July 2010 AOS

[JohnAnwesha 4]

My husband was approved for his green card today! We arrived at the Detroit office at 10:10 for our 11:00 a.m. interview. We entered the office, went through security, and were told to go to window 8 and put our appointment letter in the box there. We went to the bathroom first, then went down the hall to the window number 8. There wasn't even a person at the window, just a box of other people's letters. We put ours on top and then sat down. I waited and watched until a human actually came to letters. One person got called back to the window because they were just there for finger prints, so that person was redirected.

We sat on the chairs until 10:35 a.m. when an older man came to the door and called out my husband's name. We followed him down to his office. As we entered the man (Greg Gellert), said, "I think today is going to be a good day!" We sat down, he had us raise our right hands, and swear to tell the truth. Then he asked, "Do you have anything else that you would like me to add to our file?" I asked for clarification if he meant our "supporting evidence of our relationship." He responded, "Whatever you want to have added to your file to help me make the decision." I then handed him a copy of our car insurance listing our names both on the policy, then I gave him a copy of a letter from our bank stating that it was a joint account and a screen shot showing both my name and my husband's name and the fact that it was a joint account, and then two photos from our wedding that were printed on a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of copy paper (in color) with captions (one was a photos of us and our wedding party and the other photo was a whole group photos of our extended family that came to the wedding).

Then the IO went through the I-485 line by line to confirm my husband's name, our address, my name, his birthdate, his country of birth, and when he arrived in the U.S. Then he asked my husband what his parents names were. Then he asked what my birthday was. The IO asked if my husband had left the U.S. since he arrived (of course not!). Then the IO started going through the list "Have you ever been convicted of a crime, ever received public assistance, engaged in illegal gambling, assisted an alien to enter the U.S. illegally, etc" found on pages 3 and 4 of the application. The IO was circling in red the "No responses" as he went along. He offhandedly said, "I have to ask these things so they know I actually interviewed you."

Then the IO asked my husband, "What are you wife's hobbies?" My husband responded, "Photography, scrapbooking, and cooking." Then the IO asked, "What did you eat for lunch yesterday." My husband responded, "Well my wife wasn't feeling well so we ate peanut butter toast with applesauce." The IO laughed.

Then the IO asked me, "How did you meet your husband?"

Then the IO asked me, "If I had ever met my husband's parents?"

Then the IO asked me, "What do your husband's parents do for a living?"

Then the IO asked my husband, "Do you plan to leave the U.S. in the next 2 weeks?" My husband said no. The IO said, "Good, otherwise we would need another picture and would have to do some special stamping so you could leave."

Then the IO turned around, pulled a sheet of paper from a file folder, and said to us, "Today's a good day. You are approved." He then went over when we should apply for the I-751 and the fact that there is no "reminder" notice sent about filing for it. He wrote his name on the top of the form letter that my husband received and said that if we didn't get my husband's green card in 2 weeks, we should call the circled number, and ask to be transferred directly to Greg Gellert's office. Then the IO asked, "Do you have any other questions?" My husband asked about his EAD and whether it was still valid. The IO said it was valid until it expired but that once my husband has his green card he wouldn't need the EAD and that my husband could throw it away or keep it if my husband wanted to. Then the IO escorted us back out to the waiting room and it was over and we were back in the car by 10:50 a.m.! It was over so quick.

The IO was very courteous and professional. Tonight at 8:18 p.m. we got an email saying that our green card production had been ordered. Yeah! Tomorrow my husband has a second interview so hopefully my husband will have a job offer by the end of tomorrow!

Congratulations very happy for you guys! And good luck to your husband on the job front too!

[brightskte 18]

Congrats to everybody on the approvals and appointment letters.

It's been over a month since Mathews AOS was touched. Getting a little frustrated over it.

[MrsBocanegra 3]

Just off the phone with USCIS again... spoke with IO who was very sweet and helpful.

Seems Dallas is soooooooooooooo busy.. she said they are booking approx. 60 days out, over normal processing times! Going by this info, it will be a very long time before we get our EAD. AND! 485 cannot be processed until biometrics are complete. Although the site shows processing to be at 4months average, she said it could take up to 6months-1 year. So technically, 485 is not outside of normal processing times until 1 year has passed!!

I'm at a loss... dunno what to do or what to think of all of this! I'll still go to my Infopass.. but if you see a Friday slot at 11am open up, it was me canceling and my appt time opening up.. LOL!

I asked again about going to another TX city or neighbor state and she said that was outside her jurisdiction

Also - no info yet about my 131.. it's not even in the system yet

I don't want to get mad but this news is horrible. My husband could be sitting around for a year waiting on his green card!!!! We just might have to move to a different city just to move the case along. This really sucks. I finally was able to schedule an infopass for October 19 TWO WEEKS away... I may just cancel it depending on what they tell you. There seems to be no hope in sight... :crying:

[LiLMermaid 2]

Thanks, I'm going to go switch my license over probably in a few weeks. I'm confused as to why your 9 year old has an EAD...he's too young to work so I don't see why they would issue him one. Good idea about the ID for him though. I have children as well and I never thought about it. I'll probably get one for my oldest.

Hello 'LilMermaid! We just came from DMV and turns out good!...before i went there i did print already stuff i needed to bring at DMV so i wont missed anything. Since i am non-immigrant, they required me to bring the following:

- Marriage License & Marriage Certificate (yes they required the license too to check the data, dunno why)

- Utility Bill (of which my name appears on the bill, i showed water bill becoz we're joint account & live in same address)

- Bank Statement (shows that we're Joint account & live in same address)

- EAD (of course!)

- Driver's License from my country (If u have DL in your country show it to them so that all u need is a Road-Test Driving & Road Test Exam Written)

- Fee of $54.00

And since i have a son who is 9 yrs. old...We decided to apply for State ID for him and they allow that(apply in person). The requirements for my son is Passport, BC and EAD and a fee of $31.25

Hope I help you out what documents to bring since we live in the same state.....regards.

AOS TIMELINE:

07-15-2010 ------------- AOS SENT

07-19-2010 ------------- AOS RECEIVED (Signed by: L.Box)

07-27-2010 ------------- CHECKS-CASHED!

07-30-2010 ------------- NOA-1 in mail(Hardcopies of AOS/EAD/AP)

08-02-2010 ------------- Biometrics in Mail Received

08-11-2010 ------------- "Walk-in" Biometrics in Fort Myers --SUCCESS!!!!

08-11-2010 ------------- TOUCHED IN 1-765/AP/AOS

08-12-2010 ------------- TOUCHED IN AOS/1-765

09-07-2010 ------------- AP & EAD APPROVED (E-mail @ 10:30p.m!!!!!!!)

09-09-2010 ------------- Touched AP (Says they mail me a notice)

09-13-2010 ------------- Touched EAD (Says they mail a notice.Hope its the card already!!!)

09-13-2010 ------------- RECEIVED AP in the MailBox (yes!!!!)

09-16-2010 ------------- RECEIVED EAD in the Mailbox (Yes!!!!)

09-17-2010 ------------- APPLIED SSN CARD

10-04-2010 ------------- RECEIVED SSN CARD & INTERVIEW LETTER in Mailbox!!!!

11-08-2010 ------------- INTERVIEW DAY @ 11:30am. USCIS-TAMPA, FLORIDA

[krautlaus 7]

Hi guys, we just got back from our interview - approved!! yey

Our IO was super nice and laid back very easy interview.

Hope to see more approvals here soon! Good luck to everyone else!

Interview review coming later

[BULLWINKLE 3]

Hi guys, we just got back from our interview - approved!! yey

Our IO was super nice and laid back very easy interview.

Hope to see more approvals here soon! Good luck to everyone else!

Interview review coming later

Congrats Krautlaus! AWESOME NEWS

[yorkshirerose22 4]

Hi guys, we just got back from our interview - approved!! yey

Our IO was super nice and laid back very easy interview.

Hope to see more approvals here soon! Good luck to everyone else!

Interview review coming later

Congrats. I wish we had gotten someone nice would of made the interview more relaxed.

[JohnAnwesha 4]

Hi guys, we just got back from our interview - approved!! yey

Our IO was super nice and laid back very easy interview.

Hope to see more approvals here soon! Good luck to everyone else!

Interview review coming later

Congratulations

[krautlaus 7]

Thanks so much everyone - almost can't believe USCIS won't be bugging us anymore for two solid years

As for the questions - he mainly went over all the information from K-1 and AOS to verify our names, DOB, maiden name, father's & mother's name, etc.

After that, he asked

How, where, when did you meet? How long were you together? (both)

How did you keep in contact? (both)

How did you propose? (P)

Where do you live now? Do you live together? (both)

When and where did you get married? How many guests did you have? Who were your witnesses? (both)

Do you work? Where do you work? Are you in school? (B)

Where do you work? What was your last job? (P)

Then, he only asked for a few documents such as insurance papers etc. We gave him copies of our jt bank account statements, phone bills and many pictures (I made a crapbook for him to look at and copies of all pictures for him to keep in his file).

Over all, a very good experience, about 40 minutes in the building, 15 of which were the actual interview. Edit: He said I should receive the card within the next two to three weeks Also, I asked about the 'instant' stamp but he said I could get one any time I liked in case of emergency but they're so fast these days that I shouldn't need one for now so I decided to wait.

Again, good luck everyone else!!!

Edited October 6, 2010 by krautlaus

[kjenkins86 5]

Congratulations to Krautlaus, Lilacvioletiris and Yorkshirerose22 on their successful interviews, hope I didn't miss anyone.

MrsBocanegra and Bullwinkle, I sure hope you guys hear something ASAP because you guys should not have to wait sooo long for a biometrics letter...

[Bruin85 9]

Thanks so much everyone - almost can't believe USCIS won't be bugging us anymore for two solid years

As for the questions - he mainly went over all the information from K-1 and AOS to verify our names, DOB, maiden name, father's & mother's name, etc.

After that, he asked

How, where, when did you meet? How long were you together? (both)

How did you keep in contact? (both)

How did you propose? (P)

Where do you live now? Do you live together? (both)

When and where did you get married? How many guests did you have? Who were your witnesses? (both)

Do you work? Where do you work? Are you in school? (B)

Where do you work? What was your last job? (P)

Then, he only asked for a few documents such as insurance papers etc. We gave him copies of our jt bank account statements, phone bills and many pictures (I made a crapbook for him to look at and copies of all pictures for him to keep in his file).

Over all, a very good experience, about 40 minutes in the building, 15 of which were the actual interview. Edit: He said I should receive the card within the next two to three weeks Also, I asked about the 'instant' stamp but he said I could get one any time I liked in case of emergency but they're so fast these days that I shouldn't need one for now so I decided to wait.

Again, good luck everyone else!!!

Congratulations! It sounds like it was an easy & straight forward interview. I hope ours goes just as easy. Thanks for posting your experience.

[shakira08 0]

Thanks, I'm going to go switch my license over probably in a few weeks. I'm confused as to why your 9 year old has an EAD...he's too young to work so I don't see why they would issue him one. Good idea about the ID for him though. I have children as well and I never thought about it. I'll probably get one for my oldest.

Thats good..yeah just bring your DL from your country and all the stuff i've mentioned here and your good to go. As for my 9y/o son, yes we did apply EAD for him even he is minor to work..of course he is not going to work LOL!. Thats what our attorney suggest us to do plus its included anyway in the payment, so nothing to lose somehow. Plus he needed EAD to apply for SSN and State ID also while waiting for greencard, or else they won't allow you to have those w/o the EAD.

AOS TIMELINE:

07-15-2010 ------------- AOS SENT

07-19-2010 ------------- AOS RECEIVED (Signed by: L.Box)

07-27-2010 ------------- CHECKS-CASHED!

07-30-2010 ------------- NOA-1 in mail(Hardcopies of AOS/EAD/AP)

08-02-2010 ------------- Biometrics in Mail Received

08-11-2010 ------------- "Walk-in" Biometrics in Fort Myers --SUCCESS!!!!

08-11-2010 ------------- TOUCHED IN 1-765/AP/AOS

08-12-2010 ------------- TOUCHED IN AOS/1-765

09-07-2010 ------------- AP & EAD APPROVED (E-mail @ 10:30p.m!!!!!!!)

09-09-2010 ------------- Touched AP (Says they mail me a notice)

09-13-2010 ------------- Touched EAD (Says they mail a notice.Hope its the card already!!!)

09-13-2010 ------------- RECEIVED AP in the MailBox (yes!!!!)

09-16-2010 ------------- RECEIVED EAD in the Mailbox (Yes!!!!)

09-17-2010 ------------- APPLIED SSN CARD

10-04-2010 ------------- RECEIVED SSN CARD & INTERVIEW LETTER in Mailbox!!!!

11-08-2010 ------------- INTERVIEW DAY @ 11:30am. USCIS-TAMPA, FLORIDA

[shakira08 0]

Thanks so much everyone - almost can't believe USCIS won't be bugging us anymore for two solid years

As for the questions - he mainly went over all the information from K-1 and AOS to verify our names, DOB, maiden name, father's & mother's name, etc.

After that, he asked

How, where, when did you meet? How long were you together? (both)

How did you keep in contact? (both)

How did you propose? (P)

Where do you live now? Do you live together? (both)

When and where did you get married? How many guests did you have? Who were your witnesses? (both)

Do you work? Where do you work? Are you in school? (B)

Where do you work? What was your last job? (P)

Then, he only asked for a few documents such as insurance papers etc. We gave him copies of our jt bank account statements, phone bills and many pictures (I made a crapbook for him to look at and copies of all pictures for him to keep in his file).

Over all, a very good experience, about 40 minutes in the building, 15 of which were the actual interview. Edit: He said I should receive the card within the next two to three weeks Also, I asked about the 'instant' stamp but he said I could get one any time I liked in case of emergency but they're so fast these days that I shouldn't need one for now so I decided to wait.

Again, good luck everyone else!!!

CONGRATS!.....Thnxs for posting your interview....it gives us Idea at least....

AOS TIMELINE:

07-15-2010 ------------- AOS SENT

07-19-2010 ------------- AOS RECEIVED (Signed by: L.Box)

07-27-2010 ------------- CHECKS-CASHED!

07-30-2010 ------------- NOA-1 in mail(Hardcopies of AOS/EAD/AP)

08-02-2010 ------------- Biometrics in Mail Received

08-11-2010 ------------- "Walk-in" Biometrics in Fort Myers --SUCCESS!!!!

08-11-2010 ------------- TOUCHED IN 1-765/AP/AOS

08-12-2010 ------------- TOUCHED IN AOS/1-765

09-07-2010 ------------- AP & EAD APPROVED (E-mail @ 10:30p.m!!!!!!!)

09-09-2010 ------------- Touched AP (Says they mail me a notice)

09-13-2010 ------------- Touched EAD (Says they mail a notice.Hope its the card already!!!)

09-13-2010 ------------- RECEIVED AP in the MailBox (yes!!!!)

09-16-2010 ------------- RECEIVED EAD in the Mailbox (Yes!!!!)

09-17-2010 ------------- APPLIED SSN CARD

10-04-2010 ------------- RECEIVED SSN CARD & INTERVIEW LETTER in Mailbox!!!!

11-08-2010 ------------- INTERVIEW DAY @ 11:30am. USCIS-TAMPA, FLORIDA

[w8n4u 1]

Interview is in 8 days. For those who have been approved, I have been getting stuff ready, i.e, bills, pictures, etc. Does the IO take any of these items from you? Should I make two copies of everything that I am taking to the interview incase the IO takes the pictures, bills, and etc?

[yorkshirerose22 4]

Interview is in 8 days. For those who have been approved, I have been getting stuff ready, i.e, bills, pictures, etc. Does the IO take any of these items from you? Should I make two copies of everything that I am taking to the interview incase the IO takes the pictures, bills, and etc?

Me and my husband made copies of everything, and we also took the orignals too, the IO took our copies and put them in our file. Our Io didnt want to see any pictures tho, just the joint docs.

Good luck