NikkiFromCanada

I don't know why I ever contact USCIS. Every time I do, I hang up in tears. Just spoke to a tier 2 officer and she was soooo rude and condescending. I am currently out of normal processing times according to the USCIS website, and still no sign of EAD and no one at USCIS cares or has any answers and I cannot even submit a legitimate case inquiry without manipulating my PD, because the USCIS website which shows October 24 as the receipt date for a case inquiry is WRONG according to USCIS!! I need strength to get through this because I cannot take much more. I am going to have to cancel my wedding back home in October, which is DEVASTATING. 

Update I just received a email that ead card being produced.......hopes comes soon along with his AP and SS if Gc comes thats the best news ever but for now we are happy!!

I agree. They need to do country-wide calibration sessions so that they are all on the same page!! I understand when there is missing documents, cause for concern, security issues, or some other reason...but for people who have no issues whatsoever, it's not fair. For certain offices to never give on the spot approvals, when some other offices do...it's just unacceptable!! 

Got you, it's impressive how it's not a standard process across the different local offices... I hope they approve your GC quickly at least!

There's no indication he didn't think the marriage was real. He asked questions, but the mood was very friendly & light. I just feel like he wasn't allowed to give an on the spot approval for some reason. I think it's just the way the Baltimore office does it. 

There's no indication he didn't think the marriage was real. He asked questions, but the mood was very friendly & light. I just feel like he wasn't allowed to give an on the spot approval for some reason. I think it's just the way the Baltimore office does it. 

I've stopped trying to understand the process, because it makes absolutely no sense. 

I don’t understand why they need to think so long after the interview to make a decision? This is some kind of nonsense. Especially because they know that person does not have EAD/AP😟
 
And why do these processes, in general, go separately? After all, these are extra people and extra money. In my understanding, it should be one process - one person should open a folder - check all documents-  give EAD/AP - send documents to the local office  to consider I-485.  Someone can explain to me the logic of this process?
 
After all, in this process there is no point. Some get EAD/AP and after week GK (no sense in EAD/AP). Some get a GK first and a week later EAD/AP ( even more strange). This is some kind of absurd situation.
 

I feel your pain. I'm slowly slipping into a depression. Sunday will be exactly 7 months for me too, since I applied for EAD and I haven't heard a word about it. What frustrates me the most is knowing that some people who applied after me have received their EAD. Some 2-3 months ago!! I have so far submitted a case inquiry, contacted my congressman, and I even had my Green Card interview already. No response from any of it. This is the worst process I have ever been through, in my entire life. 

I feel your pain. I'm slowly slipping into a depression. Sunday will be exactly 7 months for me too, since I applied for EAD and I haven't heard a word about it. What frustrates me the most is knowing that some people who applied after me have received their EAD. Some 2-3 months ago!! I have so far submitted a case inquiry, contacted my congressman, and I even had my Green Card interview already. No response from any of it. This is the worst process I have ever been through, in my entire life. 

It's such a disappointment when you have a true relationship, and you did everything right....you FINALLY get your interview, and then you're told you need to keep waiting with no end in sight. If I had EAD, I wouldn't have been so shattered the other day. I cried for 2 days straight. I definitely got my hopes up too high. It's so hard to see others getting an "on the spot approval." We've been together for FIVE years and have enormous amounts of evidence. We're both the most law abiding people you can meet. My husband makes 5 times above the poverty guideline, and we're both educated with professional careers. I've been back and forth between Canada & the USA for five years now. But you see people who met in person ONE TIME before getting married and they get an on the spot approval. It makes no sense!! I'm sorry you had a bad experience too. My actual interview went well, and it was a comfortable vibe, and the guy was nice...but it makes no sense that they're basically holding our Green Card hostage. 

My PD is October 19, and the current processing date to make an inquiry is October 20. When I tried to submit an inquiry, it says my case is still in normal processing times. So frustrating!!! 

True, all they ask me was for 5 important pictures and supposedly they dont find my marriage certificate so they make copies.

My PD is October 19, and the current processing date to make an inquiry is October 20. When I tried to submit an inquiry, it says my case is still in normal processing times. So frustrating!!! 

I-485 status just changed to New Card is Being Produced!!!
Nikki you're next~

It's such a disappointment when you have a true relationship, and you did everything right....you FINALLY get your interview, and then you're told you need to keep waiting with no end in sight. If I had EAD, I wouldn't have been so shattered the other day. I cried for 2 days straight. I definitely got my hopes up too high. It's so hard to see others getting an "on the spot approval." We've been together for FIVE years and have enormous amounts of evidence. We're both the most law abiding people you can meet. My husband makes 5 times above the poverty guideline, and we're both educated with professional careers. I've been back and forth between Canada & the USA for five years now. But you see people who met in person ONE TIME before getting married and they get an on the spot approval. It makes no sense!! I'm sorry you had a bad experience too. My actual interview went well, and it was a comfortable vibe, and the guy was nice...but it makes no sense that they're basically holding our Green Card hostage. 

I hear ya. I wish you had already gotten your EAD, as that's what gives me solace. Like you, we would be considered high income and we had tons of evidence to show. I don't think there's anything wrong with your (/our) application from the sound of it. My officer did say things looked good (or maybe "in good shape", don't rmbr the exact words) when I was clarifying next steps. It seems like once the application goes back into post-interview review, we're at the mercy of whoever gets around to conducting the final checks. Let's keep each other's morale up here! 

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.

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

Hi guys so we went to our interview today in Baltimore we were called very fast and the we were asked mainly everything that was on the application he did ask a question then continue to another one and then went back to same questions just to see my husband answers and we did feel comfortable but he did try to trick us to see if we are lying or so.....after maybe 30 minutes of all this questions he said they need to review the application and that he will send a letter to let us know if approve he said they don't so approvals on the spot so anyone going to Baltimore ofgice expect not to get ypur approval. I did ask about EAD he said they are different office and checked but it say it's in pending status. So at this point its more waiting time for us. We are sad but we faith all is good and we will get our approval soon!

Yes, I sent an email. I just gave him the low down of my situation, and that I’ve been waiting almost 7 months for work/travel authorization. I mentioned that I had my Green Card interview and that our case is being held for further review. I got an email back within one hour. I also added that my husband and I are productive members of society, both with professional careers and that being out of the workforce for 9 months has been detrimental to my career. I mentioned that my husband is an active voter!! So we’ll see. I really hope he can help!! 🤞🏼

Yes, I sent an email. I just gave him the low down of my situation, and that I’ve been waiting almost 7 months for work/travel authorization. I mentioned that I had my Green Card interview and that our case is being held for further review. I got an email back within one hour. I also added that my husband and I are productive members of society, both with professional careers and that being out of the workforce for 9 months has been detrimental to my career. I mentioned that my husband is an active voter!! So we’ll see. I really hope he can help!! 🤞🏼

Hey, dont get sad! Ive seen people in 4-5 days getting the card being produced for Greencard. You cant lose hope at this point. All of this will get solved soon.

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.