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@hannac Good luck on your interview tomorrow! Do come back to share how it went!

@Redro, thank you for your comment and for the reassurance. Your hypotheses for the stokes interview make sense. Your comments in this forum are so logical and level-headed, and I feel fortunate that you took the time to comment on my topic as well. I am glad most commenters do not think we need a lawyer. At this point, five days out, I'm not even sure it would make any sense to retain one. Time flies - and drags at the same time...

I could've read this topic, lol Why are these answers so funny to me? hahaha

@Sarah&Facundo, thank you for sharing your interview story with me! I hope our interview goes as smoothly as yours did! Yeah, I guess I'll never know what triggered their stokes interview. I'll always be curious, lol I will definitely come back to report my experience, as I believe this topic can be useful (or at least informative) for future users as well!

@carmel34, your insight is much appreciated as well as the info you shared on your husband's combo interview. Thank you! I feel that we have extensive documentation to share as evidence of our relationship being legit. We will bring little exhibit A to the interview too, LOL. I guess my anxiety is just inherent to the process in general, not due to any specifics of our case. Congrats to you guys, it must feel great to not have to think about USCIS anymore, haha @Crazy Cat, thank you for sharing your story. I have read several of your contributions in this forum and appreciate you a lot. You are very generous with your knowledge. We are bringing all sorts of documents in case they ask for it (mortgage, bank, and credit card statements, vehicle insurance, water bills, our son's birth certificate, pictures, etc. Being as prepared as possible can't hurt.

@OldUser, thank you for taking the time to answer. I appreciate your contributions to this forum and have my fingers and toes crossed that you get your ROC interview waived, and quickly. Hm, I had not considered an attorney (have not used one yet), but your suggestion makes me want to think more about it and maybe revisit my decision. Not sure we can afford one at the moment, so that is a factor to consider too. I’ll have to look into that. We had a stokes interview for the i-485 and it was unexpected and stressful (you can see my post about it in my history, I think). I’m still at a loss as to what prompted the stokes interview. The only thing that comes to mind is that I am 8 years older than my husband. That interview was in Sacramento. This one will be in San Francisco. They scheduled my i-751 with my n-400 (so a combo interview). At this point, I’ve been with my husband for 7 years, married for 5. We have a son (20 months old, born here) a mortgage, cars, and a dog together. Our finances are 100% combined. Neither of us has any criminal history. Neither of us were involved with immigration before. I was married before (11 years together, married for 5). He was never married before me. We both have solid jobs (he works in healthcare management and I work for the Courts). I would appreciate if you could elaborate a little further on the advantages you see in retaining a lawyer at this stage, considering the background history above. Thank you again. You rock!

Hi, everyone! I'm either too anxious or too burnt out to find the answer to this question (and I searched in the search box)... LOL... I have my interview in a week and am finishing organizing all the supplemental paperwork (all sort of financial documents from the last 3 years, pictures, our son's birth certificate, etc.). If you had an actual interview to remove conditions, what questions did they ask you? What documents did they require? Did they ask your partner questions too? Thank you!

My joint interview (i-751 + N400) has been scheduled for July 26!

Potomac? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I'm sorry to hear that and hope you hear from them right after your probationary period is over! It sucks bad, but it sucks a little less knowing we are suffering in good company, lol

I'm rooting for you. You are such a kind, helpful poster here. My case is from December 2021 and, even though VJ's prediction says "any day now", it does not feel that way because I feel like we've been waiting forever. I know there are many people who have been waiting much longer, but, oh gosh, does it suck.

Yay! Congratulations! That feeling must be the BEST!

Thank you SO much for the link!

Thank you so much for your generosity explaining things in such detail!

More power to you if you do. I will keep waiting, as my case is still within USCIS processing time and I could use the $400 for my son’s needs.

I hope so. My WAC actually starts with a 229, so I like to think that it will be touched soon…

*to being

I'm not a Nov. 2021 filer (Dec. 3, 2021 for me), but I'd like to thank you for taking the time to post these updates. They give me hope that my case is getting closer and closer to be called. Good luck to you!

Oh em gee. I just saw that I'm in the right month, but the wrong YEAR for my Removal of Conditions forum discussion. My NOA is 12.03.2021 Sorry, guys! Good luck to everyone and I hope you don't have to wait long!

Thank you for the info! I didn't get any emails from VJ on estimated approval dates. Actually, the last email I got from them before I updated my timeline (reflecting that I applied for citizenship) was "upgrades to your immigration case? We haven't heard from you in 12 months and wanted to see if there have been any updates to your immigration case. If there have been, please take a moment to update your timeline. If you haven't had any movement on your case we hope it happens soon!", to put a dash of salt in my wounds! LOL Just kidding. I know this process takes long. Looooooooooong. Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong...

Sounds fun! How do I see that?