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** UPDATE: we received the green card Thursday, August 29th. Exactly one week from the interview. You will receive two mailings. One notice stating “Welcome to the US. You’re approved” and the second mailing will be the actual green card. Our mailings were a couple days apart which is normal. **

Thank you so much! 🎉
Thanks so much! Yes, we're already starting to look for flights, haha. Hopefully the prices won't be too outrageous, but I have a feeling it's not going to be great. It'll be the first time he's been able to go back in a year, so it'll be worth it, though! 😊

Congrats! You’re one step closer to traveling back to England! Enjoy it  

** UPDATE: we received the green card Thursday, August 29th. Exactly one week from the interview. You will receive two mailings. One notice stating “Welcome to the US. You’re approved” and the second mailing will be the actual green card. Our mailings were a couple days apart which is normal. **

Thank you!! I’m sure it’ll change soon! Sometimes they don’t update but I’m sure you’ll hear something by the start of next week if not already. Fingers crossed you’ll have the GC very soon and will be on your way to England! We were hoping to get back to Northern Ireland for Christmas but with my husbands new job the holidays are his busy season so he probably won’t get the time. Keep us posted on when you hear about the GC!

** UPDATE: we received the green card Thursday, August 29th. Exactly one week from the interview. You will receive two mailings. One notice stating “Welcome to the US. You’re approved” and the second mailing will be the actual green card. Our mailings were a couple days apart which is normal. **

Ours updated the day after the interview on the 23rd but had the approval date of the 22nd which was our interview date. Fingers crossed you get the update tomorrow!

Hey guys! We just had our AOS Interview this morning in Nashville, and it went really well! Our immigration officer didn't approve us on the spot, but she said so far everything looks good on her end. She was smiling, upbeat, and positive, so I'm hoping that's a good sign! 
 
If you're interested, feel free to read my review here: https://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=26966

Hello,
 
My husband and I had our green card interview on Thursday, 8/22 in Newark, NJ.  We got there an hour early at 1215p and was told to come back no more than 30mins before the scheduled time. We went back at 1245p for our 115p interview. They called us in at approximately 140p and we were done by 150p. Once we got in to the USCIS officers office we stated the oath and sat down. We gave our IDs (passport and drivers license) along with our marriage certificate and both birth certificates. My husband had both pointer fingers scanned once more along with a facial scan. The officer then asked for joint documents and our lawyer also gave her a stack of photos (I printed far too many. There was about 150 photos that we brought with us). The officer skimmed through the photos asked about two and kept roughly 20-30. As she was going through the joint documents she asked my husband to state his full name, DOB, our current address and the questions listed on the AOS application (ie - have you ever been convicted, are you a terrorist, are you a spy, have you ever been arrested, etc). Once he finished answering the questions she handed us a print off stating that she will be approving his green card once the fingerprints came back. The next day on Friday, 8/23 we received notification that his green card was APPROVED the same day as our interview.
 
Joint documents we brought:
- health insurance
- car insurance
- bank statement & voided check (check wasn’t necessary just extra documentation)
- dental insurance
- cell phone bill
 
Other documents we brought:
- photos (~150 from when we first met to present)
- notarized letter from my parents stating we currently live with them (lawyer recommended but it is not a requirement)
- employment letter stating my current position, salary and that my husband is listed as my beneficiary
- paychecks
- 401k statement showing my husband as beneficiary
 
We brought at least 3 months worth of documents just in case, however, we only gave the USCIS officer one months worth of joint documents which was sufficient enough for our case. I recommend being over prepared because every officer is different and may require different documentation as proof of evidence.
 
Good luck to everyone on future interviews!

Hello,
 
My husband and I had our green card interview on Thursday, 8/22 in Newark, NJ.  We got there an hour early at 1215p and was told to come back no more than 30mins before the scheduled time. We went back at 1245p for our 115p interview. They called us in at approximately 140p and we were done by 150p. Once we got in to the USCIS officers office we stated the oath and sat down. We gave our IDs (passport and drivers license) along with our marriage certificate and both birth certificates. My husband had both pointer fingers scanned once more along with a facial scan. The officer then asked for joint documents and our lawyer also gave her a stack of photos (I printed far too many. There was about 150 photos that we brought with us). The officer skimmed through the photos asked about two and kept roughly 20-30. As she was going through the joint documents she asked my husband to state his full name, DOB, our current address and the questions listed on the AOS application (ie - have you ever been convicted, are you a terrorist, are you a spy, have you ever been arrested, etc). Once he finished answering the questions she handed us a print off stating that she will be approving his green card once the fingerprints came back. The next day on Friday, 8/23 we received notification that his green card was APPROVED the same day as our interview.
 
Joint documents we brought:
- health insurance
- car insurance
- bank statement & voided check (check wasn’t necessary just extra documentation)
- dental insurance
- cell phone bill
 
Other documents we brought:
- photos (~150 from when we first met to present)
- notarized letter from my parents stating we currently live with them (lawyer recommended but it is not a requirement)
- employment letter stating my current position, salary and that my husband is listed as my beneficiary
- paychecks
- 401k statement showing my husband as beneficiary
 
We brought at least 3 months worth of documents just in case, however, we only gave the USCIS officer one months worth of joint documents which was sufficient enough for our case. I recommend being over prepared because every officer is different and may require different documentation as proof of evidence.
 
Good luck to everyone on future interviews!

Hello,
 
My husband and I had our green card interview on Thursday, 8/22 in Newark, NJ.  We got there an hour early at 1215p and was told to come back no more than 30mins before the scheduled time. We went back at 1245p for our 115p interview. They called us in at approximately 140p and we were done by 150p. Once we got in to the USCIS officers office we stated the oath and sat down. We gave our IDs (passport and drivers license) along with our marriage certificate and both birth certificates. My husband had both pointer fingers scanned once more along with a facial scan. The officer then asked for joint documents and our lawyer also gave her a stack of photos (I printed far too many. There was about 150 photos that we brought with us). The officer skimmed through the photos asked about two and kept roughly 20-30. As she was going through the joint documents she asked my husband to state his full name, DOB, our current address and the questions listed on the AOS application (ie - have you ever been convicted, are you a terrorist, are you a spy, have you ever been arrested, etc). Once he finished answering the questions she handed us a print off stating that she will be approving his green card once the fingerprints came back. The next day on Friday, 8/23 we received notification that his green card was APPROVED the same day as our interview.
 
Joint documents we brought:
- health insurance
- car insurance
- bank statement & voided check (check wasn’t necessary just extra documentation)
- dental insurance
- cell phone bill
 
Other documents we brought:
- photos (~150 from when we first met to present)
- notarized letter from my parents stating we currently live with them (lawyer recommended but it is not a requirement)
- employment letter stating my current position, salary and that my husband is listed as my beneficiary
- paychecks
- 401k statement showing my husband as beneficiary
 
We brought at least 3 months worth of documents just in case, however, we only gave the USCIS officer one months worth of joint documents which was sufficient enough for our case. I recommend being over prepared because every officer is different and may require different documentation as proof of evidence.
 
Good luck to everyone on future interviews!

Update:

Checked our GC status this morning after faxing the required paystubs yesterday, it has been approved and a green card is being produced!!

BEYOND relieved to be done with all this immigration stuff... until removal of conditions comes around...!

Card in production for i-765! Hopefully it’s a combo card.  It’s been a good week. First, interview was scheduled, and then this. Everything’s coming along now 🙏🏼 Hopefully all of us November 2018 filers receive good news before August ends. 

Luck tomorrow! You’ll do great. Our green card interview is on Thursday in Newark, NJ. 
 
PS - I’m expecting the both of us to share good news by the weekend! 🙈

After going to the dmv 6 times my husband finally got his US drivers license! The people at our dmv in NJ were terrible and never gave us all the information. He does not have his green card yet (interview August 22nd 🤗) but was able to get a limited time NJ drivers license once he was approved for his EAD/AP. My husband is also from the UK and was only required to take the written test not the driving test. It might be different depending on what state you live in though.
 
He filled out the paperwork as a license transfer and brought his 6 points of ID (passport, EAD/AP, a bill with our address, his debit card, SSN card). He also brought in his UK license.
 
Luck!

Hello!
 
My husband and I received notice of our status adjustment interview and it is August 22nd! Exactly one month to go 🤗
 
Our interview will take place in the NJ local field office in Newark.
 
Our timeline:
 
AOS filing date - 10/22/2018
EAD/AP filing date - 10/22/2018
NOA - 11/08/2018
Bio appointment - 12/06/2018
EAD/AP approval - 05/29/2019
USCIS case tracker update for AOS - 07/17/2019
Received notice in mail - 07/22/2019
Interview date - 08/22/2019
 
Wishing everyone not but luck on approvals whether it’s EAD/AP or green card!

Hello!
 
My husband and I received notice of our status adjustment interview and it is August 22nd! Exactly one month to go 🤗
 
Our interview will take place in the NJ local field office in Newark.
 
Our timeline:
 
AOS filing date - 10/22/2018
EAD/AP filing date - 10/22/2018
NOA - 11/08/2018
Bio appointment - 12/06/2018
EAD/AP approval - 05/29/2019
USCIS case tracker update for AOS - 07/17/2019
Received notice in mail - 07/22/2019
Interview date - 08/22/2019
 
Wishing everyone not but luck on approvals whether it’s EAD/AP or green card!

Hello!
 
My husband and I received notice of our status adjustment interview and it is August 22nd! Exactly one month to go 🤗
 
Our interview will take place in the NJ local field office in Newark.
 
Our timeline:
 
AOS filing date - 10/22/2018
EAD/AP filing date - 10/22/2018
NOA - 11/08/2018
Bio appointment - 12/06/2018
EAD/AP approval - 05/29/2019
USCIS case tracker update for AOS - 07/17/2019
Received notice in mail - 07/22/2019
Interview date - 08/22/2019
 
Wishing everyone not but luck on approvals whether it’s EAD/AP or green card!

I hear ya! We’re in NJ and it’s taking anywhere from 10-26 months to get an AOS interview. Our case has been sitting at “Ready to be Scheduled” for 83 days now but who’s counting? 🙈
 
Luck to you & hopefully you hear that your interview is scheduled soon!

I hear ya! We’re in NJ and it’s taking anywhere from 10-26 months to get an AOS interview. Our case has been sitting at “Ready to be Scheduled” for 83 days now but who’s counting? 🙈
 
Luck to you & hopefully you hear that your interview is scheduled soon!

I hear ya! We’re in NJ and it’s taking anywhere from 10-26 months to get an AOS interview. Our case has been sitting at “Ready to be Scheduled” for 83 days now but who’s counting? 🙈
 
Luck to you & hopefully you hear that your interview is scheduled soon!

💭 
Just day dreaming and now visualising that “interview has been schedule” notification I’ll get sometime, someday, somewhere (Las Vegas obv) LOL! 
Hopefully I’ll get it before Christmas but go figure 🙈
 
Good luck everyone else waiting! ❤️

We received the tracking number once the card was picked up at the post office which was a few days after our “card was mailed” notification.
 
The case tracker app said our card card was delivered on 6/5 when we actually received it today, 6/6. So the mail was one day behind.

Congratulations! So true!!! Job hunting is stressing me too 😂😂😂 My GC should be in hand tomorrow! Yay!

I woke up this morning to scan for approvals around my receipt date and I had the notification “New Card is Being Produced” for my husbands EAD as of 5/29! We are so ridiculously excited and will be celebrating tonight! We did not receive an email or text informing us of the update. I only found out by going in the USCIS case tracker app.
 
Filed - 10/22
Receipt date - 11/08
EAD approval - 05/20
 
VJ timeline says we were approved in 219 days (from file date) and case tracker says it was approved in 203 days (from receipt date). We are hoping to receive the EAD/AP card in the mail within the next week so we can finally plan our honeymoon!
 
Luck to everyone still waiting - November approvals are on their way!