February 2016 AOS Filers

[pilotkausa 5]

Got a text and email an hour ago saying my Greencard has been mailed. Wooo Hooo. Thank you Jesus.

CONGRATS

[katie123 7]

CONGRATS

CONGRATS

Thank you so much.

[minina 8]

Got a text about an hour ago that our case was updated... logged in to USCIS.gov and:

New Card Is Being Produced

On July 15, 2016, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number xxxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.

Got a text and email an hour ago saying my Greencard has been mailed. Wooo Hooo. Thank you Jesus.

Congrats!!!

[katie123 7]

Congrats!!!

Thank you! I am so glad I didnt have to go thru the interview process.

[B and E 19]

Well, I need to make an infopass apointment and try to get an emergency AP. My dad is in the hospital and his situation deteriorated overnight.

Any luck with the emergency AP? Hope your dad is doing better now

[Chalandrae 32]

Any luck with the emergency AP? Hope your dad is doing better now

Yup I was approved and they actually gave me the AP for 1 year.

And he is thanks. Waiting on a surgery, still weak as hell but he is out of the woods for now.

[B and E 19]

Yup I was approved and they actually gave me the AP for 1 year.

And he is thanks. Waiting on a surgery, still weak as hell but he is out of the woods for now.

That's good news. Did you get your EAD card too?

[Chalandrae 32]

That's good news. Did you get your EAD card too?

No, but the lady at the NYC office said they are working on March cases and I should get it soon.

Let's say something happened and we got the section chief to help us and she saw I was nearing 5 months on everything.

[Kimmyxin 0]

Anybody used their AP for vacation purposes?

I used my AP two months ago to travel back to home. I have no problem coming back. Now I'm thinking to visit Canada. Would it be a problem?

[B and E 19]

No, but the lady at the NYC office said they are working on March cases and I should get it soon.

Let's say something happened and we got the section chief to help us and she saw I was nearing 5 months on everything.

That's good. Glad to know that they're at least working on it.

[julita26 12]

We had our interview today in San Antonio. We brought two binders full of evidence, including originals birth and marriage certificates, recent pay stubs and 2015 tax transcript, pictures together, shared bank account and credit card statements, shared lease, shared utilities, shared car title, proof of my wife as beneficiary on my Roth IRA, chat logs, call logs, social media pages, greeting cards, affidavits from friends and family, and all of the previous documents and notices we've gotten from USCIS.

Our Immigration Officer was an older gentleman that initially looked cranky but turned out to be really nice. He asked us, "Are you scared? You should be--just kidding." He spoke fluent Spanish so we were able to do the interview in Spanish, which made my wife feel a lot better, and he was very up front about the fact that he had zero interest in doing any more work or verification than absolutely necessary. I believe his actual words were, "Oh, you came on a K1 visa? That's great--makes my job a lot easier. You're my last case of the day, and it's Monday." He looked at none of our evidence. That's right; absolutely none of it. Didn't even open the folders we brought. He just verified our address and my wife's parents' name with her in her USCIS case file. The only questions he asked were 1) how we met and 2) if she'd ever been a member of the Communist party. However, he did say that the fact that we'd brought so much evidence made him not want to look at any of it--whereas the people that don't bring in much evidence made him want to see more. So our strategy of bringing every conceivable document related to our immigration process and relationship worked . After telling us he was going to approve us, he proceeded to chat with us for the next 45 minutes about his family, San Antonio, what it's like to work for USCIS, other places he's lived, and give a pretty helpful explanation of the removal of conditions process and the benefits of becoming a naturalized citizen vs. remaining a permanent residence. So all in all, we were there for an hour, but the "interview" was less than 10 minutes of that.

He said the computers were down so he couldn't give us the formal letter of approval today, but it should be mailed tomorrow. The 1 year 9 months for removal of conditions starts from then, and we should receive the card within 30 days of receiving the notice. Hoping it's much sooner--we have plans to visit family in Colombia in August and don't want to travel without the green card now that it's approved. Good luck to everyone still waiting and bring as much evidence as you can to your interview!

[Abby&Colin 40]

Anybody used their AP for vacation purposes?

I used my AP two months ago to travel back to home. I have no problem coming back. Now I'm thinking to visit Canada. Would it be a problem?

Your fine I went on vacation to Punta Cana with my AP and all was easy peasy !

[KASH2011 382]

We had our interview today in San Antonio. We brought two binders full of evidence, including originals birth and marriage certificates, recent pay stubs and 2015 tax transcript, pictures together, shared bank account and credit card statements, shared lease, shared utilities, shared car title, proof of my wife as beneficiary on my Roth IRA, chat logs, call logs, social media pages, greeting cards, affidavits from friends and family, and all of the previous documents and notices we've gotten from USCIS.

Our Immigration Officer was an older gentleman that initially looked cranky but turned out to be really nice. He asked us, "Are you scared? You should be--just kidding." He spoke fluent Spanish so we were able to do the interview in Spanish, which made my wife feel a lot better, and he was very up front about the fact that he had zero interest in doing any more work or verification than absolutely necessary. I believe his actual words were, "Oh, you came on a K1 visa? That's great--makes my job a lot easier. You're my last case of the day, and it's Monday." He looked at none of our evidence. That's right; absolutely none of it. Didn't even open the folders we brought. He just verified our address and my wife's parents' name with her in her USCIS case file. The only questions he asked were 1) how we met and 2) if she'd ever been a member of the Communist party. However, he did say that the fact that we'd brought so much evidence made him not want to look at any of it--whereas the people that don't bring in much evidence made him want to see more. So our strategy of bringing every conceivable document related to our immigration process and relationship worked . After telling us he was going to approve us, he proceeded to chat with us for the next 45 minutes about his family, San Antonio, what it's like to work for USCIS, other places he's lived, and give a pretty helpful explanation of the removal of conditions process and the benefits of becoming a naturalized citizen vs. remaining a permanent residence. So all in all, we were there for an hour, but the "interview" was less than 10 minutes of that.

He said the computers were down so he couldn't give us the formal letter of approval today, but it should be mailed tomorrow. The 1 year 9 months for removal of conditions starts from then, and we should receive the card within 30 days of receiving the notice. Hoping it's much sooner--we have plans to visit family in Colombia in August and don't want to travel without the green card now that it's approved. Good luck to everyone still waiting and bring as much evidence as you can to your interview!

Thank you for sharing your experience! Congrats!

[katie123 7]

Got a message saying my GC has been delivered to mailbox. Got home and surely it was in the mailbox.

Thank you everyone for your time, and answering my questions when I needed help from the K1 process till date. Next step is ROC in 1yr and 9months. See you guys then for now...so long!!

[idyllic420 31]

just got off the phone with tier 2 agent. she told me to expect 6-9months. I will get approved by year end as they are severely backlogged at this time. bs. by that time they might give me rfe for expired medical....and I will have to spend more money on the medical