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Wow, Cecy - nice work, lots of updates!

Congrats to everyone.

This OP is from Dec. 2006...

Timeline in my signature, AOS interview experience on Oct. 24:

We left our home at 1:50, and walked over to Government Center. We arrived at the JFK Federal Building at around 2:10. We checked in, and the man at the front desk asked if we brought a lawyer. We said no. He took our appointment notice, and told us to take a seat.

At 2:30, a young woman came out and called our last name. She brought us through the locked door. There are tons of offices back there! We followed her to her cubicle, where there were two seats just outside, one seat next to her desk, and her office chair. She gave us our oath, we swore to tell the truth, yadda yadda yadda. She told my husband to sit in the seat next to her desk, and I sat on one of the chairs at the edge of the cubicle.

She started going through our file, asked for my husband's passport, EAD card, I-94, etc. Then she asked if we had our original marriage certificate. I swear, I could not find that thing in my perfectly organized file! I found a copy and handed it to her, then continued looking in my (did I say perfectly organized?) file. I found the original just as she found the original that we had sent with our packet.

She asked how we met, when we got married. She asked if we had a big or small wedding, if his family attended (they did). Also asked if we went on a honeymoon (we didn't). She asked why not, we told her that we wanted to go someplace outside the country and he couldn't travel.

She asked if I had my original divorce decrees, and I gave them to her. She asked me if both of my ex-husbands were Americans (they were). She asked my husband his date of birth, and if he had a job (he got one last week, right after he got his EAD), and where he worked.

We talked a little bit about how much we traveled back and forth to see each other during the past two years. She then asked if we had any proof. We showed her 4 photo albums full of stuff - she said she liked our pictures, she flipped through one or two of the albums, just glancing at photos. We gave her our lease with both names, bank statements with both names on the account, he's on my work medical plan, plus on my life insurance.

She flipped through the file, removed some things, put other things in, and asked the questions on the checklist: communist, prostitute, genocide, etc.

Then, she said, "You're approved today!" She took his EAD card, but gave him a copy of it in case he still needs it for work.

We walked out the front door of the building at 2:55 p.m.

Is the welcome notice the actual green card?

No, The welcome notice is another C-797 Notice of Action, just saying that you have been approved, welcome to the United States of America, and that you should receive you Green card in X amount of time.

Hope this helps and CONGRATS!

Thanks, and congrats to you, too!

Is the welcome notice the actual green card?

Thanks everyone - we couldn't be happier about it!

Thank you, thank you! It seems like we accomplished so much since we had to go through the interview! (I'm sure I would have felt better if it were approved without an interview, though! Talk about last minute jitters.)

I have to say it was pretty cool seeing the jets fly over our building and seeing them on tv at the same time!

Exactly! When they show clips of them on the news after the game, they act like complete tools. And then I think to myself, "In 10 years, they're going to look back on this and realize how dumb they look." But then I think about it a little more and realize that they'll never realize it - they'll still be proud of it.

I'm a Red Sox fan, but this World Series (seriously? World?) stuff is making me crazy. It's ALL they talk about on the news. They interviewed some local Irish step dancing group because one of the pitchers did a stupid jig on the field when they won the pennant.

I'm all for the excitement of the Red Sox being in the Fall Classic (that's what it's really called anyways), but tell me about it in the Sports time of the news. I won't even watch the local news until this is over - it's THAT annoying!

I lived there for 5 years so I was while I was in NYC. I just don't like Sox fans, AT ALL.

I agree - and I AM one! (But I think you mean the overly enthusiastic (read moronic) fans, not just the locals who happen to like the Sox... right?)

We had our AOS interview today in Boston.

We left our home at 1:50, and walked over to Government Center. We arrived at the JFK Federal Building at around 2:10. We checked in, and the man at the front desk asked if we brought a lawyer. We said no. He took our appointment notice, and told us to take a seat.

At 2:30, a young woman came out and called our last name. She brought us through the locked door. There are tons of offices back there! We followed her to her cubicle, where there were two seats just outside, one seat next to her desk, and her office chair. She gave us our oath, we swore to tell the truth, yadda yadda yadda. She told my husband to sit in the seat next to her desk, and I sat on one of the chairs at the edge of the cubicle.

She started going through our file, asked for my husband's passport, EAD card, I-94, etc. Then she asked if we had our original marriage certificate. I swear, I could not find that thing in my perfectly organized file! I found a copy and handed it to her, then continued looking in my (did I say perfectly organized?) file. I found the original just as she found the original that we had sent with our packet.

She asked how we met, when we got married. She asked if we had a big or small wedding, if his family attended (they did). Also asked if we went on a honeymoon (we didn't). She asked why not, we told her that we wanted to go someplace outside the country and he couldn't travel.

She asked if I had my original divorce decrees, and I gave them to her. She asked me if both of my ex-husbands were Americans (they were). She asked my husband his date of birth, and if he had a job (he got one last week, right after he got his EAD), and where he worked.

We talked a little bit about how much we traveled back and forth to see each other during the past two years. She then asked if we had any proof. We showed her 4 photo albums full of stuff - she said she liked our pictures, she flipped through one or two of the albums, just glancing at photos. We gave her our lease with both names, bank statements with both names on the account, he's on my work medical plan, plus on my life insurance.

She flipped through the file, removed some things, put other things in, and asked the questions on the checklist: communist, prostitute, genocide, etc.

Then, she said, "You're approved today!" She took his EAD card, but gave him a copy of it in case he still needs it for work.

We walked out the front door of the building at 2:55 p.m.

I can't believe it's over! (Well, when we receive the card in 3 weeks it will be... for the next year and 9 months!)

We had our AOS interview today in Boston and were approved!

hi all!

Just checked online and my I-485 says that they rec'd my paperwork on Oct 1, BUT my I-765 says that card went into production on the 12th. Does this mean my wife will get an EAD card and THEN her green card after an interview, or did we just bypass the interview and get the green card?! Any ideas?

thanks

That means that the EAD card production was ordered. Green card is the I-485. If you do not have to go to an interview, you will receive notice that your case was transferred to CSC. Otherwise, you will receive an interview notice in the mail.

Congratulations on the EAD!

Good for you, and to be honest, I'm glad for you that she backed out of your wedding entirely. She sounds like the type of person who really could have made your special day very difficult. You don't want HER to be what you remember most about your wedding.

I was glad to see that Hung won (I finally watched yesterday afternoon). I do think (trusting what the judges say about the taste, of course) that he was the best chef.

At first he annoyed me with his attitude, but really, he's right. Why should he tell them how he made that fish dish? Or why should he help when he finished early? If he were on a team, he would have... but this is a competition, and he was in it to win.

That being said, I was embarrassed for Casey when she completely - COMPLETELY - tanked almost - strike that - ALL - of her dishes.

When is that show that shows all of them together and they start fighting? I really don't want to miss it!

Way to go!

Congratulations to the new EAD card holders! My husband's been out this week on several job interviews, and he feels GREAT!

Wow, no, we haven't experienced that either. We're in Boston, and pretty multi-cultural around here, and everyone seems to love him and his accent!

I once or twice have yearned for a man in my past. Then, when reality (i.e. another relationship with them) happened, it completely destroyed any yearning at all. I can't think of either without a shudder.

As for the other, (I don't mean to get this thread closed because I think it's interesting), I think what was inferred / insinuated about Lisa/D's relationship was unnecessary. And rude. IMHO.

We got the EAD card in the mail today, too!

It's weird, for me it wraps onto a new line, Cecy. Maybe because I'm on a laptop and my screen is smaller. If everyone else can see it fine, don't worry about it!

First of all I wouldn't be acting like a loser to get tasered.. Second of all he was crying before he was tasered..

Acting like a loser? I thought he was asking questions.

this is why I don't wanna be creamated. I can just picture waking up while I'm about to go into the fire.

I dunno - would you rather wake up buried? Eeeesh. I have to stop thinking about this - it's horrifying.

We're watching last season Heros on DVD right now so my husband knows what's going on when I start watching next week.

I'm in a December/May marriage. I'm pushing all you May/Decembers' lifespans back!

ETA: Sorry!

Cecy, yours is aligned perfectly, however the EAD title wraps to the second line. Maybe if you eliminate a couple of dashes in between each column, it will all fit on one line? Nicky44's was not aligned for me.