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We ask people to post about their cases in the proper forum to avoid confusing members with different requirements that do not apply to their process.  Regarding I-693 in particular, there has been a lot of misinformation in this sub-forum due to non-K1 visa holders posting about their medical for AOS.  Misinformation can lead people to waste time and money, and add stress to an already stressful process.
 
Anyway, to those applying for AOS from K1 visa -- I-693 is NOT required from you, as long as your DS-3025 is marked "Complete" and your I-485 receipt date is within 1 year of your K1 visa medical date.
 

We had our interview on Monday (Valentine's Day) and have been approved!
 
The interview was a lot easier than we expected.  She asked me (the US citizen) how we met, when I proposed, and when we got married.  Nothing about the wedding. 
 
She didn't ask to view any additional documentation specifically, but did ask if we had our medicals done at the visa stage, which we did.  I told her we also got a I-693 filled out because my wife wasn't able to complete a vaccine series in Colombia.  The original was included in our application in a sealed envelope, but I gave her a copy that I had.  She didn't seem to really look at it. 
 
We're obviously thrilled with the result!
 
I do have one question-- the case tracker still says "interview scheduled".  We are now 3 days out from our interview.  Is this common?  Most people I read seem to have it updated within 24 hours.
 
Thanks for all the help along the way! I'm looking forward to ignoring all things immigration for at least a few months before starting anything with the Removal of Conditions process.

Hi everyone. Happy valentine!! Little update here. I received my GC last friday (02/11), my interview was on 02/03.
 
Interview was very relax. Questions were :
1. When did u meet ?
2. When and where ur wedding was ?
 
That was it. She asked for additional document. I gave her joint bank account, my health insurance, copy of flight tickets, copy of cards from the family, photos. But she didn't even look at it. She just clip it all together with the rest of my documents she already has.
 
Since the officer lives like 10 minutes away from us so we talked about restaurants around us. At the end of the interview she said "you're green card will be delivered within 1 or 2 weeks". But I got in in less than 2 weeks.
 

Verbal approval -- We passed!  
IO said 3-6 weeks for greencard to arrive in the mail, though.

 

I just went back from my interview. The interviewer was very nice and friendly. The interview felt very conversational not what I thought how it would be at all. It was like talking to a friend with a few questions here and there about our relationships. Then a bunch of questions from the i485 form. The interviewer said that officially it will take 3 days to finalize but she was gonna approve it. So woohoo!!!!!

Thank you so much. The letter arrived on the day I was about to contact "Emma"
 
Interview scheduled for tomorrow. I'm nervous and hope I have everything they've asked for but also excited to be at this stage.

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.

You can request the interview date and time on USCIS's website via emma. Just say "live agent" then "greencard" when you're prompted. They won't give you the notice, just the date of the interview. I think ours took 7-10 business days to arrive by USPS.

Thank you! 
just now got an update on my “Case Tracker” App- Case Approved !! 
hurray 🎉 🥳 
Good luck to all waiting for their Interview dates. 

Hello Everyone!!! 
just an update on my GC interview today. It was all done and we left the building around 30-40min. The office was a lady and very polite and friendly, she started it with saying I know all the background information and everything about your relationship is already verified and done, so I’m just going to ask some questions after your marriage and verify the response on your I-485 form ( all the Yes/No questions about commuting a crime, illegal entry etc. ) with me (beneficiary) and you guys can submit any additional documents not submitted at the time of your I-485 package. 
That was it and it was super friendly conversation with the officer against both of us, and every now and then she asked about things we have done together etc like trips made, what we both enjoy together etc. 
 
Finally she said- you’re APPROVED!! 
you’ll be receiving GC in mail about 4-5 weeks time. And, if I need any additional information I’ll be sending another mail. 
F.O- San Bernardino, CA 
Date- 01/20/2022

 

Just got ours in the mail Monday!
 
PD: July 21
Interview Date : January 21
 
FO: San Bernardino CA 

Just got my interview scheduled already today!
 
PD: July 6
Bio : Aug 3
Interview date: Feb 3, 2022
FO : Long Island NY
 
 

Congratulations!!! 
I also got a notification last night for my interview but still waiting for the mail with instructions in the mailbox.
PD: July 14 
Interview date: Jan 20, 2022
San Bernardino , CA FO 

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

It's approved! Still waiting on some notification for our daughter; I think she's still looking at the electronic documents.
 
I honestly don't have much to add. We were a K-1 case with no complications, so it was a pretty straightforward interview.
 
They'll probably ask you about how you met, so make sure you have some of the dates and places in back of mind. My wife was pretty nervous and bungled up some of that, but the officer didn't treat it as a gotcha. I think they're just looking for you to share your story, so the main thing is that you have one.
 
They'll also repeat all of the questions from the I-485 that are serious in nature, e.g. are you a terrorist, were you ever arrested, etc. So if the beneficiary struggles with English, you may want to go over those questions to make sure they're understandable.
 
As additional evidence, we provided statements from one joint bank account and one credit card, as well as the deed to our new apartment. I also included about 10 photos from the past 6 months or so. So not a huge stack.
 
Also, looks like you're in Hialeah, but just FYI, it was cold in the Miami office. You might be in there for a while, so you may want to bring a sweater or something and covered shoes.

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.

Yea, it was a bit unexpected. Reading the stats for our FO, I knew they were moving at a steady clip, not as fast as Detroit or Chicago, but faster than our old FO of Washington. Certainly not 5-6 months fast though.
 
Miami, FL field office. We didn't get EAD yet. Just did our biometrics on 9/27.

Im glad to hear you’re safe. I’m so sorry to hear that 😔😔😔 think of it this way, better to find out now than down the line where you’re already invested in the process and/or have children. Also do not go through Adjustment of status for him! He sounds abusive. My thoughts are with you❤️

Thank you for your thoughtful messages! ❤️❤️ Yes we are safe and we recently came back. It was a scary, long journey coming back to America especially when I’m the American citizen 

Just got the bio notification for my daughter today as well, before my wife had her appointment! 🥳 That means we can do both in one day.
 
Gotta celebrate the little things. 😂

Hello Guys
so here’s my updates: 
AOS Process:
NOA1 Notice on July 24 -3 NOA1s 
Biometrics appointment- Aug 21 received notice appointment scheduled on Sept-16 
RFE Notice received on Sept-14 asking birth certificate 
 
Finished my biometrics appointment today and it was super seamless process- It was done in like 10 min.
 
I had an issue with a typographical error in my first name but they said I will have to call the customer service to address that before they issue the card. 
 
Does anyone know the customer service number to talk an actual live agent and was successful in doing so ???
 
Now both the case status -(I-485 & I-765) says
 “ Case is being actively Reviewed By USCIS” 
 
But the Form- I-131 Application to travel document is the same , didn’t change. 
 

That is correct. I got the same rfe. I combined actual rfe, cover letter and actual birth certificate in one PDF file and uploaded to my uscis account. 
you should be good doing this.
 
did you receive your biometrics appointment yet?

Had a double celebration this week: my wife got her bio appointment scheduled and our K-2 daughter finally got her adjustment application accepted and receipt numbers issued. 🎉 Seems like our daughter will be on an offset schedule from my wife since her part of the application was accepted later, but I would think the two of them would share their priority date.

My biometrics appointment was yesterday. We arrived 10 minutes early and waited outside with the other people who had been given the same slot. At 15 minutes prior, they admit you to the building where they take your details, check your ID, give you a number and then you wait your turn. They did look at my completed Applicant Information Worksheet and gave it back to me to keep. Someone ahead of me hadn't filled theirs in so they were asked to do that.
 
The process was quick and I received an email update from USCIS a few minutes after. Current status is, Case is being actively reviewed by USCIS. Our records show nothing is outstanding at this time.

My biometrics appointment was yesterday. We arrived 10 minutes early and waited outside with the other people who had been given the same slot. At 15 minutes prior, they admit you to the building where they take your details, check your ID, give you a number and then you wait your turn. They did look at my completed Applicant Information Worksheet and gave it back to me to keep. Someone ahead of me hadn't filled theirs in so they were asked to do that.
 
The process was quick and I received an email update from USCIS a few minutes after. Current status is, Case is being actively reviewed by USCIS. Our records show nothing is outstanding at this time.