March 2011 AOS Filers

[MarcyLuis 2]

Question for Everyone....

Does the Status list help you, is it of good use?

Please let me know either good or bad...!

Yes it does help. I like to see where everyone else is at and try to compare. I appreciate you taking the time to create and update it for us! Thank you.

[dbarker2 1]

This morning at 8:30 my wife and I went to Salt Lake City for my wife's interview. We were called in about 8:35, and we were done by 8:50. He went over some paperwork, I showed him both of our names on our bank statements, and he stamped a few things, and put the packet together. He was very nice and didn't ask any questions hardly at all. He said that the Green Card was Approved and we should get it in 7-10 days. It may have helped having our 9 month old there with us smiling away at the agent, but whatever the case it was very easy and a pleasant experience. Two hours later our case status was updated and it showed that they had ordered the production of my wife's green card.

Overall, it was an easy experience, and I am glad it is over for awhile. Good luck to everyone else!

[MarcyLuis 2]

This morning at 8:30 my wife and I went to Salt Lake City for my wife's interview. We were called in about 8:35, and we were done by 8:50. He went over some paperwork, I showed him both of our names on our bank statements, and he stamped a few things, and put the packet together. He was very nice and didn't ask any questions hardly at all. He said that the Green Card was Approved and we should get it in 7-10 days. It may have helped having our 9 month old there with us smiling away at the agent, but whatever the case it was very easy and a pleasant experience. Two hours later our case status was updated and it showed that they had ordered the production of my wife's green card.

Overall, it was an easy experience, and I am glad it is over for awhile. Good luck to everyone else!

congratulations!

[ras wyse 3]

Congrats

Someone else has an interview today, any updates?

[ryna 132]

Question for Everyone....

Does the Status list help you, is it of good use?

Please let me know either good or bad...!

It helps me as well.. And, thanks for maintaining it.

I as well did a quick search of timelines to see if some people had EADs/GCs/interviews that weren't reflected in the list mainly because I wanted to know if there were really that many w/o interviews scheduled still. In some ways, it's good to see others are still waiting but it's also bad to see that the number of us with no action at all - no RFE, no transfer or no interview scheduled - are dwindling as we're hitting the 3-month marks...

We were prepared for a 4-mo wait (hoping for 2, of course!) or even 5-6, but my biggest fear now is that we somehow miss our interview letter, wait the full 4 months to check because "lots of others are still waiting, too, it's no big deal" only to find out we missed our interview.

This morning at 8:30 my wife and I went to Salt Lake City for my wife's interview. We were called in about 8:35, and we were done by 8:50. He went over some paperwork, I showed him both of our names on our bank statements, and he stamped a few things, and put the packet together. He was very nice and didn't ask any questions hardly at all. He said that the Green Card was Approved and we should get it in 7-10 days. It may have helped having our 9 month old there with us smiling away at the agent, but whatever the case it was very easy and a pleasant experience. Two hours later our case status was updated and it showed that they had ordered the production of my wife's green card.

Overall, it was an easy experience, and I am glad it is over for awhile. Good luck to everyone else!

Congrats!

[CGOlivas 9]

This morning at 8:30 my wife and I went to Salt Lake City for my wife's interview. We were called in about 8:35, and we were done by 8:50. He went over some paperwork, I showed him both of our names on our bank statements, and he stamped a few things, and put the packet together. He was very nice and didn't ask any questions hardly at all. He said that the Green Card was Approved and we should get it in 7-10 days. It may have helped having our 9 month old there with us smiling away at the agent, but whatever the case it was very easy and a pleasant experience. Two hours later our case status was updated and it showed that they had ordered the production of my wife's green card.

Overall, it was an easy experience, and I am glad it is over for awhile. Good luck to everyone else!

Congratulations

[neologizm 2]

Hello everyone, had my AOS interview on June 13th in Buffalo, NY. It was a very pleasant experience, the officer was very friendly and even had a very non-american sounding accent. There was another person in the back with a pen and pad writing something during our interview. He made us swear an oath, after which he verified some information on the forms. After that he asked some questions like "Where did you meet?", "Who proposed to whom?", "what was the ceremony like?". I showed him some photos from the ceremony and from before of my wife and I, and our families. Then he asked for some evidence of common property etc - we showed him our car title and bank statement with both our names on them. After that he told us that I am "approvable," which meant that I would know the decision by the end of the day and that I can expect the card in the mail in 3-10 days. He then went and copied the photos and documents I had showed him, returned, and that was it. All in all, a very relaxed experience. Two hours later I got an email and text saying card production ordered. All done - PHEW!

[MarcyLuis 2]

Hello everyone, had my AOS interview on June 13th in Buffalo, NY. It was a very pleasant experience, the officer was very friendly and even had a very non-american sounding accent. There was another person in the back with a pen and pad writing something during our interview. He made us swear an oath, after which he verified some information on the forms. After that he asked some questions like "Where did you meet?", "Who proposed to whom?", "what was the ceremony like?". I showed him some photos from the ceremony and from before of my wife and I, and our families. Then he asked for some evidence of common property etc - we showed him our car title and bank statement with both our names on them. After that he told us that I am "approvable," which meant that I would know the decision by the end of the day and that I can expect the card in the mail in 3-10 days. He then went and copied the photos and documents I had showed him, returned, and that was it. All in all, a very relaxed experience. Two hours later I got an email and text saying card production ordered. All done - PHEW!

Congratulations!

[LaRoja1110 0]

Question for Everyone....

Does the Status list help you, is it of good use?

Please let me know either good or bad...!

I just wanted to say I find the status list extremely helpful!! Your efforts are appreciated and I reference it ALL the time.

[Mykuls Merry Ann 4]

To all VJers:

Great News and a Happy Anniversary to us!!!

We had a really good interview, and it went really smooth. But the best news of the day was that the decision was not made today, but will be made tomorrow. The agent was nice enough to look into this matter for us and we are thankful for it. Do you want to know why? Well its a long story and we will keep it short. But we may be helpful to a lot of people in the process later on.

Take a close look at our timeline, if you notice that my wife entered the U.S. on March 21, 2009. And the key here is, that we got married on June 17, 2009. That means that tomorrow is our anniversary. And we got a good anniversary present today. After my wife arrived, I was laid off from a very good job. We were ready to file AOS but we delayed the process until now due to we did not know if we would be able to pass the income requirements. I did not get back to a good income like I had before until August 2010. We thought that there would be penalties for waiting so long to file the AOS. We married within the 90 days after my wife's arrival though. This was important in todays interview, because the agent did inform us that her decision would most likely be approved, but that she would allow her decision to be made tomorrow so that she would have no conditions on her status.

Anyway other than that the interview went smooth.

We had our interview at the local office in San Jose, CA on Monterey Rd. It is about 7 minutes drive from our home. We arrived at 9:55a, our appt was at 10:15a. We went as a family (my wife, 18 yr old daughter, 15 month old son and myself) so this took us a while to get in through the security (like an airport). Not many people were around. No long lines, and most of the waiting rooms were empty. We went upstairs to the 2nd floor, by elevator, and went to RM. 200 and put our interview letter in a window labeled "Appointment Letters". Minutes later we could see someone grabbing our letter. Then at about 10:15a a lady agent comes out and calls one applicant (who was with her husband) who is also a member here on VJ (my wife and her have been talking), and the lady agent also called my wife's name as well. The agent escorted all of us to another room (RM 219), and asked my wife and I to have a seat, and she then took the other couple in for their interview. They came out (with smiles of course ) at about 10:45a. At 10:50a we were called by the same agent. We were immediately sworn in. Then she asked some basic questions to check off on her sheet. She asked for some original documents like the my son's birth certificate, our marriage certificate, my wife's birth certificate, and her late husbands death certificate. This is when she asked told us that she would consider making her decision tomorrow rather than today so that there would be no conditions.

After we discussed that she asked my wife if there were any health issues. She then asked a range of legal questions (about 10-12 questions). Have you committed a crime?...Are you a part of a communist party??...Do you want to blow up America...etc. As my wife said no to all, the agent checked off her form. She then asked "Is there any other evidence you have for me?" We handed her many things:

1. Bank Statements

2. Car Insurance

3. Health Insurance

4. Lease Agreement

5. Costco Membership

6. Photos

7. I mentioned we own a car together

Then we looked at the agent and she looked like this So we slowed down, but we had much more to pile up on her desk if she needed it. She then looked through our pics. She smiled and said my son looks like me. She then asked if she could keep some of our pics, and we gave her the ones she wanted plus ones that we picked out for her....lol. She then said she would make her decision and we should hear something soon. We thanked her more than once, and we were on our way at 11:15a. Our appointment took about 25 minutes. And it was easy. There were no problems or anything to be concerned about, and we are happy to be able to skip a step. All and all, its been a great Anniversary present.

[MarcyLuis 2]

To all VJers:

Great News and a Happy Anniversary to us!!!

We had a really good interview, and it went really smooth. But the best news of the day was that the decision was not made today, but will be made tomorrow. The agent was nice enough to look into this matter for us and we are thankful for it. Do you want to know why? Well its a long story and we will keep it short. But we may be helpful to a lot of people in the process later on.

Take a close look at our timeline, if you notice that my wife entered the U.S. on March 21, 2009. And the key here is, that we got married on June 17, 2009. That means that tomorrow is our anniversary. And we got a good anniversary present today. After my wife arrived, I was laid off from a very good job. We were ready to file AOS but we delayed the process until now due to we did not know if we would be able to pass the income requirements. I did not get back to a good income like I had before until August 2010. We thought that there would be penalties for waiting so long to file the AOS. We married within the 90 days after my wife's arrival though. This was important in todays interview, because the agent did inform us that her decision would most likely be approved, but that she would allow her decision to be made tomorrow so that she would have no conditions on her status.

Anyway other than that the interview went smooth.

We had our interview at the local office in San Jose, CA on Monterey Rd. It is about 7 minutes drive from our home. We arrived at 9:55a, our appt was at 10:15a. We went as a family (my wife, 18 yr old daughter, 15 month old son and myself) so this took us a while to get in through the security (like an airport). Not many people were around. No long lines, and most of the waiting rooms were empty. We went upstairs to the 2nd floor, by elevator, and went to RM. 200 and put our interview letter in a window labeled "Appointment Letters". Minutes later we could see someone grabbing our letter. Then at about 10:15a a lady agent comes out and calls one applicant (who was with her husband) who is also a member here on VJ (my wife and her have been talking), and the lady agent also called my wife's name as well. The agent escorted all of us to another room (RM 219), and asked my wife and I to have a seat, and she then took the other couple in for their interview. They came out (with smiles of course ) at about 10:45a. At 10:50a we were called by the same agent. We were immediately sworn in. Then she asked some basic questions to check off on her sheet. She asked for some original documents like the my son's birth certificate, our marriage certificate, my wife's birth certificate, and her late husbands death certificate. This is when she asked told us that she would consider making her decision tomorrow rather than today so that there would be no conditions.

After we discussed that she asked my wife if there were any health issues. She then asked a range of legal questions (about 10-12 questions). Have you committed a crime?...Are you a part of a communist party??...Do you want to blow up America...etc. As my wife said no to all, the agent checked off her form. She then asked "Is there any other evidence you have for me?" We handed her many things:

1. Bank Statements

2. Car Insurance

3. Health Insurance

4. Lease Agreement

5. Costco Membership

6. Photos

7. I mentioned we own a car together

Then we looked at the agent and she looked like this So we slowed down, but we had much more to pile up on her desk if she needed it. She then looked through our pics. She smiled and said my son looks like me. She then asked if she could keep some of our pics, and we gave her the ones she wanted plus ones that we picked out for her....lol. She then said she would make her decision and we should hear something soon. We thanked her more than once, and we were on our way at 11:15a. Our appointment took about 25 minutes. And it was easy. There were no problems or anything to be concerned about, and we are happy to be able to skip a step. All and all, its been a great Anniversary present.

Congratulations, and thanks for sharing.

[teresaandkurt 2]

Question for Everyone....

Does the Status list help you, is it of good use?

Please let me know either good or bad...!

Yes! yes! Yes! yes! ABSOLUTELY LIKE IT!!! THANKS so much for taking the time to do so!!!

[teresaandkurt 2]

So just to chime in and say "yes, we're still waiting as well". We thought the CSC transfer was a bonus, but here we still are.... tick tock tick tock. We have the combo card, so he's now looking for a job (not so easy unfortunately), but yeah... thought we'd have the green card no worries by now. Oh well. Sigh...

Congrats and happy anniversary!

To all VJers:

Great News and a Happy Anniversary to us!!!

Edited June 17, 2011 by teresaandkurt

[pathway2gc 0]

To all VJers:

Great News and a Happy Anniversary to us!!!

We had a really good interview, and it went really smooth. But the best news of the day was that the decision was not made today, but will be made tomorrow. The agent was nice enough to look into this matter for us and we are thankful for it. Do you want to know why? Well its a long story and we will keep it short. But we may be helpful to a lot of people in the process later on.

Take a close look at our timeline, if you notice that my wife entered the U.S. on March 21, 2009. And the key here is, that we got married on June 17, 2009. That means that tomorrow is our anniversary. And we got a good anniversary present today. After my wife arrived, I was laid off from a very good job. We were ready to file AOS but we delayed the process until now due to we did not know if we would be able to pass the income requirements. I did not get back to a good income like I had before until August 2010. We thought that there would be penalties for waiting so long to file the AOS. We married within the 90 days after my wife's arrival though. This was important in todays interview, because the agent did inform us that her decision would most likely be approved, but that she would allow her decision to be made tomorrow so that she would have no conditions on her status.

Anyway other than that the interview went smooth.

We had our interview at the local office in San Jose, CA on Monterey Rd. It is about 7 minutes drive from our home. We arrived at 9:55a, our appt was at 10:15a. We went as a family (my wife, 18 yr old daughter, 15 month old son and myself) so this took us a while to get in through the security (like an airport). Not many people were around. No long lines, and most of the waiting rooms were empty. We went upstairs to the 2nd floor, by elevator, and went to RM. 200 and put our interview letter in a window labeled "Appointment Letters". Minutes later we could see someone grabbing our letter. Then at about 10:15a a lady agent comes out and calls one applicant (who was with her husband) who is also a member here on VJ (my wife and her have been talking), and the lady agent also called my wife's name as well. The agent escorted all of us to another room (RM 219), and asked my wife and I to have a seat, and she then took the other couple in for their interview. They came out (with smiles of course ) at about 10:45a. At 10:50a we were called by the same agent. We were immediately sworn in. Then she asked some basic questions to check off on her sheet. She asked for some original documents like the my son's birth certificate, our marriage certificate, my wife's birth certificate, and her late husbands death certificate. This is when she asked told us that she would consider making her decision tomorrow rather than today so that there would be no conditions.

After we discussed that she asked my wife if there were any health issues. She then asked a range of legal questions (about 10-12 questions). Have you committed a crime?...Are you a part of a communist party??...Do you want to blow up America...etc. As my wife said no to all, the agent checked off her form. She then asked "Is there any other evidence you have for me?" We handed her many things:

1. Bank Statements

2. Car Insurance

3. Health Insurance

4. Lease Agreement

5. Costco Membership

6. Photos

7. I mentioned we own a car together

Then we looked at the agent and she looked like this So we slowed down, but we had much more to pile up on her desk if she needed it. She then looked through our pics. She smiled and said my son looks like me. She then asked if she could keep some of our pics, and we gave her the ones she wanted plus ones that we picked out for her....lol. She then said she would make her decision and we should hear something soon. We thanked her more than once, and we were on our way at 11:15a. Our appointment took about 25 minutes. And it was easy. There were no problems or anything to be concerned about, and we are happy to be able to skip a step. All and all, its been a great Anniversary present.

Hi! First of all, congratulations and happy anniversary. We were that couple that you met. You have a beautiful family

Our interview went well as well, almost same as yours, and she took my I-94. But she told us that she'll check on my application one more time and if she missed anything then we'll hear from them. She didn't really say she'll gonna approve us, but me and hubby thought we did good, we showed everything that she asked for. She made me sign something that she stamped, but she didn't say anything about removal of conditions either. So, we are hoping she'll make all the approvals and decisions tomorrow. I'll be posting the details of our interview on AOS March filers (AOS from visitor, student, work) since I'm adjusting from visitor visa.

Congrats again!

[teresaandkurt 2]

Hmmm. Somehow what should have been two posts is one. And I can't seem to edit again. {scratches head} shrug...