October 2010

[Leenie 15]

Thanks Floriannsman !

Wish I had good news to report !

Our interview is going to be re-scheduled ..... and for a reason that I would not have thought of in a million years !!

Our interviewer was a nice young lady and took us back to her office. As we walked in she asked Olga if she understood english and Olga said " yes ... simple english " ( .. and she does, when there is something she doesn't understand, we go to the dictionary or computer ).

She was then asked would you understand words like arrest, or conviction, or felony ? Olga looked at me as I tried to explain to her what they meant. The interviewer told me that as the petitioner I could not help her with the questions ( which is something Olga and I absolutely DID NOT expect!! )

At this point the interviewer asked if we had anyone with us that could be an interpreter, and of course we didn't. Olga and I asked several times if it would be possible to go ahead with the interview and the young lady said that she did not feel comfortable with continuing and that we will re-schedule. I asked if this was a failure or a denial and she said no, we will just re-schedule the interview and we can bring the interpreter with us next time. Talk about going from High to Low in .03 seconds !!!!!!!!!!!

Life is full of experiences, so all VJers out there ... take a little advice from our experience .... if there is any doubt of the beneficiaries' ability to understand complicated english words ... take an interpreter with you !!

So, Olga and I are back in the " waiting for an appointment letter " column .... but we do know the number and the address of an interpreter service in downtown Chicago now !

Best of Luck to Everyone !!!!

Oh no! That stinks!!! But it is understandable why they would want you to re-schedule in that case. At least they didn't deny the case outright, and hopefully they will get back to you very soon with a new interview date in the very near future.

[Leenie 15]

We just got back from our AOS interview a little while ago, and we were approved! Yay! I wrote a VERY long and VERY detailed review of what went on during the interview, which you guys can read in our timeline. I hope it is helpful to someone through this long and crazy journey

[A + M 29]

Congratulations everyone on approved interviews & Good luck to the upcoming, rescheduled ones !

No updates for us since our case was transferred to California.

Leenie, I saw your husband was asked by a IO for the state ID Before the interview, was he even able to apply for one ? My AP & EAD are approved already, does my current immigration status allow me to have the state ID ? If so, where can I get more information on this matter ?

Edited January 11, 2011 by AR and MD

[bainbridge558 0]

We just got back from our AOS interview a little while ago, and we were approved! Yay! I wrote a VERY long and VERY detailed review of what went on during the interview, which you guys can read in our timeline. I hope it is helpful to someone through this long and crazy journey

CONGRATULATIONS LEENIE !!!!!!!!!

Yea, hopefully it won't be to long for the new appointment. Have already lined up the interpreter tho' !

Best Wishes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[K & M 0]

On January 11, 2011, we ordered production of your new card

AOS approved! w00t!

Much faster than I expected.

[Leenie 15]

Leenie, I saw your husband was asked by a IO for the state ID Before the interview, was he even able to apply for one ? My AP & EAD are approved already, does my current immigration status allow me to have the state ID ? If so, where can I get more information on this matter ?

I guess my husband could have gotten his state ID, but it just never occurred to us. The IO made it sound like we could have gotten my husband a state ID with his social security number only, but I don't know the actual facts. In Illinois, state IDs are issued at the DMV, so maybe you should check with the DMV website for the state you live in.

BUT if your case was transferred to CSC, you probably won't have an interview anyway, and so it won't matter. I'd say you don't need to worry much about it.

CONGRATULATIONS LEENIE !!!!!!!!!

Yea, hopefully it won't be to long for the new appointment. Have already lined up the interpreter tho' !

Best Wishes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your congratulations!!

On January 11, 2011, we ordered production of your new card

AOS approved! w00t!

Much faster than I expected.

Wow, that WAS really fast. Congratulations to you!!!

Edited January 11, 2011 by Leenie

[A + M 29]

I guess my husband could have gotten his state ID, but it just never occurred to us. The IO made it sound like we could have gotten my husband a state ID with his social security number only, but I don't know the actual facts. In Illinois, state IDs are issued at the DMV, so maybe you should check with the DMV website for the state you live in.

BUT if your case was transferred to CSC, you probably won't have an interview anyway, and so it won't matter. I'd say you don't need to worry much about it.

Thanks for your congratulations!!

Wow, that WAS really fast. Congratulations to you!!!

Leenie, good point ! Thank you for your fast response !

[K & M 0]

I guess my husband could have gotten his state ID, but it just never occurred to us. The IO made it sound like we could have gotten my husband a state ID with his social security number only, but I don't know the actual facts. In Illinois, state IDs are issued at the DMV, so maybe you should check with the DMV website for the state you live in.

BUT if your case was transferred to CSC, you probably won't have an interview anyway, and so it won't matter. I'd say you don't need to worry much about it.

Wow, that WAS really fast. Congratulations to you!!!

Yeah, I was really surprised myself.

Just thought I'd throw in my $0.02 here.

I went to DMV here in New York City to try to take the Driver's Licence test.

I brought a lot of documentation. The guy told me that they can't issue a Driver's Licence nor an ID to me because my I94 had expired.

It's stupid, but he said my status right now is "applied" not "approved". With my I94 still valid I was "approved" and could have gotten a driver's licence.

I asked him if I could come back when I had my EAD but he said he'd need to see my Green Card before he could let me take the test.

Rules might be different elsewhere though. Just thought I'd share that.

I couldn't really figure out how to multiquote. Sorry.

[A + M 29]

Yeah, I was really surprised myself.

Just thought I'd throw in my $0.02 here.

I went to DMV here in New York City to try to take the Driver's Licence test.

I brought a lot of documentation. The guy told me that they can't issue a Driver's Licence nor an ID to me because my I94 had expired.

It's stupid, but he said my status right now is "applied" not "approved". With my I94 still valid I was "approved" and could have gotten a driver's licence.

I asked him if I could come back when I had my EAD but he said he'd need to see my Green Card before he could let me take the test.

Rules might be different elsewhere though. Just thought I'd share that.

I couldn't really figure out how to multiquote. Sorry.

K & M : Thank you for sharing your experience, it helped, you answered my question ! I believe the rules here in Wisconsin are similar.

[jennareid 20]

I received my AP and EAD last week, and just got an email saying my greencard is in production. My file was only transferred to CSC on the 1st of December. Excitement!

[Leenie 15]

I received my AP and EAD last week, and just got an email saying my greencard is in production. My file was only transferred to CSC on the 1st of December. Excitement!

Wow, it seems like CSC and local offices are pretty much in line as far as processing times go ... so far, anyway. Congrats!!!!

[K & M 0]

I received my AP and EAD last week, and just got an email saying my greencard is in production. My file was only transferred to CSC on the 1st of December. Excitement!

Sweet! Congrats!

And I thought my processing time was fast

[A + M 29]

I received my AP and EAD last week, and just got an email saying my greencard is in production. My file was only transferred to CSC on the 1st of December. Excitement!

Sweet! Congrats!

And I thought my processing time was fast

Wow, super fast ! I hope we' ll have the same luck !

Edited January 11, 2011 by AR and MD

[diana02pooh 0]

I received my AP and EAD last week, and just got an email saying my greencard is in production. My file was only transferred to CSC on the 1st of December. Excitement!

Hopefully our application can get approved quickly as yours! My husbands case was transferred to CSC on December 6, 2010. Who else has had this experience of getting immediately approved without an interview?

[Michael and Rosal 0]

Hopefully our application can get approved quickly as yours! My husbands case was transferred to CSC on December 6, 2010. Who else has had this experience of getting immediately approved without an interview?

We just got approved without an interview today.This was pretty quick.My wife received her AP and EAD last week.We filed it in October 2010 and it got transfered to the CSC on November 30,2010 and it went alot quicker than we thought it would.We are very happy it got approved without an interview so quickly.We hope other people have this same experience that we had.