Ani924

This may be on their website but the ombudsman emailed me saying they are prioritizing my case due to USCIS's delay and my case is outside processing time. My 751 case was approved 2 days after I received this from the ombudsman. They do help if it has been unusually long regardless of what is on their website. 

This may be on their website but the ombudsman emailed me saying they are prioritizing my case due to USCIS's delay and my case is outside processing time. My 751 case was approved 2 days after I received this from the ombudsman. They do help if it has been unusually long regardless of what is on their website. 

YOU GUYS! My N400 interview got scheduled!!! Back in december they transferred by 751 to NBC for faster processing and today I got the N400 interview. 
 
Should I take my partner with me to the N400 interview? They notice does not say anything about 751, only about N400... I assume this will be a combo interview? THANKS, I CAN'T believe we are SO close to the end!!!!

For YSC, we haven't heard ANYTHING since receiving the 18-month extension. no biometrics either. Anyone seen any movement there? 
 

Do you want to really know how mismanaged USCIS is.????....  My husband received his extension letter on Monday YAY. then on Wednesday there was a packet from USCIS addressed to him to our home. Inside was ANOTHER COUPLES PHOTO ALBUM. #######!!! Right away he started contacting USCIS as it was his day off. He could not get a person on the line. I posted this in a FB group and the moderator actually found one of the petitioners as she had a picture of her drivers license in the album. I tracked her down and we exchanged phone numbers. She wants me to mail her photos to her, but I won't until USCIS clarifies what the hell went wrong, and if someone else received an error of ours. I called them this morning, but they refused to talk to me as supposedly only the immigrant petitioner can OR they give verbal authority when you (USC) are on the line as well. He doesn't have another day off until Monday. What an absolute show. 

Actually, I added it again on the 11th, someone did delete.

Check cashed today! Woo! Took 5 weeks since they received it, rec'd 11/12/20

Check cashed today! Woo! Took 5 weeks since they received it, rec'd 11/12/20

Hey guys, just let you know that my interview has been scheduled just now.  And I got 6 texts notification from USCIS website hahaha
Best Valentine's Day gift!💖💖💖
I might be able to know the exact date on Monday when the mail comes.
 
So here is my timeline:
Filed AOS: August 22nd
Received: August 24th
NOA1: August 30th
Bio appointment: November 6th
Ready to be scheduled for an interview: November 9th, Feb 12th
Interview was scheduled: Feb 14th

Good luck!! It’ll go great!

Interview went beautifully and like an hour later, CARD IN PRODUCTION! Yayyyy!
 
officer was so nice and easy to talk to. He asked us how we met, first date, where was the wedding, how many guests, where have we travelled, where do we live, birth dates, social, previous addresses, work history, very detailed. First time into the US? Which visa? History of entering the leaving the country, port of entry, schools I went to. Extremely detailed but that’s his job. Asked all questions on ineligibility. I will add, my hubby was laid off in December and the officer asked if he still worked at his old job. We told him the truth but he didn’t ask for a new affidavit or anything like that. 
 
He then looked at our pictures, I had two albums, took like 5-6 pictures and done! He did tell us about the 2 years provision and when I can apply for citizenship and that it may take 2-3 months to get the card. Fairfax office is the best, we talked to some lovely security guards and happy going front desk people. Good luck y’all! I’m glad our journey is over for 2 years!  
 
 

Interview went beautifully and like an hour later, CARD IN PRODUCTION! Yayyyy!
 
officer was so nice and easy to talk to. He asked us how we met, first date, where was the wedding, how many guests, where have we travelled, where do we live, birth dates, social, previous addresses, work history, very detailed. First time into the US? Which visa? History of entering the leaving the country, port of entry, schools I went to. Extremely detailed but that’s his job. Asked all questions on ineligibility. I will add, my hubby was laid off in December and the officer asked if he still worked at his old job. We told him the truth but he didn’t ask for a new affidavit or anything like that. 
 
He then looked at our pictures, I had two albums, took like 5-6 pictures and done! He did tell us about the 2 years provision and when I can apply for citizenship and that it may take 2-3 months to get the card. Fairfax office is the best, we talked to some lovely security guards and happy going front desk people. Good luck y’all! I’m glad our journey is over for 2 years!  
 
 

Congratulations! So happy for you! And thanks for sharing your experience. That's really detailed and useful.
Hopefully my interview can be scheduled as soon as possible.

Interview went beautifully and like an hour later, CARD IN PRODUCTION! Yayyyy!
 
officer was so nice and easy to talk to. He asked us how we met, first date, where was the wedding, how many guests, where have we travelled, where do we live, birth dates, social, previous addresses, work history, very detailed. First time into the US? Which visa? History of entering the leaving the country, port of entry, schools I went to. Extremely detailed but that’s his job. Asked all questions on ineligibility. I will add, my hubby was laid off in December and the officer asked if he still worked at his old job. We told him the truth but he didn’t ask for a new affidavit or anything like that. 
 
He then looked at our pictures, I had two albums, took like 5-6 pictures and done! He did tell us about the 2 years provision and when I can apply for citizenship and that it may take 2-3 months to get the card. Fairfax office is the best, we talked to some lovely security guards and happy going front desk people. Good luck y’all! I’m glad our journey is over for 2 years!  
 
 

Interview went beautifully and like an hour later, CARD IN PRODUCTION! Yayyyy!
 
officer was so nice and easy to talk to. He asked us how we met, first date, where was the wedding, how many guests, where have we travelled, where do we live, birth dates, social, previous addresses, work history, very detailed. First time into the US? Which visa? History of entering the leaving the country, port of entry, schools I went to. Extremely detailed but that’s his job. Asked all questions on ineligibility. I will add, my hubby was laid off in December and the officer asked if he still worked at his old job. We told him the truth but he didn’t ask for a new affidavit or anything like that. 
 
He then looked at our pictures, I had two albums, took like 5-6 pictures and done! He did tell us about the 2 years provision and when I can apply for citizenship and that it may take 2-3 months to get the card. Fairfax office is the best, we talked to some lovely security guards and happy going front desk people. Good luck y’all! I’m glad our journey is over for 2 years!  
 
 

Hey everyone,
 
We had our AOS interview today and everything was fine up to the point where we’re talking nit pickyness. So, the interviewer wants to see my passport with my entry stamps into Japan. I have a new one because the previous one with the entry stamps is expired. There’s no point in carrying an expired passport. Then she wanted to see pictures? I showed her some pictures on our phones, but she wants copies of them. 
 
Aside from that, she didn’t have a problem approving us provided that we can send those in. Provided us with an evidence send in. I assume this is an RFE. 
 
What baffles me is that our interviewer didn’t have a paper copy of the K-1 that she says she should have received but has not. The K-1 application has my entry stamp scan in it. 
 
Anyway, we just send this in and it sounds like an approval. The interviewer didn’t ask very much questions. I guess the annoyance is that what she’s asking for is irrevelvant to an AOS. Wanting to see entry stamps? Pictures I just showed on our phones isn’t good enough? Really? You don’t have the K-1 file? 
 
 

hi John and Janay! How did your interview go? We had officer townsend, curious if you did too (know it is unlikely though).  

Ok so! It went pretty well, the office is nice. Super tight security (take off shoes, belts, everything) make the left before the office to get to the parking garage ($7). I wouldn’t get there very early because we had to wait a while. So like 10 min before you appt should be fine.  Interviewer was nice, very businesslike.  
 
  PD July 09, 2018 marriage based AOS from B2 visa from Costa Rica.  I prepared the whole application without a lawyer. 
I think it went well, interviewer asked all of the questions of eligibility (terrorist, drugs etc) to my husband (beneficiary).  He ask him my name and his children’s names., last entrance to the US. Then he asked me my husband’s name and birthday, place of birth, wedding date.  I added some more evidence that I didn’t have when we applied (joint accounts, etc).  
He then said we had a beautiful family (we have a 1 year old who we brought with us).  But that it would be 1 day to 120 days to wait for approval or intent to deny 😨 and that he had to do a final background check and approval from his supervisor.  
So no real closure   We asked if he thought he was recommending us for approval and he said he cannot answer that and needs to review the file. 

Thank you so much!! I am currently putting the finishing touches on the binder for TOMORROW! We are certainly nervous, but we have a 1 year old daughter to bring with as evidence I will post a super detailed update and review after tomorrow.   

Hey guys! How did it go?! Waiting on your good news! 😀

I love the sense of comradery in this group. Good luck @John and Janay and @Tilde333on your interviews this week!! Ours is just around the corner. I am low key terrified and so excited at the same time 😬 keep me updated  😄😆

Hey Dc filers! As you guys have your interviews I wanted to request if you could post your experiences post interview as you have them? Thanks!

So my interview was last week.  Guess it is time to report back how it went: 
 
There is a parking garage right behind the building, $7.  One can also take the metro, Orange Line.  Unlike with the place where they do the biometrics appointments, here one has to go through airport level security to get in, even take one's shoes off.  I'd not have worn my winter boots if I had known that.  No coffee allowed inside, unfortunately. 
 
Inside there is a government standard waiting area with water fountains, rest rooms, and TV screens.  They were showing HGTV, which made for a pleasant distraction.  Another way to pass the time is people-watching with one's spouse, especially playing spot-the-lawyer.  You can also play on your phone, despite all the signs prohibiting the use of electronic devices.  Nobody seems to care, and I spotted one kindle and several phones out in the open.
 
We had to wait about 40 minutes beyond our appointed time.  However, that does not seem to be normal, as our officer apologized and even attempted some kind of vague explanation.  The interview itself was short and almost pleasant.  There was only one real question ("How did you meet?").  The rest of the time was spent rattling through the potential ineligibilities ("Did you ever participate in genocide?  Do you plan to overthrow the U.S. government? …") and taking fingerprints and a photo again.  Our officer didn't even ask for additional supporting evidence, but he took copies when we offered them.  He had to check with his supervisor, otherwise he would have approved us on the spot.  I was allowed to keep my EAD card. 
 
All in all I felt that this was a bit of a waste of time, both for the officer and for us.  Under the old rules we would probably have been approved without an interview.  

As of today December 29th, my EAD application status changed to New card being produced 🙂 can’t wait to get my card on hand. My interview for green card will be on January 8th. 
 
I wish you a prosperous New year everyone 🙂  cheers for the year 2019! 

Dc field office interview scheduled!! PD July 27th. It took exactly 154 days since we filed! This is crazy! And now we need to find a co-sponsor cuz my husband got laid off. I’m happy and scared 😐