BePatience

March 3, 2018

Hello VJer,

According to ya'll recent experience which is a better route to take for my in-law. My in-law has visitor visa for 10yrs and now planning to get GC thru my wife (She is US Citizen). Is it better for us to do adjustment of status while they are here in the states or consular processing?

What are the pros/cons of doing adjustment of status vs consular processing? What is the current filling guideline for adjustment of status (Any recent post here on VJ someone can guide me)?

If you guys can please share your experience I would really appreciate it. Thanks in Advance!!

August 8, 2012

Our priority date is July 23rd 2012.....

May 15, 2012

UPDATE: Oath ceremony done.

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

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Miguel123..........|12/27/11.|01/03/12.|01/03/12.|01/20/12.|03/19/12.|04/26/12.|05/16/12.|Houston, Tx.........|EB: 01/12/12

DeathStrike_1......|12/28/11.|01/02/12.|01/04/12.|02/02/12.|03/19/12.|04/24/12.|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL.........|

Sib................|12/30/11.|01/05/12.|01/03/12.|Waived...|03/13/12.|04/18/12.|--/--/--.|Jacksonville, FL....|

zebra212...........|12/31/11.|01/07/12.|01/06/12.|02/12/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.........|EB: 01/27/12

DeathStrike........|01/04/12.|01/10/12.|01/13/12.|01/25/12.|03/19/12.|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|Jacksonville, FL....|

Pinktulips2012.....|01/04/12.|01/11/12.|01/10/12.|02/07/12.|03/02/12.|04/02/12.|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.........|

Notscenenough......|01/06/12.|01/11/12.|01/09/12.|01/26/12.|03/26/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|New York City, NY...|EB: 01/18/12

Pandawars..........|01/06/12.|01/12/12.|01/09/12.|02/02/12.|02/11/12.|03/19/12.|04/18/12.|Lawrence, MA........|EB: 01/27/12

Waithatter.........|01/09/12.|01/13/12.|01/12/12.|Waived...|03/17/12.|04/19/12.|05/14/12.|Dallas, TX..........|

Derpina............|01/10/12.|01/18/12.|01/13/12.|Waived...|04/02/12.|05/03/12.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.........|

Ree................|01/10/12.|--/--/--.|01/13/12.|02/01/12.|02/21/12.|03/21/12.|04/19/12.|Buffalo, NY.........|EB: 01/31/12

Nelly228...........|01/13/12.|01/20/12.|01/19/12.|02/07/12.|03/19/12.|04/18/12.|05/17/12.|New Orleans, LA.....|

Blessed N Favored..|01/15/12.|01/23/12.|01/20/12.|02/17/12.|03/09/12.|04/10/12.|04/26/12.|Dallas, TX..........|

Fuzzymiss..........|01/17/12.|01/25/12.|01/23/12.|02/15/12.|03/08/12.|04/12/12.|05/10/12.|Boston, MA..........|

Corishman..........|01/17/12.|01/26/12.|01/23/12.|03/08/12.|??/??/12.|04/18/12.|04/27/12.|Philadelphia, PA....|

New2009............|01/17/12.|01/26/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.........|

USA82..............|01/18/12.|01/26/12.|01/20/12.|??/??/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Hartford, CT........|EB: 04/11/12

Colombian_PTE......|01/24/12.|--/--/--.|01/27/12.|02/16/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New York City, NY...|

Jade_arm...........|01/26/12.|02/01/12.|01/30/12.|Waived...|03/12/12.|04/16/12.|04/16/12.|Dallas, TX..........|

SiteDirector.......|01/30/12.|??/??/12.|02/10/12.|02/29/12.|??/??/12.|04/24/12.|04/26/12.|Raleigh, NC.........|

Rylee..............|01/30/12.|02/03/12.|02/03/12.|03/05/12.|03/12/12.|04/16/12.|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.........|

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox

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Rodgieslove........|01/02/12.|01/??/12.|01/??/12.|02/08/12.|02/??/12.|03/19/12.|03/19/12.|Seattle, WA.........|

Randye80...........|01/04/12.|01/10/12.|01/10/12.|01/26/12.|??/??/12.|03/19/12.|04/12/12.|Fresno, CA..........|

DAndy127...........|01/05/12.|01/12/12.|01/11/12.|Waived...|03/12/12.|04/17/12.|04/24/12.|Chicago, IL.........|

HuffyTheSlayer.....|01/05/12.|01/13/12.|01/12/12.|02/02/12.|02/10/12.|03/19/12.|04/17/12.|San Bernardino, CA..|

Raul y Karla.......|01/14/12.|01/20/12.|01/17/12.|02/07/12.|04/20/12.|05/22/12.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

Last Stand.........|01/14/12.|01/24/12.|01/23/12.|02/09/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

Mary'n'Ev..........|01/16/12.|01/23/12.|01/23/12.|02/08/12.|03/19/12.|05/03/12.|--/--/--.|Kansas City, KS.....|

Pepper.............|01/17/12.|01/25/12.|01/24/12.|Waived...|03/16/12.|04/25/12.|04/25/12.|Denver, CO..........|

Rosie74............|01/20/12.|01/26/12.|01/23/12.|05/11/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|San Diego, CA.......|

Manias.............|01/22/12.|02/02/12.|01/30/12.|03/30/12.|04/02/12.|05/02/12.|05/02/12.|Honolulu, HI........|

JK0926.............|01/23/12.|01/27/12.|01/30/12.|02/13/12.|03/17/12.|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|Omaha, NE...........|

SerenityNOW........|01/24/12.|01/31/12.|01/26/12.|02/22/12.|03/06/12.|04/12/12.|05/09/12.|San Francisco, CA...|

Wackodacko.........|01/24/12.|01/31/12.|01/26/12.|02/22/12.|03/16/12.|04/19/12.|--/--/--.|San Francisco, CA...|EB: 02/14/12

Calibound..........|01/24/12.|01/25/12.|01/27/12.|02/21/12.|04/12/12.|05/15/12.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|EB: 02/15/12

Cwaf...............|01/26/12.|02/02/12.|02/03/12.|Waived...|03/17/12.|04/19/12.|05/24/12.|Indianapolis, IN....|

KathrynP...........|01/27/12.|02/02/12.|02/01/12.|Waived...|02/29/12.|04/04/12.|04/12/12.|Portland, OR........|

Bayojona3131.......|01/28/12.|02/03/12.|02/08/12.|02/28/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

TiJay..............|01/30/12.|02/03/12.|02/06/12.|02/24/12.|04/11/12.|05/23/12.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|EB: 02/17/12

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USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)

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Ruffie.............|01/06/12.|01/20/12.|01/12/12.|01/03/12.|03/08/12.|03/15/12.|03/15/12.|Frankfurt, Germany..|

Nanitao............|12/28/11.|01/11/12.|01/21/12.|Waived...|03/08/12.|03/21/12.|03/21/12.|Newark, NJ..........|

April 17, 2012

jade_arb,

Congratulations!! Thank you for detail interview and oath experience. I cant wait for my wife's interview to be over this Thursday at Dallas office.

Sorry for the super delayed update..

I will try to post for the 3rd time!! lol

I didn't have access to Internet. I couldn't get any bars at the USCIS office or maybe it was my iphone, AT&T sucks haha..

Here is how my interview went..

After getting lost in traffic thanks to my very bad navigation skills(according to my husband), Google maps and my lovely husband that forgot how to get there we got there .

We finally got there at 9:10 am, my appointment was at 9:30 am, there were a lot of people waiting for security check. After waiting like forever (about 10 min) but seriously it felt like an hours hehehe

we finally got through security . There was a Oath Ceremony in process when we got there so I thought "oh well I may not get to do the oath today ".

Blessed and Favored you may get the 9:00am or 1:00pm slot. We waited in the lobby for about 30 min. I was called I think around 9:55am.

While I was waiting it was nice to see applicants coming out all happy almost jumping and dancing. Hehehe my IO didn't look friendly at all.

I was like "oh, sh!t I hope she doesn't eat me alive " hahaha. She was so seriuos until she did swore me in, after I sat down she switched to really friendly mode and told me to relax (I guess it was pretty obvious that Ii was nervous)

because it was going to take a few minutes to get everything together. She asked me a few questions about my husband and told "Happy Biirthday"(my birthday was yesterday) while going throughout my personal information then asked me to show her any ID passports and SS card, after that she asked the civic questions.

The questions were:

Who wrote the constitution?

What is the political party of the president?

Name tree of the original Colonies

Name one state that borders with Mexico

What are two political parties?

Who is the commander in chief of the military.

She said that it was the easiest test ever, that only one guy had failed today but he would have failed anything. I just smiled and didn't ask for more details about the poor guy.

For the reading part was "who elects congress"

Writing: "the people elect congress"

She asked me to look at my sentence and see if I could find an error. I misspell "people"!!! I couldn't believe it!! I wrote "peope" I corrected it and she said "Congratulation your passed your civic test"

She went on to ask the yes or not questions with a twist since she was alternating them.

She asked me if i had any pictures with me. I said "yes" and I asked her if she knew what had happened to the ones I submitted with my application. She look in my very thick file and found them, she let me chose which ones I wanted for my naturalization certificate. She told me that she was glad I was naturalizing because my file was really big. After signing the pictures and signing some documents she got out a seal with red ink (I almost froze, with AOS it was green so I was expecting green ink again) it was the APPROVE seal and she said "congratulations you passed your interview. Would you like to do your Oath Ceremony today?" I said "Yes!!"

She told me to wait while she took my file to the next place and came back printed my Oath letter and I was out by 10:10am

We went to eat breaskfast, to get a few items at a store nearby and headed back to the USCIS at 12:00, thank god because we got lost again!! I hate you ATT!!! The google maps took forever to update our location and by the time it did we were not longer even close to that location... we got back there at 12:30pm

OATH CEREMONY

Around 12:50.. Only applicants were called in... we got sat down and slowing went to give up our Green cards and get assigned seats... Around 1:30 family and friends were let in. The Ceremony didn't actually started until around 1:45.. We were 73 persons from 24 countries... I sat next to a lady from Kenya and a guy from India. At 1:57pm I became a US Citizen.... I guess we were bunch of softies because about 80% of us were either about to cry or crying after the supervisor said "Congratulation you are now US Citizens" and they put a video ... It took a while for it to be over, since they asked not to leave until everybody had their certificates and had verified all he information, otherwise get ready to pay $400. if you found any mistake later... We left the building around 2:15 I was desperate to leave because I breastfeed my 11 month old, and if you are a woman and have/had breastfed you know why I was in a rush to leave hahahha

I was asked to register to vote, but I had to pass...

Good Luck everybody who still waiting for the interview!!

April 11, 2012

BIG Congratulations Blessed N Favored!

Thanks for posting detail interview experience! This will help us alot when we have our interview next week.

Once again, congrats and best wishes for your rest of citizenship journey.

Hi guys!!! Thank you all for your best wishes, prayers and support!

I thought I would write my experience since there are hardly any posted online for Dallas filers. So here’s my “report”…

I got to the USCIS testing center at about Noon. My interview was scheduled for 1.45pm so I pretty much hang out at the parking lot (in my car) doing my last minute "studying". I walked into the building at around 1.06pm and there was barely anyone in the security check point. The security officers were nice and friendly. The gentleman asked for my appointment letter and for a second I thought maybe I came on a wrong date (he was like so you got an appointment today? I was like... ummmm today is the 10th right? He paused and looked at his watch then smiled and said... Yeah, today's the 10th!!! Anyways, he asked me to put my cell phone, camera and any other electronic devices in a bin, my purse and my "evidence" bag through the machine, and the rest was the same drill as going through airport security. I was then directed to go upstairs to check in. Once upstairs I checked in with this lady... very nice and friendly at the desk. She asked for my appointment letter and asked me to have a seat and wait for my name to be called. That was about 1.15pm.

The waiting area was packed, so at about 1.40ish pm an IO called my name. He led me to his office where he asked me (before I sat down) to swear to tell the truth, and I did. He then asked me for my Greencard, Passport (if I had one) and my Driver’s License then he let me sit down. He introduced himself as Officer Garcia. Then he asked me to state my full names, date of birth, social security number, address, phone number, etc. He pretty much went over my application and verified all the information on it. Omg… my entire file was right infront of me containing all my “stuff” from the beginning of my immigration journey!!! Anyways, he went as far as how I came to the States…. Asked for the reason for my divorce of which I stated and employment and he seemed intrigued by what I do! Lol So we kinda talked about that for a while. Finally, he was done with that part and started the testing portion.

Questions asked were as follows (Not necessarily in this order):

1. What is an amendment?

2. What is the supreme law of the land?

3. Who vetoes bills?

4. What do we show loyalty to when we say the pledge of Allegiance?

5. Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Then before he asked me the last question he paused to chit chat (lol) something about my job then he was like ok~ last question, hopefully last question (I just smiled).

6. What is the capital of Texas?

For my reading test I was asked to read, “Where is the white house?”

For my writing test, “The white house is in Washington, D.C.”<br style="mso-special-character:line-break"> <br style="mso-special-character:line-break">

So he finished by letting me sign some paper work and my photo then congratulated me saying I passed. He handed me my Interview results form. He stated it might be 4-5 weeks before the oath and walked me to the door. Overall he was great! I had fun! I walked out of the building by 2pm. Almost there people!!! Congrats to all who have made it this far and for those who have had any kind of progress. Hang in there folks!!! We are almost done!!! YAY~!

When coming downstairs I saw folks being sworn in at the oath ceremony. They were clapping, taking pictures some were recording the whole event! Yay~~ for them! We are next!

For those Dallas filers still waiting for their interview, you will most likely have same day oath if your interview is scheduled and done with by 11am. So that’s the good news for some. I got the afternoon slot coz I live so close to the USCIS office and they give the morning slot for those living far. HTH

Alrighty… that’s a wrap! xxx

Yeah... I wish! I was busy running around shopping! It's my lil' therapy after dealing with USCIS.

March 19, 2012

UPDATE:

Received interview letter in mail on march 17th 2012. Interview date is set for April 19th 2012! Cant wait to finish this process.

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

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Miguel123..........|12/27/11.|01/03/12.|01/03/12.|01/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Houston, Tx.........|EB: 01/12/12

DeathStrike_1......|12/28/11.|01/02/12.|01/04/12.|02/02/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL.........|

Sib................|12/30/11.|01/05/12.|01/03/12.|Waived...|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Jacksonville, FL....|

zebra212...........|12/31/11.|01/07/12.|01/06/12.|02/12/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.........|EB: 01/27/12

DeathStrike........|01/04/12.|01/10/12.|01/13/12.|01/25/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Jacksonville, FL....|

Pinktulips2012.....|01/04/12.|01/11/12.|01/10/12.|02/07/12.|03/02/12.|04/02/12.|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.........|

Notscenenough......|01/06/12.|01/11/12.|01/09/12.|01/26/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New York City, NY...|EB: 01/18/12

Pandawars..........|01/06/12.|01/12/12.|01/09/12.|02/02/12.|02/11/12.|03/19/12.|--/--/--.|Boston, MA..........|EB: 01/27/12

Waithatter.........|01/09/12.|01/13/12.|01/12/12.|Waived...|03/19/12.|04/19/12.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Derpina............|01/10/12.|01/18/12.|01/13/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.........|

Ree................|01/10/12.|--/--/--.|01/13/12.|02/01/12.|02/21/12.|03/21/12.|--/--/--.|Buffalo, NY.........|EB: 01/31/12

Nelly228...........|01/13/12.|01/20/12.|01/19/12.|02/07/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New Orleans, LA.....|

Blessed N Favored..|01/15/12.|01/23/12.|01/20/12.|02/17/12.|03/09/12.|04/10/12.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Fuzzymiss..........|01/17/12.|01/25/12.|01/23/12.|02/15/12.|03/08/12.|04/12/12.|--/--/--.|Boston, MA..........|

Corishman..........|01/17/12.|01/26/12.|01/23/12.|03/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....|

New2009............|01/17/12.|01/26/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.........|

USA82..............|01/18/12.|01/26/12.|01/20/12.|Waived...|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Hartford, CT........|

Jade_arm...........|01/26/12.|02/01/12.|01/30/12.|Waived...|03/12/12.|04/16/12.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

SiteDirector.......|01/30/12.|--/--/--.|02/10/12.|02/29/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Raleigh, NC.........|

Rylee..............|01/30/12.|02/03/12.|02/03/12.|03/05/12.|03/12/12.|04/16/12.|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.........|

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox

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Rodgieslove........|01/02/12.|01/??/12.|01/??/12.|02/08/12.|02/??/12.|03/19/12.|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA.........|

DAndy127...........|01/05/12.|01/12/12.|01/11/12.|Waived...|03/12/12.|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

HuffyTheSlayer.....|01/05/12.|01/13/12.|01/12/12.|02/02/12.|02/10/12.|03/19/12.|--/--/--.|San Bernardino, CA..|

Raul y Karla.......|01/14/12.|01/20/12.|01/17/12.|02/07/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

Last Stand.........|01/14/12.|01/24/12.|01/23/12.|02/09/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

Mary'n'Ev..........|01/16/12.|01/23/12.|01/23/12.|02/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Kansas City, KS.....|

Pepper.............|01/17/12.|01/25/12.|01/24/12.|Waived...|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Denver, CO..........|

Rosie74............|01/20/12.|01/26/12.|01/23/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|San Diego, CA.......|

Manias.............|01/22/12.|02/02/12.|01/30/12.|Waived...|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Honolulu, HI........|

JK0926.............|01/23/12.|01/27/12.|01/30/12.|02/13/12.|03/17/12.|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|Omaha, NE...........|

SerenityNOW........|01/24/12.|01/31/12.|01/26/12.|02/22/12.|03/06/12.|04/12/12.|--/--/--.|San Francisco, CA...|

Wackodacko.........|01/24/12.|01/31/12.|01/28/12.|02/22/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|San Francisco, CA...|EB: 02/14/12

Calibound..........|01/24/12.|01/25/12.|01/27/12.|02/21/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|EB: 02/15/12

Cwaf...............|01/26/12.|02/02/12.|02/03/12.|--/--/--.|03/17/12.|04/19/12.|--/--/--.|Indianapolis, IN....|

KathrynP...........|01/27/12.|02/02/12.|02/01/12.|Waived...|02/29/12.|04/04/12.|--/--/--.|Portland, OR........|

Bayojona3131.......|01/28/12.|02/03/12.|02/08/12.|02/28/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

TiJay..............|01/30/12.|02/03/12.|02/06/12.|02/24/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|EB: 02/17/12

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USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)

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Ruffie.............|01/06/12.|01/20/12.|01/12/12.|01/03/12.|03/08/12.|03/15/12.|03/15/12.|Frankfurt, Germany..|

Nanitao............|12/28/11.|01/11/12.|01/21/12.|Waived...|03/08/12.|03/21/12.|03/21/12.|Newark, NJ..........|

March 15, 2012

UPDATE:

Just received text & email from USCIS that says "On March 14, 2012 Your N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION is now scheduled for interview"! Fingerprint are waived, wohoooo NO fingerprint. :dance: