September 2018 AOS Filers

[Gibus 202]

2 hours ago, Ash&Raz said:

We only applied to expedite our advance parole so that we can travel sooner so I wonder why they approved EAD first when that's not even what we applied to expedite. Congrats on getting your EAD! 

They probably approved both EAD/AP since you asked for an expedite AP. If you have your EAD card it's usually a combo card  that include AP as well

 

33 minutes ago, Just-in-case18 said:

Guys!!! So happy just got a notification that our interview has been scheduled! 

Congrats    

[Mr & Mr 101]

2 minutes ago, Gibus said:

They probably approved both EAD/AP since you asked for an expedite AP. If you have your EAD card it's usually a combo card  that include AP as well

Wow, really? Thats would be great, so we can finally travel somewhere outside US.

[Naes 12,205]

3 hours ago, Ash&Raz said:

We only applied to expedite our advance parole so that we can travel sooner so I wonder why they approved EAD first when that's not even what we applied to expedite. Congrats on getting your EAD! 

AP will be with ead if ead got approved.

 

congrats  

[CindyS 25]

Hey everyone! New update here.. Had my interview today in the morning here in San Diego.. for some reason we weren’t really nervous, I think with everything prepared there is no reason for that. 

 

we had the interview with a really nice lady.. first she just checked my documents, birth certificate, passport and I94, and just went through the I485, checking with me my full name, date and city of birth, my husband full name and date of birth too, just following the application.. went to all the yes/no questions about terrorism and all that.. simple stuff, really normal, she was being nice nothing super serious or anything, super chill.. she asked if I had any joint assets that I wanted to submit and I just gave her all the documents we had together.. she didn’t even look at them, just attached to all the papers of our case.. she then asked us how we meet and we told her our story with the dates and everything.. she was taking notes of everything we said. She asked about our wedding, where was it and if family attended.. I wanted to show her the pictures I had but she didn’t even look.. at the end she asked my husband about his work and happened that she already worked at the same area before so they were super talking about that.. she was really friendly, laughing and everything. 

She said we were good and that she would recommend us to approval.. took a while filling stuff in the computer and putting all the stamps on the papers.. we had to sign the paper that says when we need to renew the green card and she gave us some advice to keep all the documents we have together and future stuff cuz to renew the green card will need to show all that again and everything else we gonna have from the next two years.. 

 

So I was really happy everything was smooth.. no strees needed.. 

And my case status already changed for card being produced.. she said I’ll receive it within two weeks! 

[Just-in-case18 160]

34 minutes ago, CindyS said:

Hey everyone! New update here.. Had my interview today in the morning here in San Diego.. for some reason we weren’t really nervous, I think with everything prepared there is no reason for that. 

 

we had the interview with a really nice lady.. first she just checked my documents, birth certificate, passport and I94, and just went through the I485, checking with me my full name, date and city of birth, my husband full name and date of birth too, just following the application.. went to all the yes/no questions about terrorism and all that.. simple stuff, really normal, she was being nice nothing super serious or anything, super chill.. she asked if I had any joint assets that I wanted to submit and I just gave her all the documents we had together.. she didn’t even look at them, just attached to all the papers of our case.. she then asked us how we meet and we told her our story with the dates and everything.. she was taking notes of everything we said. She asked about our wedding, where was it and if family attended.. I wanted to show her the pictures I had but she didn’t even look.. at the end she asked my husband about his work and happened that she already worked at the same area before so they were super talking about that.. she was really friendly, laughing and everything. 

She said we were good and that she would recommend us to approval.. took a while filling stuff in the computer and putting all the stamps on the papers.. we had to sign the paper that says when we need to renew the green card and she gave us some advice to keep all the documents we have together and future stuff cuz to renew the green card will need to show all that again and everything else we gonna have from the next two years.. 

 

So I was really happy everything was smooth.. no strees needed.. 

And my case status already changed for card being produced.. she said I’ll receive it within two weeks! 

Quick question for you! Did you need to obtain a new medical for the interview? 

[CindyS 25]

10 minutes ago, Just-in-case18 said:

Quick question for you! Did you need to obtain a new medical for the interview? 

No new medical.. just submitted the vaccine papers on the application.. she didn’t ask anything about medicals on the interview. And technically my medical is already expired since I did it in November 2017.. but when I submitted the application was still within the one year. So didn’t have any problem with that. 

[Just-in-case18 160]

37 minutes ago, CindyS said:

No new medical.. just submitted the vaccine papers on the application.. she didn’t ask anything about medicals on the interview. And technically my medical is already expired since I did it in November 2017.. but when I submitted the application was still within the one year. So didn’t have any problem with that. 

Thank you! My husbands was done May 2018 so we wanted to make sure we didn’t need to bring anything other than the vaccine paperwork. 

[Calidas 69]

Hey guys, my wife's interview for AoS was yesterday at the Raleigh-Durham, NC office. Interview didn't really take that long, but she passed. With the holidays the officer estimates she'll get her green card in about 3 weeks. But here's a little overview of our interview to help anyone still to have one. Be sure to have your appointment letter and government issued ID handy, as you'll need them frequently.

 

Arrived at 1:25 pm for our appointment at 1:45 pm. An officer checked over our IDs and appointment letter at the entrance. Had us go through an airport like metal detector and have a seat in the waiting area.

At around 1:30 pm they called for all the 1:45 appointments to line up. They checked the IDs and appointment letter again. Had the foreign spouses form a line in front of a check-in desk and the rest line up near the elevator. Once your foreign spouse checked in at the desk the two (or three for the many people there with lawyers) could use the elevator to go upstairs to another waiting room. On the second floor waiting room we waited until our ticket number was called, roughly around 2:10 pm. The interview officer had us stop in an office so that they could take her picture and check her fingerprints. From there we headed back to his office.

 

The interview officer had our petition on his desk and wanted to go over some of our paperwork. He stated that our I-693 was still good from her medical check in Bangkok, Thailand and that the I-864 that I had filled out was good to. He went over a few things in the I-485 form with her, confirming that her original name, married name, place of birth, & parents names were correct. Told her that her answers lined up correctly with what was on the form and had her sign a page in the back. From there he moved to asking us some questions. Starting with her.

 

Some questions asked:

Have you ever committed a crime while living in the US?

Have you ever committed a crime in the US without being caught?

Have you ever been arrested?

How many times have you been married?

Have you ever been ordered by a judge to leave the country?

Have you ever previously been denied entry into the US?

Have you ever previously falsely claimed to be a US Citizen? (the way he worded this question confused my wife a bit)

Have you ever voted for someone in government office in the US?

 

From there he moved to more personal questions.

How did the two of you meet?

How we communicated with each other before she was in the country?

When did I go to visit her and if I had visited more than once?

When was our wedding? Where was our wedding?

Asked if we have family in Florida? (our wedding was in Florida)

Asked if we had gone on any trips together since our wedding? and if we had any pictures?

Asked if we had any trouble getting here and if we rode together and who drove?

 

After the questions he said that everything seems to be good. That he'll finish going over the paperwork later that day and give the final approval. Told us some information about going forward, that her green card should arrive within the next 3 weeks. Informed us that going out this will be a conditional green card that is good for 2 years and that within 90 to 60 days of it expiring we would need to apply for the regular green card. In the time till then take photos, keep up with any airline tickets, receipts, if you have kids in the time their birth certificates. Stated that when we file for the normal green card it is best to have as much evidence as you can. They do not care how thick it is, just that more is better and be sure to still be married to the same person. 

 

Afterwards he asked if we had any questions. Then he took us back out to the front and we continued on our merry way.

[akoko-01 12]

On ‎12‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 9:02 PM, CindyS said:

Hey everyone! New update here.. Had my interview today in the morning here in San Diego.. for some reason we weren’t really nervous, I think with everything prepared there is no reason for that. 

 

we had the interview with a really nice lady.. first she just checked my documents, birth certificate, passport and I94, and just went through the I485, checking with me my full name, date and city of birth, my husband full name and date of birth too, just following the application.. went to all the yes/no questions about terrorism and all that.. simple stuff, really normal, she was being nice nothing super serious or anything, super chill.. she asked if I had any joint assets that I wanted to submit and I just gave her all the documents we had together.. she didn’t even look at them, just attached to all the papers of our case.. she then asked us how we meet and we told her our story with the dates and everything.. she was taking notes of everything we said. She asked about our wedding, where was it and if family attended.. I wanted to show her the pictures I had but she didn’t even look.. at the end she asked my husband about his work and happened that she already worked at the same area before so they were super talking about that.. she was really friendly, laughing and everything. 

She said we were good and that she would recommend us to approval.. took a while filling stuff in the computer and putting all the stamps on the papers.. we had to sign the paper that says when we need to renew the green card and she gave us some advice to keep all the documents we have together and future stuff cuz to renew the green card will need to show all that again and everything else we gonna have from the next two years.. 

 

So I was really happy everything was smooth.. no strees needed.. 

And my case status already changed for card being produced.. she said I’ll receive it within two weeks! 

good for you 🙂

could you please share with us some of your evidence that you submitted?

[CindyS 25]

45 minutes ago, akoko-01 said:

good for you 🙂

could you please share with us some of your evidence that you submitted?

I had our rental agreement, utility bill, car insurance, document from my husbands work with me as a beneficiary, copy of our health insurance cards, and some correspondence that had both names on it. 

[Charles_n_Grace 24]

We had our interview Friday in Louisville KY. The IO was pleasant and the interview was quick. 

 

I believe she watched how we acted in the waiting room. My wife teased me about being nervous. I joked with her daughters. We acted like a family. 

 

Our evidence was medical bills bills addressed to the youngest daughter at my address. 

 

I honestly believe the IO had already made her decision before the interview and just needed the data to back up her decision. 

[Mr & Mr 101]

Merry Christmas to everyone and wishing you all a happy new year. That next year bring to all of us only positive changes!

[truetrue1982 1]

Hello fellow VJers,

I submitted my I-130 on 9/5/18 and NOA date of 9/7/18. Then filed for AOS on 12/7/18 and an priority date of 9/7/18. At the same time 12/7/18 we filed for I-765 and I-131. I wanted to know what steps I need to expedite both EAD and AP since the AOS will take forever. We have a trip planned in January 2019. Please help. Thank you

[Gibus 202]

10 hours ago, truetrue1982 said:

Hello fellow VJers,

I submitted my I-130 on 9/5/18 and NOA date of 9/7/18. Then filed for AOS on 12/7/18 and an priority date of 9/7/18. At the same time 12/7/18 we filed for I-765 and I-131. I wanted to know what steps I need to expedite both EAD and AP since the AOS will take forever. We have a trip planned in January 2019. Please help. Thank you

I'm sorry to be a bummer but it's not realistic at all to think that you can have an expedite AP in less than a month just for a vacation purpose. First of all the expedite AP is only for extremely urgent situations, a trip is not one of them. And even if you are in a situation that can justify an expedite EAD/AP,  they have so many applications that it's still takes months to get it.

You can still call the USCIS and ask for an expedite but according to what you're gonna say they might denied it directly the next days.

Edited December 28, 2018 by Gibus

[truetrue1982 1]

It's actually an emergency for my spouse's mother illness otherwise we won't risk anything like this .