October 2009 AOS Filers

[Greg001 0]

Ok, so it seems I got a different e-mail from everyone else. I don't have a card production e-mail yet. I'm not too worried since they still haven't sent me a car production ordered mail for my EAD and I got that a month ago.

Does anyone know what this means? What is ADIT processing?

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

Current Status: Notice mailed welcoming the new permanent resident.

On January 11, 2010, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later.

Hi hudons, so far on my AOS approval I've received 2 card production emails, but not the "welcoming" email. Nothing in the mail yet.

That note about ADIT processing seems to be standard wording in the welcome notice email. 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 ).

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

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

[juliava 80]

Yay, Rebecca&Phil!!!!!I have the honour to be the first one congratulating you!!!I knew you will have good news for us!

[laurelmike 0]

Congrats Rebecca

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

THANKS juliava & laurelmike!!!

[hudons 0]

Great news Rebacca and Phil!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

Joining the year and 9 months club.

I suggest that is what whoever starts the topic should call it when we all start removing conditions!

Also, thanks Greg for doing the research on the ADIT situation. Here's hoping we all receive our GCs soon!!

What a fantastic week!

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Thanks hudons!!

Good luck to elafito tomorrow on your interview if you still post on here!

[marie09 5]

Congratulations Rebecca and Phil! So happy for you guys!

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Congratulations Rebecca and Phil! So happy for you guys!

Thanks Marie!!

[lovelyalex 99]

awesome news rebecca and phil... also your write up was very helpful and informative

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

awesome news rebecca and phil... also your write up was very helpful and informative

Thanks! And I'm glad you found it helpful. It was very helpful reading others' experiences so I figured I'd return the favor and possibly help someone else

[IstanBulls 1]

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

Congrats! And thank you for the very helpful info.

[Laura & Kyle 16]

Another congrats to RebeccaAndPhil for being approved! What a great write-up! woohoo!!! :dance:

[SpongebObiWan 0]

Wooo HOOO!!

[flypri 0]

Hooray! Congrats to hudsons, RebeccaAndPhil, Greg001, km24, and others for your approvals at interviews!! And thank you for sharing your interview experience - although I realize every office and IO is different, it puts my mind at ease reading how smoothly your interviews went! We have our interview on Wednesday and I am nervous yet hopeful.

Hope you are all celebrating your successes!!!