AOS June 2009

[subguy812 1]

Thanks for all of the congrats! If anyone needs any asssitance please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer any questions.

[shashar 0]

green card in 10-14 days! the interview was quick and easy. we didn't wait more than 3 min to be called in by the interviewer. he asked my husband his name, bday, etc. then he asked how we met, when we married, where we work, and to see pics of the wedding. he didn't take any I-864s or supporting documents. the only papers he took from us were photo IDs and birth cert.

good luck to everyone going thru the process!

Congrats,it sounds like every june filer is in for a quick and successfull VJ.

I hope to have a quick and successfull interview on the 28.

S

[shashar 0]

Hello everyone. Just an update. Got the GC in the mail today. YAY

Good luck with the interviews. Don't worry about it. Just be natural. No matter if you wear your wedding band or not. If they ask just tell them your reasons.

Wish to everyone speedy journeys.

Congrats,lots of wonderfull news for june filers.

Lets give praise to God.

S

[catedelacruz 1]

here's our interview experience:

we arrived at the USCIS in Chula Vista at 10:15am, dropped the appointment letter at the window then waited for our name to be called. It took about an hour and a half for us to be interviewed. The interviewer told us that the reason why there was a delay. An officer called in sick so they had to do double interviews (naturalization and adjustment of status). During the wait time, my son kept on walking around the waiting area. Babies get bored too. They tried to finish the N-400 applicants first before proceeding with the I-485. Imagine having one officer absent for a day; it sure can mess up everything.

A lady came by the door and called my name. She greeted us with a warm smile and she led us to her room which was approximately a minute walk from the entrance door. Then she asked us to take an oath. Then she asked us to sit down. She was so kind to just let my 11 month old son wander around the small room. She said we could close the door so the baby won't be able to get out of the room.

She asked for my passport and my husband's military ID and my babies birth certificate and CRBA. She verified if our address, names and birthdays are correct. And asked the 5 of the yes or no question in the I-485. She didn't ask anything else. NO "how did you meet? where? etc..." It was a good ten minutes of CHIT CHAT about my baby and her 3 year old baby.

Then as she was talking to us about how it is taking a child into daycare, she was typing stuff in her PC then i saw grab the ink pad and stamped my application APPROVED. Then she went outside to make a copy of my baby's CRBA. And then, when she got back, she said, "ok. i think you are wondering why I didn't ask you any question about your relationship... Its simply because your baby is one strong proof already. And I can see that your relationship is so genuine that I had to skip that questioning part."

Then she led us to the door and pointed as to where the exit was. And that's it. It was a breeze....

Hope everyone else will have a journey like ours - not the easiest but quite fast...

[Cacerez 19]

So glad you had a good experience! Congrats!

[SurfingPumpkin 1]

Amberdima - Congratulations!! what a painless experience you had!

Catedelacruz - thanks for sharing the details of your interview. i see you were in chula vista? looks like we're neighbors - we're assigned to the downtown san diego office.

[panna 0]

Congratulations to everyone on their GC approval!! And thank you for posting your interview experience, it is very helpful for the rest of us!

As to me, I STILL DID NOT get my interview date. I am really worried and don't know what to do. I just hope that it wasn't lost in the mail and I am going to miss it because of that :crying: Or that there are some problems with my case..

[Bill y Bella 0]

Congratulations to everyone on their GC approval!! And thank you for posting your interview experience, it is very helpful for the rest of us!

As to me, I STILL DID NOT get my interview date. I am really worried and don't know what to do. I just hope that it wasn't lost in the mail and I am going to miss it because of that :crying: Or that there are some problems with my case..

It could be that your local office is overloaded and taking a long time to schedule appointments. On the other hand, if you do have an interview scheduled and the letter was lost, I think the only way to know is to make an infopass appointment and ask them. Apparently the local offices make the appointments but do not share the information with anyone else in USCIS. After trying for days to get someone at USCIS to correct their scheduling mistake (Bella and the kids scheduled for different days) we finally made an info pass appointment, made the long drive and got things straightened out quickly.

[Troy/Anita 0]

We had our interview at 8:30 am and by 8:35 am we were out the door with an "approved stamp", and "welcome to america" from the interviewer to my wife. He asked the standard 5 yes/no questions on the I-485 and asked if we still lived at the same address. Nothing else was asked. It was quick and easy!

good luck to the rest of ya waiting for your interview

[amberdima 6]

We had our interview at 8:30 am and by 8:35 am we were out the door with an "approved stamp", and "welcome to america" from the interviewer to my wife. He asked the standard 5 yes/no questions on the I-485 and asked if we still lived at the same address. Nothing else was asked. It was quick and easy!

good luck to the rest of ya waiting for your interview

yay

[Bill y Bella 0]

We had our interview at 8:30 am and by 8:35 am we were out the door with an "approved stamp", and "welcome to america" from the interviewer to my wife. He asked the standard 5 yes/no questions on the I-485 and asked if we still lived at the same address. Nothing else was asked. It was quick and easy!

good luck to the rest of ya waiting for your interview

Congratulations!

I have to wonder though, why did they even bother to have an interview? If that is all the interview consists of it seems to be a huge inconvenience and expense for everyone.

Did USCIS already have evidence of your post marriage relationship? I know they have the K1 stuff, but did you send new relationship evidence when you submitted the 485?

Again, much congratulations. It must feel great to finally be finished with this process for a while!

[marry 0]

I have some questions:I know they are saying to bring EAD and AP documents at the interview.Do they take those documents? And did it happen to any of you not to have the passport stamped at the interview?

The thing is I have my interview scheduled on September 17 and we plan to go to Romania on September 20-21 (that means we should get the tickets soon and I don't know what to do)to attend my husband's cousin wedding but since I will not get the GC by that time I will probably need the AP(if they don't stamp my passport /if they will schedule me for a second interview-hopefully not).I plan to ask them at the interview but I am trying to get more info because I have to decide what to do about the plane tickets since most of them are non refundable.

Any experieces or ideas? Thanks.

[panna 0]

Congratulations to everyone on their GC approval!! And thank you for posting your interview experience, it is very helpful for the rest of us!

As to me, I STILL DID NOT get my interview date. I am really worried and don't know what to do. I just hope that it wasn't lost in the mail and I am going to miss it because of that :crying: Or that there are some problems with my case..

It could be that your local office is overloaded and taking a long time to schedule appointments. On the other hand, if you do have an interview scheduled and the letter was lost, I think the only way to know is to make an infopass appointment and ask them. Apparently the local offices make the appointments but do not share the information with anyone else in USCIS. After trying for days to get someone at USCIS to correct their scheduling mistake (Bella and the kids scheduled for different days) we finally made an info pass appointment, made the long drive and got things straightened out quickly.

Thank you for your advice! I also thought that the local office should know something, but I was wrong. I made an infopass appointment, and the lady said that she cannot get any information on the interview schedule. So she said I should just wait some time (and it took me 2.5 hours one way to get to my office) I don't know what I should be doing, I am obviously behind everyone else's timelines by probably a couple of weeks at least.

Troy/Anita, congratulations!

marry, I would still take both EAD and AP with you, and then insist on getting your passport stamped. As far as I know, as soon as you are done with the interview and get your green card approved, your AP is not valid any more. Because when you enter POE, they check the status on your case. Good luck with your travel, me and my husband are going to travel to Ukraine in less than a week ourselves and are going to use my AP.

Edited August 24, 2009 by panna

[marry 0]

Congratulations to everyone on their GC approval!! And thank you for posting your interview experience, it is very helpful for the rest of us!

As to me, I STILL DID NOT get my interview date. I am really worried and don't know what to do. I just hope that it wasn't lost in the mail and I am going to miss it because of that Or that there are some problems with my case..

It could be that your local office is overloaded and taking a long time to schedule appointments. On the other hand, if you do have an interview scheduled and the letter was lost, I think the only way to know is to make an infopass appointment and ask them. Apparently the local offices make the appointments but do not share the information with anyone else in USCIS. After trying for days to get someone at USCIS to correct their scheduling mistake (Bella and the kids scheduled for different days) we finally made an info pass appointment, made the long drive and got things straightened out quickly.

Thank you for your advice! I also thought that the local office should know something, but I was wrong. I made an infopass appointment, and the lady said that she cannot get any information on the interview schedule. So she said I should just wait some time (and it took me 2.5 hours one way to get to my office) I don't know what I should be doing, I am obviously behind everyone else's timelines by probably a couple of weeks at least.

Troy/Anita, congratulations!

marry, I would still take both EAD and AP with you, and then insist on getting your passport stamped. As far as I know, as soon as you are done with the interview and get your green card approved, your AP is not valid any more. Because when you enter POE, they check the status on your case. Good luck with your travel, me and my husband are going to travel to Ukraine in less than a week ourselves and are going to use my AP.

Thanks for your advice! Have a nice trip back home!! Hopefully you'll get some good news soon.

[marry 0]

Congratulations to everyone on their GC approval!! And thank you for posting your interview experience, it is very helpful for the rest of us!

As to me, I STILL DID NOT get my interview date. I am really worried and don't know what to do. I just hope that it wasn't lost in the mail and I am going to miss it because of that Or that there are some problems with my case..

It could be that your local office is overloaded and taking a long time to schedule appointments. On the other hand, if you do have an interview scheduled and the letter was lost, I think the only way to know is to make an infopass appointment and ask them. Apparently the local offices make the appointments but do not share the information with anyone else in USCIS. After trying for days to get someone at USCIS to correct their scheduling mistake (Bella and the kids scheduled for different days) we finally made an info pass appointment, made the long drive and got things straightened out quickly.

Thank you for your advice! I also thought that the local office should know something, but I was wrong. I made an infopass appointment, and the lady said that she cannot get any information on the interview schedule. So she said I should just wait some time (and it took me 2.5 hours one way to get to my office) I don't know what I should be doing, I am obviously behind everyone else's timelines by probably a couple of weeks at least.

Troy/Anita, congratulations!

marry, I would still take both EAD and AP with you, and then insist on getting your passport stamped. As far as I know, as soon as you are done with the interview and get your green card approved, your AP is not valid any more. Because when you enter POE, they check the status on your case. Good luck with your travel, me and my husband are going to travel to Ukraine in less than a week ourselves and are going to use my AP.

Thanks for your advice! Have a nice trip back home!! Hopefully you'll get some good news soon.

I just double checked your timeline and is almost the same as mine.I just got my interview letter on saturday so my guess is that you'll receive yours this week too.I was feeling left behind too but o saturday the big letter was in the mail.Good luck.