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OP, my case was slightly different but also pretty straightforward and we did everything ourselves. My advice: 1. Start by making a separate folder for each application you are working on and store all documents in each of those folders accordingly (even if you will submit the same document twice e.g. a picture of your passport for each application, save that image in each folder separately) 2. Once you are ready to submit, scan each submission as one file - this is useful if you want to reference exactly what you sent. 3. Put each submission in a manila envelope and then together in a priority mailer. 4. My cover letter was simple "To whom it may concern: Enclosed, please find the following submission and supporting documentation for each application: I-130 application - document 1 - document 2" and so on. 5. Make sure to notarize as many written documents/affidavits as possible. Won't hurt and gives you an extra layer of legitimacy Good luck! The process is scary but it is actually simpler than a lot of people think (as long as your case has no issues like removal, criminal history, etc.)

OP, I am not an expert, but speaking from experience, during my in-person interview, the officer asked me verbally ALL of those questions that are in the 485 application. It turned out I misunderstood one of them (but I don't remember which one - I think it was the one about working) and answered wrong on paper. The officer changed my answer on the spot as he was asking me and said to me "It's ok, it's not a disqualifying question". Now, I know some things can be left to the officer and it depends on who you get assigned to but it was not an issue in my case.

Hello group. This is the OP. It's been a long time but I have finally reached the end of my journey so I thought I'd go ahead and update it here. The time between receiving the notice and the actual interview was extremely stressful. We ended up consulting a lawyer who said "It's most likely a clerical error, and I will not be able to help you much since your case does not have any issues (e.g. criminal history, etc.)". We decided to not retain counsel and went for it ourselves. On the day of the interview. We showed up at the USCIS office, and after some time an officer (different one than last time), came out and called our number and said to us " I don't think that you should be here...". Let me tell you, the relief I felt was unmeasurable. She ended up putting us with the same office that did our initial interview - and he was just as surprised that we were there as she was. He pulled up our case and said that he approved it, but for some reason, it was still open in the system. After some digging, he told us that there was an I-130 interview scheduled for APRIL 2023 at 10 PM (we got the notice in the summer). Plus, this interview got scheduled AFTER our 485 interview. All in all - a big system error. However, the officer could not override the system on the spot. So he ended up calling some sort of IT department and started a case to clear it out. At this point he said "I did what I could, now you have to wait", and we left. I received a confirmation of the ticket request that said if I don't hear back in 60 days I can get back to them. Well... I did not "hear" back. And just as I was getting ready to write them a message, guess what... my GREEN CARD just SHOWED UP... out of nowhere. No follow-up, nothing. All the approval letters and the card came on the same day. So it is over. My current journey. Next step - citizenship But hopefully, this will serve as a piece of information for others- according to the officer who worked on our case, USCIS updated their systems and they are VERY faulty. A lot of system errors, delays, etc. Thank you all!

I will try tomorrow. Another issue that was worrying me is that I got a 693 deficiency notice (with a deadline of 7/6) a little bit before our first interview notice. I brought the medical exam file with me to the interview, since it was before the deadline. The officer scanned it in in front of us, said everything looked good and kept the physical file. Since the case has not updated, is sent them a message on the 30th asking if there is anything I need to do (since I do not have the original anymore). They never replied and then the request expired and it was said that I missed my deadline. Same day I submitted unsolicited evidence with a scanned copy of the exam and a letter explaining the situation. They did not accept the evidence until the 16th and now it changed back to say "we received your evidence and will review it". This was the only "issue" I was worrying about, I was convinced that the case was approved. Just wanted to provide some additional context.

Holiday party hosted by their workplace. I was someone else's guest (a friend of mine). They introduced us. The officer asked us this question by the way, did not ask any follow ups

Thank you for your response. I am definitely concerned and will reach out to counsel, the interview is in a month. I am afraid of the stokes interview mostly because I get really nervous about things like this (job interview etc.) and don't want to look bad. I will bombard the call line/emma tomorrow. I tried the method you mentioned and it hung up one me multiple times. Fun fun... I am trying to stay positive and strong, my spouse is surprised as well, but we will pull together and push through!

1. We met in 2014 but dated rather casually until 2018 2. Married in Dec 2020 The officer that interviewed us even said to me during the interview that "this is for a permanent green card".

Thank you for your response. Yes, my spouse was born in the US, never married before, no criminal record. Clean tax history, no debts (beside typical things like car payments etc.). Works full time. Just a very normal, regular person.

Hello everyone, I have been in the AOS process for over a year now and I had my interview in June (almost exactly a month ago). The notice I received at that time came to my name and under the I-485 application (but the I-130 status was updated to the same). During the interview I believe everything went well. The officer was pleasant, kept repeating that "this and that looks good". He did not have the physical file (only digital) which he complained about because "he likes to be able to flip through things". He asked us a couple of basic questions, nothing too deep, then asked me all of the Green Card "yes or no" questions. It was done in about 20ish minuted. At the end he said "we are done, your green card will arrive in mail". And walked us out. He did not give me anything. I've been waiting but the case has not been updated online. Today my spouse received a notice of an interview. The notice is addressed to my spouse (not me) and it came under the I-130 application. The notice looks slightly different (the time date and address is at the top, not bottom) but other than that, has almost exact same verbiage as the initial interview invitation. It does not have the "interview" header. It doesn't say anything about additional evidence etc. The online profiles for either of the cases have not been updated, it still says an interview was scheduled in May (that the initial one). The case history has not been updated. Does this mean we are being called in for another interview like Stokes? Or is there a chance the officer made some sort of error while processing our case? I have had no luck so far trying to get ahold of any live person from USCIC, the phone line hangs up on me and chat says the service is down. So far we had done everything with no legal counsel but we will if need be. At first I though it might be an error or something but now after googling around (bad idea), I am very concerned that we will be subjected to stokes. Any feedback appreciated.