AOS'rs...

[Miranda&John 0]

Just got back from my interview. It was... interesting.

We showed up about 30 minutes early to the building in Fresno. My husband, daughter, and I went through the medical detectors and then were escorted up to the 3rd floor. We put our appointment letters in a box and then waited in an empty waiting room until 10:30. At 10:30 my name was called, and we all went up to the door. The IO took everyone's ID and then told my husband and daughter to continue waiting in the waiting room, while I followed him to his office.

He swore me in, and then asked me some questions:

What is your name?

What is your address?

What is your birthday?

What is your phone number?

Why did you come to the U.S.?

Did your J-1 visa have a 2 year residency requirement?

How long have you lived with your husband?

Who else lives with you?

Then he asked me all the questions on the I-485. He asked for my J-1 paperwork and if I had anything I wanted to show him that proved my husband and I lived together. I said "do you want copies or originals?" because I had organized a stack of copies for him to have before hand. He said he would look at the originals then keep the copies. He also asked if I had any photos and I indicated that they were on the bottom of the pile of copies. He had me sign off on the back of our I-485 forms that I opted to have the interview without my lawyer.

After that, he went on to my daughter's application. He asked me her name, birthdate, asked to see the original of her birth certificate and compared it to the one he had in our file. When he asked her name, I included her middle name. He was a little bit worried that (and I didn't realize this) her passport doesn't have her middle name on it. BUT, I have her expired passport that did and I showed that to him and he seemed satisfied. I asked him if he wanted a copy of our 2009 taxes and he said "no, you've given me quite enough". He also asked if my daughter was on any medication (which she is). I don't know why he asked this...?

When he was done looking through my daughter's portion of the file he said "well, everything looks good but I can't approve you today because I have to verify that your J-1 visa does not have the 2 year home residency requirement (which it doesn't). I explained to him that I would have liked him to stamp my passport, but he said they don't do that anymore. I told him my work authorization and AP hadn't been approved yet and he seemed shocked and said it was really strange that my daughter had received her AP and not me (although clearly not very sympathetic to the whole situation). He explained the removal of conditions and gave me another piece of paper that just had today's date on it and said "You will receive notice by mail." I said "so, that's it? You don't want to talk to my husband or daughter?" He said nope, you're free to go!

I called my lawyer, who was equally as frustrated. What have they been doing with my file for 4 1/2 months, if not figuring out if the 2 year rule applies? My husband thinks he just had to have his supervisor look it over to approve it. My lawyer says I should receive approval soon.

[Kimbear 53]

Awww I'm so happy for you. I love that feeling, I still get it when I look at Wes. Congratulations! You definately deserved it to go well after all the other ####### you went through.

Awwwwww!!

Congrats on the marriage kimbear!!

Aww ty guys i'm still trying to pop in every now and then this week even though we are both on vacation still

Not sure what i should do for the next few weeks. Waiting for my info in the save system, giving them 3 weeks cuz of the computer issues at poe, and 3 weeks for my marriage certificates.

Most of my forms are already prefilled and ready to adjust and print.

[darkchilde794 5]

Wedding went off without a hitch, even with the dogs barking their agreement in the background! David and i were both nervous, i DID NOT trip down the stairs woot! and i got tipsy off two glasses of wine! lol.

As the best man was filling up out champage glasses, i here my MIL ( who is a minister and a salvation arm officer) say "thats it! get the bride drunk"!

i almost choked on my drink lol. Oh and the oven perfectly timed with our FIL pronouncing us husband and wife! Right after he did that and started introducing us as mr. and mrs. the oven beeped...yep

Ahhh for once in my life everyting just seems serenely beautiful and perfect.

Awww Kimbear, best wishes to you and your husband! I am so happy your wedding is as beautiful and as intimate as you wanted. Ive read that the food you cooked was fantastic -- it seems like you consider a budding career as a caterer if you wish to I am so happy for you! *BIG HUG*

[Peachey 10]

I got my EAD card yesterday. It's neat.

[Miranda&John 0]

I woke up this morning to an email/text that our AOS has been approved! YAY!!! What a way to start the day. Happy Friday! And good luck to those who are still waiting!

[Kimbear 53]

Awww Kimbear, best wishes to you and your husband! I am so happy your wedding is as beautiful and as intimate as you wanted. Ive read that the food you cooked was fantastic -- it seems like you consider a budding career as a caterer if you wish to I am so happy for you! *BIG HUG*

Wow, ya know..i never thought of that! lol. I do alot of cooking..mostly pinch of this dash of that..no recipes written down..and i'm not good with presentation, however, that is an interesting idea!. hehe i do like being bossy occasionally to

I hope things goes well for you too!

Miranda, that sounded like an odd interview for sure. Grats on the approval though!

Peachy Grats on the EAD!

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Congrats on the approval Miranda! That was definitely one of the more unique interview I've read about.

Congrats on the EAD Peachey!

[arya 22]

Congratulations to everyone! I got my biometrics letter yesterday, will be doing that on May 10th.

[Sam and Ben 2]

Sorry about the weird interview, Miranda... but great news that you were approved quick enough afterwards!

Congrats Peachey on your EAD. And to Arya for your Bio appointment.

[Sam and Ben 2]

So.. I got an RFE in the mail today for my EAD.

It simply says to sign and return the attached copy of my I-765 (which I thought I had done.. but guess not). The form they included is, sure enough, missing my signature... Oi... but they also circled my A#. No idea why. Do I just go off the comments and send in the signed form? Do I ignore this now, since my interview is less than two weeks away anyhow?

[cdn_gewels 0]

So.. I got an RFE in the mail today for my EAD.

It simply says to sign and return the attached copy of my I-765 (which I thought I had done.. but guess not). The form they included is, sure enough, missing my signature... Oi... but they also circled my A#. No idea why. Do I just go off the comments and send in the signed form? Do I ignore this now, since my interview is less than two weeks away anyhow?

I always have a fear that I would miss signing a form too! I double checked everything before I sent it, but there's so much to check that missing something is still possible! I would send in the signed form even though your interview is coming up soon.

All fellow Canuck AOSers, I've joined the AOS train! I finally sent my package out in the mail today after hubby got me all the stuff I needed to complete my I-864. Finally....

[Sam and Ben 2]

Yeah... I figure it's the cost of a stamp, so why not. I also copied everything they sent me and put it alongside my EAD stuff, so if asked, I have it all.

Just so backwards... heh.

And congrats on sending it all in!

[Sam and Ben 2]

Received my AP today... Heh. Why not.

I guess I figured it'd be a card or something you could fit into your wallet. Nawh... has to be two, full-length pieces of paper.

[SapphireDreams 71]

Received my AP today... Heh. Why not.

I guess I figured it'd be a card or something you could fit into your wallet. Nawh... has to be two, full-length pieces of paper.

They keep a copy of it when/if you cross back in the US!

[ashenflowers 5]

Received my AP today... Heh. Why not.

I guess I figured it'd be a card or something you could fit into your wallet. Nawh... has to be two, full-length pieces of paper.

Lol nice. Week before your interview. Seems very 'left hand doesn't know what right hand is doing'.