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YAY! got my interview letter for May 13th. :dance:

Congrats!! Seems like I will be the last one to have my interview!!

I will be waiting for your reviews :D

02/12/2010 - Sent AOS package to Chicago Lockbox

02/23/2010 - NOA received for I-485, I-130 and I-765 (Day 11)

03/05/2010 - letter of appointment for Biometrics received (Day 22)

03/05/2010 - I-130 touched. (Day 22)

03/18/2010 - Biometrics taken! (Day 35)

03/19/2010 - I-485 and I-765 Touched. (Day 36)

04/08/2010 - Interview letter received (Day 56)

05/05/2010 - Touch on I-485 (Day 83)

05/06/2010 - Touch on I-130 (Day 84)

05/06/2010 - EAD Card production ordered!

05/21/2010 - Interview @ 8.50AM (Day 99)

05/21/2010 - INTERVIEW APPROVED! (Day 99)

05/24/2010 - Touch on I-485 and I-130(Day 102)

05/24/2010 - Card Production Ordered on May 21!! (Day 102)

05/26/2010 - Card Production Ordered AGAIN. Mhm... (Day 104)

05/26/2010 - EAD Received! (Day 104)

05/27/2010 - I-130 Approval notice and Green Card Welcome Letter received (Day 105)

06/18/2010 - Green Card RECEIVED!!!

06/22/2010 - Applied for SSN

06/30/2010 - SSN received!!

06/30/2010 - Applied for DL...

07/24/2010 - DL and ID Received!!!

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YAY! got my interview letter for May 13th. :dance:

awesome!!

congrats :thumbs:

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AOS timeline

04/02/2010: AOS sent (I-130, I-485, I-765)

04/05/2010: delivered (day3)

04/12/2010: checks cashed (day10)

04/15/1020: 3 NOAs received (day13)

04/17/2010: biometrics notice(for I-485 & I-765) received (day15)

04/19/2010: walk-in biometrics done, I-485 & I-765 updated (day17)

04/20/2010: I-485 & I-765 updated (day 18)

04/27/2010: I-130 & I-765 updated (day 25)

05/11/2010: actual biometrics appointment day (day39)

05/12/2010: interview letter received, notice date on 05/07/10 (day40)

06/16/2010: interview day - APPROVED!!! (day75)

06/16/2010: I-765 updated, EAD & green card production ordered (day75)

06/17/2010: I-130, I-485, I-765 updated (day76)

06/21/2010: welcome letter & i-130 approval notice (day 80)

06/28/2010: EAD card received (day 87)

06/29/2010: applied SSN (day 88)

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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I was looking at the documents to bring part on my interview letter and it says "All travel documents used to enter the United States" and it says my I-94 but i don't have that anymore i got rid of it 3 years ago not knowing that i had to keep it. I don't have my train ticket either because it was 3 years ago. Is that going to make a difference? Does anyone else even still have it either?

USPS sent AOS and I-130-2/20/2010

Arrived and received-2/22/2010

Checks Cashed-3/3/2010

All 3 NOA's Received-3/4/2010

All Forms Touched-3/4/2010

Biometrics Letter-3/11/2010 Appointment date 3/25/2010

I-130 and I-765 Touched-3/11/2010 though no e-mail update hmm.

Biometrics completed Walk-in-03/16/2010

I-485 and I-765 Touched-03/17/2010

Interview Letter-04/02/2010 for May 4th,2010

I-130 and I-485 Touched-04/23/2010

EAD Approved Card Ordered-5/3/2010

Interview-5/4/2010...APPROVED!!

Welcome Letter-5/10/2010

I-130 Approval Notice-5/10/2010

Green Card production Ordered Again-5/11/2010

EAD Received-5/24/2010

GREEN CARD RECEIVED FINALLY!!!-06/01/2010

Sent I-751 ROC-05/01/2012

Received and signed-05/02/2012

Filed: Other Country: Barbados
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I was looking at the documents to bring part on my interview letter and it says "All travel documents used to enter the United States" and it says my I-94 but i don't have that anymore i got rid of it 3 years ago not knowing that i had to keep it. I don't have my train ticket either because it was 3 years ago. Is that going to make a difference? Does anyone else even still have it either?

I still have my I-94, they normally staple it to your password. but I think they meant visas, I-20's etc when they said other documents used to enter the US, no tickets. I dont kno what to say about not havin the I-94, I mean its not like they can reject u because if not having it.

Came to the U.S on a F1 visa January 2008

Got engaged to my USC girlfriend Dec 2008

DEC 29th 2009 Married

JAN 27th 2010 Medical completed Jan 27th

FEB 17th 2010 AOS + I-130 package sent

FEB 25th Got emails with all receipt # ( but not able to check on USCIS site)

FEB 28th Online status check available

MAR 1st Received Hard Copy of NOA's in the mail

MAR 8th Received Biometrics appointment in mail: for Mar 18th (however no updates on site or email notifications)

MAR 9th Biometrics complete via walk-in (All docs touched on USCIS site)

MAR 26th Received interview appointment (For May 6th)

APR 23rd Touched on I-130 and I-485

APR 26th Touched on all docs, EAD card production ordered

MAY 1st Advance patrol in mail

MAY 6th Interview (Request for additional information)

MAY 6th EAD in mail

June 1st (RFE mailed in)

June 28th Notice of approval on USCIS website

July 3th GREEN CARD INT HE MAIL!!!

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I was looking at the documents to bring part on my interview letter and it says "All travel documents used to enter the United States" and it says my I-94 but i don't have that anymore i got rid of it 3 years ago not knowing that i had to keep it. I don't have my train ticket either because it was 3 years ago. Is that going to make a difference? Does anyone else even still have it either?

It's not the tickets, it is whatever they gave you at the border. I have my I-94.

I think you can get a copy of it if you lose it from USCIS via form I-102.

02/12/2010 - Sent AOS package to Chicago Lockbox

02/23/2010 - NOA received for I-485, I-130 and I-765 (Day 11)

03/05/2010 - letter of appointment for Biometrics received (Day 22)

03/05/2010 - I-130 touched. (Day 22)

03/18/2010 - Biometrics taken! (Day 35)

03/19/2010 - I-485 and I-765 Touched. (Day 36)

04/08/2010 - Interview letter received (Day 56)

05/05/2010 - Touch on I-485 (Day 83)

05/06/2010 - Touch on I-130 (Day 84)

05/06/2010 - EAD Card production ordered!

05/21/2010 - Interview @ 8.50AM (Day 99)

05/21/2010 - INTERVIEW APPROVED! (Day 99)

05/24/2010 - Touch on I-485 and I-130(Day 102)

05/24/2010 - Card Production Ordered on May 21!! (Day 102)

05/26/2010 - Card Production Ordered AGAIN. Mhm... (Day 104)

05/26/2010 - EAD Received! (Day 104)

05/27/2010 - I-130 Approval notice and Green Card Welcome Letter received (Day 105)

06/18/2010 - Green Card RECEIVED!!!

06/22/2010 - Applied for SSN

06/30/2010 - SSN received!!

06/30/2010 - Applied for DL...

07/24/2010 - DL and ID Received!!!

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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It's not the tickets, it is whatever they gave you at the border. I have my I-94.

I think you can get a copy of it if you lose it from USCIS via form I-102.

Yeah when i came here initially we lived in Washington and the reason i stayed was because my husband had to relocate to Utah so somewhere in the move it got thrown out or just got lost i didn't think anything of the significance at the time darn it lol. I looked into that form and it says that it can take months to process whereas it can take days sometimes and it costs 320! :wacko:

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USPS sent AOS and I-130-2/20/2010

Arrived and received-2/22/2010

Checks Cashed-3/3/2010

All 3 NOA's Received-3/4/2010

All Forms Touched-3/4/2010

Biometrics Letter-3/11/2010 Appointment date 3/25/2010

I-130 and I-765 Touched-3/11/2010 though no e-mail update hmm.

Biometrics completed Walk-in-03/16/2010

I-485 and I-765 Touched-03/17/2010

Interview Letter-04/02/2010 for May 4th,2010

I-130 and I-485 Touched-04/23/2010

EAD Approved Card Ordered-5/3/2010

Interview-5/4/2010...APPROVED!!

Welcome Letter-5/10/2010

I-130 Approval Notice-5/10/2010

Green Card production Ordered Again-5/11/2010

EAD Received-5/24/2010

GREEN CARD RECEIVED FINALLY!!!-06/01/2010

Sent I-751 ROC-05/01/2012

Received and signed-05/02/2012

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Scotland
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Just curious, has ANYONE ever received a text or email update from USCIS? I stopped check my text messages with excitement long time back.

We really only got the text/emails for major events. It was MOST helpful after the interview. That is how we knew Kyle was approved. :)

I wanted to also post an early Good Luck to everyone at their interviews, and preparing for them. It helped me to prepare things a bit early, and then had Kyle run through the checklist with me to make sure it was all in place. I was part of the December filer group in this subforum, and it helped a lot to look at previous "groups" that went through the same experience as us(specifically look at the last few pages where the checklists/interview experiences are).

AOS (from VWP)Application Removal of Conditions Timeline Naturalization Timeline
12/28/2009 Sent I-130,I-485,I-765 02/25/2012 Sent out I-751 via USPS to VSC 01/15/2013 Sent out N-400 via USPS to Dallas, TX
03/24/2010 AOS Interview APPROVED!!! 10/24/2012 RFE 04/03/2013 Naturalization Interview - Passed!
04/05/2010 Greencard arrived!! 01/03/2013 Approved! Card production ordered! 05/15/2013 Oath Ceremony - Kyle is a US Citizen!

***Detailed time line in my About Me page***

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I am as well, from a student visa. When did you file?

its good to see other student visa applying. My husband will become citizen only next month. We already got our I 130 approved. and our visa number available and now I could apply I 485

So, its good to see other f1 to I 485 filers..I will have to apply only in May filers but its encouraging to see u guys

Married- 2006 August

14 May 2010- Sent I 485/ I 765

18 May 2010- Delivered confirmation by FEDEX (Day 1)

22 May 2010- Ceck Cashed (Day 4)

25 May 2010- Hard Copy Receipt (Day 7)

26 May 2010- I 485 touch (Day 8)

07 June 2010- Bio Letter (Day 20)

09 June 2010- Walk in rejected

24 June 2010- Bio Done (Day 36)

25 June 2010- Touch both (Day 37)

7 July 2010- Request expedite service (Day 49)

9 July 2010- Touch EAD card production ordered(Day 51)

12 July 2010- Touch EAD card production ordered(Day 53)

13 July 2010- Touch EAD card production ordered(Day 54)

14 July 2010- Touch EAD card production ordered(Day 55)

14 July 2010- Hard Copy Interview Letter (Day 55)

15 July 2010- Touch EAD card production ordered(Day 56)

23 July 2010- Email for card mailed (Day 64)

26 July 2010- EAD received (Day 67)

12 August 2010- Interview Day (Day 86)

13 August 2010- card production ordered ( interview approved) ( Day 87)

17 August 2010- Welcome letter/Approval Notice (Day 91)

26 August 2010- Greencard received (Day 100)

No USCIS until August 2013 for Citizenship

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Congrats!! Seems like I will be the last one to have my interview!!

I will be waiting for your reviews :D

Nope, I'm still waiting for mine :(

It's those darn fingerprints of mine, I think.

08/08 - Arrived on F-1 visa

12/09 - Married

02/04/10 - AOS package sent to Chicago Lockbox by USPS Certified Mail

02/07/10 - Package received

02/12/10 - NOA Notice Date

02/22/10 - Biometrics letter received, appointment date 03/09/10 (Notice date 02/17/10)

02/23/10 - Biometrics done

03/08/10 - Second biometric letter received (retaking fingerprints), appointment date 03/22/10 (Notice date 03/03/10)

03/22/10 - Fingerprints retaken

04/12/10 - Interview letter received, appointment date 05/13/10 (Notice date 04/08/10)

04/23/10 - EAD card production ordered #1 (notified by text)

04/28/10 - EAD card production ordered #2 (notified by text)

04/30/10 - EAD approval notice (notified by text)

05/01/10 - EAD and AP received

05/13/10 - Interview appointment (approved)

05/14/10 - Approval (notified by text)

05/something/10 - "Welcome to the US" letter and I-130 petition approval letter received in the mail

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By the way, has anyone had to apply for CPT while waiting for the EAD/GC? I'm being considered for a part-time position and need work authorization ASAP!!

08/08 - Arrived on F-1 visa

12/09 - Married

02/04/10 - AOS package sent to Chicago Lockbox by USPS Certified Mail

02/07/10 - Package received

02/12/10 - NOA Notice Date

02/22/10 - Biometrics letter received, appointment date 03/09/10 (Notice date 02/17/10)

02/23/10 - Biometrics done

03/08/10 - Second biometric letter received (retaking fingerprints), appointment date 03/22/10 (Notice date 03/03/10)

03/22/10 - Fingerprints retaken

04/12/10 - Interview letter received, appointment date 05/13/10 (Notice date 04/08/10)

04/23/10 - EAD card production ordered #1 (notified by text)

04/28/10 - EAD card production ordered #2 (notified by text)

04/30/10 - EAD approval notice (notified by text)

05/01/10 - EAD and AP received

05/13/10 - Interview appointment (approved)

05/14/10 - Approval (notified by text)

05/something/10 - "Welcome to the US" letter and I-130 petition approval letter received in the mail

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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By the way, has anyone had to apply for CPT while waiting for the EAD/GC? I'm being considered for a part-time position and need work authorization ASAP!!

I would just wait for an interview before you give a start date if you get hired. So far everyone is just getting interviews and no EAD's. I think it's because they changed all filing instructions but i am not totally sure. You should be getting your interview letter pretty quick based on when you did your biometrics. The amount of time everyone is getting there interviews is about the same amount of time it would usually take to get your EAD anyways. What is a CPT anyways is that some expedited way to get your EAD?

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USPS sent AOS and I-130-2/20/2010

Arrived and received-2/22/2010

Checks Cashed-3/3/2010

All 3 NOA's Received-3/4/2010

All Forms Touched-3/4/2010

Biometrics Letter-3/11/2010 Appointment date 3/25/2010

I-130 and I-765 Touched-3/11/2010 though no e-mail update hmm.

Biometrics completed Walk-in-03/16/2010

I-485 and I-765 Touched-03/17/2010

Interview Letter-04/02/2010 for May 4th,2010

I-130 and I-485 Touched-04/23/2010

EAD Approved Card Ordered-5/3/2010

Interview-5/4/2010...APPROVED!!

Welcome Letter-5/10/2010

I-130 Approval Notice-5/10/2010

Green Card production Ordered Again-5/11/2010

EAD Received-5/24/2010

GREEN CARD RECEIVED FINALLY!!!-06/01/2010

Sent I-751 ROC-05/01/2012

Received and signed-05/02/2012

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I tend to agree. I never did receive my EAD or AP, and my interview is in 3 days! I went for an infopass appointment last week, and the officer told me that they most likely set those aside because my interview was so soon. Meanwhile, I had an interview and job offer - told them that I'd be able to start today at the lastest (which was 3 weeks from the offer), then I had to call and explain it could be another two weeks! Lucky for me, they're willing to wait.

Our Timeline - AOS from J-1 & J-2

10/03/09 - Wedding in Reno, NV

01/14/10 - I-485, I-130, I-765 & I-131 filed

01/25/10 - Checks cashed, NOAs sent!! (Day 1)

01/28/10 - NOAs received - dated 1/25/10 (Day 3)

02/04/10 - Biometrics letter received! (Day 10)

02/16/10 - Biometrics appointment, Modesto, CA - COMPLETED! (Day 22)

03/11/10 - Received interview notice - April 15, 2010 in Fresno, CA (Day 45)

03/18/10 - AP Approved (for my daughter - not me)!! (Day 52)

03/24/10 - Touch I-485 and email that RFE received on 2/18/10 (Day 58)

04/05/10 - INFOPASS appointment -- was told NBC must have decided not to process AP or EAD because interview was so soon. (Day 70)

04/13/10 - Email - EAD Card production ordered, Touch on my AP (Day 78)

04/15/10 - Interview @ 10:30am - APPROVED!!! Email - Green Card production ordered! (Day 80)

04/16/10 - My AP received in mail (no approval email), ANOTHER email EAD Card production ordered, Touch on I-765, I-485 & I-130 (Day 81)

04/20/10 - Green card status changed to post-decision activity, Touch on I-765 & I-485 (Day 85)

04/26/10 - Greencard RECEIVED!!!! (Day 91)

Our Timeline - ROC

02/09/12 - I-751 Filed

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Ireland
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We really only got the text/emails for major events. It was MOST helpful after the interview. That is how we knew Kyle was approved. :)

I wanted to also post an early Good Luck to everyone at their interviews, and preparing for them. It helped me to prepare things a bit early, and then had Kyle run through the checklist with me to make sure it was all in place. I was part of the December filer group in this subforum, and it helped a lot to look at previous "groups" that went through the same experience as us(specifically look at the last few pages where the checklists/interview experiences are).

I have been obsessively reading back through older groups to see people's experiences, LOL! No matter how much evidence we've gathered, I still feel like they're going to ask me for something I don't have with me and I'll be like, "Uh oh.... how could I have forgotten?!"

But it seems like they just ask for different things with different couples. Some people report that the IO barely even looked at their photos, and others say the IO decided to keep half their photos! So I guess you never know.

I read your interview experience and had to laugh at the part where you said the office was just like in The Proposal, because when I watched that movie a couple of weeks ago it's the first thing that sprang to mind. "I wonder if the offices really look like that..."

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Sept. 6th - Arrived for 3 months to stay with my boyfriend

Nov. 21st - Got married!

February 12th - Mailed paperwork

February 25th - Checks cashed

February 26th - NOAs received

March 4th - Touched! AP, I-130, I-765

March 11th - Received Biometrics appt for 24/03/10

March 12th - Walk in Biometrics completed!

March 15th - Touched. I-765, I-485

March 24th Original Biometrics appt date

March 26th - Received Interview Date for April 27th

April 23rd - Touched!

April 26th - AP approved, EAD approved, card production ordered

April 27th - Interview - APPROVED!

May 3rd - EAD received in mail

May 6th - Approval notices for I-130 and I-485 received

May 11th - Card production ordered

June 1st - GC finally received!

Filed: Other Country: Barbados
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its good to see other student visa applying. My husband will become citizen only next month. We already got our I 130 approved. and our visa number available and now I could apply I 485

So, its good to see other f1 to I 485 filers..I will have to apply only in May filers but its encouraging to see u guys

Yes it is. I hope everything go well with us. I will keep my progress posted here to help others.

Came to the U.S on a F1 visa January 2008

Got engaged to my USC girlfriend Dec 2008

DEC 29th 2009 Married

JAN 27th 2010 Medical completed Jan 27th

FEB 17th 2010 AOS + I-130 package sent

FEB 25th Got emails with all receipt # ( but not able to check on USCIS site)

FEB 28th Online status check available

MAR 1st Received Hard Copy of NOA's in the mail

MAR 8th Received Biometrics appointment in mail: for Mar 18th (however no updates on site or email notifications)

MAR 9th Biometrics complete via walk-in (All docs touched on USCIS site)

MAR 26th Received interview appointment (For May 6th)

APR 23rd Touched on I-130 and I-485

APR 26th Touched on all docs, EAD card production ordered

MAY 1st Advance patrol in mail

MAY 6th Interview (Request for additional information)

MAY 6th EAD in mail

June 1st (RFE mailed in)

June 28th Notice of approval on USCIS website

July 3th GREEN CARD INT HE MAIL!!!

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I finally got my interview letter! Woohooo!! Hadn't checked the mailbox yesterday, but hubby grabbed the mail on our way out today and handed it all to me. As soon as I saw the oh-so-anticipated envelope I screamed! (scared him and he asked what was wrong, then laughed when I explained)

08/08 - Arrived on F-1 visa

12/09 - Married

02/04/10 - AOS package sent to Chicago Lockbox by USPS Certified Mail

02/07/10 - Package received

02/12/10 - NOA Notice Date

02/22/10 - Biometrics letter received, appointment date 03/09/10 (Notice date 02/17/10)

02/23/10 - Biometrics done

03/08/10 - Second biometric letter received (retaking fingerprints), appointment date 03/22/10 (Notice date 03/03/10)

03/22/10 - Fingerprints retaken

04/12/10 - Interview letter received, appointment date 05/13/10 (Notice date 04/08/10)

04/23/10 - EAD card production ordered #1 (notified by text)

04/28/10 - EAD card production ordered #2 (notified by text)

04/30/10 - EAD approval notice (notified by text)

05/01/10 - EAD and AP received

05/13/10 - Interview appointment (approved)

05/14/10 - Approval (notified by text)

05/something/10 - "Welcome to the US" letter and I-130 petition approval letter received in the mail

 
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