We had finally had our aos interview yesterday so i will share my experience for reference. Our appointment was at 1:30pm, Brooklyn field office. We arrived at the waiting area at about 12:55pm, we made the line to give up the notice and get the turn ticket (they call you by ticket, not by name and they don’t call you in order of number either). Fun fact: lady at the booth asked me if i was the attorney 🤣 (dressed for success i guess 🤣) i told her i was just the beneficiary and she said oh, ok.
We waited about 20-25 minutes maybe but we were called in fairly on time. The IO was very nice and courteous walking us over to her office, she swore us in and asked me to sit by the camera, took my fingerprints and pictures, asked us if we had any additional joint documents to bring em forward and put them on her desk and instructed us that she was going to start asking the questions to my husband (petitioner) and for me to put the documents on the desk while she asked away, we complied and she then said “omg i love how you put the files together!” And my hubby said “yup, she’s the organizer!” and she laughed and immediately started asking questions.
They asked my husband all the questions about how and when we met, where we went on our first date, how long we dated before we got married, when and how we decided to get married and why, asked about our living arrangements, trips with dates, if he had been married before, if he had kids, pets, where I worked (my husband did a great job responding to the questions without missing a beat as she went 👌🏽). Then (after the organizer bit) she started asking me questions, she asked if ive been married before or my husband, if i had kids or if he had kids, asked about pets how many and what were they lol, asked about insurance, bank accounts and what banks, asked about our bofa account which was originally just mine and when I opened it (2011 while i was here visiting) and so she asked if i added him and i said yes and I believe i added him before or after we were married she said ok good, asked about where he worked, told him he got a new job literally two days before the interview and she stated that those are good jobs, joked a little and then started asking me the aos yes/no, asked my husband to take 8 pictures (were we are in groups) out of the (handmade by moi album) and he couldn’t figure it out so i helped him get em out while responding to the rest of the questions, she then had me sign the aos form, thanked us and stated that a decision would be made in about 3 weeks but that I would get an email notification first and whatever decision made by mail after, walked us out and that was it.
Fun fact#2 my ENTIRE immigration file was on her desk because i saw a picture of one of my visas from 2005 (I assumed she purposely left it there so i knew they had everything lol).
Fun fact#3 the whole interview took less than 15 minutes 🙃 but it was thorough as heck
At about 3:50am today i got the email about new card being produced 😭😭😭
I’m assuming it’s a 2 year GC but my dad also told me the IO has the power to approve it for 10 years at their discretion (that would be awesome!!!) I’ll let you guys know!!!!
i had my tears of joy meltdown this morning when I saw that email 🤧 but this part of the ordeal is over for now friends 🙏🏽Good luck to all of you still waiting, go over prepared when it comes to paperwork, more is always better and be organized, they’ll appreciate it!!!
I will later show you how I organized everything for reference!!
Good luck and thank you for your support and your help throughout this process ♥️
For medical exam, I found the table "Form I-693 Submitted to USCIS Before November 1, 2018" here helpful: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4#S-C-4
Form I-693 Submitted to USCIS Before November 1, 2018
When did civil surgeon sign?
When was underlying benefit application filed with USCIS?
I-693 retains evidentiary
value through
No more than 1 year before I-693 submitted to USCIS
More than 60 days after civil surgeon signed the I-693
1 year from date applicant submitted I-693 to USCIS
No more than 60 days before underlying benefit application filed with USCIS
No more than 60 days after civil surgeon signed the I-693
2 years from date civil surgeon signed I-693
After the benefit application was filed with USCIS
Before the civil surgeon signed the I-693
2 years from date civil surgeon signed I-693
More than 1 year before I-693 submitted to USCIS
N/A – I-693 not valid at time applicant submits I-693 to USCIS
Yesterday was exactly 90 days since we applied and we got notice that our interview has been scheduled. We are in Michigan PD July 30th - no EAD/AP as yet. Looks like the Detroit field office is moving pretty quickly
Ahhhh no worries thanks anyway 😁 my EAD has arrived, only took 4 workings days from approval to getting in the mail.
Here's to more approvals this week!!!
Hey guys, wanted to update you July filers!! Today I got a notification that my EAD and AP have been approved!!! Hooray.
I filed July 1st NOA July 6th the update was on my case tracker on my phone.
Good luck everyone still waiting and I hope my news gives those waiting some hope that you will have yours soon too!
YAY!!!
Email and text from USCIS:
New Card Is Being Produced
On October 16, 2018, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSC189129XXXX, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
Hoping the AP comes with it and it arrives quickly!
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