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I am wondering if there are people out there that went through the pittsburgh office for their AOS interview.

how was the interview, where the people professional there? how long did it take you to get your interview scheduled from the time you took your biometrics and how long after the interview did you receive the Green Card??or how long have you been waiting on your interview for??

I have done a lot of search on this message board to try to find people's experiences when their file is handled by pittsburgh office but could not find any.

i have checked the statistics for pittsburgh on VJ but it seems that very few are entered for pittsburgh so i decided to post this here instead. I was actually suprised not to see alot of entries for pittsburgh especially since it does not only cover western-PA but also the northern part of WV.

looking forward to reading your posts

01/03/2007: Received NOA dated December 29th

01/09/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/17/2007: Biometrics appointment

01/16/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/16/2007: 8 emails for RFE

01/17/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/18/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/20/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/25/2007: Touched (I-485)

01/25/2007: Email for Receipt of RFE

01/28/2007: Touched (I-485)

03/11/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/12/2007: EAD Production Email

03/13/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/15/2007: EAD Approval notice sent Email

03/16/2007: EAD Received

03/17/2007: Touched (I-765)

04/03/2007: AOS Interview Letter Received

04/27/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130)

05/10/2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED

05/10/2007: Touched (I-130, I-485) - Registered Permanent Resident

05/15/2007: Touched (I-485) - Card Production Ordered

05/16/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Green Card Received

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

Filed: Country: Lebanon
Timeline
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Our experience last March 2006 is listed here:

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.p...nty=&page=1

thank you for your reply. I have read your experience on that part before. it seems that there only 3 people who have posted their experience in pittsburgh since 2006 and this is why i created this post to see if people would inform us here instead.

01/03/2007: Received NOA dated December 29th

01/09/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/17/2007: Biometrics appointment

01/16/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/16/2007: 8 emails for RFE

01/17/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/18/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/20/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/25/2007: Touched (I-485)

01/25/2007: Email for Receipt of RFE

01/28/2007: Touched (I-485)

03/11/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/12/2007: EAD Production Email

03/13/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/15/2007: EAD Approval notice sent Email

03/16/2007: EAD Received

03/17/2007: Touched (I-765)

04/03/2007: AOS Interview Letter Received

04/27/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130)

05/10/2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED

05/10/2007: Touched (I-130, I-485) - Registered Permanent Resident

05/15/2007: Touched (I-485) - Card Production Ordered

05/16/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Green Card Received

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

Filed: Country: Lebanon
Timeline
Posted
Not many replies for a reason.

The day we were interviewed we saw the appointment list for that day and there were only 6 interviews scheduled. Not a very busy office.

Do you think since it is not being a busy office, then they might process things faster?

I have my biometrics scheduled for the 10th (next wednesday) and i received the NOA for my papers on the 3rd, so i was hoping it wouldn't not be too too long before they schedule an interview for me.

I have looked at your timeline and it really is ashame that eventhough you had your interview back in march and it went well you still did not receive the GC, I wonder if it is a problem with the pittsburgh office or what.

anyhow, I have seen you post a lot on this message board and giving advice and helping everyone and seeing a lot of people who filed after you receiving their greencard before you husband must be frustrating.

I will pray for you that it will be resolved very soon.

01/03/2007: Received NOA dated December 29th

01/09/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/17/2007: Biometrics appointment

01/16/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/16/2007: 8 emails for RFE

01/17/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/18/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/20/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/25/2007: Touched (I-485)

01/25/2007: Email for Receipt of RFE

01/28/2007: Touched (I-485)

03/11/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/12/2007: EAD Production Email

03/13/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/15/2007: EAD Approval notice sent Email

03/16/2007: EAD Received

03/17/2007: Touched (I-765)

04/03/2007: AOS Interview Letter Received

04/27/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130)

05/10/2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED

05/10/2007: Touched (I-130, I-485) - Registered Permanent Resident

05/15/2007: Touched (I-485) - Card Production Ordered

05/16/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Green Card Received

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

Filed: Other Timeline
Posted
Not many replies for a reason.

The day we were interviewed we saw the appointment list for that day and there were only 6 interviews scheduled. Not a very busy office.

Do you think since it is not being a busy office, then they might process things faster?

I have my biometrics scheduled for the 10th (next wednesday) and i received the NOA for my papers on the 3rd, so i was hoping it wouldn't not be too too long before they schedule an interview for me.

I have looked at your timeline and it really is ashame that eventhough you had your interview back in march and it went well you still did not receive the GC, I wonder if it is a problem with the pittsburgh office or what.

anyhow, I have seen you post a lot on this message board and giving advice and helping everyone and seeing a lot of people who filed after you receiving their greencard before you husband must be frustrating.

I will pray for you that it will be resolved very soon.

Well, the offices don't schedule their own appointments. Some dumb computer elsewhere does that.

Supposedly, there aren't going to be anymore interviews unless namecheck is done. I don't know that we have any official DHS field manuel updates or announcements about this, but that's the 'rumor'. We shall all see.

Filed: Country: Lebanon
Timeline
Posted
Not many replies for a reason.

The day we were interviewed we saw the appointment list for that day and there were only 6 interviews scheduled. Not a very busy office.

Do you think since it is not being a busy office, then they might process things faster?

I have my biometrics scheduled for the 10th (next wednesday) and i received the NOA for my papers on the 3rd, so i was hoping it wouldn't not be too too long before they schedule an interview for me.

I have looked at your timeline and it really is ashame that eventhough you had your interview back in march and it went well you still did not receive the GC, I wonder if it is a problem with the pittsburgh office or what.

anyhow, I have seen you post a lot on this message board and giving advice and helping everyone and seeing a lot of people who filed after you receiving their greencard before you husband must be frustrating.

I will pray for you that it will be resolved very soon.

Well, the offices don't schedule their own appointments. Some dumb computer elsewhere does that.

Supposedly, there aren't going to be anymore interviews unless namecheck is done. I don't know that we have any official DHS field manuel updates or announcements about this, but that's the 'rumor'. We shall all see.

rebeccajo,

I have never driven to downtown pittsburgh before and I really am worried about it. I live in morgantown, WV which is about 1:25 minutes away from pittsburgh and my biometrics is on wednesday at 8:00am so i am actually thinking about leaving here at 5:00am this way i would not be stuck in traffic. is there a place to park close to the USCIS office there?? maybe parking garage or something?

01/03/2007: Received NOA dated December 29th

01/09/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/17/2007: Biometrics appointment

01/16/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/16/2007: 8 emails for RFE

01/17/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/18/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/20/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/25/2007: Touched (I-485)

01/25/2007: Email for Receipt of RFE

01/28/2007: Touched (I-485)

03/11/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/12/2007: EAD Production Email

03/13/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/15/2007: EAD Approval notice sent Email

03/16/2007: EAD Received

03/17/2007: Touched (I-765)

04/03/2007: AOS Interview Letter Received

04/27/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130)

05/10/2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED

05/10/2007: Touched (I-130, I-485) - Registered Permanent Resident

05/15/2007: Touched (I-485) - Card Production Ordered

05/16/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Green Card Received

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Venezuela
Timeline
Posted
Not many replies for a reason.

The day we were interviewed we saw the appointment list for that day and there were only 6 interviews scheduled. Not a very busy office.

Do you think since it is not being a busy office, then they might process things faster?

I have my biometrics scheduled for the 10th (next wednesday) and i received the NOA for my papers on the 3rd, so i was hoping it wouldn't not be too too long before they schedule an interview for me.

I have looked at your timeline and it really is ashame that eventhough you had your interview back in march and it went well you still did not receive the GC, I wonder if it is a problem with the pittsburgh office or what.

anyhow, I have seen you post a lot on this message board and giving advice and helping everyone and seeing a lot of people who filed after you receiving their greencard before you husband must be frustrating.

I will pray for you that it will be resolved very soon.

Well, the offices don't schedule their own appointments. Some dumb computer elsewhere does that.

Supposedly, there aren't going to be anymore interviews unless namecheck is done. I don't know that we have any official DHS field manuel updates or announcements about this, but that's the 'rumor'. We shall all see.

rebeccajo,

I have never driven to downtown pittsburgh before and I really am worried about it. I live in morgantown, WV which is about 1:25 minutes away from pittsburgh and my biometrics is on wednesday at 8:00am so i am actually thinking about leaving here at 5:00am this way i would not be stuck in traffic. is there a place to park close to the USCIS office there?? maybe parking garage or something?

The biometrics appointment is in downtown Pitts, and there are parking lots around (not cheap, but will do). The actual interviews are held on Southside, and it has it's own parking lot. Like Rebecca said. There is never a lot of people in the Pitts office. Though biometrics is another thing, there is a lot of people, and it kinda shaky. So be prepared.

Good luck!!

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Filed: Country: Lebanon
Timeline
Posted
Not many replies for a reason.

The day we were interviewed we saw the appointment list for that day and there were only 6 interviews scheduled. Not a very busy office.

Do you think since it is not being a busy office, then they might process things faster?

I have my biometrics scheduled for the 10th (next wednesday) and i received the NOA for my papers on the 3rd, so i was hoping it wouldn't not be too too long before they schedule an interview for me.

I have looked at your timeline and it really is ashame that eventhough you had your interview back in march and it went well you still did not receive the GC, I wonder if it is a problem with the pittsburgh office or what.

anyhow, I have seen you post a lot on this message board and giving advice and helping everyone and seeing a lot of people who filed after you receiving their greencard before you husband must be frustrating.

I will pray for you that it will be resolved very soon.

Well, the offices don't schedule their own appointments. Some dumb computer elsewhere does that.

Supposedly, there aren't going to be anymore interviews unless namecheck is done. I don't know that we have any official DHS field manuel updates or announcements about this, but that's the 'rumor'. We shall all see.

rebeccajo,

I have never driven to downtown pittsburgh before and I really am worried about it. I live in morgantown, WV which is about 1:25 minutes away from pittsburgh and my biometrics is on wednesday at 8:00am so i am actually thinking about leaving here at 5:00am this way i would not be stuck in traffic. is there a place to park close to the USCIS office there?? maybe parking garage or something?

The biometrics appointment is in downtown Pitts, and there are parking lots around (not cheap, but will do). The actual interviews are held on Southside, and it has it's own parking lot. Like Rebecca said. There is never a lot of people in the Pitts office. Though biometrics is another thing, there is a lot of people, and it kinda shaky. So be prepared.

Good luck!!

anyone with bad experience in pittsburgh that would like to share?

01/03/2007: Received NOA dated December 29th

01/09/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/17/2007: Biometrics appointment

01/16/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/16/2007: 8 emails for RFE

01/17/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/18/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/20/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/25/2007: Touched (I-485)

01/25/2007: Email for Receipt of RFE

01/28/2007: Touched (I-485)

03/11/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/12/2007: EAD Production Email

03/13/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/15/2007: EAD Approval notice sent Email

03/16/2007: EAD Received

03/17/2007: Touched (I-765)

04/03/2007: AOS Interview Letter Received

04/27/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130)

05/10/2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED

05/10/2007: Touched (I-130, I-485) - Registered Permanent Resident

05/15/2007: Touched (I-485) - Card Production Ordered

05/16/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Green Card Received

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

Filed: Other Timeline
Posted

It sounds like Ana is saying the biometrics are done in a different location than the interview. We did our biometrics in a sub-office in WV so I can't help you there, hanster.

Why are you looking for a BAD experience? I mean - jeez - who needs to hear that? LOL

We were treated well on our interview day. It's only this protracted wait that is our problem.

Filed: Country: Lebanon
Timeline
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It sounds like Ana is saying the biometrics are done in a different location than the interview. We did our biometrics in a sub-office in WV so I can't help you there, hanster.

Why are you looking for a BAD experience? I mean - jeez - who needs to hear that? LOL

We were treated well on our interview day. It's only this protracted wait that is our problem.

"Why are you looking for a BAD experience? I mean - jeez - who needs to hear that?"

You are right, i think i am just worrying too much about it.

yeah, the biometrics is done in pittsburgh and not charleston for me

01/03/2007: Received NOA dated December 29th

01/09/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/17/2007: Biometrics appointment

01/16/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/16/2007: 8 emails for RFE

01/17/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/18/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/20/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/25/2007: Touched (I-485)

01/25/2007: Email for Receipt of RFE

01/28/2007: Touched (I-485)

03/11/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/12/2007: EAD Production Email

03/13/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/15/2007: EAD Approval notice sent Email

03/16/2007: EAD Received

03/17/2007: Touched (I-765)

04/03/2007: AOS Interview Letter Received

04/27/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130)

05/10/2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED

05/10/2007: Touched (I-130, I-485) - Registered Permanent Resident

05/15/2007: Touched (I-485) - Card Production Ordered

05/16/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Green Card Received

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

Posted

I had both my biometrics and interview in Pittsburgh.

Biometrics was alot of waiting around. I think there were 11 people in front of us and it seemed like after each print was taken, one of the workers went on a break! In all, I think it took 1½ hrs. We parked just further along the street from the offices (same side of the road).

Have you considered staying overnight the night before your biometrics? The traffic coming into downtown Pittsburgh can be a nightmare.

AOS interview was very straight forward, we were in and out within 15 mins.

Good luck with both.

Helen

10 year Green Card received, Next step is citizenship urgh!

When you meet the one you want to spend the rest of your life with,

you can't wait for the rest of your life to begin

Filed: Country: Lebanon
Timeline
Posted
cheeky_wolf is right about staying overnite.

We stayed at a hotel a few blocks away from the office. They had a shuttle that took us over there for our interview AND picked us up. It was worth every dime of the $150 we paid for the room to not fight the traffic.

To be honest I probably cannot afford to pay $150 for a hotel room eventhough it does sound like a good idea. Both my wife and I are in graduate school and I am the only one who has a job (teaching assistantship) and we barely manage with our expenses. I will try to see if I can find a hotel cheaper than that and if not, I am thinking about leaving morgantown, WV at 5:00am (1.5 hour drive) and this should put me up there by 6:30am without traffic.

wish me luck

01/03/2007: Received NOA dated December 29th

01/09/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/17/2007: Biometrics appointment

01/16/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/16/2007: 8 emails for RFE

01/17/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/18/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130, I-765)

01/20/2007: Touched (I-485, I-765)

01/25/2007: Touched (I-485)

01/25/2007: Email for Receipt of RFE

01/28/2007: Touched (I-485)

03/11/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/12/2007: EAD Production Email

03/13/2007: Touched (I-765)

03/15/2007: EAD Approval notice sent Email

03/16/2007: EAD Received

03/17/2007: Touched (I-765)

04/03/2007: AOS Interview Letter Received

04/27/2007: Touched (I-485, I-130)

05/10/2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED

05/10/2007: Touched (I-130, I-485) - Registered Permanent Resident

05/15/2007: Touched (I-485) - Card Production Ordered

05/16/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Green Card Received

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

05/21/2007: Touched (I-485)

 
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