March 2019 AOS Filers -- Part 2

[NewCitizen23 313]

2 minutes ago, AOSFairfax said:

thank you so much!!! 

 

yeah I think that's what she meant, to sign it for the mailman.. Honestly, it would probably be a good thing to start having people sign for their green card given how important of a document it is and how many times things get lost in the mail haha (like what happened with your EAD a while back lol)

Yeah... what a nightmare was that 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
I’m so glad it’s over for 2 years!

[AOSFairfax 111]

22 minutes ago, Gigi2017 said:

Yeah... what a nightmare was that 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
I’m so glad it’s over for 2 years!

me too!! just curious - how long did it take you to receive you card and did you ever get a tracking number for it?

[NewCitizen23 313]

2 minutes ago, AOSFairfax said:

me too!! just curious - how long did it take you to receive you card and did you ever get a tracking number for it?

Exactly a week! But that was weird cause I didn’t see a tracking number for the green card.

Edited February 21, 2020 by Gigi2017

[AOSFairfax 111]

4 minutes ago, Gigi2017 said:

Exactly a week! But that was weird cause I didn’t see a tracking number for the green card.

ah that's pretty quick, thank you!

[Nat&Don 17]

Hey everyone, March filer here!

So excited that I finally got my interview letter in the mail!! It's been scheduled for March 23, so I've got a bit of time to get ready for it.

 

My most pressing concern is this:

My husband has changed jobs since we filed the AOS last year. Is it enough to just bring an updated I-864 and recent pay stubs with us on the interview date, or do we need to mail this in advance?  If anyone else has experienced something similar, I'd really appreciate your opinion. Thanks!

[NewCitizen23 313]

6 hours ago, Nat&Don said:

Hey everyone, March filer here!

So excited that I finally got my interview letter in the mail!! It's been scheduled for March 23, so I've got a bit of time to get ready for it.

 

My most pressing concern is this:

My husband has changed jobs since we filed the AOS last year. Is it enough to just bring an updated I-864 and recent pay stubs with us on the interview date, or do we need to mail this in advance?  If anyone else has experienced something similar, I'd really appreciate your opinion. Thanks!

Congratulations for your interview appointment!

Also, you don’t have to send the anything just bring the current papers (new paystubs etc) to the interview.

[confusedshoes 193]

Update! 

Feb 20: Interview in the morning in SF. We came 30mins before schedule. At the inner waiting area, we were called to the interview before our schedule and the officer thanked us for being early. He was pleasant, friendly and thorough. It was a pretty easy interview. I was bracing myself for intrusive questions such as 'What colour are your husband's underwear' but he asked nothing of the sort. First we swore to tell the truth before taking a seat. He asked for my passport, EAD, Social Security,  state ID and my husband's passport and driver's license. He asked me all of the questions on the I-485 form and physically check-marked each item on the papers when my answer matches what was written. He would also write down on the form anything I answer that wasn't there (have I been a part of any organization- I didn't write any on the form but I said orally 'like girl scouts?' and he wrote that down). Then he went through all the Yes/No questions in the end, and looked especially serious when asking the question about having ever used public assistance from the US government. Then he showed me all the new information he wrote down on the form and had me sign it. Then he asked my husband where we first met and during this, I make a point of not helping him answer any of the questions, just nodding if he gets it right. After a while we just start telling our story. The officer seemed to be typing everything we were saying, all the stories we tell him and seemingly just every word we say. Then he looked through and kept a few photos from the stack of photos we had printed out and he liked that we had labelled it in the back of each. He commented that the group photos with family members were very good. Every time anything comes up in conversation that we had corresponding paperwork for, we would hand it to him. He said we're very organised, lol. He liked that we submitted mostly original documents and not photocopies (like the marriage certificate). In the end he asked if there's anything else we'd like to give him or tell him and we said no, that's what we have. Then he left to make a photocopy of my own work offer letter (I only brought the original, it was an afterthought). When he came back he gave us 2 pieces of paper, told us that our case will be reviewed to make sure that I will not be a public charge and that the decision will come within 2-4 weeks. Status changed later in the afternoon to interview is completed and that it was being reviewed.

 

Evidence we had: joint bank statement (checking and savings, the officer asked what we used the checking for, this seemed kind of weird), husband's job offer letter, my job offer letter, my latest W2 and husband's latest tax forms (husband always does taxes early), 1 car title showing both our names as owners, health dental and life insurance through husband's job also showing my name as beneficiary and as dependent, photos.

 

Feb 21: Status changed to New card is being produced! Woohoo!

 

💃🕺

 

[Shawn_Lock 36]

 

Congratulations !

[Nat&Don 17]

16 hours ago, Gigi2017 said:

Congratulations for your interview appointment!

Also, you don’t have to send the anything just bring the current papers (new paystubs etc) to the interview.

Thank you, that's a huge relief!

Now we'll just prepare all our documents and be ready on the day

[Nicola and Jordan 668]

Hey everyone,

 

So I’m very anxious about our interview on Wednesday 😬 My husband (USC) has ‘filed’ his original birth certificate a little too safely so all

I have is his passport and a photocopy of his BC as I made extra copies at the K1 state - will that be ok? Also we don’t have a ton of evidence, we have as follows;

 

Marriage Certificate plus photocopies 

Joint credit card statements 

Joint Healthcare Info plus photocopies 

Photos of wedding, photos of us together and with friends and both families 

Cards from friends and family 

2017, 2018 tax returns, we have filed 2019 but still waiting for it to come back 

Letter from hubby’s employer 

Hubby's paystubs 

Copies of AOS paperwork 

Both passports plus photocopies 

My original BC plus photocopies 

MY EAD/AP card plus photocopies 

Both social security cards plus photocopies 

Hubby (USC) will take his driving license and state ID 

All NOAs 

Medical info from Knightsbridge (UK)

Police reports 

I haven’t labeled up any photos they are just laid out in albums but organized.

 

Am I missing anything? Do I have enough? I need some peace of mind 😰

 

[Shiran 1,134]

7 minutes ago, Nicola and Jordan said:

My husband (USC) has ‘filed’ his original birth certificate a little too safely so all

I have is his passport and a photocopy of his BC as I made extra copies at the K1 state - will that be ok?

While form does request USC birth certificate, we were never asked for it. I think the main purpose of it is to ascertain

that USC is US citizen, so having passport would have it covered. How did he file it it? 

[Nicola and Jordan 668]

4 minutes ago, Shiran said:

While form does request USC birth certificate, we were never asked for it. I think the main purpose of it is to ascertain

that USC is US citizen, so having passport would have it covered. How did he file it it? 

Ok thank you. Do you mean how did he apply for his passport? 

[NewCitizen23 313]

23 hours ago, Nicola and Jordan said:

Hey everyone,

 

So I’m very anxious about our interview on Wednesday 😬 My husband (USC) has ‘filed’ his original birth certificate a little too safely so all

I have is his passport and a photocopy of his BC as I made extra copies at the K1 state - will that be ok? Also we don’t have a ton of evidence, we have as follows;

 

Marriage Certificate plus photocopies 

Joint credit card statements 

Joint Healthcare Info plus photocopies 

Photos of wedding, photos of us together and with friends and both families 

Cards from friends and family 

2017, 2018 tax returns, we have filed 2019 but still waiting for it to come back 

Letter from hubby’s employer 

Hubby's paystubs 

Copies of AOS paperwork 

Both passports plus photocopies 

My original BC plus photocopies 

MY EAD/AP card plus photocopies 

Both social security cards plus photocopies 

Hubby (USC) will take his driving license and state ID 

All NOAs 

Medical info from Knightsbridge (UK)

Police reports 

I haven’t labeled up any photos they are just laid out in albums but organized.

 

Am I missing anything? Do I have enough? I need some peace of mind 😰

 

For me you are good to go! 😃 I’m rooting for you! 
Also, after the successful interview (because it will be) your homework is to go to H&M and buy a nice dress for the celebration dinner! 

[Nicola and Jordan 668]

1 hour ago, Gigi2017 said:

For me you are good to go! 😃 I’m rooting for you! 
Also, after the successful interview (because it will be) your homework is to go to H&M and buy a nice dress for the celebration dinner! 

Haha funny you should say that because I got a dress from H&M for the interview 😂 but an excuse to get another one 😈 thank you! Will let you know how it goes  

[Nicola and Jordan 668]

So I’m the subway back to work after our interview and thought I would do a quick write up before I forget!

 

We are at the NYC office in Manhattan and our interview was at 10:45am. We arrived 20 mins early and had to wait for maybe 2.5 hours it was so busy but expected. 
We were called in by a man who was actually really nice but very professional. I felt like we got really grilled 😂 he took some of our photos, and copies of our joint medical etc. He asked us why we had only filed 1 year (2019) jointly in taxes but then he laughed and was like of course you’ve only been married 1 year lol.

 

my husband stumbled and couldn’t remember dates but I could see He was really nervous. 
 

We were in there for about 30 mins and he said said it will take about 2-3 weeks to get the card if all goes well. 
 

not sure if I think it was good or bad to be honest! Fingers crossed