February 2020 AOS Filers

[lcandcl 6]

3 minutes ago, NataBubu said:

Case is ready to be scheduled for interview woke me up today on lawfully app ☺️. I see from previous posts that some of you guys got interview date two weeks after this update, and some of you are still waiting so if you can tell me how that’s doing now? I received my combo card ten days ago

My case changed to ready to scheduled on 10/22 and interview scheduled on 11/09 Boston MA FIELD

[NataBubu 52]

Just now, lcandcl said:

My case changed to ready to scheduled on 10/22 and interview scheduled on 11/09 Boston MA FIELD

That was fast, good ☺️. I wish you luck on your interview 🤞

[lcandcl 6]

4 minutes ago, NataBubu said:

That was fast, good ☺️. I wish you luck on your interview 🤞

Thank you!!! 

[LilyKins 121]

2 hours ago, NataBubu said:

Case is ready to be scheduled for interview woke me up today on lawfully app ☺️. I see from previous posts that some of you guys got interview date two weeks after this update, and some of you are still waiting so if you can tell me how that’s doing now? I received my combo card ten days ago

Ours has been ready to be scheduled for 22 days now. Still no EAD/AP for me though!

[beefmaster2 51]

2 hours ago, NataBubu said:

Case is ready to be scheduled for interview woke me up today on lawfully app ☺️. I see from previous posts that some of you guys got interview date two weeks after this update, and some of you are still waiting so if you can tell me how that’s doing now? I received my combo card ten days ago

 

I have been on "ready to schedule" for 162 days so....could be a while?

[Basil123 139]

Good morning!

 

We just had our interview yesterday at 8:30am and got a case update at 4pm that our case was approved and green card is being produced! Whoo! 

I still cannot believe that this process is over for now, after months of being stressed out. It's kind of insane. 

 

This is how our interview went for everyone getting ready for theirs:

 

 We were called in at around 8:35am, were informed about COVID procedures, and taken to our IO's office. We handed her our IDs and appointment letter and were sworn in. She asked us about our full legal names, each others DOBs, and each others parents names. She asked us where we live, and who lives there, and where we lived before. Next she wanted to know where we met, how long we were seeing each other before we officially started dating, how long we were dating before we got engaged, and who was at our wedding. We did not have a big ceremony, so she asked us if we were still planning on having one after COVID to which we said yes, but that we do not have any specific plans yet. 

Then she went over some of the I-485 questions. Lastly, she read all the changes she made to my application and had me sign for it. (There were like 6 changes/notes, including our new jobs etc.) 

 

We were not really nervous about our interview, but here are the two things I was a little stressed about and how it went, for whoever might have similar worries:

 

1. My family was not at the courthouse wedding. We had decided we wanted to do two small ceremonies, one here and one in Germany, with each of our families. We knew it would be a while before we would have a big celebration (for financial and logistical reasons) and didn't want to make everyone travel. Sadly, due to COVID, we haven't gotten to celebrate with my family yet. We were worried that that might seem weird, but it was no problem.

2. We do not wear wedding rings. We aren't super traditional and wedding rings don't have a deep meaning to us as they do for many other couples. I was worried that might be something they would question us on, especially since we also had such a small wedding celebration, but she didn't even ask us about that. So for anyone who might also be stressing out about wedding rings - it was no big deal at all in our experience. 

 

She then told us she'd run a BG check and make a decision today if possible, but for sure this week. We did not get a piece of paper like I read others got, but she also didn't say we were approved. So while the general impression we got was that we were basically approved, since she also explained to us how removal of conditions would work in 2 years, we didn't actually get a result right away.

 

Oh, and the entire process, from check-in to leaving the building took about 45 mins. And she did not really care about any of the new proof we brought haha. 

 

So we had a very smooth experience. I hope this helps some of you and good luck to everyone still waiting!

Edited November 17, 2020 by Basil123

[GPack! 10]

38 minutes ago, LilyKins said:

Ours has been ready to be scheduled for 22 days now. Still no EAD/AP for me though!

Similar situation here. Ready to be scheduled for 14 days now. No update on EAD. 

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

29 minutes ago, Basil123 said:

Good morning!

 

We just had our interview yesterday at 8:30am and got a case update at 4pm that our case was approved and green card is being produced! Whoo! 

I still cannot believe that this process is over for now, after months of being stressed out. It's kind of insane. 

 

This is how our interview went for everyone getting ready for theirs:

 

 We were called in at around 8:35am, were informed about COVID procedures, and taken to our IO's office. We handed her our IDs and appointment letter and were sworn in. She asked us about our full legal names, each others DOBs, and each others parents names. She asked us where we live, and who lives there, and where we lived before. Next she wanted to know where we met, how long we were seeing each other before we officially started dating, how long we were dating before we got engaged, and who was at our wedding. We did not have a big ceremony, so she asked us if we were still planning on having one after COVID to which we said yes, but that we do not have any specific plans yet. 

Then she went over some of the I-485 questions. Lastly, she read all the changes she made to my application and had me sign for it. (There were like 6 changes/notes, including our new jobs etc.) 

 

We were not really nervous about our interview, but here are the two things I was a little stressed about and how it went, for whoever might have similar worries:

 

1. My family was not at the courthouse wedding. We had decided we wanted to do two small ceremonies, one here and one in Germany, with each of our families. We knew it would be a while before we would have a big celebration (for financial and logistical reasons) and didn't want to make everyone travel. Sadly, due to COVID, we haven't gotten to celebrate with my family yet. We were worried that that might seem weird, but it was no problem.

2. We do not wear wedding rings. We aren't super traditional and wedding rings don't have a deep meaning to us as they do for many other couples. I was worried that might be something they would question us on, especially since we also had such a small wedding celebration, but she didn't even ask us about that. So for anyone who might also be stressing out about wedding rings - it was no big deal at all in our experience. 

 

She then told us she'd run a BG check and make a decision today if possible, but for sure this week. We did not get a piece of paper like I read others got, but she also didn't say we were approved. So while the general impression we got was that we were basically approved, since she also explained to us how removal of conditions would work in 2 years, we didn't actually get a result right away.

 

Oh, and the entire process, from check-in to leaving the building took about 45 mins. And she did not really care about any of the new proof we brought haha. 

 

So we had a very smooth experience. I hope this helps some of you and good luck to everyone still waiting!

Congrats. Liking Approvals coming in for Feb files after all that delay with Biometrics 

[AFCF 273]

1 hour ago, Basil123 said:

Good morning!

 

We just had our interview yesterday at 8:30am and got a case update at 4pm that our case was approved and green card is being produced! Whoo! 

I still cannot believe that this process is over for now, after months of being stressed out. It's kind of insane. 

 

This is how our interview went for everyone getting ready for theirs:

 

 We were called in at around 8:35am, were informed about COVID procedures, and taken to our IO's office. We handed her our IDs and appointment letter and were sworn in. She asked us about our full legal names, each others DOBs, and each others parents names. She asked us where we live, and who lives there, and where we lived before. Next she wanted to know where we met, how long we were seeing each other before we officially started dating, how long we were dating before we got engaged, and who was at our wedding. We did not have a big ceremony, so she asked us if we were still planning on having one after COVID to which we said yes, but that we do not have any specific plans yet. 

Then she went over some of the I-485 questions. Lastly, she read all the changes she made to my application and had me sign for it. (There were like 6 changes/notes, including our new jobs etc.) 

 

We were not really nervous about our interview, but here are the two things I was a little stressed about and how it went, for whoever might have similar worries:

 

1. My family was not at the courthouse wedding. We had decided we wanted to do two small ceremonies, one here and one in Germany, with each of our families. We knew it would be a while before we would have a big celebration (for financial and logistical reasons) and didn't want to make everyone travel. Sadly, due to COVID, we haven't gotten to celebrate with my family yet. We were worried that that might seem weird, but it was no problem.

2. We do not wear wedding rings. We aren't super traditional and wedding rings don't have a deep meaning to us as they do for many other couples. I was worried that might be something they would question us on, especially since we also had such a small wedding celebration, but she didn't even ask us about that. So for anyone who might also be stressing out about wedding rings - it was no big deal at all in our experience. 

 

She then told us she'd run a BG check and make a decision today if possible, but for sure this week. We did not get a piece of paper like I read others got, but she also didn't say we were approved. So while the general impression we got was that we were basically approved, since she also explained to us how removal of conditions would work in 2 years, we didn't actually get a result right away.

 

Oh, and the entire process, from check-in to leaving the building took about 45 mins. And she did not really care about any of the new proof we brought haha. 

 

So we had a very smooth experience. I hope this helps some of you and good luck to everyone still waiting!

Congratulations and thank you for sharing!

[probingoduke 20]

we have our interview tomorrow. ANy tips on how many months of credit card, account, and phone bill statements should we take? If we take all we have then our folder is extremely big. Would the past 2 months suffice?

[LGCS98 5]

2 hours ago, Basil123 said:

Good morning!

 

We just had our interview yesterday at 8:30am and got a case update at 4pm that our case was approved and green card is being produced! Whoo! 

I still cannot believe that this process is over for now, after months of being stressed out. It's kind of insane. 

 

This is how our interview went for everyone getting ready for theirs:

 

 We were called in at around 8:35am, were informed about COVID procedures, and taken to our IO's office. We handed her our IDs and appointment letter and were sworn in. She asked us about our full legal names, each others DOBs, and each others parents names. She asked us where we live, and who lives there, and where we lived before. Next she wanted to know where we met, how long we were seeing each other before we officially started dating, how long we were dating before we got engaged, and who was at our wedding. We did not have a big ceremony, so she asked us if we were still planning on having one after COVID to which we said yes, but that we do not have any specific plans yet. 

Then she went over some of the I-485 questions. Lastly, she read all the changes she made to my application and had me sign for it. (There were like 6 changes/notes, including our new jobs etc.) 

 

We were not really nervous about our interview, but here are the two things I was a little stressed about and how it went, for whoever might have similar worries:

 

1. My family was not at the courthouse wedding. We had decided we wanted to do two small ceremonies, one here and one in Germany, with each of our families. We knew it would be a while before we would have a big celebration (for financial and logistical reasons) and didn't want to make everyone travel. Sadly, due to COVID, we haven't gotten to celebrate with my family yet. We were worried that that might seem weird, but it was no problem.

2. We do not wear wedding rings. We aren't super traditional and wedding rings don't have a deep meaning to us as they do for many other couples. I was worried that might be something they would question us on, especially since we also had such a small wedding celebration, but she didn't even ask us about that. So for anyone who might also be stressing out about wedding rings - it was no big deal at all in our experience. 

 

She then told us she'd run a BG check and make a decision today if possible, but for sure this week. We did not get a piece of paper like I read others got, but she also didn't say we were approved. So while the general impression we got was that we were basically approved, since she also explained to us how removal of conditions would work in 2 years, we didn't actually get a result right away.

 

Oh, and the entire process, from check-in to leaving the building took about 45 mins. And she did not really care about any of the new proof we brought haha. 

 

So we had a very smooth experience. I hope this helps some of you and good luck to everyone still waiting!

Congratulations and thank you for sharing your experience! My wife and I got married under the same circumstances and decided to postpone our larger ceremony, since my family can't be here right now. We were nervous about how that would potentially look, so your experience makes us feel less stressed for our interview.

[B3M 55]

Hey all

 

it's been almost a month since I received my EAD card. No sing of SSN yet.

I Called social security and it looks like it wasn't issued by USCIS

I was told to send a form to issue it to my local Social Security office. Has anyone been through this? How did you resolve it?

[Bluewaters 288]

12 hours ago, NataBubu said:

Case is ready to be scheduled for interview woke me up today on lawfully app ☺️. I see from previous posts that some of you guys got interview date two weeks after this update, and some of you are still waiting so if you can tell me how that’s doing now? I received my combo card ten days ago

It took one week for me from case is ready to be scheduled for an interview to interview was scheduled. 

Nov 2 - case is ready to be scheduled for an interview 

Nov 9 - Interview was scheduled. 

[mvasantos 67]

Got an update on my i-485 that interview is ready to be scheduled. No EAD, hopefully it gets scheduled fast, at least that.

Edited November 18, 2020 by mvasantos

[bodgie19 54]

23 hours ago, NataBubu said:

Case is ready to be scheduled for interview woke me up today on lawfully app ☺️. I see from previous posts that some of you guys got interview date two weeks after this update, and some of you are still waiting so if you can tell me how that’s doing now? I received my combo card ten days ago

Hey, is for FO based in Chicago? I'm in Chicago as well and have finished biometrics and received combo card since July and have yet to have any new updates for AOS. What was your filing date?