May 2017 AOS Filers

[Galaxia2016 12]

1 1/2 hour after interview my case updated online to 'new card is being produced'  

[Gordo2 23]

37 minutes ago, Galaxia2016 said:

1 1/2 hour after interview my case updated online to 'new card is being produced'  

Congrats!

[Hawksquill 151]

It doesn't look like this week will be our happy week...PD of May 15 and nothing yet.

 

Our congresswoman's office assigned us a case manager and they've officially made an inquiry with USCIS as of today.

 

It's getting very hard to deal with the consequences of this process taking so long.   

[Ead87tx 85]

Today I received NOA2 797C Notice of approval for EAD.

 

05/26/17 Package sent via FedEx

05/31/17 Package delivered signed by J. C.

06/07/17 (3) Email/Txt Confirmations

06/12/17 (3) NOAs  Received I-130, I-485, I-765

06/16/17 Biometrics Appointment received

06/26/17 Biometrics done

09/05/17 SR 

09/05/17 Assigned to an Officer

09/05/17 SR Completed

09/14/17 New card is being produced

09/20/17 Card was mailed

09/21/17 NOA2 797C I-765 Approval notice  

 

[Alan&Rachelle 18]

Interview Experience-Detroit Field Office:

Priority Date: May 9th

Interview Date: September 21st

We had our interview today at 10:30 am and our case status just updated to "New Card Is Being Produced."

We arrived at 10:07 am. As we entered the building, we had to walk through the security checkpoint and check in at the front desk. We were called in at 10:45 by a very pleasant officer who smiled the entire time he was interviewing us and who made jokes and movie references constantly. The entire interview was extremely relaxed and seemed more like us talking. He first took a picture of my husband (I'm the US citizen) and took fingerprints to verify that he was who he said he was. He laughed about my husband not having any accent despite being from Germany and generally made it a very comfortable atmosphere. He asked me to state my husband's full name and for my husband to state mine and then asked me to tell him our address. He then went through the I-485 yes or no questions and changed the "List your present or past membership in or affiliation with every organization, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society,or similar group in the United States or in other places since your 16th birthday." answer from no to yes since he's currently part of our local fire department. He then asked to see the K-1 Visa, my original birth certificate, our marriage certificate and any proof of combined leases. He kept our car insurance information, joint phone plan, joint bank account statement, and joint gym membership. He looked through our wedding photos and asked who was in them. Besides that, he only asked around four actual questions that weren't included in the forms. "How did you meet? When did you first meet in person and where? Who proposed and how? Where did you get married and when?" Those questions were brought up in conversation and flowed very well. It was a great experience and at the end the officer told us about removal of conditions and when to do it, how a conditional green card works, and that we would likely get a response within two weeks. He said that it looked like everything was heading in the right direction and that he just had to check a couple things on our case. We did not receive an on the spot approval but six hours later our online status updated to "New Card Is Being Produced."  The interview lasted around 30 minutes. All in all, the officers at the Detroit Field Office were extremely professional and pleasant. We even talked a couple minutes with the security guards on the way out and ended up leaving while laughing.

Edited September 21, 2017 by Alan&Rachelle

[H-I 32]

29 minutes ago, Alan&Rachelle said:

Interview Experience-Detroit Field Office:

Priority Date: May 9th

Interview Date: September 21st

We had our interview today at 10:30 am and our case status just updated to "New Card Is Being Produced."

We arrived at 10:07 am. As we entered the building, we had to walk through the security checkpoint and check in at the front desk. We were called in at 10:45 by a very pleasant officer who smiled the entire time he was interviewing us and who made jokes and movie references constantly. The entire interview was extremely relaxed and seemed more like us talking. He first took a picture of my husband (I'm the US citizen) and took fingerprints to verify that he was who he said he was. He laughed about my husband not having any accent despite being from Germany and generally made it a very comfortable atmosphere. He asked me to state my husband's full name and for my husband to state mine and then asked me to tell him our address. He then went through the I-485 yes or no questions and changed the "List your present or past membership in or affiliation with every organization, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society,or similar group in the United States or in other places since your 16th birthday." answer from no to yes since he's currently part of our local fire department. He then asked to see the K-1 Visa, my original birth certificate, our marriage certificate and any proof of combined leases. He kept our car insurance information, joint phone plan, joint bank account statement, and joint gym membership. He looked through our wedding photos and asked who was in them. Besides that, he only asked around four actual questions that weren't included in the forms. "How did you meet? When did you first meet in person and where? Who proposed and how? Where did you get married and when?" Those questions were brought up in conversation and flowed very well. It was a great experience and at the end the officer told us about removal of conditions and when to do it, how a conditional green card works, and that we would likely get a response within two weeks. He said that it looked like everything was heading in the right direction and that he just had to check a couple things on our case. We did not receive an on the spot approval but six hours later our online status updated to "New Card Is Being Produced."  The interview lasted around 30 minutes. All in all, the officers at the Detroit Field Office were extremely professional and pleasant. We even talked a couple minutes with the security guards on the way out and ended up leaving while laughing.

Congrats!!!! 

Sounds very cool and fast

[Lupigirl 67]

6 hours ago, Hawksquill said:

It doesn't look like this week will be our happy week...PD of May 15 and nothing yet.

 

Our congresswoman's office assigned us a case manager and they've officially made an inquiry with USCIS as of today.

 

It's getting very hard to deal with the consequences of this process taking so long.   

I know that anxious, stressed, antsy feeling.  I really hope you get some good news soon.  Try to relax this weekend and not worry too much.

[KiTu 38]

20 hours ago, Hawksquill said:

It doesn't look like this week will be our happy week...PD of May 15 and nothing yet.

 

Our congresswoman's office assigned us a case manager and they've officially made an inquiry with USCIS as of today.

 

It's getting very hard to deal with the consequences of this process taking so long.   

😡 this makes me mad.. Especially when you're seeing other approvals go through.

I really hope the congresswoman can push things forward for you. Here's hoping!!

[Ead87tx 85]

Just received EAD, priority mail and it’s the old design. Happy that we finally got it! I decided to go to Social Security office right away. Good luck everyone with EADs! 

 

05/26/17 Package sent via FedEx

05/31/17 Package delivered signed by J. C.

06/07/17 (3) Email/Txt Confirmations

06/12/17 (3) NOAs  Received I-130, I-485, I-765

06/16/17 Biometrics Appointment received

06/26/17 Biometrics done

09/05/17 SR 

09/05/17 Assigned to an Officer

09/05/17 SR Completed

09/14/17 New card is being produced

09/20/17 Card was mailed

09/21/17 NOA2 797C I-765 Approval notice

09/22/17 EAD received, old design

[didiblue 20]

On 9/21/2017 at 1:28 PM, Galaxia2016 said:

Today was our interview appointment at 08:50 am.

We arrived 08:20 at the office. 

i was really nervous...

we were sitting in the waiting room when a officer came at 08:45 and asked if we can start earlier. 

He was around 35 years.

we went to his office and he said we should stand up for the oath that we will tell the truth.

he wanted to see my passport and my husbands ID. 

i had everything in a folder with post-its and he was impressed and said it's good that i'm so organized. than i gave my fingerprints.

after that we, chatted about the weather bc it was raining really bad. 

He asked me about my full name, date of birth and where i was born. 

He wanted to know If this is the first marriage for us and i said yes and the last. 

We all laughed.

than he read my address and asked if this is correct and if i lived somewhere else before in the US. 

After that he asked all the yes/no question on the form (those are the ones like 'have you ever killed somebody?')

after that he asked how and when we met and how many times i visited the US after we met.

How the wedding was and if we made any trips inside the US. 

he wanted to see support evidence ( we had life insurance, health care, car insurance, power bill, internet bill) and asked if he could keep them.

i asked him if he wants to see pictures or something else but he said no and that he has enough proof.

than he said everything looks good and he will double check all papers again and normally during the day my case is approved and my greencard will arrive in 4-6 weeks or earlier. 

if not he will send us a letter with the papers they need but he said it looks really good and we should not worry.

at the end he printed papers and explained how to apply for the 10 years green card in 2 years. 

 

after 25 minutes we left his office.

 

it was more like an nice conversation than an interview an the officer was really nice.

 

Congratulations 🎈 

On 9/22/2017 at 9:24 PM, seal72 said:

Just received EAD, priority mail and it’s the old design. Happy that we finally got it! I decided to go to Social Security office right away. Good luck everyone with EADs! 

 

05/26/17 Package sent via FedEx

05/31/17 Package delivered signed by J. C.

06/07/17 (3) Email/Txt Confirmations

06/12/17 (3) NOAs  Received I-130, I-485, I-765

06/16/17 Biometrics Appointment received

06/26/17 Biometrics done

09/05/17 SR 

09/05/17 Assigned to an Officer

09/05/17 SR Completed

09/14/17 New card is being produced

09/20/17 Card was mailed

09/21/17 NOA2 797C I-765 Approval notice

09/22/17 EAD received, old design

Congratulations can’t wait to receive mine as well ours shipped about the same time 

[Asakelove 72]

On 9/19/2017 at 10:21 AM, didiblue said:

Well guys i'm back again this time with great news

On September 6th i got and update on my I-485 that i'm ready to be scheduled for the interview

and yesterday September 18th my 1-765 updated to card being produced.

i couldn't be more thankful right now.

Here's my updated time line

 

Sent ASOS package I-130, i-130A, i-485, i-765, i-693, i-864, G-325A, G-11435 04/25/2017

Packaged delivered to USCIS Chicago Lock box 04/27/2017

Checks cashed 04/28/2017

SMS/Email NOA recieved 05/02/2017

NOA in the mail 05/08/2017

Biometrics appointment letter in the mail 08/21/17

Biometrics appointment 08/31/17

i485 ready to be scheduled for interview 09/06/17

i765 card in production 09/18/17

 

 

Wow thats over 140 days, did you get RFE? just wondering why it took that long. Anyways you have it now, congratulations.

[didiblue 20]

11 minutes ago, Asakelove said:

Wow thats over 140 days, did you get RFE? just wondering why it took that long. Anyways you have it now, congratulations.

Nope no RFE that what bothered me the most and even the Tier 2 reps would tell me there's nothing wrong with your file, thanks just waiting to receive it now its was mailed 09/21

[Asakelove 72]

1 minute ago, didiblue said:

Nope no RFE that what bothered me the most and even the Tier 2 reps would tell me there's nothing wrong with your file, thanks just waiting to receive it now its was mailed 09/21

I know you must be glad the waiting is over. Congrats

[Gordo2 23]

Update folks. After several unsuccessful attempts to contact USCIS regarding my EAD not including advance parole, I contacted my congresswoman on 9/15. Just today I received the notifications from USCIS  updating the AP status to "Document Produced". After several health scares, and the recent earthquakes in Mexico, it feels good to know that I can go see my fam if needed.

[cosmonauts 125]

Can't believe I'm finally writing this, today my green card was approved!

 

Our appointment was at 7:15am at the San Bernardino Field Office CA, we arrived at 6:45 but were let in at around 7.

We went through security (just like at the airport) and then up to the second floor.

They called our name at 7:40, the officer was extremely nice and we followed her to her office. She made me take an oath (not my husband, the USC)

She took my fingerprints again and a picture. Then proceeded to check both our birth certificates, marriage certificate, my passport.

She asked all the yes/no questions from the I-485, verified our address, asked about any children, about whether I was part of any organization, criminal records.

She asked how we met, where our first date was, how my parents felt about the wedding

Then, she asked for evidence of bonafide marriage. We gave her copies of bank statements, health and life insurance, car title and car insurance. She was happy that we had copies of everything but said she could have taken photocopies if we hadn't. She also asked about a lease agreement but my husband owns our house so it was ok not to have that.

After this, she asked about pictures. She was happy with our court house pictures, even though we had a "real/proper" wedding after (we had prepared a whole album) and photocopied them.

Laughingly said she didn't need to separate us and then proceeded to tell us we had been approved. She printed a letter confirming this and that in 90 days tops we should receive the card but that it usually takes about 3 weeks.

 

It sounds like a lot but we were out of the office by 8am. We were her first interview and she commented that she was happy to start her day on a happy note.

As we got into the car I received an update saying that card was being produced.