February 2020 AOS Filers

[Sarge2155 4,587]

19 minutes ago, Cassie5 said:

Hi everyone,

   I had my interview yesterday at Boston. So happy to let you guys know that we got approved.

Congratulations to you!

[Cassie5 8]

Just now, lcandcl said:

Congrats! Could you please share your experience? Also when isyour PD? mine is 02/24 but I sent the package on 02/21 I do not know if they will ask for the I944. One more question: How long it took to get your medical examination? I did mine Tuesday 11/17 and interview is on 12/01 not sure if it will be ready since it is holidays next week. 

 

Thank you. 

We have the same timeline. I sent mine on 2/21 and PD is 02/24. They did not ask me for I944. I did my medical examination on Nov 3rd and I was able to pick up the sealed envelope on Nov 16th. 

 Our interview was at 3:45 p.m. we got there around 3:15 p.m, went through the security and receptionist. They called us around 4 p.m. and the interviewer took us to his cabin. He asked us to take an oath and preferred my husband to seat inside. He asked us for my passport and my husband's driver's license. He scanned those and gave it back to us. I handed him my medical sealed report and my all my paperwork. He asked me if an attorney prepared my paperwork and I said yes. He flipped through those paperwork quickly. My paperwork included cover letter written by my attorney and whats in there. First he asked question to my husband who is us citizen. 

What's his name?

Date of birth

Address 

What is his wife's full name and her date of birth?

How did we meet and how the relationship grow from there?

How do you propose? Did you get down on one knee? Or was there discussion?

When did we get married and where? Who attended the wedding?

What's your in laws name?

Do you have any pet?

How many times have you been married?

When did you guys move in together?

My husband wasn't able to tell exact date but the interviewer said its fine if he doesn't remember.

 

For me the interviewer asked

Whats your name?

Date of birth?

My husbands name and his date of birth

When was the last time I entered US?

How many bedroom in my apt?

Is there a closet?

Which side of closet is my husband's?

Whats my in laws name?

Alot of yes or no questions from I 485 regarding terrorism, communism,polygamy stuff. 

He asked me to sign on one document and scan index fingers and took a picture of me.

At that time I told him my attorney was suppose to be in call for the interview, he said dont worry because I am approving you guys. Me and my husband thanked him and elbow bumped him and left.

 

 

[lcandcl 6]

6 minutes ago, Cassie5 said:

We have the same timeline. I sent mine on 2/21 and PD is 02/24. They did not ask me for I944. I did my medical examination on Nov 3rd and I was able to pick up the sealed envelope on Nov 16th. 

 Our interview was at 3:45 p.m. we got there around 3:15 p.m, went through the security and receptionist. They called us around 4 p.m. and the interviewer took us to his cabin. He asked us to take an oath and preferred my husband to seat inside. He asked us for my passport and my husband's driver's license. He scanned those and gave it back to us. I handed him my medical sealed report and my all my paperwork. He asked me if an attorney prepared my paperwork and I said yes. He flipped through those paperwork quickly. My paperwork included cover letter written by my attorney and whats in there. First he asked question to my husband who is us citizen. 

What's his name?

Date of birth

Address 

What is his wife's full name and her date of birth?

How did we meet and how the relationship grow from there?

How do you propose? Did you get down on one knee? Or was there discussion?

When did we get married and where? Who attended the wedding?

What's your in laws name?

Do you have any pet?

How many times have you been married?

When did you guys move in together?

My husband wasn't able to tell exact date but the interviewer said its fine if he doesn't remember.

 

For me the interviewer asked

Whats your name?

Date of birth?

My husbands name and his date of birth

When was the last time I entered US?

How many bedroom in my apt?

Is there a closet?

Which side of closet is my husband's?

Whats my in laws name?

Alot of yes or no questions from I 485 regarding terrorism, communism,polygamy stuff. 

He asked me to sign on one document and scan index fingers and took a picture of me.

At that time I told him my attorney was suppose to be in call for the interview, he said dont worry because I am approving you guys. Me and my husband thanked him and elbow bumped him and left.

 

 

Congrats again! I am really happy for you! I am also from Boston... Hope to get my I693 on time. Thank you for sharing this! Really helpful 

[fabianafcm 34]

6 minutes ago, Cassie5 said:

We have the same timeline. I sent mine on 2/21 and PD is 02/24. They did not ask me for I944. I did my medical examination on Nov 3rd and I was able to pick up the sealed envelope on Nov 16th. 

 Our interview was at 3:45 p.m. we got there around 3:15 p.m, went through the security and receptionist. They called us around 4 p.m. and the interviewer took us to his cabin. He asked us to take an oath and preferred my husband to seat inside. He asked us for my passport and my husband's driver's license. He scanned those and gave it back to us. I handed him my medical sealed report and my all my paperwork. He asked me if an attorney prepared my paperwork and I said yes. He flipped through those paperwork quickly. My paperwork included cover letter written by my attorney and whats in there. First he asked question to my husband who is us citizen. 

What's his name?

Date of birth

Address 

What is his wife's full name and her date of birth?

How did we meet and how the relationship grow from there?

How do you propose? Did you get down on one knee? Or was there discussion?

When did we get married and where? Who attended the wedding?

What's your in laws name?

Do you have any pet?

How many times have you been married?

When did you guys move in together?

My husband wasn't able to tell exact date but the interviewer said its fine if he doesn't remember.

 

For me the interviewer asked

Whats your name?

Date of birth?

My husbands name and his date of birth

When was the last time I entered US?

How many bedroom in my apt?

Is there a closet?

Which side of closet is my husband's?

Whats my in laws name?

Alot of yes or no questions from I 485 regarding terrorism, communism,polygamy stuff. 

He asked me to sign on one document and scan index fingers and took a picture of me.

At that time I told him my attorney was suppose to be in call for the interview, he said dont worry because I am approving you guys. Me and my husband thanked him and elbow bumped him and left.

 

 

Hi! Thank you for sharing that information. 

 

I arrived in the US on February 3rd and my medical exam was sealed in the envelop (it was in October last year). I have my interview today but I read I was not required to do a new medical exam. Is that correct? Now I am a little nervous about that because we have very similar timelines.. 

[Cassie5 8]

1 minute ago, lcandcl said:

Congrats again! I am really happy for you! I am also from Boston... Hope to get my I693 on time. Thank you for sharing this! Really helpful 

Thank you so much.  I think you have enough time to get the i 693 on time. I was worried about not getting my I 693 on time too but my attorney advised me that I could submit it after the interview as well. All the best 👍 

[Cassie5 8]

3 minutes ago, fabianafcm said:

Hi! Thank you for sharing that information. 

 

I arrived in the US on February 3rd and my medical exam was sealed in the envelop (it was in October last year). I have my interview today but I read I was not required to do a new medical exam. Is that correct? Now I am a little nervous about that because we have very similar timelines.. 

I never submitted medical before. So I was asked to bring one in the interview. If you are not required to bring new medical exam than I dont think it would be a problem. All the best for your interview. 

[fabianafcm 34]

2 minutes ago, Cassie5 said:

I never submitted medical before. So I was asked to bring one in the interview. If you are not required to bring new medical exam than I dont think it would be a problem. All the best for your interview. 

Oh ok! I think it is valid for 2 years! Thank you so so much. I will update you all after! 

[probingoduke 20]

3 hours ago, Dis_Guy said:

Congrats. This is really detailed and helpful.

 

Question though, why did you need the tax transcripts? And did they actually look at the docs? if so, which ones?

 

Thanks.

IRS tax transcripts are needed for the sponsor (petitioner). For the beneficiary its a good proof to show that one has legally filed the taxes. They took the transcripts for both of us, tickets to events, photos, hotel reservations

[vol1353 3]

Hi all! I also happened to receive a duplicate biometric appointment after receiving my EAD/AP combo card. I had already completed code 3 biometrics. I was told my a Tier 2 officer that I did not need to attend due to a system-wide error. Did anyone end up not attending? I ultimately did not attend after receiving the call but am a little paranoid. 

[Dis_Guy 25]

7 minutes ago, vol1353 said:

Hi all! I also happened to receive a duplicate biometric appointment after receiving my EAD/AP combo card. I had already completed code 3 biometrics. I was told my a Tier 2 officer that I did not need to attend due to a system-wide error. Did anyone end up not attending? I ultimately did not attend after receiving the call but am a little paranoid. 

I almost did not go for my duplicate biometrics. In fact, I missed the day(11/13) because of my reluctance. But like you I became paranoid and just did a walk in yesterday. I had no hassles about wrong appointment date and they only took the index finger print. They later updated the i131 case....

if you can, just go. Better safe than sorry....

[AFCF 273]

3 hours ago, Cassie5 said:

Hi everyone,

   I had my interview yesterday at Boston. So happy to let you guys know that we got approved.

Congratulations!

[vol1353 3]

1 minute ago, Dis_Guy said:

I almost did not go for my duplicate biometrics. In fact, I missed the day(11/13) because of my reluctance. But like you I became paranoid and just did a walk in yesterday. I had no hassles about wrong appointment date and they only took the index finger print. They later updated the i131 case....

if you can, just go. Better safe than sorry....

Ah I see! Do you think they would allow me to do a walk-in at another location? The main reason why I didn't go to my initial appointment was because it was hours away. 

[Dis_Guy 25]

Had my interview at the Boston Field office today. 
 

like @probingoduke said, the list of docs that came with the interview letter is good enough, in my experience anyway. That’s ALL I went with.

 

I (beneficiary) was called in first and went over the i485 form to verify if anything had changed. Only my new job was updated.

 

Questions asked:

-Name, D.O.B, spouse name, current address?

-Do I have allergies, does my wife have?

-Do we live in a house or apartment?

-Single or double family house?

-what floor of the house?

-Does anyone live with us?

-How many brothers do I have ? How many sisters? Any of them live in the U.S?

-Do I smoke? Does wife smoke?

-Previously married?

- What did we eat last night? Where did we eat?

-Did we eat together?

-Who made the food?

-Any tattoos on me? On my wife? What does it say? What part of the body?

-Location of washing machine? How are they stacked/placed?

-Any pets?

-Do we rent or own? How much is the mortgage payment?

-Any children, is wife pregnant?

-where I work? Where wife works? Job title?

-How did we get to the field office? How are we going back?

 

Then he asked if I had any docs I wanted to show him. I showed him pics, insurance cards and credit cards. He asked if he could keep them, I agreed and he kept them on file. He asked If I had any questions for him...

 

Then he walked me to the hall out one door and took my wife inside through another door making sure that there was no interaction between us. Went through the questions with my wife and told her we would get the card in mail within 2 weeks otherwise we should contact them.

 

I got the “your case has been updated to ‘card is being produced’ “ text message before we got home.

 

 

[Dis_Guy 25]

35 minutes ago, vol1353 said:

Ah I see! Do you think they would allow me to do a walk-in at another location? The main reason why I didn't go to my initial appointment was because it was hours away. 

Not sure about this. But I would try at the least.

[Dis_Guy 25]

2 hours ago, probingoduke said:

IRS tax transcripts are needed for the sponsor (petitioner). For the beneficiary its a good proof to show that one has legally filed the taxes. They took the transcripts for both of us, tickets to events, photos, hotel reservations

Thanks.
It wasn’t required for mine. I guess if I had brought it, they’d have accepted and filed them too.