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Anybody's office is Houston, TX? Just wondering if you had received your biometrics appointment notice? I haven't.

Naturalization Journey

Oct 07, 2014: Sent N-400 packet.

Oct 14, 2014: Received email and sms text that my N-400 application has been received as well the receipt number of my case.

Oct 15, 2014: Check cashed.

Oct 17, 2014: Received NOA. NOA Notice Date is: Oct 10, 2014

Oct 27, 2014: Received yellow letter: Pre-interview Case File Review. (Does NOT mention date of interview.)

Nov 05, 2014: Biometrics were done.

Dec 05, 2014: On-line status updated: In-line for interview.

Dec 29, 2014: On-line status updated: Interview scheduled; notice was sent by mail with the date.

Jan 03, 2015: Received Interview Appointment Notice. Interview date: Feb 02, 2015.

Feb 02, 2015: Had my interview. I.O. verbally said, I had "passed" and should receive the Oath Ceremony notice within 90 days. I.O. did not give me anything in writing.

Feb 05, 2015: On-line status updated: Oath Ceremony scheduled; notice was sent by mail with the date, time and location of ceremony.

Feb 07, 2015: Received Oath Appointment Notice. Oath date: Feb 13, 2015.

Feb 13, 2015: Oath taken. Received Naturalization certificate. Became a US Citizen!

ROC Journey

Nov 04, 2013: Sent I-751 packet.

Nov 08: Received NOA1. Receipt date: Nov 05, 2013.

Nov 16: Received Biometrics appointment for Dec 02.

Nov 18: Succesful walk-in for Biometrics: Done.

Mar 02, 2014: We relocated within the same city, but to a different zip code. Filed change of address of I-751 case pending and AR-11.

Mar 24: Approved!

Mar 31: 10-year GC arrived in the mail.

AOS Journey

Aug 12, 2010: Entered US with K1 visa.
Aug 13: Married.
Aug 16: Sent AOS, AP & EAD package by Fedex to the Chicago S. Dearborn St. address.
Sept 10: AOS case transferred to the California Service Center.
Sept 18: Received hardcopy letter that my AOS case was transferred to the CSC on Sept 10.
Nov 01: AP approved. EAD and AP are available on-line for the first time.
Nov 06: AP received! and Biometrics appointment notice received (scheduled for Nov 29).
Nov 29: EAD card production ordered. (My on-line status jumped from Initial Review to Card Production.)
Dec 10: EAD card received.
Mar 10, 2011: First RFE from the CSC. They lost my I-693! Had to re-do it.
Apr 15: Another RFE from the CSC. Bona fide marriage evidence. We provided the requested documents.
Sept 03: Received Interview Appointment Notice. Interview scheduled for September 27. Finally!
Sept 27: We had our interview. Very easy straight forward questions. Officer needed further processing for our case.
Jan 05, 2012: Case status update - Decision: Approved.
Jan 09: Received letter in the mail with Notice of AOS Decision: Approved.
Jan 10: Case status update - Card Production Ordered.
Jan 13: Green card arrived in the mail. Done with AOS!

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JohnAnwesha
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Big huge congratulations Done for the next 2 years ,enjoy the peace and paper-free life now

h1a1
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You're adjusting status from K1 before you've got married? Can you do that?

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:thumbs:Yes I sent my AOS package off on July 14,2010 and still no message or anything from USCIS !!!! I hope that i will hear from them soon .

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BULLWINKLE   3

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:innocent: I have a plan! I'm so fed up with this waiting game.. :clock:

I am taking Dallas by the horns... wish me luck people.

oh.. btw... the info i received from the IO the other day about I485 being considered out of normal processing after 1 year is baloney... these IO's need to get their stories consistent and straight.

07-2006 Met my sweetheart!!!

01-25-10 Entered the USA on student visa

05-28-10 Married!!!! <3

06-16-10 I693 Medical prepared and sealed

07-14-10 AOS Packet couriered to Chicago

07-16-10 AOS Packet received! Signed by S. Bush :)

07-23-10 CHECK$ CA$HED!!!!! So happy to see money leave my bank account!!!!

07-24-10 NOA received in the mail for AOS/EAD and hubby received AP for me :)

07-26-10 TOUCHED!!!

08-06-10 EAD & Alien Petition TOUCHED!!!

08-24-10 Service request submitted for Biometrics Letter.. waiting, waiting...

09-01-10 2nd service request call put in - Dallas ASC backed up and everything is on hold! :(

09-03-10 Infopass appointment set for September 17th

09-03-10 EAD TOUCHED!!! I might not need my Infopass appt. after all!

09-07-10 Another touch for EAD

09-08-10 EAD TOUCH again! woo hoo!

09-17-10 InfoPas appt @9am. EAD APPROVED on Sept 2.. but still waiting for biometrics

09-20-10 3rd service request to USCIS, escalated to IO. still no bio appt

09-28-10 AP sent to Chicago Lockbox

09-29-10 4th service request to USCIS, useless convo with IO

09-30-10 AP received and signed by USCIS, J.Chyba

10-04-10 Another useless convo with IO

10-06-10 Letter sent to Congressman

10-10-10 Letter sent to Senator

10-11-10 AP Touch

10-13-10 Email received, AP approved :)

10-15-10 Useless SECOND Infopass appt. and useless AP without biometrics

10-16-10 I-512L AP Doc arrived in the mail

10-18-10 Another USELESS call to USCIS

10-19-10 Got my biometrics appt for Nov 3rd!!! early walk in complete 10-20 *SEE ABOUT ME PAGE FOR MORE TIMELINE INFO!*

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

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 :dance: 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!!!

The wife and I were out of town for a few days visiting my brother in CO. Super congratulations on the green card approval. You guys should be getting it within a couple weeks. It's nice to know that you won't have to be worried about anything for the next 20 months or so. See you next time in the ROC forums. :dance:

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One more week till interview.

Just want to get it over with.

JULY 16: Filed AOS forms

JULY 19: Received by USCIS (DAY 3)

JULY 23: Received Emails and Text Meassages (DAY 7)

JULY 26: Received I-797 in mail (DAY 10)

JULY 26: I-485 Touched (DAY 10)

JULY 30: Asked Local Congressman Rep for help in expediting EAD Card (I just lost a pretty good job offer) (DAY 14)

AUG 3: I-130 Touched (DAY 18)

AUG 4: I-765 Touched (DAY 19)

AUG 9: Biometrics letter received (DAY 24)

AUG 10: Early Walk-in Biometrics done (DAY 25)

AUG 10: Congressman Rep informs me that my EAD Card is being processed (DAY 25)

AUG 11: EAD Card 1st order for production (DAY 26)

AUG 11: I-485 Touched (DAY 26)

AUG 13: I-765 2nd order for production (DAY 28)

AUG 16: I-765 EAD Approval letter sent (DAY 31) 1 month since I mailed my AOS pkg

AUG 17: I-765 Touched (DAY 32)

AUG 18: GOT EAD Card in the mail (DAY 33)

SEPT 11: Received Interview Letter in mail (DAY 57)

OCT 14: GREEN CARD INTERVIEW (DAY 90)-APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OCT 23: GREEN CARD RECEIVED IN THE MAIL (DAY 99)

GOD'S WORK

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The wife and I were out of town for a few days visiting my brother in CO. Super congratulations on the green card approval. You guys should be getting it within a couple weeks. It's nice to know that you won't have to be worried about anything for the next 20 months or so. See you next time in the ROC forums. :dance:

Thanks a lot Pii Sam!! Yey to the four of us :dance: :dance:

See you at the ROC! :thumbs:

ég eri ekki lengur kalt, hef aftur líf. lifnar mín sál, heiminn mála.

bless bless Þýskalandi! ég elsker þig!

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Hi All,

I had my interview on Oct 6th in Baltimore. It all went very smoothly but for some confusion over our vaccination worksheet. He took our I-94, asked me our address, if I had children, asked my husband my full name, took our I-94 stamped it and attached to my file. He look at our vaccination worksheet that said there was a problem cause it said vaccine history incomplete.

To give a background, we sent the same medical records that we had completed in India before the K1 interview. I've had varicella. I received vaccines for tentanus and MMR. The rest have been checked as not appropriate for age and for influenza it was not the flu season.The doctor has then checked vaccine history incomplete but the applicant may be eligile for blanket waiver because vaccination are not not medically appropriate.

We asked him what other vaccines we needed to take, he said he didn't know but the vaccine history shouldn't be checked as incomplete. He said he would send out and RFE and we needed to see a civil surgeon and mail the results back. And that we needn't come back for an interview.

He also mentioned that all the K1 cases he saw in the last one month had this problem. Have you guys faced such a problem? I'm unhappy with more paper work with the USCIS cause more steps mean more possibility for the application getting stuck somewhere. Anyway, nothing much we can do. He asked us to wait for the RFE before taking an appointment with the civil surgeon. He was extremely friendly and polite.

I also read something in visajourney about transcribing the vaccination record on to I 693? Didi everybody else do this?

Thanks,

Sowmya

17 Dec - I-129F Sent

21 Dec - NOA1

16 Mar - Touch 1

17 Mar - Touch 2

16 Mar - NOA 2 (No update on the uscis site) (85 days)

19th Mar - Package sent from NVC to Embassy

26th Mar - Chennai Embassy sends Packet 4!

27th Apr - Interview Scheduled APPROVED

17 May - POE at BWI

20 May - Wedding

AOS Journey

15 Jun - Applied for SSN

18 Jun - AOS, EAD, AP Packet Sent.

8 Jul - Package resent correcting the mistakes.

19 Jul - NOA1 notification on email/txt

19 Aug - Biometrics completed in Baltimore at assigned date.

31 Aug - EAD Card Production ordered (Email)

2 Sept - AP Approved (Email)

7 Sept - AP Received.

6 Oct - INTERVIEW! RFE for vaccination record.

8 Nov - USCIS receives completed vaccination record

24 Nov - Email from USCIS sying card production ordered

5 Dec - Green Card in the mail box :)

Thank you VisaJourney.

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MrsBocanegra   3

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:innocent: I have a plan! I'm so fed up with this waiting game.. :clock:

I am taking Dallas by the horns... wish me luck people.

oh.. btw... the info i received from the IO the other day about I485 being considered out of normal processing after 1 year is baloney... these IO's need to get their stories consistent and straight.

I know your infopass was today just wondering how it went....

Citizenship
10/07/13 - Sent N-400
10/08/13 - Received @ 11:35 a.m. @ Lewisville Lockbox
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lilacvioletiris   11

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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?

We made copies of our supporting documents and took the originals with us (car insurance with both our names on it, copies of credit cards with the same number and our separate names on them, etc). We included 2 color pictures with captions printed on copy paper and the IO kept those. He also kept the copies of our supporting documents and we took home the originals.

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lilacvioletiris   11

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Hi All,

I also read something in visajourney about transcribing the vaccination record on to I 693? Didi everybody else do this?

Thanks,

Sowmya

We didn't do the transcribing of the vaccination record, but it was never brought up at the interview. A friend of mine did go to a civil surgeon to just get the vaccination record transcribed onto the I-693. It all seems to depend on the IO.

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Nwanyioma   11

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Hi All,

I had my interview on Oct 6th in Baltimore. It all went very smoothly but for some confusion over our vaccination worksheet. He took our I-94, asked me our address, if I had children, asked my husband my full name, took our I-94 stamped it and attached to my file. He look at our vaccination worksheet that said there was a problem cause it said vaccine history incomplete.

To give a background, we sent the same medical records that we had completed in India before the K1 interview. I've had varicella. I received vaccines for tentanus and MMR. The rest have been checked as not appropriate for age and for influenza it was not the flu season.The doctor has then checked vaccine history incomplete but the applicant may be eligile for blanket waiver because vaccination are not not medically appropriate.

We asked him what other vaccines we needed to take, he said he didn't know but the vaccine history shouldn't be checked as incomplete. He said he would send out and RFE and we needed to see a civil surgeon and mail the results back. And that we needn't come back for an interview.

He also mentioned that all the K1 cases he saw in the last one month had this problem. Have you guys faced such a problem? I'm unhappy with more paper work with the USCIS cause more steps mean more possibility for the application getting stuck somewhere. Anyway, nothing much we can do. He asked us to wait for the RFE before taking an appointment with the civil surgeon. He was extremely friendly and polite.

I also read something in visajourney about transcribing the vaccination record on to I 693? Didi everybody else do this?

Thanks,

Sowmya

Sorry Sowmya for what happened during your interview. Now Im scared because i did the same thing too. I sent USCIS a copy of the medical that was done in Nigeria. Wow they give RFE in AOS interviews? Thats ridiculous

AOS Timeline
7-23-2010 AOS package mailed priority via USPS to Chicago Lockbox (expected delivery date 7-26-2010)
7-27-2010 AOS package delivered
8-3-2010 NOA 1 AOS/EAD/AP (received hard copy NOA 1's in mailbox 8-7-2010)
8-6-2010 AOS/EAD/AP Touched
8-9-2010 AOS/EAD/AP Touched
9-15-2010 Biometrics walk-in at Alexandria,VA ASC(original appointment date 10-5-2010)
9-15-2010 AOS/EAD Touched
9-16-2010 AOS/EAD Touched
9-22-2010 EAD/AP Touched
9-22-2010 EAD card production ordered. Approved!!!!!
9-23-2010 EAD/AP Touched
9-30-2010 EAD received in mail
10-4-2010 Received interview letter in the mail
11-9-2010 AOS interview 11:00am in Baltimore, Maryland
11-9-2010 Greencard approved!!

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BULLWINKLE   3

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I know your infopass was today just wondering how it went....

I was wrong about the date.. my appointment is actually NEXT WEEK on the 15th! So another week of waiting for me....

I'm DETERMINED to get this sorted out tho... no more waiting for me. I've had it! :angry:

I will keep you posted...

07-2006 Met my sweetheart!!!

01-25-10 Entered the USA on student visa

05-28-10 Married!!!! <3

06-16-10 I693 Medical prepared and sealed

07-14-10 AOS Packet couriered to Chicago

07-16-10 AOS Packet received! Signed by S. Bush :)

07-23-10 CHECK$ CA$HED!!!!! So happy to see money leave my bank account!!!!

07-24-10 NOA received in the mail for AOS/EAD and hubby received AP for me :)

07-26-10 TOUCHED!!!

08-06-10 EAD & Alien Petition TOUCHED!!!

08-24-10 Service request submitted for Biometrics Letter.. waiting, waiting...

09-01-10 2nd service request call put in - Dallas ASC backed up and everything is on hold! :(

09-03-10 Infopass appointment set for September 17th

09-03-10 EAD TOUCHED!!! I might not need my Infopass appt. after all!

09-07-10 Another touch for EAD

09-08-10 EAD TOUCH again! woo hoo!

09-17-10 InfoPas appt @9am. EAD APPROVED on Sept 2.. but still waiting for biometrics

09-20-10 3rd service request to USCIS, escalated to IO. still no bio appt

09-28-10 AP sent to Chicago Lockbox

09-29-10 4th service request to USCIS, useless convo with IO

09-30-10 AP received and signed by USCIS, J.Chyba

10-04-10 Another useless convo with IO

10-06-10 Letter sent to Congressman

10-10-10 Letter sent to Senator

10-11-10 AP Touch

10-13-10 Email received, AP approved :)

10-15-10 Useless SECOND Infopass appt. and useless AP without biometrics

10-16-10 I-512L AP Doc arrived in the mail

10-18-10 Another USELESS call to USCIS

10-19-10 Got my biometrics appt for Nov 3rd!!! early walk in complete 10-20 *SEE ABOUT ME PAGE FOR MORE TIMELINE INFO!*

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I'm still waiting for approval. Think I might be the last July filer CSC transfer still waiting.

AOS filed: 07/01/2010

AOS received: 07/06/2010

NOA1 via text: 07/13/2010

NOA1 in mail: 07/16/2010

Touched: 07/16/2010

Biometrics letter: 07/19/2010

Biometrics appointment: 08/04/2010

Touched I-485, EAD: 08/05/2010

Transfer to CSC: 08/05/2010

Touched I-485: 08/06/2010

Touched: 08/10/2010

Touched I-485: 08/12/2010

Touched I-485: 08/14/2010

Touched I-485: 08/23/2010

Touched I-485: 08/24/2010

EAD approved: 09/02/2010

AP approved: 09/07/2010

Received EAD/AP: approx 09/09/2010 (was out of town)

Touch: 09/24/10

I-485 approved: 10/14/2010

GC production ordered: 10/18/2010

GC received: 10/23/2010

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MrsBocanegra   3

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I was wrong about the date.. my appointment is actually NEXT WEEK on the 15th! So another week of waiting for me....

I'm DETERMINED to get this sorted out tho... no more waiting for me. I've had it! :angry:

I will keep you posted...

Thanks!!! My husbands infopass is on the 19th so hopefully we will both get results. This waiting game is driving me crazy :blink:

Citizenship
10/07/13 - Sent N-400
10/08/13 - Received @ 11:35 a.m. @ Lewisville Lockbox
Approved

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I'm still waiting for approval. Think I might be the last July filer CSC transfer still waiting.

I think A&B is still waiting as well... she was transferred to CSC and is still waiting for biometrics! (as far as I know..)

:(

07-2006 Met my sweetheart!!!

01-25-10 Entered the USA on student visa

05-28-10 Married!!!! <3

06-16-10 I693 Medical prepared and sealed

07-14-10 AOS Packet couriered to Chicago

07-16-10 AOS Packet received! Signed by S. Bush :)

07-23-10 CHECK$ CA$HED!!!!! So happy to see money leave my bank account!!!!

07-24-10 NOA received in the mail for AOS/EAD and hubby received AP for me :)

07-26-10 TOUCHED!!!

08-06-10 EAD & Alien Petition TOUCHED!!!

08-24-10 Service request submitted for Biometrics Letter.. waiting, waiting...

09-01-10 2nd service request call put in - Dallas ASC backed up and everything is on hold! :(

09-03-10 Infopass appointment set for September 17th

09-03-10 EAD TOUCHED!!! I might not need my Infopass appt. after all!

09-07-10 Another touch for EAD

09-08-10 EAD TOUCH again! woo hoo!

09-17-10 InfoPas appt @9am. EAD APPROVED on Sept 2.. but still waiting for biometrics

09-20-10 3rd service request to USCIS, escalated to IO. still no bio appt

09-28-10 AP sent to Chicago Lockbox

09-29-10 4th service request to USCIS, useless convo with IO

09-30-10 AP received and signed by USCIS, J.Chyba

10-04-10 Another useless convo with IO

10-06-10 Letter sent to Congressman

10-10-10 Letter sent to Senator

10-11-10 AP Touch

10-13-10 Email received, AP approved :)

10-15-10 Useless SECOND Infopass appt. and useless AP without biometrics

10-16-10 I-512L AP Doc arrived in the mail

10-18-10 Another USELESS call to USCIS

10-19-10 Got my biometrics appt for Nov 3rd!!! early walk in complete 10-20 *SEE ABOUT ME PAGE FOR MORE TIMELINE INFO!*

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