September 2009 - AOS Filers

[Chicagoguy 2 27]

Yesterday - Dec. 1 - I received e-mail saying we had been approved and that card will be produced and should be received within 30 days..

Today I get e-mail saying that they mailed me a notice on Dec. 1 that might have instructions and card will be received within 60 days following registration OR after we complete ADIT processing. Whatever that is.

My wife was planning on returning to see her family at the beginning of January but now I am thinking on holding off on any tickets until after green card is in her hand.

[Martin B 0]

Congrats on the approval dillon.

Chicagoguy2, if you're unclear of what the emails mean or imply to your situation - call them. They should clarify what it means for your travel arrangements.

[Freyja 1]

I got an email today say Card Production Ordered!

Congrats!!!!! :dance:

[NCWife 0]

Don't worry about the ADIT processing and you don't have to do anything. I got the same email too and then it's just telling that your wife's new new permanent resident status is registered. The only instruction that came along with the card is to have the card with me at all times as it is the law! That's it....... and.. Congratulations!!

Cheers...

Yesterday - Dec. 1 - I received e-mail saying we had been approved and that card will be produced and should be received within 30 days..

Today I get e-mail saying that they mailed me a notice on Dec. 1 that might have instructions and card will be received within 60 days following registration OR after we complete ADIT processing. Whatever that is.

My wife was planning on returning to see her family at the beginning of January but now I am thinking on holding off on any tickets until after green card is in her hand.

Share the wine!!! Congrats!!

I got an email today say Card Production Ordered!

[Martin B 0]

Yesterday - Dec. 1 - I received e-mail saying we had been approved and that card will be produced and should be received within 30 days..

Today I get e-mail saying that they mailed me a notice on Dec. 1 that might have instructions and card will be received within 60 days following registration OR after we complete ADIT processing. Whatever that is.

My wife was planning on returning to see her family at the beginning of January but now I am thinking on holding off on any tickets until after green card is in her hand.

I just remembered .. you should be able to make an infopass appointment and have them put an I-551 stamp into her passport. That acts like a temporary greencard, I believe.

[We Got 2 0]

Congrats to all who recently were approved! '

Freyja do not worry dear, Santa has the cards on your case and you'll have a touch before Xmas... We're all praying for your case to be resolved fast!

Edited December 2, 2009 by We Got 2

[NCWife 0]

Wow... amazing detail and wonderful ending! Congratulations!!

Cheers...

okay so we arrive at the place 30 min early for 11:30 appt.

we had skimmed the dallas uscis reviews and felt we were very prepared.. all knowledge about each other families, our children, our journey had been rehearsed and re rehearsed..color of toothbrushes, what we sleep in. we both were confident..

we go thru the security checks, go upstairs to the receptionist and she gives us a restaurant style buzzer.. there are about 6 couples and/or families waiting.

so anyway more ppl got called and looked like the appt were going real fast..ppl would be out in a matter of min, MOST ppl had lawyers, i was like. PSHHH we got VJ!!!!

so our time came, the interviewer was an older caucasion woman, she smiled which alot of them did not, so i felt good. I noticed the chairs were VERY far from her desk. not very inviting, but hey this is an interview right. i didn't sweat it.. she swore us in, asked us for our id's and passports, asked for original divorce decree, marriage license and our birth certificates.

asked us did we have children, asked roger for his children's bc's which he told her he didn't have, asked him where and with whom do they live.

she turned to me and asked how we met.. i beamed and gave her my account..she asked how did we keep in contact all this time, i told her

she turned to roger and asked how does he get along w/ children.. he said, Good, we get along.. she tried to goad him a bit to say more, but he said again, we are good, everythings good

i braved butting in when he didn't say much and said that roger cooks for them and is always trying to play good cop when i want to punish them.. that there has been obstacels of course being a step family but things are progressing well. roger says, yes, we are doing alot better now.. (go baby)

she mentioned to roger that this will require alot more effort on his part than the kids (WOW, just what i told him a mnth ago, but moving on)

She asked for proof of joint residency WHAT???? i was ready to give proof of RELATIONSHIP but i explained to her that w/out his ssn which we just got last week, i could not put him on my lease or bank account, the only utility i have (water is paid w/ rent) is electric and they would not put 2 names on it. i don't have cable or internet. switch to positives... i told her I do have a insurance record showing that he is my spouse (get up, hoping she doesn't tell me to sit back down, and hand her the proofs) that i have cards and emails from family and friends, and pictures of course from our long 2 year courtship and marriage. She asked if I didn't have ANYTHING else.. I reinerated that w/ no ssn, it wasn't much we could do

she looks thru it and asks roger when did we meet again? he tells her, and how did we keep in contact..

she said so ya'll talked continually all that time..

so she asks roger what did about me did he fall in love with? roger said, she is caring and loving, sweet, and i just love her..

she says, so when you met her, what about her personality did you like so much? he said that we had so much in common, she is very big on family , she is very good w/ kids, she fit like a glove (fit like a glove LOL)

the lady asked the THIRD TIME.. what about her PERSONALITY.. besides she is good w/ kids and she fit like a glove..

i am looking at him just smiling sweetly, but thinking.. Where is all the great things he always says??? l this is not the time to be to the point and private.. spill ya guts man!

i think he said caring and loving again.. (my poor baby.. his tongue and brain was LOCKED)

so she turns to me and asks me what about him do i love.. i break it down how God sent me the characteristics i had been missing in past relationships and had prayed for..

i told her he was quick to recognize his faults and apologize w/out prompting, sensitive to my feelings, enjoyed talking, she interuppted and said HE DOES?????? dyam lol

i told her well, i mean, he likes talking about problems and not letting them stew..

she said that was nice, most men don't do that.

then my baby comes in.. yes.. i don't like to go to sleep angry or let her go to work in a bad mood, we should resolve any problems right away.. You go baby!!!!!

so she asked roger AGAIN when we met... he said it,, and she said and your parents live in FL.. he sat there confused.. i was thinking SAY NO!!!! he finally was like no ma'am the are in JA.. she said oh i thought you said you were visiting your parents in FL.. last year..

WE BOTH had said visiting family, but she was talking to roger i waited for him to explain and then i chimed in w/ him and said.. no we said FAMILY

so she asked him about his kids, their ages, did he talk to them, did he send them money..

so then she asked roger to step outside to talk to me.. i assumed she is gonna do a stokes interview where she sees if both of us come up w/ same answers separately.. his toothbrush color, what side of bed he sleeps on .. come on.. IM READY!!!

but as she comes back in from showing roger to the door, she says she wants to talk to me.. and i feel like this is something VERY different.

so she sat down and goes into her speel about her job to protect the us citizen (here we go)

she explained 2 kinds of fraud... one where the person knowingly usually for money enters into a marriage to assist the foreigner and another, not so recognizable when the us citizen is tricked.. she said this is the worst cuz blah blah blah.. we have ALL heard this before..

i sat quietly as if she was a friend telling me about her job, smiling, even commenting WOW sometimes.. she tells me that either way the punishment is severe and is only on the us citizen which she wishes there were more penalties on the foreigner. she explained penalites saying something about losing benefits and your children losing benefits (????) she said after it passes her desk, there is no going back that a person who has ANY thoughts that there marriage may not be real has a chance to turn back w/ her without any fear of retaliation from the foreign spouse..

i thanked her for sharing that information and explained that i have seen that fraud first hand which is why it took me so long to accept roger into my life, that i did not want to show my children another messed up relationship and as their example i wanted to show them a marriage they would want to pattern their own after..

so she tells me that many times that is the case, but she has seen it over and over again. and she believes that HE is out to have his family come after he has been married to me for 2 years..

my mouth dropped, all this time she was speaking generally altho i knew what was implied, but now she has called my husband out.. i said, "ROGER??????"

yes.. i believe if they are not already here, they are coming and that is the plan, the childrens mother may already be here married to someone else and when they finish their 2 years married to you and her petitioner, then they will marry each other.. if they are not already married..

i laughed and told her that the only phone we have is mine and i answer it, they are calling from Jamaica.. 876 area code.. their relationship is a rocky one and has been since i met him 2 years ago, but they get along for their children

she said, does he speak another language while on the phone..

i told her not normally, but yes he does speak patois and i am very knowledgeable about the language, enough to understand the jist of a conversation,

i told her i know i sound like all the other women that come thru her office and are mistaken about their husbands intentions but i have not gone into this blindly..

she said it is her job to watch body language, thats why the seats are so far away.. she said roger was very nervous..

i said, most ppl are in this situation..

she said he was shaking as he gave her documents, even demonstated LOL (roger still says he wasn't and i dont' recall that)she said he was unusually anxious

she said she is only saying all this cuz its her job and i have children and sometimes the children are overshawdowed ..

i told her again, that i thank her for her words.. she said she will let him sit out there and sweat a lil more and started to ask me social security questions (where I work) questions.. i gave her better answers that i give the ppl i deal w/ everyday LOL

she gave some advice about the kids getting along w/ roger and i talked w/ her about my kids and their bipolar dad LOL.. and she said she guess she have let him sweat enough..

she said she would scare him and say, she asking are u cooking dinner tonight.. i told her.. oh he cooks everyday so thats not a good one.. she said oh he does..

so she brought him in and said... so ur wife says ur a good cook.. he said, EXCELLENT lol.. i said tell her bout thanksgiving baby..

so he told her that he made curry chicken and rice and peas, and it was all gone before all the rest of the food..

she said curry chicken was her favorite dont' get her started.. she said she loves ELAINES..this jamaican food restaurant..

it was such a coincedence cuz we were going there right after the interview!!! and told her and that we could bring her a plate.. she laughed and hit our paperwork and said APPROVED jokingly

we talked bout the restaurant a bit more and then she said that she was approving our i130 and our i485 and that we had to file for LOC in 2 yrs.. we shook her hand and left

roger said that he wished she would have asked him stuff after he sat out, cuz all the stuff came flooding to him, i told him don't worry about it.. we will get them at LOC.

i am happy, but i wanted her to walk away believing in us, in our marriage.. i wanted to convince her and we didn't she tacked us as another fraud case.. if she approved us, who do they deny???? LOL we understand she was just doing her job cuz there is A LOT of fraud from jamaica

roger said if she had denied us, it would have been like going to jail and you know you didnt do the crime.. their goes that eloquence?? where was it 10 min ago??? LOL

oh well, Praise the Lord anyhow!!!

Hang in there..... soon there will be touches and approval for you

Cheers..

Exactly 2 months today since my case was transfered to CSC. Still no touch since 10/27. Please CSC give met least a touch!!!! Just so I know my case hasn't disappeared somewhere...

[NCWife 0]

It's not automatic but I wouldn't sweat it. The SSA office is like 20 minutes away from me but I am kinda lazy to go there to get that changed. You don't carry your SSC around except for going to DMV and some other official stuff and on your green card, it says "This person identified by this card is authorized to work and reside in the U.S" So that's enough for me

cheers...

thanks cute dolphin and martin & raven! i was thinking of waiting too to avoid getting the restricted SSN, been waiting for over 4 months for that number, i dont wanna go back againso son afte applying hahaha! the employees there are tired of seeing my face! lol!

let's dance around the fire and hope our cards fly in soon! =D

I havent thought about that at all. I have a SSN that I got before even applying for AOS. Does this mean I will have to go to the SS office to update them when I have my green card? Or will this happen automatically??

[Jeff&Madz 0]

Went to the ssn today and it's been a little over 2 weeks since I got my ead. The guy told me they are still processing blah blah and have to wait for thursday which will be next week. I can just give them a call to check if I can already file for ssn before I go there. Oh well, gonna wait till GC arrives hopefully by Saturday or Monday. card production ordered and welcome letter was sent yesterday. Wonder if they actually send it on the mentioned dates on the uscis website/ email notification..... Just wondering! Can't wait! Hahaha!

Congrats everyone! It's raining cards and approvals! Yipee!!!

[Rutherford 0]

Yesterday - Dec. 1 - I received e-mail saying we had been approved and that card will be produced and should be received within 30 days..

Today I get e-mail saying that they mailed me a notice on Dec. 1 that might have instructions and card will be received within 60 days following registration OR after we complete ADIT processing. Whatever that is.

My wife was planning on returning to see her family at the beginning of January but now I am thinking on holding off on any tickets until after green card is in her hand.

You 2 were approved for a GC with no interview ??

Is this true ?

Lucky for ya'll

[cutedolphinn 1]

Congratulations!!

I got an email today say Card Production Ordered!

When the case is transferred to CSC, it means no interview

Yesterday - Dec. 1 - I received e-mail saying we had been approved and that card will be produced and should be received within 30 days..

Today I get e-mail saying that they mailed me a notice on Dec. 1 that might have instructions and card will be received within 60 days following registration OR after we complete ADIT processing. Whatever that is.

My wife was planning on returning to see her family at the beginning of January but now I am thinking on holding off on any tickets until after green card is in her hand.

You 2 were approved for a GC with no interview ??

Is this true ?

Lucky for ya'll

[esoll 0]

Yesterday - Dec. 1 - I received e-mail saying we had been approved and that card will be produced and should be received within 30 days..

Today I get e-mail saying that they mailed me a notice on Dec. 1 that might have instructions and card will be received within 60 days following registration OR after we complete ADIT processing. Whatever that is.

My wife was planning on returning to see her family at the beginning of January but now I am thinking on holding off on any tickets until after green card is in her hand.

I just remembered .. you should be able to make an infopass appointment and have them put an I-551 stamp into her passport. That acts like a temporary greencard, I believe.

Should an approved authorization to travel form be all you need to travel?

Why would you need a stamp on your passport if you have an approved but not yet received green card and an approved autorization to travel?

My wife is going in EU for a visit and might not have received her green card yet. (was approved a couple days ago) but she has a approved travel form.

ESoll

[Rutherford 0]

Why is it that some are approved without an interview ??

Anyone know ?

Ross

[cutedolphinn 1]

Hi Rutherford, I already answered you above. But maybe you didn't see it. Those whose cases are transferred to CSC won't have an interview. So they will receive GC in their mails

Why is it that some are approved without an interview ??

Anyone know ?

Ross

[1LUVv 0]

Hi Rutherford, I already answered you above. But maybe you didn't see it. Those whose cases are transferred to CSC won't have an interview. So they will receive GC in their mails

Why is it that some are approved without an interview ??

Anyone know ?

Ross

Ruther.....How long does it take you to get SSN....