AOS Filers October 2009

[SnS 0]

Hi SnS,

That question on ADIT came up on the other October forum today. It looks like standard wording on all welcome emails/letters. From what I've read, it is an old term and can be disregarded. Just need to wait to receive the GC in the mail. It stands for: ADIT Alien Documentation, Identification & Telecommunications System (ADIT Photo's no longer used by the USCIS ).

Return Service Requested on an envelope means that the sender wants the postal service to notify them if the addressee has moved and has a forwarding address. Many businesses use that to automatically be updated when someone moves.

Thank you a lot Greg for the reply! I just wanted to make sure that everything is in order. thanks!!

ADIT is an obsolete term for biometrics. It stands for Alien Documentation, Identification, and Telecommunication system. Apparently, in some cases, or under older procedures that are no longer relevant, some cases do/did their biometrics after approval. Don't worry about it. It won't affect you. Remember that some of the paragraphs used in these form letters were composed, literally, decades ago, and it's a big hairy regulatory deal to change them. So they don't

Return Service Requested means that, if the letter is undeliverable, for example, if they have a bad address, the letter will be returned to them, instead of being forwarded or held at the local post office. That's part of why it's so important to keep your address up to date during this process: because the post office, at USCIS's request, won't forward USCIS correspondence. Since you received the letter, it doesn't affect you.

Congratulations!

:dance:

Thank you so much Heatdeath for the answer! Just did not want to miss anything. Thank you!

Congratz to JoJo for EAD approval!!

[Djohn 0]

I received another email; Card Production Ordered! So I guess they sent it out today! Woohoo that was fast!

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: MSC10016XXX

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

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On January 14, 2010, 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 at 1-800-375-5283.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Check My Case Status and Check Processing Times.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

[Djohn 0]

Rebecca&Phil!!! Congrats to you both!

Let's Celebrate!

[mamaronga 2]

Green Card approved!

experience at Buffalo: Generally, too simple to be real. I think our interview was 5 minutes long, maximum, and consisted of our Interviewing officer confirming facts he already knew (both of our D.O.B.s, address, date of wedding, how many in attendance, how did we meet, etc... basically he said the fact and we were asked if it was true ....yes or no questions. easy enough!) We were a little stressed out about whether to take an interpreter or not---as it turned out we found a nice woman who did it ($25) for us...she really didn't need to do much since almost 99% of the questions were directed at me as the USC. But I think her presence helped the whole thing go quick and smoothly. we were also stressed out because we couldn't sleep the night before (nerves??) And they took a really long time to get us in there, for the interview, even though there was like no body in the waiting room! So 15 minutes after our scheduled appointment we started wondering if there's something wrong with our case! But then the guy called someone who wasn't even there yet, and we responded, "They aren't here, but we ARE!" and then he said he'd check on it. 5 minutes later he called us in...we swore in and he confirmed some info (as i wrote above).

Then he said "Yours is clearly a legitimate relationship so I don't want to hold you up any longer---your greencard has been approved". He put the stamp in his passport, which serves as a "temporary green card" good for 1 year for travel and work permission as well, but that the real green card will arrive in the mail in 2 weeks. he said nothing about it being a conditional 2 year GC...though I'm sure it'll say that on the card itself. he asked if we had any questions. nope! have a nice day! and we were out of there. i think it was 4, 5minutes maximum, SUPER QUICK. he did not look at a single thing we spent hours and hours and hooooouuurs preparing....whoa! he did mention: "It's good that you come prepared, however, some cases need more additional evidence than others" (basically saying that our case did not). However, he DID ask for our "marraige certificate" and a good thing i remembered this one--- when we sent in our AOS i sent a certified copy of our marraige cert.... or so i thought, but the state had sent us 2 different certificates---one yellow --5 copies of it...and one grey...aand with a seel and only one copy. and i neglected to send a copy of that one with our AOS! and that's the one he asked for at the interview. so ...that was lucky!!! i highly recommend that everyone send ALL kinds of marraige certificates recieved, or copies of them, not just one like we did!

so...surprisingly painless. i just wish we hadn't had to travel 7 hours (3.5 each way) and take 2 days off from work to do it! (couldn't we have done that over the phone???) hehe but i'm so HAPPY we both are...to not have to deal with this for another (nearly) 2 years!!!!

so, its all good. luck to all who have yet to do thier interviews!

thanks for all the support!!!

g'night

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Rebecca&Phil!!! Congrats to you both!

Let's Celebrate!

Thanks!! :dance:

And CONGRATS mamaronga!!

[Anisa 0]

We got approve yesterday also. When i got the text i was jumping up and down. Good luck to those who still have an interview.

[Greg001 0]

Green Card approved!

Congratulations mamaronga!! Thanks for posting your experience.

Today we received the Welcome letter in the mail even though we never received the welcome email. The GC should just be days away now.

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Congratulations mamaronga!! Thanks for posting your experience.

Today we received the Welcome letter in the mail even though we never received the welcome email. The GC should just be days away now.

Congrats!! No online update or e-mail yet for us but it seems like it takes a few days for most people. I can't help but check it though

[Greg001 0]

We got approve yesterday also. When i got the text i was jumping up and down. Good luck to those who still have an interview.

Congrats Anisa on your approval!!

[Stinkerpotsam 6]

Congratz to all who I've missed since my last visit here...

We had our interview and passed today

It was quick and painless! We arrived 30 minutes early and got through security (actually that was the hardest part with all the shoes and belt buckles lol) and were taken in early. We actually were done and walking down the sidewalk five minutes before our scheduled time.

Basically he confirmed the info on the 485, asked when we met, how and the first time in person. Asked for letters, bills etc and pictures. He aske my husband (the immigrating person) to tell him who everyone was and what was happening in them.

He said it's a two year conditional and explained about re-filing 90 days prior to expiration and applying for naturalization on the third year.

Nothing more to tell than that really!

WOO HOO....time out for a few months now

[ranchomesa 0]

Hey everyone!!! Guess what, WE WERE APPROVED!!! :dance: My hubby and I have been on cloud nine since we walked out of the immigration office! We keep saying to each other "Can you believe we're done? We're done! We're done!"

Anyway, here's how our day went:

Our interview was at the Philadelphia, PA office @ 8:30AM. We had stayed overnight at a hotel within walking distance the night before to ensure that we wouldn't hit traffic. We got up at 6AM this morning (neither of us are morning people so this was difficult lol) and started getting ready. We got to the office by 8AM and went through security (they move very fast but are generally nice). The IO is on the third floor so we went to wait in their big waiting room. There were only a few other people there and most of them seemed to be for family petitions rather than marriage petitions. We handed our interview letter to the front desk, she took it, stamped it, and kept it. While we waited we saw one other couple who were called in before us. They were separated since the IO called in one and then the other. While the woman was waiting behind us I asked her how it was. She said she was the USC and they grilled her husband more than her but that it was nothing to worry about. After her husband came back out and they left we waited about 5 more minutes and then the same IO who had interviewed them came back and called us. I just assumed he was going to separate us too but we both went back into his office. These are the questions he asked:

Am I a USC? Was I born in the US? I said yes to both

Asked to see both of our birth certificates & passports

Asked my husband what country he was from

Asked how we met

Had each of us met the other's parents? Also asked each of us to say their names

Asked what our address was & phone numbers

Did we have any kids?

Asked for pictures & evidence that we are married.

We provided him all of our evidence (we had join bank accounts, joint lease, joint cell phone plan, joint health insurance, joint car insurance, joint credit card). He seemed impressed with all the evidence and took copies of each to keep.

After all the questions he seemed to relax a bit and asked if we had any questions. I asked him (since I'm the beneficiary) if I'm allowed to change jobs and/or stop working when we have kids. He said "I don't really know but no one will check so you will be ok" He asked if we had been married for longer than 2 years and when we said no he said "You'll get a conditional GC in the mail within 1 month" so I said, "Does that mean we're approved?" and he said Yes! I asked if he was going to stamp my husband's passport and he said they were told they can't do that anymore. He didn't take the AP or EAD but said he would be entering the update into the computer by this afternoon or tomorrow.

In general, he was a nice guy (serious during the question asking but relaxed before and after) and it went really well!! I was so glad he looked at the documents I spent months preparing and he did mention "Thanks for being so prepared, it makes life easy." He paged briefly through our wedding album and that was that!!

Now we're DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance: THANK YOU for everyone's support

Congratulations for both of you

[km24 0]

Congrats Mamaronga, Anisa, Stinkerpotsam... :dance:

[Greg001 0]

Congratulations Stinkerpotsam. Very similar interview experience to ours. Nice to have an easy interview.

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Congratz to all who I've missed since my last visit here...

We had our interview and passed today

It was quick and painless! We arrived 30 minutes early and got through security (actually that was the hardest part with all the shoes and belt buckles lol) and were taken in early. We actually were done and walking down the sidewalk five minutes before our scheduled time.

Basically he confirmed the info on the 485, asked when we met, how and the first time in person. Asked for letters, bills etc and pictures. He aske my husband (the immigrating person) to tell him who everyone was and what was happening in them.

He said it's a two year conditional and explained about re-filing 90 days prior to expiration and applying for naturalization on the third year.

Nothing more to tell than that really!

WOO HOO....time out for a few months now

Congrats!! :dance:

& thanks Rachomesa!!

[xdream39 0]

Hey guys its been 2 days since my interview. Our officer told us that we were approved, but nothing has been updated in the system. Has this happened to anyone?

Also, just an aside on the interview, since i'm the USC (originally naturalized through my parents) the Officer asked to see my certificate of citizenship. I was never issued one, and did not bother getting one since I have a passport. I showed her the passport but for some reason she was still unconvinced. Now, I know that a Passport is conclusive proof of US citizenship and I told her that. She said she is not aware of that (even though the Supreme Court has held so, and the decision was later codified into the U.S. Code) I then asked her if I will receive an RFE for the certificate ( I do not want this to happen since it takes almost a year for USCIS to issue one) she said NO, we're approved and she should get to the file by the end of the day. However, this didn't happen as we received no card production emails or status updates.

Otherwise the interview went well, she asked us how we met, why we got married, and asked to keep one picture. Really laid back, except for the situation above

Good luck to everyone on their interviews!!