souljah4christ

At our AOS interview, the IO wasn't the least bit interested in our wedding pictures. We had a small wedding here in the US with family and friends, and have tons of pictures, but they were not important to the person interviewing us. He was focused on evidence we brought regarding commingled finances, like evidence of our joint bank account, insurance, etc. I would put your focus on gathering solid primary evidence and not worry so much about pictures.

Yes. If she livs with you she signs the I-864A.
Remember her income then is listed on your husbands I-864, and she is added to your household count on his forms too.

My husband was approved for his green card today! We arrived at the Detroit office at 10:10 for our 11:00 a.m. interview. We entered the office, went through security, and were told to go to window 8 and put our appointment letter in the box there. We went to the bathroom first, then went down the hall to the window number 8. There wasn't even a person at the window, just a box of other people's letters. We put ours on top and then sat down. I waited and watched until a human actually came to letters. One person got called back to the window because they were just there for finger prints, so that person was redirected.
We sat on the chairs until 10:35 a.m. when an older man came to the door and called out my husband's name. We followed him down to his office. As we entered the man (Greg Gellert), said, "I think today is going to be a good day!" We sat down, he had us raise our right hands, and swear to tell the truth. Then he asked, "Do you have anything else that you would like me to add to our file?" I asked for clarification if he meant our "supporting evidence of our relationship." He responded, "Whatever you want to have added to your file to help me make the decision." I then handed him a copy of our car insurance listing our names both on the policy, then I gave him a copy of a letter from our bank stating that it was a joint account and a screen shot showing both my name and my husband's name and the fact that it was a joint account, and then two photos from our wedding that were printed on a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of copy paper (in color) with captions (one was a photos of us and our wedding party and the other photo was a whole group photos of our extended family that came to the wedding).
Then the IO went through the I-485 line by line to confirm my husband's name, our address, my name, his birthdate, his country of birth, and when he arrived in the U.S. Then he asked my husband what his parents names were. Then he asked what my birthday was. The IO asked if my husband had left the U.S. since he arrived (of course not!). Then the IO started going through the list "Have you ever been convicted of a crime, ever received public assistance, engaged in illegal gambling, assisted an alien to enter the U.S. illegally, etc" found on pages 3 and 4 of the application. The IO was circling in red the "No responses" as he went along. He offhandedly said, "I have to ask these things so they know I actually interviewed you."
Then the IO asked my husband, "What are you wife's hobbies?" My husband responded, "Photography, scrapbooking, and cooking." Then the IO asked, "What did you eat for lunch yesterday." My husband responded, "Well my wife wasn't feeling well so we ate peanut butter toast with applesauce." The IO laughed.
Then the IO asked me, "How did you meet your husband?"
Then the IO asked me, "If I had ever met my husband's parents?"
Then the IO asked me, "What do your husband's parents do for a living?"
Then the IO asked my husband, "Do you plan to leave the U.S. in the next 2 weeks?" My husband said no. The IO said, "Good, otherwise we would need another picture and would have to do some special stamping so you could leave."
Then the IO turned around, pulled a sheet of paper from a file folder, and said to us, "Today's a good day. You are approved." He then went over when we should apply for the I-751 and the fact that there is no "reminder" notice sent about filing for it. He wrote his name on the top of the form letter that my husband received and said that if we didn't get my husband's green card in 2 weeks, we should call the circled number, and ask to be transferred directly to Greg Gellert's office. Then the IO asked, "Do you have any other questions?" My husband asked about his EAD and whether it was still valid. The IO said it was valid until it expired but that once my husband has his green card he wouldn't need the EAD and that my husband could throw it away or keep it if my husband wanted to. Then the IO escorted us back out to the waiting room and it was over and we were back in the car by 10:50 a.m.! It was over so quick.
The IO was very courteous and professional. Tonight at 8:18 p.m. we got an email saying that our green card production had been ordered. Yeah! Tomorrow my husband has a second interview so hopefully my husband will have a job offer by the end of tomorrow!

Yea, I was shocked that it went through so quickly, thought it was a longer wait without an interview. I wasnt that bothered about how long the green card took anyway, once I had the EAD and AP, I was happy! Fingers crossed for you. Are you going to try a walk in for your biometrics? I did, as it was so close to where I live, and it sped up the process for me anyway, the EAD and Ap got approved 3 days after what would have been, my scheduled appointment.
The food is definitely what I miss the most being here! So I did gorge on goodies when I was home
Do you have Fresh and Easy supermarket on the East coast? Apparently it is owned by Tescos. I went in there the other day and they sell all kinds of english goodies, marmite, indian sauces and even, salad cream! And not too expensive!

Oh thank you! Yea,we're hoping. God is good:)

This is how they do it. You will get three emails. Why is it redundant? Who knows. Don't sweat it.
*does the calm dance*
Edit: You will get the physical card within 10 business days of your approval, so for you, by October 1st.

Hi,
This is more of an inconvenience rather than a serious bug, but when I get a personal conversation email notification, I click on the link and I read the message. However, the dropdown menu that shows the number of new messages does not reduce the value until I click on the message itself through the dropdown link.

We got the green card approved!!
Good luck to everyone in the process/about to start!

We just had our wedding on Sept 11
Just waiting for the green card now!

Woohoo we was APPORVED, . Green card has been ordered. The interview went good, even tho i stumbbled big time on our telephone number..I was so nervous.
He seemed to be asking my husband most of the questions.. how we met and the times we had met in person, when we got married,ask me if i had been arrested, deported ect.. didnt seem he asked half of the questions we had prepared to be asked.
We took plenty of evidence, of joint documents, which he had a good look at..
We also took lots of proof of our relationship like pictures of our wedding ect, our wedding dvd, letter from family and friends and the officer didnt even ask to see it or even was bothered when we tried to show him our wedding pics and wedding invertations, which was diapointing as that was going to be the fun part telling him about our special day.. but i guess it was better to be prepared.
The officer was very stern and straight to the point, and it was hard to understand him as he was Asian, he had a very heavy accent.. but we got through it and we are very happy its over with and now we can relax for a while lol. .
Good luck to everyone.

Congratulations!!!!! Great news to hear

Big huge congratulations
Done for the next 2 years ,enjoy the peace and paper-free life now

First, make sure you're well prepared. I personally like to get all the documents in chronological order to make sure I have everything that I need and that I can find it in an instant. Be organized.
Secondly, just stay calm and be confident but do not get cocky.. that's the best advice anyone can give you basically!
I see it this way - as long as you have a genuine, loving relationship and sufficient evidence, you will be absolutely fine!
Getting here was the hardest part, sticking around is much easier
All the best tomorrow!

It's really a double-edged sword. First, I heard that ALL California cases DO NOT get sent to the CSC (Now that is counter-intuitive, isn't it?)
Second, many CSC cases have gotten "lost in the shuffle" or "sent down a black hole" and the petitioner and beneficiary just wait and wait and wait.....
So, at least by getting assigned an interview date, you have a "guarantee" of something happening on that date. And more often than not, you get approved for a GC.
Cheers and patience to all those still waiting!

We went to his interview on monday Aug 23rd after a 2hour wait and 15 minute interview we were given an approval letter. And told 90 days before his green card expires to file to lift conditions. ONe thing about the interview first off my hubby forgot his ring (its to big and falls off we just havent adjusted it yet)
When we first went in he asked us for proofs. Since we failed to get his social security in time we really had nothing but our rental agreement. I also hit up friends and even our realtor LOL to write a letter verifying they know us as a couple and gave him those. He asked us when we first met in person and how we met as we were telling him he kept interupting us with another question. One point he asked to see Harry's key chain which he doesnt have as we only had one key to our house. And i was like where we live its to hot he isnt going to go outside and when we do go out we always go together. He also asked us if we had sex the first time we met. We answered and he was I guess shocked =P but we just said well we had known each other for 3 years prior and we were already in love. Then he left the room to make copies of everything and another guy came in asking where he went he kept like looking at us and stuff but Harry and I were talking to each other so we werent really paying attention to him. I sort of have a feeling that he was there to see if we acted like a couple. I guess we did cause harry was picking the sleep out of my eyes..hey it was a long drive. So he came back in and said ok your approved and said the green card will come in the mail and explained to me that we will need to file to have the conditions lifted with in 90 days of his conditional green card expiring. Anyways one thing I came out of this is knowing WHAT we need to prove at the 2 year mark. So my advice 1. wear your wedding ring have a key chain LOL and just be yourselves.

You would love NYC! Its only about a 30 minute drive to get there for us. We went there on Wednesday in fact. I love it! I still can't believe I'm here sometimes! Its amazing!
Good luck to you too. Not long til your interview now!!

Well, when I see someone with a fiance/husband from a country other than the U.K. giving advice about the U.K. embassy on the U.K board, and it's not 100% correct, it annoys me!
Just because it SAYS you canm attend the interview does not mean the border guards will let you in!