June 2018 AOS Filers

[Rilo0918 15]

So I received my interview date which is on Jan 15th. I still haven't heard anything on my EAD. How long after the interview does it take for that to be approved? Or is that something that's all given at the same time right after the interview?

 

thanks

[eckoin 211]

4 hours ago, Rilo0918 said:

So I received my interview date which is on Jan 15th. I still haven't heard anything on my EAD. How long after the interview does it take for that to be approved? Or is that something that's all given at the same time right after the interview?

 

thanks

Assuming you're approved for the green card, you will just get the green card in the mail. Your EAD/AP applications will be closed as "benefit was received" via GC. Once you get the green card, you won't need EAD. 

 

Unless they've already assigned an officer to your I-765 application, which is unlikely, you won't be able to work until you receive the green card, unfortunately. 

[Rilo0918 15]

5 hours ago, eckoin said:

Assuming you're approved for the green card, you will just get the green card in the mail. Your EAD/AP applications will be closed as "benefit was received" via GC. Once you get the green card, you won't need EAD. 

 

Unless they've already assigned an officer to your I-765 application, which is unlikely, you won't be able to work until you receive the green card, unfortunately. 

good to know. thank you!

[killadocg23 88]

1 hour ago, Rilo0918 said:

good to know. thank you!

When is your PD? Congrats !

[Rilo0918 15]

35 minutes ago, killadocg23 said:

When is your PD? Congrats !

sorry dumb question. what is PD?

[killadocg23 88]

8 hours ago, Rilo0918 said:

sorry dumb question. what is PD?

Your priority date, the date when uscis accepted your application and also what field office are you at?

[Rilo0918 15]

1 hour ago, killadocg23 said:

Your priority date, the date when uscis accepted your application and also what field office are you at?

May 31st!

[UnitedStatesGuy 0]

I got married a couple weeks ago to my girlfriend who is a non-citizen. We're planning on sending in the AOS packet in the next month, but the only thing I'm really worried about is evidence of a bona fide marriage. Affidavits are easy - but things like a joint bank account seems a little difficult. My bank doesn't allow anyone to become part of my account if they don't have a social security number. Would adding her to my car insurance be of help? Have her put the gas bill in her name? We JUST got married and now we have to comingle all this stuff right away?

[killadocg23 88]

14 minutes ago, Rilo0918 said:

May 31st!.

whats your field office?

[aznhouston 132]

6 minutes ago, UnitedStatesGuy said:

I got married a couple weeks ago to my girlfriend who is a non-citizen. We're planning on sending in the AOS packet in the next month, but the only thing I'm really worried about is evidence of a bona fide marriage. Affidavits are easy - but things like a joint bank account seems a little difficult. My bank doesn't allow anyone to become part of my account if they don't have a social security number. Would adding her to my car insurance be of help? Have her put the gas bill in her name? We JUST got married and now we have to comingle all this stuff right away?

For the conditional GC, some pictures are good enough. Gather as much evidence as you can like how you guys met, dating nights, pictures hanging out with friends...

It will take a while until the interview, during which you guys can start adding both names onto bills, join cc, house mortgage or lease...

Affidavits is the least important of all. You can get it from strangers on the street.

Edited December 19, 2018 by hoangthaihuy

[eckoin 211]

16 minutes ago, UnitedStatesGuy said:

I got married a couple weeks ago to my girlfriend who is a non-citizen. We're planning on sending in the AOS packet in the next month, but the only thing I'm really worried about is evidence of a bona fide marriage. Affidavits are easy - but things like a joint bank account seems a little difficult. My bank doesn't allow anyone to become part of my account if they don't have a social security number. Would adding her to my car insurance be of help? Have her put the gas bill in her name? We JUST got married and now we have to comingle all this stuff right away?

Not really the right thread, but to answer your questions:

 

It's expected that you just got married and haven't gotten much of "joint life" together.  They're looking for proof that you have known each other and have been dating--flights together/to see each other, trips together, some communication history, pictures together (especially with family/friends), affidavits won't hurt but are more "filler" than anything, if you don't have much overall.

 

How did your girlfriend get into US?  Is she here legally?  Just wondering re: SSN.

 

Adding her to your car insurance will definitely help, so will putting her on the utility bills.  I'd start "commingling" right away, it will make the interview that much easier to have long-term evidence than stuff you've assembled a month before.

 

Here's a recent thread off the top of my head with some other suggestions:

 

 

Edited December 19, 2018 by eckoin

[Rilo0918 15]

14 minutes ago, killadocg23 said:

whats your field office?

mmm i actually don't know...

[UnitedStatesGuy 0]

• 2 hours ago, eckoin said:

  Not really the right thread, but to answer your questions:

   

  It's expected that you just got married and haven't gotten much of "joint life" together.  They're looking for proof that you have known each other and have been dating--flights together/to see each other, trips together, some communication history, pictures together (especially with family/friends), affidavits won't hurt but are more "filler" than anything, if you don't have much overall.

   

  How did your girlfriend get into US?  Is she here legally?  Just wondering re: SSN.

   

  Adding her to your car insurance will definitely help, so will putting her on the utility bills.  I'd start "commingling" right away, it will make the interview that much easier to have long-term evidence than stuff you've assembled a month before.

   

  Here's a recent thread off the top of my head with some other suggestions:

   

   

  Yes, she came here legally on an ESTA. We've been seeing each other for years, visiting each other back and forth multiple times. We didn't have any plans of getting married but the back and forth for only a couple weeks a year for years was getting really tough. Thanks for the advice & I apologize for posting to the wrong thread. I kind of noticed that for whatever reason, this June AOS thread seems a lot more active and helpful than some of the others. 

[eckoin 211]

2 minutes ago, UnitedStatesGuy said:

• Yes, she came here legally on an ESTA. We've been seeing each other for years, visiting each other back and forth multiple times. We didn't have any plans of getting married but the back and forth for only a couple weeks a year for years was getting really tough. Thanks for the advice & I apologize for posting to the wrong thread. I kind of noticed that for whatever reason, this June AOS thread seems a lot more active and helpful than some of the others. 

Feel free to start a new thread at any time, people read everything

 

I'm not sure about getting SSN after marrying on ESTA. I think a lot of people on this forum could pitch in though. Having it would certainly help, so I'd figure out the most clear-cut way of getting it ASAP--and maybe it's not possible until your wife gets her EAD (and congratulations on the marriage!) 

 

Other than that, everything else still stands. I thought I had a pretty weak case with our lack of joint banking, since my husband and I never did get a joint bank account ("next month for sure though"), but we had insurance together--medical, dental, auto, home, even pet insurance--and I included all of our bills even though most were on separate names. Utility bills in his name (should have just added me, but well, still haven't), internet and home phone in mine, cell phone in both. It must have painted a pretty clear picture because the officer who interviewed us was pretty satisfied with this. Although we also have a child which I'm pretty sure weighed heavily in our favor; I think our interview was basically a formality after she asked about our kid and whether we have any others anywhere else (no). 

 

Best advice--get her name on as many things as you can as early as you can. Life will be much easier with a binder full of stuff. 

 

For applying now, focus on dating life so far and anything else you manage to get sorted out before applying. File taxes jointly next year as well. 

 

Make a new thread for any more specific questions; no harm, and will get you to the right people on this forum, and they are fantastic. 

[UnitedStatesGuy 0]

Real quick since you mentioned: She was given an SSN a couple years ago when she was here as an opair, but we've assumed so far that it is no longer valid, so we have left it off of forms... Are we correct in doing so do you think?