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Cygnet   0

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Hikaru, I'm sorry the interview didn't go well. :( I can't believe they didn't approve you.

Hang in there. (F)

CR-1

09/16/2005 Mailed I-130 (CSC)

09/21/2005 NOA 1

02/07/2006 NOA 2 (Day 143)

02/25/2006 Petitioner receives AOS Bill in U.S. (Day 161)

02/27/2006 AOS Bill (regular USPS) and DS-3032 (Canada Post regular) are mailed out

03/21/2006 Petitioner receives I-864 package (Day 185)

03/22/2006 Beneficiary receives IV Bill and sends payment - regular mail (Day 186)

03/24/2006 Petitioner sends back I-864 (Day 188)

04/13/2006 Beneficiary receives DS-230 (Day 208)

05/10/2006 Beneficiary sends back DS-230 and docs to NVC via Fedex (Day 235)

05/19/2006 NVC issues RFE on Question # 20 on the DS-230. (Day 244)

05/29/2006 Beneficiary receives RFE and sends it off (Day 254)

06/02/2006 NVC receives RFE (Day 258)

06/16/2006 Case Complete! (Day 272)

07/07/2006 Case forwarded to Consulate in Montreal (Day 293)

08/11/2006 INTERVIEW! VISA APPROVED!

08/14/2006 Picked up visa and crossed the border.

08/25/2006 SS card arrives in the mail

09/07/2006 GC arrives in the mail.

K-3

02/01/2006 Mailed I-129F

02/07/2006 NOA1

04/14/2006 I-129F is approved!

04/24/2006 NVC forwards the application to the consulate in Montreal

05/01/2006 Packet 3 is received from consulate & is sent of 3 days later

07/07/2006 Medical

08/08/2006 INTERVIEW- cancelled bec. of CR-1

hikaru Apprentice

hikaru   0

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She didn't really seem to care about the phone bills when I told her about them, but I'll be sending to her anyway. I also have bank statements sent to his address in both of our names that she looked at (but only to say "this account hasn't been open very long" even though it's been open since 11/04!) that I'll be sending her.

I guess someone had to have a crappy experience at their interview. Just wish it wasn't me though!

May 27 2005: Married!

Oct 1 2005: AOS submitted

Oct 17 2005: AOS returned because of incorrect amount in check; returned same day.

Oct 25 2005: NOAs for AOS, EAD, and AP

Nov 1 2005: I-485 'touched'

Dec 6 2005: I-130, I-765, I-131 touched

Dec 17 2005: Hubby graduates university

Dec 28 2005: I-765 touched again

Jan 3 2006: Move to Chicago

Jan 9 2006: I865, AR-11, phone call made to inform of address change

Jan 13 2006: Online notice of approval of AP

Jan 18 2006: All applications 'touched'

Jan 19 2006: All applications 'touched' again; NOA received for I865

Feb 2 2006: AP received (sent to the wrong address... groan.)

Feb 10 2006: Biometrics appointment received (sent to the wrong address, too)

Feb 14 2006: Infopass appointment re: biometrics and address change

Feb 15 2006: Biometrics done

Feb 22 2006: Email notice of approval of EAD

Feb 24 2006: EAD received in mail (even sent to the right address!)

April 15 2006: Interview for AOS scheduled!

May 23 2006: AOS interview: didn't go very well. :( RFE on spot for more info.

July 13 2006: Sent inch-thick stack of documentation for RFE. Fingers crossed.

July 16 2006: I-130, I-485, I-865 touched; weird email received saying interview canceled?

July 21 2006: E-mail notice that our case is approved! YAY.

Kajikit Proficient

Kajikit   65

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Sounds like you need to start gathering letters from ANYONE who knew you were living together then... I'm sorry you had a b###h of an interviewer :(

Karen - Melbourne, Australia/John - Florida, USA

- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

STAGE 2A - Arriving in US (4 Nov 2004) to AOS Application (16 April 2005) - 5 months, 13 days (164 days)

STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

STAGE 4 - CITIZENSHIP (filing under 5-year rule - residency start date on green card Jan 11th, 2006)

*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!

hikaru Apprentice

hikaru   0

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Yeah, today's project is hunting down college friends and old roommates who lived with us there or who visited us when we lived there. That'll be... fun.

May 27 2005: Married!

Oct 1 2005: AOS submitted

Oct 17 2005: AOS returned because of incorrect amount in check; returned same day.

Oct 25 2005: NOAs for AOS, EAD, and AP

Nov 1 2005: I-485 'touched'

Dec 6 2005: I-130, I-765, I-131 touched

Dec 17 2005: Hubby graduates university

Dec 28 2005: I-765 touched again

Jan 3 2006: Move to Chicago

Jan 9 2006: I865, AR-11, phone call made to inform of address change

Jan 13 2006: Online notice of approval of AP

Jan 18 2006: All applications 'touched'

Jan 19 2006: All applications 'touched' again; NOA received for I865

Feb 2 2006: AP received (sent to the wrong address... groan.)

Feb 10 2006: Biometrics appointment received (sent to the wrong address, too)

Feb 14 2006: Infopass appointment re: biometrics and address change

Feb 15 2006: Biometrics done

Feb 22 2006: Email notice of approval of EAD

Feb 24 2006: EAD received in mail (even sent to the right address!)

April 15 2006: Interview for AOS scheduled!

May 23 2006: AOS interview: didn't go very well. :( RFE on spot for more info.

July 13 2006: Sent inch-thick stack of documentation for RFE. Fingers crossed.

July 16 2006: I-130, I-485, I-865 touched; weird email received saying interview canceled?

July 21 2006: E-mail notice that our case is approved! YAY.

itzmi Contributor

itzmi   1

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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Sorry to hear that your AOS interview didn't go well. My AOS interview here in Chicago will be next month. After reading your story, I got scared since I don't have much proof to show to them. We don't have any joint account or bills. The only proof we can show to them is my husband's insurance showing I'm the beneficiary, pictures and our daughter (she will also have her K2 AOS interview at the same day with me).

Good luck to both of us!

Our K1/K2 Timeline

03-19-2005 Mailed I-129F to NSC

03-25-2005 NOA 1

07-02-2005 NOA 2

07-28-2005 Received packet 3

07-29-2005 Sent DS-230 & checklist back to Montreal (received 8/1 accdg to Canada Post)

08-12-2005 Received packet 4

10-03-2005 Interview at Montreal!

10-05-2005 US K1/K2 visa received thru Xpresspost (day 191)

10-18-2005 Moved to USA

11-29-2005 Received SSN by mail

12-03-2005 Wedding day

Our AOS Timeline

01-11-2006 Mailed I-485 & I-765

01-13-2006 Got U.S. State ID & driver's license!

01-21-2006 NOAs by mail

02-04-2006 Biometrics letter (02-22-2006 Biometrics done)

03-28-2006 EAD approved online March 24

03-29-2006 Received EAD card

05-01-2006 Received letter for AOS interview on June 27

06-27-2006 AOS (K1/K2) approved!

07-07-2006 Green card received

Our I-751 Timeline

05-05-2008 Sent I-751 to NSC by express mail

05-19-2008 NOA letter from CSC

06-06-2008 Biometrics letter from CSC (06-24-2008 Biometrics done)

09-02-2008 Card production ordered

09-11-2008 Ten year green card received!

N-400 Timeline

08-29-2009 Oath taking ceremony

N-600 Timeline

12-06-2016 Sent N-600 by USPS priority mail

12-19-2016 Received text and email notification from USCIS

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Larry and Maria Collaborator

Larry and Maria   0

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I'm not close to being knowledgable on this though I can share what I read somewhere.

It is possible, though a bit much, to get notarized statements from people who have known both of you as a "couple" and as a legally married couple. Banks, say yours, should do it for free for your friends and even people who are not say "friends" in the sense of close, just people who know both of you like landlord, rental office, etc.

This is so disgusting! I hope this gets resolve quickly for you. :yes:

Larry and Maria

Yodrak Veteran

Yodrak   7

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hikaru,

Find an immigration attorney practicing in Chicago - one who does a lot of marriage-based cases and who knows of Officer Ellis - and have a consultation.

Yodrak

My husband and I had the AOS interview today in Chicago. We waited for about half an hour in a little tiny room (where everyone except for us had a lawyer with them :unsure: ) before his name was called.

We then went with a female officer (Officer Ellis, I believe was her name) and took the oath to say we were telling the truth. ....

Can anyone else think of anything we didn't have that I could send in? I'm absolutely frustrated right now because our case seems so direct. We met in college, we dated for a few years, he's met my family several times (spends all holidays with my family), I've met his family, and then got married and moved here to Chicago to start our lives together. There's nothing suspicious in his past, he's never overstayed or been denied entry at the border, no history of arrests, nothing.

I know in the grand scheme of things, that an RFE isn't THAT big of a deal, and that lots of people get to the AOS interview and are told to submit more information. But she looked at my pile of stuff and told me that my husband and I "essentially had nothing to prove our life together." I'm trying to be calm about the whole thing, but I really don't know what else I can give her that I haven't already presented.

Ideas? Reassurance that I'm not crazy? Anything?

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