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Yes, we did get it (though we didn't need it in the end)....
It took a few months to receive the documents (I didn't take note of the delivery date). About 6 weeks after the request, we did receive a letter than the FOIA request was in queue.

We recently submitted a FOIA request to the US Department of State for our submitted DS-160 forms (which we didn't save) so that we can make sure that they are consistent with reality and our I-130/I-485 (in preparation for an AoS interview).
 
For personal information from the Department of State,  the FOIA request must be either by mail or fax, and must either have a notarized signature or a signed statement that the information is correct (we did both). I've not been able to find any examples online of these FOIA requests, so I'm attaching what we wrote here. If not notarized, you must include a copy of an un-expired government-issued ID. The envelope should say "Freedom of Information Act Requst"
 
We included copies of the visas and passport info page. We tried to include as much info as we had which would help them locate the records.
 
If anyone has tried to get a DS-160 copy, were you able to get it? How long did it take?
 

In our case (F1 visa to marriage based I-485), none of the marriage evidence needed to be submitted with the I-485. At the I-485 interview, the officer did not have access to the already-approved I-130 submittal, and the interview only covered I-485 matters, with the exception that they wanted a copy of recent joint-bank statements.
 
Check the I-485 instructions for the evidence to submit. It's mostly medical details, address history, identity documents, and visa and immigration history.

Hi everyone. I had my GC interview yesterday at Farifax office. It went well, the officer was nice and she asked around 20 questions (my age, my wife's age, my military experience, the place I work at, etc.) She also asked for lease documents, tax return and documents with my job info. I thought I'd be asked to provide the medical exam documents (I paid 350$ for the med.check) but she didn't even ask for them. Also, I answered some I-485 questions (Yes/No).  After the interview she said she'd recommend us for approval. I've got the notification "the card is being produced" 20 minutes after the interview. Thanks to everyone here and good luck at your interviews.

My wife had her I-485 interview yesterday (adjusting from F-1 status). My I-130 was submitted online, and was approved last week. The immigration officer didn't have a copy of the I-130. The interview covered only the I-485, and not the I-130. They kept me in the waiting room while my wife was being interviewed. During the wait, I chatted with a guy whose had filed an I-129F whose wife had her I-485 interview at the same time (both of us were concerned that USCIS had separated us). The interview lasted 20 or 25 minutes. My wife answered a few of the scary eligibility questions as YES, but that didn't delay things much (we believed that there were no actual eligibility bars). A few marriage evidence documents were submitted (mostly bank statements), but no photos. They asked about health insurance, which seemed odd since the Trump public charge rule was demolished two weeks ago (Maybe they wondered why my wife and I have separate health insurance plans?). The officer verbally gave an approval, but on paper was "further review needed". The online status was approved, within an hour after the interview, and now we are waiting for the status to update to show "card in production".
 
PS: I'm never sure which thread to post in, but this one seems as good as any.

My wife had her I-485 interview yesterday (adjusting from F-1 status). My I-130 was submitted online, and was approved last week. The immigration officer didn't have a copy of the I-130. The interview covered only the I-485, and not the I-130. They kept me in the waiting room while my wife was being interviewed. During the wait, I chatted with a guy whose had filed an I-129F whose wife had her I-485 interview at the same time (both of us were concerned that USCIS had separated us). The interview lasted 20 or 25 minutes. My wife answered a few of the scary eligibility questions as YES, but that didn't delay things much (we believed that there were no actual eligibility bars). A few marriage evidence documents were submitted (mostly bank statements), but no photos. They asked about health insurance, which seemed odd since the Trump public charge rule was demolished two weeks ago (Maybe they wondered why my wife and I have separate health insurance plans?). The officer verbally gave an approval, but on paper was "further review needed". The online status was approved, within an hour after the interview, and now we are waiting for the status to update to show "card in production".
 
PS: I'm never sure which thread to post in, but this one seems as good as any.

My wife had her I-485 interview yesterday (adjusting from F-1 status). My I-130 was submitted online, and was approved last week. The immigration officer didn't have a copy of the I-130. The interview covered only the I-485, and not the I-130. They kept me in the waiting room while my wife was being interviewed. During the wait, I chatted with a guy whose had filed an I-129F whose wife had her I-485 interview at the same time (both of us were concerned that USCIS had separated us). The interview lasted 20 or 25 minutes. My wife answered a few of the scary eligibility questions as YES, but that didn't delay things much (we believed that there were no actual eligibility bars). A few marriage evidence documents were submitted (mostly bank statements), but no photos. They asked about health insurance, which seemed odd since the Trump public charge rule was demolished two weeks ago (Maybe they wondered why my wife and I have separate health insurance plans?). The officer verbally gave an approval, but on paper was "further review needed". The online status was approved, within an hour after the interview, and now we are waiting for the status to update to show "card in production".
 
PS: I'm never sure which thread to post in, but this one seems as good as any.

My wife had her I-485 interview yesterday (adjusting from F-1 status). My I-130 was submitted online, and was approved last week. The immigration officer didn't have a copy of the I-130. The interview covered only the I-485, and not the I-130. They kept me in the waiting room while my wife was being interviewed. During the wait, I chatted with a guy whose had filed an I-129F whose wife had her I-485 interview at the same time (both of us were concerned that USCIS had separated us). The interview lasted 20 or 25 minutes. My wife answered a few of the scary eligibility questions as YES, but that didn't delay things much (we believed that there were no actual eligibility bars). A few marriage evidence documents were submitted (mostly bank statements), but no photos. They asked about health insurance, which seemed odd since the Trump public charge rule was demolished two weeks ago (Maybe they wondered why my wife and I have separate health insurance plans?). The officer verbally gave an approval, but on paper was "further review needed". The online status was approved, within an hour after the interview, and now we are waiting for the status to update to show "card in production".
 
PS: I'm never sure which thread to post in, but this one seems as good as any.

My wife had her I-485 interview yesterday (adjusting from F-1 status). My I-130 was submitted online, and was approved last week. The immigration officer didn't have a copy of the I-130. The interview covered only the I-485, and not the I-130. They kept me in the waiting room while my wife was being interviewed. During the wait, I chatted with a guy whose had filed an I-129F whose wife had her I-485 interview at the same time (both of us were concerned that USCIS had separated us). The interview lasted 20 or 25 minutes. My wife answered a few of the scary eligibility questions as YES, but that didn't delay things much (we believed that there were no actual eligibility bars). A few marriage evidence documents were submitted (mostly bank statements), but no photos. They asked about health insurance, which seemed odd since the Trump public charge rule was demolished two weeks ago (Maybe they wondered why my wife and I have separate health insurance plans?). The officer verbally gave an approval, but on paper was "further review needed". The online status was approved, within an hour after the interview, and now we are waiting for the status to update to show "card in production".
 
PS: I'm never sure which thread to post in, but this one seems as good as any.

We had one day notice with the tracking number before it was delivered. (Indiana):
 
No signature was required at delivery. We have our names on the inside of the mailbox door and live in a "single-family house".
2021-02-16: Biometrics 2021-02-22: I-485 interview scheduled 2021-03-04: Online status: card in production 2021-03-05: Online status: EAD approved 2021-03-08: EAD card mailed 2021-03-09: EAD approval notice received (USPS) 2021-03-09: Online status: EAD card picked up by USPS at 5PM (with tracking number in the online status) 2021-03-10: EAD appears on "Informed Delivery"  daily email at 10AM  (expected delivery on the 12th) 2021-03-10: EAD delivered at 2 PM 2021-03-17: online status: I-130 approval  

At the moment, with the 10/15/19 version of the I-864, there is no requirement for a credit report of either person. The only place that "credit" would be is if you have a mortgage on your home (in which case that amount is subtracted from the value of your house). Last year, there was a proposed revision of the I-864 which would require a credit report and much more information (similar to the I-944).
 
In addition, as of yesterday, 9 March 2020, the I-944 should not be submitted, so there is no need for her credit report, either.
 
TLDR: As of today, don't send any credit reports.

For us, we got the letter 5 days after the status changed online.
 
Be sure to do a change of address AR-11 with USCIS, and a mail forwarding request with USPS.

We recently submitted a FOIA request to the US Department of State for our submitted DS-160 forms (which we didn't save) so that we can make sure that they are consistent with reality and our I-130/I-485 (in preparation for an AoS interview).
 
For personal information from the Department of State,  the FOIA request must be either by mail or fax, and must either have a notarized signature or a signed statement that the information is correct (we did both). I've not been able to find any examples online of these FOIA requests, so I'm attaching what we wrote here. If not notarized, you must include a copy of an un-expired government-issued ID. The envelope should say "Freedom of Information Act Requst"
 
We included copies of the visas and passport info page. We tried to include as much info as we had which would help them locate the records.
 
If anyone has tried to get a DS-160 copy, were you able to get it? How long did it take?
 

OP wants to change the first name and unfortunately not every state allows first name change upon marriage.   That's why it is important to understand the individual state laws.

Our Indianapolis biometrics has been scheduled.
 
We contacted Indiana Senator Young's office about delays in biometrics for our I-485 and I-765 (Indianapolis ASC). A week later (on 22 Jan 2020), we were scheduled for 8AM in the middle of February. The senator's office emailed us a receipt notice which was for both the I-485 and I-765. Since it was scheduled for 8AM, my guess is that it was manually scheduled or prioritized somehow due to the congressional inquiry. The other possibility is that USCIS suddenly realized what they're doing is illegal and won't be tolerated by the Biden administration, so they've quickly cleaned up their act.
 
We had also filed service requests on the I-131 and I-765, but got no reply on either. My feeling is that they are unable to reply to service requests as quickly as people are creating them, so nobody is getting responses.
 
I'm most certainly not a morning person. I think we'll have to leave our house at 5:45 AM. Hopefully the weather won't be too bad. We'd normally just get a hotel room closer, but that's a big risk due to SARS-Cov-2.
 

The case inquiry date for I-131 (Advance Parole) at the NBC is now June 12, 2020 (2.5 to 5 months).
 
Has anyone filed a service request based on their I-131 processing time? Was there any meaningful response?
 
Note that it should only be submitted if you have not received any sort of case update in the last 60 days.
 
(We got a RFIE for the I-485 which reset our filing date to 22 July 2020. I believe that resets the I-131 and I-765 dates as well, so we are not yet eligible to submit a request. We have not yet been scheduled for biometrics in Indianapolis.)

I filed my i485 and I found out that I made some mistakes about the military service i have done in my country, actually I answered no to 2 questions 49 and 55 in the form also another mistake in page 13 part number 8 in which i should disclose my military service information. I haven't received my receipt about receiving my documents yet. I disclosed these information earlier when I filed ds160 while I applied for F1 visa. What should I do? Please help me. 

It's likely one is for EAD and the other is for AoS.  (EDIT: I wrote AP initially)
 
I've read about this in other posts, and the advice I've seen is to show up at the first appointment, and give them both notices. They should handle both at once, so you won't need to go to the second.
 
(e.g., see https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/302167-two-biometrics-appointment/
 
A more definitive source from 2014: https://www.uscis.gov/archive/some-biometric-appointment-notices-issued-in-error
 
(I hope this isn't delaying other people, as they've erroneously booked two time slots for you).
 
 

Exactly the same happened to me and I'm concerned I messed it up. Show them both notices, and if they say "it's fine" also show both notices to the biometrics technician and if possible get them to do Code 3. I didn't push back hard enough and they only did Code 2 biometrics for me and now I'm worried I'm stuck in limbo...

It's likely one is for EAD and the other is for AoS.  (EDIT: I wrote AP initially)
 
I've read about this in other posts, and the advice I've seen is to show up at the first appointment, and give them both notices. They should handle both at once, so you won't need to go to the second.
 
(e.g., see https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/302167-two-biometrics-appointment/
 
A more definitive source from 2014: https://www.uscis.gov/archive/some-biometric-appointment-notices-issued-in-error
 
(I hope this isn't delaying other people, as they've erroneously booked two time slots for you).
 
 

It's likely one is for EAD and the other is for AoS.  (EDIT: I wrote AP initially)
 
I've read about this in other posts, and the advice I've seen is to show up at the first appointment, and give them both notices. They should handle both at once, so you won't need to go to the second.
 
(e.g., see https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/302167-two-biometrics-appointment/
 
A more definitive source from 2014: https://www.uscis.gov/archive/some-biometric-appointment-notices-issued-in-error
 
(I hope this isn't delaying other people, as they've erroneously booked two time slots for you).
 
 

For VWP entrants, it's tricky. They only get admitted for 90 days, so they should make an effort to get married and file for adjustment of status before that 90 day period has expired. It's still possible to file after the I-94 has expired, but it's more risky. A VWP entrant cannot contest removal on any grounds other than asylum. If you enter under VWP and you are placed in removal proceedings, then you cannot obtain relief simply because you have a pending adjustment application.
 
Immediate relative adjustments cannot be denied simply on the basis that they were filed too early and suggested preconceived intent. There is BIA precedent for this. So definitely do it before 90 days, not after.

With Acrobat Reader, we disabled JavaScript and it then allowed us to input other characters. Otherwise, print the form and write "N/A" in black ink.

We got the same phrasing in our rejection notice. We used (by accident) an outdated version of the I-864 form.

It's great to 
Bug? Someone else posted a similar issue for the tracker, too.... I wonder if it's client-side javascript validation? If so, perhaps you can disable that and enter it, anyway... You can report your issue at: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/2-post-bugs-here/page/88/#comments
 
 
It's great to see people getting biometrics notices.  We got our response to RFIE to the NBC on Monday. On Wednesday at 9 AM CT, they updated the case status to show that it has been received. We  labeled our envelope in big letters "Response to RFIE (I-485)" and put a black&white photocopy (not original) of the two-page RFIE request on the top of the response., so I guess that could have hastened its intake. I'm expecting our overall application will be delayed three or four weeks due to receiving a RFIE, we'll see...
 
RFIE Timeline:
Date (Days after I-485 delivery) 2020-06-29 26 I-485/I-131/I-765: Receipt notices sent via SMS (11:17PM CT) 2020-07-02 29 I-485/I-131/I-765: Receipt notices delivered via snail mail from Chicago (60603), with 2020-07-07 34 I-485: eGov notification of RFIE at midnight. Date of RFIE. No notice on myUSCIS. 2020-07-11 38 I-485: Received RFIE by post, on yellow paper, two pages. 2020-07-17 44 I-485: RFIE Response posted via USPS flat rate priority mail 2020-07-20 47 I-485: RFIE Response delivered (to NBC) 2020-07-22 49 I-485: RFIE Response received notice (SMS/egov updated, 9:00 AM CT)