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Mariia   44

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24 minutes ago, Diane and Chris said:

In looking at OP’s timeline, it looks like their interview date took only about 2 1/2 months. And then, spouse wasn’t required to be in room for interview. Something is not adding up here. Did OP let interviewer know that spouse was waiting outside?  Very strange....

Yes my husband was about to walk in with me but she said that since im the petitioner she only needed to see me. And as far as 3 months after us submitting AOS there were actually quite a few people who got their AOS interview within 3 months recently.

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geowrian
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The I-129F is the underlying petition being used for AOS. The USC is the petitioner. You are the AOS applicant. The I-485 is an application, not a petition (I-485 = "Application to Register Perma

Dashinka
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You know those of us on this site always get excited when we see something out of the ordinary.     I agree, the OP appears to be fine.

Going through
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It would be a mistake since the OP never did a ROC to get the 10-year card, and is AOS'ing from a K1 visa. It's been known to come back and bite people later during the N400 stage who have not go

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32 minutes ago, Diane and Chris said:

In looking at OP’s timeline, it looks like their interview date took only about 2 1/2 months. And then, spouse wasn’t required to be in room for interview. Something is not adding up here. Did OP let interviewer know that spouse was waiting outside?  Very strange....

yes it looks strange, and plus they only interviewed the USC.

it is supose interview the beneficiary no the petitioner

K1 2017

Aos sent April 2018

Aos interview July 2018

Work permit September2018

Aos approved July 24, 2019.

Roc April 27, 2021

Biometric reused june 28, 2021

N-400 online April 27, 2022 base on 3 years rule, biometric reused.

N-400 interview on December 12, 2022 combo interview i-751. Approved.

January 11, 2023 oath ceremony, Indianapolis. After that done with uscis😂🤭🤫

I took my oath ceremony in Indianapolis, it was a nice ceremony, where people from 35 coutry become american citizen.

01/11/2023 officially done with uscis :)

🤣

January 13, 2023 apply for us passport.( regular service).

March 11, 2023 passport in hand

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Mariia   44

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3 minutes ago, mytruelove18 said:

yes it looks strange, and plus they only interviewed the USC.

it is supose interview the beneficiary no the petitioner

No, I am the beneficiary the My husband (US Citizen) is the one who wasn’t interviewed.

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5 minutes ago, Mariia said:

No, I am the beneficiary the My husband (US Citizen) is the one who wasn’t interviewed.

ok 

2 hours ago, Mariia said:

And I am the petitioner for AOS. I just never read on these forums that only one person be called and husband/wife be in the waiting room during the interview the whole time.

 

12 minutes ago, Mariia said:

Yes my husband was about to walk in with me but she said that since im the petitioner she only needed to see me. And as far as 3 months after us submitting AOS there were actually quite a few people who got their AOS interview within 3 months recently.

i misunderstood because you say in preview post that you are the petitioner

K1 2017

Aos sent April 2018

Aos interview July 2018

Work permit September2018

Aos approved July 24, 2019.

Roc April 27, 2021

Biometric reused june 28, 2021

N-400 online April 27, 2022 base on 3 years rule, biometric reused.

N-400 interview on December 12, 2022 combo interview i-751. Approved.

January 11, 2023 oath ceremony, Indianapolis. After that done with uscis😂🤭🤫

I took my oath ceremony in Indianapolis, it was a nice ceremony, where people from 35 coutry become american citizen.

01/11/2023 officially done with uscis :)

🤣

January 13, 2023 apply for us passport.( regular service).

March 11, 2023 passport in hand

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Mariia   44

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28 minutes ago, mytruelove18 said:

ok 

 

i misunderstood because you say in preview post that you are the petitioner

So I think There is some confusion. I am the petitioner for AOS. My husband was a petitioner when he applied for K1 visa. I am pretty sure I am the petitioner here.

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20 minutes ago, Mariia said:

So I think There is some confusion. I am the petitioner for AOS. My husband was a petitioner when he applied for K1 visa. I am pretty sure I am the petitioner here.

The I-129F is the underlying petition being used for AOS. The USC is the petitioner.

You are the AOS applicant. The I-485 is an application, not a petition (I-485 = "Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status").

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Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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Mariia   44

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23 minutes ago, geowrian said:

The I-129F is the underlying petition being used for AOS. The USC is the petitioner.

You are the AOS applicant. The I-485 is an application, not a petition (I-485 = "Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status").

Yes you are correct, apologies for my confusion.

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2 hours ago, Umka36 said:

Even with a stoke interview they bring both spouses back together after they've been separated. 

No, they didn't bring us back together. 

Citizenship:

09/15/2020 - Filed online. Estimated completion given - July 2021 (10 months).

January 2021 - biometric reuse letter

April 2021 - interview scheduled

24/05/2021 - Interview (approved)

 

Passport:

July 23 - applied, expedited service

August 11 - received the passport

Aug. 16 (approximately) - received passport card

August 20 - received citizenship certificate back

 

Story of my almost 3 years long pending AOS - click below for details

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2015

  • March 10 2015 - USCIS received i-130/i-485
  • March 30 2015 - got a RFE saying that my husband cannot be my sponsor because of his income, which is not true, but we didn't know what to do so we hired a lawyer.
  • August 10 2015 - interview (went great, by the way). Were told to wait 120 days.
  • December 10 2015, April 10 2016, May 10 2016 - sent SR, responses: "your case is pending"

2016

  • May 25 2016 - Went to Info Pass, the case is taken to the supervisor, were told we will get something in 30 days (of course, after 30 days we got nothing....).
  • June 27 2016 - Went to Info Pass again, they told us to wait for 2 more weeks and if we still get nothing send a service request letter by mail. Did it on the same day.
  • June 27 2016 - After Infopass, went to senator Durbin office in Chicago.
  • July 8 2016 - Went to Mike Quigley office.
  • July 8 2016 - Received useless response from Durbin. All they know is that the case is pending and it's in Chicago, can't do anything else.
  • July 12 2016: Infopass, spoke to the supervisor, promises promises.... more wait.
  • July 17 2016: Filed Ombudsman.
  • July 26 2016: Another info pass, same story. We talked to 3 supervisors already! I don't get it!
  • July 29 2016: Sent another useless SR just because.
  • Aug 9 2016: Talked to the officer we had interview with! She was supposed to mail us RFE a year ago but she forgot (!!!) ! They admitted it. Gave us RFE.
  • October 11 2016: Response to RFE is received by uscis (the RFE was ridiculous. Basically all same papers we ALREADY GAVE HER at the interview: bank statements, lease, etc).
  • October 20 2016: Infopass, useless, did not have time to wait for the supervisor.
  • November 9 2016: Infopass, talked to the supervisor, he said there are no problems with our case and he will make sure the officer will make a decision within a few days. Gave us his email and phone number, told us to contact him directly instead of going to info pass.
  • November 15 2016: emailed the supervisor, since a few days have passed and still no decision. No response.
  • November 17 2016: called the supervisor, no answer.
  • November 17 2016: sent Service Request about i-130 (Lol, like that will help..)
  • November 19 2016: sent a letter to the director of Chicago Field Office.
  • November 22 2016: sent Service Request about i-485 (Lol[2])
  • November 23 2016: talked to the supervisor again to learn that..........my medical and fingerprints have expired and i need to wait for a notice to do it all again.
  • November 25 2016: The response from the Field Office Director Martha Medina-Maltes: your case is pending and every effort is being made blah blah blah
  • December 5 2016: Received a response to i-485 SR that my case is "pending supervisor review"... absolutely random since the supervisor said i'll need redo my medical and fingerprints again.
  • December 19 2016: Went to USCIS, the officer came out and told me we need to come back for a 2nd interview!!! I'm shocked because our marriage is 100% real and i can't believe they have doubts about it! But i'm glad that it's at least something.
  • December 27: 2nd interview (Strokes). Reason: i-130 petition. We did fine but the officer said we will receive a NOID! Our lawyer said it must be something else, not our answers... but what?!

2017

  • Jan 23 - infopass, asked if anything was mailed regarding i-130. Were told that nothing was.
  • Jan 27 - sent a service request regarding I-130.
  • March 1 2017 - went to uscis (no info pass), our officer's supervisor finally gave us the noid full of nitpicking and lies, that shows that they do not pay attention to anything. 
  • March 10 2017 - 2 years AOS anniversary...wow. 
  • March 31 - The response to the noid is received by uscis!
  • June 1st - went to the office, the supervisor promised we will get the decision in 4-6 weeks.
  • July 19 - 7 weeks passed, went back to uscis. The supervisor said he will give the case to the officer tomorrow, we asked when we will get the decision, he said he doesn't know. 
  • September 6: My husband talked to the supervisor again, he said he gave the case to the other officer, and the case is huge so the officer has a lot to do, and we will get a decision in 2 weeks. 
  • September 25: Went back since no decision was received (as expected). The supervisor said the same thing: we will get a decision in 2 weeks
  • September 29: USCIS asked for medical! Eureka! First time in 2 and a half years they sent something by themselves! :wacko: i-130 still not approved.
  • October 2: Notice that i-130 is approved (notice date September 26, still no online update). Also went to get medical done (should be ready by the end of the week)
  • October 3:  biometrics
  • October 10: medical delivered to uscis! The waiting games begins again :wacko:
  • December 11: 2 months after medical was delivered talked to the supervisor again, he said the decision will be made BY tomorrow and we will find out from the website on Wednesday. 
  • December 14: Called uscis, tier 2 officer told me that the case is approved.
  • December 18: Received Approval notice (Dated December 12)

 

Long story short:
After the initial interview we received:

1) a RFE asking for the same papers again,

2) then were asked to come to the 2nd interview that went fine of course, 

3) then a NOID that was full of mistakes.

All that was given to us in person, only when we made our way straight to our officer. And still waiting. Lots of fun (not).

4) 6 months after receiving our response to the noid i-130 is approved. 2 years 6 months and 16 days of waiting for i-130. Supposed to take 5 months. No words.

5) After 2 years 9 months and 2 days (or 1008 days) of waiting i-485 is approved.

 

 

 

 

 

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Which field office? Were any questions accusatory to either you or the spouse? Did they tell you anything about the spouse you didnt know? Are you sure it was even an AOS interview?

Really makes no sense. 

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2 hours ago, Diane and Chris said:

In looking at OP’s timeline, it looks like their interview date took only about 2 1/2 months. And then, spouse wasn’t required to be in room for interview. Something is not adding up here. Did OP let interviewer know that spouse was waiting outside?  Very strange....

 

3 hours ago, Umka36 said:

Never heard of just the one spouse being interviewed only, minus the military deployment reason, for married couples.

 

Even with a stoke interview they bring both spouses back together after they've been separated. We went through one of those small "stoke" interview during the AOS, and passed without issues. My wife got an electronic notification of approval within the a few days. Hope you get an answer soon.

 

3 hours ago, Going through said:

A mystery to me, only time I've heard of the spouse not being expected at the AOS interview is when on active military deployment (other than those AOS'ing under VAWA).

 

Far-reaching speculation would be if the IO got confused himself (maybe new?) and thought he was doing a ROC interview instead of an AOS interview...like I said, far-fetched but I'm trying to wrap my head around possibilities. 

 

Be prepared for the outcome of being called for an interview again.  And if you do get the GC produced from this interview, carefully check it for clerical errors (ie. a 10-year card being produced instead of a 2-year one).

Guys, looks like I confused the petitioner and applicant. As  I cannot edit my initial comment , i'll make an updated one: 

 

I, (beneficiary( according to I-129f)or applicant ( according to I-485) )was interviewed alone, without my husband( who is obviously a petitioner). Officer DID see my husband before telling me to come with her. The interview itself went smoothly as it seemed to me ( basing my thoughts on what I previously saw/read from others on this website). In the end, she said their regular words something like: I cannot give you any final decision yet, wait for any updates online. and that was about it. In 30 minutes after that we got an online update: "Interview was completed  and your case must be reviewed ". 

 

p.s. in the beginning of the interview she did mention the reason why she didn't need my husband : "since YOU are the applicant for I-485, we don't need your spouse to be interviewed "

 

All your help is appreciated, thank you a lot 

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2 pages of drama because OP got confused.  ;)

 

OP, you're fine. Your interview was ok and normal. USC spouses aren't always called to be interviewed. 

K1

29.11.2013 - NoA1

06.02.2014 - NoA2

01.04.2014 - Interview. 

AoS

03.2015 - AoS started.

09.2015 - Green Card received.  

RoC

24.07.2017 - NoA1.

01.08.2018 - RoC approved. 

 

 

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43 minutes ago, Roel said:

2 pages of drama because OP got confused.  ;)

 

OP, you're fine. Your interview was ok and normal. USC spouses aren't always called to be interviewed. 

This comment should lock the topic. 👍

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5 hours ago, Roel said:

2 pages of drama because OP got confused.  ;)

 

OP, you're fine. Your interview was ok and normal. USC spouses aren't always called to be interviewed. 

You know those of us on this site always get excited when we see something out of the ordinary.  :D

 

I agree, the OP appears to be fine.

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

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Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

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This literally just happened to my wife and I. We had an interview scheduled at the USCIS office at 10:15 AM. When the officer called her name we both stand up and make our way back. When we got to the door he said, "We only need her today." We were both confused because it said specifically to bring your spouse. After 10-15 minutes my wife comes back out. The interview is over. They only asked her a couple of questions from the I-485 form and give her another letter that says our case has been continued, no more information is needed but you may be scheduled for another interview. This was a complete waste of time. I had to take a day off work for this and now I may need to take another one here soon?! I really don't understand what is going on here.

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