DALLAS AOS Filers/Timelines 2013-2014

[Danni_BoF 1]

Hi Danni, I filed in Feb 2015 as well. Did you try to contact Dallas office?

Hi Nathan

I did contact and was told I could schedule an infopass app but honestly, if it's 11-12 months that others are saying then i'll just hang on in there until the beginning of March and hope that something happens sooner.

Edited January 13, 2016 by Danni_BoF

[john77777 0]

Hey guys! Just wanted to update you all. I got my interview letter 2 weeks ago. My interview is scheduled for January 26. I filed January last year. My advise to you all- be patient!!

The Dallas Office is just too overwhelmed.

[Nathan99 4]

@danni: guess we just wait, I live too far from Dallas thus making infopass is absurd LoL

@John: Congrats on the interview notice, please share us your interview experience.

[Chuksteddylove 22]

My case was approved on December 16 2015. And card mailed on 22. No interview waiver notice, no interview. Just checked my status and saw it's been approved. I was out of the country for the holiday. Got my card when I got home.

Edited January 20, 2016 by Chuksteddylove

[Danni_BoF 1]

Hey guys! Just wanted to update you all. I got my interview letter 2 weeks ago. My interview is scheduled for January 26. I filed January last year. My advise to you all- be patient!!

The Dallas Office is just too overwhelmed.

Best of luck tomorrow!

[A_Saif 12]

This is the thread i was looking for ?

[angelee721 0]

Best of luck tomorrow!

Do you get your interview scheduled ????

[JeanF 32]

How's everyone holding up?

[Z3r0cx 4]

I got scheduled for my interview today for March 21, 2016. I applied in March 13, 2015. So dallas office finally catching up.

[OlenkaKyiv 3]

I got scheduled for my interview today for March 21, 2016. I applied in March 13, 2015. So dallas office finally catching up.

Congrats!

[Nguyet T Cutting 0]

I got scheduled for my interview today for March 21, 2016. I applied in March 13, 2015. So dallas office finally catching up.

hello there! are you from Vietnam too? me too! so you applied in Dallas too? congrats for your interview day, i am still waiting, i applied late April 2015. will be back to the US next month, hopefully it will be fine ( i mean the custom will be ok with my EAD and advance parole card)

[april_snow 0]

hello there! are you from Vietnam too? me too! so you applied in Dallas too? congrats for your interview day, i am still waiting, i applied late April 2015. will be back to the US next month, hopefully it will be fine ( i mean the custom will be ok with my EAD and advance parole card)

Have you received the interview letter yet?

[KASH2011 382]

I got scheduled for my interview today for March 21, 2016. I applied in March 13, 2015. So dallas office finally catching up.

Good luck to you!

[theoleg 1]

With green card finally in hand, I can now freely share our story.

As my wife and I felt we had a fairly straightforward open-shut case, we went through this entire process without any legal counsel, other than the extremely helpful tidbits offered by this wonderful website. Although we committed quite a few rookie mistakes along the way (I'm sure after reading the timeline, some of you will be shaking your heads at how fortunate we were)... in the end, I'd like to think that our faith in the process was re-paid, as we followed every written instruction to a tee, and always ensured that any necessary documentation was produced correctly and provided swiftly.

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Our background:

• Wife (USC) and I have been together for close to 10 years, living together for about half that (multiple lease documents and home loan with both our names)
• Married for more than 4 years and have children together
• Transferring from L1 visa
• Household income well over poverty line
• Both native English speakers. On a separate note, I am nothing short of impressed and full of admiration at how many of you whom English is not your native language, are able to handle this process yourselves. if I were attempting this in a language I wasn't familiar with, I have no doubt that I would have been forced to leave my job and this country months ago.
• Plenty of other strong bonafides (joint bank accounts, taxes, etc)
• Local field office is the Dallas Field Office

Nov 2014: Submitted concurrent i485 and i130 application and fees. Foolishly did not include an application for EAD/AP at this time, as I129S was due to expire in Jan 2016, and there was absolutely no way we'd still be doing this in over a year's time (hah).

Dec 2014: Completed biometrics - status set to waiting for interview. No RFE's.

...and waited till...

Oct 2015: Received interview notice - except realized that cannot make interview date due to work commitments (overseas travel)

Oct 2015: Filed first service call to national call center to re-schedule interview. Submitted non-refundable air ticket receipt, hotel bookings, work meeting itinerary as supplementary evidence.

Oct 2015: Realized that I am playing with fire as I put the rescheduling request in with my I129 (tied to my L1) about to expire, and I will be out of status without an EAD within 3 months. Immediately submitted application for an EAD and AP (fortunately as long as there is a valid i485 in progress, they are still free, even if you file separately)

Nov 2015: Received notice from Dallas Field Office accepting the re-schedule, and letting us know they'd notify us within 90 days of the new date

Dec 2015: Realize that if the original interview took 11 months to schedule, there was a good chance the reschedule was going to take longer than 90 days, and called the national call center for the 2nd time to expedite my EAD/AP. Faxed evidence of I129 expiry, and written letter from company stating the obvious - that I would be terminated if I had no legal right to work.

Dec 2015: Received approval for EAD/AP less than 1 week after the expedite request, and the card shortly after.

Mar 2016: Received re-scheduled interview notice. Also received notice that my I693 that I had submitted with the original application in Nov 2014 had expired, and I would need to submit a new one at the time of interview.

Apr 2016: Interview conducted, presented all original copies of requested evidence and a new I693. Even though we didn't think we'd be nervous, we were. Interviewer was courteous but strict (especially with the applicant... me!). Many questions were looking for details that I didn't have an exact answer or provided an incorrect answer to (e.g. "what was the port and date of your last entry into the USA"), but he did seem satisfied at my best effort answers. We did not receive a yes or no on the spot, only a sheet of paper letting us know that they'd need to review our case.

Apr 2016: A little over a week after the interview, we received the notification that we'd been approved. The card arrived about 5 days after in the mail!

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Best of luck to the rest of you who are still waiting!

[hopeful1990 0]

With green card finally in hand, I can now freely share our story.

As my wife and I felt we had a fairly straightforward open-shut case, we went through this entire process without any legal counsel, other than the extremely helpful tidbits offered by this wonderful website. Although we committed quite a few rookie mistakes along the way (I'm sure after reading the timeline, some of you will be shaking your heads at how fortunate we were)... in the end, I'd like to think that our faith in the process was re-paid, as we followed every written instruction to a tee, and always ensured that any necessary documentation was produced correctly and provided swiftly.

---

Our background:

• Wife (USC) and I have been together for close to 10 years, living together for about half that (multiple lease documents and home loan with both our names)
• Married for more than 4 years and have children together
• Transferring from L1 visa
• Household income well over poverty line
• Both native English speakers. On a separate note, I am nothing short of impressed and full of admiration at how many of you whom English is not your native language, are able to handle this process yourselves. if I were attempting this in a language I wasn't familiar with, I have no doubt that I would have been forced to leave my job and this country months ago.
• Plenty of other strong bonafides (joint bank accounts, taxes, etc)
• Local field office is the Dallas Field Office

Nov 2014: Submitted concurrent i485 and i130 application and fees. Foolishly did not include an application for EAD/AP at this time, as I129S was due to expire in Jan 2016, and there was absolutely no way we'd still be doing this in over a year's time (hah).

Dec 2014: Completed biometrics - status set to waiting for interview. No RFE's.

...and waited till...

Oct 2015: Received interview notice - except realized that cannot make interview date due to work commitments (overseas travel)

Oct 2015: Filed first service call to national call center to re-schedule interview. Submitted non-refundable air ticket receipt, hotel bookings, work meeting itinerary as supplementary evidence.

Oct 2015: Realized that I am playing with fire as I put the rescheduling request in with my I129 (tied to my L1) about to expire, and I will be out of status without an EAD within 3 months. Immediately submitted application for an EAD and AP (fortunately as long as there is a valid i485 in progress, they are still free, even if you file separately)

Nov 2015: Received notice from Dallas Field Office accepting the re-schedule, and letting us know they'd notify us within 90 days of the new date

Dec 2015: Realize that if the original interview took 11 months to schedule, there was a good chance the reschedule was going to take longer than 90 days, and called the national call center for the 2nd time to expedite my EAD/AP. Faxed evidence of I129 expiry, and written letter from company stating the obvious - that I would be terminated if I had no legal right to work.

Dec 2015: Received approval for EAD/AP less than 1 week after the expedite request, and the card shortly after.

Mar 2016: Received re-scheduled interview notice. Also received notice that my I693 that I had submitted with the original application in Nov 2014 had expired, and I would need to submit a new one at the time of interview.

Apr 2016: Interview conducted, presented all original copies of requested evidence and a new I693. Even though we didn't think we'd be nervous, we were. Interviewer was courteous but strict (especially with the applicant... me!). Many questions were looking for details that I didn't have an exact answer or provided an incorrect answer to (e.g. "what was the port and date of your last entry into the USA"), but he did seem satisfied at my best effort answers. We did not receive a yes or no on the spot, only a sheet of paper letting us know that they'd need to review our case.

Apr 2016: A little over a week after the interview, we received the notification that we'd been approved. The card arrived about 5 days after in the mail!

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Best of luck to the rest of you who are still waiting!

Thank you so much for this detailed description. I have been so depressed after my interview yesterday on april 26th. I know it rarely ever happens but i was expecting to be approved on the apot, but my status has been sitting on "my interview is completed and my case must be reviewed since yesterday". I have waited more than a year after submission to get this interview and recently got a great job that is starting on may 9th and my ead is expiring on june 25th. I have filed an extension abt 30 days ago but considering how slow dallas office is i dont know if it will get here on time.

I really wanted my green card right now but feel like with uscis everything just disappears in the limbo. I am just sleeping since yesterday to overcome my depression. Husband has been reassuring me continuously, but deep down inside we both are just hopeless and so done with this bureaucracy. I dont want to lose this new job, but there is nothing i can do . Your post makes me hopeful that may be my card will get here in a week too my interview went great i dont know what needs to be reviewed more especially since they have had the file for over a year now.