AOS November 2016 Filers

[hereicomecali 6]

Any AOS filers here in California Bay Area? I am filing my AOS from a K1 visa. I got my EAD and AP already, and am waiting for the interview notice. My case has been active for 220 day since biometrics!! While the average processing time for local field office is only 205 days(btw biometrics to interview date)...No REF was requested or anything. I think my patience is starting to wear out. lol

 

On a side note, I wonder if we could show up for an AOS interview a couple of weeks earlier than the interview notice? We have a wedding scheduled out of the country and the only time slot our family can make it will be mid September. I am worried that it would clash with the interview date.

 

Thank you!

Edited July 10, 2017 by hereicomecali

[rsilva 18]

I checked my email today from the US Postal Service informed delivery-- a letter from USCIS is being delivered today!  I really want to leave work and go get the letter from the mailbox!   I figure it is:

 

1. A notice to go interview (even though our status is still "Fingerprint Fees Received"

2. A response to my case inquiry about why our case is taking so long-- which no doubt says the USCIS is right on schedule as long as they process this decade  

3. Other 

 

In any case, I'm just glad to know something is moving!  

[rsilva 18]

14 hours ago, hereicomecali said:

Any AOS filers here in California Bay Area? I am filing my AOS from a K1 visa. I got my EAD and AP already, and am waiting for the interview notice. My case has been active for 220 day since biometrics!! While the average processing time for local field office is only 205 days(btw biometrics to interview date)...No REF was requested or anything. I think my patience is starting to wear out. lol

 

On a side note, I wonder if we could show up for an AOS interview a couple of weeks earlier than the interview notice? We have a wedding scheduled out of the country and the only time slot our family can make it will be mid September. I am worried that it would clash with the interview date.

 

Thank you!

San Diego here.  Our case is a little before you and we are still waiting, too.  My patience wore out 3 months ago... haha!  Keep positive and live your life.  The US Government will get to our cases eventually.  

[IndiaB 0]

15 hours ago, hereicomecali said:

Any AOS filers here in California Bay Area? I am filing my AOS from a K1 visa. I got my EAD and AP already, and am waiting for the interview notice. My case has been active for 220 day since biometrics!! While the average processing time for local field office is only 205 days(btw biometrics to interview date)...No REF was requested or anything. I think my patience is starting to wear out. lol

 

On a side note, I wonder if we could show up for an AOS interview a couple of weeks earlier than the interview notice? We have a wedding scheduled out of the country and the only time slot our family can make it will be mid September. I am worried that it would clash with the interview date.

 

Thank you!

AOS filer (from H1-B) to marriage based GC from San Francisco. 

 

Still waiting as well. Application received date for me is November 12. Looking like the interviews for us will be scheduled in August sometime (based on current processing times) and will actually have the interview in Late Aug or early Sept. Hopefully it works out for you. Not sure how the rescheduling works, but I doubt you will be able to move it up, probably can only do later. 

Edited July 10, 2017 by IndiaB

[hereicomecali 6]

15 minutes ago, IndiaB said:

AOS filer (from H1-B) to marriage based GC.

 

Still waiting as well. Application received date for me is November 12. Looking like the interviews for us will be scheduled in August sometime (based on current processing times) and will actually have the interview in Late Aug or early Sept. Hopefully it works out for you. Not sure how the rescheduling works, but I doubt you will be able to move it up, probably can only do later. 

Thank you! You have been very helpful!

I actually wrote a e-request letter to USCIS in June asking about processing time. The auto-reply says I can expect a response to the e-request by July 17...

[hereicomecali 6]

1 hour ago, rsilva said:

San Diego here.  Our case is a little before you and we are still waiting, too.  My patience wore out 3 months ago... haha!  Keep positive and live your life.  The US Government will get to our cases eventually.  

Thank you! Hanging on tight here...  

Edited July 10, 2017 by hereicomecali

[sabellic 33]

8 hours ago, rsilva said:

I checked my email today from the US Postal Service informed delivery-- a letter from USCIS is being delivered today!  I really want to leave work and go get the letter from the mailbox!   I figure it is:

 

1. A notice to go interview (even though our status is still "Fingerprint Fees Received"

2. A response to my case inquiry about why our case is taking so long-- which no doubt says the USCIS is right on schedule as long as they process this decade  

3. Other 

 

In any case, I'm just glad to know something is moving!  

let us know what it says! 

[rsilva 18]

9 hours ago, rsilva said:

I checked my email today from the US Postal Service informed delivery-- a letter from USCIS is being delivered today!  I really want to leave work and go get the letter from the mailbox!   I figure it is:

 

1. A notice to go interview (even though our status is still "Fingerprint Fees Received"

2. A response to my case inquiry about why our case is taking so long-- which no doubt says the USCIS is right on schedule as long as they process this decade  

3. Other 

 

In any case, I'm just glad to know something is moving!  

 

The letter from USCIS arrived today.  It is a notice to go to the interview on August 10th.  Good luck to everyone.  Now its time to gather our documents again.  

  

[Scandi 4,174]

5 minutes ago, rsilva said:

 

The letter from USCIS arrived today.  It is a notice to go to the interview on August 10th.  Good luck to everyone.  Now its time to gather our documents again.  

  

Congrats! It was the same for me, "fingerprint fee received" from December up until I got my interview date in June when it changed to "interview has been scheduled", I never had any other status in between. Sometimes it doesn't even update at all, so the letter is really a surprise. 

 

Must be a huge relief to actually have a date now, kind of like a deadline.

[hereicomecali 6]

1 hour ago, rsilva said:

 

The letter from USCIS arrived today.  It is a notice to go to the interview on August 10th.  Good luck to everyone.  Now its time to gather our documents again.  

  

Congrats! I hope I will get mine soon too. 

[sabellic 33]

congrats. we are still waiting D:

[rsilva 18]

7 hours ago, sabellic said:

congrats. we are still waiting D:

Thanks-- you aren't too far behind us.  Really hope it comes through soon for you!

[WOODHIKER 30]

On 6/11/2017 at 8:21 AM, WOODHIKER said:

Just got notice on June 7  that my AOS interview is scheduled for July 14.  It took about 5 months between the time my case was ready for an interview and the interview actually being scheduled. 

Just had my interview today and I was approved!  The interview was pretty laid back.  The immigration officer ("IO") went through the information on the forms and then just asked us general questions about where we met and about the wedding, ie. who was there and reason why we picked the specific date for the wedding.  The IO also asked each of us about each other's siblings, my husband forgot the name of one of my sisters, but the IO said don't worry about it.  The IO then asked what we have done to financially merge our lives together.  I then provided her documents showing that my husband had made me the beneficiary of his employee work insurance and a document showing that my husband was the beneficiary on my 401K. These were documents that we had not provided with the original application and she kept the documents,  I also showed her  copies of documents that I had already submitted with my application and she told me she didn't need to look at them again.  The IO then asked for some wedding photos and kept about 3 of them.  I also gave the IO pictures from a trip we took with his family last year.  The IO also asked for a copy of our jointly filed income tax return, we didn't have a copy of the income tax return and provided the IRS transcript instead and it was fine.  The IO asked me what hobbies my husband has that I wasn't interested in and then asked my husband what was it that he liked most about me. That was it and then she approved me and then went through the explanation of the conditional green card.  What was interesting was that I asked the IO about how long it takes to get your conditions removed once you've sent the paperwork in and she said right now it's taking about a year because very few interviews are being waived during the removal of conditions process, she said hopefully in the future more interviews will be waived so that the process won't take so long, so more waiting, and possibly another interview, is up ahead for those of us who have to remove conditions in the future.

[lmcatl 5]

Interview this morning in Atlanta - Approved on the spot!  Card has been ordered!

IO asked me the questions from the I-485.  The only questions asked of my spouse were his name, address and DOB.  The only question about our relationship was where did we meet.

We worked with an attorney and they prepared a packet of our supporting documentation which I think helped considerably.  The documents were organized into sections (Federal, Financial, Personal) and even had the two hole at top binding that matched with the USCIS filing system.  

Based on this forum I had learned that the missing gonorrhea test could be a problem so I reviewed my receipt from the civil surgeon.  I found that it had been missed from the initial packet so I went back, got the test performed and the packet recreated.  Being able to hand in the newly completed sealed medical envelope made a good impression on the IO.

 

Thanks to everyone who contributes here and good luck to those whose cases are pending.

 

 

[arman597 58]

2 hours ago, lmcatl said:

Interview this morning in Atlanta - Approved on the spot!  Card has been ordered!

IO asked me the questions from the I-485.  The only questions asked of my spouse were his name, address and DOB.  The only question about our relationship was where did we meet.

We worked with an attorney and they prepared a packet of our supporting documentation which I think helped considerably.  The documents were organized into sections (Federal, Financial, Personal) and even had the two hole at top binding that matched with the USCIS filing system.  

Based on this forum I had learned that the missing gonorrhea test could be a problem so I reviewed my receipt from the civil surgeon.  I found that it had been missed from the initial packet so I went back, got the test performed and the packet recreated.  Being able to hand in the newly completed sealed medical envelope made a good impression on the IO.

 

Thanks to everyone who contributes here and good luck to those whose cases are pending.

 

 

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