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david221g   20

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Hi Guys,

 

I had my GC interview for conditional green card (based on I-485 K1 visa) last week.

During my interview, the immigration officer was really nice and calming. He asked the usual questions and said that everything looks fine and that he will approve us.

 

At some point he asked for a new medical exam because the original that i took overseas was 'expired', obviously it wasn't since I filed my i-485 in less than 1 year after my medical exam.

The good thing is that I was expecting him to tackle me on this since I was reading this forum, and saw in multiple posts that they don't really know all the rules.

 

Anyway, I showed him the instruction page on form I-693 indicating it's not expired. He was convinced and thanked me for reading all rules and details.

He asked me to make a copy of the instruction page and that he'll need to double-check that before finally approving us, as we were about to finish the interview.

 

Then we realized he barely asked us any personal questions and didn't really take any document for bona-fide marriage from us, so we started to give him all of them at once (while joking that we put a lot of effort into assembling everything).

(We gave him-  joint apartment lease, joint credit card, joint health insurance, joint bank account, hundreds of pictures from over the years and wedding.... and more)

At some point he stopped us and said - "i have to be honest, we only ask for more documents from people we feel that they need to prove to have a real marriage...."

 

Then he said he'll approve us within a couple of days and gave us a letter stating-

"USCIS is unable to complete your case at this time....." (and said right after we shouldn't worry. he will approve us but he needed to check the medical exam's validity with someone else in the office...)

 

The whole interview took under 20 minutes. My wife and I shook his hands and left.

 

A week after, we didn't hear anything.

 

My questions are-

1. Am I suppose to see any change to our case status online? It's still says "Interview Was Scheduled"

2. Am I suppose to get a letter from USCIS? (NOA?)

3. What is the waiting time for getting the actual green card?

 

Thanks,

Dave

 

 

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david221g   20

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28 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

1.yes

2.Yes

3. Few weeks after the I-485 is approved. There is still administrative things to be done after the interview. It could take several weeks until the I-485 is approved.

thanks USS_Voyager.

regarding 1- What is the next status that I'm suppose to see online?

Do I need to worry if a week after the interview there's no change (still showing "Interview Was Scheduled")?

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USS_Voyager   1,972

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1 hour ago, david221g said:

thanks USS_Voyager.

regarding 1- What is the next status that I'm suppose to see online?

Do I need to worry if a week after the interview there's no change (still showing "Interview Was Scheduled")?

Probably approval- post interview decision. No need to worry if it’s only 1 week. Call USCIS and talk to level 2 officer after 1 month if there is nothing.

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21 hours ago, david221g said:

At some point he asked for a new medical exam because the original that i took overseas was 'expired', obviously it wasn't since I filed my i-485 in less than 1 year after my medical exam.

The good thing is that I was expecting him to tackle me on this since I was reading this forum, and saw in multiple posts that they don't really know all the rules.

 

Anyway, I showed him the instruction page on form I-693 indicating it's not expired. He was convinced and thanked me for reading all rules and details.

He asked me to make a copy of the instruction page and that he'll need to double-check that before finally approving us, as we were about to finish the interview.

Congratulations on the approval!!!! This is the first I'm reading about pushback for medical exams less than a year old. Which bit of the instruction page did you how your guy? 

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david221g   20

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8 minutes ago, DeeJF said:

Congratulations on the approval!!!! This is the first I'm reading about pushback for medical exams less than a year old. Which bit of the instruction page did you how your guy? 

Unfortunately, I saw multiple threads with similar stories.

Go to https://www.uscis.gov/i-693 and download "Instructions for Form I-693"

The part that mentions it is on pages 7+8:

 

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1 hour ago, david221g said:

Unfortunately, I saw multiple threads with similar stories.

Go to https://www.uscis.gov/i-693 and download "Instructions for Form I-693"

The part that mentions it is on pages 7+8:

 

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Amazing. Thank you!

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My wife and I are doing our AOS interview from K1 tomorrow at the Las Vegas field office. I just printed it also. I am hoping to get a I551 stamp if approved at the interview as I have to get my wife a Chinese visa for trip next month, and need 2 weeks to get the Visa. Not sure if we will get the green card in time, and travel agency is not sure her EAD AP card will work as proof of residence. I think it will, but I'm going to try for a stamp. Did they stamp your passport with a I551? Probably not, as I haven't heard of that being done since late 2009, but I'm going to try. Thanks for the tip on printing that rule out.

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17 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

My wife and I are doing our AOS interview from K1 tomorrow at the Las Vegas field office. I just printed it also. I am hoping to get a I551 stamp if approved at the interview as I have to get my wife a Chinese visa for trip next month, and need 2 weeks to get the Visa. Not sure if we will get the green card in time, and travel agency is not sure her EAD AP card will work as proof of residence. I think it will, but I'm going to try for a stamp. Did they stamp your passport with a I551? Probably not, as I haven't heard of that being done since late 2009, but I'm going to try. Thanks for the tip on printing that rule out.

They didnt stamp anything. Just gave us a letter.

Maybe they would've stamped it if it wasnt for the medical thing.

 
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