September 2018 AOS Filers

[AndyAspen 46]

2 hours ago, LydiaP said:

We just got our notice in the mail today that Alex's interview is April 11. Apparently they updated on 3/5 but I didn't get the notification in email or text. We're flying right along.

 

We're a bit overwhelmed at how much we have to bring to the interview. Don't they have copies of all this stuff? Please it doesn't help that they switched Alex's birth certificate with another person's at the embassy in London!

 

From what I have heard from friends who have gone through it.  Having already done the K1 process, you already have a good amount of proof and reliability, so the interview's tend to go pretty smoothly. bring what they ask for but don't stress too much about not having your spouse on the lease or mortgage payments, they should be understanding that with out a job or a SSN, even the proper official last name, it's a little unrealistic to have all your papers signed and dotted perfectly. this is only my perspective from hearing it from a friend. Our interview is scheduled too! but no word on the date just yet.

[Madeline & Matt 252]

19 hours ago, LydiaP said:

 

 

16 hours ago, AndyAspen said:

From what I have heard from friends who have gone through it.  Having already done the K1 process, you already have a good amount of proof and reliability, so the interview's tend to go pretty smoothly. bring what they ask for but don't stress too much about not having your spouse on the lease or mortgage payments, they should be understanding that with out a job or a SSN, even the proper official last name, it's a little unrealistic to have all your papers signed and dotted perfectly. this is only my perspective from hearing it from a friend. Our interview is scheduled too! but no word on the date just yet.

As someone who just interviewed last week, our interview was a breeze. We didn’t have a lot of joint stuff, aside from a lease. We had a lot of photos and mail to the same address, and we had my friend right a letter of support. But it was generally not as scary as I’d thought it’d be. I brought a ton of stuff that the officer barely looked at. The are understanding that you can’t get a bank account, ID, or almost anything without an SSN. They mostly just wanted proof that we live together and actually do things together.

 

We’ve still yet to receive Matt’s social security card, so we have to do that this Friday.

 

Don’t stress too much. I seriously stressed myself out for no reason.

[Kor&Ani 34]

On 3/8/2019 at 4:44 PM, dynesyzygy24 said:

In my case my AP didn’t change at all.. recieved a text that my EAD card has been mailed out

What is the new website ?

[dynesyzygy24 57]

1 minute ago, Kor&Ani said:

What is the new website ?

My.uscis.gov

 

 

 

[juan2587 10]

It looks like now, we had to wait an extra month to receive our EAD/AP cards (If you still didn't receive it)

 

New dates in order to Submit an Inquiry of outside of processing times at NBC:

 

EAD September 8th

AP August 22th

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

[JayaP 7]

2 hours ago, juan2587 said:

It looks like now, we had to wait an extra month to receive our EAD/AP cards (If you still didn't receive it)

 

New dates in order to Submit an Inquiry of outside of processing times at NBC:

 

EAD September 8th

AP August 22th

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

Well that sucks a whole lot! 😔

 

Thanks for for the update!

Edited March 13, 2019 by JayaP

[Buhr 122]

I had my interview around three weeks ago, it didn’t go as smooth as the ideal interview as I have some unauthorized work in my background. 

I didn’t get an approval on the spot and my case status changed to “Interview is completed and case must be reviewed”, which at first wasn’t very concerning but as time went by I was obsessively checking the status multiple times a day so I had to stop worrying about it before I went insane.

Checked it again yesterday and it changed to “New card is being produced” so that’s an approval!

 

I’m relieved and and happy to say I’m done with this endless immigration process for at least two years. 

[Jessica829 211]

My husband's combo card was delivered today.   Now the extra long wait for the green card (we're in LA city).

 

This was after having a bit of a fiasco with USPS. When our USCIS account updated with the tracking number is said it had been delivered on Saturday. After calling our local post office daily they finally "found" that my husband's package was delivered to the wrong mailbox and delivered it today. 

[Infinity & Beyond 4]

On 3/6/2019 at 9:09 PM, Infinity & Beyond said:

Hello everybody, natural lurker here to share some information that might be helpful to the lovely community here.

We submitted our i-485 in mid to late September 2018 after our court marriage in early September. We are based in Los Angeles and just finished our Green Card interview this very morning (3/6/19, 5 month turnaround) at the San Bernardino USCIS Field Office. We are very happy to announce that they approved us on the spot and the case is updated to show that our Green Card is now being produced. 

Although having applied for the AP/EAD card, there has been absolutely zero progress on that front... but we're relieved to know that we are finally finished with this long journey for now. So the absolute first thing I did after getting the news was to check for flight tickets to send my wife back to her family. So I do want to ask if it will be safe enough to go ahead and book it now before the card arrives. I'm looking to book 2-3 weeks out, judging on some of the timelines I've seen around here. The officer did say it might take up to 30 days, but regardless we feel blessed to have such a quick turnaround.

Much love to everyone in this community, I wish everyone the best of luck on their AOS!

Just wanted to update that we received the physical green card in the mail today so it took exactly one week since our on-location approval after the interview. My wife is a little upset about the photo (she believes it was from the biometrics appointment) but we are otherwise finished for the next two years.

We are glad we got a quick turnaround compared to the average time. Hope everyone the best on their applications. Cheers.

[M+M 55]

On 3/12/2019 at 5:18 PM, juan2587 said:

It looks like now, we had to wait an extra month to receive our EAD/AP cards (If you still didn't receive it)

 

New dates in order to Submit an Inquiry of outside of processing times at NBC:

 

EAD September 8th

AP August 22th

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

We had to do a case inquiry on both our EAD/AP. Even after receiving our NOA2 visa post, something must have slipped through the cracks. It will be a month tomorrow since we have been approved, yet not card. We just had our case updated online yesterday to "New card in production" after we submitted a case inquiry on March 7th. My recommendation for those who have yet to have a case update online and your EAD/AP case and you have been approved and you are outside the processing times, you might need to submit a case inquiry. 

[JayaP 7]

Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production

 

Got the above update for my EAD! I got an email and text, and it has been updated only on the old website. No update on the AP or green card. 

 

Hopefully I get the combo card soon!!

[C90 376]

Does anyone know if there's a recent Philadelphia field office AOS topic/forum? I searched a good amount, but couldn't find anything (at least not recent). I thought I found one a while ago but can't find it anymore  Anyway, if anyone has a link that would be greatly appreciated! Otherwise I'll start a new topic and see if it even gets any attention lol.

Edited March 14, 2019 by C90

[beachlover 9]

23 minutes ago, JayaP said:

Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production

 

Got the above update for my EAD! I got an email and text, and it has been updated only on the old website. No update on the AP or green card. 

 

Hopefully I get the combo card soon!!

It seems like information on old and new sites are not consistent with all cases. In my case, the new site has the current information from EAD/AP approval and I-485 status saying “ready to be scheduled for interview “. The old site information is stuck with “interview cancelled” on the I-485. I received my combo card 4 days after it said card was in production. Yours will hopefully arrive soon! Best of luck!

[AAiowan 20]

Another Sept 2018 filer.  As of now status change to "Case is ready for an interview to be scheduled" and it changed on 2/12/2019.  Still waiting for interview notice.  Hope to see this change soon.

[JayaP 7]

Hey! I have a quick question for those who have received their EAD and/or AP cards.

 

On my cases, only the EAD status has been approved to say that it has been sent to me.  No update on the AP status.  Is this normal for a combo card?  Will I only get my EAD card and no AP?

 

Thanks in advance