July 2018 AOS Filers

[Joselio 196]

1 hour ago, Abeezyfresh said:

For anyone who can benefit, I want to let you all know what happened at the interview yesterday, 10/12 in Cincinnati, OH. If you have any questions, let me know! My timeline is updated as well. 

 

The interview went smoovely and lasted about 30 minutes. My husband does not speak English only Spanish, so we brought a translator with us. The officer only wanted the translator to translate when she needed to speak to my husband. She got annoyed when the translator translated literally every and anything said in English. Our lawyer and our 11 month old squirmy, talkative son accompanied us as well. We were running about 10 minutes late, but still were seen for the interview, as it didn’t seem to affect anything. The officer that interviewed us was semi-firm to show she was about business, but pretty cool overall. She asked me all of the questions concerning our relationship-if I know how to speak Spanish and if I can speak it well, how we met, when we met and started talking, our love story, our living situation, info on the day we got married and if/when our families met, job position information and any other supporting evidence. We provided her with a book of pictures, bank account statements to show that we have a joint account, print outs showing my husband as a beneficiary on vision, dental, and health insurance and 401k. We gave her 4 photos to put in the file. The officer only asked my husband the security questions. She was saying how I was the head honcho in charge, as anything she asked for I had it all ready to go on the spot.  The interview was almost like having girl talk, catching my boss up on my relationship with out crossing any personal or professional boundaries lol. Afterwards she told me to pass a piece of paper to my lawyer, then she gave me my copy, which was evidence of being approved and then she said the green card was approved. She then proceeded with how in two years we need to get the conditions removed and how we would receive the card in 2-4 weeks. A couple of hours later I got a notice saying that the card was being produced. And let the church say...AMEN. 

Congratulatiens....   just a question, who was your translator??? Did you pay for one or it was a friend???

My wife doesn't speak English...

 

 

 

[Abeezyfresh 48]

5 hours ago, Joselio said:

Congratulatiens....   just a question, who was your translator??? Did you pay for one or it was a friend???

My wife doesn't speak English...

 

 

 

Thanks! And we payed a professional translator to avoid any conflict of interest. It’s best to just hire someone professionally in my opinion. 

[Joselio 196]

47 minutes ago, Abeezyfresh said:

Thanks! And we payed a professional translator to avoid any conflict of interest. It’s best to just hire someone professionally in my opinion. 

Can I  ask you how much did you pay for the translator? .... we may have to go to the same route...

[Abeezyfresh 48]

1 hour ago, Joselio said:

Can I  ask you how much did you pay for the translator? .... we may have to go to the same route...

A flat rate of $70.. ouch.. 🤕

[LisaandJoe 32]

On 10/13/2018 at 11:05 AM, Abeezyfresh said:

For anyone who can benefit, I want to let you all know what happened at the interview yesterday, 10/12 in Cincinnati, OH. If you have any questions, let me know! My timeline is updated as well. 

 

The interview went smoovely and lasted about 30 minutes. My husband does not speak English only Spanish, so we brought a translator with us. The officer only wanted the translator to translate when she needed to speak to my husband. She got annoyed when the translator translated literally every and anything said in English. Our lawyer and our 11 month old squirmy, talkative son accompanied us as well. We were running about 10 minutes late, but still were seen for the interview, as it didn’t seem to affect anything. The officer that interviewed us was semi-firm to show she was about business, but pretty cool overall. She asked me all of the questions concerning our relationship-if I know how to speak Spanish and if I can speak it well, how we met, when we met and started talking, our love story, our living situation, info on the day we got married and if/when our families met, job position information and any other supporting evidence. We provided her with a book of pictures, bank account statements to show that we have a joint account, print outs showing my husband as a beneficiary on vision, dental, and health insurance and 401k. We gave her 4 photos to put in the file. The officer only asked my husband the security questions. She was saying how I was the head honcho in charge, as anything she asked for I had it all ready to go on the spot.  The interview was almost like having girl talk, catching my boss up on my relationship with out crossing any personal or professional boundaries lol. Afterwards she told me to pass a piece of paper to my lawyer, then she gave me my copy, which was evidence of being approved and then she said the green card was approved. She then proceeded with how in two years we need to get the conditions removed and how we would receive the card in 2-4 weeks. A couple of hours later I got a notice saying that the card was being produced. And let the church say...AMEN. 

Congrats on the approval! 

 

My case is also in Cincinnati, I got a notification on oct.2 that my case is ready to be scheduled.

Do you know how long you waited to get interview date after you received the “ case is ready to be scheduled for interview” notice? 

[scorr77 14]

On 10/3/2018 at 10:18 AM, ashleykay said:

Anyone in SC get a drivers license with their EAD? What’s the process for that?

Just call the dmv.  My brother who is a police officer said the dmv said just bring EAD to office

[Abeezyfresh 48]

On 10/14/2018 at 11:23 PM, LisaandJoe said:

Congrats on the approval! 

 

My case is also in Cincinnati, I got a notification on oct.2 that my case is ready to be scheduled.

Do you know how long you waited to get interview date after you received the “ case is ready to be scheduled for interview” notice? 

Nice! They notified me that my case was ready to be scheduled on 8/22/18 and the interview was scheduled on 8/24/18, then I received the notice in the mail about a week later with the interview date. 

[hockey234 10]

Hi Everyone, 

 

Has anyone had this experience and have any advice? We applied in July and our timeline estimates that my husband's EAD will be issued in November (fingers crossed) but during the application process, we ticked the box to have the SSN issued with the EAD. I didn't realize at the time that this would mean that we wouldn't get his SSN for months. So now we're stuck waiting and I'm afraid we are going to miss the open enrollment with my company to add him to the health insurance plan. 

 

If we go to the SSN office, I'm afraid this will mess with the process and I don't want to cause any delays. 

 

Thank you!

[Jaquelly 1,647]

2 minutes ago, hockey234 said:

Hi Everyone, 

 

Has anyone had this experience and have any advice? We applied in July and our timeline estimates that my husband's EAD will be issued in November (fingers crossed) but during the application process, we ticked the box to have the SSN issued with the EAD. I didn't realize at the time that this would mean that we wouldn't get his SSN for months. So now we're stuck waiting and I'm afraid we are going to miss the open enrollment with my company to add him to the health insurance plan. 

 

If we go to the SSN office, I'm afraid this will mess with the process and I don't want to cause any delays. 

 

Thank you!

1. I would call USCIS and ask them, or see if you can make an infopass appointment at your office.

2. It is possible it could cause an issue. He can't even get a DL without the SSN, so it's best to just ask if you can.

Edited October 16, 2018 by Jaquelly
clarification

[hockey234 10]

2 minutes ago, Jaquelly said:

1. I would call USCIS and ask them, or see if you can make an infopass appointment at your office.

2. It is possible it could cause an issue. He can't even get a DL without the SSN, so it's best to just ask if you can.

Thank you! I'll give that a try today. 

[hockey234 10]

1 hour ago, hockey234 said:

Thank you! I'll give that a try today. 

 

1 hour ago, Jaquelly said:

1. I would call USCIS and ask them, or see if you can make an infopass appointment at your office.

2. It is possible it could cause an issue. He can't even get a DL without the SSN, so it's best to just ask if you can.

I called USCIS and they said they you have to have the EAD before you can even get an SSN. I feel like that isn't true based on what I've read online. 

[DPP123 409]

6 minutes ago, hockey234 said:

 

I called USCIS and they said they you have to have the EAD before you can even get an SSN. I feel like that isn't true based on what I've read online. 

that is NOT true.  My husband has an SSN and doesn't have his EAD yet.

[hockey234 10]

3 minutes ago, DPP123 said:

that is NOT true.  My husband has an SSN and doesn't have his EAD yet.

That's what I thought. Maybe I'll try calling the local New York SSN office and see what they say. This is very frustrating. 

[GarryAndMarie 147]

29 minutes ago, hockey234 said:

 

I called USCIS and they said they you have to have the EAD before you can even get an SSN. I feel like that isn't true based on what I've read online. 

My wife got her SSN about two weeks after we were married, using her K-1 Visa and I-94 printout -- the clerk at our local Social Security office told us to come back when we received the seal-stamped copy of our marriage certificate showing her name change, since they could only issue the SSN with her maiden name (since that's what was on the K-1 and I-94). Unfortunately when we went back a second time, her K-1 only had a week left on it (for the 90 day period) and the clerk said we couldn't submit the name change until after she receives the EAD. So it was our experience that there's a window of time where a SSN could be received BEFORE the 90 day K-1 period is up (actually 2 weeks before that date, according to what we were told), but after that you have to wait for the EAD to be received to apply or get a modification for name change. Hope this helps?

[GarryAndMarie 147]

Update: my wife received her NOA1 on July 10, with a received date of July 5, and she's gone on a couple of job interviews in the last few weeks. One of the employers gave her a letter of offer, good through October 31 - they were very understanding about the USCIS situation & waiting for EAD, and so wrote the letter of offer with that in mind (mentioning specifically that the job offer is conditional upon USCIS issuing an EAD prior to hire and the October 31 deadline). We then took this to the Reno, Nevada Infopass office, where she requested an interim EAD. That was last Wednesday, October 10. There were 4 officers there, plus security and staff - but no customers at all. Unfortunately, the officer who helped my wife said "sorry but no" - that EADs now take 5 months and that they know California cases are backlogged, so no interim EAD even with a job offer etc.

 

So today, my wife called USCIS and requested an expedite based on financial loss considerations. There are actually two: we had a landslide on our property this year that has cost over $10k to fix (we live in a very rural mountainous environment) and there is no morning bus for our 12 year old daughter to get to school, so the EAD will allow my wife to get a driver's license to take my step-daughter to school in the mornings. It's been kind of challenging for me to take her to school each morning, my schedule is somewhat flexible but sometimes it's been choosing "meet clients or take kid to school?" and of course school comes first even though it's costing our family potential commission opportunities.

 

We are in the far north of California, San Francisco is over 5 hours south. Reno is 6.5 hours away but at least they have Infopass appointments available, we were really hoping the immigration officers there would have a little merciful kindness in the interim EAD request but no such luck. Perhaps the expedite request will work. We haven't received notice of an appointment yet. Keeping our fingers crossed & praying...