February 2015 Filings for AOS

[obanla 37]

I am sorry guys been busy with work and my lil baby, well every since ive gone for the interview, we have not heard anything from uscis and no update on my status too, its been over 4 month and i dont even know what number to call for info pass, congrat to all that have gotten greencards and all the best to the rest people .

[Leo7777 243]

Obanla, here is some info that others have posted previously.

I have not tried either.

Calling USCIS

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293330-calling-uscis/

Ombudsman Case Support request:

Check http://www.dhs.gov/case-assistancefor a link of their online form. You should scan the documents beforehand and upload it with the form; total file size should not be larger than 5MB

[obanla 37]

Thanks Lee, I will call tomorrow morning and hope you get some updates soon too

[Nisha00 0]

Just wanted to add my timeline to this thread.

Sent AOS application in Feb 5th, 2015.

EAD approved April 9th

Received email today for interview (scheduled for 10/2/15)

[canadianmeghan 1]

HI EVERYONE!!!! WE WERE APPROVED TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had an RFE after our interview just for a full birth certificate, the one I provided didnt have my parents names on it.. Sent that in last Friday and TODAY our status was changed to CARD BEING PRODUCED!

[KASH2011 382]

Just wanted to add my timeline to this thread.

Sent AOS application in Feb 5th, 2015.

EAD approved April 9th

Received email today for interview (scheduled for 10/2/15)

Good luck!

HI EVERYONE!!!! WE WERE APPROVED TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had an RFE after our interview just for a full birth certificate, the one I provided didnt have my parents names on it.. Sent that in last Friday and TODAY our status was changed to CARD BEING PRODUCED!

Congrats!

[Leo7777 243]

Here is weekly update.

Leo Wife Ukraine Pittsburgh 2/3 Chi, 3/4 Bio, 4/17 EAD received,

astoldbyme China N.Y. City 2/4 CSC, 3/4 Bio, 4/07 EAD received,

Icelego From ??? Nashua, NH 2/4 TSC, 3/9 Bio, 4/18 EAD received,

Hunny From ??? Baltimore 2/4 Chi, 3/11 Bio, 4/16 EAD received, 8/21 Interview

Youbac Lebanon, Los Angeles 2/5 Chi, 3/2 Bio, 4/30 EAD received, 5/20 Interview,

Nisha Grenada New York City 2/5 Chi, 4/09 EAD received, 10/2 Interview

Obanla South Africa Houston 2/6 Chi, 2/15 Bio, 4/21 EAD received, 4/22 Interview,

Nevarez Mexico Los Angeles 2/6 Chi, 2/25 Bio, 4/22 EAD received, 6/1 Interview,

Insomnius From ??? St. Louis 2/9 Chi, 2/25 Bio, 4/23 EAD received, 7/?? Interview,

Vink India Chicago 2/9 Chi, 3/5 Bio, 4/24 EAD Received, 7/20 Green Card,

Joanna France San Francisco 2/10 Chi, 3/3 Bio, 5/5 EAD received, 6/22 Green Card,

Tink Mexico Santa Anna, CA 2/10 Chi, 3/4 Bio, 4/27 EAD received, 9/30 Interview

Nathan From ??? City ??? 2/10 Chi, 2/24 Bio, 4/22 EAD received,

Ali India Houston 2/10 Chi, 3/17 Bio, 4/23 EAD received, 5/07 Green Card,

mockingbird Mexico Denver 2/11 Chi, 3/13 Bio, 4/24 EAD received,

rekrap Mexico El Paso 2/12 /Chi, 3/11 Bio, 4/25 EAD received, 4/30 Green Card,

Philly512 Colombia, Philly 2/13 Chi, 3/13 Bio, 4/27 EAD received, 4/30 Green Card,

Shubha Canada, Brooklyn 2/14 Chi, 3/13 Bio, 4/7 EAD received,

KMA Husband Mexico Raleigh 2/17 Chi, 4/10 Bio, 7/16 Green Card,

SA123456 UK, Chicago 2/17 Chi, 3/25 Bio, 4/7 Ready,

towson Pakistan Newark 2/18 Chi, 3/20 Bio, 5/29 EAD received,

Meghan Canada Duluth 2/19 Chi, 3/6 Bio, 5/7 EAD received, 8/28 Green Card,

nadnjess Pakistan Euless, TX 2/19 Chi,

happiny From ??? Wash, DC, 2/19 Chi, 4/6 Bio, 5/20 EAD received, 4/15 Ready,

Danni Ireland Dallas 2/23 Chi, 4/17 Bio, 5/15 EAD received

Codeblue Wife Russia Miami 2/23 Chi, 3/17 Bio,

mrsalmadro Philippines, L V 2/23 Chi, 3/23 Bio, 5/20 EAD received, 5/18 Green Card,

anikpezie From ??? Houston 2/24 Chi, 4/9 Bio, 5/15 EAD received, 8/11 Green Card

ohiofeb15 Canada, Cleveland 2/24 Chi, 3/25 Bio, 5/16 EAD received, 6/20 Green Card,

drjb China Jacksonville, FL 2/26 Chi, 3/17 Bio, 5/21 EAD received

nickmabz England City ??? 2/26 Chi, 4/16 Bio,

rodeo Philippines Las Vegas 2/26 Chi, 3/25 Bio, 5/27 EAD received,

1Brit UK Salt Lake City 2/27 Chi, 4/3 Bio, 5/21 EAD received, 7/7 Interview,

dcurtisa Canada Cleveland 2/27 Chi, 3/25 Bio, 5/19 Interview

nicknackzz Ireland Charlotte, NC 2/27 Chi, 5/23 EAD received, 6/23 Green Card,

Referdev UK Denver 3/3 Chi, 3/31 Bio, 5/20 EAD received,

andfp Colombia Oakland FL 3/3 Chi, 3/23 Bio, 5/28 EAD received, 6/29 Green Card

Lanna Brazil Maryland 3/3 Chi, 4/14 Bio, 5/23 EAD received, 9/9 Interview

chewy Spouse England Kissimmee, 3/13 Chi, 6/03 EAD received, 6/10 Green Card

[1brit 4]

Hi everyone,

I got my green card yesterday, woohoo! It was about a 2 month wait - longer than I expected but still fine.

I wish you all luck to anyone waiting on their green cards. It will come!

[KASH2011 382]

Hi everyone,

I got my green card yesterday, woohoo! It was about a 2 month wait - longer than I expected but still fine.

I wish you all luck to anyone waiting on their green cards. It will come!

Congrats!

[ShubhaBala 1]

Just got our interview schedule letter for October 9!

Interestingly, I never got an e-mail update even though I was signed up.

[KASH2011 382]

Just got our interview schedule letter for October 9!

Interestingly, I never got an e-mail update even though I was signed up.

Good luck!

[Lanna 2]

Hello! Green Card approved!

Today was my interview. It was scheduled for 9:15am and we had to drive from Rockville to Baltimore. It usually is a 40 minutes drive, but to avoid/manage the rush hour we left home at 7am. At 8:15 we had already got our waiting number, Because it was early, the office was kind of empty. At 8:30 we were with the officer. He told us the interview was being recorded; requested my husband's ID and my ID and Passport; we sworn to say the truth; and he explained that the interview would consist on 3 parts: 1) relationship history 2)I-130 petition overview 3) I-485 petition overview.

Part 1- Both us answering, he was alternating to whom he was directing the questions, but told us that we both could answer.

- How did you meet?

-When did you get romantically involved?

-In which language did you communicate?(because we met online, in a language learning website)

-When did you decide to get married?

-Who came to your wedding? (He was looking at the pictures we had submitted)

-You arrived in a student visa. Where and what were you studying?

-What are your plans?(professional plans, I think he asked because I left my very stable 15 years career back in Brazil and I had a long list of work for the last 5 years )

Part 2- I was asked about my husband application

- he basically asked everything that was in the forms I-130 and G-325 (Name, telephone, parents name, address, job position).

Part 3- My husband was asked about my application

- he selected questions regarding family, identification and work. Confirmed my address with him.

- He went with me through the questions in section 3.C (I-485)

- He asked whether any of us had been married before or had children (adopted or natural )out of the US.

The interview was really smooth, the officer didn't request any additional evidence (and I had prepared a binder with all the items they listed in the notification letter- basically the copy of the whole application). He told us the government had said we had enough money, that I had all the documents correctly, therefore, my application had been approved and the card should arrive at maximum in 45 days.

At 10:15 I received an email updating the Application status for "card being produced".

We didn't study or prepared for the interview and I got so surprised my husband knew my parents' full names, that I said: - I didn't know you knew this!

I'm happy, but overall alleviated! It is a stressfull process.

I'll let you guys know when I receive the actual document.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Lanna

[KASH2011 382]

Hello! Green Card approved!

Today was my interview. It was scheduled for 9:15am and we had to drive from Rockville to Baltimore. It usually is a 40 minutes drive, but to avoid/manage the rush hour we left home at 7am. At 8:15 we had already got our waiting number, Because it was early, the office was kind of empty. At 8:30 we were with the officer. He told us the interview was being recorded; requested my husband's ID and my ID and Passport; we sworn to say the truth; and he explained that the interview would consist on 3 parts: 1) relationship history 2)I-130 petition overview 3) I-485 petition overview.

Part 1- Both us answering, he was alternating to whom he was directing the questions, but told us that we both could answer.

- How did you meet?

-When did you get romantically involved?

-In which language did you communicate?(because we met online, in a language learning website)

-When did you decide to get married?

-Who came to your wedding? (He was looking at the pictures we had submitted)

-You arrived in a student visa. Where and what were you studying?

-What are your plans?(professional plans, I think he asked because I left my very stable 15 years career back in Brazil and I had a long list of work for the last 5 years )

Part 2- I was asked about my husband application

- he basically asked everything that was in the forms I-130 and G-325 (Name, telephone, parents name, address, job position).

Part 3- My husband was asked about my application

- he selected questions regarding family, identification and work. Confirmed my address with him.

- He went with me through the questions in section 3.C (I-485)

- He asked whether any of us had been married before or had children (adopted or natural )out of the US.

The interview was really smooth, the officer didn't request any additional evidence (and I had prepared a binder with all the items they listed in the notification letter- basically the copy of the whole application). He told us the government had said we had enough money, that I had all the documents correctly, therefore, my application had been approved and the card should arrive at maximum in 45 days.

At 10:15 I received an email updating the Application status for "card being produced".

We didn't study or prepared for the interview and I got so surprised my husband knew my parents' full names, that I said: - I didn't know you knew this!

I'm happy, but overall alleviated! It is a stressfull process.

I'll let you guys know when I receive the actual document.

Congrats!

[Leo7777 243]

We made our first ever phone call to USCIS today to try to get something started to find out what is the delay in our case.

We are now into our 8th month since initial filing.

I did a search here and found there were four couples who were processed through Pittsburgh for AOS in 4 months or less in the past year.

The official website shows Pittsburgh is processing applications filed in August 2014; but I know that is not true because 3 of the 4 I found filed long after August 2014 and have already gotten Green Cards in February, March and April of 2015.

Anyway, the Tier One person agreed to fill out a Service Request for us.

My extensive reading here gave idea that without filing of Service Request, nothing really happens.

And, they try to avoid filling out Service Request, so we were happy they did so for us.

We got a confirmation number and statement that we should hear something in 5-15 days.

If not, we can call back with our confirmation number, etc.

No guarantee that this will speed anything up, but I have read accounts here that even when you get response that they can do nothing for you; you suddenly do get Interview Appointment date, etc.

I think they want to tell you that a phone call or even a Service Request won't help; because they don't want the word to get spread around that it will help . . . and then get an increased avalanche of phone calls.

Also, I had read that the best way to proceed after you dial the number . . . is to give 'no responses' in terms of punching numbers for menu selections. Under that procedure, you were supposed to be answered directly by a real person.

Things have changed in that respect. If you don't choose from menu items . . . the entire menu (very, very long) is read to you twice again for a total of three times. Then, you are disconnected.

So, on our next try, I chose some menu items.

And, we were pleasantly surprised that someone answered within 20 seconds or so.

The person was very pleasant and willing to help.

I have read here that the US citizen can call on their own to check all of this out.

But not true. They asked if the foreign applicant were on the phone also, wanted her to state her name, and state that she gave her husband permission to do all the talking on her behalf.

[referdev 1]

What does 'touch' mean for 4 and 9 July?

I write those down to keep track of the "last updated" dates on myUSCIS, so the times they do some work on the case. I check every now and again to see if any progress is being made, but those were the two most recent times they touched it.