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Good luck to those that have interviews coming up. I am sure you guys will all have great interviews. 

7 hours ago, AGF said:

Hi guys, we just had our interview today, got approved with just one question : how did you meet? That was it. She didn’t ask for any documents at all. A few minutes ago, I got a notification that New Card is Being Produced.. I hope everyone who’s still awaiting their interview date will have a smooth interview too!

 Congrats! I so happy it went well for you guys. 

2 hours ago, PP31 said:

Hello everyone. Just had a question about the interview notice - How long does it take to get the Interview notice in mail after the status changes to Interview was scheduled on USCIS?

It took about a week for us to receive the actual letter with the interview date and time. 

1 hour ago, Meg101 said:

Yep! Paid $450 already in England for the first one and gotta pay again on the 11th for the new one. 😔 but it will be worth it to just get it done! I'm so ready for this to be over with!!🙂

I understand. I would fee the same way. 

1 hour ago, Phil&Marina said:

Hi! This is so unfortunate, that they lost your medical that is. I hope it gets sorted out soon. 

Do you know if they accept copies of medical? I have everything copied. 

It looks like it is more and more common for them to lose these documents. 

Good luck! 

I am not sure since the doctor we went sealed it in an envelope and wrote a signature on the seal as well. But they also gave us a copy of it for our records. 

2 hours ago, Meg101 said:

Yes, unfortunately they did. I waited 6 weeks after the interview for them to find it like the guy said he would try to do and then I got an RFE letter requesting I redo it or send my old results. I spoke to London and that’s not possible so I’m trying to schedule a new one. Just haven’t been able to get hold of anyone so far! 🤷🏽‍♀️
i am glad you were able to do it all without problems. Apparently it is becoming more common that the medical are misfiled or lost but occasionally they do show up. Some people on the forum have had theirs found which is positive! 🙂

Wow, I am sorry that happened. So will you have to pay again for this exam? That is so frustrating. 

16 hours ago, Meg101 said:

Thank you! I have to redo my medical exam that went missing but once that’s out of the way, I’m really hoping I’ll be approved too! 🙂🤞🏽

Really? Did they lose it? We ended up waiting and did the medical exam after we got the interview notice. I was afraid of them losing it or something else. So I felt better handing him the envelope from the doctor. 

1 hour ago, Meg101 said:

Congratulations! What a relief to have it in hand after all this time. Wishing you guys the best of luck from here. 🙂

Thank you. Same to you guys as well. 

3 hours ago, Ayrton said:

That's completely normal. I had ready to schedule since December 2019 before I got my interview scheduled this month. Some places have a wait of more than 2 years until interview. 

 

Medicals done abroad remain valid as long as you FILED for AOS within 1 year of the medical. So you don't need a new one.

We had ours ready to schedule since March until it was finally changed to scheduled in September. Then we had about a month until our appointment last week. I hope you get yours scheduled soon Amber and Shawn. 

1 hour ago, H&G said:

Our status updated to card was picked up by the post office and we have a tracking number that says it should arrive by Friday!

That is great news! Our status changed overnight to that as well. 

1 hour ago, H&G said:

Had our interview the same day as you and we still didn't get a status update either and nothing so far in the mail. I'm curious what you have coming.

Update:

Yes they were the approval notices! I-797 forms. 😊

1 hour ago, H&G said:

Had our interview the same day as you and we still didn't get a status update either and nothing so far in the mail. I'm curious what you have coming.

I think they are the approval notices. Because I see a package from USCIS that was shipped today 😊 I will let you know once I see the mail. 

So I can see in our informed delivery that we are getting something from USCIS. But two envelopes. One addressed to me and then one to my husband. Is that normal after an interview where the officer said he was approving us and he said congratulations?? 
 

Now I have to wait until later to see. I am nervous. Lol

Just now, IH11 said:

Update: I just checked my mailbox and it came in - It is the green card itself!!

Wow!! Congratulations. I know that is a big relief. So your status still says interview scheduled? 

2 minutes ago, IH11 said:

I had my interview and approved in person Tuesday and it hasn’t changed online yet either. However, I have USPS informed delivery, and I have some package coming from USCIS on Monday so fingers crossed!

wow! That would be awesome if that is your card already. Btw that informed delivery is a must have for anyone during this whole USCIS process. It is great to see when you are getting something really important like something from USCIS. 

How long after your interview did the status change for everyone? Especially those that the officer said you were approved? Ours hasn’t changed yet since Wednesday  

3 minutes ago, H&G said:

Congrats!! We also had our interview this morning and were approved on the spot. 😀 Our interview took about 20 minutes. I wouldn't say our interviewer was friendly, but he wasn't rude or anything, just going through the questions. I gave joint bank statements, my credit card information showing he is an authorized user, health insurance cards, photos, documents from a car purchase as well as loan info. I offered the tax transcripts that show we filed together but he didn't want them. So glad to be done.

Congrats to you guys as well. I agree, so happy to be done. I can’t believe that it was done so quickly. Well better to be prepared and not need all the stuff we brought than the other way around. 

The day has finally come. We have our interview in the morning. 😊

Question for the interview. I see they mention on the letter to bring a letter from your employer. 
 

Do I (US Citizen) need to bring a letter from my employer? We submitted the 864 form back with the original 485. I never sent a letter back then. I sent my paystubs and tax return. 
 

I plan on bringing our new tax return and my current paystubs. 

We did the Medical exam last week. So now just waiting for our interview in two weeks. Eek, I really hope it isn’t a virtual interview and we can actually sit in front of the officer.  Has anyone had an in person interview recently? The IPad video thing just sounds impersonal.   

For those that have been to the interview, can you just bring your original marriage certificate? They won’t want to keep it right? Or do we need to get a certified copy for them to keep? 

Ok we got the letter 8 days after the status changed. Our interview is not until October 21st! So a long notice, but it will give us time to gather the new documents together. 

2 hours ago, AGF said:

It has been 213 days since our status changed to Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview... no changes whatsoever... I’m just thankful that I already have my EAD! How are you all? 

we had been ready to schedule since March and it finally changed the other day to scheduled. Now we are just waiting for the notice in the mail. I hope they give us at least a couple weeks notice whenever we get the mail.