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nbanik1987   0

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Hello Everyone,

I had my interview today at the Jacksonville Field Office and within 10 mins the officer approved us. I would like to thank everyone who answered my questions patiently.

I came to the US in 2010 as an F1 student, met my wife via Match.com in March 2012, started dating, got legally married on Aug 27, 2013, had the church wedding on Dec 27, 2014. Filed I-130 in April 2014, got approved in June 2014. Filed I 485, I 765 and other related forms in May 2015, biometrics in June, got RFE on I-864 in June, answered back in July, got EAD approval in end of Aug. Interview scheduled on Sep 29th 2015, approved on spot.

We reached the office 15 mins ago for the 10:45 am interview, as we were stuck in Jacksonville traffic. Even before we could sit in the waiting area, the visa officer came in and called by my last name (at around 10:35 am ), he was a very pleasant man in his 50s. He took us to the office, made us take the oath and sat us down. After giving him my passport, driver's license and my wife's driver's license (didn't ask for passport), he cross checked whether I really don't have a middle name. He then verified the spelling of my name and then asked me my parents' names; I even spelled it for him. He smiled. Then he went through the yes/no questions, and then he said that it's good that we were married for over 2 years. He then asked to see if we had anything else to show him. My wife had made scrapbooks with all the pictures, our first date, first anniversary, legal and church wedding etc. My wife started going through the pics (me just sitting beside her quietly :) ) and naming everyone (she was super excited to go over the pics). The visa officer was very happy to see the pics and would exclaim "nice","very nice". My wife went through most of the pics and then I guess the visa officer got bored :) he said, "that's all very nice, I am going to recommend your green card be approved for 10 years, and you should receive it in 3 weeks". That's it, escorted us out and shook our hands. We were out by 10:50 am.

We walked out excited, sat in our car, made phone calls to our parents, and headed to the nearest Cheesecake Factory for our celebration lunch. :)

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erik_23ph   12

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Philippines
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Congratulations!

Adjustment of Status Timeline from J1 Visa

05/13/2015 - Sent I-485/I-130/I-765/I-131 to USCIS.

05/18/2015 - Received I-797 NOA with Receipt Numbers.

05/25/2015 - Received Biometrics appointment letter

06/10/2015 - Biometrics Appointment done

06/15/2015 - Received RFE letter dated 6/9/15

07/08/2015 - Sent reply to RFE

07/14/2015 - USCIS confirmed receipt of our reply to RFE

07/25/2015 - I-131 AP approved

07/27/2015 - I-765 EAD approved

08/04/2015 - USCIS sent EAD/AP

08/05/2015 - Received EAD/AP approval notice
08/14/2015 - Received EAD/AP card

12/03/2015 - Interview scheduled for January 8, 2016

01/08/2016 - Interview. I-485 AOS approved

01/10/2016 - I-485 and I-130 approval notice mailed

01/12/2016 - 'New Card' was mailed

01/15/2016 - Received Green Card.

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lchavacortiz   1

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: New Zealand
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Hello Everyone,

I had my interview today at the Jacksonville Field Office and within 10 mins the officer approved us. I would like to thank everyone who answered my questions patiently.

I came to the US in 2010 as an F1 student, met my wife via Match.com in March 2012, started dating, got legally married on Aug 27, 2013, had the church wedding on Dec 27, 2014. Filed I-130 in April 2014, got approved in June 2014. Filed I 485, I 765 and other related forms in May 2015, biometrics in June, got RFE on I-864 in June, answered back in July, got EAD approval in end of Aug. Interview scheduled on Sep 29th 2015, approved on spot.

We reached the office 15 mins ago for the 10:45 am interview, as we were stuck in Jacksonville traffic. Even before we could sit in the waiting area, the visa officer came in and called by my last name (at around 10:35 am ), he was a very pleasant man in his 50s. He took us to the office, made us take the oath and sat us down. After giving him my passport, driver's license and my wife's driver's license (didn't ask for passport), he cross checked whether I really don't have a middle name. He then verified the spelling of my name and then asked me my parents' names; I even spelled it for him. He smiled. Then he went through the yes/no questions, and then he said that it's good that we were married for over 2 years. He then asked to see if we had anything else to show him. My wife had made scrapbooks with all the pictures, our first date, first anniversary, legal and church wedding etc. My wife started going through the pics (me just sitting beside her quietly :) ) and naming everyone (she was super excited to go over the pics). The visa officer was very happy to see the pics and would exclaim "nice","very nice". My wife went through most of the pics and then I guess the visa officer got bored :) he said, "that's all very nice, I am going to recommend your green card be approved for 10 years, and you should receive it in 3 weeks". That's it, escorted us out and shook our hands. We were out by 10:50 am.

We walked out excited, sat in our car, made phone calls to our parents, and headed to the nearest Cheesecake Factory for our celebration lunch. :)

Congrats.

 
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