February 2022 - AOS Filers

[highvoltage 9]

59 minutes ago, prai said:

When did you do your biometric ? 

Biometric, last month. March 2 nd week.

How long does it take to recieve the card once it says card is being produced?

[Verrou 1,960]

1 hour ago, highvoltage said:

Biometric, last month. March 2 nd week.

How long does it take to recieve the card once it says card is being produced?

did you expedite?

around 1-2 weeks 

[highvoltage 9]

7 hours ago, Misscloud said:

did you expedite?

around 1-2 weeks 

Yes I did, I expedited in March and got a response couple of days ago. For which I sent the fax, it was based on the job offer. I also asked congressman since they were not reponding back to the expedite. 

[KateD 28]

AOS--I'm USC married to non-citizen

2/4/2022 Mailed packet (I-485, I-765, and I-130) to Phoenix lockbox

2/10/2022 USCIS charged my credit card

2/11/2022 Text message with official receipt notice for all 3 applications

3/18/2022 Biometrics

5/19/2022 Interview at Albuquerque Field Office

Edited April 19, 2022 by KateD

[Verrou 1,960]

1 minute ago, KateD said:

AOS--I'm USC married to non-citizen

2/4/2022 Mailed packet (I-485, I-765, and I-130) to Phoenix lockbox

2/10/2022 USCIS charged my credit card

2/11/2022 Text message with official receipt notice for all 3 applications

3/18/2022 Biometrics

5/19/2022 Interview

thats awesome. do u mind letting me know whats the status stated on ur i-765 ? case was received?

[KateD 28]

2 minutes ago, Misscloud said:

thats awesome. do u mind letting me know whats the status stated on ur i-765 ? case was received?

Thanks! 

 

Yep, case was received and currently being reviewed. 

[KateD 28]

11 minutes ago, KateD said:

AOS--I'm USC married to non-citizen

2/4/2022 Mailed packet (I-485, I-765, and I-130) to Phoenix lockbox

2/10/2022 USCIS charged my credit card

2/11/2022 Text message with official receipt notice for all 3 applications

3/18/2022 Biometrics

5/19/2022 Interview at Albuquerque Field Office

Interview scheduled much faster than I thought it would be. Was mentally preparing for 2 years.

[Verrou 1,960]

2 minutes ago, KateD said:

Interview scheduled much faster than I thought it would be. Was mentally preparing for 2 years.

you are one of the lucky one

how big is ur local FO? im not familiar with NM

just wondering. i know LA FO is super quick aswell. my FO is tiny, but i got an email last week ( after i raised my i-130 that was filed in November 2020) that they linked my i-485 that i filed in Feb 2022 and im in appointment queue. whatever that means

Edited April 19, 2022 by Misscloud

[KateD 28]

Just now, Misscloud said:

you are one of the lucky one

how big is ur local FO? im not familiar with NM

just wondering. i know LA FO is super quick aswell

Yes, we are lucky and grateful. We'll take a win when we can get one. Hope the process starts moving along more quickly for everyone, especially since most of us have endured long timelines during COVID.

I'm not sure how big the Albuquerque Field Office is. Do you know how to find out?  NM population is small for being a large state (land wise) so maybe that's why.

[Verrou 1,960]

1 minute ago, KateD said:

Yes, we are lucky and grateful. We'll take a win when we can get one. Hope the process starts moving along more quickly for everyone, especially since most of us have endured long timelines during COVID.

I'm not sure how big the Albuquerque Field Office is. Do you know how to find out?  NM population is small for being a large state (land wise) so maybe that's why.

there's a website used to show the size of the FO ( not the actual size of the office, but how many people work there etc ) , but it went down last year. im quite familiar with NYC because i used to live there and LA area because many people posted that one. 

 

break a leg ! and keep us posted

[ALSH 10]

I'm back with an update! We had our interview this morning at 9:30 and didn't even have to wait in the waiting room for long (less than 10 mins)

 

Agent was really nice and she said we got approved, tho will be waiting for the status update to make it 100% official!

 

[KateD 28]

50 minutes ago, ALSH said:

I'm back with an update! We had our interview this morning at 9:30 and didn't even have to wait in the waiting room for long (less than 10 mins)

 

Agent was really nice and she said we got approved, tho will be waiting for the status update to make it 100% official!

 

Congrats (in advance)!

 

Can I ask how long the interview was and what kind of questions were asked?

[ALSH 10]

8 minutes ago, KateD said:

Congrats (in advance)!

 

Can I ask how long the interview was and what kind of questions were asked?

Thank you!

 

It lasted about 30 minutes total, she asked how we met and how we handled the COVID situation (my k1 appointment got rescheduled 3-4 times), asked when we got married and where, asked us if we have any documents and pictures go give her to prove a bona fide marriage and after that was just the yes and no questions from the application really, all while doing some small talk (we talked about some tv show and about art exhibitions here in LA)

 

Then she asked if we have any questions, answered a couple I had then said she's going to approve us, what's going to happen after (applying in 2 years for the permanent card), made me sign a document and voila

[KateD 28]

3 hours ago, ALSH said:

Thank you!

 

It lasted about 30 minutes total, she asked how we met and how we handled the COVID situation (my k1 appointment got rescheduled 3-4 times), asked when we got married and where, asked us if we have any documents and pictures go give her to prove a bona fide marriage and after that was just the yes and no questions from the application really, all while doing some small talk (we talked about some tv show and about art exhibitions here in LA)

 

Then she asked if we have any questions, answered a couple I had then said she's going to approve us, what's going to happen after (applying in 2 years for the permanent card), made me sign a document and voila

Thanks for the info. I find it helpful to prepare. Again, congrats!

[ALSH 10]

On 3/25/2022 at 10:26 AM, ALSH said:

I have to say the Los Angeles office is working really really fast lately

My timeline, AOS family based:

 

02/16/22: petition received

02/22/22: NOA1

03/22/22: Biometrics taken
03/22/22: Appointment scheduled for April 19th 2022 in Los Angeles field office 

Got the approval notification today, so overall 2 months from filling to approval. I'm still incredibly amazed how fast this has all been.

 

I hope that those still stuck will get their interview soon and for everyone who filed in February aswell!