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Haha no worries, this name is used for both men and women in the country I am from too.

Sure (although I more of a bro than a sis 😄). Happy to reply to the DM. In case somebody else will stumble on this thread later - I ended up writing two separate check which came through. Also I talked to a lawyer and was told that it doesn't matter, one check would come through too.

Do you by chance know if this was a single payment for the entire package, such as a single check for $1760. Or did you have to write separate checks for $1225 and $535?

Hello, I am filing a GC petition for parents who are already in the US on tourist visas and I need help organizing the documents. I have separate folders, each containing a form and the relevant supporting documents. Internet says that my total price should be $535 for i-130 and $1225 for I-485, with other fees waived because they are already included into this price. How do I work this into the package? Do I just skip paying for i-131/693/765/864? Do I add a letter into each folder explaining that I paid for other forms? Any other recommended ways of doing this?

Thanks for the info everyone! Just spent all the morning doing a looooooot of printing and will soon send the two packs of documents for my parents.

I am a citizen who wants to submit GC package for my parents who are currently in the USA. Some of the forms have overlapping requirements and require the same supporting documents, e.g. the main I-130 requires a passport copy and I-131 requires "A copy of an official photo identity document" which is also a passport. Do I need to treat these independently, even if I send them in a single package, and include two translated copies of the same passport? Or is it ok to include just one copy?

Well kind of - yes but it basically ended up in that cabinet with my backpack and everything else. Also I personally had absolutely no connection while inside that building, not sure if my provider is crappy or if they do something with the signal there.

I took a small backpack with a bunch of stuff. Once I sat into the chair, their assistant told me to take out a few things like IDs and put the rest into the cabinet next to the table.

I had minor troubles - the connection was good but whatever app they use has a minor delay between when the person speaks and when it starts recording so sometimes the first few sounds are lost. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the person interviewing me had a fairly heavy accent (not that I am in the position to complain - my accent is much heavier) so I had to ask to repeat a few things. Assistant asked me to take out all the IDs (green card, etc) and keep them on the table. At the end of the interview, I held them in front of the camera and the person interviewing me probably took screenshots.

A few updates! My wife got her interview notice too. For whatever reason our interviews are one month apart even though we applied one day apart. Also I am a citizen now! My interview was scheduled for 10:30am. I arrived at 10am, checked in and then spent over an hour sitting and waiting there. Interview was remote and pretty straightforward: test questions (didn't get anything hard, just a mix of easy and medium questions), read / write a trivial sentence and then the majority of time was spent going over n400. The person was friendly and I never got a sense that I have to remember everything 100% but they did go pretty thoroughly over my form, including branching off into a few details that I can best describe as an informal conversation / small talk around your form (e.g. hey where does your wife work? oh you worked at the same place, did you guys meet there? etc etc). After passing everything, I went downstairs, waited in the room for 30 mins and had a ceremony with several other people.

Interestingly, my wife still hasn't received the interview notice, even though I filled out her application the next day. She received her GC through a slightly different route and has a more complex visa history (but no violations or anything like that).

Thanks! Updated the spreadsheet just now.

Hello! Just to give you all some hope: I just got an interview notice for the end of August and I applied only at the beginning of October (reused biometrics) so perhaps things are improving! The interview is in their Seattle location.