Interview Date

[Rachel & Tom 9]

My husband got here on January 31st with a K-1 visa and we got married on March 16th, 2013 and send all of our paperwork in at the end of March. The USCIS got our paperwork on April 10th, 2013 and my husband has his biometrics interview on May 13th, 2013. Is there a round about time for when we will have our official interview with the USCIS? Maybe just an average time it takes to have the interview? Will he get his work visa before we have our interview? My husband is just getting board at home doing nothing he would love to be able to start and work.

[Caryh 5,206]

I'm assuming you applied to adjust status. If you also applied for the EAD and AP at that time, he should get that shortly after the biometrics. Typical time to get the EAD/AP when applying to adjust status is two to three months. If you only applied to adjust status (green card) you're probably in for a long wait. Stop into the Adjusting Status on a family based visa forum to see what the usual wait is running now. For my wife it was 8 months, we applied back in 2011 though and I've no idea how long they're taking lately.

[Rachel & Tom 9]

Yes we applied for a EAD and an AP all at once... thank you so much..........

[Caryh 5,206]

Yes we applied for a EAD and an AP all at once... thank you so much..........

We did an early walk in for biometrics, as it's allowed at our office. My wife had her EAD/AP card about two weeks later. If you can convince your husband to enjoy this time of not working, it would be a good thing. I know I couldn't convince my wife of that, and now she wishes she had enjoyed it more. But she's a hard working person who has worked since she was in elementary school, so the idea of not working and not making money just drives her crazy. Even now that she's in a temp to hire position, she's deathly afraid they might not hire her at the end of it, while on the other side of the spectrum she complains we work too hard in the USA. BTW when she's working she's doing over double the quota and well over what the regular employees do each day. Yet she's the one complaining about Americans working too hard???