March 2012 AOS filers

[ChrisPG 30]

hi everyone

i am a march filer too and i was on a different page

see my sig. below

Welcome to the March filers group.

It looks like next week is going to be a busy one for us!

We have 10 people remaining who have interviews scheduled and half of them have their interviews this coming week: MrsnotBonJovi, Passportitt, Immig?, Happylove13 & myself. Aimiee K from the April filers also has an interview on the 13th.

It looks like this group is fast approaching the homestretch!

Approved

Skul Teacher (Atlanta, GA)

JDH (Las Vegas, NV)

Kish

Mizzao (Boston, MA)

Sally86 (Boston, MA)

AprilPam77 (Philadelphia, PA)

Kstrozyk (Fresno, CA)

Wattle Tree (Lawrence, MA)

Arce (Florida)

Ataribaby (San Francisco, CA)

Pending Approval

Basee (Miami, FL)

Mike X (Oklahoma City, OK)

Waiting with interview scheduled

June 11th: MsNotBonJovi (Newark, NJ) & Passportitt

June 12th: ChrisPG (Denver, CO)

June 13th: Immig? & Happylove

June 20th: EvoPc (Newark, NJ)

June 21st: Alejandra (Sacramento, CA)

June 25th: Srarious2008 (Newark, NJ)

June 26th: Dri Au Pair (Atlanta, GA)

July 03rd: Georgeramsaran

Waiting with no Interview Date

Minae

BritWill (Saint Paul, MN)

Avi30 (NYC)

Uscisb1 (NYC)

Camo

Nane815 (Omaho, NE)

Edited June 7, 2012 by ChrisPG

[AtariBaby 17]

Hey guys my status changed from card production to decision is that all good?

[ChrisPG 30]

Hey guys my status changed from card production to decision is that all good?

Completely normal, just means your GC will soon be in mail. Congrats again!

[AtariBaby 17]

Thanks, Chris.

Keep us updated, MikeX. I hope to hear positive developments. In case you weren't aware of this list of free legal providers in OK City: http://www.justice.gov/eoir/probono/freelglchtOK.pdf

Edited June 8, 2012 by AtariBaby

[pasportit 7]

Mine is going to be in Detroit, MI and it will be in afternoon, so we will see if the guide from 2008 is still accurate

I have a quick question, my sponsor sent 3 years of tax return, pay stubs, W2s, letters of current and future employment, birth certificate, all the paperwork completed. Do I really need all of this with me again? It just seems like we haven't gotten any RFE, and assembling all of this again seems like a lot for a busy person. Not the he won't do it. What if we just take copies of tax returns? I mean, you can obviously see that he works at the same place and is a stable man.

Here is a list of what we are taking:

- Marriage Certificate

- Birth Certificates

- Both Passports

- I-94 and I-20

- Both Driver license and my SS card

- Apartment lease

- Car title + car insurance

- Our tax returns + Sponsor's

- Joint Bank Statemnet

- 14 photograph of main events and family gatherings

- Airplane tickets and movie tickets.

Does that seem like a decent package? Thanks for the feedback.

[Arce0426 3]

Mine is going to be in Detroit, MI and it will be in afternoon, so we will see if the guide from 2008 is still accurate

I have a quick question, my sponsor sent 3 years of tax return, pay stubs, W2s, letters of current and future employment, birth certificate, all the paperwork completed. Do I really need all of this with me again? It just seems like we haven't gotten any RFE, and assembling all of this again seems like a lot for a busy person. Not the he won't do it. What if we just take copies of tax returns? I mean, you can obviously see that he works at the same place and is a stable man.

Here is a list of what we are taking:

- Marriage Certificate

- Birth Certificates

- Both Passports

- I-94 and I-20

- Both Driver license and my SS card

- Apartment lease

- Car title + car insurance

- Our tax returns + Sponsor's

- Joint Bank Statemnet

- 14 photograph of main events and family gatherings

- Airplane tickets and movie tickets.

Does that seem like a decent package? Thanks for the feedback.

That seems like a good package the thing is in

My opinion you can never be too OVER prepared... I brought copies of all paperwork I sent plus all his tax stuff plus what u have and I brought my scrapbooks they didn't even look at my stuff but just bc they didn't look at mines doesn't mean they can't ask u to look it at ya no?

[MrsNotBonJovi 18]

Folks, the countdown begins for me and I can't wait to get this over with. Am reposting the lsit of documents that I have put together, some of you have already given feedback. Would appreciate more as several pairs of eyes are better than a few. Please run through my list and tell me if I need anything else.

I am taking all my originals plus an entire set of copies of my application package.

1) Petitioner's US Passport

2) Petitioner's Naturalization Certificate and Name Change Certificate

3) Petitioner's Birth Certificate

4) Petitioner's SSN Card

5) Beneficiary's passport with attached I-94

6) Beneficiary's birth certificate

7) Beneficiary's US Visa (F1 with passport page showing entry stamp)

8) Beneficiary's I-20s (current and expired)

9)Beneficiary's SSN

10)Beneficairy's State ID

11)Beneficiary's OPT EAD card

12) Beneficiary's AOS EAD/AP card

13) Beneficiary's Employment Letter (for OPT period)

14) Beneficiary's Resignation Letter (after filing for AOS)

15) IRS transcripts for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

16) Petitioner's 2011 W2

17) Letter from Petitioner's Employer as proof of income

18) Four paystubs (including the most recent)

19) E-mail printouts showing how relationship started (4 threads)

20) Photo albums containing wedding and reception pictures

21) More photos from wedding till now (about six years, some 20 pictures)

22) Marriage Certificate

23)Lease documents showing both names

24)Petitioner's Life Insurance Form Showing Beneficiary's name

25) Petitioner's Medical and Dental Coverage Letter showing Beneficiary's name

26) Medical Insurance Card showing both our names

27) Petitioner's DL and my State ID showing same address

28) Joint Bank account

29) Copies of credit and debit cards showing same number for both names

30) Prints of our Facebook pages showing relationship and mutual friends

[AtariBaby 17]

Fortunately, my wife is more organized than I am. She put this together very neatly. She did it in three folders. One folder had relevant information I thought the IO wanted, based on various conversations here: photocopies of pictures, mail to our address, joint accounts, recent year tax information (because most recent year wasn't filed as of original submission). Then we had a second folder repeating the i-485 and i-130 stuff, but he invariably said he didn't need that stuff because he already had it. And a third folder was "I don't think we'll need this stuff but just in case". He did keep the photocopies of pictures and the tax stuff and the joint account stuff. We included that in our original submissions but he didn't seem to have them or who knows what he was up to. He was a tricky fellow.

Hey guys, where do I post my report on my experience at the San Francisco office? Cant't find it for some reason.

[Old_Dog_Barking 36]

Fortunately, my wife is more organized than I am. She put this together very neatly. She did it in three folders. One folder had relevant information I thought the IO wanted, based on various conversations here: photocopies of pictures, mail to our address, joint accounts, recent year tax information (because most recent year wasn't filed as of original submission). Then we had a second folder repeating the i-485 and i-130 stuff, but he invariably said he didn't need that stuff because he already had it. And a third folder was "I don't think we'll need this stuff but just in case". He did keep the photocopies of pictures and the tax stuff and the joint account stuff. We included that in our original submissions but he didn't seem to have them or who knows what he was up to. He was a tricky fellow.

Hey guys, where do I post my report on my experience at the San Francisco office? Cant't find it for some reason.

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=&cty=San+Francisco+CA&dfilter=5

[happylove13 8]

congrats to everyone on all their progress!

interview is next week! not worried at all! just want it be over with and get my life on track finally!

good luck to everyone!

it seems everything has been moving along well for everyone of us!

MikeX hang in there....

Keep positive

and for the record by interview is @ 7.30am

and upon reading all the stuff abt early interview etc is a good sign i dont know anything abt that...and refuse to think to much abt it

Edited June 8, 2012 by happylove13

[immig? 2]

Hi everyone. Need your advise but first of all let me congratulate those who had passed their interview and had gotten their gc. For those who are still waiting, just hang in there and rest assured that you are all included in my prayers.

Now my question,

My passport is still under my maiden name as well as my ssn. MY EAD is under my married name and all the aos form were filed using my married name. I renewed my passport last month and asked them to change it to my married name but the consul said they cannot because divorce (with my ex husband) is not honored in my country. They suggested to me to ask the IO at the interview if he could change my paper (GC if appoved ) back to my maiden name so as to avoid the hassle if ever I travel overseas. They also said to me to wait until naturalization, which will be years from now! to change to my married name because then my country will have nothing to do with me if I'm USC. Now, do you think that's possible? I do not want to ask the IO and cause delay but I'm also scared that I might have a problem to travel abroad due to passport and not having the same last name. Thank you once again for you input

PS: My husband said it's ok with him if that will make things easy (travel wise) as long as our future children are all under his name

God Bless all

Edited June 8, 2012 by immig?

[Mike X Man 37]

Thanks, Chris.

Keep us updated, MikeX. I hope to hear positive developments. In case you weren't aware of this list of free legal providers in OK City: http://www.justice.gov/eoir/probono/freelglchtOK.pdf

Thank you.

congrats to everyone on all their progress!

interview is next week! not worried at all! just want it be over with and get my life on track finally!

good luck to everyone!

it seems everything has been moving along well for everyone of us!

MikeX hang in there....

Keep positive

and for the record by interview is @ 7.30am

and upon reading all the stuff abt early interview etc is a good sign i dont know anything abt that...and refuse to think to much abt it

Thanks. Good luck with your interview.

[Alejandra2012 0]

yay! i just got my state id card! it looks like a driving license! , so cool i got it in time so i can take it to my interview too!

[DandT14 272]

yay! i just got my state id card! it looks like a driving license! , so cool i got it in time so i can take it to my interview too!

Congratulations! The California ones are looking cool now...actually a lot like my husband's from Newfoundland.

[AtariBaby 17]

Well the status on her I-130 changed to approved, and I figured maybe now I'll finally start believing it. But it seems that I'm still going to be paranoid until the green card arrives. Curious, the effects this process has on us!