March 2020 AOS Filers

[Haydnator 274]

Los Angeles here. Haven't heard anything since we got EAD in August

[Haydnator 274]

Our status changed today to interview scheduled! 😃

[David_Norway 135]

1 hour ago, Haydnator said:

Our status changed today to interview scheduled! 😃

Exciting!!  Maybe the rest of the California applicants are next!

[Haydnator 274]

13 hours ago, David_Norway said:

Exciting!!  Maybe the rest of the California applicants are next!

I hope so too!

[FreyandRyan 330]

So we had our interview today and everything went very well!

 

Philadelphia Office

We arrived a bit early and found parking on the street right outside and waited until about 15 minutes before our appointment to go in. They checked our IDs, letter and temperature and we went through a metal detector before being sent to the second floor to wait. We waited about 10 minutes only and had our interview essentially right at the time scheduled. 
 

The IO was very neutral to us the whole time and somewhat strict but not mean. First we took an oath to tell the truth and then he went over the biography section of our I-485, first with my wife (beneficiary) and then with me. He then asked her what date she entered the US, when did we meet and how, what day we got married. He asked if I ever visited her in her home country, and did I visit her in the UK where she was living prior to immigrating here. I confirmed all our visits together. Next he asked her all the yes/no questions from the I-485 about criminal activity. 

 

The only thing she had to explain was a denial for a visa that she applied for during our K1, as she applied for a tourist visa to visit me during the process that was denied because we had an in progress application. Then he asked if we had anything to add to our file, and we gave joint health care, dental insurance, car lease, car insurance, and credit card statements with our names on them, as well as our joint tax return. I recently started a new job so I gave them an employer letter and paystubs. We also gave about 10 pictures from all throughout last year. He filed through them all quite quickly and looked at them all but was kinda just checking the names it seemed. 

He then asked if we had any questions and said he had to submit it for final checks and that almost always everything goes fine through those checks and we should get the card in the next few weeks. A couple hours later our status updated on the website to new card produced!

 

All in all we maybe spent only 20-30 minutes inside the building from start to finish.

[soco 99]

15 hours ago, FreyandRyan said:

So we had our interview today and everything went very well!

 

Philadelphia Office

We arrived a bit early and found parking on the street right outside and waited until about 15 minutes before our appointment to go in. They checked our IDs, letter and temperature and we went through a metal detector before being sent to the second floor to wait. We waited about 10 minutes only and had our interview essentially right at the time scheduled. 
 

The IO was very neutral to us the whole time and somewhat strict but not mean. First we took an oath to tell the truth and then he went over the biography section of our I-485, first with my wife (beneficiary) and then with me. He then asked her what date she entered the US, when did we meet and how, what day we got married. He asked if I ever visited her in her home country, and did I visit her in the UK where she was living prior to immigrating here. I confirmed all our visits together. Next he asked her all the yes/no questions from the I-485 about criminal activity. 

 

The only thing she had to explain was a denial for a visa that she applied for during our K1, as she applied for a tourist visa to visit me during the process that was denied because we had an in progress application. Then he asked if we had anything to add to our file, and we gave joint health care, dental insurance, car lease, car insurance, and credit card statements with our names on them, as well as our joint tax return. I recently started a new job so I gave them an employer letter and paystubs. We also gave about 10 pictures from all throughout last year. He filed through them all quite quickly and looked at them all but was kinda just checking the names it seemed. 

He then asked if we had any questions and said he had to submit it for final checks and that almost always everything goes fine through those checks and we should get the card in the next few weeks. A couple hours later our status updated on the website to new card produced!

 

All in all we maybe spent only 20-30 minutes inside the building from start to finish.

 

 

Congrats and thank you for the philly review!

[Rearviewmirror 397]

17 hours ago, FreyandRyan said:

So we had our interview today and everything went very well!

 

Philadelphia Office

We arrived a bit early and found parking on the street right outside and waited until about 15 minutes before our appointment to go in. They checked our IDs, letter and temperature and we went through a metal detector before being sent to the second floor to wait. We waited about 10 minutes only and had our interview essentially right at the time scheduled. 
 

The IO was very neutral to us the whole time and somewhat strict but not mean. First we took an oath to tell the truth and then he went over the biography section of our I-485, first with my wife (beneficiary) and then with me. He then asked her what date she entered the US, when did we meet and how, what day we got married. He asked if I ever visited her in her home country, and did I visit her in the UK where she was living prior to immigrating here. I confirmed all our visits together. Next he asked her all the yes/no questions from the I-485 about criminal activity. 

 

The only thing she had to explain was a denial for a visa that she applied for during our K1, as she applied for a tourist visa to visit me during the process that was denied because we had an in progress application. Then he asked if we had anything to add to our file, and we gave joint health care, dental insurance, car lease, car insurance, and credit card statements with our names on them, as well as our joint tax return. I recently started a new job so I gave them an employer letter and paystubs. We also gave about 10 pictures from all throughout last year. He filed through them all quite quickly and looked at them all but was kinda just checking the names it seemed. 

He then asked if we had any questions and said he had to submit it for final checks and that almost always everything goes fine through those checks and we should get the card in the next few weeks. A couple hours later our status updated on the website to new card produced!

 

All in all we maybe spent only 20-30 minutes inside the building from start to finish.

Congrats! I'm also on the waiting train for approval. It seems like it's total luck whether you get instant approval or have to wait a few days/weeks. Good luck!

[Chr2746 13]

20 hours ago, FreyandRyan said:

So we had our interview today and everything went very well!

 

Philadelphia Office

We arrived a bit early and found parking on the street right outside and waited until about 15 minutes before our appointment to go in. They checked our IDs, letter and temperature and we went through a metal detector before being sent to the second floor to wait. We waited about 10 minutes only and had our interview essentially right at the time scheduled. 
 

The IO was very neutral to us the whole time and somewhat strict but not mean. First we took an oath to tell the truth and then he went over the biography section of our I-485, first with my wife (beneficiary) and then with me. He then asked her what date she entered the US, when did we meet and how, what day we got married. He asked if I ever visited her in her home country, and did I visit her in the UK where she was living prior to immigrating here. I confirmed all our visits together. Next he asked her all the yes/no questions from the I-485 about criminal activity. 

 

The only thing she had to explain was a denial for a visa that she applied for during our K1, as she applied for a tourist visa to visit me during the process that was denied because we had an in progress application. Then he asked if we had anything to add to our file, and we gave joint health care, dental insurance, car lease, car insurance, and credit card statements with our names on them, as well as our joint tax return. I recently started a new job so I gave them an employer letter and paystubs. We also gave about 10 pictures from all throughout last year. He filed through them all quite quickly and looked at them all but was kinda just checking the names it seemed. 

He then asked if we had any questions and said he had to submit it for final checks and that almost always everything goes fine through those checks and we should get the card in the next few weeks. A couple hours later our status updated on the website to new card produced!

 

All in all we maybe spent only 20-30 minutes inside the building from start to finish.

Congratulations, the form i-485 you talking about is it the one you submitted when you filled or a new one you filled and took with you? I read people filling new i-484 and i-864 and taking to the interview with them. Is it necessary to go with new filled forms ?

[Rearviewmirror 397]

On 3/22/2021 at 11:39 AM, USA-GermanyLove said:

Just wanted to let you guys know that my GC is coming in the mail today! My interview was on March 12th in Washington, D.C. and it was approved on the spot!

Good luck to y'all still waiting

Quick question - you mentioned it was approved on the spot, but your timeline says it took a few days to be approved. Was there a delay before it showed approved online? Our IO in Washington DC said we were approved on Tuesday but nothing has changed in our online status yet...

[USA-GermanyLove 19]

On 4/10/2021 at 10:30 AM, Rearviewmirror said:

Quick question - you mentioned it was approved on the spot, but your timeline says it took a few days to be approved. Was there a delay before it showed approved online? Our IO in Washington DC said we were approved on Tuesday but nothing has changed in our online status yet...

Hey 🙂 Yes, the officer told us she approved us, but told us it might take a couple of days to reflect online because she wasn't sure when she would have a chance to change it in the system!

[Rearviewmirror 397]

31 minutes ago, USA-GermanyLove said:

Hey 🙂 Yes, the officer told us she approved us, but told us it might take a couple of days to reflect online because she wasn't sure when she would have a chance to change it in the system!

Thanks  I assume you're still waiting for an update? Still no updates my side (Tuesday will be a week since the interview)

[Rearviewmirror 397]

1 hour ago, USA-GermanyLove said:

Hey 🙂 Yes, the officer told us she approved us, but told us it might take a couple of days to reflect online because she wasn't sure when she would have a chance to change it in the system!

Nevermind, I see yours was approved! Did it change online before you got the paper approval in the mail?

[Haydnator 274]

Got our letter today! Interview is schedule exactly a month from now! May 12th.

 

We are excited but a bit nervous. Because of the pandemic we haven't really gone out at all in the last year. He was looking for remote work for awhile, but no luck, so decided to finish his degree online while we wait. We haven't had a chance to open a joint bank account at my banks because he didn't have his green card or California ID (since we would have to go in person to DMV for that). So we are a bit handicapped by that. We filed our taxes jointly though, and I have him as an authorized user on my CC. Hopefully it will go alright.

 

Heres to wishing all our fellow Californians get something soon!

Edited April 12, 2021 by Haydnator

[Sarge2155 4,587]

On 4/7/2021 at 9:35 PM, Haydnator said:

Our status changed today to interview scheduled! 😃

Very good, won't be long now!

[soco 99]

1 hour ago, Haydnator said:

Got our letter today! Interview is schedule exactly a month from now! May 12th.

 

We are excited but a bit nervous. Because of the pandemic we haven't really gone out at all in the last year. He was looking for remote work for awhile, but no luck, so decided to finish his degree online while we wait. We haven't had a chance to open a joint bank account at my banks because he didn't have his green card or California ID (since we would have to go in person to DMV for that). So we are a bit handicapped by that. We filed our taxes jointly though, and I have him as an authorized user on my CC. Hopefully it will go alright.

 

Heres to wishing all our fellow Californians get something soon!

 

We don't have a joint checking account but we are listed as beneficiary's on each others...everything. My wife is listed as an authorized user on a CC we opened up. And we are on our cell phone plan together. Our interview is tomorrow, have a lot of paperwork ready to go. Excited and nervous.