US Immigration from Sweden

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to see if others have scanned this completed document to their fiance prior to the interview (i.e., instead of sending original copy via mail)?

Thanks!!

Shannon

I have my biometrics appointment on 8/2, and then after that the wait for the green card interview begins. These past couple of days I've read a few posts on here about the green card interview, and it looks like they can be pretty tough compared to what I had imagined. I don't know if I've just read a few special cases or if this is normal, so I wanted to create a post and gather different points of view and experiences. I can add to this that my K1 visa interview back in Sweden lasted pretty much for only a few minutes, so I don't know if maybe I just had assumptions that if everything was okay the green card interview would be similar to that except that my husband would get to be with me the entire time. I know that we have nothing to hide and therefore should be okay, but I also remember vividly how nervous I was before the K1 interview, so...

So tell me how the biometrics appointment and especially the green card interview was like for you, or if you happen to be very knowledgeable about these things feel free to write what it usually looks like and if there's anything that's good to think about beforehand.

Hi! I married a USC a few weeks ago and we're in the process of filling out all the paperwork for AOS. Technically, I go out of status on July 21 so I am trying to have everything done by then. I have an easy case (no overstays, been in status this whole time, no criminal record etc.) so I figured we didn't need to pay for an immigration lawyer to help us out, however I get so nervous filling out forms in general (I've filled out I-765 a couple times in the past for OPT and been terrified of making mistakes). Here are the questions I have:

1. Can I leave blank spaces if it doesn't apply to me? I know they changed it recently but not sure if that was just for certain forms.

2. For I-864, should my husband get the IRS transcript (and is that sufficient) or would it be better to copy last 3 tax forms + all W2?

3. How many passport photos do I actually need? 2, 4, 6?

4. During my OPT's (and one CPT), I worked for the same employer. How do I fill that in on the I-485 where it asks me for my employers in the past 5 years? I worked for them FT in 2017-2018 during my first OPT, then PT in 2020 on a CPT, and then FT on OPT from June 2020-2021. Do I fill it out as ONE employer and put 9/2017 as start date and June 2021 as end date, and use the last page to explain that I only worked for them during the times I was authorized to work? Or do I just put the most recent time of employment, and move on to the next part?

5. I also don't have an A-number or USCIS online number, should I leave it blank or put in zeros, or N/A? Last time I filled out the I-765, I had to out in zeros per the immigration specialist at my school but that was during the Trump Administration.

Aside from that, my husband and I don't have any joint financial matters right now. We have been living together since 2019 in his parents house, so neither of us have any utility bills to pay, or rent. Will this be an issue? Or do you think it might be OK to submit the initial packet with the info we have now, which is mostly pictures together, proof of trips, meeting each others friends and families, two testimonials (one from his parents, one from my friend (non US-citizen) who was my roommate when we started dating before we moved in together). By the time we get an interview, we would've had time to co-mingle our financials a bit more, we will most likely already have filed taxes as a married couple, we're planning to open a joint savings account and I will be added onto his health insurance plan shortly. I'm 25 (moved to the US when I was 19 on a student visa) and he's 35 and because we live in Los Angeles, everything is so expensive we have just been living at his parents house to save money for the future. Should we mention that in any way, should we explain in a separate document why we do not have any financial obligations together?

I'm happy for any help/input I can get. Thanks in advance.

Jennifer

Hopefully this goes for most SSA field offices so those of us who don't want to send our documents can get a "speed date" in person at the local SSA.

https://www.investmentnews.com/social-security-announces-partial-reopening-of-field-offices-207108

We have been married almost 2 years.

We had the greencard interview almost 4-5 months ago. Still nothing. Waiting the answer.
If we get approved soon and around that time we have been married for 2 years, do we get the 10 year greencard instead?
Or the 2 year greencard since the interview was at the time when we had been married little over a year..

thank you:)