APRIL 2020 AOS FILERS

[Flowerfame 57]

Update: got the interview notice today. It was scheduled for April 19. New York office. Will let you know how it goes

 

Question: did you guys take your marriage certificate to the interview or did you issue a certified copy of it? The notice mentions a certified copy but I want to hear about other people’s experience given that issuing a certified copy could take up to 6 weeks. Thanks!

[HRQX 4,145]

5 hours ago, JMLaw said:

Our status updated later that day to "New Card Being Processed." As of today it now says "Case Approved" (I believe this is the normal progression of things, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.)

That is normal:

 

It is a very common glitch. I assume the programmers switched those 2 statuses.

[JMLaw 38]

43 minutes ago, Flowerfame said:

Update: got the interview notice today. It was scheduled for April 19. New York office. Will let you know how it goes

 

Question: did you guys take your marriage certificate to the interview or did you issue a certified copy of it? The notice mentions a certified copy but I want to hear about other people’s experience given that issuing a certified copy could take up to 6 weeks. Thanks!

In our case, the marriage certificate in our possession was a certified copy. Like birth certificates, you don't actually get to hold on to the original. It's a certified copy.

That being said, we were able to go get another certified copy at the court house where we turned in our marriage license very quickly, so we only looked into that to an extent

4 hours ago, bigago said:

I have filed even earlier than April 29th but still didn't even get interview scheduled :(. Kansas City area too. Is your case started with MSC?

That really sucks. Yeah, ours was also an MSC number

[YvetteS 178]

2 hours ago, Flowerfame said:

Update: got the interview notice today. It was scheduled for April 19. New York office. Will let you know how it goes

 

Question: did you guys take your marriage certificate to the interview or did you issue a certified copy of it? The notice mentions a certified copy but I want to hear about other people’s experience given that issuing a certified copy could take up to 6 weeks. Thanks!

I took both, a certified copy and my marriage certificate. In the end they didn't ask me for either. I believe the reason she didn't ask was that I had already submitted it with my AOS package. If you can't get a certified copy in time I would take the marriage certificate along and take a photocopy of it to bring along too. 

For me to get a certified copy was very easy, I just went to the court where my marriage certificate was filed and she issued me a certified copy on the spot for $30. Process in NY must be very different. Good luck.

[Viking 142]

8 hours ago, bigago said:

I have filed even earlier than April 29th but still didn't even get interview scheduled :(. Kansas City area too. Is your case started with MSC?

How can you check if the case is with MSC ?

[RCable 75]

16 hours ago, bigago said:

I have filed even earlier than April 29th but still didn't even get interview scheduled :(. Kansas City area too. Is your case started with MSC?

Yeah, we have an IOE receipt number and we’ve just been stuck forever. 

[Flowerfame 57]

9 hours ago, YvetteS said:

I took both, a certified copy and my marriage certificate. In the end they didn't ask me for either. I believe the reason she didn't ask was that I had already submitted it with my AOS package. If you can't get a certified copy in time I would take the marriage certificate along and take a photocopy of it to bring along too. 

For me to get a certified copy was very easy, I just went to the court where my marriage certificate was filed and she issued me a certified copy on the spot for $30. Process in NY must be very different. Good luck.

Thanks for your responses! Yeah, in New York we have to request it via mail and it can take 4-6 weeks (maybe more who knows) to get the certified copy. Idk if this has always been the case but definitely with the pandemic, it is and the County Clerk has been closed for almost a year now so we can't go in person. We requested the certified copy a couple weeks ago for a different reason but we might get lucky and get it before the interview. Thanks so much for sharing your experience!

12 hours ago, JMLaw said:

In our case, the marriage certificate in our possession was a certified copy. Like birth certificates, you don't actually get to hold on to the original. It's a certified copy.

That being said, we were able to go get another certified copy at the court house where we turned in our marriage license very quickly, so we only looked into that to an extent

That really sucks. Yeah, ours was also an MSC number

 

[Linnn 108]

19 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

Submit a case enquiry FORGET the outside of processing one go straight for “letter not received” or “card not received in mail” got my case moving along fast.. 10 months heard nothing then within a 1 months of pushing the other two my EAD is getting printed and my interview is scheduled. Worth a try at least. 

I agree, we inquired about ours with missing mail and got our appointments one after another with each inquiry. You should try it!!

[Rambava 73]

On 3/13/2021 at 11:22 AM, Linnn said:

I agree, we inquired about ours with missing mail and got our appointments one after another with each inquiry. You should try it!!

Did you file an online enquiry for 'Non-Delivery of Notice'? Mine is stuck at fingerprints were applied for I-485.

[Charlesvb12 61]

Had our interview this past Friday. Everything seemed to go good except the woman said she needs to obtain or original i129F packet before making her final decision. Something that it was at another branch and she needed to request it to be sent back to uscis ? How do you not have that in your possession for a AOS green card interview. Seemed odd but hopefully no big deal.

[Linnn 108]

9 hours ago, Rambava said:

Did you file an online enquiry for 'Non-Delivery of Notice'? Mine is stuck at fingerprints were applied for I-485.

Yes, the missing mail and it worked for us

[kec523 256]

Hi! Wanted to update we had our greencard interview in Chicago on Tuesday 3/16! Super smooth and easy! She told us we were approved on the spot and give her 20 minutes to update the computer. By the time we got home it had updated online. Yay! 

[AlanaM 25]

17 hours ago, kec523 said:

Hi! Wanted to update we had our greencard interview in Chicago on Tuesday 3/16! Super smooth and easy! She told us we were approved on the spot and give her 20 minutes to update the computer. By the time we got home it had updated online. Yay! 

Congratulations!! Did you have to show your original birth certificate?

[kec523 256]

On 3/19/2021 at 11:08 AM, AlanaM said:

Congratulations!! Did you have to show your original birth certificate?

Nope! 

[DrZoidberg 18]

On 2/6/2021 at 8:27 PM, ecuatorianos2018 said:

We got our interview letter today for March 2nd! Still no word on EAD/AP.

How long do you have to wait from "Case Is Ready To Be Scheduled For An Interview." to "Interview is Scheduled" status?