Philadelphia 2017/2018 AOS filers

[C90 376]

Since I couldn't find a Philadelphia field office specific topic, I figured I create one and give it a shot!

Filed AOS in September 2018, have been ready for interview since October 2018, so we still have a good wait in front of us!

 

Any Philly filers that filed in 2017/2018, please chime in so we can get an idea of the processing times (besides the processing times chart on VJ) and for some Philly support.

 

Happy Sunday everyone!

Edited March 17, 2019 by millefleur
Corrected spelling error in title

[harshu195 8]

Hi,

 

I have been a silent follower on this group.

 

My EAD was approved got an email notification today via the new site.

 

Case submitted - October09, 2018

 

Approved -- April 15, 2019

 

 

Adjustment of status still waiting has been ready to schedule for interview since 4th March

 

LFO- Philadelphia.

 

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[Andreypa 70]

Hello,

 

We are also filers from Philadelphia. Yesterday EAD status finally turned to "Card was mailed to me",so this and advance parole is coming it mail anytime soon. As for Green Card - "Case is ready to be scheduled for interview" since November,13.

It would be nice to know some latest cases that were scheduled for interview,wonder how long they waited.

[Tella&T 183]

If you want to know timeline for somebody in Philly office, it's below, in my signature. Basically from what I saw on VJ it takes about a year to get an AOS interview in the Philly office...

[C90 376]

It's nice to see some Philly filers, since I didn't really see many on this site yet!

 

Congrats on everyone for the EAD/AP! How's the job hunting going?

Mine was approved in February and gonna start my new job on Monday  

[harshu195 8]

On 4/17/2019 at 6:17 PM, Tella&T said:

Basically from what I saw on VJ it takes about a year to get an AOS interview in the Philly office...

Hopefully it take an year and not longer...

This wait times are just too long.

 

Surprisingly Baltimore/Washington DC is quicker than us as I saw in one forum many October filler have got the interview date.

 

On 4/17/2019 at 9:42 PM, C90 said:

It's nice to see some Philly filers, since I didn't really see many on this site yet!

 

Congrats on everyone for the EAD/AP! How's the job hunting going?

Mine was approved in February and gonna start my new job on Monday  

Good luck on the new job.

 

I will start looking, currently I am on H1B visa so working but trying to find something better.

[C90 376]

9 hours ago, harshu195 said:

Hopefully it take an year and not longer...

This wait times are just too long.

 

Surprisingly Baltimore/Washington DC is quicker than us as I saw in one forum many October filler have got the interview date.

I know, weird right. Let's hope we all have our green cards soon!

9 hours ago, harshu195 said:

Good luck on the new job.

 

I will start looking, currently I am on H1B visa so working but trying to find something better.

Thanks! Are you adjusting status from H1B?

[Andreypa 70]

On 4/17/2019 at 6:17 PM, Tella&T said:

If you want to know timeline for somebody in Philly office, it's below, in my signature. Basically from what I saw on VJ it takes about a year to get an AOS interview in the Philly office...

Thank you! Your EAD arrived much earlier than ours. We finally just today received EAD with endorsement for advance parole. Filed everything on 09/26/18,but we were unlucky to get RFE for everything,but still it took so long...Gosh..till now 04/19/19. We had our status "Case is ready to be scheduled for interview" for a very long time though,since last year (this status changed pretty quickly once they got response for RFE on I-485, so maybe it is a good thing,because I saw a lot of people who's status is something like "Fingerprint review was complete" for a very very long time...

Edited April 19, 2019 by Andreypa

[Andreypa 70]

11 hours ago, harshu195 said:

 

Surprisingly Baltimore/Washington DC is quicker than us as I saw in one forum many October filler have got the interview date.

 

Hello,yes they are much quicker on that...and if you also compare Baltimore and DC to Philadelphia - they are 3 times smaller in population. We know somebody from Tulsa (Oklahoma) for instance, a couple got their interview faster than I heard anybody would get it.

[harshu195 8]

9 hours ago, C90 said:

Are you adjusting status from H1B?

Yes.

8 hours ago, Andreypa said:

Hello,yes they are much quicker on that...and if you also compare Baltimore and DC to Philadelphia - they are 3 times smaller in population. We know somebody from Tulsa (Oklahoma) for instance, a couple got their interview faster than I heard anybody would get it.

Yup agreed

 

Let's hope for the best for us!!!

 

[C90 376]

On 4/19/2019 at 1:42 PM, Andreypa said:

Thank you! Your EAD arrived much earlier than ours. We finally just today received EAD with endorsement for advance parole. Filed everything on 09/26/18,but we were unlucky to get RFE for everything,but still it took so long...Gosh..till now 04/19/19. We had our status "Case is ready to be scheduled for interview" for a very long time though,since last year (this status changed pretty quickly once they got response for RFE on I-485, so maybe it is a good thing,because I saw a lot of people who's status is something like "Fingerprint review was complete" for a very very long time...

Congrats with your EAD/AP! Now real life starts and waiting for the green card interview hopefully will be in the back of our minds a little more 

[C90 376]

Hi guys,

 

Just wanted to let you know I had my green card interview today (morning) in Philadelphia (filed September 12th 2018).

 

It was pretty quick, maybe 20-30 minutes. The officer was pretty stern, but he has to be. He was nice tho. He asked my husband a few questions (how did you meet, what are her parents name, where do they live etc) and then went over the yes/no questions with me. After that he asked me if I had any new documentation I wanted to add to the file, so I gave him all the shared bills, cc's etc.

Afterwards he told us he usually makes a decision in 4-6 weeks, so I was a little disappointed that we didn't get a recommendation for approval or anything and we did not know if everything was in place. He also explained what happens when your case get's approved, denied or RFE'd.

 

When I checked the case tracker at the end of today the status changed to 'new card is being produced' 😊

 

Also, for everyone who is worried about the medical. My medical expired in April this year, but I filed within 1 year after medical. The officer did not even ask for it, nor did he ask for any of my husbands documents (birth certificate, passport) He just asked for our DL's.

I did print the page from the I-693 instructions where it says you don't need a new medical if you filed within 1 year, just in case, and of course I brought all my husbands documents.

[harshu195 8]

3 minutes ago, C90 said:

Hi guys,

 

Just wanted to let you know I had my green card interview today (morning) in Philadelphia (filed September 12th 2018).

 

It was pretty quick, maybe 20-30 minutes. The officer was pretty stern, but he has to be. He was nice tho. He asked my husband a few questions (how did you meet, what are her parents name, where do they live etc) and then went over the yes/no questions with me. After that he asked me if I had any new documentation I wanted to add to the file, so I gave him all the shared bills, cc's etc.

Afterwards he told us he usually makes a decision in 4-6 weeks, so I was a little disappointed that we didn't get a recommendation for approval or anything and we did not know if everything was in place. He also explained what happens when your case get's approved, denied or RFE'd.

 

When I checked the case tracker at the end of today the status changed to 'new card is being produced' 😊

 

Also, for everyone who is worried about the medical. My medical expired in April this year, but I filed within 1 year after medical. The officer did not even ask for it, nor did he ask for any of my husbands documents (birth certificate, passport) He just asked for our DL's.

I did print the page from the I-693 instructions where it says you don't need a new medical if you filed within 1 year, just in case, and of course I brought all my husbands documents.

 

 

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏

 

Praying for mine now 🙏 it's on 7/18. 🤐😑

[C90 376]

4 minutes ago, harshu195 said:

 

 

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏

 

Praying for mine now 🙏 it's on 7/18. 🤐😑

Thank you!

 

Just take all the documents you need and you'll be fine  I was a little intimidated by the officer because he told me to not move the chair and told me not to nod when my husband answered questions (I understand, they need to make sure you're not signaling). It's their job to act like this to pick out the rotten apples. In the end he got more relaxed. 

[harshu195 8]

10 hours ago, C90 said:

Just take all the documents you need

Hi,

 

Can you provide a list of documents that you had carried and submitted to the officer?

 

Thanks,

Harsh