MAY 2018 AOS Filers

[AmbMar18 52]

39 minutes ago, JoonP said:

Tried fax more than 100 times for three days. Fax never worked. So I mailed it.

also - what # at USCIS did you call for expedite request?

[Tomalley 160]

Anyone who buys health insurance yourself because my husband can’t add me in his insurance plan .. but I can’t work now I want to buy health insurance for myself in case I am sick. any ideas ? Thanks 

[AmbMar18 52]

25 minutes ago, Tomalley said:

Anyone who buys health insurance yourself because my husband can’t add me in his insurance plan .. but I can’t work now I want to buy health insurance for myself in case I am sick. any ideas ? Thanks 

why can't he add you?

[Tomalley 160]

2 minutes ago, AmbMar18 said:

why can't he add you?

The health insurance plan he has doesn’t allow.. 

[DownToEarth 27]

19 hours ago, Tomalley said:

Anyone who buys health insurance yourself because my husband can’t add me in his insurance plan .. but I can’t work now I want to buy health insurance for myself in case I am sick. any ideas ? Thanks 

Hi,

Have you considered international health insurance? Maybe the rates are lower. I was working abroad for a couple of years and we all had private individual health insurances issued in my home country but valid overseas.

[Tomalley 160]

1 hour ago, DownToEarth said:

Hi,

Have you considered international health insurance? Maybe the rates are lower. I was working abroad for a couple of years and we all had private individual health insurances issued in my home country but valid overseas.

Good idea, I will look into that . Thanks!

Edited July 26, 2018 by Tomalley

[PollyC 119]

Interview letter just came in, interview scheduled on Aug 23 at 9.50AM

[PollyC 119]

Just wanted to ask, on the interview notice underneath my name it says "c/o (care of) and my father's name"

 

Is that normal? Cos I didn't fill in my father's name in the "In case of" when i filed the forms.

 

 

[PollyC 119]

3 minutes ago, LizM said:

I have seen some people get this! It's so weird. I don't believe it makes any difference to anything, but if you browse father's name + in care of, you'll see you're not alone.

 

oh... good to know I'm not alone.. should i be worried about this then?

 

 

[Cyxs 51]

Mine went to get ready to be scheduled a few days ago. Nashville has a new field office so I can't find out processing times online! Hopefully no back log

[PollyC 119]

3 hours ago, PollyC said:

 

oh... good to know I'm not alone.. should i be worried about this then?

 

 

 

 

just in case anyone wanted to know about that "c/o"

 

A tier 2 officer explained becos there's may have some applicants have the same name, so they will just put our parent's name there to verify who is who.

So there's nothing to worry about that  

[TAG_US 16]

On 6/26/2018 at 11:41 AM, TAG_US said:

Got I-797C by mail yesterday for AOS Initial Interview appointment for July 26th.

It has title "Request for Applicant to Appear for initial interview"

Case Type: "Form I-485, Application to register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status"

Update on June 27th: I-485 marriage based AOS Initial Interview experience at Kansas City field office was positive.

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Experience: Arrived at USCIS field office parking lot at 7.45am for Appointment at 8.15am. There were 15+ cars, so thinking there could be a big line in parking lot we decided to go inside the office. The security officer checked the appointment notice, and after xray scanning our document folder told us to proceed to adjoining waiting room and submit papers on the window marked as 'Interview'. They were very polite and did not give us any hard time. There were many people already seated in the waiting room, however most of them turned out to be ASC appointment candidates as the opposite room for Biometrics did not open till 8am. At 8.15am an AO called me by my name, so I went ahead to greet him 'Good morning' and to indicate to him that my US Citizen wife (petitioner) is here with me as well. AO asked me and my wife to accompany him to interview room. The sequence of events is as below:

 

1) Told us to stand, raise right hand and swear under oath that we will tell only the truth. 

2) Scanned first page of IDs (passports) of me and my wife. Then flip through passport pages as both of us had tourist visas, stamps from many countries from prior business/vacation related travel.

3) Opened my I-485 form, took a photograph, fingerprinted my index fingers, asked my full legal name, DOB, POB, mailing address. I mentioned that we had bought a new house recently and that I had filed a form AR-11 electronically, I also handed him its printout with confirmation number assigned by USCIS, to which he checked on his computer to verify change of address and made a note in the I-485 paper form to use new updated address. Then asked my parents name and if I have any siblings in U.S.

4) Asked my wife her full legal name, DOB, POB, qualification, job and how she got her US Citizenship.

5) Asked details about marriage : date, place, if I have any kids, if it was my first marriage, etc.

6) Asked series of 40+ questions that are under general inadmissibility and criminal background. All of them were answered "No" except for the prior Visa denials which I had checked as "Yes" as my F1 visa was denied in first attempt, so he asked about the denial reason and if I was able to get it later. I told him that I was denied due to insufficient financial proof and that later I was able to get same type visa in second attempt after showing fund allocation in bank statements. Also mentioned about the Masters degree from US university that I got under that F1 visa. It was more than 16 years ago so he did not ask more and just made a note about the university and degree I got.

7) Asked me when and how I met my wife.

8) Asked my wife: how many times we met in person before marriage, and on which visa / passport she traveled to meet me. She also mentioned about the two vacation trips we had prior to marriage. He did not ask for any paper proof though. It was all front-loaded evidence as part of initial application. 

10) Asked if we have paperwork of our new house and joint accounts as husband and wife. So we handed him Title company statement, Utility bills, Auto Policy, Health Insurance, Joint account bank statements, etc which had both our names. He was glad to see that we had originals and already made copies as part of interview preparations.

11) AO took a minute to check form I-485 if he had additional questions to ask about my case, then said that our file looks complete and that he will recommend my case for approval. He indicated that official approval is pending and I'll get auto notified if I have subscribed to SMS and email alerts. Also mentioned that if I am approved in system then I'll get card in about two weeks and it will be a conditional card with 2 year expiry that is good for work and travel. And that I have to remember to apply 90 days before expiry using form I-751 with evidence to remove the conditions.

 

From all prior posts in VJ it is known fact that Kansas City FO does not do on the spot approvals, and that they approve in system after 3 to 4 days, which is what was noticed by us as well. Overall it was a short and easy interview and feel lucky to get an AO who seemed to have a general happy-go-lucky attitude.

 

Online status got updated in about an hour after interview. Got and SMS and email about case status update. The My Case status website update just says: "You attended your interview and we are reviewing your case". 

I'll keep you guys posted on status update messages that I see in system as FYI.

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All the best to all you guys for your interview. 

[DownToEarth 27]

Wow @TAG_US! Congratulations you guys!👏👏👏

Thanks for the feedback. It looks like you had everything thought through and well prepared. Did you use a lawyer?

[TAG_US 16]

18 hours ago, DownToEarth said:

Wow @TAG_US! Congratulations you guys!👏👏👏

Thanks for the feedback. It looks like you had everything thought through and well prepared. Did you use a lawyer?

No Lawyer. We did all the application process by ourselves after reading form instructions and experiences shared by VJ members.

Credit goes to my wife as well for meticulous peer reviewing of forms before submission.

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

On 7/26/2018 at 12:30 PM, PollyC said:

Just wanted to ask, on the interview notice underneath my name it says "c/o (care of) and my father's name"

 

Is that normal? Cos I didn't fill in my father's name in the "In case of" when i filed the forms.

 

 

I read of someone on another site whose interview notice was issued with that "c/o Father's name". There was nothing wrong with the interview notice. They had their interview and everything went fine.