June 2017 I-751 filers

[jrwh1177 12]

After 509 days of waiting I just received confirmation that our case was approved and a card is being produced!  

 

Our journey was in fact a LONG one full of ups and downs.  More mentally than anything else.  Watching others before and after you getting approved and your case not being touched.  Well lo and behold the journey is about to come to an end.  Now we will just wait for the card to arrive.  Thank you baby Jesus!

 

6/1/2017 - Filed ROC - 6/1/2017

8/2/2018 - Received one year extension stamp at local office.

8/20/2018 - Received 18 month extension letter from USCIS which did me no good.

10-23-2018 - Email that card being produced.

 

Like everyone else in the forum says, be patient and your time will come to get approved.

 

This forum has been amazing at helping me through the process.  So for that THANK YOU!!!

 

[MichaelnJanice 21]

4 hours ago, PauPau said:

Hi all,

 

I'm sharing my timeline here for anyone who is interested. I had my interview yesterday and our case is approved. I checked my case status online and it says my card is being produced. 

 

05/05/2018: Received a mail from USCIS indicating that they are able to reuse previous fingerprints and other biometrics.

07/23/2018: Got the temporary I-551 stamp on my passport at the San Fernando Valley field office. The officer confiscated the plastic green card as a matter of policy. The stamp is valid until July 22, 2019.

8/11/2018: Received 18 month extension letter supposedly valid until March 8, 2019.

9/11/2018: Received I-751 interview schedule notification in the mail.

10/22/2018: Interview at the San Fernando Valley office. The experience was great and we couldn't ask for a better Immigration Officer. Officer Tarloyan is nice, professional, and she made us feel at ease. She escorted us to her office and once we settled in, she took my photo and fingerprints, and made us raise our right hands and swear to tell only the truth, which we did. She then asked for our driver's license and old and new passports. She then explained that when she reviewed our case, she did not find any red flags. Basically, they are conducting I-751 interviews to applicants who arrived the US with K-1 fiancee visa as part of the changes implemented by Trump administration. Her questions were:

Where and when did you meet?
Who attended your wedding?
Was there a proposal?
How did my spouse become a US citizen?
What does he do for a living?
Do you go on holidays together?

She also asked if I brought additional evidence which I did. She said that what I had submitted in my original application are sufficient but she will take the new documents. She browsed through it and asked questions on the out of the country holiday trip we took early this year.

After the interview, she said everything looks great. She will approve our case and then told me to wait for about 8 months to hear about my N400 which I filed in June 2018.

I checked my case status online and it says my card is being produced. 

Congrats 

[Ksenia_O 696]

4 hours ago, AlluringSoul said:

This is interesting that they are now doing interviews for K-1 visas.. Regardless, you did it and congrats on your card!!! 🙂 Go celebrate!

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[Ksenia_O 696]

4 hours ago, AlluringSoul said:

This is interesting that they are now doing interviews for K-1 visas.. Regardless, you did it and congrats on your card!!! 🙂 Go celebrate!!

They don't.

Interviews happen, always have, randomly, regardless of a visa the country was entered. 

 

We entered as K1/K2 visa holders. No interview neither for AOS, nor for ROC. Our I-751s were approved 4 weeks ago.

And most people still get approval without interview. 

[Ksenia_O 696]

5 hours ago, PauPau said:

Hi all,

 

I'm sharing my timeline here for anyone who is interested. I had my interview yesterday and our case is approved. I checked my case status online and it says my card is being produced. 

 

05/05/2018: Received a mail from USCIS indicating that they are able to reuse previous fingerprints and other biometrics.

07/23/2018: Got the temporary I-551 stamp on my passport at the San Fernando Valley field office. The officer confiscated the plastic green card as a matter of policy. The stamp is valid until July 22, 2019.

8/11/2018: Received 18 month extension letter supposedly valid until March 8, 2019.

9/11/2018: Received I-751 interview schedule notification in the mail.

10/22/2018: Interview at the San Fernando Valley office. The experience was great and we couldn't ask for a better Immigration Officer. Officer Tarloyan is nice, professional, and she made us feel at ease. She escorted us to her office and once we settled in, she took my photo and fingerprints, and made us raise our right hands and swear to tell only the truth, which we did. She then asked for our driver's license and old and new passports. She then explained that when she reviewed our case, she did not find any red flags. Basically, they are conducting I-751 interviews to applicants who arrived the US with K-1 fiancee visa as part of the changes implemented by Trump administration. Her questions were:

Where and when did you meet?
Who attended your wedding?
Was there a proposal?
How did my spouse become a US citizen?
What does he do for a living?
Do you go on holidays together?

She also asked if I brought additional evidence which I did. She said that what I had submitted in my original application are sufficient but she will take the new documents. She browsed through it and asked questions on the out of the country holiday trip we took early this year.

After the interview, she said everything looks great. She will approve our case and then told me to wait for about 8 months to hear about my N400 which I filed in June 2018.

I checked my case status online and it says my card is being produced. 

Congratulations!!! Your wait is over!!!!

 

[Eddy! 1]

Hi guys... so interesting enough, I've got a second 18 month extension letter. The first one came in the mail as a regular white paper. The one I received today is printed on the fancy green paper. It says the first one may contain errors, so disregard that and use the new one.

 

In the mean time.......... I wait patiently

[Bose12 32]

Anyone residing in alabama got a response on his or her I751?

[mrs thb 331]

10 hours ago, Eddy! said:

Hi guys...  It says the first one may contain errors, so disregard that and use the new one.

 

Seriously?  

 

Perhaps they have monkeys doing the work!?!

 

It shouldn't surprise me but it does!!

 

Hang in there....you approval will come.  

[AlluringSoul 185]

15 hours ago, Ksenia_O said:

They don't.

Interviews happen, always have, randomly, regardless of a visa the country was entered. 

 

We entered as K1/K2 visa holders. No interview neither for AOS, nor for ROC. Our I-751s were approved 4 weeks ago.

And most people still get approval without interview. 

Lol true.. I just don't understand why these officers are saying things like that. 

[Eli_za 50]

Hi there! Congratulations to all the approvals I can wait until I get mine🙏 

 

For the ones approved: Did y’all submit affidavit letters from “friends” ?

 

we didn’t. All we submit was mostly financial evidence but nothing from “friends” in fact our friends don’t even know anything about us applying for roc. 

 

 I’m getting a little anxious that they will do a rfe requesting affidavits 😰

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

5 minutes ago, Eli_za said:

Hi there! Congratulations to all the approvals I can wait until I get mine🙏 

 

For the ones approved: Did y’all submit affidavit letters from “friends” ?

 

we didn’t. All we submit was mostly financial evidence but nothing from “friends” in fact our friends don’t even know anything about us applying for roc. 

 

 I’m getting a little anxious that they will do a rfe requesting affidavits 😰

We submitted 2 affidavits from friends

[Eli_za 50]

 

5 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

We submitted 2 affidavits from friends

I was curious. 

[Coogah 10]

11 minutes ago, Eli_za said:

Hi there! Congratulations to all the approvals I can wait until I get mine🙏 

 

For the ones approved: Did y’all submit affidavit letters from “friends” ?

 

we didn’t. All we submit was mostly financial evidence but nothing from “friends” in fact our friends don’t even know anything about us applying for roc. 

 

 I’m getting a little anxious that they will do a rfe requesting affidavits 😰

We didn't submit any and were approved late August. We sent tax transcripts, bank account statements, cell phone statements, housing contracts, credit car statements to name a few.

[Eli_za 50]

5 minutes ago, Coogah said:

We didn't submit any and were approved late August. We sent tax transcripts, bank account statements, cell phone statements, housing contracts, credit car statements to name a few.

Thank you! You are giving me peace of mind. We did submit all that plus our car loan and car title and furniture loan statements lol. with both names on it. 

[mrs thb 331]

21 minutes ago, Eli_za said:

Thank you! You are giving me peace of mind. We did submit all that plus our car loan and car title and furniture loan statements lol. with both names on it. 

You're stressing...but I get it.

 

I did not submit any affidavits and even though our file was pretty thick  I personally thought they'd ask us for more evidence seeing as though we lack 'joint assets' nor is my name on any bill..  That's a result of us both being established prior to marriage but we share same cc's and bank accounts, do a ton of travelling together and are beneficiaries of our assets. Towards the end I was getting extremely fidgety when others past me were getting approvals.  I stressed for nothing. So, relax, all will be fine.