AOS Filers - May 2009!

[B&J 0]

No activity today for May Filers? Maybe USCIS is off celebrating Independence Day early! I celebrated Canada Day today by going and applying for my SS#. It was a piece of cake, and should arrive in the mail in 2 weeks! I feel so official.

How are all my new "American" VJ buddies spending the 4th of July??

I wish everybody a happy 4th of July, too.

We actually don't have any plans yet. We wanted to go to a park with our family and friends, but the parks will defenitely be packed. So it seems like we will go over to one of our friends house and have a BBQ there and shoot some fireworks (maybe). But nothing is fix.

What will you be doing?

[missyk 0]

Breaking News:

We got an e-mail yesterday that our EAD & AP has been APPROVED! Hurray!

[skparker 0]

just got approval notice sent today for the AP....hopefully they approve the EAD today too. heres to hopin'

[bellavita 0]

Congruturation for all the updates,god is so kind

Still waiting for the appointment letter,but not in hurry,already got EAD,SSN,DL I'm happy with all those stuff..............

I will be visiting couple of the national parks in UTAH this long weekend,late afternoon start to drive from LA,it takes 7-8 hours with a normal traffic.wish everybody have a happy independent day,enjoy america B)

[cartman1417 0]

got an email from CRIS...my EAD card was mailed today......

i wanted to go somewhere for a vacation this long weekend.... but tough economy crushed my plans .......shifted vacation plans to september labor day weekend!!! as for this weekend, we will be going to NY to see the fireworks.....i've heard it's amazing.....i love fireworks anyway...so i would certainly have fun...

[rexalite 0]

Congrats Cartman et al for getting your EADs and APs. Here's hoping next week brings interview dates for us all.

This weekend we are celebrating our 2 yr wedding anniversary, ditching the baby and driving to Dallas for a spa weekend at the Mansion at Turtle Creek. I haven't been there before and it sounds nice! It's a special anniversary for us of course, because it signifies that I will get my TEN YEAR green card instead of my two year green card. I thought all the VJers would appreciate the significance of that more thananyone else. I'm no longer on probation!

[kiwiana 2]

got an email from CRIS...my EAD card was mailed today......

i wanted to go somewhere for a vacation this long weekend.... but tough economy crushed my plans .......shifted vacation plans to september labor day weekend!!! as for this weekend, we will be going to NY to see the fireworks.....i've heard it's amazing.....i love fireworks anyway...so i would certainly have fun...

Congratulations!! and congrats to everyone that have received good news on EAD and AP!!

Congrats Cartman et al for getting your EADs and APs. Here's hoping next week brings interview dates for us all.

This weekend we are celebrating our 2 yr wedding anniversary, ditching the baby and driving to Dallas for a spa weekend at the Mansion at Turtle Creek. I haven't been there before and it sounds nice! It's a special anniversary for us of course, because it signifies that I will get my TEN YEAR green card instead of my two year green card. I thought all the VJers would appreciate the significance of that more thananyone else. I'm no longer on probation!

Hope you have a wonderful time!!

[TeeKol 0]

Congrats Cartman et al for getting your EADs and APs. Here's hoping next week brings interview dates for us all.

This weekend we are celebrating our 2 yr wedding anniversary, ditching the baby and driving to Dallas for a spa weekend at the Mansion at Turtle Creek. I haven't been there before and it sounds nice! It's a special anniversary for us of course, because it signifies that I will get my TEN YEAR green card instead of my two year green card. I thought all the VJers would appreciate the significance of that more thananyone else. I'm no longer on probation!

Congratulations!!! Definitely know where you are coming from!! You really deserve to celebrate

Congrats too to all those that have their EAD and AP's and their interview appointments. I have received my AP's and as of today, my EAD

[B&J 0]

Wow, I already had my EAD card in the mail yesterday. That was fast!! Not even a week after I got the e-mail.

Now we will see how long it takes for my interview letter....looking at the timelines for Detroit here on VJ nobody gets transfered without an interview. People who applied in April are still waiting for their interview, so I guess it will still take at least a month for me to hear anything. Isn't that weird though, that they say on the USCIS site that Detroit is still working on November applications and here on VJ all the February filers already got approved?

I am getting kind of anxious about that interview. We don't have that much to bring as proofs. I am not on the lease. The only thing we would have so far are our wedding pictures and a joined bank account. Well, and my ID shows the same address as my husbands. What else could we bring?

[kiwiana 2]

Wow, I already had my EAD card in the mail yesterday. That was fast!! Not even a week after I got the e-mail.

Now we will see how long it takes for my interview letter....looking at the timelines for Detroit here on VJ nobody gets transfered without an interview. People who applied in April are still waiting for their interview, so I guess it will still take at least a month for me to hear anything. Isn't that weird though, that they say on the USCIS site that Detroit is still working on November applications and here on VJ all the February filers already got approved?

I am getting kind of anxious about that interview. We don't have that much to bring as proofs. I am not on the lease. The only thing we would have so far are our wedding pictures and a joined bank account. Well, and my ID shows the same address as my husbands. What else could we bring?

Same here too. We only have wedding pics and joint bank account

[levnd 0]

Wow, I already had my EAD card in the mail yesterday. That was fast!! Not even a week after I got the e-mail.

Now we will see how long it takes for my interview letter....looking at the timelines for Detroit here on VJ nobody gets transfered without an interview. People who applied in April are still waiting for their interview, so I guess it will still take at least a month for me to hear anything. Isn't that weird though, that they say on the USCIS site that Detroit is still working on November applications and here on VJ all the February filers already got approved?

I am getting kind of anxious about that interview. We don't have that much to bring as proofs. I am not on the lease. The only thing we would have so far are our wedding pictures and a joined bank account. Well, and my ID shows the same address as my husbands. What else could we bring?

Congrats on the card!!

I think that USCIS times on their website are wrong or something. It shows that St.Paul is processing stuff from August 2008 but I've seen someone since then have an interview and get approved. So maybe they still ARE working on applications from then, but still process new stuff too? Oh I should note too that on the USCIS website it says:

Field Office Processing Dates for Saint Paul MN as of: April 30, 2009. So obviously it hasn't been updated in like 2 months.

It seems like everyone who filed at the beginning of the year have been approved/have interviews now so I'm sure we'll have ours before the end of the year.

I'm nervous about the interview too! Just because I can have panic attacks when I'm nervous about stuff so that's ALL I need to have in the middle of the interview!!

Here's the stuff we have so far in my "box" for the interview. Maybe it'll give you some ideas for your stuff.

- Health Insurance Forms showing I'm on husbands

- Life Insurance Forms showing I'm beneficiary

- Letter from bank saying we have a joint account

- I will have bank statements ( I just got put on as a joint holder because I had to wait for SSN)

- Apartment Lease ( although I'll only have this if the interview is after September because they won't let us change the lease until it ends)

- Pictures

- Letters from few family members & friends

- Various things send to the apartment to both of us, cards, random other mail

- Contracts for our wedding reception

I hope to figure out more. I can't get put on for our electric bill because here they only let one person/lease. Same with cable. We have no creditcards or cell phones (we live really simply lol). And we use Skype for our phone because the long distance back to canada was killing our regular phone bill.

I'm not sure what else I can get. I'm sure I could bring a copy of our gym membership too.

I really am trying not to get worked up about the interview because then I get nervous, start freaking out. I can be a pessimist sometimes so I need all the positive thinking I can get!

Edited July 3, 2009 by levnd

[levnd 0]

Wow, I already had my EAD card in the mail yesterday. That was fast!! Not even a week after I got the e-mail.

Now we will see how long it takes for my interview letter....looking at the timelines for Detroit here on VJ nobody gets transfered without an interview. People who applied in April are still waiting for their interview, so I guess it will still take at least a month for me to hear anything. Isn't that weird though, that they say on the USCIS site that Detroit is still working on November applications and here on VJ all the February filers already got approved?

I am getting kind of anxious about that interview. We don't have that much to bring as proofs. I am not on the lease. The only thing we would have so far are our wedding pictures and a joined bank account. Well, and my ID shows the same address as my husbands. What else could we bring?

Congrats on the card!!

I think that USCIS times on their website are wrong or something. It shows that St.Paul is processing stuff from August 2008 but I've seen someone since then have an interview and get approved. So maybe they still ARE working on applications from then, but still process new stuff too? Oh I should note too that on the USCIS website it says:

Field Office Processing Dates for Saint Paul MN as of: April 30, 2009. So obviously it hasn't been updated in like 2 months.

It seems like everyone who filed at the beginning of the year have been approved/have interviews now so I'm sure we'll have ours before the end of the year.

I'm nervous about the interview too! Just because I can have panic attacks when I'm nervous about stuff so that's ALL I need to have in the middle of the interview!!

Here's the stuff we have so far in my "box" for the interview

- Health Insurance Forms showing I'm on husbands

- Life Insurance Forms showing I'm beneficiary

- Letter from bank saying we have a joint account

- I will have bank statements ( I just got put on as a joint holder because I had to wait for SSN)

- Apartment Lease ( although I'll only have this if the interview is after September because they won't let us change the lease until it ends)

- Pictures

- Letters from few family members & friends

- Various things send to the apartment to both of us, cards, random other mail

- Contracts for our wedding reception

I hope to figure out more. I can't get put on for our electric bill because here they only let one person/lease. Same with cable. We have no creditcards or cell phones (we live really simply lol). And we use Skype for our phone because the long distance back to canada was killing our regular phone bill.

I'm not sure what else I can get. I'm sure I could bring a copy of our gym membership too.

I really am trying not to get worked up about the interview because then I get nervous, start freaking out. I can be a pessimist sometimes so I need all the positive thinking I can get!

[cartman1417 0]

hey everyone...i just received my EAD Card in mail today......

good luck for the interview everyone.....

[Gator's Bike 0]

Wow, EAD application is approved July 02 USCIS.

By the way, congrats once again to all who got AP & EAD.

And for those who are still waiting stay calm and be patient, urs will come soon.

[S.Fu + T.Fu 0]

I am getting kind of anxious about that interview. We don't have that much to bring as proofs. I am not on the lease. The only thing we would have so far are our wedding pictures and a joined bank account. Well, and my ID shows the same address as my husbands. What else could we bring?

Hi B&J,

Here's the list of things that I will be bringing to the interview which I have compiled thus far:

For Us:

1. Apartment lease contract since 2007 with both our names on the contracts.

2. Medical/health insurance as my husband as the subscriber and me as the spouse. Both our insurance cards.

3. Home utilities with some utilities under his name and some other my name with the same address. Also online authorizations showing that he/I is the authorized user.

4. Cell phone account with my husband in my family plan.

5. Joint checking account

6. Joint savings account

7. Joint credit card account with statements showing our names in detail.

8. Letters from family addressing both our names on it since 2004.

9. Two copies of my husband's birth certificate & passport

10. Two copies of my birth certificate, passport, I-20 + F-1 student Visa [My legal entry into the U.S.],

11. Photographs of the two of us and with friends and family members dating back to 2002 [so far 100+ photos].

12. Copies of my husband and my SSN card. [just to have in case they request]

13. Our marriage certificate

14. Unofficial transcripts from the boarding high school; where we met. As a proof that we both went to the same school, and that was how we met.

To be worked on:

1. Joint auto insurance--> having some trouble with DMV.

2. Another letter/statement from my husband's current employer verifying that he is currently working at the company in this position for X amount of pay, on ave. X amount of hours. Two months of pay stubs. Since my interview is in Aug. We'll be printing out June 2009, and July 2009.

3. Affidavit from our friends knowing about this marriage and about our relationship since the day they have known us.

4. Any updated application forms that we needed to update will be reprinted. [Made a few typos that we didn't realize till recent]

5. Hopefully once I receive my renewed license [which might take till august] will be an evidence that we both live in the same address.

Hope this helps. Pretty much include anything that has both your names on it. The more the merrier.

Best,

T.Fu

Happy 7/4.

Edited July 4, 2009 by S.Fu + T.Fu