August 2014 Filers

[Pickle 65]

Hi everyone.

Sorry, it took me two days to post this. I was traveling.

I had my interview Oct 14th morning at the Dallas field office. If you remember, my case was expedited because my husband is deployed.

I was approved on the spot. Here is my experience and hopefully it gives you an idea of what it is like. Feel free to ask me questions.

Congratulations!! I hope you will see your husband soon!

[endofitness 2]

Hi everyone.

Sorry, it took me two days to post this. I was traveling.

I had my interview Oct 14th morning at the Dallas field office. If you remember, my case was expedited because my husband is deployed.

I was approved on the spot. Here is my experience and hopefully it gives you an idea of what it is like. Feel free to ask me questions.

My interview appointment was at 8 AM (morning appointments are better because they are more likely to stay on time and less crowd)

I got there at 7 AM. Went through "airport" security (put your belongings in trays and pass through scanner) I was then directed to go to the second floor. There is a waiting area where the applicants and their lawyers can wait.

An Immigration officer called my name at 7:30 AM. He was a young hispanic man and very pleasant. My attorney still hadn't arrived and I told the officer I would like to wait till my officer arrived. He said that is fine and that he would come back at 8:15AM to call us. A few minutes later, my lawyer arrived and we went over some notes and documents. The officer came and called us in around 8:15AM. He walked us to his office.

Mine was a VERY simple and brief interview. My lawyer said she had never been to such a fast interview in her life.

These are questions he asked me:

First he asked me to give him my passport, I-94s and all entry documents.

Then, he asked me:

1. My husband's full name

2. Husband's date of birth

3. Husband's place of birth

4. My full name

5. My date of birth

6. My place of birth

7. Our date of marriage

8. If my husband is overseas currently (I answered, "yes, he is deployed")

9. If either of us were married before (I said no)

Then, he went through all the "criminal activity" questions that are on the I485 and I answered "No" to all of them.

He then asked me if I had any additional evidence that I would like to add to the case. I handed him the bank statements from our new joint account and also from our savings account.

He then said, he will review my file once more. If he needs any additional documents, he will contact me. However, at this point, it doesn't seem like he needed any. He will t hen notify via mail if I was approved or not and that I should hear from him within two weeks. He then tore our the I-94s from my passport and returned the passport and my military ID to me.

I then thanked him and he walked us out of the door. My lawyer said it looks like I am approved and if I don't hear anything from him in two weeks, we would contact him. Within 15 minutes of leaving the building, I got a case update text that my I485 has moved to card production.

He asked me NO questions related to my marriage or to verify if our marriage was bonafide. Ofcourse, my case is the exception and not the rule. I had a huge file and a big album full of pictures but I never opened any of it.

As we walked out of the USCIS office, I saw that the line was getting longer and it was getting really busy.

The officer seemed new to his job and it almost seemed like he was shy to ask me questions. He would ask me each question and then give a shy smile. Lol!

My lawyer said that he probably didn't tell me in the office itself if I was approved or not was because he was probably new (As Dallas has hired a bunch of new officers to help with the backlog) and new officers are not allowed to tell them applicants approved/denied on the spot. They have to get the decision verified by a supervisor and then we are informed. Either ways, my case changed to document production and the I-130 moved to approved status in 15 minutes!

I know interview dates will start trickling in for y'all soon. I wish everyone the best. Hang in there. I'm here to support you.

Congratulations!!!!! I bet you are relieved

[endofitness 2]

Congrats to everyone on the interview and EAD updates!

Pickle, have tried to contact USCIS? I think you should, hopefully they wake up and send you some good news

[Pickle 65]

Pickle, have tried to contact USCIS? I think you should, hopefully they wake up and send you some good news

Thanks for your concern, endofitness! I actually counted the days earlier today since my NOA's, because I was thinking the same thing. I don't think it has been long enough (even though to me it feels like I've been waiting a year). I've read you have to wait 75 days from NOA (I wonder if it is business days...I really hope not!).

Happy for you about the interview notice you got today, that's great news!

[sidelcampeador 18]

I know interview dates will start trickling in for y'all soon. I wish everyone the best. Hang in there. I'm here to support you.

Hi ladyliberty. I have some questions i think you could help me with. Did you take any of your spouses document and copies? Did you need to show the marriage certificate??

Obviously im gonna take all those papers but still wanted to know if they even check them hehe

Thanks and congratulations!

[endofitness 2]

I want to send out good vibes for everyone this coming week! Let's get some good news..

[laptopnyc 1]

Filed AOS on July 30th 2014, and havent receive interview date yet.

Local CIS office is NYC and Application sent to NBC.

[vitoralves 4]

Pickle, just wondering.... Did you answer yes to any questions on your i-485... I say that because I did, I was cited as a juvenile in Brazil, and maybe that's why they are taking so long to schedule an interview....

[Pickle 65]

Pickle, just wondering.... Did you answer yes to any questions on your i-485... I say that because I did, I was cited as a juvenile in Brazil, and maybe that's why they are taking so long to schedule an interview....

Nope, I did not answer yes to any questions. It is a possibility why that is taking so long for you, they might have to check up on that "yes" answer? I don't know, but it might be a possibility. I know my AOS is taking so long because of my local office's backlog, but I don't understand why we don't hear anything regarding our EAD's. That is not processed at the local office as far as I know. The only thing I can think is that maybe they have to do more background checks or something since I have an EAD right now. However, my previous EAD took 69 days, so I guess I should not expect anything less this time...

[Pickle 65]

Filed AOS on July 30th 2014, and havent receive interview date yet.

Local CIS office is NYC and Application sent to NBC.

Welcome! Did you apply for EAD/AP?

[sidelcampeador 18]

Just got a status update. My EAD card has been shipped!

Do you guys know how long does it take to arrive??

[jbarrett 0]

Received E-Notification of interview scheduled for November 21st!

[Soares 0]

Hope that interview notices start arriving for everyone that filed in August, in the meantime I have to get a social security number and a driver's license, paperwork never stops

[Pickle 65]

Just got a status update. My EAD card has been shipped!

Do you guys know how long does it take to arrive??

Seems like you will end up not even needing that since your interview is in a week!

Received E-Notification of interview scheduled for November 21st!

Yay! Interview dates are getting later and later. By the looks of it I will not have mine until next year. Oh goodness and then they probably slow down over Christmas?!

Hope that interview notices start arriving for everyone that filed in August, in the meantime I have to get a social security number and a driver's license, paperwork never stops

It never does! Once you think you're done there is something else

[laptopnyc 1]

Welcome! Did you apply for EAD/AP?

Yes I did, and already received my ead card.

I applied for AP, it is still on the review progress. I know that it should take that long, anyway, i dont really need the AP, so I will just leave it.

Just got a status update. My EAD card has been shipped!

Do you guys know how long does it take to arrive??

It will arrive in 5-7 days.