AOS November 2016 Filers

[Hope&Love 38]

Just now, Suss&Camm said:

Congratulations. I don't appreciate the insinuation of it going poorly with the sad faces as ppl are here to help and you kept ppl wondering and asking and I felt as though you were fishing for attention.

In any case, enjoy your permanent residency.

thank you  

[flowers851 2]

Congrats sweetheart 

[CindyC 1]

So happy for you guys who got approval. My I485 PD is 23 Nov,2016 and nothing changed ever since. Any advises guys?  

Thank you so much! 

[ybc 19]

3 hours ago, CindyC said:

So happy for you guys who got approval. My I485 PD is 23 Nov,2016 and nothing changed ever since. Any advises guys?  

Thank you so much! 

it's best if you specify your local office. some get interview letters faster than others. i have the same PD as you but in NY which is pretty slow. Expecting to get notified in the next month or two.

[LionessDeon 2,060]

On 7/25/2017 at 10:56 AM, clauandgio said:

I need your help asap !!  I posted a topic but I know you guys are the best of the best. Please any advice? 

 

 

Review all questions and info on the I-485.  Every couple I've seen get an interview were asked questions directly from that application.  Know each others parents and siblings names and locations. 

18 hours ago, CindyC said:

So happy for you guys who got approval. My I485 PD is 23 Nov,2016 and nothing changed ever since. Any advises guys?  

Thank you so much! 

Please complete your profile information.  

[CindyC 1]

16 hours ago, ybc said:

it's best if you specify your local office. some get interview letters faster than others. i have the same PD as you but in NY which is pretty slow. Expecting to get notified in the next month or two.

I'm in Seattle.   My friend who applied even later than me got her interview scheduled already, and we are in same field office. Shouldn't it follow by time order?? 

[LionessDeon 2,060]

1 hour ago, CindyC said:

I'm in Seattle.   My friend who applied even later than me got her interview scheduled already, and we are in same field office. Shouldn't it follow by time order?? 

Not necessarily.  Depends on if the IO that was assigned to your case went on vacation, went on sick leave, is a slow worker....etc.  No two immigration cases are the same.  Some are more involved than others.  There are many factors.

[Mthldou 45]

I have my interview next Tuesday and I'm excited/nervous and I'm prepared. But I also feel unprepared?😢 Weird feeling and I cannot wait for it to be here 

[Hope&Love 38]

Card is mailed to me 2 days after the interview! Hopefully I'll get it by this weekend. I feel blessed!

[Hope&Love 38]

10 hours ago, CindyC said:

I'm in Seattle.   My friend who applied even later than me got her interview scheduled already, and we are in same field office. Shouldn't it follow by time order?? 

I love Seattle!

[DeesGirl 13]

On 7/26/2017 at 9:31 PM, ybc said:

it's best if you specify your local office. some get interview letters faster than others. i have the same PD as you but in NY which is pretty slow. Expecting to get notified in the next month or two.

Also in NY,

 

We havent heard anything either. Our PD 11/7. Sucks to be still waiting huh?

On 7/26/2017 at 11:52 AM, Hope&Love said:

The interview went great! We got approved on the spot. Even though We're same-sex couple, no discrimination or prejudicial treatment from the OI. The entire interview lasted less than 10 minutes. She was only interested in viewing our bona fide documents, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. At the end, I was thinking to myself: that's all! I'd stressed for weeks for nothing. 

A couple before us were in there for 30 minutes - with a different OI. Memphis office, you will either get nice white lady or tall big angry man. Good luck everyone! 

Congrats!

[clauandgio 22]

I had my interview today at 8:15. The wait was horrible but at the end of the day it was not the worst part (2 hrs waiting). I didn't get the green card approved  

 

We arrived at 7:30, waited in line for security check (they do allow cellphones inside), then we proceeded to ¨check in¨ and by the time they gave us our number, it was 8am already. Waited until 10am. 

 

He asked my husband where, how and when we met, when and where we got married, his parents name, my full name and my DOB. That´s it. Then he asked me some basic information about myself and my parents and when and where we got married. (We answered correctly)

 

Also, he asked about my J1 visa I had in 2011. I know it was my fault and that´s why I felt so bad when he requested my old passport. He needed to see that I returned home in the period of time before It expired (of course I did) BUT I completely forgot about my old passport and I left it at home. He said that he was going to need a copy of that. Finally, he asked me all the weird questions about prostitution and illegal things that I answered  before on the I-485 form. 

 

He said he was going to mail us a RFE, and that he needed to see more evidence of our relationship. He gave us some examples like the receipt of the wedding rings (which we don't have), the lease agreement (which we can´t add my name on it because my father in law is the co signer and the complex said that they couldn't add a 3rd person), bank transactions (we had a ¨bank statement or we thought we had, but it was only a bank form saying that the checking and savings account is under both of our names -we don't have credit cards), etc.

We did have renters insurance, car insurance (both under our names), bills with his name on it and other with mines but none showed both names (I hate you Spectrum).

 

I had 80 pictures with me, I gave him those after all his speech (timeline since the day I arrived, got married, and the past year living together). I vlog almost every day, so those pictures were very genuine. They were screenshots of my vlogs so they were very "really life" pictures. (us eating together, goofying around in different places, at home, with friends, with family, at Disney, etc). Literally it was a summary of our whole year together (we just celebrated our first anniversary) but he didn't even look at those. He only got them and added them to the big chunky file he had.

 

He repeated one more time about the RFE letter, and said that if I get approved I would get a 2 year GC blah blah...

 

I was holding my tears already. We left the office, I had the Walk of Shame and hubby was trying to keep me for not crying in the office in front of everybody. We got to the car and I literally exploded in tears for the next hour or so. 

 

Fast-forward 8 hrs, I just woke up for a well needed nap to see that I got an update on my case. "Oh, the RFE thingy" I thought. But my USCIS Case Status said: "Your New Card is being Produced. On July 31, 2017 we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSCxxxxx and will mail it to the address you gave us". What??? I honestly don´t know what to think lol I don't know if they really approved the case already? Am I going to get the RFE letter? Are my eyes red and sore for no reason? I thought my case would change to RFE, not card is being produced. Is it a glitch in the system? Or maybe the guy saw the pictures and thought well, they do live together and the 80+ pictures are proof of that? Or is okay to get that message even when I am expecting a RFE letter in 10 days?  

 

If anyone read all my story, THANKS! I really needed to vent <3 Please if someone can clear my doubts I would highly appreciate it Thanks you for being so awesome! 

[Mthldou 45]

2 hours ago, clauandgio said:

I had my interview today at 8:15. The wait was horrible but at the end of the day it was not the worst part (2 hrs waiting). I didn't get the green card approved  

 

We arrived at 7:30, waited in line for security check (they do allow cellphones inside), then we proceeded to ¨check in¨ and by the time they gave us our number, it was 8am already. Waited until 10am. 

 

He asked my husband where, how and when we met, when and where we got married, his parents name, my full name and my DOB. That´s it. Then he asked me some basic information about myself and my parents and when and where we got married. (We answered correctly)

 

Also, he asked about my J1 visa I had in 2011. I know it was my fault and that´s why I felt so bad when he requested my old passport. He needed to see that I returned home in the period of time before It expired (of course I did) BUT I completely forgot about my old passport and I left it at home. He said that he was going to need a copy of that. Finally, he asked me all the weird questions about prostitution and illegal things that I answered  before on the I-485 form. 

 

He said he was going to mail us a RFE, and that he needed to see more evidence of our relationship. He gave us some examples like the receipt of the wedding rings (which we don't have), the lease agreement (which we can´t add my name on it because my father in law is the co signer and the complex said that they couldn't add a 3rd person), bank transactions (we had a ¨bank statement or we thought we had, but it was only a bank form saying that the checking and savings account is under both of our names -we don't have credit cards), etc.

We did have renters insurance, car insurance (both under our names), bills with his name on it and other with mines but none showed both names (I hate you Spectrum).

 

I had 80 pictures with me, I gave him those after all his speech (timeline since the day I arrived, got married, and the past year living together). I vlog almost every day, so those pictures were very genuine. They were screenshots of my vlogs so they were very "really life" pictures. (us eating together, goofying around in different places, at home, with friends, with family, at Disney, etc). Literally it was a summary of our whole year together (we just celebrated our first anniversary) but he didn't even look at those. He only got them and added them to the big chunky file he had.

 

He repeated one more time about the RFE letter, and said that if I get approved I would get a 2 year GC blah blah...

 

I was holding my tears already. We left the office, I had the Walk of Shame and hubby was trying to keep me for not crying in the office in front of everybody. We got to the car and I literally exploded in tears for the next hour or so. 

 

Fast-forward 8 hrs, I just woke up for a well needed nap to see that I got an update on my case. "Oh, the RFE thingy" I thought. But my USCIS Case Status said: "Your New Card is being Produced. On July 31, 2017 we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSCxxxxx and will mail it to the address you gave us". What??? I honestly don´t know what to think lol I don't know if they really approved the case already? Am I going to get the RFE letter? Are my eyes red and sore for no reason? I thought my case would change to RFE, not card is being produced. Is it a glitch in the system? Or maybe the guy saw the pictures and thought well, they do live together and the 80+ pictures are proof of that? Or is okay to get that message even when I am expecting a RFE letter in 10 days?  

 

If anyone read all my story, THANKS! I really needed to vent <3 Please if someone can clear my doubts I would highly appreciate it Thanks you for being so awesome! 

Oh my goodness I am tearing up just reading your story. You have way enough proof and not everyone has credit cards. I'm so sorry you were treated this way. But, looks like yes you got approved since they're making your card as we speak!!! Keep us updated!! Have my interview on Wednesday I'm a nervous wreck already. 

[hereicomecali 6]

20 hours ago, clauandgio said:

Fast-forward 8 hrs, I just woke up for a well needed nap to see that I got an update on my case. "Oh, the RFE thingy" I thought. But my USCIS Case Status said: "Your New Card is being Produced. On July 31, 2017 we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSCxxxxx and will mail it to the address you gave us". What??? I honestly don´t know what to think lol I don't know if they really approved the case already? Am I going to get the RFE letter? Are my eyes red and sore for no reason? I thought my case would change to RFE, not card is being produced. Is it a glitch in the system? Or maybe the guy saw the pictures and thought well, they do live together and the 80+ pictures are proof of that? Or is okay to get that message even when I am expecting a RFE letter in 10 days?  

 

If anyone read all my story, THANKS! I really needed to vent <3 Please if someone can clear my doubts I would highly appreciate it Thanks you for being so awesome! 

Good luck to you! I think the 80 photos are probably enough evidence and that's why they are producing your GC now. You have been such a wonderful and helpful VJer here to this community and I really hope you get your GC soon!

[Mthldou 45]

My interview is tomorrow morning! Wish me luck guys!