SveDem

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL AND THE GREATEST GIFT WE COULD HAVE RECEIVED IS HERE!
124 DAYS from DQ (30AUG2024 -> 01JAN2025) to Interview Scheduled!!!
U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines.
 

Just data for all:
PD: 17JUN2023

Approved: 02AUG2024

Same "anomaly" of approval appearing in documents yet the case stating "Active Review ongoing", in our case from a September date -> to the Approval Date.

Just FYI we were approved last Friday, PD date 17JUN2023.

Suddenly today shows this...

On 3/30/2024 at 7:43 PM, SveDem said:

Thinking that in April a lot of us will get some traction. 

In April->May = Long time -> 3 months 

Now May-> June = this

Thinking that in April a lot of us will get some traction. 

Approved for the Green Card at the interview as of yesterday.

We were handed a paper approval notice and given verbal approval.

Questions included:

To my wife:

Interviewer asked the terrorist/threat/criminal questions on the original I-485.

The questions below were asked directly from the I-485, our interviewer was going over the application start-to-finish checking off each section it seemed.

What is your full name?

What is his full name?

What is his birthday? My wife as actually a little anxious and gave the wrong month here.

When did you get married? Wifey also messed up with the wrong year, haha, and the interviewer looked surprised but I played it off and told the interviewer she's kind of anxious and reassured my wife to be careful.

Your mother's birthday?

Your mother's full name?

Then some open-ended question to both of us: 

How did you meet? I, husband, answered the first half, and handed off the story to my wife.

What did you (directed at husband) like about her?

What did you (directed at wife) like about him?

Why did you (directed at husband) prefer dating outside the country? Haha.

And just like that we were approved. No separation, no stress, no scary interview rooms. It was a very personable interview that you might find akin to going to a bank and speaking to your financial adviser, we both were sat just  apart from her desk, and she gave us some candy right after everything was said and done.

Special note that we were adjusting from K-1 status and the interviewer specifically thanked us after the interviewer for submitting the I-693 with the I-485 application. She said had we not submitted that, she was going to request an RFE from us.

She also commended me on the Affidavit of Support not being an issue and told me she had some denials because of that recently as we waked out.

On 2/14/2020 at 9:40 AM, LuFlolady said:

right I know that I guess I am asking about the message that it has actually been picked up and u were issued a tracking number... I have never seen anyone post that msg.....

Yeah we got this update naturally, it follows in the EAD chain after it's been approved. You should see it soon, judging by your timeline.

Received tracking info for the EAD Card today. Says it'll be here on Saturday! Good way to close out the week since first notif on Monday!

214 days for this response to be generated.

Technically filed the I-765 in July after filing the I-485 in June but post everything in  this thread.

This is feeling ridiculous. Applied for the EAD on July 15th and still haven't received the card. The processing times state that July 15th is the cutoff point to which an abnormal processing time form can be submitted, but when I attempt to submit such a form, the website displays that the case is still within the bounds of the normal processing times. Did not apply for Advanced Parole. Only applied for EAD which was received by their offices on July 11th, did fingerprints on July 16th.

Submitted I-485 on June 15, it was received June 17, 2019 and no update on that either.

Houston - Hwy6 S Location, not sure if this is the same SW Sugarland location posted prior... but no issues. 
I honestly doubt they even looked at the appointment date; it was never mentioned as we handed them paper work. 
The only quip I have is for anyone who has supporting documentation (marriage certificate) in the case that your ID (passport) has a different name than your USCIS Biometrics Appointment Letter to bring along the marriage certificate. Not that it was asked for in our case, but definitely would have cleared up some confusion.

Scheduled for 7/24/2019, went in on 7/16/2019 and was in and out in less than 30minutes. Went in around 10:20 AM.

Super overdue to post here. 
The wait for the work authorization is all on our minds. 

56 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

I hope nothing goes wrong that you miss your flight. CFO is notorious for messing with the beneficiary with a decline. I've seen it before. She needs to be confident and know you well, and I mean well.

You think they're even more concerned than the embassy?

Current Status

32 minutes ago, boris64 said:

Visa approved today at the US Embassy in Manila. I am glad this part is over. It has been far more draining than I expected.

What does your CAEC status display as? Congratulations.

1 hour ago, BB Family said:

Ugh I passed the interview in 14 February but my status is still “Administrative Prosessing” im starting to get worried.. others who interviewed that day have already been “issued”  

My Fiancee just informed me that her interview was 'Approved' 3.5 hours after her interview was scheduled. 
But when I check CAEC now, and as I was checking before I even heard back from her (anxiety), it tells me our case is under 'Administrative Processing'. 

I don't know what to think. She says she hasn't eaten since having woken at 5AM, I told her to tell me some more details after she's eaten.

11 hours ago, Mark&Jean said:

I'm curious about the flights. I read somewhere that I may want to call the airline to book the ticket for my fiance because I might encounter issues booking online. I know last year I booked her a flight to Manila and the airline put a hold on the ticket as possible fraud because I purchased it online. She had to take cash to the airline and pay. Anyone know anything about this?

Dude this happened to me. I was so aggravated on Sunday. My Fiance and her aunt were booked for a flight I paid for the week prior online with AirAsia. Only after they had to repay in cash with money I gave them for the SLEC Medical was I told about my booking being cancelled and 'refunded'. They claim to have 'refunded' me on the 11th of Feb but I've yet to see a credit in my bank. From now on I'd have to send her money in cash form to pay for tickets it seems... so silly.

23 minutes ago, Jbybay said:

First time commenting, long time lurker.

 

Our case now shows “Ready” which I know means time to set interview- but how? Where do I go to get interview set up with the Swedish Embassay? Do we wait until they reach out with dates? If not what website do we set our time? Thanks! 

Apply for a US Visa in Sweden Process: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/se/se-niv-visaapply.asp
Scheduling the Interview: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/se/se-niv-appointmentschedule.asp

Anyone else submitting their signed I-134 Affidavit of Support as as scanned, signed, document to Fiancee for the interview?
I'd read some old back and forth about 'you need originals' vs 'you can send scans' and opted to just sign the form in blue ink and have her print in color just to add emphasis that the document was signed non-electronically.

Also, I'm curious. With sending IRS Tax Transcripts and W-2s and the like, do y'all remove/black out your Social Security Numbers? I figure this stuff should be safe with the U.S. Embassy but you never know. I hear that at the CFO, W-2s/Tax Transcripts might also be needed so I feel I should just blacken them out.