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SoCalMark   49

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Here is a helpful hint for those of you visiting the US Embassy for your interviews:

BE PREPARED!

When the interviewer asks you for a particular document or proof, have everything at your fingertips and be able to pull it immediately. They don't like having to wait for your to scramble through your stacks of things looking for what they are asking for. It makes the embassy officer annoyed. Get a file folder like the one below and have everything you need at your fingertips. Better to bring too much than too little.

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You can also have great little photo-books made by your fiancee and shipped to you ... the embassy officers love those!! They have dates and locations already under each picture. Shutterfly.com makes them the best:

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Greenbaum   12,259

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These are great suggestions. I might add that the Filipino CO likes to have his documents in a certain way and then also the American CO like their documents a certain way. Now these are only the documents that you see requested on the website. Now they can ask for additional proof, so be organized to cut down on your time. We watch a lady fumble through her paperwork trying to get the documents for the Filipino CO and her time with him last near 30 min (You could see that he was getting irritated) as ours was less than 8 min in front of the Filipino CO.

A little caution, make sure the Filipino CO gets all the documents for your financials and make sure he takes your passport. Ours did not and when we returned to our seat to wait for the AM CO, we see we still have some of the financials and our passports. Up we went to meet with him once again and to inquire about those items. He laughed and took the additional financials (without them we were under the poverty level).

Good luck

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Adjustment of Status

AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

Mailed I-751 Dec 16, 2015 Submitted ROC (removal of conditions)

Received Dec 18, 2015 USPS notification of successful delivery

Check Cashed Dec 21, 2015 Check was cashed

NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

NOA-1 Issued Dec 26, 2015 NOA-1 Received

Biometrics Appt. Jan 29, 2016 Biometrics Appointment Scheduled [Completed]

 

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ella7883   2

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planning to get my photobook here http://www.photobookphilippines.com/

8/16/2013 I-129F Package Sent

8/23/2013 NOA1 Email

8/29/2013 NOA Hard Copy

9/17/2013 A# Changed

10/23/2013 NOA2 email

10/30/2013 NOA2 Hard Copy (Mail)

11/7/2013 Got a notification stating our case has been forwarded to the NVC

11/15/2013 Got my Case Number from NVC

12/17 and 12/18 2013 Medical Exam (PASSED)

01/16/2014 Interview (Approved)

03/14/2014 CFO Seminar (Got my sticker the same day. yay!)

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