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Our application was approved!
We were masking our nerves in the waiting room by giggling over reddit when the officer approached us and introduced himself. He brought me (USC) in for questioning (~30 mins) first while my husband stayed in the waiting room. He was very warm and friendly and welcoming! He asked me basic questions to confirm stuff from our application– it was all very chill but I reaaaallly stuttered and got nervous when he asked me my husbands phone number because I had absolutely no clue what his number is. Then he asked lots of questions like, "what did you guys do last night?", "what did you guys do last weekend", "what did you guys have for dinner last night", etc... He asked us how we met (tinder =D ) and how much we chatted online before meeting in person. He asked about trips we had taken together, how many times I have been to his country, and how much time we had spent with each others' families, and what our allergies are.
The only "evidence of bona fides" we had included in our application were a designation of 401K beneficiary statement, statement of healthcare from my employer, electric bill, lease, and affidavits. We had submitted a photo album but it was returned to us by mail a week after submitting because it wasn't the right size. So he asked me what else I had brought to share, and I basically dumped my bag out on the desk and talked through three photo albums, a receipt from our first date with goofy stuff written on it, post cards we sent each other, itineraries from trips we took, that sort of thing.
Then he let me choose to stay in the room or move to the back of the room while he questioned my husband. I chose to stay and sit in the back. He asked my husband much the same questions to confirm info from our application, and then the same questions about what we were up to over the weekend, allergies, trips, etc...
After about 10 minutes of questioning my husband, the officer told us he would recommend us for approval and apologized for not being able to tell us for certain if we were approved. He then asked if we had any questions, so I asked him when we would know for certain if we were approved. Then he asked, "have you got five minutes"? and we were like, YES!!!!! And in the end he stamped our application. We were SO stoked. It was surreal. We walked straight across the street to the pub we went to after our wedding at city hall and had a toast.
On Saturday around 6:00 AM I got an email notification that the status had been updated. What an amazing relief. 😍
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14 hours ago, Helpasister said:
Will your interview be Boston pr Lawrence ma?
It's in Boston
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Our interview is scheduled for this Thursday, November 7. We moved last week on November 1. We only moved 40 minutes away and are still in the same state, so I don't *think* jurisdiction of our case will change, but I'm a bit worried that it could complicate our imminent interview. Anyone have advice on this?
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Our status changed to "interview was scheduled" last Thursday (!!), now anxiously awaiting the interview letter in the mail!
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Got an uplifting update this morning– we're ready to be scheduled for an interview!
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3 minutes ago, Lana&Ivy said:
Both the old and new sites can be hit or miss as far as updating. Many people with AOS pending still say "case received" from their I-129f.
Wow, thank you so much! I just checked the 'old' site (egov) and saw many more descriptive updates. What a relief! Woohoo feeling positive
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On 8/21/2019 at 11:23 AM, LuFlolady said:
I checked my case status yesterday and it had been updated to Fingerprint Review was Completed.....so excited that we are moving right along our bio appt was on Monday and the website was already updated on Tuesday.
Where did you check your status, https://my.uscis.gov/account/applicant? Our appointment was a couple weeks ago and it still just says, "We received your case. You do not need to do anything at this time".
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We filed on 07/15 and got our biometrics appointment letter on 08/05. Appointment is set for 08/15. Stoked that things are moving along. Double stoked to see that USCIS has dropped the EAD processing times at NBC so significantly... but we are in a super crappy situation living on only my income where we may need to lose our apartment that we love and move in with my parents while we ride this out. Lucky to have their support but this is all so defeating and we're only a month in. How are other people dealing with and life-planning around these totally unknown timelines and not being able to work? Looking for inspiration.
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1 hour ago, DanielPlainview said:
Here's the full list of average AOS times for all offices, sorted by Biometrics to Interview.
(Some of this data is suspect though, since it appears in some cases, decisions are made before interview.)
AOS Office total records days to interview Avg. Days to NOA1 NOA1 to Biometrics Biometrics to Interview Biometrics to Decision Decision to GC San Juan PR 1 100 21 24 55 55 9 Anchorage AK 4 104 10 27 67 44 9 Charleston SC 15 129 9 42 74 84 6 Greer SC 4 115 10 22 83 83 7 Raleigh NC 19 123 8 26 86 80 7 Jacksonville FL 14 118 9 22 87 77 6 Cleveland OH 17 120 7 25 88 86 6 Yakima WA 2 128 13 24 91 65 15 Harlingen TX 2 121 9 20 92 92 7 Louisville KY 17 127 7 23 93 107 11 Imperial CA 3 124 9 21 95 95 7 Indianapolis IN 14 127 5 26 96 107 12 Spokane WA 8 134 9 26 99 79 7 San Bernadino 16 140 8 24 109 110 9 Detroit MI 35 152 9 30 111 112 7 Kansas City 11 143 7 25 111 69 7 Helena MT 6 161 10 18 112 182 6 Columbus OH 12 145 8 24 113 129 7 Oklahoma City 10 115 8 -20 115 113 8 Boise ID 5 140 8 24 121 121 7 El Paso TX 5 154 8 25 121 136 7 Omaha NE 10 159 8 28 124 127 7 San Diego CA 20 160 10 27 124 130 10 Cincinnati OH 14 164 9 25 126 129 7 Albuquerque 2 165 5 31 129 136 9 Tucson AZ 7 154 12 22 129 144 6 Fresno CA 9 160 11 24 131 137 7 Portland ME 6 169 7 24 138 144 8 Portland OR 20 173 8 27 138 141 8 Providence RI 5 180 11 25 139 113 8 Boston MA 49 176 8 28 140 144 8 Reno NV 1 168 3 23 142 143 7 Agana GU 3 136 10 24 145 145 12 Buffalo NY 7 183 9 28 146 148 6 Tampa FL 24 182 8 25 149 101 6 Pittsburgh PA 15 183 6 26 151 153 7 Manchester NH 1 181 10 17 154 154 7 Syracuse NY 2 191 2 32 156 156 6 Mount Laurel 11 188 5 24 159 186 9 Charlotte NC 17 192 9 21 163 183 9 Memphis TN 14 204 8 27 168 154 24 Wichita KS 5 213 10 26 178 204 7 Denver CO 34 215 8 26 181 189 7 Baltimore MD 36 217 8 25 185 219 6 Saint Albans VT 3 223 10 27 187 187 Hialeah FL 7 228 8 29 191 223 8 Washington DC 21 252 8 44 197 221 6 Saint Louis MO 18 234 9 24 201 214 7 Albany NY 5 174 6 28 215 223 7 Honolulu HI 14 259 10 31 218 222 10 Sacramento CA 24 253 9 23 221 217 8 Norfolk VA 12 261 9 25 228 232 8 New Orleans 13 291 7 55 229 230 6 Chula Vista CA 3 267 10 25 232 253 20 San Antonio TX 24 248 9 -5 244 215 8 Montgomery 18 282 11 26 245 269 10 Chicago IL 87 275 8 25 246 239 11 Newark NJ 19 287 7 28 252 257 7 Fort Smith AR 5 281 7 21 253 259 6 Hartford CT 10 297 9 28 259 259 7 San Jose CA 8 321 8 25 260 258 8 Nashville TN 2 290 11 17 263 283 5 Milwaukee WI 13 287 9 26 265 265 17 West Palm Beach FL 4 255 7 24 275 273 3 Atlanta GA 34 329 9 28 279 285 13 Des Moines IA 6 322 8 29 285 290 6 New York City 33 321 8 23 289 307 8 Los Angeles CA 39 341 8 30 301 305 7 Philadelphia PA 26 346 9 25 311 319 10 Miami FL 9 368 9 29 330 328 6 Las Vegas NV 11 374 11 30 335 368 5 Santa Ana CA 10 374 6 26 341 357 7 Orlando FL 16 370 11 27 351 374 8 Montgomery 1 381 3 24 354 354 7 Saint Paul MN 19 395 8 28 357 374 12 Oakland ParkL 4 415 7 28 380 465 Dallas TX 36 429 10 28 387 414 11 Salt Lake City 6 453 11 22 419 417 6 Seattle WA 26 461 9 24 438 456 12 Phoenix AZ 15 478 7 27 444 473 6 Houston TX 24 493 8 29 456 462 28 San Francisco 16 494 9 24 462 492 8 Kendall FL 1 624 3 31 590 590 Where is this info from?
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Although... they just cashed our check! So hopefully that is a good sign. Feeling a bit more positive!
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Submitted on 07/15, arrived at Chicago lockbox on 07/17. Yesterday we received a letter from USCIS "We are returning an item(s) you send in support of your application/petition, as it is a form we cannot place in your file folder for review by an office during the adjudication process" with our very slim printed-on-paper somewhat smaller than letter size photo album. Silly mistake since the album felt like such solid evidence of our relationship and the only bit of personality. Disheartening since it didn't come with a NOA. Waiting continues...
Anyone know if you can send in additional materials to add to your application or if you just wait for the interview to bring pics?
July 2019 - AOS Filers
in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports
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We got our greencard approved on November 15 and the card is LOST IN THE MAIL!! #######!! We moved three days before our interview and were advised to wait and tell the officer in the interview that we needed to change the address– we did, he took all our info– but he still sent the card to our old address. It's been almost a month... we've been waiting for all of our mail to be redirected by USPS and have still not received a single piece of mail. I've contacted so many people in our local and regional postal service and only today after all these weeks did someone tell me that USPS does not redirect mail from government institutions, including USCIS. So they apparently would have sent it back to USCIS... I think we need to apply for a lost GC? So frustrated!!!!