Lucky_Mimi

Any job is a good job.
 
The more overqualified you are, the more you'll stand out in comparison with others, and the faster you'll advance through the ranks.  During this time, opportunities that you hadn't thought of might present themselves.  Keep the faith.

omgg that means a lot to me! it's good to know i am not alone going through new things!

Omg! This is so me!! I am in the same shoes like you. I was a teacher in the Philippines too but I work in a nursing facility here in North California. I will send you a direct message so we can get in touch 😊

Are there Filipino teachers here who teacher in America as a public school teacher? I know that recently a lot of Filipino teacher are hired to come and teach. Can anybody share their experiences?
 
I got my bachelor's degree in the Philippines and I had it evaluated to be at par with the American education standards. I also passed some tests such as CBEST, etc. I was wondering how hard was the adjustment to teach in a new culture and new environment? Even if we do speak English, Filipino English can be different than American English, so did this affect you to communicate and interact with your colleagues and students? Was the paperwork such as lesson planning or IEP making difficult and different? 
 
I hope someone could share some tips because even if I know I am qualified, I still sell my self short just because I don't have enough experience in teaching and I don't want my students and my colleagues to see that I am not capable to teach. I am also small and short (typical Filipino who looks like a teenager but is 27 years old already), so most people whom I met would think that I am very young like a highschool student. My voice is very soft that it's hard to know if I am taking a command. Definitely need to develop my confidence. Thank you for those who respond!

Yeehee!! I just had my interview at Fresno field office and was approved after 2 hours. We are so happy that the interview was done. Good grief!! My supposed to be interview was November 21st and I had a call that it was rescheduled because my papers haven't arrived yet but still we drove 2 1/2 hrs to Fresno just to make sure that it wasn't a scam call. Finally, it's done!! Plus it was foggy drive today lol. 
 
@ashmed246 I had the same thing. I did my medical Dec 2018. The officer in my interview told me my vacc record sheet is already expired but he said it's okay because I submitted a copy when AOS packet was sent before it expires.

My greencard finally arrived today 😁😊

My greencard finally arrived today 😁😊

Yeehee!! I just had my interview at Fresno field office and was approved after 2 hours. We are so happy that the interview was done. Good grief!! My supposed to be interview was November 21st and I had a call that it was rescheduled because my papers haven't arrived yet but still we drove 2 1/2 hrs to Fresno just to make sure that it wasn't a scam call. Finally, it's done!! Plus it was foggy drive today lol. 
 
@ashmed246 I had the same thing. I did my medical Dec 2018. The officer in my interview told me my vacc record sheet is already expired but he said it's okay because I submitted a copy when AOS packet was sent before it expires.

I passed my road test this monday and I am just so excited to receive my DL in the mailbox 😁 AOS related, no reschedule letter yet from Fresno office 🐢 (been waiting for 2 weeks)

I passed my road test this monday and I am just so excited to receive my DL in the mailbox 😁 AOS related, no reschedule letter yet from Fresno office 🐢 (been waiting for 2 weeks)

Hi @Lucky_Mimi, sorry for the delayed response. How did your interview go? We were not asked for a new medical. We only had the one that we took with us to the interview. 
 
Here's a link to our experience: 
 

Thanks

As far as I was concerned, mine was fine, from what I saw, everything was marked, hence my complete and utter rage at this whole situation. 
This was further confirmed by the doctor who re did my medical, I brought what I had with me to show her, the paper work, the X-ray disc etc. She basically said she didn’t know why I was there, as far as she was concerned everything I gave her was in date and complete. It annoyed me more having to pay her to re do it all! 
The joys of immigration! They were also really nice and sent me the tracking number for my EAD/AP card after it got delivered today! 
Good luck with your new medical! 
Thanks for that!  

Had my interview today morning. It was like 20mins maybe. Asked me only the standard I-485 questions. Asked my wife (USC) regarding my address (we live in different states), my job (I am working on H1B), my Birthday etc. Asked both of us our marriage date. Asked when will we start living together. That was it. The officer knew about our case very well and saw our pictures carefully it seemed which we sent with the original package. Told us he has seen enough pictures and don't want to add anymore. Finally Told he will let us know within a week. However, to our surprise, we saw "Card in Production " status update when we got into our car to return from the interview 😍😁
 
My EAD also got approved today and card is in production. Both the green card and the EAD went to production the same day. What a day it has been!!! So happy and excited. Thank you all for helping by sharing your knowledge and stories. It helped me a lot. Hope all of us get done with this process soon!!! 😁

Theres no written rule about the time limit to file but after their I94 expires they will be out of status until they do. That means they can get a visit from ICE at any point or be detained for being out of status. There's been a few horror stories here already of both of those scenarios so I would suggest to them that they file as soon as possible.

Hi All - We just received out green card in the mail on Friday and I have updated my timeline on the signature. If you have any questions, please just reach out.
 

First off,  thank you to this forum and community. I have learned all of our AOS filing and my wife's transition here to the states from these forum. We had good news in that our AOS processing was approved and Green Card sent in 5 months. When we first applied all of the estimates for AOS approval was estimated to take close o a year, and  EAD AP approval estimates is December, 2019 or  January 2020.
 
We were very anxious and had to change some plans due to this estimate but at this point, we are just thankful that my wife received her Greencard last week, the first week of November after our End of October Interview. The overall lesson we can impart is to not make any travel plans until you get your AP aproved.
 
The process seems to have gotten faster and we are very grateful, Thanks again to all here.

Received our interview date today! Dec. 3, 2019.  

Thank you, I’m glad it worked  

Thank you so much for the great insights! I called kp and requested for that medical insurance document. I hope you'll have your interview schedule soon. Just hang on

Green card in hand, 157 days since filing
 
Local office El Passo. Waited 100 days for the biometrics. Hang in there guys
 
Chuffed!

we got our interview letter today! Nov 19
 

We’ve got the same date!!! Best of luck!!!

We had our interview on Tuesday and he asked us for it. Luckily we had a copy of it. 

6 days after I saw “Interview has been scheduled” in the case tracker.
 
CONGRATULATIONS AND Best of luck to you too! 😃