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Adjustment of Status - I-485
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We have been married for 3 years as myself being an immigrant and my wife as a diplomat of her country. I filed I-130 petition immediately after we got married but the processing time for this category is about 2-3 years. We have been advised by many to just wait for my U.S. citizenship to commence before filing the petition because the wait will be shorter but I realized that if we wait and my citizenship get delayed or denied, then we are in bigger trouble. So my advise to some of you out there who are in the same boat as I am, please don't wait for your U.S. citizenship to file adjustment of status for your spouse! Do it upon receipt of your marriage certificate!
With all things happening as planned, I became a U.S citizen on August 29, 2009. I immediately filed an upgrade of my I-130 petition from spouse of a permanent resident to spouse of U.S. citizen. About 3rd week of September my wife was called for fingerprinting. November 17, 2009 she got her I-131 (Advanced Parole) & I-765 (Work Authorization). A week later, we got our notice to appear for final interview scheduled on December 22, 2009.
As the big day approach, so as our excitement. We made sure all our documents are lined up. It is extremely important to be prepared and have all your documents complete. I checked and re-checked our folders to make sure that we have all originals and copies of what they asked for. In our particular case, the adjudicator did not ask for everything in the letter but it is better to be over-prepared than not to have it when being asked for. There may be a need for you to review your life as a couple especially when you are newly married, but in our case, we didn't even bother because we know each other from head-to-toe. Interview lasted for 15 minutes we got hit with straight to the point questions like: how we met, where we met, number of kids etc. I didn't expect it to be a walk in a park, but it was. They handed my wife the approval notice and advised us to wait for 3 weeks for the green card, it actually came earlier than 3 weeks.
The entire process from when I filed the upgrade to receipt of green card is about 4 months. The long and short of this, as long as it's a real bona fide marriage, consider it done.
Good luck!
With all things happening as planned, I became a U.S citizen on August 29, 2009. I immediately filed an upgrade of my I-130 petition from spouse of a permanent resident to spouse of U.S. citizen. About 3rd week of September my wife was called for fingerprinting. November 17, 2009 she got her I-131 (Advanced Parole) & I-765 (Work Authorization). A week later, we got our notice to appear for final interview scheduled on December 22, 2009.
As the big day approach, so as our excitement. We made sure all our documents are lined up. It is extremely important to be prepared and have all your documents complete. I checked and re-checked our folders to make sure that we have all originals and copies of what they asked for. In our particular case, the adjudicator did not ask for everything in the letter but it is better to be over-prepared than not to have it when being asked for. There may be a need for you to review your life as a couple especially when you are newly married, but in our case, we didn't even bother because we know each other from head-to-toe. Interview lasted for 15 minutes we got hit with straight to the point questions like: how we met, where we met, number of kids etc. I didn't expect it to be a walk in a park, but it was. They handed my wife the approval notice and advised us to wait for 3 weeks for the green card, it actually came earlier than 3 weeks.
The entire process from when I filed the upgrade to receipt of green card is about 4 months. The long and short of this, as long as it's a real bona fide marriage, consider it done.
Good luck!
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