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My lawyer told us to get a new medical which I did. I got my medical done August 2018 (filed package in March 2018, obviously  ). My understanding was if the medical was submitted within 60 days of it being signed it was valid for 2 years and if it wasn’t filed in 60 days it was valid for a year. 

And as as a side note I finally had my interview on August 6 in San Francisco and was approved on August 7. My interview was more of a conversation. The officer was very very nice. Questions she asked while we were talking were how my husband and I met, how our relationship turned from working relationship to romantic, who was at the wedding, if we had a party with everyone after ( we didn’t because I was pregnant then and I’m actually pregnant again now). I think that’s it. She was a very lovely officer. 

4 hours ago, mnk said:

We just got back this week from a trip with my husband using his AP. I wanted to share his experience travelling with it for you guys.

 

The CBP officer shared this important tip: AVOID CONNECTING FLIGHTS. Go direct if possible, and find out exactly what would be POE on your route.

 

In our case, my husband was flying Dublin > Vancouver > LA. We knew that because he was going to Canada first, he would not go through pre-clearance (Customs) in Dublin, but we stupidly did not anticipate him going through pre-clearance in Vancouver before his connecting flight.

 

Everyone entering on AP is required to go to secondary, and you just don't know how long that will take. He got very lucky, and the lines were short when he was going through. CBP officers were pulling people with less connection time (e.g. 45 min) ahead of him in line. He told them that he had two hours before his flight, but he showed that he was using his combo card. They said "Oh yeah, you are going to take a long time, get up here."

They took his customs form, fingerprints and photo, then sent him to secondary. He was in secondary for two minutes before being called up. They filled out some forms without asking him questions, looked at his EAD/AP card, made a copy of his passport, took biometrics again, told him not to do any connecting flights when travelling with AP, and then sent him on his way. We had made up a folder with copies of all of his NOA1s, marriage certificate, etc, but they didn't ask to see anything.

 

Hope this helps!

Oh that’s great info to know. Thanks! Out of curiousity, were you just travelling for vacation? I want to travel home to Canada to visit my family and introduce them to our new baby but reading my AP approval notices made me alittle nervous about re-entry. 

Thanks!

My status also changed to card being produced 5 days ago after 150 days of waiting. 

Same letter I received but my status just says case is ready to be scheduled for an interview. I would probably call and find out what is going on. 

I also received the courtesy letter for the medical. I did not receive any RFEs and my AOS status says “case is ready to be scheduled for an interview”. Maybe something else is coming? According to my lawyer the medical can be submitted at the interview.