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Hello everyone. So I've got such exciting news, I just received my tracking number I will have my Visa on monday!!! Finally after two weeks it here!! Now to pack and get on a plane and go home. 
 
I want to thank everyone for bring so supportive and for all the help.🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

Hello everyone
 
I hope everyone is good
 
So I have exciting news my visa was delivered by dhl this morning and I will be officially leaving south africa on the 28th of October. So after 2 weeks of waiting, I'm finally going home 🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 and I'm going straight into the ❄❄❄❄❄ cold. 
 
So excited and happy. 
 
To everyone still on this journey, I wish you all the best and good luck. I pray that you guys have strength and that all goes well. 
 
Also a big thank you to everyone for being supportive and so kind. 
 
Best of wishes
Ayesha 
 

Yes the embassy has changed it policy and does interviews every Tuesday and Thursday k1 is only on Thursday that is what the medical office told me 

It is best to have a wet signature, my affidavit of support was wet a signature. That is what was recommended to me by my attorney. 
 
 

I had my green card interview at the San Francisco USCIS Field Office (Sansome St.) at the end of October 2018. Just sharing my experience here.
 
Our interview was at 9:45AM on a Tuesday, and my USC husband and I arrived at 9:30AM. Please don't bring sharp objects including nail clippers - my husband's nail clippers were not permitted inside, so we had to leave it outside (good thing it was still there when we exited the building lol). The entrance has these x-ray machines for your belongings, as well as for you to walk through; it's basically like being at an airport. We went to the 2nd floor afterwards, where we were checked in by the receptionist and told to wait. There were not a lot of people that day, and many chairs to choose from. We waited for around 20-30 minutes before my name was finally called. We were met by our interviewer, a middle aged woman who seemed to be in her 60s, and led to an office in the back. She asked us to raise our right hands and swear that we tell the truth, then we all sat down. 
 
She asked for our IDs. My husband gave his CA driver's license. I unfortunately had my wallet stolen which had my EAD/AP card and driver's license, so all I had was my passport. She seemed to have wanted me to give more than one photo ID, and better yet a photo ID with my married name on it (my passport is still in my maiden name), but I explained my situation and she seemed content with it.
 
She asked basic questions: when we got married, how many times we've been married (to different people), if we have kids, etc. She went through the I-485 form and asked us all the questions from there, so it was basically just like filling up the I-485 form but orally and in person.
 
Then, she asked if we were living together, and I said yes, and she asked for our apartment's lease. I told her we didn't bring it, because my name isn't on the lease yet, since we are just renting and are will be moving to another home in the future. She said that that was fine, and asked for other documents to prove that we live together, like utility bills and such. I gave her all that we had: a utility bill from PG&E, auto insurance cards, health insurance cards, and bank statements from our joint bank accounts, all of which had both our names on them. She took all of that.
 
Then she asked me for my EAD/AP, had to remind her again that I lost my card, but I did have a new AP that was just a piece of paper. She took a copy of that.
 
She asked also for my vaccination records, and I just gave another copy of my DS-260. She made a comment about it being expired, and I explained that to my understanding as long as I file my I-485 application before its expiry date it is still valid. She told me she will double-check that with her supervisor and let me know if they need anything else from me. (They ended up not needing anything else so just your DS-260 should be sufficient.)
 
After getting all these documents from me, she asked us to tell her how my husband and I met. This was our favorite part because we love sharing our story! My husband excitedly told our story, with such great detail, that our interviewer had to stop him in the middle and tell him to quickly summarize it because we didn't have much time left lol! She seemed to be happy about my husband's enthusiasm in telling our story though! And she was smiling the entire time he was telling it. 
 
After we told our story, she asked to see pictures - mostly of our wedding days (we've had 2 weddings so far, a civil wedding at City Hall and a second celebration in my husband's hometown in Ohio - I told her that we will be having a third wedding celebration in my hometown in the Philippines in Feb 2019, and she seemed quite pleased about us celebrating with all our family and friends in our hometowns). I also showed her a picture from the day my husband and I met (which was way back in 2012) and several pictures of us traveling around the world with our families. I was also very excited about showing her our pictures that she asked me to calm down and just give her one picture from each event haha. She kept around 5 pictures.
 
After all that, she said "okay, so far so good," which helped me relax a little bit. She then went to photocopy a bunch of my documents then came back to tell us that she will be talking to her supervisor about our case, but that it seemed good so far. If there is a problem at all with our case, we will be notified ASAP via mail. Otherwise, I will be receiving my green card in several weeks. 
 
Overall, the interview lasted around 30 minutes. It wasn't as nerve-wracking as I thought it would be! Our interviewer also was quite nice and not too intimidating.
 
2 weeks later, I receive an NOA stating my application for permanent residency has been approved! Then around 5 days after I received that NOA, I got my green card in the mail!

Hello everyone, hope you all are doing great. I landed in the states on the 29th and it's awesome and such  a relief to be with my finance again. Michigan is cold!! Good luck to everyone else and may you be blessed 🌷

Thank you so much❤️❤️  I hope everything goes well for you guys and that your with your loved one soon. And may you be blessed throughout this journey 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Hello everyone
 
I hope everyone is good
 
So I have exciting news my visa was delivered by dhl this morning and I will be officially leaving south africa on the 28th of October. So after 2 weeks of waiting, I'm finally going home 🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 and I'm going straight into the ❄❄❄❄❄ cold. 
 
So excited and happy. 
 
To everyone still on this journey, I wish you all the best and good luck. I pray that you guys have strength and that all goes well. 
 
Also a big thank you to everyone for being supportive and so kind. 
 
Best of wishes
Ayesha 
 

I contacted them via their website and I recieved an email from them the following morning.  I would suggest you call back on monday and ask of they received the email they are tricky at the doctors office. 

Hello everyone. So I've got such exciting news, I just received my tracking number I will have my Visa on monday!!! Finally after two weeks it here!! Now to pack and get on a plane and go home. 
 
I want to thank everyone for bring so supportive and for all the help.🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

@Greenbaum @missileman 
 
Hey guys, my visa is issued and on it's way. Just wanted to say thank you for all the help and reassurance as this process does make one on edge to think something is wrong when it's not. Thank you for the useful information you guys post. 
 
I'm booked to leave the 28th. Thanks  again 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

Thanks @LuFlolady just booked a flight , leaving on Sunday the 28th  its time to pack and head on home😊😊😊😊 
 
I hope you get your case number soon.
And that everything goes well for you. 😊

Hello everyone. So I've got such exciting news, I just received my tracking number I will have my Visa on monday!!! Finally after two weeks it here!! Now to pack and get on a plane and go home. 
 
I want to thank everyone for bring so supportive and for all the help.🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

Thanks @Greenbaum, thank you for all the helpful information. 
😄😊

Congrats 🎊🎈🎉🍾 I’m so happy for you guys!

Thank you 😊 

Hey guys just a stauts update with me getting my visa. Called the consulate on Friday and they said everything is fine and verified that its approved. And if I don't get a tracking number by firday to call them back. So I'm back on the waiting game. 
 
@Leah and Matt  I wish you guys the best I know your guys interview is on Thursday. 

Congratulations. I hope everything goes well for you guys.🎉 

Congrats @LuFlolady I'm so happy for you! I wish you all the best for the next stage. 🌷🌷🌷

Hello everyone 
 
so just wanted to update you guys, I called the consulate this morning and the medicals are finally there. So hopefully I get my visa in hand soon,  so excited 😊😊😊😊😊

Thanks 🌷🌷🌷

Relax. Relax. Relax. Relax. Relax. The process you are seeing is NORMAL. Why do you people drive yourself so crazy. Does checking make it go faster?? I know it doesn't so I am here to tell you that you will have your visa when you will have your visa.
The visa processing steps after visa interview are as follows:
The first AP is the immigration unit doing the paperwork for approving the visa
The first READY is a notice that they are finished and the paperwork is being sent for visa issuance
The second AP is the visa issuance people doing their own paperwork
The second READY is that the visa has been issued and is currently being processed for delivery
Next it will be ISSUED which it is being released for delivery and has left the building with 2go.
No one can tell anyone when they will get there visa. There has been some who received in two days and others more than three months. Normal delivery is around 3 weeks if the sun, moon and mars are lined up so don’t run out and buy any airline tickets till your visa is in your hands.

Hello everyone 
 
So my interview was today and I was approved but they are waiting on my medical results to issue the visa. 
 
I was just wondering I checked my application and it's in administrative processing, is this normal? They do have my passport and I never received a 221g so that's a good thing. 
 
Any advice on when I should contact them about the medical results. Thank you 

We are approved!!!! They will get my medical results and then issue the visa, they have my passport so hopefully the reports are dropped off today!!! I'm on my way to the Usa to be with my honey. So relieved that it's over. Thank you to everyone for their kind words and prayers and positive vibes. 
 
You guys rock. 

Hello everyone, second medical done and I passed my medical!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 YAY!!
 
So three days till my interview. 
 
Please keep me in your prayers.