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Four days apart, incredible! Congrats! What's the interview date? Never mind, busy week and I'm playing catchup lolol

Wonderful news, thanks for sharing and congratulations!

Oh my gosh, so sorry I missed this! We actually explored a couple microwedding companies in Vegas, trying to remember their names (edit: Elopement Las Vegas and Cactus Collective, I looked them up). They essentially work with popular venues including the strip hotels and fill in last minute time windows. So if you're not strict on the day of the week or time, you can get a gorgeous albeit brief ceremony somewhere like Bellagio. We wanted to livestream so the time was very important to us. Both companies were awesome and had a lot of great ideas, including these beautiful desert weddings. They provide all the add-ons like a live musician, a little cake, and connections to veteran photographers and videographers in the area to fill out a package for you. I would say on the more economical end you can probably get a package for around 1k, and that includes officiant/filing fees (though you have to get your own license downtown: Vegas charges $102 for that). Ultimately Jon and I were presented with a venue called GreenGale Farms by one of the companies. They're a farm/animal sanctuary in north Vegas with an olive grove I just fell in love with. Jon and I wanted to get married in nature so it seemed like kismet. When the company who worked with GGF said they couldn't get the date or time we wanted so far in advance (remember we were shopping after our NOA2 received in March, and this was for an October wedding), we reached out to the coordinator at the farm; turned out that we could skip the middleman because they would be able to work with us directly. This is why the companies are good for plans within 2-3 months. Anything longer, reach out to the venue. The major vendors we used were: GreenGale Farms, who provided the venue, coordinator, officiant (who was AMAZING even in meeting him moments before the wedding because he received notes from us through GGF), as well as photography as part of our package. Taylor Made Photography (Heather Taylor), who actually knew GGF and worked out a deal to be our assigned photographer, and we hired her for another hour session later in the evening before our little reception dinner Atomic Style Lounge, for hairstyling (we opted out of makeup and did our own) LoveStream, who produced a three-camera livestream and chat for our family and friends who wanted to tune in; my maid of honor's plus one thankfully was there as a point of contact for setup and camera work so the wedding party could focus on the wedding. Freed's Bakery, who made and delivered our cake direct to the restaurant where we had dinner Renta-Dress and Tux, where we picked up Jon's rental the day before the wedding because it was literally three blocks from the marriage license bureau. They also steamed my skirt for me and made it flawless We stayed at Park MGM and our mothers were next door at NYNY. My maid of honor was rather cheap and insisted on staying at Excalibur which is on the other side of NYNY, bless her heart. All expenses related to the wedding, including our airfare and hotel stay, came to just around 10k. As mentioned before I probably would've skipped the LoveStream service if I knew that interest would be so low. Even still, we're pretty proud of keeping the budget at about a third of the national average. The wedding industry is insanely brutal on pocketbooks. Thank you again for asking! Since someone mentioned wearing comfy shoes, I'm going to attach Jon's favorite pic from our big day. I love those shoes lol! (By the way, I edited all of our photos myself--not because our photographer didn't, but I've been an amateur photo editor for a while and have a certain aesthetic I enjoy so I did more )

Today's stats: June 19, 2025 11:37pm CDT October 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 17,439 (+340) • Denied 1566 (+10) • Fingerprint Scheduled: 75 (0) • Interview Cancelled: 487 (-5) • Interview Scheduled: 5964 (-244) • Processing: 14,477 (-103) • Received: 386 (-1) • Rejected: 97 (0) • RFE: 570 (0) • Terminated: 203 (+1) • Withdrawal: 80 (+3) • Others: 7 (0) Percentage of cases approved: 42% Percentage of cases interview scheduled: 14%

Another crazy Tuesday at work but I'm back with a two day update: Today's stats: June 18, 2025 12:35pm CDT October 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 17,099 (+222) • Denied 1556 (+8) • Fingerprint Scheduled: 75 (0) • Interview Cancelled: 492 (+18) • Interview Scheduled: 6208 (-185) • Processing: 14,580 (-49) • Received: 387 (-4) • Rejected: 97 (0) • RFE: 570 (-8) • Terminated: 202 (-1) • Withdrawal: 77 (0) • Others: 7 (-1) Percentage of cases approved: 41% Percentage of cases interview scheduled: 15%

Today's stats: June 16, 2025 10:04pm CDT October 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 16,877 (+195) • Denied 1548 (+6) • Fingerprint Scheduled: 75 (-1) • Interview Cancelled: 474 (+9) • Interview Scheduled: 6393 (-150) • Processing: 14,629 (-62) • Received: 391 (-2) • Rejected: 97 (0) • RFE: 578 (-1) • Terminated: 203 (+3) • Withdrawal: 77 (+1) • Others: 8 (0) Percentage of cases approved: 41% Percentage of cases interview scheduled: 15%

Well fingers crossed to avoid that! Even still, it's a relief to have my initial fear of an expired medical assuaged. We will handle whatever else comes our way.

Today's stats: June 15, 2025 10:27pm CDT October 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 16,682 (+220) • Denied 1542 (+9) • Fingerprint Scheduled: 76 (+1) • Interview Cancelled: 465 (+4) • Interview Scheduled: 6543 (-167) • Processing: 14,691 (-63) • Received: 393 (-2) • Rejected: 97 (0) • RFE: 579 (-5) • Terminated: 200 (+1) • Withdrawal: 76 (+3) • Others: 8 (0) Percentage of cases approved: 40% Percentage of cases interview scheduled: 16%

The numbers look very similar to the turning we had for October... that only means Jaycel's time is fast approaching!

I'm not sure what they would miss at the interview to put us into RFE. His DS-3025 looks complete, every category addressed and the second box checked. As long as the worksheet remains valid at the time of the interview... But it sounds like it was valid at the time of submission, which should be enough. I will focus my energies on ensuring my husband remembers our anniversary date instead of his completed vaccinations Thanks all.

I might be psyching myself out here but would rather not leave any stone unturned: The date of the medical my husband had overseas before arriving here is exactly one year and one day before his AOS interview. ..that doesn't matter, right? For some reason I have the notion in my head that the medical is only valid for a year. Am I mistaken, or should we be looking for a civil surgeon right now...

Busy day at work yesterday but I'm back for a two-day update: Today's stats: June 14, 2025 10:52pm CDT October 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 16,462 (+576) • Denied 1533 (+32) • Fingerprint Scheduled: 75 (0) • Interview Cancelled: 461 (+6) • Interview Scheduled: 6710 (-455) • Processing: 14,754 (-159) • Received: 395 (-2) • Rejected: 97 (0) • RFE: 584 (-2) • Terminated: 199 (+1) • Withdrawal: 73 (+4) • Others: 8 (0) Percentage of cases approved: 40% Percentage of cases interview scheduled: 16%

@OldUser Is the I-693 to be completed partially if OP's fiancee did a medical in Vietnam and has a completed DS-3025?

Personally, I would focus on marrying your fiancee and working towards a spousal visa. There are many reasons other than your record to do this currently.

I didn't even think to check my email today until I was at work. The email that notified us of "changes to your account" was received at 10:23am. I will also add that I had just submitted more evidence yesterday in the form of my third paycheck from my new position. Granted I had not changed jobs at the time of filing, perhaps someone in USCIS had noticed when I submitted as evidence the first paycheck on 9 May under category I-864 and they wanted to see three of them. Who knows lol