San Francisco, CA AOS

[May531 22]

To all those who will be doing I-693 here in SF, I strongly recommend Dr. MJ Takis at San Bruno. Aside from being warm and friendly, you can also get the results in just a week. 

[ale07 51]

Received our appointment in the mail today. Our interview will be on Wednesday, March 11th at the San Francisco office. 

[igoyougoduke 1,635]

On 1/31/2020 at 6:44 PM, May531 said:

To all those who will be doing I-693 here in SF, I strongly recommend Dr. MJ Takis at San Bruno. Aside from being warm and friendly, you can also get the results in just a week. 

There is also Dr Dong Lin in San Francisco. Results in a day if you have all your lab tests. Charges $150 for exam only 

Edited February 13, 2020 by Donald120383

[Olga&Jared 267]

Hey guys!

 

We had our interview in SJ office today. I already got my status change to "New Card Is Being Produced" 4 hours later, but the actual experience was quite confusing. 

 

We arrived 1 hour in advance which was just enough since there was quite a line at security check. Our officer was a woman, very emotionally detached which made it hard for us to get any clue if she was happy with all the paperwork and answers or not. I normally wouldn't sweat about it since it's their job but she was paying a lot of attention to things like why my mom changed my surname when I was 8 after my parents' divorce and why my birth certificate had my mom's surname instead of my biological dad's one. It made me feel nervous later because she didn't ask any marriage-related questions and also didn't take an updated Affidavit of Support with my husband's new job info. So the focus was basically on my life before moving here which seemed a bit weird to me after reading the "common" interview reviews. But in the end she did take papers with our "proof" and I handed her a few pictures as well even though she didn't ask for them at all. 

 

Anyway, after the interview I felt like I somehow failed. I guess because I was prepared to nail questions about our relationship, not about how Russian surname-change bureaucracy works  But at least I didn't have to hang in limbo mode for too long afterwards.

 

P. S. I filed on July 31, 2019 and had my biometrics on September 6. 

[May531 22]

Just to share we had our interview last Feb 14 but due to emergency I have to go back to my country 2 days after.  After a week, I used my EAD combo card going back to US, SFO airport. I just showed my EAD to the immigration, they took my picture and biometrics and escorted me to Detention office. I have to wait 30 minutes but after that they just gave me back my passport and EAD no questions asked. 

[ale07 51]

11 minutes ago, May531 said:

Just to share we had our interview last Feb 14 but due to emergency I have to go back to my country 2 days after.  After a week, I used my EAD combo card going back to US, SFO airport. I just showed my EAD to the immigration, they took my picture and biometrics and escorted me to Detention office. I have to wait 30 minutes but after that they just gave me back my passport and EAD no questions asked. 

That's scary. Glad they didn't bother you much at the airport. How did your interview go?

[May531 22]

3 hours ago, ale07 said:

That's scary. Glad they didn't bother you much at the airport. How did your interview go?

Our interview is in SJ office on Feb 14 at 715am. We were there by 630am and they let us in at 7am. It’s pretty fast maybe because we’re early. We were called at exactly 715am. We were just asked about our future plans and the Y/N questions in the AOS. Asked for my birth certificate original, bank joint account and rental lease agreement. The interview just took 20mins. The officer said we just have to wait 1-2 weeks. But after 5 days the status changed to New Card is being produced. My green card is expected to arrive tomorrow. 

 

 

[ale07 51]

7 minutes ago, May531 said:

Our interview is in SJ office on Feb 14 at 715am. We were there by 630am and they let us in at 7am. It’s pretty fast maybe because we’re early. We were called at exactly 715am. We were just asked about our future plans and the Y/N questions in the AOS. Asked for my birth certificate original, bank joint account and rental lease agreement. The interview just took 20mins. The officer said we just have to wait 1-2 weeks. But after 5 days the status changed to New Card is being produced. My green card is expected to arrive tomorrow. 

 

 

Congratulations! 😄

[kers123 24]

For the longest time ever I thought our field office would be San Jose, because our lawyer said so. I didn't know that our zip code belongs to the San Francisco office.

Just to share my timeline:

11/22/2019 submitted everything

11/26/2019 NOA received

12/19/2019 biometrics

01/30/2020 I-485: ready to be scheduled for an interview

03/09/2020 I-765: new card is being produced

 

to be on the optimistic side and when looking at the timelines here, the 17-20 months wait time for an interview is quite long isn't it? I see some people waiting only a couple of months. But of course, I could be the one that needs to wait 20 months... (why not 😥)

[Hemutian 68]

2 hours ago, kers123 said:

For the longest time ever I thought our field office would be San Jose, because our lawyer said so. I didn't know that our zip code belongs to the San Francisco office.

Just to share my timeline:

11/22/2019 submitted everything

11/26/2019 NOA received

12/19/2019 biometrics

01/30/2020 I-485: ready to be scheduled for an interview

03/09/2020 I-765: new card is being produced

 

to be on the optimistic side and when looking at the timelines here, the 17-20 months wait time for an interview is quite long isn't it? I see some people waiting only a couple of months. But of course, I could be the one that needs to wait 20 months... (why not 😥)

Wow! That's crazy! Do you have any idea why your case is being processed so quickly?

We submitted more than a month before you. Also SF field office. So far, nothing. 

[kers123 24]

7 minutes ago, Hemutian said:

Wow! That's crazy! Do you have any idea why your case is being processed so quickly?

We submitted more than a month before you. Also SF field office. So far, nothing. 

I have no idea! And from now on it could still be a very long time until I get an interview date... very weird. I hope you get yours soon!

[Hemutian 68]

16 hours ago, kers123 said:

I have no idea! And from now on it could still be a very long time until I get an interview date... very weird. I hope you get yours soon!

Really? So it's common to have a big gap between being notified "ready to schedule interview" and actually scheduling the interview?

[ale07 51]

20 hours ago, kers123 said:

For the longest time ever I thought our field office would be San Jose, because our lawyer said so. I didn't know that our zip code belongs to the San Francisco office.

Just to share my timeline:

11/22/2019 submitted everything

11/26/2019 NOA received

12/19/2019 biometrics

01/30/2020 I-485: ready to be scheduled for an interview

03/09/2020 I-765: new card is being produced

 

to be on the optimistic side and when looking at the timelines here, the 17-20 months wait time for an interview is quite long isn't it? I see some people waiting only a couple of months. But of course, I could be the one that needs to wait 20 months... (why not 😥)

Hopefully you'll get it soon. I filed in September and my interview is tomorrow in SF. 

[jhaniz0101 3]

01/08/2020- submitted AOS, EAD and AP

01/10- they recieved it

01/21- recieved NOA1 

02/03- biometrics

03/04- ready to schedule for interview

03/05- interview was scheduled

 

now waiting for the mail.. i believe im in San Francisco field office based on our ZipCode

[kers123 24]

10 hours ago, Hemutian said:

Really? So it's common to have a big gap between being notified "ready to schedule interview" and actually scheduling the interview?

Common for some people whenever their field office is busy but I’ve also seen people that don’t have to wait at all!

 

10 minutes ago, jhaniz0101 said:

01/08/2020- submitted AOS, EAD and AP

01/10- they recieved it

01/21- recieved NOA1 

02/03- biometrics

03/04- ready to schedule for interview

03/05- interview was scheduled

 

now waiting for the mail.. i believe im in San Francisco field office based on our ZipCode

That’s so fast! I’m still waiting for my interview to be scheduled...