h1a1

I filed online yesterday 5/10. Current estimate for completion says June 2019. Oh well, I’ve waited long enough through my own procrastination. I became a PR through marriage in 2010. 

Request to ALL on this list: Can you please add *WHEN* you physically received the card? Thanks ALL!

KP

I already mentioned when I received mine but it was skipped over.

Receieved my GC today! yay! And, technically, I guess my approval date was 04/08 if that could be changed? Thanks!

I was just approved without interview or RFE and we had tax returns married filing separately.

Just checked my email and saw that I'M APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wasn't expecting it so soon, especially seeing as my biometrics were done earlier than most September filers - was convinced I'd be on the bottom of a pile somewhere!

Just so people know, we moved maybe 3 weeks BEFORE we filed. The only evidence we had of the new address was a power bill in my name, change of address confirmation from USPS and our updated driver's licenses. No RFEs. I was expecting to get one!

Ok. I did mine back in 7th of September 2012. I just got a message that I'm approved. Wait for 30days before you receive your card. I was so surprised since Vermont is so slow. Anyways just keeping my fellow September filers on the edge. All the best to you guys.

Congratulations. I'm jealous.

You should file your taxes ASAP.

My husband and I both filed married filing separate last year and this year. He was getting a big refund and I have too many 1099s to file early like he prefers to do. Suits us better to file separately.

Got my biometrics appointment today. It's September 26th!!! Not far away!!!

Which service center?

vermont

Could somebody please add me to the tracker? Using my phone so wouldn't be able to do it properly myself. Package mailed 8/31. NOA1 9/4/12. Received it in the mail today.

I got a job at Macy's... first place I applied at and I've been there since October. It's better than nothing. Jobs are hard to come by. As soon as I have my own car I'll start looking for something better.

My advice if you get this doctor is to remember:

She isn't your GP, you are not developing a long term professional relationship with her and so she has no personal investment to make with the people she meets.

Don't worry about that, just be friendly, relaxed and professional back, don't bother with too much small talk or trying to crack jokes to lighten the mood, just let her do her job and get on with it.

I had that doctor for my medical. She was actually very nice to me. I liked her.

Went for my first US job interview today at Macy's and got the job. It's only seasonal but it's extra income for now, which is nice. Shocked how stress free finding a job has been for me. Was expecting to wait months. Guess it's just that time of year.

My green card arrived today, too.

It's what I think of them. And if it took a 6-month long ordeal of dealing with them (like it was for me) then plenty of people would feel just the same way as me. I'm not sorry. Sorry. However, the person who called me from social security (who did not work at my local office) was very nice, and efficient. And I appreciated his help, greatly.

I had a very nice, and efficient clerk who amended honey's SS card to her married name.

What if you had a family member working for Soc. Sec. I don't think you would appreciate folks bashing them.

Thanks for being considerate to others. After all, we ARE only human.

Lucky you. I'm very happy for you that you had a smooth process getting things sorted out at social security. But every social security staff member at my local office, that I was unfortunate enough to have to meet (and we're talking several of them) was a fool. So much so that I had to complain about them and received an apology. If you re-read my post you will see quite clearly that I mentioned my local office. I did not say all social security staff members are the same. Just my local office. And they are all imbeciles there, they are even managed by an imbecile. Hence the apology from somebody else, not located at my local office via email and phone.

And if anyone here has a family member working at my local office, then I sure hope they pass my words on to them.

Even though it's attached to the inside of the passport, the K1 imprint itself, because it has it's own separate photo and was made by a different government than the passport, counts as a separate piece of government issued ID.

The social security imbeciles at my local office wouldn't accept that as a valid form of ID. They couldn't get it into their thick skulls that my passport was one form of ID issued by the British government and my K-1 visa was another ID issued by the US government. Ugh. Infuriates me just thinking about my local social security office. Anyway, they insisted I go home and get my birth certificate. Even though they couldn't make sense of it once they got it because it was hand-written and very "English" form and of course, isn't photo ID.

Here may by why some get an RFE and others don't. The rules states, "Only if your DS-3025 is marked "incomplete" is a I-693 required to be completed. If it is marked as such (incomplete) you are required to complete certain portions of the I-693 and have a Civil Surgeon certify the form (and seal it in an evelope). Specifically, you will complete Part 1 (Information about you) of the I-693 and provide both the form and your DS-3025 (if you have it, proving your vaccination history) and any proof of required vaccinations that were completed prior to entering the US."

Food for thought.

We are applying for our AOS in a few weeks and will be checking our form before submitting.

Adam & May

Mine was marked "incomplete, may be eligible for blanket waiver" and I was approved with just the DS-3025.

Be advised that those with complete brain removal work either at the SSA or the DMV.

So true.

Production ordered on my GC. Looks like I'm getting my updates in the correct order, unlike some other VJers.

I really hope everything works out soon. From what I've read in these blogs, most (if not all) the applicants whose address is in Dallas and Houston (which is my case) have had a bad experience. Maybe USCIS has too many applicants from these cities (and possibly from the whole state) so they are way behind. I haven't even been able to see my case status for AP and EAD (they haven't uploaded them into the system), and have not received bio appointment notice. I just think it will take longer for us Texas applicants...Good luck!

I think so. When I had my visa medical in London the nurse said that when she first accepted the job she presumed that most people would move to Florida or NYC but it wasn't long before she realized that the most popular destination for people to be moving to was Texas. She said she thought about 75% of people who had their visa medical there were going on to move to Texas. Eek!

Just the Civil Surgeons on the USCIS page.

Here is what can happen when you try to reschedule an interview, even if you think you've done everything right:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/277666-i-485-denied-help/page__pid__4228844#entry4228844

But that person didn't do everything right. They didn't follow up with the local office via infopass.

So now M+M knows that they should follow up at the local office should they have to reschedule. And ride USCIS' rear until they get a confirmed new interview date, should the worst happen and they have to reschedule.

I've seen people at VJ having their interviews rescheduled, successfully, for honeymoons before.

I did lots of things during my AOS that I probably shouldn't have, if I'd had taken all the worst case scenarios, to heart at VJ but I've had no problems so far. For every scare story there's also a success story. You just have to judge which is the best for your own situation and peace of mind.

If you think you're complete and would rather wait to spend money, you can deal with it quickly after an RFE if you get one. An RFE during AOS isn't a huge life-changing deal.

Exactly. The risk paid off for me. I get to keep that $50-$150 and spend it on nice things for me instead of making some CS even more wealthy. I did, however, fully research which CS I would go to if I did get a RFE and how much they were likely to charge me. I was quoted the high end of the scale: $150.

If the OP's vaccines are completely up to date the main question they should be asking themselves is would a RFE (or the risk of one) cause them a lot of stress and worry. If it would then I'd advocate going for the I-693 option.

(Another factor I took into consideration when deciding to just send in DS-3025 was that whole medicals sometimes go missing. I wasn't going to pay a CS to transcribe my vaccines to I-693 and then a few months later have to pay out even more money for a full medical if USCIS had lost mine.)

I think the officer at your infopass appointment was an absolute A-hole and just wanted to make your day as unpleasant as possible. If your AP was useless then it wouldn't have been APPROVED and sent out to you. Use it.