Late May - June AOS fillers, unite!

[RK_and_Inday 10]

MrsGore, Newbie, Marishka608 & Selah - congrats on EADs to all and congrats on interview to Selah!!!

[RK_and_Inday 10]

Hurray!!!!!! Received combo EAD and AP card in the mail!!!! Did not have any prior notices/notifications so was a surprise. Best of contininuing luck to all here!! --RK&Inday

Edited August 31, 2012 by RK_and_Inday

[dare448 2]

Hurray!!!!!! Received combo EAD and AP card in the mail!!!! Did not have any prior notices/notifications so was a surprise. Best of contininuing luck to all here!! --RK&Inday

Congratulations!

We got a text notification about my husband's EAD card production last Wednesday but haven't gotten any follow-up email or anything. We'll just probably have to wait for it in the mail.

[McFly 3]

Hahaha~ and while suffering from the breakdown, I was also annoyed at how my husband is all calm and not worried!! Lol~ He's more of a problem solver, remaining perfectly calm in challenging situations. He believes there is no help in 'reacting' to the problem. Well, that is true, but freaking out is part of my problem-solving technique! Lol~ xD

haha well it seems you guys complement each other well!

I read your interview description, hope mine goes as smooth as yours did!! the people at USCIS Boston sure seem a lot more professional than in Detroit ...

[McFly 3]

Hi all! I just wanted to update here, too. My husband and I had our interview yesterday and we were APPROVED!

Here is my post from the AOS Forum:

Woohoo!!

We had our interview yesterday and my husband's AOS was approved! The interview was a breeze - very relaxed. The only additional evidence that I brought with me that was not included in the initial application were pictures. The interviewer barely looked at them, but said that they were helpful when my husband poked fun at me for making a "collage".

The interviewer asked how we met and whether we've been together ever since (at a bar 8 years ago, and yes).

He asked each of us where the other was born and their birthday (my husband named the actual hospital I was born at, which got a chuckle)

And that was pretty much it aside from the random questions on the 485.

The interviewer said that he was going to approve our application and that we would get the green card soon (he gave a time frame, but I completely forgot it already). He did not stamp my husband's passport, but said that if there was an emergency that he needed to leave the country for he could come back and they would stamp it for him.

And last night we got a text notification that the card is in production!

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Good luck to everyone still waiting!

Wow very cool! Congratulations!!! :thumbs:

[Selah 1]

Thank you and Congrats on your approval...

Thanks!

We were interviewed individually.

Congrats on getting approved! I always thought everyone was interviewed together. Kind of interesting you were interviewed individually.

Hi all! I just wanted to update here, too. My husband and I had our interview yesterday and we were APPROVED!

Congrats!

MrsGore, Newbie, Marishka608 & Selah - congrats on EADs to all and congrats on interview to Selah!!!

Thanks!

Hurray!!!!!! Received combo EAD and AP card in the mail!!!! Did not have any prior notices/notifications so was a surprise. Best of contininuing luck to all here!!

Congrats! No notices at all? Just randomly was sitting there in the mailbox? O_o

I read your interview description, hope mine goes as smooth as yours did!! the people at USCIS Boston sure seem a lot more professional than in Detroit

Detroit is not that bad.

[mrsGORE 13]

MrsGore, Newbie, Marishka608 & Selah - congrats on EADs to all and congrats on interview to Selah!!!

thanks and God bless

[Trefletatoo 4]

Here goes for the late update to this forum! It has been a celebratory night! =] We had tons of sushi for dinner with friends and blah blah... Hehehe.

So we arrived around 15 minutes before the scheduled time. We waited for exactly that much time, as we were called right on the dot. My husband was called in first. And seriously, being outside in the waiting area was painful! Lol~

We were interviewed individually. First, we were asked to held up our right hand and swore that only the truth be told. There was another person sitting at the back observing. He asked for our IDs. Questions asked to us were:

1) Our own parent's first name, (any siblings for my husband)

2) town we were born

3) how we met and what was our first date

4) when we got married, where, and was there a dinner/reception after, who were at the dinner

5) how I came into the country, where I entered, when I came, and if I left the country since I came in.

6) asked my husband if he had been married before, if he has any kids, and asked him if I was married before, and if I had any kids, (to which he jokingly replied - "not yet!", the interviewer didn't even crack a smile! stone cold. Hehe.) The interviewer didn't ask any of these questions to me.

7) he asked me the "proper questions" that we already filled out in our application: are you a spy, are you planning to practice polygamy, are you a member of the communist party, espionage, blah blah. and ticked each one off as i answered.

8) He asked if I am affiliated with any membership or groups.

9) He asked my husband about his work, and if I am working. He asked me if I work. He didn't ask me what my husband does.

10) interviewer asked me what his sister's name is.

11) He asked if there's any more information/papers we would like to share with him.

12) he kept my EAD card and my older EAD card, which i just gave it to him to discard properly.

After that, he said that he has everything he needs and our case is approved. We shall get a confirmation later in the day and to expect the card in 2 weeks.

I came out and my husband thought he is needed inside. I said, "nope, we're done! approved on the spot!"

Everything took 30 minutes. So basically we were interviewed for 15 minutes total.

When we called my in-laws he said, "They grilled me so bad! When it was her turn, they took one look at her and approved her on the spot!" Lol~

Basically, if you are in a real relationship, there is nothing to prepare for the interview. Facts are facts and maybe what they are listening for is the way you answer. Nothing cookie-cutter, easy conversation.

Good luck to everyone!!!!!

YES WE LIKED IT!!! Thanks. =]

Great, thanks for the report!

Congratulations...

Did they ask you for any papers?

Yes we are both in Boston!!

[Angeltots 9]

Great, thanks for the report!

Congratulations...

Did they ask you for any papers?

Yes we are both in Boston!!

Nope, nothing. They just said, "do you have any more documents you would like us to have?"

Where is your interview in Boston? Is it the one at JFK building? If it is, it's right in front of the City Hall. The waiting room is pretty small. And my guess is, if you're called in by a very young-looking interviewer, you'd be interviewed separately too. He's so serious my husband said. But at least he smiled a bit when i was talking.

[Trefletatoo 4]

Nope, nothing. They just said, "do you have any more documents you would like us to have?"

Where is your interview in Boston? Is it the one at JFK building? If it is, it's right in front of the City Hall. The waiting room is pretty small. And my guess is, if you're called in by a very young-looking interviewer, you'd be interviewed separately too. He's so serious my husband said. But at least he smiled a bit when i was talking.

Yes JFK building, I believe it is the only place. I've been there before, thanks for the info.

We'll see on my date, I think I will have to bring the kids cause I have to be there at 8:15, so I won't have enough time to drop them to school!!!

[Angeltots 9]

Yes JFK building, I believe it is the only place. I've been there before, thanks for the info.

We'll see on my date, I think I will have to bring the kids cause I have to be there at 8:15, so I won't have enough time to drop them to school!!!

Aww.. that will be cute! But they will miss school!

[IPv6Freely 64]

STILL no EAD... I don't understand why everyone else is getting theirs except me...

[slidingdoors 3]

STILL no EAD... I don't understand why everyone else is getting theirs except me...

Why don't you go speak to your local congressman's immigration caseworker? If you have a job offer, they can put in a call to the USCIS on your behalf. I've seen more than a couple threads on here talking about how this works.

[IPv6Freely 64]

Why don't you go speak to your local congressman's immigration caseworker? If you have a job offer, they can put in a call to the USCIS on your behalf. I've seen more than a couple threads on here talking about how this works.

That usually only works if there will be a financial hardship without working. I already have a job, so I can't imagine they'd do anything.

[Newbie608 103]

Your interview is in a few days. I would just wait at this point.