Katri

Awesome!!!!! I thought I found my dream job but now looking again 😆

Just wanted to share that I finally got a job!! And my dream job at that!!! It took me a full month!! I’ll be working in a downtown DC law firm as a Litigation Legal Assistant!! I can’t wait to have my own money, my own car, and to feel independent again!!!! ☺️

Birth certificates. At least 3. 

Haha just few hours ago got an email that “On June 16th we ordered your new card” 🎉
 

This one: HelsinkiIV@state.gov

Haha just few hours ago got an email that “On June 16th we ordered your new card” 🎉
 

Haha just few hours ago got an email that “On June 16th we ordered your new card” 🎉
 

Send email to the embassy. They will send the package 3 to your email. Yes, you can book the medical already. 

Yep we did ours in Baltimore and they did the same thing questions tricky ones too and went back to same question to see if answer was different.smh

So few experiences from our interview which was yesterday.
Our interview time was at 830am. We arrived around 8 am and got ticket 8.05. Waited about 30 minutes when our name was called. The officer told us how the interview would go and started recording. He asked lot of extra questions and checked every address and every date where I had lived in the past 5 years. If I said like I moved on 1st July but on the papers were like 2nd July or 15th July he would then ask more questions. I didn’t have copy of the i-485 and I didn’t read it through previous night which clearly I should have, so TIP: read through your application the previous day. 
Some of the questions were tricky and I froze couple of times and my husband didn’t remember what year we met etc.
Like if I would say "our dog or our house" he would then say who is our? Which for me that was just being ####### (this was end side of the interview)
Or if I would say that depending on the week blaablaa, then he would ask what do you mean by depending on? Like I mean not all our weeks look a like. An then I AGAIN had to explain what do I mean by that. 
He asked everything from my parents names to his moms name, where do we live, when did we moved there, when I arrived, where did I arrive, where did we met, what was the place called (Like my husband said we met in Montreal and he would asked and where is that), what did we do in Montreal? Who spoke the first time, how did it go from there etc. He didn't ask how many times we have met or anything like that. We did tell him that anyway. 
He took some of our pictures, tax returns and insurance details and some other documents. But not my birth certificate or lot of other stuff like the vaccination papers (I forgot to even show him those). 
And of course all the yes/no questions and he then made like 9 corrections to our application and then we went it through together and when we both agreed it was fine we then signed it with the officer together. 
He then said that something was missing or he needed to check something from our K1 file and he has asked for it but hasn’t received it yet (he also said it’s in another building?) and that if we need another interview he will let us know.
 Also he kept repeating that: this is a process, this is a process. (Pretty sure we know that).
Also middle of the interview he took his wallet and took something from there and started writing to the computer. LOL. I don’t know how unlucky we were with this dude.
 
About an hour later got an email and the status changed to: Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed
I was shocked whole day yesterday how I (or we) was treated and how difficult this process is.
I have calmed down little and now all we can do is wait what happens next.
 
I truly hope that all of you have better experience than we did. 

So few experiences from our interview which was yesterday.
Our interview time was at 830am. We arrived around 8 am and got ticket 8.05. Waited about 30 minutes when our name was called. The officer told us how the interview would go and started recording. He asked lot of extra questions and checked every address and every date where I had lived in the past 5 years. If I said like I moved on 1st July but on the papers were like 2nd July or 15th July he would then ask more questions. I didn’t have copy of the i-485 and I didn’t read it through previous night which clearly I should have, so TIP: read through your application the previous day. 
Some of the questions were tricky and I froze couple of times and my husband didn’t remember what year we met etc.
Like if I would say "our dog or our house" he would then say who is our? Which for me that was just being ####### (this was end side of the interview)
Or if I would say that depending on the week blaablaa, then he would ask what do you mean by depending on? Like I mean not all our weeks look a like. An then I AGAIN had to explain what do I mean by that. 
He asked everything from my parents names to his moms name, where do we live, when did we moved there, when I arrived, where did I arrive, where did we met, what was the place called (Like my husband said we met in Montreal and he would asked and where is that), what did we do in Montreal? Who spoke the first time, how did it go from there etc. He didn't ask how many times we have met or anything like that. We did tell him that anyway. 
He took some of our pictures, tax returns and insurance details and some other documents. But not my birth certificate or lot of other stuff like the vaccination papers (I forgot to even show him those). 
And of course all the yes/no questions and he then made like 9 corrections to our application and then we went it through together and when we both agreed it was fine we then signed it with the officer together. 
He then said that something was missing or he needed to check something from our K1 file and he has asked for it but hasn’t received it yet (he also said it’s in another building?) and that if we need another interview he will let us know.
 Also he kept repeating that: this is a process, this is a process. (Pretty sure we know that).
Also middle of the interview he took his wallet and took something from there and started writing to the computer. LOL. I don’t know how unlucky we were with this dude.
 
About an hour later got an email and the status changed to: Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed
I was shocked whole day yesterday how I (or we) was treated and how difficult this process is.
I have calmed down little and now all we can do is wait what happens next.
 
I truly hope that all of you have better experience than we did. 

It wasn't Garrison, something else... He said that something is missing or he needs to check from our K1 file and he didn't have it. Then we asked if its something that we would have etc. Then he was like its a process, I don't know how long it would take or if you need another interview. He was something else.

Holy goodness me 🤯 checked the app and saw my i485 status changed directly to card is being produced!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
 
Thank you Chicago officer!!!!!! You are too cool. I wish you many raises from uscis this year and the next!
 
It's interesting that the status never showed case is approved but I'm assuming since the card is being produced, we are approved right? Anyone know roughly how long it takes from card being produced to getting the card in hand?
 

Just did our interview and it took 1,5 hours!!!!!! Not a pleasant experience at all. 😭

He just asked LOT of questions. And I just realized he didn’t even take the vaccination document from me. Lot of tricky questions. Also if every date or detail wasn’t sure (like I would say I moved from that apartment 1st July) he would say: it shows here 2nd. Which one it is? 
 
 

NEW CARD IS BEING PRODUCED!!!!!!!!!!!!!🎉

EAD card in production this morning-- woke my husband up at 5 to tell him (and then I had to tell him again at 7 because I don't think it registered)! Not sure if it was the inquiry, the congressman's office or our time just finally came, but hang in there, everyone! Yours will come soon, too! 

Finally, my "EAD is being produced" as of today. 
 
Timeline:
Receipt Date: October 24, 2019
EAD Being produced: May 1, 2019

So I'm back to waiting for EAD I guess. I know that after Green Card interview, my status can sit at "Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed" for months, so I'm forgetting I even had the interview, and I'm back to waiting for EAD. I'm almost at 7 months. I let myself get my hopes up too high leading up to the interview an now I honestly think I'm slipping into a depression. 

Yay!!!!! 🎉

EAD APPROVED!!!!! WOHOOOOOOOO!!!!
After 8 bloody months I cannot describe the relief!! HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!!! 

Guys... seriously some magic is happening I just got a notification from Case Tracker an hour ago 'New Card Being Produced' 
 
Ahhh I could fly!!!

Good luck to everyone having their interviews soon!  @NikkiFromCanada I feel you on the waiting and relying on someone, so frustrating and emotionally draining! 

Still waiting on the work permit... but hey at least we're the lucky ones now, did anyone see the when the dates changed for processing inquiries for us to forward to 8th October the dates for all other applicants to the 31st May 2018... when the day before they were showing Mid-Sept dates. I feel even sorrier for those people... at least ours was just backdated a month.... can't imagine it going back 3-4 months...

It's been very hard. Being out of the workforce and relying on my husband for all things financial, driving his car, etc has been the hardest thing I've ever done. He makes a great salary to support us, and he takes great care of me...but it's very hard for me, as I've always been very independent. I agree, I hope it's all over in 2-3 weeks!! Good luck at your interview!! 

Last night around 11pm I had received a notification from the app. after 191 day my EAD card is on production.!!!!!!!!!!  My PD is Oct 22 2018
Nothing on 485 or 130 yet.  I wounder how long will it take until I actually receive the card.
I was so happy I couldn't sleep. I hope you guys receive yours soon.