SaraClaire11

@SaraClaire11  wishing you the best. Still waiting on the I-797C ourselves. Nothing has been uploaded under the Documents tab with USCIS.  I am gathering as much info as I can fir my wife's interview.

I don't believe it's state dependent.
 
Think of the airport analogy.
 
Majority of people go through scanner and don't stop. Some get stopped at security for further checks because they have water in the cabin bag. Others get randomly selected for inspection.
 
It's the same at USCIS. Either something in your case is sticking out (background, circumstances in which you applied, evidence, prior history) or you got randomly selected.

See the list above that's what was listed in our notice, pretty sure it's standard for everyone being interviewed.
 
I am also curious what prompts an interview and why others are just approved. I never received and RFE I was really thorough with all our forms and applications. I am also curious why my husband never received his EAD. 
 
I wonder if they will base it more on the validity of our relationship or how much money I make. I was also thinking that maybe some states require the interview and others don't based on immigration volumes. 

Just checked the USCIS website. My wife has been scheduled for an interview. However, no document was showing, so we will wait until its entered into the system so we can see when it will be.
 
What do folks suggest taking to the interview? I wonder what triggers an interview....

Congrats! Do you mind sharing the list of what they are asking you to bring? 

If you have a myuscis login and case registered, you should be able to see the notice they will be mailing you under documents tab.

Check there .... if not, then hope your notice shows in the mail soon.
 

Yes, I attended AOS interview. Before the pandemic, everybody was required to go through interview to get GC.
 
Right now this can happen for multiple reasons: either your case is weaker, or you were randomly selected. It's just like security at an airport, sometimes you have to go through additional scanning.
 
Good luck, make sure to prepare for the interview well, know your case, know your spouse and practice answering questions with the spouse. 
 
It's rather a good sign that your case is moving.

"Unsolicited" evidence is good .... (and supported through the site)
"Non-applicable" evidence might hurt as much as help  .....
Find something that is aligned with the original application and I would consider that ...

I appreciate the suggestions! I just doubled checked my saved copy of our application and we selected "yes" and answered all the sections. Do you think I should just randomly upload evidence without them reaching out or sending and RFE? Would a most recent paystub be enough?

Agree with Osman .... I can't say for sure but have a feeling that uploading a "fixed" 485 helped move our application along.
 
Keeping hopes for a speedy completion for you @SaraClaire11
 

I hope and pray your situation gets better, patience is key in these situations.
 
If you have a USCIS account i'd suggest uploading additional evidence on form i485 part 8 section 61- 68 with regards to the public charge make sure you selected 'yes' and not 'no' and answer all the sections.
 
This is what prolonged my process and gave me an RFE, maybe upload a new i485 and label it as section8 61-68 completed if you did not already answer that part correctly. I am pretty sure it will make your case for GC go a lot quicker.
 
If you already answered that correctly just ignore what I said, just hope your situation gets better, cause i have been there also.  
 

Update... we got GC approved on March 21. Green card is en route via mail to us. Long journey is finally done! Hoping everyone else will be approved soon!

It is comforting to know I am not alone in this! Thank you for sharing your info with me, hope your RFE is something easy and you will have your approvals in no time!

I do understand your frustration. Luckily my wife recieved her EAD card and the AP.  I had hoped to have her GC, but as you have heard it's within normal processing times.
 
We did not want to travel using the AP, but wanted the green card to travel on for fear of her getting stuck in Myanmar with the current situation the country is having....

Hey Sara - it is really frustrating. We are in the same boat, but we can see online we were sent an RFE for our green card application last Thursday (this is the first notification of any movement on the application since fingerprints were taken in November) - physical RFE letter didn’t arrive by mail yet and no movement on the EAD and advanced parole, but hopefully there will be progress on yours soon as well 🫶🏽

I put in a case inquiry and checked processing times for our I-765 and I-485 to be told that our case is still within normal processing times.
 
I asked Emma to speak with a LIVE CHAT agent and even though it took some persistence I got through to an agent, who basically told me the same thing. The last time I spoke with the LIVE CHAT we saw some movement on our case, so I am hoping for the same result. I pleaded with the woman and told her that most October applicants have already received EAD. She told me she cannot compare one case to another. Hopefully something comes of this. I just want to move forward to the next step 🤞

Great news today 3/6/24, Case Approved! application to adjust status I-485. This was two days after they received the RFE for sending evidence of a shared marital life. So my assumptions were correct that the RFE was a way to bypass the interview.

Received RFE today 2/27, they are requesting evidence of shared marital life together, basic stuff like shared property, names on lease, joint bank accounts and tax returns, photos of the marriage ceremony.
 
I assume these are being requested as a chance to bypass the interview.

We are as well  It can feel discouraging to see others that share a timeline be approved before you. I keep the 'hope' up by looking at the USCIS case status analysis tool that mw & rg k1 shared in this forum earlier - there are still thousands both before my group and in my group with the same status. Although I of course hope they all get approved asap, it is comforting to see that we are indeed not alone!
 
Also, I try not to check on the case status on USCIS every day. It can become a bit of an obsession and somehow makes the process feel even longer and difficult to deal with.
 
I send you all good luck and hope we can all soon share an approval on here.

Thank you for your insight, it's just been hard to navigate this process, the wait for our K1 visa was longer than most (663 days) so I just get frustrated thinking we have been put on the back burner again. Hopefully we will get some much needed updates soon!

We are in the same boat - no news since our biometrics in October  

Agree that all of these process steps ( and even the more to come) has been absurd.
 
we were 631 days in k-1 process as well with a huge (information black hole) gap added between 129F approval and NVC receive.
 
We consider ourselves very lucky to be an early GC and encourage you to read this entire board ... even us, like many other early recipients needed to "fix" our submission. 

692 here! 

You're not the only one waiting for the AOS I-485, we are at the same point in the process as well. Also if you look further you can see that only a select few here in the October filers have already received their green cards. They got lucky, it happens, no one can really explain or know what they're doing at USCIS Field offices. I don't believe in any sort of trick like sending unsolicited evidence or what have you. The AOS has never been a quick process, when we started this we always expected like anywhere between 6-14 months.
 
We're not anywhere near outside normal processing times, so keep your head up, we're all just waiting for the processing to finish up.

You arrive, show your appointment letter and ID, go through security, wait till you are called up, have fingerprints and photo taken. Go home