May 2014 Filers

[supergirl20141 6]

Please keep us in your thoughts, in few more mins we are leaving to have our interview. It is about 45 min drive but we are leaving 1.30 hr earlier. I will update later once we come back home.

Thank you all in advance! every prayer counts!

u gonna be fine.wish u luck

[kettlefish 10]

Please keep us in your thoughts, in few more mins we are leaving to have our interview. It is about 45 min drive but we are leaving 1.30 hr earlier. I will update later once we come back home.

Thank you all in advance! every prayer counts!

goodluck wavj

[FlyingFish 3]

Please keep us in your thoughts, in few more mins we are leaving to have our interview. It is about 45 min drive but we are leaving 1.30 hr earlier. I will update later once we come back home.

Thank you all in advance! every prayer counts!

Good Luck!

[wavj 26]

Approved on the spot!! Great interview experience. The IO gave me a letter of approval and she said she will order my card at the end of the day. We are off now to celebrate with great lunch and ritas, l will give more details when l get back home. I am overloaded with joy!!

[supergirl20141 6]

Approved on the spot!! Great interview experience. The IO gave me a letter of approval and she said she will order my card at the end of the day. We are off now to celebrate with great lunch and ritas, l will give more details when l get back home. I am overloaded with joy!!

i kneeeeewwwww itttt yay CONGRATS!!!

[FlyingFish 3]

Approved on the spot!! Great interview experience. The IO gave me a letter of approval and she said she will order my card at the end of the day. We are off now to celebrate with great lunch and ritas, l will give more details when l get back home. I am overloaded with joy!!

Congratulations Wavj!! I can't wait to hear the details!

[GurkenSalat 48]

Interview in a week. Starting to get antsy. Time to scare up some more paperwork (bank and such)!

Although, I've had so many job interviews recently that I might be able to relax for this one

[wavj 26]

We are back home, I am tired and feel like a ton of weight has bee lifted off of my shoulders so this is how the interview went for us:

We left the house 1.30hr earlier and with traffic we arrive 5 mins before 12. They did the security check and scanning, verified my appointment letter and let us in. There were about 15 couples and little by little more kept coming in and I counted in total of 25. At 12:17 they called my name and I was the first from all to my surprise. I got up to grab our stuff and they lady told me to wait a minute and she went back in, talking about teasing!! then she came back again and she just made us a sign to come in and the clock marked 12:20, so we went in 10 minutes earlier than our schedule appointment. She guided us to her private office and we took the oath standing. She asked us to sit down as she pull out our package, it really looked bigger than I can remember.

She asked us to present our DL, my passport and I-94, EDA and SS card - which I didn't bring with me but she didn't make a big deal out of it-. She started verifying the information on I-130 asking my husband for confirmation of answers. She asked me for my birthday, my parents names and day of our wedding.

Then she proceed to ask me about 6 random questions from I-485 which answer was no and only one was yes and I gave the explanation and she was just like "ok". She asked me how many times I've been previously married, how many times has my husband been married and she spend a little time going thu my divorce decree we included in the package. She never asked us to present the originals or even asked for our marriage certificate or birth certificates.

She was marking the pages on the package with red ink as she was going thru them as well as writing stuff in the computer, she highlighted few things on my divorce decree and my birth certificate. She asked me about the name I was born with and I explained her I was adopted and the information was in the back of my BC with my current name.

She asked us if we have children together and we said no, we only have my son from the previous marriage. She asked my husband how he gets along with my son and he answered " we are great, we do fun things, we ride roller coasters together, do lego sets, etc"

After all this she asked if we had anything else to present as evidence, so I showed her the documents of the purchase of our new car a couple of months ago, the payment history in the car, the car insurance cards including new car, and she she also asked me for my health insurance card I had put on the desk while getting my DL, she said " I am sure you send a copy of it in the package but just let me include it again here" and she wrote all that in her notes.

I also ask her if she wanted to take a look at our photo albums, she asked if we sent pictures with the package and I said " yes we sent several" she said " ok let me look at the pictures you brought" and she barely looked at them and gave them back.

She spent few more minutes writing stuff in her computer and printing sheets she made sure we would not see by folding the top part over and putting some stamps on them. At the end she printed two more pages, one was my approval letter and another was the instructions how to do ROC. At the end she asked if we had any questions, we said " no thank you" and she said " this finalize your interview, let me escort you to the exit" and off we went out of the office with a huge smile on our faces. It took about 28 minutes but they went pretty fast.

She was very pleasant, not too cold but not too friendly, just doing her job but for sure she made me feel at ease and relax a lot more.

2 hours later I got the notification that my card was in production.

After celebrating having lunch and ritas in my favorite restaurant we headed to the College I had already enrolled two weeks ago to buy my text books and ready to start classes for Fall semester next Monday August 25.

Life is good and I am so grateful things went so smooth for us right from the beginning, we didn't hire a lawyer, we did not have RFE's and we completed our journey in 3 months. :dance:

Edited August 20, 2014 by wavj

[supergirl20141 6]

We are back home, I am tired and feel like a ton of weight has bee lifted off of my shoulders so this is how the interview went for us:

We left the house 1.30hr earlier and with traffic we arrive 5 mins before 12. They did the security check and scanning, verified my appointment letter and let us in. There were about 15 couples and little by little more kept coming in and I counted in total of 25. At 12:17 they called my name and I was the first from all to my surprise. I got up to grab our stuff and they lady told me to wait a minute and she went back in, talking about teasing!! then she came back again and she just made us a sign to come in and the clock marked 12:20, so we went in 10 minutes earlier than our schedule appointment. She guided us to her private office and we took the oat standing. She asked us to sit down as she pull out our package, it really looked bigger than I can remember.

She asked us to present our DL, my passport and I-94, EDA and SS card - which I didn't bring with me but she didn't make a big deal out of it-. She started verifying the information on I-130 asking my husband for confirmation of answers. She asked me for my birthday, my parents names and day of our wedding.

Then she proceed to ask me about 6 random questions from I-485 which answer was no and only one was yes and I gave the explanation and she was just like "ok". She asked me how many times I've been previously married, how many times has my husband been married and she spend a little time going thu my divorce decree we included in the package. She never asked us to present the originals or even asked for our marriage certificate or birth certificates.

She was marking the pages on the package with red ink as she was going thru them as well as writing stuff in the computer, she highlighted few things on my divorce decree and my birth certificate. She asked me about the name I was born with and I explained her I was adopted and the information was in the back of my BC with my current name.

She asked us if we have children together and we said no, we only have my son from the previous marriage. She asked my husband how he gets along with my son and he answered " we are great, we do fun things, we ride roller coasters together, do lego sets, etc"

After all this she asked if we had anything else to present as evidence, so I showed her the documents of the purchase of our new car a couple of months ago, the payment history in the car, the car insurance cards including new car, and she she also asked me for my health insurance card I had put on the desk while getting my DL, she said " I am sure you send a copy of it in the package but just let me include it again here" and she wrote all that in her notes.

I also ask her if she wanted to take a look at our photo albums, she asked if we sent pictures with the package and I said " yes we sent several" she said " ok let me look at the pictures you brought" and she barely looked at them and gave them back.

She spent few more minutes writing stuff in her computer and printing sheets she made sure we would not see by folding the top part over and putting some stamps on them. At the end she printed two more pages, one was my approval letter and another was the instructions how to do ROC. At the end she asked if we had any questions, we said " no thank you" and she said " this finalize your interview, let me escort you to the exit" and off we went out of the office with a huge smile on our faces. It took about 28 minutes but they went pretty fast.

She was very pleasant, not too cold but not too friendly, just doing her job but for sure she made me feel at ease and relax a lot more.

2 hours later I got the notification that my card was in production.

After celebrating having lunch and ritas in my favorite restaurant we headed to the College I had already enrolled two weeks ago to buy my text books and ready to start classes for Fall semester next Monday August 25.

Life is good and I am so grateful things went so smooth for us right from the beginning, we didn't hire a lawyer, we did not have RFE's and we completed our journey in 3 months. :dance:

[wavj 26]

And while I taking a little nap another notification just came few minute ago that my I-130 has has been approved! :dance:

and also this other one for I-485:

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS


Your Case Status: Decision


On August 20, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375

Edited August 20, 2014 by wavj

[supergirl20141 6]

And while I taking a little nap another notification just came few minute ago that my I-130 has has been approved! :dance:

congrats.finally u can relax now

[kettlefish 10]

Approved on the spot!! Great interview experience. The IO gave me a letter of approval and she said she will order my card at the end of the day. We are off now to celebrate with great lunch and ritas, l will give more details when l get back home. I am overloaded with joy!!

congrats!

[FlyingFish 3]

We are back home, I am tired and feel like a ton of weight has bee lifted off of my shoulders so this is how the interview went for us:

We left the house 1.30hr earlier and with traffic we arrive 5 mins before 12. They did the security check and scanning, verified my appointment letter and let us in. There were about 15 couples and little by little more kept coming in and I counted in total of 25. At 12:17 they called my name and I was the first from all to my surprise. I got up to grab our stuff and they lady told me to wait a minute and she went back in, talking about teasing!! then she came back again and she just made us a sign to come in and the clock marked 12:20, so we went in 10 minutes earlier than our schedule appointment. She guided us to her private office and we took the oath standing. She asked us to sit down as she pull out our package, it really looked bigger than I can remember.

She asked us to present our DL, my passport and I-94, EDA and SS card - which I didn't bring with me but she didn't make a big deal out of it-. She started verifying the information on I-130 asking my husband for confirmation of answers. She asked me for my birthday, my parents names and day of our wedding.

Then she proceed to ask me about 6 random questions from I-485 which answer was no and only one was yes and I gave the explanation and she was just like "ok". She asked me how many times I've been previously married, how many times has my husband been married and she spend a little time going thu my divorce decree we included in the package. She never asked us to present the originals or even asked for our marriage certificate or birth certificates.

She was marking the pages on the package with red ink as she was going thru them as well as writing stuff in the computer, she highlighted few things on my divorce decree and my birth certificate. She asked me about the name I was born with and I explained her I was adopted and the information was in the back of my BC with my current name.

She asked us if we have children together and we said no, we only have my son from the previous marriage. She asked my husband how he gets along with my son and he answered " we are great, we do fun things, we ride roller coasters together, do lego sets, etc"

After all this she asked if we had anything else to present as evidence, so I showed her the documents of the purchase of our new car a couple of months ago, the payment history in the car, the car insurance cards including new car, and she she also asked me for my health insurance card I had put on the desk while getting my DL, she said " I am sure you send a copy of it in the package but just let me include it again here" and she wrote all that in her notes.

I also ask her if she wanted to take a look at our photo albums, she asked if we sent pictures with the package and I said " yes we sent several" she said " ok let me look at the pictures you brought" and she barely looked at them and gave them back.

She spent few more minutes writing stuff in her computer and printing sheets she made sure we would not see by folding the top part over and putting some stamps on them. At the end she printed two more pages, one was my approval letter and another was the instructions how to do ROC. At the end she asked if we had any questions, we said " no thank you" and she said " this finalize your interview, let me escort you to the exit" and off we went out of the office with a huge smile on our faces. It took about 28 minutes but they went pretty fast.

She was very pleasant, not too cold but not too friendly, just doing her job but for sure she made me feel at ease and relax a lot more.

2 hours later I got the notification that my card was in production.

After celebrating having lunch and ritas in my favorite restaurant we headed to the College I had already enrolled two weeks ago to buy my text books and ready to start classes for Fall semester next Monday August 25.

Life is good and I am so grateful things went so smooth for us right from the beginning, we didn't hire a lawyer, we did not have RFE's and we completed our journey in 3 months. :dance:

Congrats again!!

[FlyingFish 3]

Just received my EAD/AP combo card in the mail today!! Going to SSA in the morning to change my name and see if I can do a walk in at the DMV because the earliest appointment is 9/4. Maybe they'll be in a giving mood *rolls eyes

Also just realized i'm an idiot. My husband just filled out the emergency contact info and pickup authorization for my stepdaughter's school yesterday and it didn't dawn on me to make a copy until today. That was valuable bonafide paperwork to add to my stack. *hangs head in shame

[GurkenSalat 48]

Congrats, wavj, looks like it went great for you!

Oh, I just thought of this: my husband recently bought me a new macbook pro. We are both tech people, so those are the kinds of presents we get each other, heh Should I bring the receipt of that to the interview? I mean, he never got me flowers or candy or any of the usual stuff (because I hate the idea and told him never to waste money on silly stuff like that), or will they think we're too weird?