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17 minutes ago, stacyt said:

it only took you 3 months from filing for AOS to the interview? I'm curious because my timeline is about 10 days later than you and I would never expect  the interview to be so soon  😳

 

sorry, off topic :D 

Tokenfreak is from a notoriously fast field office though. Sacramento could be a whole other timeline of waiting. Have you looked up your LFO's estimated processing times?

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

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5 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Tokenfreak is from a notoriously fast field office though. Sacramento could be a whole other timeline of waiting. Have you looked up your LFO's estimated processing times?

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

I'm not sure if that is even that accurate as when I look up my local office it says this:

11.5 Months to 23 Months and they the case inquire date is now on February 25, 2017

 

But I'm not complaining...I'm very thankful ours went fast so far...just don't know why according to those dates.

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06/19/2017:  Met online on a dating site (Date in Asia)

11/10/2017:  Met in person 1st time (traveled to Philippines: 11/8/2017 - 11/20/2017)

01/29/2018:  I-129F petition sent to the USCIS Dallas lockbox via USPS

01/31/2018:  I-129F petition delivered and signed by USCIS

02/06/2018:  Check was cashed ($535); Received acceptance confirmation email and text from USCIS; Case being transferred to CSC

02/08/2018:  NOA1 hard copy received via USPS (NOA1 received date: 01/31/2018; NOA1 notice date: 02/05/2018)

08/09/2018:  I-129F petition approved (total wait time: 190 days from received date and 185 days from notice date) 

08/13/2018:  NOA2 hard copy received via USPS

08/22/2018:  NVC received I-129F petition

08/23/2018:  NVC assigned case number

09/03/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 1)

09/04/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 2)

09/04/2018:  NVC sent I-129F petition to embassy

09/05/2018:  Embassy received I-129F petition

09/23/2018:  Met in person 2nd time (traveled to Philippines: 09/21/2018 - 10/07/2018)

09/24/2018:  Interview - Approved! (Interview took 236 days from received date and 231 days from notice date)

09/25/2018:  Attended the CFO - GCP session

09/28/2018:  Visa packet in hand (picked up at Robinson's Mall in Bacolod, Philippines)

10/03/2018:  Flew from BCD to MNL and back to get CFO - GCP sticker

10/06/2018:  POE at JFK airport in New York

10/22/2018:  Received marriage license application (applied on 10/17/2018)

11/07/2018:  Received SSN card (applied on 10/24/2018)

11/10/2018:  Married to my Honeybun!

AOS/EAD/AP

11/23/2018:  Packet sent to the USCIS Chicago lockbox via USPS

11/29/2018:  Packet delivered and signed by USCIS

12/05/2018:  Check was cashed ($1225); Received three acceptance confirmation texts (one for each form) from the USCIS

12/11/2018:  NOA1 hard copies received (one for each form) via USPS (NOA1 received date: 11/29/2018; NOA1 notice date: 12/03/2018)

12/13/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 12/07/2018)

12/26/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment at 9:00am at the USCIS Application Support Center in Charleston, SC

01/02/2019:  AOS case status update:  Ready to schedule interview

01/09/2019:  AOS case status update:  Interview scheduled

01/12/2019:  Interview appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 01/09/2019)

02/19/2019:  Interview for AOS:  I-485 - Approved

02/25/2019:  Green card received in mail

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Just now, Tokenfreak said:

I'm not sure if that is even that accurate as when I look up my local office it says this:

11.5 Months to 23 Months and they the case inquire date is now on February 25, 2017

 

But I'm not complaining...I'm very thankful ours went fast so far...just don't know why according to those dates.

Hence word "estimated" 😉

It just sounded like stacyt didnt know that the time line is based on her individual FO...

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5 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Hence word "estimated" 😉

It just sounded like stacyt didnt know that the time line is based on her individual FO...

Ok gotcha.  :)

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06/19/2017:  Met online on a dating site (Date in Asia)

11/10/2017:  Met in person 1st time (traveled to Philippines: 11/8/2017 - 11/20/2017)

01/29/2018:  I-129F petition sent to the USCIS Dallas lockbox via USPS

01/31/2018:  I-129F petition delivered and signed by USCIS

02/06/2018:  Check was cashed ($535); Received acceptance confirmation email and text from USCIS; Case being transferred to CSC

02/08/2018:  NOA1 hard copy received via USPS (NOA1 received date: 01/31/2018; NOA1 notice date: 02/05/2018)

08/09/2018:  I-129F petition approved (total wait time: 190 days from received date and 185 days from notice date) 

08/13/2018:  NOA2 hard copy received via USPS

08/22/2018:  NVC received I-129F petition

08/23/2018:  NVC assigned case number

09/03/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 1)

09/04/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 2)

09/04/2018:  NVC sent I-129F petition to embassy

09/05/2018:  Embassy received I-129F petition

09/23/2018:  Met in person 2nd time (traveled to Philippines: 09/21/2018 - 10/07/2018)

09/24/2018:  Interview - Approved! (Interview took 236 days from received date and 231 days from notice date)

09/25/2018:  Attended the CFO - GCP session

09/28/2018:  Visa packet in hand (picked up at Robinson's Mall in Bacolod, Philippines)

10/03/2018:  Flew from BCD to MNL and back to get CFO - GCP sticker

10/06/2018:  POE at JFK airport in New York

10/22/2018:  Received marriage license application (applied on 10/17/2018)

11/07/2018:  Received SSN card (applied on 10/24/2018)

11/10/2018:  Married to my Honeybun!

AOS/EAD/AP

11/23/2018:  Packet sent to the USCIS Chicago lockbox via USPS

11/29/2018:  Packet delivered and signed by USCIS

12/05/2018:  Check was cashed ($1225); Received three acceptance confirmation texts (one for each form) from the USCIS

12/11/2018:  NOA1 hard copies received (one for each form) via USPS (NOA1 received date: 11/29/2018; NOA1 notice date: 12/03/2018)

12/13/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 12/07/2018)

12/26/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment at 9:00am at the USCIS Application Support Center in Charleston, SC

01/02/2019:  AOS case status update:  Ready to schedule interview

01/09/2019:  AOS case status update:  Interview scheduled

01/12/2019:  Interview appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 01/09/2019)

02/19/2019:  Interview for AOS:  I-485 - Approved

02/25/2019:  Green card received in mail

ROC

01/02/2019 *State ID card - Applied and received temporary paper ID....waiting on real physical card ID.

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2 hours ago, Tokenfreak said:

So my wife and I have our AOS interview coming up.  We are trying to gather some of the evidence needed for our interview.  However, we have a slight problem gathering some  of it as we do not have it.  My wife and I are living with my parents right now as we are still trying to buy a house.  We do not have any utility bills, internet bills, tv bills, water bills, rent, etc., since we are living with them.  We also do not have any cell phone bills either since we are on my parents account.  Any idea what I am suppose to do since we do not have any of those things?  Do you think just informing the person interview us of our situation will be good enough?  Thanks.

If they ever ask you for bills just tell the truth and explain but do not say anything till they ask.... i answer no to some questions  the IO ask me and it still went well But i have some evidence ready with me though just incase he ask(like copy of affidavit,my husband 401k listed my name as beneficiary, health/dental/vision insurance as family, our phone bills showing both our names)no bank account/credit card and when he ask that i told him no because im not allowed to open an account without ssn...He only double check my application to make sure he got everything they needed for approval.. JUST BE HONEST and DON'T BE NERVOUS 😁😁

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3 hours ago, Tokenfreak said:

So my wife and I have our AOS interview coming up.  We are trying to gather some of the evidence needed for our interview.  However, we have a slight problem gathering some  of it as we do not have it.  My wife and I are living with my parents right now as we are still trying to buy a house.  We do not have any utility bills, internet bills, tv bills, water bills, rent, etc., since we are living with them.  We also do not have any cell phone bills either since we are on my parents account.  Any idea what I am suppose to do since we do not have any of those things?  Do you think just informing the person interview us of our situation will be good enough?  Thanks.

 

Hi Tokenfreak,

 

I was in the very same situation as Pakistani we have a joint family system. I like with my parents and 2 brothers - I just had my father write a letter that was signed, dated and notarized from Chase Bank. Stating their are no utilities in our names because house is under his name,  and we are on a family business under a business account. And it stated in the letter that father is proving all this so me and the wife can save enough to have our own place down the road without a major bank payment.

 

That was it and few months later my wife ROC (Removal of Conditions) was approved. These immigration services people know how East and South Asians live so their is nothing to worry about.

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We are in the exact same situation as you. We are also living with my parents as we save for a house. I'm not too worried about it. We are going to show both credit cards with each of our names. We also have joint health insurance, so each one of us has a card. He joined our family plan for the phone, so I will print out the bill from the website showing all of our numbers together. I was able to add him to my bank account also. I'll also show plane tickets and stuff showing we have traveled together during the time he has been here and photos of our wedding. I wouldn't stress out because none of us have been married that long and even American couples may not have all these things together yet. 

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14 hours ago, Tokenfreak said:

My wife doesn't have life insurance yet and mine is through where I work so I am not sure how to add her? 

Contact your work (human resource?) about the situation and ask for options.

 

If that didn't turn out well, you can always find another type of insurance if it is much better than your work offer. :)

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Just an update. The officer we interviewed with did not look at a single piece of evidence. We never even opened our files.

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1 hour ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

Just an update. The officer we interviewed with did not look at a single piece of evidence. We never even opened our files.

Same here, he didn't want to see anything. I had to nag him a few times to at least take the copy of our "married filing jointly" tax return.

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On 1/14/2019 at 3:20 PM, icanbenobody said:

If they ever ask you for bills just tell the truth and explain but do not say anything till they ask.... i answer no to some questions  the IO ask me and it still went well But i have some evidence ready with me though just incase he ask(like copy of affidavit,my husband 401k listed my name as beneficiary, health/dental/vision insurance as family, our phone bills showing both our names)no bank account/credit card and when he ask that i told him no because im not allowed to open an account without ssn...He only double check my application to make sure he got everything they needed for approval.. JUST BE HONEST and DON'T BE NERVOUS 😁😁

Ok thanks for the advice.  

 

On 1/14/2019 at 4:24 PM, AdnanS said:

 

Hi Tokenfreak,

 

I was in the very same situation as Pakistani we have a joint family system. I like with my parents and 2 brothers - I just had my father write a letter that was signed, dated and notarized from Chase Bank. Stating their are no utilities in our names because house is under his name,  and we are on a family business under a business account. And it stated in the letter that father is proving all this so me and the wife can save enough to have our own place down the road without a major bank payment.

 

That was it and few months later my wife ROC (Removal of Conditions) was approved. These immigration services people know how East and South Asians live so their is nothing to worry about.

Ok thanks for the information.  I will have my parents write a letter and get to to sign it too just to be safe.

 

On 1/14/2019 at 7:34 PM, Sarah&Facundo said:

We are in the exact same situation as you. We are also living with my parents as we save for a house. I'm not too worried about it. We are going to show both credit cards with each of our names. We also have joint health insurance, so each one of us has a card. He joined our family plan for the phone, so I will print out the bill from the website showing all of our numbers together. I was able to add him to my bank account also. I'll also show plane tickets and stuff showing we have traveled together during the time he has been here and photos of our wedding. I wouldn't stress out because none of us have been married that long and even American couples may not have all these things together yet. 

We have health insurance together too so I guess I can show some medical bills with her name on it and my policy number or something.

 

On 1/15/2019 at 3:30 AM, WaterLeaf said:

Contact your work (human resource?) about the situation and ask for options.

 

If that didn't turn out well, you can always find another type of insurance if it is much better than your work offer. :)

I think I can just use a medical bill we have as it has the policy number on it so I think that will work fine.

 

On 1/16/2019 at 6:27 PM, ThomasNC1988 said:

Just an update. The officer we interviewed with did not look at a single piece of evidence. We never even opened our files.

OK cool that's great!  Hopefully our officer is that easy going too!

 

On 1/16/2019 at 8:21 PM, Scandi said:

Same here, he didn't want to see anything. I had to nag him a few times to at least take the copy of our "married filing jointly" tax return.

lol..thats great too.  I really hopes ours is easy like that as well.

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06/19/2017:  Met online on a dating site (Date in Asia)

11/10/2017:  Met in person 1st time (traveled to Philippines: 11/8/2017 - 11/20/2017)

01/29/2018:  I-129F petition sent to the USCIS Dallas lockbox via USPS

01/31/2018:  I-129F petition delivered and signed by USCIS

02/06/2018:  Check was cashed ($535); Received acceptance confirmation email and text from USCIS; Case being transferred to CSC

02/08/2018:  NOA1 hard copy received via USPS (NOA1 received date: 01/31/2018; NOA1 notice date: 02/05/2018)

08/09/2018:  I-129F petition approved (total wait time: 190 days from received date and 185 days from notice date) 

08/13/2018:  NOA2 hard copy received via USPS

08/22/2018:  NVC received I-129F petition

08/23/2018:  NVC assigned case number

09/03/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 1)

09/04/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 2)

09/04/2018:  NVC sent I-129F petition to embassy

09/05/2018:  Embassy received I-129F petition

09/23/2018:  Met in person 2nd time (traveled to Philippines: 09/21/2018 - 10/07/2018)

09/24/2018:  Interview - Approved! (Interview took 236 days from received date and 231 days from notice date)

09/25/2018:  Attended the CFO - GCP session

09/28/2018:  Visa packet in hand (picked up at Robinson's Mall in Bacolod, Philippines)

10/03/2018:  Flew from BCD to MNL and back to get CFO - GCP sticker

10/06/2018:  POE at JFK airport in New York

10/22/2018:  Received marriage license application (applied on 10/17/2018)

11/07/2018:  Received SSN card (applied on 10/24/2018)

11/10/2018:  Married to my Honeybun!

AOS/EAD/AP

11/23/2018:  Packet sent to the USCIS Chicago lockbox via USPS

11/29/2018:  Packet delivered and signed by USCIS

12/05/2018:  Check was cashed ($1225); Received three acceptance confirmation texts (one for each form) from the USCIS

12/11/2018:  NOA1 hard copies received (one for each form) via USPS (NOA1 received date: 11/29/2018; NOA1 notice date: 12/03/2018)

12/13/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 12/07/2018)

12/26/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment at 9:00am at the USCIS Application Support Center in Charleston, SC

01/02/2019:  AOS case status update:  Ready to schedule interview

01/09/2019:  AOS case status update:  Interview scheduled

01/12/2019:  Interview appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 01/09/2019)

02/19/2019:  Interview for AOS:  I-485 - Approved

02/25/2019:  Green card received in mail

ROC

01/02/2019 *State ID card - Applied and received temporary paper ID....waiting on real physical card ID.

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