KellyAnne22

Mine is 174 days same status....
Filed last Nov.16...

Had my AOS interview in Portland Oregon on Wednesday May 8. I had filed November 6, 2018 and my receiving date was November 9, 2018. We waited only 15 minutes and my name was called out so my husband and I together with our son and lawyer went in. The lady officer was very friendly and the whole interview was like a conversation. She asked the yes or no questions in the i-485 form. She asked how we met, have we met each other’s family, why we decided to get married...She also asked if we brought any joint documents so we gave her bank statements, apartment lease and utility bills showing both our names. We also gave her the baby’s birth certificate showing both our names. 
 
She then said she has no problem approving us there and then and that in a week’s time I’ll have the green card. She never looked at our photos and I had printed so many, I had a whole album. 
 
I received an email at 10 o’clock that night showing I-485 New Card Being Produced. Another email for I-130 saying Interview was completed, case will now be reviewed. This was confusing as approval of I-485 is on the basis of I-130 being approved. At 2am I got a bunch of texts notifying me of the same changes in the status of my case. 
 
Good of luck to everyone still waiting. Sending you positive vibes. 

Just waiting for the appointment letter to get here! Checking the mail box multiple times a day 🤦‍♀️

Thank you! But it is hard to tell whether it’s alright or not. We were not told “you are approved” or “I will suggest you should be approved”. We were just informed of the further steps and that’s it 🤷‍♀️ I couldn’t read reviews of Baltimore field office on visajourney cause it kicks me out to this “goodluckday” sh&t all the time 😕 But I hope it is going to be a matter of a couple of weeks for us 🙏 
 
Wishing everybody get their EADs/APs in the mail and interviews scheduled 🤗🤗🤗

Good morning, guys! 👋 
 
We had our AOS interview in Baltimore field office this Monday - May 6.
All of us felt great relief that it’s done now and we are one step closer to the green cards. But our case is reviewed still and we know they have 120 days to make their decision.
 
To begin with we got up at 5am to be there at 7am for our appointment but the interview started around 8.20. When the officer finally invited us it appeared that the officer that was supposed to interview us wasn’t at the office and that caused the delay. We went through all the questions on the application form - he questioned me, my husband and my 16 year old daughter, looked through the photos, asked my 5 year old to say who was on them. The atmosphere was pretty friendly, there were a lot of jokes and the officer looked like he enjoyed the interview. He actually was a very nice guy. We asked him about our EAD and AP and SSN and he said they even might arrive after the green cards as they are parallel to AOS, he looked online and said they were not touched 🤯(and it was 185 days from date received). We had to explain to him that we had no joint bank account as my husband’s bank required SSN. They guy was also surprised to hear I couldn’t get a driver’s license and said MVA should have a solution for those who entered the US lawfully. And then he explained the further procedure - 2 weeks for his supervised to go through the case and 120 days altogether to make a decision. For 2 of our 3 cases the status changed to “Interview was completed and case must be reviewed” same day. 
 
Well, now we have 120 days to count - and the process doesn’t seem endless 😃
 
 
 

No, not EAD thanks to extension letter - but AD. I lost a pretty big job assignment due to not being able to leave the country this week. That did hurt. 
Excited for the interview though. I hope ya'll get your EAD's this week!!! I can feel it

Well that is great. So I guess you are not worried about ead. 
Good luck to you in the gc interview. 

169 days. I feel you!

Are anyone's cases through the National Benefits Center? Day 187 for us. Attempted "outside normal processing time" and discovered ours is at NBC which is 5-7 months processing time

Pup woke us up at 4am this morning. But it was worth it because I checked our status and our interview has been scheduled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉❤️

Thanks for the positive vibes @jakejon☺️.
It really helps! 
 

Wishing everyone still waiting for EAD/AP every success for this month!! This surely has gotta be the month for a good blast of Nov approvals!  

https://www.aila.org/advo-media/whats-happening-in-congress/congressional-updates/uscis-responds-to-letter-from-86-house-members
 
just in case someone didn’t see this, it was posted a little while ago in visa journey. It definitely explains what’s happening and why it takes so long!! 

I’m not sure if I’m correct, but my theory is from using case tracker is that the number of days waiting does not matter much. More what matters is what your case number is. For example near my case number I have people from November 14, 23, 26 and December 7. All of our case numbers are near each other. So that’s why some in December get their answers faster then others, just depends on case number and if agents are doing your stack. So what I’m thinking is when I start to see hits around my case number, that’s when I will know they are close to me. Scanning 100 names behind my case number and 100 ahead I can see only 23 have answers. So there are are many of still waiting....each with a different number of days, depending on when they filed and what case number they got. 

Day 173. No news on EAD/AP yet. 27 days ago we got notice that our case is ready to be scheduled for an interview but we’re in Jersey and our local field office is taking 10.5-23.5 months for the green card interviews 😭 Hoping for an approval soon  for everyone!🤞🏻

Day 168 and waiting ☹️ I’ve told myself end of May... yet still check everyday 🤦🏼‍♀️

This is so sad! So many are just in limbo, waiting 😫. And none of it makes sense!! Why it takes so long!! The work cards/travel cards are intended to relieve the stress of waiting for green card. But this wait has become ridiculously long. So long that some states get green card before work card/travel card...now how does that make any sense 🤦🏻‍♀️. And try explaining this to the parents in your spouses country why their son can’t work in America yet and why he can’t come home and see them. 😫 they don’t understand...why because no one thinks this is how the process should be going, not in America 🤦🏻‍♀️. But sadly it is, and the process makes no sense and the only choice any of us have is just wait it out. Eventually our turn comes and then we get to move on with life. I get this process takes time, I just don’t get why it takes so much time to be able to WORK/TRAVEL HOME!! 
 
Im SORRY EVERYONE STILL WAITING!! This is not a matter of being patient, and trusting the system....because we have done that!! We get we must wait!! But WAITING THIS LONG TO WORK AND TRAVEL IS JUST CRAZY!!! 

Yay!! Congrats! And you'll be fine! Probably nothing you can't answer!

I have signed up with the USPS informed delivery long ago, however we designate the address to our lawyer. I’m a little bit anxious that it passed the standard mailing time window. Okay, i’ll wait until this coming week. Thank you guys for your replies. Much love and support! ♥️♥️♥️

Just received notification via CaseTracker that my green card is being produced. Parent of USC - PD 11/16/18 - Dallas.  No lawyer,  no RFE, no interview.   Stay blessed and focused on your journey! 🙏

I hereby petition we all do a meeting somewhere when we've all done our oath ceremonies and have beers and foods from our collected countries! 

Congrats!!!

Thank you! It's so nice to see all my fellow November filers making real progress. It's certainly reassuring given the lengthy wait. Jan obviously discovered our thread 😂

EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT ONCE.
 

Hi everyone! The interview went well! Very easy, lots of rambling... In general: I brought too many papers, he took the rent agreement, copies of our BC, and not the photos, which I did bring, but I also brought photocopies of them (like 3/page) and he said those are better, they fit perfectly in the folder. Questions: how did you meet? What town were you born? All the mandatory questions  (the ones where we all answered no no no no no no no no). Then he asked if I like it here, and then it was all rambling without questions. Very smooth, very nice guy. 
He didn't say the words "you're approved" but he did explain that we will be getting a letter shortly with the conditional residence card, and that he have to apply for ROC 3 months before the second anniversary of the interview. 
Then we left, so happy ! Had lunch at a nice place, got a bottle of champagne because the occasion was asking for it. 
I wish you all the patient and luck in the world. I consider myself lucky for how short it too us to be interviewed, but when we were in the 129f process it wasn't until almost  one year after applying that I had my interview and this feels like we've been compensated. Be happy, this too shall pass.