MaryDave1992

We're now on day 81 of waiting without a biometrics appointment.  Dave called again today and asked to be elevated to a Tier 2 Rep and after the typical few hours of waiting, he got a call.  He said the woman seemed pretty annoyed that we've been calling and didn't give us any new information.  She just told him he was well within processing times.  He tried to say that we've been told several times the biometrics appointment should arrive within 30 days of the NOA1 but she just wasn't having it and refused to comment on why our case might be taking longer.  Feeling so discouraged  

Monday my case changed to “interview was scheduled” I’m patiently waiting on interview letter. Super excited 😊 

we're still waiting too  

Still awaiting biometrics after receiving NOA 1 on May 20th. 
 
I raised a service request 28 days ago, to date I have received nothing and the status is still 'not assigned to an officer'. Anyone STILL  in the same boat?

I have my biometrics appointment notice! Finally! It's on 1 August at midday, a mere 69 days after my NOA1. The notice date is 7/12, so it was processed just before I put in my service request.
 
I hope everyone else still waiting gets their biometrics notice soon.

Reached out to Senator Warren yesterday and I just got a call from someone in her office.  She said if we sign a release form, Elizabeth Warren will reach out to USCIS on our behalf and ask about the biometrics. Hoping this means we're actually getting closer to some real answers!

Reached out to Senator Warren yesterday and I just got a call from someone in her office.  She said if we sign a release form, Elizabeth Warren will reach out to USCIS on our behalf and ask about the biometrics. Hoping this means we're actually getting closer to some real answers!

Ugh America is being annoying I wanna work 

Yes, a week or so ago.  They said to call back on June 26th if we haven't received it yet...

So today we called USCIS again and they told us that they sent us a letter yesterday basically just saying that my husband's biometrics appointment has not been scheduled yet. 😞
Dave said they were really nice on the phone but didn't have much information.... Just that it will take more time.  They also told him that it doesn't necessarily mean our green card or EAD/AP are delayed, just that the biometrics cannot be scheduled yet. Very frustrating....

Hello VJ members,
 
We had our interview today and got approved!!!
We got text within 30 min of leaving USCIS that our case was updated and verified tin case tracker that our card is being produced.
Very glad and grateful that everything went smooth and well thus far.
Wish the best of luck to all others who are going through the process ^^

Oooh good to know!! We live in Somerville so I think we'd be out of the Boston office..... Either way I really hope it's a quick turnaround... Thanks for sharing your experience  

Nope Planning to call today.  I'll post here after we do!

thank you!! Hopefully it's speedy processing for the rest of the group! We're both sitting here scratching our heads like how on earth did we get this lucky? I better go knock wood and send positive vibes for everyone else here! 
 
I meant his Civil Surgeon Appointment to fill out the i-693 was on 6/21/19, biometrics was done in May. 

Congratulations on your epic luck! Never have I ever wished that we were living in Worcester than right now haha. 

Somehow we got extremely lucky. The green card is being produced and should be in hand in the next week or two, should be just under 3 months between initial filing and GC in hand. 

He had our biometrics appointment 6/21/19. He didn't have his vaccination records from childhood, so his primary care/pcp doctor ran titer tests which we submitted at the civil surgeon. The civil surgeon was extremely nice and very helpful. She let us know it would take a few days to process lab results and they'd be in touch. We explained we had an upcoming interview and needed them ASAP. They were willing to work with us even on a super tight timeline. 

We couldn't sleep last night because we were so anxious the 693 wouldn't be done in time. We rang the civil surgeon at noon, 3 hours before our interview and the final test result had come in and she was finally able to sign off on the 693. We actually were given a full copy of the 693 not just the vaccine page which was awesome. 

Onto our interview. We were scheduled for 3:30 in the Lawrence MA office. We parked across the street for $10 and and arrived at 2:45. Waited in the car for 15 minutes then went in. We went through security who was very nice and didn't make us remove our shoes since it was pouring rain out. Gave our interview notice at reception and began to wait. 

We waited around 30 minutes with only a few people in the waiting room. He was called in at 3:35, he asked if his wife (me) should come and was told they would call me in separately. This wound up appearing to be the norm as there was another couple where they called in the beneficiary then the petitioner afterwards. I arrived in the room where my husband was sitting, put my purse down and swore in under oath. There was a webcam recording and a huge packet with all our info on the table. 
We had also brought a full copy of our AOS packet with us, and a couple additional documents which my husband gave the interviewer before I entered the room (i-693 sealed, copy of reciepts from my ring, employment verification letter from my employer). We updated a couple things in the AOS packet we brought with us like my paystubs so they'd be more recent and some extra bank statements. 

The interviewer asked me some basics like my name, birthday, address. These aren't in exact order, so take the order with a grain of salt. 
-If a signature on a form was mine, it was. 
-Asked my mother and fathers names and birthdays. Embarrassingly I got my dad's year of birth wrong (we aren't close and haven't spoken in 10 years)
-are my parents living
-his parents' names 
-are his parents living
-when did we first meet (we met online, then met in person a year or two later)
-when did we officially start dating
-how was our first meeting
-where did he live (clarified to where did he live when we first started dating)
-where was he working (super broad question, I had to clarify, question was changed to "where was he working when we first started dating")
-where was I working (clarified to be where was I working when we first started dating)
-who is my current employer
-confirmed how long I've been there. 
-who was the employer before my current one
-who attended your wedding and where was it 
-who cooks
-who does the dishes
-who does the laundry
-who grocery shops
-what did we have for dinner last night
-any health issues I have
-any health issues he has
-medications I'm on
-medications he's on
-do I have a criminal record
-does he have a criminal record
-do I have any tattoos
-does he have any tattoos
-have I been pregnant since getting married to him
-do we plan to have children someday
-have I been in any car accidents
-has he been in any car accidents
-have I been to the hospital since we started dating
-has he been to the hospital since we started dating
-does he have any health issues
-do I have any health issues
-have we travelled together anywhere 
-who lives with us (I included our dog and cat) 

Questions he was asked that he remembered:
-Went over the 485 application (as part of this, had he ever violated the terms of visa? He had, he overstayed and she made note of it on the 485) 
-his parents names and where they were born
-what color is the laundry machine
-where is the laundry
-Do we have a lease? 
-who does the housework
-names of our dog and cat 
-Who cooks (and what is a typical meal in your house)
-what your favorite restaurant, what do you order there and what does she order there. 
and a lot of the questions already listed above.
Overall I found the interview questions to be super broad so I had to ask for clarification several times. For example my husband has lived at a couple different addresses in our 7 years together, so I had to ask which timeframe the interviewer looking for. Some of the questions were vague which made me a bit nervous, but I had to ask for clarification to give the most accurate answer. My husband said he couldn't remember last night's dinner and forgot the car accident we were in together (super light rear end on a traffic jammed highway, we were 100% fine, it was years ago). I personally didn't have a great feeling at the end since I screwed up my own dad's birthday. The interviewer let us know that we would recieve either an RFE in the mail in 1-2 weeks or a GC. Interviewer also let us know that they were recommending the case be approved. 
 
We headed home and relaxed for a while. I took a nap since I barely slept last night. Woke up at 9pm, checked case status and it shows "my new card is being produced". 77 days from initial mailing to GC is being produced. I'm shocked. 
 

It is sort of becoming a joke on the EAD/AP estimations now.  Love seeing the new emails weekly of our status being pushed our farther and farther

Hello everyone , am a May Filer 13th I got my NOA1 but till now no Biometrics appointment letter and the site has not updated. Should I be worried? Can I call in 

what keys did you press to get to someone?

Biometrics letter received! His appt is June 19th at noon 😁

Such a good mail day today! We received his social security card, all his NOA1s (received date 5/24; notice date 5/29), and medical insurance card. All on the same day lol now hes almost set! We will try to go next week to the DMV and see if we can get a state ID for him. Hopefully we don't get too much hassle!

So we called today because our tracking number showed it wasnt picked up still and it's been received 💜 we got our case numbers too 

Just a heads up - yesterday the USCIS official estimate for the EAD/AP jumped to 6.5-8.5 months...

Got my wife's biometrics appointment in the mail today for 6/6. 

RV finally sent our paperwork today! It's on it's way now 🙆‍♀️