November 2018 AOS Filers

[Lakwatsera 14]

5 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Interviews could be waived, but not long ago, they became mandatory for all K1's going through AOS.

From what I've read, it was better to get an interview back in the day, as those who didn't, waited even more. 

Thanks for the info. Wish it was the same as before so we don't worry much like we are now. 😊

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

5 minutes ago, Lakwatsera said:

Thanks for the info. Wish it was the same as before so we don't worry much like we are now. 😊

You're welcome. 😊 And yes, it would be better to go straight to getting the card in the mail.

[Edgar Sousa272 40]

15 hours ago, Derlon said:

 

😂😂 All I fit into now are stretchy yoga pants!! No Cheetos stains so I'll count that as a win!

 

We got the standard security stuff questions. He also asked my husband the name of my parents (he forgot my mom's name lol), my birthday, how many times I've been married.. asked us when we met for the first time, asked me where my husband was born and his birthday. He seemed confused about my ESTA, he didn't know what it was. On my old i-94 my submitted class was WT which is esta/waiver for tourists (tbf I didn't know what WT was either and googled it when we left the building) and he grilled me on that for a bit because I said I only ever had an esta and K1 visa and he didn't seem familiar with WT. I have no clue whether he was playing dumb or not haha, after he kept asking me about it he suddenly said "well don't worry about it".

 

He didn't take our city hall ceremony pictures, said they weren't helpful. 😂 He told us to have another wedding ceremony before removal of conditions, and to have more stuff like my name on the mortgage, car insurance, etc. After he said he is going to recommend us for approval he quickly stated we're not out of the woods yet and I can still be deported when removal of conditions comes around. I think he was trying to scare us? He said they have a tip line so our neighbors could call them if they think we're frauds, we might get a random home visit to see if we're legit, etc etc. I could even be a lesbian! Apparently it has happened before. 😂

 

The only documents he asked for was my EAD, SSN, interview notice and ceremony pictures.  He took copies of everything but our useless city hall ceremony pictures 😂 he didn't ask for other proof but we handed him a copy of our joint bank account and a recology letter addressed to both of us.

 

I'm just happy we got recommended for approval and I hope it goes through soon haha. I had no clue where that interview was gonna go, he was pretty stern. As soon as we left the office he was very friendly though.

 

After seeing my enormous file on his desk I understand the huge backlog they have. It even contained the old envelopes we sent our forms in! 

I had never heard about pay to expedited a AP. Do you have more information about it? If you do, do you mind shared it?

[K1visaHopeful 2,820]

Anybody else's egov.uscis.gov account down still this morning?

I know they did maintenance from 9pm to 12am last night but mine appears to be down still. 

Anybody willing to check for me please....

[ITMFA 241]

4 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Anybody else's egov.uscis.gov account down still this morning?

I know they did maintenance from 9pm to 12am last night but mine appears to be down still. 

Anybody willing to check for me please....

Mine's working - just did my morning check. Hope yours works again soon! 

[Ire 139]

Hi everyone! The interview went well! Very easy, lots of rambling... In general: I brought too many papers, he took the rent agreement, copies of our BC, and not the photos, which I did bring, but I also brought photocopies of them (like 3/page) and he said those are better, they fit perfectly in the folder. Questions: how did you meet? What town were you born? All the mandatory questions  (the ones where we all answered no no no no no no no no). Then he asked if I like it here, and then it was all rambling without questions. Very smooth, very nice guy. 

He didn't say the words "you're approved" but he did explain that we will be getting a letter shortly with the conditional residence card, and that he have to apply for ROC 3 months before the second anniversary of the interview. 

Then we left, so happy ! Had lunch at a nice place, got a bottle of champagne because the occasion was asking for it. 

I wish you all the patient and luck in the world. I consider myself lucky for how short it too us to be interviewed, but when we were in the 129f process it wasn't until almost  one year after applying that I had my interview and this feels like we've been compensated. Be happy, this too shall pass. 

Edited April 11, 2019 by Ire
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[JunkTardis 183]

11 hours ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Truly hope they live up to their promises and you get the GC by May. 

Thank you, me too. I will pretty irritated if they don't! 

[Bluewaters 288]

7 hours ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Ready to schedule an interview means they're in queue, but no appointment scheduled yet. The status we're all waiting for is "Interview has been scheduled".

Well.... I am waiting to getting ready to be schedule for interview. But nothing has happened yet. 

[lilit829 368]

7 hours ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Ready to schedule an interview means they're in queue, but no appointment scheduled yet. The status we're all waiting for is "Interview has been scheduled".

 Mine actually doesn't even say schedule an interview. It says we received the fingerprint fee but we got our biometrics done all the way back in December. 

[kanderson101 131]

17 hours ago, ChuAni said:

EAD-New Card Produced: April 10th

Filed: Nov. 22nd

NOA1: Nov. 27th

 

Congrats!! I remember you from the I-129f days! Happy to see your process is moving forward

[jakejon 1,197]

My VJ timeline has nearly expired LOL!! Oh darn. I'm more excited for hitting 140 tomorrow!! Not giving up. Though, I would like to see a more updated USCIS historical processing. However, it contains errors: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt - again pointing our the 'high standard' of these guys  

Edited April 11, 2019 by jakejon

[jakejon 1,197]

So according to them a fiscal year runs from December - September. That's incorrect: (1) That's not even a year and (2) The USCIS fiscal year runs from Oct 1-Sept 30. 

 

On another note, their table says it's date up until Dec 31st 2018, yet above in their paragraph they say it's data up until Oct 31st 2018. 

 

Makes you wonder and suggest why they can't process months correctly in order  

Edited April 11, 2019 by jakejon

[ChuAni 1,191]

11 minutes ago, kanderson101 said:

Congrats!! I remember you from the I-129f days! Happy to see your process is moving forward

Oh yea..thanks a lot. Good luck in your journey as well. 😊

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

11 minutes ago, jakejon said:

So according to them a fiscal year runs from December - September. That's incorrect: (1) That's not even a year and (2) The USCIS fiscal year runs from Oct 1-Sept 30. 

 

On another note, their table says it's date up until Dec 31st 2018, yet above in their paragraph they say it's data up until Oct 31st 2018. 

 

Makes you wonder and suggest why they can't process months correctly in order  

Maybe they don't know the order of the months! 😲

That explains EVERYTHING. 

[jakejon 1,197]

3 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Maybe they don't know the order of the months! 😲

That explains EVERYTHING. 

I just wish they would transfer my case out from that place! Sorry but just venting! I'll be positive again within 30 mins  

Edited April 11, 2019 by jakejon