AOS FILERS: NOVEMBER 2008

[map1map 3]

just an update, i had my interview last april 16, i was approved and today i received the welcome to USA letter.

Congrats!!!!!

[Nickle 0]

Hello!

Hope everyone is doing great. I had a question I was hoping could be answered. I received my conditional Green Card last mnth. Prior to that I had an EAD and had applied for a Social Security Card based on my EAD. I had receieved my SS card with the annotaion "valid for work only with DHS authorization". My question is now that I have a conditional Green Card (based on marriage to a USC) can I get a Social Security Card with this particular annotation removed? Or is the unrestricted SS Card only for those with a Permanent Resident Card i.e not conditional? Please do let me know the answer to this question. Thank you everyone in advance for your help.

Have a great day!

[jhunjhun 7]

Hello!

Hope everyone is doing great. I had a question I was hoping could be answered. I received my conditional Green Card last mnth. Prior to that I had an EAD and had applied for a Social Security Card based on my EAD. I had receieved my SS card with the annotaion "valid for work only with DHS authorization". My question is now that I have a conditional Green Card (based on marriage to a USC) can I get a Social Security Card with this particular annotation removed? Or is the unrestricted SS Card only for those with a Permanent Resident Card i.e not conditional? Please do let me know the answer to this question. Thank you everyone in advance for your help.

Have a great day!

Hello Nickle, you can remove the notation of your SS card.... just visit your local SSA office and ask them to remove the notation.....you need to bring your green card as well as your SSN card. I just received my green card last month and I went to my local SSA office to remove the notation written in my card.

[metinil 0]

Hello!

Hope everyone is doing great. I had a question I was hoping could be answered. I received my conditional Green Card last mnth. Prior to that I had an EAD and had applied for a Social Security Card based on my EAD. I had receieved my SS card with the annotaion "valid for work only with DHS authorization". My question is now that I have a conditional Green Card (based on marriage to a USC) can I get a Social Security Card with this particular annotation removed? Or is the unrestricted SS Card only for those with a Permanent Resident Card i.e not conditional? Please do let me know the answer to this question. Thank you everyone in advance for your help.

Have a great day!

Hello Nickle, you can remove the notation of your SS card.... just visit your local SSA office and ask them to remove the notation.....you need to bring your green card as well as your SSN card. I just received my green card last month and I went to my local SSA office to remove the notation written in my card.

Does it matter? I never updated mine.

[Mitchamy 0]

Hi guys,just an update! Received email from CRIS, April 22, '09 about 3PM that Card production ordered (AOS)and received email same day at 7 PM that Welcome letter mailed that day too...FINALLY!!!!

Thanks for all the help folks!!!

[Nickle 0]

Thanks Jhunjhun for your reply!

One other question I had was do they take the original SSN i.e the one with the restrictions on it. I start work soon and will be needing to show my SSN. I know I will get the new one in 2 weeks hopefully, but still was wondering if they keep the old one while they issue you a new unrestricted SS card. Thanks in advance for your reply.

Have a great day!

[map1map 3]

sarah_n_robbie, mymee, good luck at the interviews! We're so close to it, I feel I'm gonna puke any moment now:)

[metinil 0]

I feel I'm gonna puke any moment now:)

Just go in with confidence and I'm sure you'll be fine!

Good luck everyone

[map1map 3]

Thanks metinil! I'll enhance my confidence with some relaxing pill It would be too early in the morning for a relaxing drink

[sarah&rob 1]

sarah_n_robbie, mymee, good luck at the interviews! We're so close to it, I feel I'm gonna puke any moment now:)

today is the first day i've felt really nervous

i have a feeling things will be fine, and i'm probably nervous over nothing, but still it is nerve wracking!

good luck on yours tomorrow, i'll be thinking of you!

[CBR 0]

Omg finally!

Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On April 25, 2009, 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.

I yelled WOOHOO!! at work when I got the CRIS email and scared my co-workers lolol!!

What a relief. It's a fabulous day today...hubby started his new job today (first american job for him) and now this. I'm on cloud 9!

[sarah&rob 1]

congrats CBR!

[CBR 0]

Thanks Sarah n Robbie! and good luck at your interview tomorrow!!

[map1map 3]

I am stunned. Don't know what to make of it.

So, we had our appointment at 9:30. We were in 30 minutes earlier, and have been called in about 10 minutes before the time (the 9AM appointment was not there).

The officer was young, I'd say about 27 years old or so, he said "you are lucky today guys, I'm taking you earlier". We've been sworn, and told to sit. I was clearing my throat (I am a smoker and mornings are terrible before the coffee and cigarettes). He says "Are you nervous?" "No, it is the weather outside, all this rain and cold" "Yes, what a terrible weather".

He was really friendly and polite, and we had more like a casual conversation, asked really simple questions , where did we met, when, how many entries have I had to the States, if I used the AP, since when is my husband a citizen, he wanted a copy of the first visitor visa that I had, wanted to see hubby's naturalization certificate, my I94 (original).

He asked for any proof of us living together, I gave him bank statements, health stuff, the cell plan that listed our both numbers. I said I have some pictures, he only looked at about 5-6 form the almost 300 we had (from before the wedding, at and after the wedding).

Did not ask for the latest taxes or W2, letter of employment or anything else. He said (looking through our papers in his file) that everything looks pretty solid (he said this 3 or 4 times), and that he will make a decision and let us know in about 90 days, with a letter informing us of the approval, need for more information or denial, but it looks pretty clear. He advised me to make sure I had no overstay of any visa before I use the AP, because the officers at the border might refuse me entry.

Did not take EAD or I94. It all ended in about 15 minutes - at 9:37 we were already finished with the interview.

He concluded by asking us if we had questions, we said no. Now I am so sorry I did not volunteer the taxes and letter of employment Or asked about FBI clearance.

I'm starting to sink inside.

Edited April 28, 2009 by map1map

[sarah&rob 1]

map1map, it sounds like everything went ok, but I guess you can never really tell with USCIS. I hope that you get good news sooner than later, I will be praying for you

When they took your pictures, do they keep them?

Because I have a photo album that I am bringing tomorrow to our interview and some of the pictures in there are my only copy of the professional pictures from the wedding chapel in Las Vegas (and cost me an arm and a leg for the 20 4x6" prints they took which is why I only have 1 copy each of those).

Should I remove those from the album? Or should I try to make copies at CVS or something (even though it says you aren't allowed to )