Treasure1

Card has been mailed! 

Card was produced! 

Approved today! FINALLY. It doesn't say we need an interview or anything? So I assume we're just waiting for the card to be made and sent? 

Update: at 4:30pm I got an update from Lawfully that the i485 was approved! Finally!!!
 
Location: Jacksonville, FL
 
Good luck to the rest of you!

UPD: Just after I complained about my EAD card, the status of my application changed to "Card is being produced". YAY! (I wonder if USCIS officers visit this site.....:)))))I am so excited that I will finally be able to get a new driver's licence, open a bank account and apply for a job! 
Hope everyone else won't have to wait for it long. 

Hello everyone, 
 
I had my interview on Feb 16th. The wait was pretty long (about 1.5 hours). We were asked the following questions:
- Where did we meet?
- Is this a first marriage for both?
 
Then the IO asked a few (not all) yes or no questions from the form.
 
We were asked to show our ID's (driver licenses), my passport, my birth certificate plus translation and marriage certificate. No other documents were asked (no proof of marriage docs which I brought a whole stack of but I guess I'll be using that for ROC ), I-864 and other financial documents were also not requested.
 
At the end, the IO said that they have everything they need and our case is under review, should anything else be needed, we will be sent mail. I was handed a sheet of paper reflecting the above.
 
After 2 days, the case was approved. I'm due to receive my GC tomorrow!
 
To summarize:
LFO: Long Island NY
PD: 29 July 2021
Biometrics: 26 Aug 2021
Interview: 16 Feb 2022
Approval: 18 Feb 2022
 
 

Almighty is great!!!
Thank you God and thank you visa journey friends. 
On 18th February my I-485 has approved without having INTERVIEW .
We are really happy about that .
 Case filed-19th July 2021
Case approved-18th February 2022
Local office - Orlando 
Note- Orlando office is one of slowest office in Florida but for me it is the best office in the USA.Thank you to all members of uscis at Orlando office too........now I m waiting for hard copy of my I-485 approved letter from them first.

I finally got my "an interview was scheduled" notice but the online account did not show the actual letter. I went ahead and talked to a live agent via EMMA and he gave me the actual date, it's gonna be on March 24th. 👏

Congratulations to those that have been scheduled for interview and those that did their interviews already. Hopefully i will be getting some good news from my side soon. It’s so difficult and frustrating but this too shall pass😔

Congratulations to those that have been scheduled for interview and those that did their interviews already. Hopefully i will be getting some good news from my side soon. It’s so difficult and frustrating but this too shall pass😔

Congratulations to those that have been scheduled for interview and those that did their interviews already. Hopefully i will be getting some good news from my side soon. It’s so difficult and frustrating but this too shall pass😔

Got my interview scheduled already!
PD: July 6
Interview date: Feb 3, 2022
Chicago FO

Interview scheduled for Los Angeles field office today
 
6/11/2021 - receipt date
11/4/2021 - ready to be scheduled for interview
12/15/2021 - change of address processed (moved from Santa Ana FO to Los Angeles FO)
12/17/2021 - interview scheduled
1/24/2022 - interview date
 
Adjusting from K1. Still haven't had the EAD approved, but I expect that to happen within the next week or so... not that it matters too much with the green card (hopefully) just around the corner!

My EAD got approved today! Yay 

Hey guys! I'm new to this forum.
 
My priority date is June 09, I just got my permission to work status change from "fingerprints have been taken" to "card is being produced" yesterday (Dec 10)
 
I'm so excited! 
 
Keep the faith! Our time is coming! Good luck to all🙏
 
 

Hope yours went well! Just got approval notification for our daughter today as well. Really appreciate our officer putting in the extra work.

We had our interview today. The officer didn't say the case was approved or denied, but a lot of things were implying it would be approved (e.g. "all documentation is present and correct", we signed a statement acknowledging that we'd have to remove conditions after two years). It's 6:40pm where we are, so I'm thinking she already went home for the day, but there's no update to our case at the moment.
 
A few things that may be of interest that were gray areas when I tried to research them:
- The I-693 deficiency notice is mostly meaningless unless you didn't know your application was supposed to have one. It means your application did not have a medical, but it doesn't imply at all that it was supposed to have one.
- Filling out just the vaccine portion of your medical is A-OK if that's the only thing that was missing from your overseas medical.
- What was a very pleasant surprise was that the officer offered to adjudicate our daughter's I-485 as well (here on K-2) at the same time. My daughter's case was still at NBC after I had responded to the initial RFE. She said that it was possible for her to do so because my daughter's case was electronically filed, and since she's 5 years old, she doesn't need an in-person interview. Since all needed docs were present for her case as well, she would try to adjudicate hers, barring some computer issues.
- She said they're able to access any IOE case even if they're still at the service center, but she still had the paper copy of my wife's case in front of her (permanent record style, starting with the I-129F). This is a plus for electronic filing, but the downside is that the electronic copy of it is very slow to access for them. It pretty much hangs on every single page she tries to load, so the more pages you submitted, the harder it is to evaluate. Take that for what you will; I just know that some people like submitting everything but the kitchen sink as evidence "just in case", but if more forms go electronic and things don't improve speed wise for the officers, I can imagine a case with 400 pages of evidence would be frustrating to adjudicate.

We finally got our biometrics appointment set for 12/14 🥳 Only took 4 months haha
 
Does this mean we shouldn't get an RFE?  Do RFEs ever follow biometrics?  Or are they generally before receiving the biometrics appointment?

Hey Everyone, I am over the moon since last four days. I was approved at my interview last Friday and the status changed to "Issued" today. I want to share my experience in hopes that it will help someone like me out there, who is currently having sleepless nights and extreme anxiety. Our case was not straightforward due to the following major and minor red flags.
1. Age difference of 27 years which is uncommon in India. Two of his children are older than me and just two years of difference between me and the youngest one. 
2. Overlapping relationship. We fell in love when he was still legally married, although estranged from his ex-wife. 
3. Fiancé not meeting my family after we got into relationship. He met them back in 2018 for a brief cup of tea(official visit to India), but we were not a couple then and also, I had no photos to prove that they met. (This is actually a huge cultural shock). Only had Duo and whatsapp video call screenshots from this year, that I carried for the interview. 
4. I have not met any of his children or siblings, only friends. 
5. He is a catholic and I am in Hindu and we both practice our faith (may be minor flag).
6. Did not front load our i-129F petition( just 25 pictures from 4 visits), because we did not know what a red flag is at that time. I joined VJ and other FB groups months after filing the petition. 
 
So what we had going for the both of us is, he was my manager on the client end for nearly 4 years. We got into the same team in October 2016 and worked remotely together until April 2020. Since the time our NOA2 got approved, I started to lose my sleep thinking about all the above problems during the interview. I slept at 4:30 or 5 in the morning and gained a significant amount of weight due to the stress (I stress eat). Last Friday was my interview, I was basically shaking after I got done with the document verification part. I was the first person to interview that day in the Mumbai embassy and below were the questions asked by the CO-
 
1. So, "Mr XXXX" is your fiance and he was your Senior IT manager for 4 years??
2. When did you start talking to each other?
3. When did you meet face to face?
4. So he currently lives in "YYYY", Does his ex-wife also live in the same area?
5. When did he divorce?
6. So basically you are reason he got divorced, right? (Heart skipped a beat, here).
7. How many times did Mr XXXX visit you in India?
8. Did you apply for B2 visa in 2018 only to meet Mr XXXX or was it for something else?
9. What are your marriage plans?
10. How many children does Mr XXXX have, what is the age of the youngest one?
11. Have you met any of the children?
12. What is your educational qualification?
13. Are you quitting your job or do you have other plans?
 
There were some more follow up questions based on the answers I provided, but these are the main ones. At this point, the CO opened my old passport and punched something on the B1/B2 visa and told me he is cancelling my tourist visa, BUT he is going to issue the K1 visa. I could not believe my ears! The interview lasted about 2-3 minutes and the whole process lasted about an hour. I had taken about 450 pages of chat logs, call logs, emails, post cards, photos and other items and intentionally laid them all out in the counter in hopes that the CO will ask for it, but he never did. He looked at me taking those out but didn't care about it at all. The case status was "Application received" on Friday. "Administrative processing" on Saturday and Sunday. "Issued" this afternoon. I know this is just the first step in the immigration process but it was a huge deal and I cannot thank this forum enough for getting me ready for the interview. I have read the guides and posts as old as 2008/2009, made tons of notes. My fiancé at the end told me that I was over prepared but I honestly don't regret a thing! People, it is always better to prepare for the worst and just hope for the best. And also all the senior members here are always to the point and awesome! Thank you -
 
 
 
 

I have not heard about the possibility to request an expedite to your AOS application. Maybe someone else can confirm this but I'd probably just be happy about the Combo Card and your newfound rights to work and travel and use those.

Had my interview today, it was pretty quick and easy. An hour later, my case status changed to “New card being produced”
 
Questions during the interview:
1. How did you meet
2. When did you meet
3. What is your husband’s name
4. When is your husband’s birthday 
5. When did you get married
 
Just basic questions, although I was ready and brought a lot more evidences, the officer did not ask any of them.  

@Treasure1 I hope not! I'm getting impatient! 😓

Just now got my biometric appointment which will be on 16th November 2021.Praying for others to get their biometric soon. 
Have a good day to all.

Folks from may 2021 aos filers group are already having their interviews and some are being scheduled, hopefully we all won’t wait so much to be scheduled for interviews 

Biometrics completed and case status updated to Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS, hopefully the rest of the process will be faster