hi everyone!!
 
I sent my package off on 3/27 and it arrived 3/30. Credit card charge on 4/1, text message confirmation sent 4/2. Now awaiting for the NOA
 
Goodluck!!

^^ THIS is what I am dreading. I had to make about six trips to get it done the last time - it automatically went into the S.A.V.E verification process which ended up taking two weeks. I had to take a bus into work for a week and because of the sorry state of mass transit where I live, this was a disaster.

I forgot I had a scan of this when I got my green card but this was what the USCIS officer handed me when he approved my conditional GC. Hope this helps you assemble your packets!
 


 

Make an account here and search here as well - https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/ - this one was more accurate for us.

Would you be getting a conditional GC or a 10 year one?
If you've been married more than two years at time of application (or interview?) you should get a permanent GC for 10 years. Those of us who have been married less than that have to file for removal of conditions in 1 year and 9 months from the GC issue date.

Congrats on your smooth interview experience - I'm sure you will get your approval letter and Green card soon. Please let us know when the status changes. Would you be getting a conditional GC or a 10 year one? 

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume8-PartB-Chapter4.html#S-C-4
 
4. Validity Period of Form I-693 (Including Use of Prior Versions)

Evidentiary Value
 
A person seeking an immigration benefit and who is subject to medical grounds of inadmissibility must establish that he or she is not inadmissible on medical grounds. [20] In general, those applying for immigration benefits while in the United States must use Form I-693 to show they are free from any conditions that would render them inadmissible. 
 
An officer may determine that the applicant has met the burden of proof required to establish that he or she is free from a medical condition that would render the applicant inadmissible if all of the following criteria are met:
 
•The medical exam was performed by a USCIS-designated civil surgeon in accordance with HHS regulations;

•The medical examination report was properly completed; [21] 

•The medical examination report was submitted to USCIS less than one year after completion of the examination;[22] 

•The benefit application [23] is adjudicated no more than one year after the date the medical examination report was submitted to USCIS; [24] and

•The medical examination report establishes that the applicant does not have a Class A medical condition and has complied with the vaccination requirements or is granted a waiver. [25] 
 
In general, if any one of the above criteria is not met, the applicant has not met the burden of proof required to establish that he or she is free of a medical condition that would render him or her inadmissible to the United States. In this case, the officer should follow standard operating procedures regarding issuance of an RFE or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) to address the deficiency. 
 
Special rules may apply to certain foreign nationals who were examined overseas, including certain nonimmigrant fiancé(e)s or spouses of U.S. citizens (K visa), spouses of lawful permanent residents (V visa), refugees, and asyleedependents. Such foreign nationals usually do not need to repeat the full medical exam in the United States for purposes of adjustment of status. [26] 
 
Generally, the only acceptable version of Form I-693 is the version in use at the time of the medical examination. Prior versions of Form I-693 are generally not acceptable because they may lack necessary information. [27] 
 
Timing of the Submission of the Medical Examination Report
 
The medical examination report may be submitted to USCIS:
 
•Concurrently with the immigration benefit application; or
 
•At any time after filing the immigration benefit application but prior to the adjudication of that application; if not filed concurrently with the immigration benefit application, USCIS encourages applicants to wait until USCIS requests the medical examination report before submitting it. [28] 
• 
Place of Submission of the Medical Examination Report
 
The medical examination report should be submitted to the appropriate location. [29] 
 
 

Yay! Finally movement for you! Good luck for your interview!

Today we had our Adjustment of Status interview at the Atlanta USCIS office and were approved for a conditional GC! From filing of the documents to approval today, it has been approximately 140 days (nearly 5 months). We used a lawyer to file our paperwork, but we did not need her to join us at the interview today as we felt we were confident enough to prove our marriage was bona fide.
 
Our experience was as follows:
 
We got to the Atlanta USCIS office about 90 minutes before the time on the interview notice. I'd rather wait in the waiting room than wait in traffic or risk an accident delaying us. This was too important!
 
On entering the building, you have to pass through airport-style security detectors and belts, jackets and everything in your pockets needs to be put in a bin and X-rayed. I know some posts state that you cannot take cellphones inside, but we were allowed to take them in as long as you don't make phone calls or take pictures. Your USCIS field office may be different. We had an accordion style folder and a separate photo album with our pictures in a bag. We checked in at the reception on the main floor and were told to go up to the 3rd floor where adjudications happen.  We checked in once again on the third floor and you have to show your appointment letter and ID (both of you). You are only allowed to get your "appointment" ticket (think DMV token") 30 minutes before your scheduled time. We got our ticket - but for almost an hour and a half it did not show up on the screen. When we went back to check with the receptionist and she told us that our assigned officer was dealing with a case that was taking well above the normal time. It was frustrating watching so many other people who had come later than us getting called and then leaving.
 
Finally, our officer came out and got us. Before she will even let you follow her, you have to show her the interview letter and IDs. Then she led us through a locked door and to her office. She asked us to remain standing and take the oath. Since we had a lawyer, but didn't bring her along, we also had to sign a waiver. Then she took my biometrics (fingerprints) to make sure I was the same person. Then she took a picture with a webcam that will be on my GC (I guess?). After that, she asked us to hand over ALL identity documents, entry documents and documents showing that we had a bona fide marriage. I was expecting to hand this to her one by one as we went through the interview but she wanted it all right away. The accordion folder made this super easy and I had tabbed each of my documents with little Post-It file tabs and written on the small colored area what the document was. If the copy was already in the application then she just needed to see the original. If it was a new item, she wanted a copy. Luckily, I had all these ready.
 
Handed her :
Joint account statements Beneficiary statements for 401k (both ways) Life insurance statements US Spouse tax returns for 2017 (most recent tax year) + W-2s Employment verification letters for US Spouse (X works here since Y and is paid Z hourly etc) Paystubs for US Spouse for last two months (typically 4 paystubs) Joint bills with both our names, bills with only one name but same address Photocopies of health insurance cards with me as dependent Copies of both driver's licenses on one page both showing the same address Birth certificates (original and copy) Marriage certificate (original and copy) I-94 and travel history Sealed medical results  It was a lot of paper! She went through some of these, but mostly set them aside after glancing at them to put in our file. But she looked at EVERYTHING. As you can imagine, there's a lot of silence while she looks at papers we've supplied.
 
Then she started working on the I-130 document which is the initial petition to sponsor a spouse. She went through and checked all information with US spouse. Then she turned to me and checked all the information - parent's names, where they were born etc etc. Since I had a new job since the petition was filed, she made modifications to the file to account for the new employer. To be helpful, I recreated the pages of the petition with the updated information. She seemed to appreciate this. Then she made me sign the revised form since there was an update. After reviewing the entire I-130, she began to ask us how we met, our dates, have we met our in-laws, the ceremony etc. She would intersperse questions from the form with questions about our relationship. She was joking and laughing with us through the process, but I think this was to some extent to throw someone off guard or judge the body language of someone who was lying on the application. Pretty clever!
 
Then she began to ask me almost all of the Yes/No questions on the I-485 - this takes a while. You have to listen very carefully to what she is saying and make sure she has finished speaking before you respond verbally. After she was done with that, she started working on the computer again and began to approve the application. Finally she handed us a letter saying we had been approved (yay!) and explained how the conditional green card works. She also handed us a list of evidence that is needed to be gathered to get ready for the I-751 filing in one year and 9 months (90 days before the two year anniversary). Basically, she recommended just having a folder that you regularly put in everything on this list so that when you are ready to file your I-751 (removal of conditions) you are good to go! Smart idea!
 
Right before we left, I told her my driver's license was about to expire and could she please give me the I-551 stamp in my passport so I could get my license? Based on everything I had read here on VJ, I expected her to say no, but because we had developed a rapport through the meeting and she was apologetic for the delay, she tapped away some more on her computer and triggered some additional approvals and then wrote something cryptic on the approval sheet and asked us to take it downstairs and show it to the clerk. I went downstairs after thanking her and fifteen minutes later had the I-551 stamp in my passport that's valid for a year. 
 
By the time I got downstairs, my USCIS case tracker had already updated to say Card in Production which is what I think she did to get the I-551 stamp in the system. 
 
Happy to answer any questions you might have and wishing you all the best for a speedy and successful conclusion to your cases!

Today we had our Adjustment of Status interview at the Atlanta USCIS office and were approved for a conditional GC! From filing of the documents to approval today, it has been approximately 140 days (nearly 5 months). We used a lawyer to file our paperwork, but we did not need her to join us at the interview today as we felt we were confident enough to prove our marriage was bona fide.
 
Our experience was as follows:
 
We got to the Atlanta USCIS office about 90 minutes before the time on the interview notice. I'd rather wait in the waiting room than wait in traffic or risk an accident delaying us. This was too important!
 
On entering the building, you have to pass through airport-style security detectors and belts, jackets and everything in your pockets needs to be put in a bin and X-rayed. I know some posts state that you cannot take cellphones inside, but we were allowed to take them in as long as you don't make phone calls or take pictures. Your USCIS field office may be different. We had an accordion style folder and a separate photo album with our pictures in a bag. We checked in at the reception on the main floor and were told to go up to the 3rd floor where adjudications happen.  We checked in once again on the third floor and you have to show your appointment letter and ID (both of you). You are only allowed to get your "appointment" ticket (think DMV token") 30 minutes before your scheduled time. We got our ticket - but for almost an hour and a half it did not show up on the screen. When we went back to check with the receptionist and she told us that our assigned officer was dealing with a case that was taking well above the normal time. It was frustrating watching so many other people who had come later than us getting called and then leaving.
 
Finally, our officer came out and got us. Before she will even let you follow her, you have to show her the interview letter and IDs. Then she led us through a locked door and to her office. She asked us to remain standing and take the oath. Since we had a lawyer, but didn't bring her along, we also had to sign a waiver. Then she took my biometrics (fingerprints) to make sure I was the same person. Then she took a picture with a webcam that will be on my GC (I guess?). After that, she asked us to hand over ALL identity documents, entry documents and documents showing that we had a bona fide marriage. I was expecting to hand this to her one by one as we went through the interview but she wanted it all right away. The accordion folder made this super easy and I had tabbed each of my documents with little Post-It file tabs and written on the small colored area what the document was. If the copy was already in the application then she just needed to see the original. If it was a new item, she wanted a copy. Luckily, I had all these ready.
 
Handed her :
Joint account statements Beneficiary statements for 401k (both ways) Life insurance statements US Spouse tax returns for 2017 (most recent tax year) + W-2s Employment verification letters for US Spouse (X works here since Y and is paid Z hourly etc) Paystubs for US Spouse for last two months (typically 4 paystubs) Joint bills with both our names, bills with only one name but same address Photocopies of health insurance cards with me as dependent Copies of both driver's licenses on one page both showing the same address Birth certificates (original and copy) Marriage certificate (original and copy) I-94 and travel history Sealed medical results  It was a lot of paper! She went through some of these, but mostly set them aside after glancing at them to put in our file. But she looked at EVERYTHING. As you can imagine, there's a lot of silence while she looks at papers we've supplied.
 
Then she started working on the I-130 document which is the initial petition to sponsor a spouse. She went through and checked all information with US spouse. Then she turned to me and checked all the information - parent's names, where they were born etc etc. Since I had a new job since the petition was filed, she made modifications to the file to account for the new employer. To be helpful, I recreated the pages of the petition with the updated information. She seemed to appreciate this. Then she made me sign the revised form since there was an update. After reviewing the entire I-130, she began to ask us how we met, our dates, have we met our in-laws, the ceremony etc. She would intersperse questions from the form with questions about our relationship. She was joking and laughing with us through the process, but I think this was to some extent to throw someone off guard or judge the body language of someone who was lying on the application. Pretty clever!
 
Then she began to ask me almost all of the Yes/No questions on the I-485 - this takes a while. You have to listen very carefully to what she is saying and make sure she has finished speaking before you respond verbally. After she was done with that, she started working on the computer again and began to approve the application. Finally she handed us a letter saying we had been approved (yay!) and explained how the conditional green card works. She also handed us a list of evidence that is needed to be gathered to get ready for the I-751 filing in one year and 9 months (90 days before the two year anniversary). Basically, she recommended just having a folder that you regularly put in everything on this list so that when you are ready to file your I-751 (removal of conditions) you are good to go! Smart idea!
 
Right before we left, I told her my driver's license was about to expire and could she please give me the I-551 stamp in my passport so I could get my license? Based on everything I had read here on VJ, I expected her to say no, but because we had developed a rapport through the meeting and she was apologetic for the delay, she tapped away some more on her computer and triggered some additional approvals and then wrote something cryptic on the approval sheet and asked us to take it downstairs and show it to the clerk. I went downstairs after thanking her and fifteen minutes later had the I-551 stamp in my passport that's valid for a year. 
 
By the time I got downstairs, my USCIS case tracker had already updated to say Card in Production which is what I think she did to get the I-551 stamp in the system. 
 
Happy to answer any questions you might have and wishing you all the best for a speedy and successful conclusion to your cases!