February 2016 AOS Filers

[rfi087 2]

We are still waiting for any progress on the I-485. We just moved out of the city this week too, but we submitted the change of address form on the USCIS site... hopefully that does not cause any issues.

We have a very similar timeline and have also recently done an address change form. We got a letter at our new address confirming that change so hopefully that isn't holding anything up. Our I-485 status hasn't changed since 2/9 from the Fingerprint Fee Received message, but hopefully both of us hear something soon!

[vanlaria 5]

I'm here with my husband waiting for our interview right now!!! Wish us luck!!!

[minina 8]

I'm here with my husband waiting for our interview right now!!! Wish us luck!!!

Good luck!!!!! Wishing you the best on your interview!!

[B and E 19]

I'm here with my husband waiting for our interview right now!!! Wish us luck!!!

How did it go?

[iPod 89]

I'm here with my husband waiting for our interview right now!!! Wish us luck!!!

Good luck to you!! Let us know how it went.

[vanlaria 5]

How did it go?

Thank you everyone for your good wishes!!! We were approved!!!

Our officer was very serious and had a really deep commanding voice- eek! He had us swear in, and asked me to confirm everything on my i-485; name, address, birth date, place of birth, my entry point into the USA, and all the scary 'Are you a communist???' questions too! I tried to keep myself very casual and conversational, and roped my husband into questions where appropriate. He asked about our wedding, which we told him about, and asked for some pictures, at which point I handed him our stack of photos. He asked me about the location of a few of them, and my husband and I chatted as he went. He then asked about where we first met, which launched me into the story of our relationship. What everyone says about the interview is totally true- if you have a real marriage you have nothing to fear. Plus, I think those of us who have been in long distance relationships are probably experts at explaining our love stories by now haha!

For our evidence, we brought our joint car insurance and health insurance. I had brought a joint bank account statement for my Canadian bank, which my husband is a signer on, but for my USA bank I'd just gotten a letter that says 'this is to verify Vanlaria and Husband are joint on account 12345', and he seemed to prefer the account statement instead, so keep that in mind I suppose!

He told us at the end that we clearly had a real relationship and were approved! He explained all the next steps and said that my card should come in the next 30 days. He congratulated us, and me on my new job starting on Tuesday, we shook hands, and we were off!!!!

I'm so relieved, this has been a lot of work! Looking forward to hearing success stories from everyone else in the coming weeks.

[B and E 19]

Thank you everyone for your good wishes!!! We were approved!!!

Great!! Congratulations!!!

[julita26 12]

Thank you everyone for your good wishes!!! We were approved!!!

Our officer was very serious and had a really deep commanding voice- eek! He had us swear in, and asked me to confirm everything on my i-485; name, address, birth date, place of birth, my entry point into the USA, and all the scary 'Are you a communist???' questions too! I tried to keep myself very casual and conversational, and roped my husband into questions where appropriate. He asked about our wedding, which we told him about, and asked for some pictures, at which point I handed him our stack of photos. He asked me about the location of a few of them, and my husband and I chatted as he went. He then asked about where we first met, which launched me into the story of our relationship. What everyone says about the interview is totally true- if you have a real marriage you have nothing to fear. Plus, I think those of us who have been in long distance relationships are probably experts at explaining our love stories by now haha!

For our evidence, we brought our joint car insurance and health insurance. I had brought a joint bank account statement for my Canadian bank, which my husband is a signer on, but for my USA bank I'd just gotten a letter that says 'this is to verify Vanlaria and Husband are joint on account 12345', and he seemed to prefer the account statement instead, so keep that in mind I suppose!

He told us at the end that we clearly had a real relationship and were approved! He explained all the next steps and said that my card should come in the next 30 days. He congratulated us, and me on my new job starting on Tuesday, we shook hands, and we were off!!!!

I'm so relieved, this has been a lot of work! Looking forward to hearing success stories from everyone else in the coming weeks.

Congratulations, and thanks for sharing your story!

[julita26 12]

Just got our interview letter from the San Antonio Field Office! It's scheduled for Monday, July 18. There was no online status change, though. Off to print a bunch of wedding pictures--good luck to people still waiting!

[iPod 89]

Thank you everyone for your good wishes!!! We were approved!!!

Our officer was very serious and had a really deep commanding voice- eek! He had us swear in, and asked me to confirm everything on my i-485; name, address, birth date, place of birth, my entry point into the USA, and all the scary 'Are you a communist???' questions too! I tried to keep myself very casual and conversational, and roped my husband into questions where appropriate. He asked about our wedding, which we told him about, and asked for some pictures, at which point I handed him our stack of photos. He asked me about the location of a few of them, and my husband and I chatted as he went. He then asked about where we first met, which launched me into the story of our relationship. What everyone says about the interview is totally true- if you have a real marriage you have nothing to fear. Plus, I think those of us who have been in long distance relationships are probably experts at explaining our love stories by now haha!

For our evidence, we brought our joint car insurance and health insurance. I had brought a joint bank account statement for my Canadian bank, which my husband is a signer on, but for my USA bank I'd just gotten a letter that says 'this is to verify Vanlaria and Husband are joint on account 12345', and he seemed to prefer the account statement instead, so keep that in mind I suppose!

He told us at the end that we clearly had a real relationship and were approved! He explained all the next steps and said that my card should come in the next 30 days. He congratulated us, and me on my new job starting on Tuesday, we shook hands, and we were off!!!!

I'm so relieved, this has been a lot of work! Looking forward to hearing success stories from everyone else in the coming weeks.

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Chalandrae 32]

Don't know if I should take this as good or bad news, but I just got a notification.. RFIE for my I-485. I am/was on day 127.

[iPod 89]

Don't know if I should take this as good or bad news, but I just got a notification.. RFIE for my I-485. I am/was on day 127.

I guess at least they are looking at your case. Is your local office super busy? I wonder why it's taking them so long.

Good luck and I hope it starts going faster for you.

[Chalandrae 32]

I guess at least they are looking at your case. Is your local office super busy? I wonder why it's taking them so long.

Good luck and I hope it starts going faster for you.

I think the only reason my case is being looked at is because we contacted our 2 senators and congresswoman. Still haven't heard anything about I-765 so we took action. Just made sure to mention it was filed with I-485 and add the receipt number haha.

I don't think my case was transferred yet. But my local office is NYC. And as of June 2016, they apparently are processing cases from July 2015.

[Chalandrae 32]

Ok, I just received the RFIE letter. IT'S NOT THE MEDICAL!!!!!!!!!

Hubby forgot to file part 5 on the I-864 (The household size hahahahaha!!! ).

It says he must correct/File the page 4. Do we just write the info down on the photocopy they sent with the RFIE or we just print a new page 4 and file it?

[idyllic420 31]

No Progress on the I-485