stevemc

Hey guys,

Got my permanent resident approved.

Not so much of questions , and thats it got stamp my passport so quick.

Thank you guys for sharing your experience here.

Goodluck to all!

stevemercy

I WAS APPROVED FOR MY GREEN CARD!!!!!!!! i LOVE IT

Ok interview was a huge success and not a tear, I was in tears when we left cause I was so happy!!!!

He said congrats and stamped my passport and I was sooo happy wanted to do the happy dance!!!!!

It was fun, the poor guy , I think I over did it with proof of a bonafide marriage, I made him look at everything....lol!!!

GOD BLESS YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND HOPE WITHOUT YOUR PRAYERS AND KIND WORDS I WOULD HAVE BEEN A WRECK!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! MINE I WILL HAVE TOMORROW. :-)

HI everyone,

Wow got my EAD today, wondering i still can't access my online thing hehee.

i guess INS just doing their job just like that, some are lucky that they can access online.

But its cool not to expect and just have patience then.

Now just waiting for my SS card to come and get test for driving soon.

AOS would be a long time like 5-6 months to wait.

Anyway, have a nice day to all of you!!

-mercy :-)

Hello there !

I am starting already a thread for the people who know they will file in July

we will marry the 20th of June and the time to get the marriage certificate and all papers ready, we will most probably send it all very early July.

Anyone want to get in the ride ?

hi we filed last July too...:-)

Eva is done and got her pink slip! No white slip!

5 minutes with the pre-screener and only about 7 minutes with the CO.

Her pre-screener was very nice and CO was even nicer. Thank God.

More details later when Eva gets back home.

Hi Eva, congrats!!

hope you like it.. its the best that i can give as of the moment.,..

hey i told ya..things will be ok..hehehe nice pic!! some more?? regards to your hubby..wish you the best!!

-mercy & steve

I got a horrible dream last night about my whole wedding,m it was horrible.. my dress got burnt, its all muddy.. the hairstylist and the make up artist doesnt want to "do" me.. they are asking for more money too because they said i kept them waiting (but ell, they kept me waiting but they never do my hair or face...i was late on my wedding and the guests are all going home.. my groom is not there..

anyone experienced this? today is my wedding day and i dont want anything screwed up...

Hey be positive, things will be ok..be happy thats your day so cheer up!! congratulations! just pray always..god bless

Hi everyone my wife finally got her visa in Butuan Philippines, funny Delbros text her to go pick it up at Jolliebee of all places lol. I hope everyone here to will get there Visa to be together forever to. What a long wait this immigration thing is,and it really test your love and patience. If you can stay in love for a year or so long distance then its only heaven when your finally together again;-)

i know how it feels like waiting and finally you get together, congrats!! :-)

My wife had her naturalization interview in Buffalo, New York, yesterday, September 10, 2008. Since we live 100 miles south of Buffalo near the Pennsylvania border, we stayed at a Buffalo area motel the night to make sure we could get there all-right. Her interview was at 2:30 in the Federal Building downtown Buffalo. We got downtown two hours early, and since I didn't want her to sit somewhere getting nervous, we went to the observation floor at the top of the City Hall building two blocks away, which had great views of the area, and sat in Niagara Square in the sunshine outside teh City Hall.

After going through security we went into the lobby of the immigration office. We would have just sat there, but then I realized that we should check in at the counter, and the woman there sent us to an office on the second floor. My wife was very nervous, and unfortunately, the examiner came out 15 minutes late. In fact some time after we arrived an officer came out to ask why we were there, and I was worried that they had lost the appointment for her interview. Finally though a very pleasant woman came out and took her to the room.

First my wife had to swear to tell the truth. My wife had brought the many documents that we had gathered together over months, but the examiner didn't ask to see any of them, except for her green card, passport, and New York State ID (my wife does not drive, and has no driver's license.) Luckily from posts here I had thought she could need such an ID.

Six months before I bought a very useful book over the internet called "Becoming a U.S. Citizen, a Guide to the Law, Exam and Interview," by Ilona Bray. (A new edition is coming out in a month or so.) This lists all the government, civics questions that the examiners ask and also the sentences most of the examiners use that the person has to write out as part of the English exam ("Official USCIS List of Sample Quesitons") We had gone over these often before the interview. However, the examiner was very easy with her when it came to these things. She asked my wife to write only one sentence--"Today is a sunny day." The only civics question the examiner asked was what color are the stripes on the American flag. My wife was very keyed up and said "red. white, and blue," which was wrong. But then the examiner told her that she only wanted to know the color of the strips, the quesiton that my wife then answered correctly. (Ilona Bray's book said that if you do not pass these parts of the interview though, they have to give you another chance with another appointment.)

While the examiner was very easy when it came to these things, she tried to see if any fraud was involved, that our marriage was not fraudulent and in fact that I was her husband. She asked my wife one time if she worked and then another time later on who pays the bills. She asked one time if she drives, then another time how she gets around. Someone making up answers could have been easily tripped up one time of another with contradictory answers. She also asked her in what city I was born, for one thing, to see if my wife knew about my life. (I had given such information about my own life when I had applied for my wife's visa years before, and apparently the examiner had this information.) My wife also said her husband had brought her, then at the end of the interview the interviewer actually came out to me and asked me to show her an id (I used my driver's license) and she asked me several of the questions she had asked my wife to see if we gave the same answers. If I had been her cousin or boy friend, for example, or had a different address on my driver's license from my wife, I assume that would have been a problem. However, there was no problem or anything for us to worry about because we simply told the truth when she asked something.

After my wife came out after forty minutes, she said she had passed, and we were very happy that day.

Good to hear that..congratulations!

Hello Friends and VJ family,

Does anyone experienced 2-4 weeks getting an interview appointment ?cozwe are having a hard time. i Called USEM and it was "Grace " who always picked phone, she told me that our file is on elcetronic and they dont have yet our physical file, im worried if our papers was lost or something.

NVC left our papers august 22, then weve been calling USEM 2 weeks since Sept.1 till now were not elligible to get and interview date from them. Thanks for your Help!

Godbless,

SpenceandLovie

Hi i called the embassy call center hot line and talked to the operator last time and i get the appointment after two weeks and they send me a copy to my email and print it out and few days before the interview you should have your medical done. I don't call for Grace because Grace job is to answer the follow up of foreigh relative to follow up the case this is after the interview of the consul and get apink slip and just waiting for the visa delivery by Delbros.

Just wait ..goodluck!!

I´m happy to announce that am gettin married on October 02 and today my whole fam was in the emabssy they got the visa- no inmigrant- we are luck! they will stay with us in our big day. About the interview is wasnt difficult just a few question and that s all visa approved.

Yahooo

hi bet your lucky..some are not also doing the same thing like you do.

Congratulations!!

:-)

I was able to view my status reports when I received my NOA1s, but some people have had difficulty accessing their cases online.

What happens when you enter the receipt numbers?

It says like this:

Validation Error(s)

You must correct the following error(s) before proceeding:

Customer Portfolio Insert Failed

Attempting to add a case that does not exist. Check the app receipt number.

thx :-)

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering, for those who arrived in the US with a K3 visa, how long did you wait before you can have your work permit?

Thanks for the replies.

it will take 75 days for EAD after application, would be like one month and half after biometrics or prior to. thats what i have been nformed by USCIS yesterday, i got my EAD application last july and biometrics last august 20.

Now still waiting.

-)

Hey Friends,

How long did you wait after biometrics to see your status online?

Via online of course is much better to learn what is goin on with your status right? than over the phone and listening to automated voice call system.

Got my biometrics last august 20, but i guess i have to wait more co'z everytime i want to log in i failed.

your reply is appreciated.

Thx -mercy :-)

I entered a country on K1 ,got married within 90 days and shortly after that filed for AOS.Few days ago I received a letter from uscis - request for intial evidence..It said I need to send them prove of I-130 petitioner's US citizenship..I was like #######??? I called them and they mationed that basicly what they need is copy of NOA2 approval 129F petition. But I know I did mailed it to them.I dont know what to do. I printed a page that they send me online when my K-1 was approved,but officer on a phone said they need original.But I think it will be better if I will go and mail it to them anyway. I was thinking about mailing form 824 or something with $340 fees,but immigration represenative said it may take 6 months.Plus they said that I have only 87 days to respond to RFE. I really lost in that process.Next thing represenative said that if I dont send them correct paperwork,they will not send me second RFE.My case will be just denied.My husband is in Afghanistan deployed for 15 months and I'm afraid that if wors come to worse they will just deport me.

Please,help..

Hi, you don't have to worry as long as you got married within 90 days of allowance, you will not be deported. All you have to do is to follow the instruction of what Uscis need and tells you, you send the thing that they need and thats it.

Goodluck. :-)

Is it ok if my husband will go with me on my biometrics appointment tomorrow?

Definitely he can come with you and wait inside.

hey all

Update on USCIS website says

Current Status: Card production ordered

On September 9, 2008, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

This is good news!!! I'm asusming it means I have been approved! ?

Can I use this to get my SSN? (long story but I don't have evidence of my I-94 card or K-1 visa which is needed to get SSN)

yes, you can use it to get SSn actually that is what they are looking for, i cant get one till i have EAD, apparently i can't get in to the website, got my biometrics last august 20, i dont know how long i should wait before i can monitor my status in USCIS website.

Guys if you have idea then i appreciated it.

Thx-mercy

Hi guys.. we've just got married last month me and hubby are on process of getting SSN. He wanted to make sure that i can bring already his name on it. For now we are ordering our "proof of Marriage" since we were married in Vegas. Is it possible that i can bring his family name when we show them our marriage certificate when we apply or will they follow what i have in the passport? So when i get it we can proceed to AOS application. I hope we can hear from you soon.. Thanks and Godbless..

Hi there congratulations!

Getting SSN here they require EAD before to get one. So better proceed with AOS application unless you have EAD already so you can get SSN other wise they will put a note on your SSN if they let you get one on the card saying that you can't apply for a job till you have EAD, some office they accept that but in here they are strict without EAD no SSn.

--Mercy

Hi Irene,

Nice to hear that you got your visa already, congratulations!

-Mercy

Green Card Recieved Today Finally

hI jENNY AND dAVID CONGRAT's !!!

-i Wonder i cant sill view my status in internet i got my biometrics last august 20. I tried but can't get through..lol got idea??

regards,

Mercy

hi everyone just wanna ask if i need to call slec for my medical appointment or just go there and line up?

Hi..dont forget the FEE...9k++ , goodluck! :-)

Hi guys this is really weird i made an appt for infopass for this friday sep 5th due to the 90 days waiting for EAD/ B?C cust SERV said to me that they were processing april 1rst/ well i got a confirmation by CRIS saying that they aproved my EAD/ so i went ahead and cancel my appt/ i got my AP document friday sept 5th by mail / and my surprise was this sat sept 6th i had my EAD IN THE MAIL!!!!!!!!!/ for those who are in the same boat as i do i guess just be patient and for me next estep would be getting my SS and hopefully get my NOA2 for the i30

HI..good to hear that you got your EAD...about me still waiting..lol :-)

My wifes was approved this morning for her Visa She will be coming here on the 27th !!!!!!!!!

She said the Interview was very simple and easy, they only asked her a few questions

Where did we meet?

How long have we known each other?

How does she know that she will be happy with me?

That didnt ask to see anything that she brought but better to be over prepared than under prepared

Thats is big WOW!!! Congratulatons!!!!:-)

Ahmed received his Greencard and his Welcome to USA letter in the mail today!!!!

We never received an EAD or Travel permission and we did not have an interview.

All we had was his biometrics appointment where he did photograph and fingerprints.

His card is good until 2010!!! It feels good to be finished with all for at least a year and a half.

Good luck to all who are still waiting.

Cheryl

CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-)

we are the same,..i cannot add my case number in my portfolio and cannot view my case online...i got my noa's for the 3 last july 28...huhuhu and my biometrics will be this friday aug 15...no choice but to wait...

yeah right lets wait and see!!

:-)