Lucky_Mimi

I-485 interview schedule came in the mail today!!!

We brought the DS3025. However it nor any medical questions were asked or reviewed. As long as you filed within 12 months of your medical, you meet the requirement. If it’s after the 12 months that’s when you must have the civil surgeon one and new medical.  

Greencard in hand today. Finally over for a year and a half till we file removal of conditions. Received ssn card yesterday.  see below for my entire AOS timeline: 
05-03-2019 Mailed AOS/EAD/AP
05-07-2019 Packet arrived to USCIS
05-28-2019 AOS Fee Charged to Card
05-29-2019 NOA Date
06-03-2019 Received NOA Receipts
06-07-2019 Biometrics Letter
06-17-2019 Biometrics appointment
08-07-2019 Ready to schedule interview
08-27-2019 Interview Scheduled
09-03-2019 Interview letter received.
09-18-2019 EAD Card in production 
09-19-2019 AP Approved
09-23-2019 EAD Card mailed
09-30-2019 EAD/APCard received 
10-04-2019 Interview , passed/Card in production.
10-04-2019 SSN card ordered using EAD card.
10-08-2019 Greencard mailed to me
10-11-2019 SSN card received “valid for work only” stamp
10-12-2019 Greencard in hand 

My biggest hurdles are:
 
1. Homesick. There's no place like home
2. Fitting In. Looking for new friends, trying some things to do and driving a car.
3. FOOD. Back to #1. There's no place like home

My biggest hurdles are:
 
1. Homesick. There's no place like home
2. Fitting In. Looking for new friends, trying some things to do and driving a car.
3. FOOD. Back to #1. There's no place like home

What I did I went to E request and called uscis and speak with a Tier 2, You can go to uscis website and find TOOLS try the site https://www.uscis.gov/tools

From a perspective as a hiring manager in a large corporation.  If I post an external opportunity I normally have to leave it open for 2-4 weeks per HR. I have a choice to review all resumes or have the computer scan for keywords and only send me relevant ones. 
 
 if I don’t have enough qualified candidates then the posting remains open for successive 2 week periods. 
 
Once I have 3-5 candidates I move to interview stage.  We do structured interviews so I need myself, HR, another manager and an employee from the group I’m hiring for to be available to schedule interviews. Generally adds a few weeks given everyone’s schedules. 
 
If if I get a good candidate post interview it takes HR 10-14 days to generate an offer. 
 
Once an an offer is accepted then all the non offered applications get changed to no longer under review. We don’t status them before offer accepted as we may have to reach back in that first not selected pool if we can’t find a good candidate through initial screening. 
 
Process generally takes 60 days plus another 30 to onboard the accepted candidate. This is a big company burdened by lots of cumbersome processes.  Smaller companies likely more agile.   

Congratulations on having your bio and picture taken today! Well, I volunteer in a nursing home in our town. With God's grace, they offered me a job. Then that's it. That's how I started expediting my EAD. Hmm.. I don't know what advice I will give. It's just plain luck. I was offered a job and I took the opportunity

You are very welcome! Pinay ka pala hehe. I'm good! Happy to start my job orientation on Monday 😊 I will have my driver license written exam on Aug 21st. So happy to finally start moving forward hehe. I'm from North Cali too. Do you have fb messenger or instagram, I'm excited to communicate in Tagalog 😁❤ 

Wow!! Thank you for the response ❤ glad to hear it from a fellow filipino. Kamusta na? Ahahahah 😂 California din po ako hehe ❤❤❤

Hi May 2019 AOS fillers! I expedited my EAD due to financial loss and I was given a job offer from the nursing home where I am volunteering at. Today, they approved it and will produce my card. On the same day, my AOS case changed to ready to be scheduled for an interview. 
 
I am one of the people here who don't have SSS because the local office didn't give me one. It was so frustrating. So, I decided to volunteer and put my mind to anywhere else aside from thinking about the process. And it worked! 
 
As I always say, God made us to be here with our husband. Everything will go well because he is looking down on us. It is a long process but God is with us in this journey. 

Well I am not sure how many of you are still around coming back to our May thread but for those that do check in my fiancee had her interview July 11, 2019 result 221g (easy fix). I have written a lengthy after action report on this interview if any of you care to read it as I did not want to post it twice. Its located in the Philippines sub forum titled Interview Review. Seems we are closer now than ever before of finishing this portion of the journey. I will of course post here again once the Visa is on hand which should not be too long, but again with my experiences and luck it could be another 430 days!!!!!!!! Sarge out!!!!

Hey, at least you know they have your case and someone touched it. And it may also mean that after a first quick check there are no major issues that would require an RFE.

My wife received her greencard today!
 
We are praying that all of your cases are wrapped up quickly.  Thank you all for your support during this process.

By the grace of God we had our interview and are finished.  Hopefully you all will be next!

I had my interview on June 28th and the person told us she was going to recommend us for approval.

Hey guys Just wanted to let you know my status has changed to Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview. Noa1 may10th... The status date july 17th....hope my Interview is soon hehe 

This is a revision of my post that is often quoted as good information on the I-693 and DS-3025 question. The DS-3025 form has changed, so this update matches the new form that looks like this http://photos.state.gov/libraries/thailand/591452/iv/ds3025.pdf
If your DS-3025 from your visa medical is sufficient to prove you have completed all required immunizations, then use it instead of seeing a Civil Surgeon. Read all this for information I have compiled.
Do I need a medical exam?
What if I am a K nonimmigrant visa holder and already had a medical exam overseas?
Source: I-693 instructions page 6 &7, Part 3 FAQ, #3
If you were admitted as a:
A. K-1 fiancé(e) or a K-2 child of a K-1 fiancé(e); or
B. K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen or a K-4 child of a K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen; and
C. You received a medical examination prior to admission, then:
1) You are not required to have another medical examination as long as you file your Form I-485 within one year of an overseas medical examination, and:
(a) The panel physician did not find a class A medical condition during your overseas examination; or
(b) The panel physician did find a class A medical condition, you received a waiver of inadmissibility, and you have complied with the terms and conditions of the waiver.
(2) Even if a new medical examination is not required, you must still show proof that you complied with the vaccination requirements. If the vaccination record (DS 3025) was not properly completed and included as part of the original overseas medical examination report, you will have to have the Part 7. Vaccination Record completed by a designated civil surgeon. In this case, you must submit Parts 1., 2., 4., and 7. of Form I-693.
Do you need an I-693 immunization sheet? Is my DS-3025 filled out properly?
Look at your DS-3025. If it has the ALL of the following items, you don't need an I-693 (Adults 19-49 yrs old).
1. Shots marked with a date (at least one of a series)
MMR (two are required but if you have "insufficient time interval" Code B in the last column, then you get a waiver) Td or Tdap or DT or DTP or DtaP (One date must be no longer than 10 years ago) Varicella (Either a check by "Vaccine" with a date, OR a check by "Varicella History" if you had chickenpox. History gets you a waiver) Influenza (during flu season)** see note below because you may be okay without it. If it is not flu season, the waiver in the last column is Code F. Everything else marked "not age appropriate" Code A, insufficient time interval B, not flu season F, contraindicated C...things that allow a waiver. NOTE: If you have shots missing and no waiver for them, stop here and see a Civil Surgeon. "Most of the shots" isn't complete. A note from your home country doctor won't count. All shots must be recorded on the DS-3025 or waived. You will have to take your doctor note to a Civil Surgeon and get him to record it on an official form.
2. The new form has a summary section. It may be marked:
"US vaccination requirements COMPLETE (Requesting a Blanket Waiver)"
But instructions I have seen says it is only marked for immigrant visas. I know In London they leave section 2 unmarked at K1 medicals.
3. Signed and dated by the doctor
The unknown with this new form is--will every adjudicator across the US know how to interpret the summary section? Their policy manual says:
"The officer should be aware that civil surgeons may improperly mark the boxes because they may misunderstand the meaning of these boxes. Therefore, the officer should determine, from the vaccination assessment completed by the civil surgeon, whether the applicant received all vaccines, which blanket waivers should be granted, and whether the applicant requires any ​other waivers. The officer should exercise discretion in reviewing the vaccination chart and when evaluating the results boxes at the bottom of the vaccination assessment chart. ​ ​If the civil surgeon did not check any result boxes, the officer should only return the form for corrective action if he or she is unable to ascertain whether the applicant is admissible. "
While this is not directly addressing the new form that has a "Summary" instead of a "Results" section, I believe the intent is that the adjudicator should look and see if the four required shots (or waivers) are present and accept the form even if the doctor doesn't do the summary to their liking. No guarantees, but I would certainly use the DS-3025 if I knew I had all the required shots.
**Note on flu shot: Flu shots are required for adults of all ages if your visa exam was between (Oct 1 and March 31). But if the AOS adjudicator picks up your case when it is not flu season, you will be excused. And the reverse is true. The adjudicator picks up your case during flu season, but sees it was NOT flu season when you had your medical exam, you are also excused because the date they go by is the date of your visa exam to determine if you were current on that date. Keep in mind that if you go to a civil surgeon for an I-693, then you are resetting the medical exam date for immunizations and you may have to get second doses of shots or a flu shot to become current on your new immunization date of record.
See next post for more information.

Hi May 2019 AOS fillers! I expedited my EAD due to financial loss and I was given a job offer from the nursing home where I am volunteering at. Today, they approved it and will produce my card. On the same day, my AOS case changed to ready to be scheduled for an interview. 
 
I am one of the people here who don't have SSS because the local office didn't give me one. It was so frustrating. So, I decided to volunteer and put my mind to anywhere else aside from thinking about the process. And it worked! 
 
As I always say, God made us to be here with our husband. Everything will go well because he is looking down on us. It is a long process but God is with us in this journey. 

Got my biometrics letter today!  My schedule is on June 4 at Modesto, CA

Thank you,
 
I just spoke with a representative .. 
the premium processing and expediting are not the same 
the expediting does not req a fee and a response/decision to expedite or not is given within 5 days 

Yes, we called USCIS. Yes Job Offer is enough. Once you received the email they sent, include:
1. Cover Letter
2. Job Offer
3. Copy of Email they sent
 
Wait for about a week and hopefully you'll see on the site 'New Card is being Produced'.

I went to SSA before marriage but they can’t do anything to issue the ssn only pending for me 

Same! My husband has his biometric yesterday. Now I believe waiting is what's next. But I'm pretty sure that's the answer for everything in this process haha

@celie&joseph I went to the SS office one month and a half after I arrived to the U.S.