MARCH 2019 - AOS Filers

[Nicola and Jordan 668]

39 minutes ago, Michaela K. said:

OMG guys, we just got the interview scheduled!! 😮 I have to wait for the notice to know the exact date but from what I saw in our thread the interview is usually in one month or so from the day the status changed, is that right? Or can it be much later on?

 

I did not expect that! USCIS processing times for our office are 7.5-24.5 months but according to VJ estimates some people in KC recently had the interview in 3 months after biometrics. Would match our timeline assuming we'll have the interview in a month or so. Crazy!

Congrats that’s awesome!! 

[IandM1123 149]

42 minutes ago, Michaela K. said:

OMG guys, we just got the interview scheduled!! 😮 I have to wait for the notice to know the exact date but from what I saw in our thread the interview is usually in one month or so from the day the status changed, is that right? Or can it be much later on?

 

I did not expect that! USCIS processing times for our office are 7.5-24.5 months but according to VJ estimates some people in KC recently had the interview in 3 months after biometrics. Would match our timeline assuming we'll have the interview in a month or so. Crazy!

Wow congrats! What is your timeline?

[NYC-AB 56]

We booked flights to visit her family this summer. Perhaps slightly premature since we haven't received her EAD/AP combo card yet, but it seems pretty low risk since the card is supposed to come Friday, and the letter that came in the mail earlier this week explicitly said it would come with a stamp authorizing travel.

[IrishTexan 72]

Congrats to those who are gaining traction! We are not in a major rush for EAD or GC, but more-so for the AP! We scheduled our Irish Wedding for middle of August (exclusive venue,  limited availability!) almost 18 months back with full understanding of the timelines and pressures! I think we are masochists in the fact that we keep putting ourselves in close-deadline situations! All the rest have worked out quite well. Here's to one last moment of Visa Roulette...Flight out August 8th 😫

Edited May 15, 2019 by IrishTexan

[Michaela K. 93]

1 hour ago, IandM1123 said:

Wow congrats! What is your timeline?

Thank you! Received 02/26, NOA 3/04, biometrics 3/28. I have these dates filled in my timeline in my profile too

[Michaela K. 93]

4 minutes ago, IrishTexan said:

Congrats to those who are gaining traction! We are not in a major rush for EAD or GC, but more-so for the AP! We scheduled our Irish Wedding for middle of August (exclusive venue,  limited availability!) almost 18 months back with full understanding of the timelines and pressures! I think we are masochists in the fact that we keep putting ourselves in close-deadline situations! All the rest have worked out quite well. Here's to one last moment of Visa Roulette...Flight out August 8th 😫

Look into expediting AP, I saw one girl did it exactly for the same reason as yours - a wedding planned back home - their reason to expedite was a severe financial loss. I think it took her like 1 month to even get the expedited AP card so if you plan to fly out in August, you may want to start the process at the end of June the latest. There are some threads for that with more information on VJ. I don't know more details. Good luck!

[IrishTexan 72]

3 minutes ago, Michaela K. said:

Look into expediting AP, I saw one girl did it exactly for the same reason as yours - a wedding planned back home - their reason to expedite was a severe financial loss. I think it took her like 1 month to even get the expedited AP card so if you plan to fly out in August, you may want to start the process at the end of June the latest. There are some threads for that with more information on VJ. I don't know more details. Good luck!

Well my wife is fully prepared to REDO THE ENTIRE K1 PROCESS IF THIS DOESN'T COME THRU! We were going to do an expedite after our relocation (which is this week!). Thanks for the info <3!

[p-ana 933]

52 minutes ago, IrishTexan said:

Well my wife is fully prepared to REDO THE ENTIRE K1 PROCESS IF THIS DOESN'T COME THRU! We were going to do an expedite after our relocation (which is this week!). Thanks for the info <3!

But then you can’t do another k1 cause you’re already married...

[IandM1123 149]

1 hour ago, Michaela K. said:

Thank you! Received 02/26, NOA 3/04, biometrics 3/28. I have these dates filled in my timeline in my profile too

I didn't realize til I click on your profile  I hope my husband will get his EAD soon, he's been bored at home.

[Michaela K. 93]

3 hours ago, IrishTexan said:

Well my wife is fully prepared to REDO THE ENTIRE K1 PROCESS IF THIS DOESN'T COME THRU! We were going to do an expedite after our relocation (which is this week!). Thanks for the info <3!

This is the post and thread where I saw it. Looks like it took a bit over a month for her. Hope it helps! 

[Michaela K. 93]

1 hour ago, IandM1123 said:

I didn't realize til I click on your profile  I hope my husband will get his EAD soon, he's been bored at home.

Being stuck at home with nothing to do is much more difficult than I thought it could be. Good luck with getting the EAD soon!  

[IandM1123 149]

30 minutes ago, Michaela K. said:

Being stuck at home with nothing to do is much more difficult than I thought it could be. Good luck with getting the EAD soon!  

That's what he's been saying and I get him and I feel bad for him. He used to work for 8 years straight, as soon as he graduated from college, he worked right away. He's not used to being at home for such a long time. Thank you, good luck on your journey as well!

 

 

[aroundtheworld19 24]

4 hours ago, IrishTexan said:

Congrats to those who are gaining traction! We are not in a major rush for EAD or GC, but more-so for the AP! We scheduled our Irish Wedding for middle of August (exclusive venue,  limited availability!) almost 18 months back with full understanding of the timelines and pressures! I think we are masochists in the fact that we keep putting ourselves in close-deadline situations! All the rest have worked out quite well. Here's to one last moment of Visa Roulette...Flight out August 8th 😫

We are in the same boat with our wedding in Germany! 😩😄 we contacted our local congressman to get it expedited. We sent him an email on April 30th and he asked for evidence and we mailed it to him and he sent us a letter saying he contacted the USCIS office so now we’re just waiting for a response .. I would suggest you do the same once you move! Good luck!!! 

[IrishTexan 72]

11 hours ago, p-ana said:

But then you can’t do another k1 cause you’re already married...

My bad.  The K-Visa process...

[MelissaR512 35]

Had the aos interview today, didn’t get approved on the spot but was told how a conditional GC works and we would be notified in the mail of the final decision, but overall it seems to have gone okay. Our interview was done by what seemed like a new person because we had someone in the room observing him and taking notes on what he did/said. No really unusual questions pretty much went through our forms asked where we each respectively were born and date of birth. Then at the end after asking all the are you a communist/ working against the government question they asked if we would like to submit any additional information to show our marriage is legit. Apparently I provided more then enough, we brought our wedding album and he said this is great, it was a huge coffee table book so I kinda forced him to see but he didn’t have any doubts after seeing the album (or so I hope!) I told him I had more things but he said what I already gave was enough. Hopefully we get good news soon! Oo our timeline was March 8th filing date fingerprints in April and just had the interview.