Pizookie

Technically it's not the same thing. You cannot travel with the printout. The original is printed on protected watermarked paper.

Everything took a tiny bit longer for me but it's all good now.
 
2/3
package + money order sent via usps
 
2/9
package delivered and received but tracking didn't update until 2/12
 
2/14
text message with receipt number (IOE)
 
2/16
48 month extension letter available online (Service Center California)
 

Just sent the I-751 packet! fingers crossed there are no issues.

Hi all — back on this website for hopefully the second to last time I-751 and N-400.
 
Here's my timeline so far:
2/6/24: I-751 packet shipped via FedEx
2/7/24: delivered and signed for
2/9/24: text message with IOE receipt number received at 12:26pm
2/13/24: I-797 48 month extension letter and biometrics reuse letter available online, case status updated to "actively being reviewed"

Hi all — back on this website for hopefully the second to last time I-751 and N-400.
 
Here's my timeline so far:
2/6/24: I-751 packet shipped via FedEx
2/7/24: delivered and signed for
2/9/24: text message with IOE receipt number received at 12:26pm
2/13/24: I-797 48 month extension letter and biometrics reuse letter available online, case status updated to "actively being reviewed"

Hi all — back on this website for hopefully the second to last time I-751 and N-400.
 
Here's my timeline so far:
2/6/24: I-751 packet shipped via FedEx
2/7/24: delivered and signed for
2/9/24: text message with IOE receipt number received at 12:26pm
2/13/24: I-797 48 month extension letter and biometrics reuse letter available online, case status updated to "actively being reviewed"

Hi all — back on this website for hopefully the second to last time I-751 and N-400.
 
Here's my timeline so far:
2/6/24: I-751 packet shipped via FedEx
2/7/24: delivered and signed for
2/9/24: text message with IOE receipt number received at 12:26pm
2/13/24: I-797 48 month extension letter and biometrics reuse letter available online, case status updated to "actively being reviewed"

Interview done, went well but wasn’t approved on the spot. 
We did the oath, she asked me the same questions around crimes, terrorism, etc that was on the 486 petition. Then asked about how we met, where we got married, how was the wedding and if we have anything to give her. We showed her our pictures as a family then said she’s good, nothing else needed. I gave her my medical and asked if she needed proof of joint finances. We gave her copies of tax, pay stubs, joint property ownership. 
we received a paper that said interview done and our petition is under review.
couldnt give us timelines and said if anything else is needed, we will get a notice.
 
journey’s still going, i’m feeling hopeful that all will be alright! 

Yay congrats @Pizookie!! Mine tomorrow, hope its as easy as yours! 

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I finished my interview yesterday and was approved on the spot. My I-485 status updated to show approval today. It was fairly smooth even though I had a prior green card (abandoned) as a kid (I submitted I-407 to clarify that) as well as a previous J-1 visa with a 2-year home country residency requirement (I got a J-1 waiver I-612 for that).
 
The IO first asked for my passport and both of our drivers' licenses...and that's it! He didn't want my spouse's passport or our birth certificates (we had already sent copies of those in our original submission).
 
The IO asked my spouse generic I-130 questions about name, parents' names, date of birth, number of prior marriages, date of wedding, current address. 
Then he asked me I-485 questions about my name, parents' names, date of birth, place of birth, number of prior marriages, date of wedding, current address.
 
Then the IO asked us how we met, where we met, clarifications on our long distance relationship. Then he asked me to submit my medical. He then asked for some joint documents. He took our lease (he saw it digitally but also wanted a physical copy). We gave utility bills, joint bank accounts, trip itineraries, etc. The only thing he kept was the lease and the first page of our most recent joint bank account statement. We also showed photos that he looked through and commented on, but he didn't take any.
 
The IO really appreciated all of the evidence we sent in early on and refused to take any additional documents. He said that USCIS doesn't like them uploading new documents unless the couple didn't submit much initially xD He said he was going to approve us and to wait 2-3 weeks to get the green card in hand.
 
Here's how my case status updates went till today (2/8):
 
I-130: 
- Status on 2/7: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/7: I-130 approval notice visible 4 hours after interview
 
- Status on 2/8: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/8: Same I-130 approval notice
 
I-485:
- Status on 2/7: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/7: (nothing new)
 
- Status on 2/8: "Case was approved"
- Documents on 2/8: I-485 approval notice visible 24 hours after interview
 
I-765:
- Status on 2/8: "Case is being actively reviewed"
 
I-131:
- Status on 2/8: "Case was received..."

Wow. That was so quick @Pizookie. Congratulations!!! 

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I finished my interview yesterday and was approved on the spot. My I-485 status updated to show approval today. It was fairly smooth even though I had a prior green card (abandoned) as a kid (I submitted I-407 to clarify that) as well as a previous J-1 visa with a 2-year home country residency requirement (I got a J-1 waiver I-612 for that).
 
The IO first asked for my passport and both of our drivers' licenses...and that's it! He didn't want my spouse's passport or our birth certificates (we had already sent copies of those in our original submission).
 
The IO asked my spouse generic I-130 questions about name, parents' names, date of birth, number of prior marriages, date of wedding, current address. 
Then he asked me I-485 questions about my name, parents' names, date of birth, place of birth, number of prior marriages, date of wedding, current address.
 
Then the IO asked us how we met, where we met, clarifications on our long distance relationship. Then he asked me to submit my medical. He then asked for some joint documents. He took our lease (he saw it digitally but also wanted a physical copy). We gave utility bills, joint bank accounts, trip itineraries, etc. The only thing he kept was the lease and the first page of our most recent joint bank account statement. We also showed photos that he looked through and commented on, but he didn't take any.
 
The IO really appreciated all of the evidence we sent in early on and refused to take any additional documents. He said that USCIS doesn't like them uploading new documents unless the couple didn't submit much initially xD He said he was going to approve us and to wait 2-3 weeks to get the green card in hand.
 
Here's how my case status updates went till today (2/8):
 
I-130: 
- Status on 2/7: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/7: I-130 approval notice visible 4 hours after interview
 
- Status on 2/8: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/8: Same I-130 approval notice
 
I-485:
- Status on 2/7: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/7: (nothing new)
 
- Status on 2/8: "Case was approved"
- Documents on 2/8: I-485 approval notice visible 24 hours after interview
 
I-765:
- Status on 2/8: "Case is being actively reviewed"
 
I-131:
- Status on 2/8: "Case was received..."

Congrats!! 🎉🎉🎉 So happy for you!! 

Congrats🥳🥳🥳

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I finished my interview yesterday and was approved on the spot. My I-485 status updated to show approval today. It was fairly smooth even though I had a prior green card (abandoned) as a kid (I submitted I-407 to clarify that) as well as a previous J-1 visa with a 2-year home country residency requirement (I got a J-1 waiver I-612 for that).
 
The IO first asked for my passport and both of our drivers' licenses...and that's it! He didn't want my spouse's passport or our birth certificates (we had already sent copies of those in our original submission).
 
The IO asked my spouse generic I-130 questions about name, parents' names, date of birth, number of prior marriages, date of wedding, current address. 
Then he asked me I-485 questions about my name, parents' names, date of birth, place of birth, number of prior marriages, date of wedding, current address.
 
Then the IO asked us how we met, where we met, clarifications on our long distance relationship. Then he asked me to submit my medical. He then asked for some joint documents. He took our lease (he saw it digitally but also wanted a physical copy). We gave utility bills, joint bank accounts, trip itineraries, etc. The only thing he kept was the lease and the first page of our most recent joint bank account statement. We also showed photos that he looked through and commented on, but he didn't take any.
 
The IO really appreciated all of the evidence we sent in early on and refused to take any additional documents. He said that USCIS doesn't like them uploading new documents unless the couple didn't submit much initially xD He said he was going to approve us and to wait 2-3 weeks to get the green card in hand.
 
Here's how my case status updates went till today (2/8):
 
I-130: 
- Status on 2/7: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/7: I-130 approval notice visible 4 hours after interview
 
- Status on 2/8: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/8: Same I-130 approval notice
 
I-485:
- Status on 2/7: "Interview was scheduled"
- Documents on 2/7: (nothing new)
 
- Status on 2/8: "Case was approved"
- Documents on 2/8: I-485 approval notice visible 24 hours after interview
 
I-765:
- Status on 2/8: "Case is being actively reviewed"
 
I-131:
- Status on 2/8: "Case was received..."

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Nothing wrong with your other advice, and was exactly the same as mine in the preceding paragraph - get a new i-751 filed, and filed asap.
It is the logical and sensible thing to do, after they have ensured they are safe. 
 
What is not ok, is telling someone who is panicking, scared and unsure having just received a denial, that a letter will soon arrive that gives them 33 days to leave the country, which is factually incorrect.
This is not an opinion, and not based on patchy anecdotal reports or conjecture. It is factually incorrect, both in law, and procedure, and yeah it bugs the hell out of me when this stuff gets posted. 
 
Posting such stuff masquerading as fact is irresponsible scaremongering that does no-one any favours - not the OP, and not anyone else who reads this thread in the future, which they may well be doing in a fragile state. 
Think for a moment about the consequences of someone, perhaps the victim of abuse, who is already panicking, and now also thinking they have 33 days to pack up and leave their home, job and the country. It just might have the impact of pushing someone over the edge. 
Think thats a wild exaggeration? My own standing on and very nearly jumping off one of the bridges into Manhattan when I received a denial, such was the total mess my head was in, would very much tell you otherwise. A friend of mine did actually cut her wrists in the bathtub in an attempt to end it all, largely due to the stresses of her immigration nightmare.
This stuff is about as real & stressful as it gets for many people, and I'm truly glad that you, like the overwhelming majority, have not had to encounter any significant issues in your journey...but for others, including myself, it can go very, very wrong through no fault of our own, and when it does it feels like your f*****g world has fallen apart. 
 
This forum is an enormous help to many people, including many who simply read and don't even register or post a single thing -  and is completely free, unlike a lawyer.
But, that relies on the integrity of content posted by users, being based in fact wherever possible.
That is the only reason why I called you on your incorrect post. It wasn't a personal attack, so don't act like it was. 
 
  Well, quite.
'Could' is most definitely not the same as 'should'.
Like, one could stand by the incorrect post, when one instead should be human in admitting that a simple mistake was made, rather than sulking off in a huff. 
To each their own. 
 
Not only would it be somewhat reckless & unwise to post such a thing as 'do nothing' , but it was also clearly not the intention, given in the very paragraph immediately preceding it, my advice was also to file a new I-751 as soon as possible 🙄
 
 

I'm still waiting for my lawyer's response to my RFIE 😐

Thanks, I think it didn't started well because the IO was very cold towards us from the very beginning (she didn't greeted us or introduced herself), then she asked both of us questions for 20 mins and then she told me to go outside and wait to be interviewed while she was interviewing my wife...after 1/2 hour i was called in for (20 mins) and my wife was told outside to wait. I knew we were going to be separated for the  interview beforehand (my lawyer told me). I just found IO's behavior to be odd towards us till like the last 10-15 mins of the interview, in the end she was smiling and seemed very friendly. Also the other thing that I found odd was she was trying to stress on two questions the most how was your proposal like? What did we chat about the first time we ever chatted? It's not that I wasn't prepared for them, I tried to answer them as precisely as i could (in a brief manner like my lawyer told me to). But it seemed to me that she wasn't satisfied or seemed convinced with my answers, while I was answering them she kept asking what else? (like she kept digging in). I don't know maybe I'm over analyzing things but I actually thought that the interview was weird till the last 15 mins maybe.

My girlfriend from Lima and I have spent a lot of time together, in Lima and here in the states. Eventually we will probably get married according to the 90-day rule but we're not rushing it. She has a tourist visa which she got just a couple of months after we met. She already had an appointment scheduled for her tourist visa at the US Embassy. I also have a potentially fatal disease (the big C) that I am combatting right now and her being here is a great emotional and actual support to me. Her cooking is magnifico! My 9 yo son likes her. 
 
Ok. That's the general background.
 
She is worried about travelling back and forth to Lima too often. Supposedly "they" say that the INS doesn't like when tourists go back and forth "too often". I personally do not know. She says she is visiting juanita (her daughter) in Florida, or shopping, as the purpose of her trip. This is also not a lie. My question is, is my opinion correct or not. My opinion is that when asked the purpose of her visit on any forms or by any border officials, she should reply with the statement "I'm going to help take care of a sick friend" and give my address where she's staying. 
 
Thanks.

I guess after a while the so called experts on here must get tired of answering questions. I’m probably not the only one who feels frustrated by this but I guess it’s a good thing that I do have a lawyer helping me despite the fact some say that lawyers are not needed. I posted a question about what paperwork was needed for my fiancée in the Philippines to pay for the ds160 fees. No one has bothered to answer this question so that brings me to believe that people must be getting tired of answering my questions or whatever the case may be. So I’m guessing it would be a waste of my time to ask for any further advice on this website and just work with my lawyer. Of course I can also go to youtube as well. Why even have this website if no one will give any more advice on anything. But at least I know where not to bother going now.

Greetings to All,
 
This is my first post ! I am LPR; will be able to apply for citizenship later this year. I am originally from Bangladesh. I was married on the first day of 2022. It was family-arranged marriage (typical of sub-continent) and it was according to islamic method. Due to my work, I had to return to USA. I want to apply I-130 online for my wife now. What do you think?
 
After I apply I-130, I am thinking to ask my wife to apply for Visitor/tourist visa. If unsuccessful, then might thought of F1 visa category. What do you think?
Thank you very much for your opinion.
Regards
Mohammad 

My wife’s AOS green card (k-1) interview was November 1st in Philadelphia, PA. The Interview only lasted maybe 15 minutes. It went well I think. The Lady said that we would have an answer in 30-60 days. We are on 80 days. We’ve emailed them and all they said is that they will check and we haven’t heard anything back. So frustrating and stressful. 
 
we are all waiting. So I’m just curious whose in the same boat as me? Let me know how long you have been waiting and what location you interviewed at.

Lol yah! Feb 9!!!! 

You guys are getting me excited!!! Congrats @ltlbnna. I told you sometimes delays are blessings. Good luck to you guys