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Short Waiting Time -- Good Sign, Or Bad?

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MiaAndSabry   6

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So my husband has an F-1 visa and we got an immigration lawyer and started filing for a change to resident status (marriage based). You can see on my time line the waiting period for our interview appointment was short...

Anyway, my husband thinks a short waiting period is a bad sign. Like maybe they think bad of us or something. But I don't know. I think sometimes people just get lucky. Our lawyer says we are lucky.

What do you guys think?

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Our Timeline:

Relationship:

05/15/13 Came into each other’s lives.

09/01/13 Moved in together/got engaged.

10/05/13 Filed to renew Sabry’s work permit.

01/09/14 Got married.

I-130 / I-1485 Process (adjusting status with both of us in the United States, from F-1 Student Visa to Resident, marriage-based):

02/15/14 Hired an immigration lawyer to start our filing, submitted necessary paper work.

06/02/14 Sabry’s work permit renewed.

06/12/14 Received word that our interview is scheduled for June 26th, 2014. Waiting….

06/26/14 Interview done, went fairly well I guess, except for my 2 silly little goof-ups. And now we wait... Details are posted here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/503270-our-interview-details-and-how-it-went/?p=7098097

07/05/14 Conditional Resident status (marriage-based) adjustment APPROVED!

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kzielu   1,149

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So my husband has an F-1 visa and we got an immigration lawyer and started filing for a change to resident status (marriage based). You can see on my time line the waiting period for our interview appointment was short...

Anyway, my husband thinks a short waiting period is a bad sign. Like maybe they think bad of us or something. But I don't know. I think sometimes people just get lucky. Our lawyer says we are lucky.

What do you guys think?

Well, let's start with - it isn't short. I had interview after two months (adjusted from L-1B). Interview time depends on how busy local office is and has nothing to do with being a bad sign.

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MiaAndSabry   6

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Ah ok. Thanks you guys. Matbe it just seemed short because I was hearing it takes up to a year for that. But also I guess each case is different. Ok, I will let him read these comments, maybe he will relax, lol. :)

Our Timeline:

Relationship:

05/15/13 Came into each other’s lives.

09/01/13 Moved in together/got engaged.

10/05/13 Filed to renew Sabry’s work permit.

01/09/14 Got married.

I-130 / I-1485 Process (adjusting status with both of us in the United States, from F-1 Student Visa to Resident, marriage-based):

02/15/14 Hired an immigration lawyer to start our filing, submitted necessary paper work.

06/02/14 Sabry’s work permit renewed.

06/12/14 Received word that our interview is scheduled for June 26th, 2014. Waiting….

06/26/14 Interview done, went fairly well I guess, except for my 2 silly little goof-ups. And now we wait... Details are posted here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/503270-our-interview-details-and-how-it-went/?p=7098097

07/05/14 Conditional Resident status (marriage-based) adjustment APPROVED!

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Harpa Timsah   13,258

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It means that your local office has openings for interviews, that's all.

A year? You heard wrong. Good luck.

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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otter~   17

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If anything, it's a good thing! That means they didn't have to send out an RFE, there's no problems so far, that's what I think at least :P good luck for the interview~

k1 journey <3 -

-30th oct 2013: sent I-129f package

-1st nov 2013: package arrived at lockbox

-6th nov 2013: received noa1 email/text

-8th nov 2013: alien registration number changed

-15th nov 2013: noa1 hard copy arrived

-19th nov 2013: noa2!!!!

-17th dec 2013: nvc receive

-23rd dec 2013: consulate receive

-15th jan 2014: medical done

-3rd feb 2014: found out interview date via email

-7th feb 2014: received interview letter

-14th feb 2014: interview APPROVED!!!!!! <3

-22nd feb 2014: visa in hand

-26th feb 2014: POE New York JFK

-26th feb 2014: together <333

K1 journey over! Next stop AOS! married! :D

AOS <3

-23rd may 2014 send paperwork with USPS

-26th may 2014 usps says delivered!

-2nd june 2014: NOA1 texts received

-4th june 2014: biometrics letter receive

-26th june 2014: biometrics appointment

-6th august 2014: EAD card production ordered!!!!

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KayDeeCee   4,893

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~ Moved from AOS from Family Based Visas to AOS from Work, Student & Tourist Visas - OP adjusting from F-1 ~

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

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Girl from Celebes   588

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So my husband has an F-1 visa and we got an immigration lawyer and started filing for a change to resident status (marriage based). You can see on my time line the waiting period for our interview appointment was short...

Anyway, my husband thinks a short waiting period is a bad sign. Like maybe they think bad of us or something. But I don't know. I think sometimes people just get lucky. Our lawyer says we are lucky.

What do you guys think?

As far as my observation, adjust of status from work, student, and tourist visas are seem quickly compare to adjust of status from family based visas (K-1,K-2, and K-3). From what I've read on Visa Journey, adjust from family based visas usually take up to a year to get approved for green card. In fact, I just saw a post a while ago that someone here is still waiting get approved for I-485 and he filed almost a year ago. That's why I kept suggesting people to post in appropriate sub-forums because many users here posted on adjust of status from family based visas even though they are adjusting from work, student, and tourist visas. That is raise confusion and sometimes jealousy because someone got approval faster than others.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat

- Sun Tzu-

It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop

-Confucius-

 

-I am the beneficiary and my post is not reflecting my petitioner's point of views-

 

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*Mailed I-751 package (06/21/2017) to CSC

*NOA-1 date (06/23/2017)

*NOA-1 received (06/28/2017)

*Check cashed (06/27/2017)

*Biometric Received (07/10/2017)

*Biometric Appointment (07/20/2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Girl from Celebes   588

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This is one sample people are confused where they have posted. I already told them but some of them were still insisted. <_<

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/494165-may-2014-aos-filers/page-9

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat

- Sun Tzu-

It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop

-Confucius-

 

-I am the beneficiary and my post is not reflecting my petitioner's point of views-

 

                                       Lifting Condition (I-751)

 

*Mailed I-751 package (06/21/2017) to CSC

*NOA-1 date (06/23/2017)

*NOA-1 received (06/28/2017)

*Check cashed (06/27/2017)

*Biometric Received (07/10/2017)

*Biometric Appointment (07/20/2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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