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On 1/8/2020 at 7:45 PM, Fer Schvarztman said:

Hi everyone, don't know if this group is dead, hope not. URGENT QUESTION: Lost my medical vaccine report Form I693 for my Interview. I sent it with the AOS papers, but now I'm getting my papers ready for May-July 2020 interview. What can I do? Can't find Information about how to fix this. Please Help!

They likely won't need it at the interview if you already submitted it with your packet. We brought the whole copy of our packet with us to the interview and they didn't ask to see any of it. 

Hey everyone - Quick update! Our case is approved!! 

For timeline reference, we applied with Chicago office on 7/5 and are now approved on 12/17. Way faster than we expected!

17 hours ago, USS_Voyager said:

I would say it's more like 50-50. As mentioned, it seems to vary widely between office to office (maybe the local office's Director's policy?), from interviewer to interviewer, who the interviewer is (from what I see, some interviewers do not have the powder to approve petitions on the spot, and some do), ... 

I checked the site this morning and for my I-130 it says "Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed"... But for my I-485 it says "New Card Is Being Produced"... 

I don't want to get my hopes up too soon but it seems like this is pretty common and we got approved?!

14 hours ago, Lori Johnson said:

We weren’t approved on the spot either When we were interviewed Nov 13 (Detroit).  She didn’t even look at the proof I provided.  I explained what I was giving her as I handed it to her piece by piece and I explained a few things. Then she asked if there was anything else we wanted to provide so she could make a decision.   Very vague about everything (but we think she was in training and was doing everything by the book because someone else was in room watching her and providing coaching - and she seemed nervous). So we left not knowing anything and had to wait about 9 days before status online changed to approved.  I got GC in mail Nov 29, so a little over 2 weeks after interview.   I Couldn’t even remember my step sons middle name, only knew his initial, or his birthday!!!  Probably nothing to worry about and you should hear soon.  Good luck!

!!! I checked the site this morning and for my I-130 it says "Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed"... But for my I-485 it says "New Card Is Being Produced"... 

I don't want to get my hopes up too soon but it seems like this is pretty common and we got approved?!

Hey all, 

We had our interview today (AOS from VWP/ESTA). The interview seemed to go fine - the interviewer was chatty and nice. My wife missed one question that was asking for info about me but I don't think it was a big deal (she honestly just forgot!). The only other hiccup was she asked my wife if she had ever overstayed before and she said no, but she had (she didn't understand that she had overstayed her ESTA even though we had married). The interviewer explained to her that she had overstayed but it didn't seem like a big deal at all and my wife simply didn't understand that she had - no ill will. 

The thing that REALLY bothered me was that we submitted quite a bit of evidence with the original packet. Join bank account statement, two separate joint credit cards, joint tax return, and 15 or so photos of us. During the interview the lady asked if we had more proof and said something like "because you didn't submit very much"... Apparently she only looked at the first pages of the bank statements and credit cards (the mail to: section only had my name) you had to look further through the statements to see that they were joint accounts. She thought they were just accounts in my  name. This really bothered me that someone who's job it is to review these documents could miss that all of these were joint accounts...

I really wish I didn't have anything to worry about but it seems like most people that are approved are told at the end of the interview. We weren't really told anything at the end. She asked if we had questions, which I jokingly asked if we were approved (lol) and she just brushed off the joke and didn't give any indication that that it was approved or if we did well. The only feedback she gave was that we were less nervous than most couples. She also said it can take up to 120 days post interview for them to make an official decision....

I am terrified that something went wrong or that she thought something was off... It seems like 99% of the interview experiences I see on this site and others is that they tell you right away if you're approved or not. I checked my email and USCIS login and there has been no update in the case.

We are a legitimate couple/marriage and really went into the interview worry-free but now we're a little on edge. 

Has anyone had any similar experiences?

Hey all, 

Had the interview today. It felt like it went okay but we weren't told if there was a decision made or not at the end. My wife missed one question that was asking for info about me but I don't think it was a big deal (she honestly just forgot!). 

The thing that REALLY bothered me was that we submitted quite a bit of evidence with the original packet. Join bank account statement, two separate joint credit cards, joint tax return, and 15 or so photos of us. During the interview the lady asked if we had more proof and said something like "because you didn't submit very much"...

Apparently she only looked at the first pages of the bank statements and credit cards (the mail to: section only had my name) you had to look further through the statements to see that they were joint accounts. She thought they were just accounts in my  name. This really bothered me that someone who's job it is to review these documents could miss that all of these were joint accounts...

I really wish I didn't have anything to worry about but it seems like most people that are approved are told at the end of the interview. 

Hey everyone,

Our interview is in 3 weeks. I lost the copies of the supporting documentation that I submitted with the application and I am supposed to bring copies to the interview. 

I can re print all of the supporting docs, but I'm not 100% sure if we used our May or June bank & credit card statements for the original application. 

Does anyone have advice or experience with this? Am I fine just printing out the most recent statements for everything or do I need to go back and match the actual statement periods?

Just now, Omoge Afo said:

Thank you for you reply, yes we did took all the original and copy of all required documents.  our status changed to approved on November 22nd and on 25th changed to "card mailed" So all is well and we're super excited to finally done with this portion of immigration. 

Awesome! Congrats!

Did they take or need everything that you brought to the interview? 

On 11/22/2019 at 4:25 PM, Omoge Afo said:

My husband and I went for the interview on November 19th at Chicago office and on November 21st the app status changed to "interview was completed and my case must be reviewed" is that normal and does anyone else got the same status?  How long does it take to get approval status?

Thanks 

I have a question for you! Our interview is at the Chicago office in 3 weeks. I have everything on the checklist... The only thing that concerns me is the "Original and copy of each supporting document that you submitted with your application"

We submitted joint bank statements, credit card statements, and utility bills. I didn't make copies of those at the time (I should have) but I can obviously still get them. Do you know if I need to go back and print the same exact statement period or can I just print the most recent? 

Did they take everything you brought in on the checklist? I've seen some people say they just asked for only a few things. 

5 minutes ago, Rayge said:

 

Yes, basically take a copy of everything you already filed, and take originals of documents aswell, as they may want to see them, the actually took a photo copy of my old passport even though i had already provided that when filing, you need to take all of this incase any of the paperwork you filed has been lost on its way to the interview office.

 

You shouldnt have to put it all together again given that its recommended that you photo copy everything before you send it the first time, as i did this, i already had everything sitting ready to go, dont be surprised if they dont look at alot of stuff you brought, like i said, i took everything, and all they asked for was old passport ( which showed the I-94 stamps ) and some updated photos from when my family visited.

I don't think I photo copied anything. It should be somewhat easy for me to go back and get the proper bank statements and what not though. Do you think I need to print the same monthly statements  as the ones I submitted, or can I print out all of the most recent versions of the evidence? 

I feel dumb for not copying everything now. I definitely should have. One of the bullets literally says "Original and copy of each supporting document that you submitted with your application. Otherwise, we may keep your originals for our records". 

Hey all, 

Just got our official interview letter. They want a TON of stuff brought to the interview, including the i-864, tax returns, all supporting evidence of bona fide marriage etc. This was all filed with the original paperwork... I'm assuming that we still need to bring all of it unless someone knows otherwise? Can't believe we have to put all this stuff together again! Such a pain. 

2 minutes ago, Fari Pari said:

Wow congrats we filed on 7/14 and our local office is Chicago as well. Did you have REF request? We had our in September and still waiting for next step.

We didn’t have an RFE. I think we sent more than double the required evidence of bona fide marriage needed so I’m not too surprised that we didn’t get one. 

We got our interview scheduled this week! Does this mean we’re close to the end? We filed 7/10  

I was under the impression this was going to take well over a year!

4 minutes ago, IanD91 said:

I called today. They couldn't tell me anything other than "Your case is still being processed"

Not surprising. I doubt they can give any additional info over the phone as to what is on myUSCIS.

According to the reported processing times on VJ the average time for EAD is 168 via mail, and 166 days for AP (I-131). Insane...

23 hours ago, IanD91 said:

I want to call USCIS to get an update on my EAD / GC. Anyone know what number is best to call? My field office or NBC?

I need to do the same. We filed 120 days ago... no EAD or travel permit. 

Has anyone received these yet?

23 hours ago, boris64 said:

We are going for the interview tomorrow. We don't have much evidence besides her being on my health insurance and a couple of utility bills. We had a difficult time with the SSA and verification so no SSN.  Blah...We will give it our best song and dance anyway))). I'll post back on what happens...

When did you apply for AOS?

It looks like some of you filed for AOS at the same time as me with the same office (Chicago) and have already returned RFE's and have interviews scheduled. I've heard nothing back on mine yet... 

I-130: Case Received (7/12)

I-485: Fingerprints Completed (8/9)

I-131: Case Received (7/12)

I-765: Fingerprints Completed (8/9)

Is this normal?

19 hours ago, Mmmnene said:

Hi all,

 

Just want to share my timeline. 

FO: Chicago. AOS marriage based. Concurrently filed I130, I485, I765

PD: July 8th, 2019

Biometrics: August 8th, 2019

Case ready to be scheduled: September 11th, 2019

Case scheduled for an interview: October 8th, 2019

No EAD yet 

Been waiting for the interview notice in the mail.

 

 

Interesting. We filed on basically the same date but you're way ahead. 

19 hours ago, Omoge Afo said:

Here's our case status: 

Filing Office: Chicago.

AOS from K1 status

Filed I130, I485, I765

Care Received: July 25th, 2019

Fingerprint completed : August 13th, 2019

RFP Mailed: September 16th, 2019

RFP respond Received:  September 25th, 2019

Case ready to be scheduled: October 9th, 2019

Case scheduled for an interview: October 11th, 2019

Waiting for the interview notice in the mail.

No Status on I765 and  I130

Using Case Tracker App

Jeez... We filed before you and you're way ahead... 

15 hours ago, DanielPlainview said:

Greer is an average 138 days from Bio to Interview.    They sent our interview letter 5 weeks before interview.    So I think you're into mid November for your letter and mid Dec for your interview.

 

I would love to see that table for the Chicago office... where can I find that?

On 10/11/2019 at 3:18 PM, Thomas W said:

NOA on July 9, biometrics on August 8. No change, still "Fingerprints completed." Starting to get discouraged here...

Same deal here my friend! Seems like things are running slow. Did you apply with chicago office?

Hey all -

It looks like some of you are tracking your cases online. We did fingerprints back in early August and haven't heard anything since. Can someone direct me to where I can check the status or where to sign up online?

Has anyone with Chicago office received an interview date yet? We've had no update since fingerprints...

Does anyone know how travel works INSIDE the US during AOS? My wife does not have EAD approved and we don't really know what would happen if we tried to fly from one state to another.