July 2018 AOS Filers

[alol 23]

 

On 12/12/2018 at 7:49 AM, alol said:

Whoa. Woke up with a very unexpected update from USCIS this morning: Interview Was Scheduled. I guess I'll find out when it is in the next few days!

 

It seems extremely quick especially given as cases at the Seattle office seem to take much longer than average. Don't lose hope people!

 

I'll keep you all posted!

Appointment notification arrived today, appointment is set for January 17th, bright and early at 7:15 am!

[PartyParrot 40]

Yayyyy! 

Got a notification for ead just now, it said “card was mailed to you”.

seems like they never updated us when my card was approved... hopefully will get it before Christmas so I can start applying for civil service jobs!

[aznhouston 132]

16 hours ago, EducatedByAnimals said:

Yayyyy! 

Got a notification for ead just now, it said “card was mailed to you”.

seems like they never updated us when my card was approved... hopefully will get it before Christmas so I can start applying for civil service jobs!

Do you mind sharing the case history? From your posts, it seems like you didn't request for expedition?

[PartyParrot 40]

4 hours ago, hoangthaihuy said:

Do you mind sharing the case history? From your posts, it seems like you didn't request for expedition?

I didn't expedite my case

Pd was July 30th

Noa a week later

biometrics August 30

No refs

no updates on fingerprints received or anything else

Case ready to be scheduled on nov 8

And all of a sudden dec 19 they updated I765 to card was mailed to you.

 

never had a “you ead was approved, card in production” etc

 

and now I’m supposed to get a tracking number for my card but I don’t have one, will call USCIS for tracking number if no updates for ead card shipping status.

 

Unlike @alol i don’t even have the i797 approval notices, and my AP status still says Case is recieved. 

Edited December 20, 2018 by EducatedByAnimals
Update

[PartyParrot 40]

On 12/20/2018 at 6:58 AM, hoangthaihuy said:

Do you mind sharing the case history? From your posts, it seems like you didn't request for expedition?

I797 approvals for both EAD and AP arrived on 21, SSN Card and EAD cars arrived 22nd

[alol 23]

So I had my interview yesterday!

 

It was all very straightforward. Arrived at the USCIS office about 30 minutes ahead of our appointment time which was 7:15, checked in, got given a ticket with a number on it, there were a few couples already seated ahead of us. Every few minutes another couple had their numbers called and went through. The officers seemed to vary from cheerful to gruff (but hey - it was early!)

 

Our number got called at about 7:25, and the officer took us through to her office. She was cheerful and kind, and genuinely seemed to enjoy her job. She put us under oath, asked us if our address was the same as the application – we had moved, so it wasn't - she wrote down the updated address and asked us why we moved. Then she asked us how we met - we explained our story (there are a few details which are interesting which she probed about), she then asked us who was at our wedding – our parents weren't there, so she asked a bit about that. She asked who does the cooking, and who is 'the better cook' . She asked about our pet (we have an adorable cat), and who she belonged to before our marriage.

 

She then asked what we'd brought to show her. We brought a ton of stuff, with the idea that it's better to be safe than sorry, including bills, our lease for our townhouse, bank statements, insurance documents, as well as our original petition along with all the evidence we submitted with that, and a big pile of photos (we printed out about 120 photos including travel, our wedding, trips with family, and with friends). She was particularly interested in the photos, so we started with those. I'd placed about 20 photos which I thought would be of particular interest to the officer in the front, so I handed those to her. She looked through them, asking a number of questions about them, who was in them, where they were taken and so on. She seemed keen to look at the other photos, so I handed the rest of the pile to her and she went through every one!

 

A number of questions came up naturally in the course of looking through the photos, but nothing too specific, and was more like a casual conversation than formal questions. She leafed through the other documents we'd brought, noted down what they were and moved on to asking the Yes / No questions from the i-485. Once that was done, she tried to access something on her computer, which wasn't working. She tried restarting it to no avail, so she ended the interview there, saying that they'd let us know if there's any problems, but to expect my GC within 30 days!

 

My wife said she heard the words 'you're approved' but I didn't catch that! In any case, when I logged onto the DHS case tracker this morning, it's showing my "New Card Is Being Produced", so I'm hoping it will arrive in a few days time!

 

This all happened way more quickly than I was expecting, so I feel extraordinarily lucky. Good luck everyone!

 

 

[Emaillo 4]

@alol Congrats for your approved GC!!! Wonderful news!
I have my interview on Jan 30th, I'll let you know how it goes. 

 

Did you also bring the affidavit of support with all related documents to the interview? I already sumbitted them and I'm not sure if I should collect them again for the interview

[alol 23]

3 hours ago, Emaillo said:

@alol Congrats for your approved GC!!! Wonderful news!
I have my interview on Jan 30th, I'll let you know how it goes. 

 

Did you also bring the affidavit of support with all related documents to the interview? I already sumbitted them and I'm not sure if I should collect them again for the interview

Hey! Congrats on the interview date!

 

Yes, we brought every form & piece of evidence included in the original petition, although the officer didn't ask for any of it – she was more interested in new evidence. I figure it can't hurt to bring it, and if it gives you additional piece of mind, then it's worthwhile.

[oceaninspired 12]

23 hours ago, alol said:

So I had my interview yesterday!

 

Congrats!!!! It's soo awesome!

[Gonzala 9]

I also wanted to give a progress report. I filed on July 6th 2018 and had my interview on January 14th 2019. Yesterday I got a notification in the online system that the "new card is being produced".

 

Good luck to everyone!!!

[Fireschool 2]

Hello Everyone, just want to share our timeline:

AOS filed -SEATTLE OFFICE (K1 with 2K2s) : JULY 2018 

COMBO CARD RECEIVED: NOV 2018

AOS INTERVIEW: FEB 7, 2018

AOS CARD ORDERED TO BE MAILED: FEB 20, 2018

 

[PartyParrot 40]

hey everyone~ my interview is scheduled! Got the text message notification this morning, will wait for letter to see the actual date of the interview, hooray~

[AhsanTX 18]

12 hours ago, EducatedByAnimals said:

hey everyone~ my interview is scheduled! Got the text message notification this morning, will wait for letter to see the actual date of the interview, hooray~

Congratulations! 

[oceaninspired 12]

Great news! Good luck with your interview and thanks for updating us!

 

19 hours ago, EducatedByAnimals said:

hey everyone~ my interview is scheduled! Got the text message notification this morning, will wait for letter to see the actual date of the interview, hooray~

[MKM 50]

Hello, 

The interview is scheduled, got the text message notification on March 28th, 2019, will wait for the letter.  

 

Filed office LA. 

 

Application Mailed: July 5th - (AOS, EAD & AP) 

Application Received: July 9th 

Payment Processed: July 12th

E-notice: July 13th NOA 1 to 3 

Biometric NOA: July 20th Early Walk-In Biometric 

Appointment: July 31st 

Aug 6th: Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview 

Nov 15: EAD & AP approved Nov 21: EAD & AP Mailed 

Nov 24: Received EAD & AP

Interview Scheduled Text: March 28, 2019 

Edited April 2, 2019 by MKM
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