March 2017 AOS Filers

[KimberleyVDB 77]

Just had my written test for my DL. And I passed.! Have my behind-the-wheel driving test on August 29th. At the California state fair people from the DMV were there and told me, bring everything. Bring you birth certificate, more than enough proof of residency and EAD and filled in form. I made an appointment and it was kind of a breeze. I did mine in Carmichael, CA.

[KIRKUVAN L 75]

21 hours ago, harrie said:

thanks so much Kirk. Great. Just don't forget the original documents like birth and marriage certificates. plus all the supporting document, mostly the joint proofs. you should be fine if your marriage is genuine. God bless.

You are welcome, thank you very much!

We didn't thank goodness!

3 hours ago, KimberleyVDB said:

Just had my written test for my DL. And I passed.! Have my behind-the-wheel driving test on August 29th. At the California state fair people from the DMV were there and told me, bring everything. Bring you birth certificate, more than enough proof of residency and EAD and filled in form. I made an appointment and it was kind of a breeze. I did mine in Carmichael, CA.

Congratulations! Way to go!

Have a great day and enjoy driving!

[KIRKUVAN L 75]

Well guys, we attended our interview today!

Everything went fine in the end of the day but here it's the catch...

I am Finnish so I am used to people to be cold, distant and short. But our IO was rude towards me and my lawyer...in one moment it felt like she wasn't going to approve us and I was going to be send home!!!!

The interview was relative short 15 minutes max!

We delivered our interview notice in the main desk and we waited to be called (2 minutes), we entered to the office and the first thing that we were asked were Identifications; we swore to say the truth and we were asked to be seat.

She asked about our names, addresses, date of wedding and dates of birth.

She asked about my last entry, and asked for my passport to check my VISA. It's when everything started to get weird and ruder. I overstayed my VISA for circumstances that I cannot explain at this point. So she asked  why I overstayed, she asked about if I worked here, if I used fake names, ID or any other kind of documents (I didn't) so she started to yell ''So you are ILLEGAL, you stayed here without permission and you will be send home'' I felt like I was going to faint and everything was done. Our lawyer took action and said ''Marring a USC the overstay automatically is waved" and she yelled ''WE SHALL SEE", our lawyer say ''It's the law'' and she started to laugh! It was so bizarre!!! , me and y spouse started to freak out and she keep coming with more and more question about papers. Nerves started to kick in and we couldn't find some papers that we were asked to...finally we found them.

She checked our papers and said ''If I approve your petition will be a conditional 2 year G.C and you will have to file for remove conditions, so she gave us a paper to sign''

She asked us to answer a few questions about the forms that we filed, and finally she said I am gonna take some copies y'all can wait in the lobby. She got out like 4 minutes later with my social, ID, EAD and Passport. She concluded with this comment ''Y'all should know something in a few days, check your mail'' and she left!

She never asked to see our pics, cards, marriage certificate, birth certificates or anything!!

At that point I was at the border of the tears because I thought it was done for us! Our lawyer calmed us down, and said ''Guys you were fine and y'all will be approved. The IO was rude but y'all be fine"

After a long hour and a half...with all the fear we checked the page on USCIS and we found out we were approved! We were so relieved and so glad that experience was over!

 

I wish everyone the best of the luck, I am just very glad that is over! BTW Our lawyer said that usually IO's are super nice an professionals but this one was one of the worst. So guys don't get afraid and y'all be honest and strong! 

I wish no one has to go through the interview with an IO like ours!! 

My experience was very stressful but at least she did her job! Just don't take anything personal!

 

[nikaero 131]

5 hours ago, Kirkuvan Lehtonen said:

Well guys, we attended our interview today!

Everything went fine in the end of the day but here it's the catch...

I am Finnish so I am used to people to be cold, distant and short. But our IO was rude towards me and my lawyer...in one moment it felt like she wasn't going to approve us and I was going to be send home!!!!

The interview was relative short 15 minutes max!

We delivered our interview notice in the main desk and we waited to be called (2 minutes), we entered to the office and the first thing that we were asked were Identifications; we swore to say the truth and we were asked to be seat.

She asked about our names, addresses, date of wedding and dates of birth.

She asked about my last entry, and asked for my passport to check my VISA. It's when everything started to get weird and ruder. I overstayed my VISA for circumstances that I cannot explain at this point. So she asked  why I overstayed, she asked about if I worked here, if I used fake names, ID or any other kind of documents (I didn't) so she started to yell ''So you are ILLEGAL, you stayed here without permission and you will be send home'' I felt like I was going to faint and everything was done. Our lawyer took action and said ''Marring a USC the overstay automatically is waved" and she yelled ''WE SHALL SEE", our lawyer say ''It's the law'' and she started to laugh! It was so bizarre!!! , me and y spouse started to freak out and she keep coming with more and more question about papers. Nerves started to kick in and we couldn't find some papers that we were asked to...finally we found them.

She checked our papers and said ''If I approve your petition will be a conditional 2 year G.C and you will have to file for remove conditions, so she gave us a paper to sign''

She asked us to answer a few questions about the forms that we filed, and finally she said I am gonna take some copies y'all can wait in the lobby. She got out like 4 minutes later with my social, ID, EAD and Passport. She concluded with this comment ''Y'all should know something in a few days, check your mail'' and she left!

She never asked to see our pics, cards, marriage certificate, birth certificates or anything!!

At that point I was at the border of the tears because I thought it was done for us! Our lawyer calmed us down, and said ''Guys you were fine and y'all will be approved. The IO was rude but y'all be fine"

After a long hour and a half...with all the fear we checked the page on USCIS and we found out we were approved! We were so relieved and so glad that experience was over!

 

I wish everyone the best of the luck, I am just very glad that is over! BTW Our lawyer said that usually IO's are super nice an professionals but this one was one of the worst. So guys don't get afraid and y'all be honest and strong! 

I wish no one has to go through the interview with an IO like ours!! 

My experience was very stressful but at least she did her job! Just don't take anything personal!

 

that is one of the worst approved interviews i have heard of... sooo sorry you and your wife had to go through that... i hate when people use their power over other people to be rude to them just coz they can... if you don't mind me asking how long did you overstay?

[Cynthia68 24]

Hey guys, we had our interview yesterday too, glad it went well. The IO went through our application and asked us few questions. It was 20 min long and she said if I approve it and you will get the card in the mail in few weeks. Later we checked the status online, it was approved!

Again good luck to all you guys! 

[britontherun 35]

15 hours ago, Kirkuvan Lehtonen said:

Well guys, we attended our interview today!

Everything went fine in the end of the day but here it's the catch...

I am Finnish so I am used to people to be cold, distant and short. But our IO was rude towards me and my lawyer...in one moment it felt like she wasn't going to approve us and I was going to be send home!!!!

The interview was relative short 15 minutes max!

We delivered our interview notice in the main desk and we waited to be called (2 minutes), we entered to the office and the first thing that we were asked were Identifications; we swore to say the truth and we were asked to be seat.

She asked about our names, addresses, date of wedding and dates of birth.

She asked about my last entry, and asked for my passport to check my VISA. It's when everything started to get weird and ruder. I overstayed my VISA for circumstances that I cannot explain at this point. So she asked  why I overstayed, she asked about if I worked here, if I used fake names, ID or any other kind of documents (I didn't) so she started to yell ''So you are ILLEGAL, you stayed here without permission and you will be send home'' I felt like I was going to faint and everything was done. Our lawyer took action and said ''Marring a USC the overstay automatically is waved" and she yelled ''WE SHALL SEE", our lawyer say ''It's the law'' and she started to laugh! It was so bizarre!!! , me and y spouse started to freak out and she keep coming with more and more question about papers. Nerves started to kick in and we couldn't find some papers that we were asked to...finally we found them.

She checked our papers and said ''If I approve your petition will be a conditional 2 year G.C and you will have to file for remove conditions, so she gave us a paper to sign''

She asked us to answer a few questions about the forms that we filed, and finally she said I am gonna take some copies y'all can wait in the lobby. She got out like 4 minutes later with my social, ID, EAD and Passport. She concluded with this comment ''Y'all should know something in a few days, check your mail'' and she left!

She never asked to see our pics, cards, marriage certificate, birth certificates or anything!!

At that point I was at the border of the tears because I thought it was done for us! Our lawyer calmed us down, and said ''Guys you were fine and y'all will be approved. The IO was rude but y'all be fine"

After a long hour and a half...with all the fear we checked the page on USCIS and we found out we were approved! We were so relieved and so glad that experience was over!

 

I wish everyone the best of the luck, I am just very glad that is over! BTW Our lawyer said that usually IO's are super nice an professionals but this one was one of the worst. So guys don't get afraid and y'all be honest and strong! 

I wish no one has to go through the interview with an IO like ours!! 

My experience was very stressful but at least she did her job! Just don't take anything personal!

 

 

 

 

Wow... that's an amazing interview story. Well done and welcome to the USA. lol

[britontherun 35]

2 hours ago, Cynthia68 said:

Hey guys, we had our interview yesterday too, glad it went well. The IO went through our application and asked us few questions. It was 20 min long and she said if I approve it and you will get the card in the mail in few weeks. Later we checked the status online, it was approved!

Again good luck to all you guys! 

 

 

Awesome... were you a K1 or just a standard green card applicant through marriage?

 

[Cynthia68 24]

4 minutes ago, britontherun said:

 

 

Awesome... were you a K1 or just a standard green card applicant through marriage?

 

Hi，I was F1.

[umabanana 9]

Still waiting for an interview date here. It's been 74 days since it changed to "ready to be scheduled for an interview" and still nothing. Already got my EAD and AP. 

I'm in NY on an H1B. Anyone else on the same boat? 

[TL2016 208]

26 minutes ago, umabanana said:

Still waiting for an interview date here. It's been 74 days since it changed to "ready to be scheduled for an interview" and still nothing. Already got my EAD and AP. 

I'm in NY on an H1B. Anyone else on the same boat? 

I'm adjusting from a K-1 Visa but my local office is also NYC. Unfortunately, the office is one of the most backlogged ones in the country. I'd try and prepare for a long wait until you get an interview appointment and just be happy if you happen to get one sooner rather than later. I'm still stuck on "Fingerprint Fee Received" since the beginning of March so I'm not sure if I'll even have an interview. 

[Abhi138 20]

46 minutes ago, Cynthia68 said:

Hi，I was F1.

Congratulations ,I'm adjusting from F1 from San Francisco and the local office seems to be backlogged. I see your office is Albany and the processing date is sometime in Dec as of May 31st ,but from your signature you applied in March and your green card is already approved which gives me some hope.

[kimy33 19]

1 hour ago, TL2016 said:

I'm adjusting from a K-1 Visa but my local office is also NYC. Unfortunately, the office is one of the most backlogged ones in the country. I'd try and prepare for a long wait until you get an interview appointment and just be happy if you happen to get one sooner rather than later. I'm still stuck on "Fingerprint Fee Received" since the beginning of March so I'm not sure if I'll even have an interview. 

I just heard from someone I know got her i485 approved without interview. filed in March and NYC field office. so it might be your turn soon. 

 

 

Edited August 1, 2017 by kimy33

[arc1993 10]

1 hour ago, umabanana said:

Still waiting for an interview date here. It's been 74 days since it changed to "ready to be scheduled for an interview" and still nothing. Already got my EAD and AP. 

I'm in NY on an H1B. Anyone else on the same boat? 

Same here but it has been 84 days. Fresno, CA office adjusting from F1.

[TL2016 208]

45 minutes ago, kimy33 said:

I just heard from someone I know got her i485 approved without interview. filed in March and NYC field office. so it might be your turn soon. 

 

 

That would be nice, so my ROC timer can start ticking and hopefully I can be eligible for the excelsior scholarship in NY next year.

[Cynthia68 24]

1 hour ago, Abhi138 said:

Congratulations ,I'm adjusting from F1 from San Francisco and the local office seems to be backlogged. I see your office is Albany and the processing date is sometime in Dec as of May 31st ,but from your signature you applied in March and your green card is already approved which gives me some hope.

Thank you！Hope you can hear some good news soon！I am sure it will be fine！