Adjustment of Status - I-485

Hi lovely people good day,I need some help regarding the I 864 form for joint sponsored because my us citizen wife doesn't work.she already filled out her i864, I'm the beneficiary and I'm asking my friend for the joint sponsor but I need help to complete it...thank you!

OMG!!! I just left my interview. I was interviewed by a supervisor, he asked me only questions from the form. He didn't even ask any info about my husband after my lawyer told him my husband passed away last month, all he asked for was the death certificate. And he asked for the substitute sponsor documents which was my sister.

And he printed out the notice "congratulations you have been approved, you are currently being processed for a Form I-551 permanent resident card."
I just check case tracker and it says card is being produced.
This just made my day better because this morning I was thinking wow it's already a month since my husband passed.

For everyone on this site who prayed for me may God bless you for me and good luck on your green card journey .

Hi guys, we had our interview in San Jose office yesterday and went really well. Today I received the update "new card is being produced"!!
I'm sharing our experience hoping it will hope some of you.

This is our interview experience:
We had a very nice young officer and we were not separated for the interview. She asked my birth certificate, my spouse birth certificate, passports and marriage certificate. Then she asked basic questions to each other: my full name and date of birth to my spouse, and my spouse name and date of birth to me. After that she asked how we met, when we started dating, if we had met each other parents, what we like to do in our free time, and where did we get married. Then she asked our joint evidence. We have been together 4 years (3 before getting married) so we had lot of joint evidence.

This is what we brought:
- Joint insurances: medical, car, motorcycle, renters. She only kept one.
- Letters showing each other beneficiary on life, disability and travel insurance. She didn't keep any of those.
- Statements of joint bank account. She kept all of them.
- Statements of joint credit cards. She didn't keep any.
- Lease. We had two leases, 2015-16 and 2016-17. She kept both.
- Bills: electricity, gas and internet. She didn't keep any.
- Other joint accounts: AirBnB profile with reviews from guests (we are AirBnB hosts), Amazon account and Netflix account. She didn't keep any.
- Copies of some postcards + originals (with stamps) we sent to each other during our relationship. The oldest was from 2013. She kept the copies.
- Pictures of us: 4 picts from our wedding (we had a very small wedding only with my spouse parents in the city hall), and 10ish picts of us from 2017 to 2013 when we start dating (including our cute first picture taken together!). Make sure you label the picts!
- Pictures with family and friends. Including picts of holidays spent with the families. We brought maybe 10 pictures over the span of 2017-2013.
- Travels (including picts): For each trip we had a couple of pictures, flight tickets and confirmations or invoices of rental cars, hotels, tours, etc. For each trip we stapled whatever receipts we could get and it was relevant, plus pictures. This was what the officer paid more attention as we had stuff from 2017 back to 2013, including trips to see my family and family vacations with my spouse family. The officer didn't keep all of them but she select some, international and domestic.

Finally she asked the visas I used to enter us (I'm on F1, had J1 and also used ESTA a few years ago) and verified that all the info in our i-485 form was up to date. If you change your job, change address, etc the form has to be updated. Overall the interview took about 30min and it went very smooth, we felt very comfortable.

Our only tip is to be relaxed and not to worry to much about it. Collect relevant joint evidence and organize it meaningfully. Our officer said we had lot of qualitative and well organized joint evidence and our case was really easy. She didn't approve it on the spot because she needed supervisor approval. She gave us a letter saying our case was under review but she said we should get approved within a max of 2 months. We got the approval update a few hours later!

Here is our timeline:
12/08/16 - Package (i-485, i-130, i-765, i-131) sent to USCIS
12/13/16 - Package received by USCIS. PD is 12/13.
12/28/16 - NOA received in the mail
01/01/17 - Biometrics scheduled
01/18/17 - Biometrics appointment
01/27/17 - (i-485) Case is ready for an interview
03/14/17 - (i-765) EAD status changed to "Card is being produced"
03/14/17 - (i-765) EAD status changed to "Card was emailed"
03/20/17 - (i-765) EAD card received in the mail
04/15/17 - Resubmitted i-131 (AP), USCIS lost our original i-131 and we had to resubmit it.
04/28/17 - (i-131) AP status changed "Case was receive"
05/24/17 - (i-131) AP status changed "Advance Parole Document was produced"
05/26/17 - (i-131) Advance Parole document received in the mail.
05/26/17 - (i-485) Status changed "Interview is scheduled"
06/28/17 - (i-485) Interview. We didn't get approved on the spot, we got the update a few hours later.
06/28/17 - (i-485) Status changed: "New card is being produced"

Feel free to ask any questions!

I recently went for an info pass appointment on 27th June.

 My PD March 8th 2017, Responded to RFIE April 24th 2017, Got my EAD 10th June, ....I knew it would be long before i get my interview so i actually didnt check my status everytime,,,,,but being a silent and avid reader in this forum, i noticed that some people were given interview notices with March PD, so i decided to schedule for an infopass appointment just to find out whats happening to my application

Was there by 7.00am went in...then first window you explain what your issue is...Mine was that my status Said RESPONSE TO USCIS REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE WAS RECEIVED' and so i told the lady i would like to know whats happening. She gave me a receipt number asked me to sit down and wait for my number to be called. 5 Min into waiting i was called to a different window, same question how can i help you...Same answer. Then he checked his computer then starts saying you know this things take long 6-8months you know you can check on the website... I just stared at him ,didnt say anything, i was actually thinking of what to say next as i didn't want him telling me the same things the Customer service tell you....I said my status say.......Then he said let me check it for you. Asks for my work permit, looks at it, mumbles something about the street i stay in...(its close to a major road or something) Then he says iTS BEEN READY TO SCHEDULE FOR INTERVIEW SINCE 13TH JUNE, am like what? I said ok (Keep in mind my status says request received)....then he says you should hear something in the next 30days

My guess hopefully and in God's time and speed He is talking about an interview notice....well if i don't see it am definitely going back there. Am looking out much more on the mails as i do not want to miss anything

TIP: To get an info pass appointment easily try early mornings from 12.00am You might be lucky to get same day appointments. My best wishes to all of us as we continue waiting on God's time and speed. Thanks

i made a SR that will expire july 8 , my question is can i made an E-EQUEST on uscis page.?

Is their any filers in NYC that filed before JUNE 1 2016 that has done their interview and haven't gotten a decision yet . Starting to wonder if something is wrong with my case now .
My case was very simple nothing complex same age group both young and productive . I don't know why I'm been punished.

Hello,

My PD is September 23rd 2016 from Houston and I was wondering if we have a timeline on which month's interviews they are currently scheduling. Looks like they are doing mid-August according to the USCIS website which shows data 2 months back-dated but wanted to check with some real cases on here.

I appreciate the information and responses.

Thank you.

Does my USC wife needs to have passport?
I see that on a lots of interviews IO asks for passports?

I'd like to start by saying how much this forum helped me in this rather testing process so I'd like to give back and share my experience for those who were in the same position I was.

I am a dreamer. I was brought to the US as a J2 dependent when I was 2 years old. I did not know I was undocumented until high school, when I began applying for college. I first applied for DACA in 2014 (same year I got married) and was approved and renewed it last year.

After years of scrambling to get the money together for all of these applications, I was finally able to file for a marriage based I485 in October 2016. I received my interview notice end of May 2017 and just had my interview this past Monday, June 26.

The interview was a terrible experience. The interviewing officer clearly took her job very seriously and hardly cracked a smile. She was very unkind to my wife and wouldn't stop harping on the fact that we didn't own any big assets together like a house or a car. We live in SF - NO ONE can afford a house and we have no need for a car. She was incredibly snarky about my salary because I'm sure it's higher than hers and I knew that before going in to the interview. She basically just went over the information on the forms and asked how people reacted to the news of our marriage. She asked certain questions several times, looking for varying answers.

It was straightforward but the experience of having to validate your love for someone is one that I wish no one had to go through. We face that sort of injustice every day as a same sex couple and this was no different. She consistently spoke to us as if we were being scolded and like we were idiots. It was an hour long and we left the building feeling as though we had just run a marathon. But something in us told us to hang on and keep our heads up.

I checked the website and my email obsessively every 30 minutes and finally, around 4pm (6 hours after the interview), the website said that my card was in production. I got an email shortly after. I began to sob immediately and didn't stop for the next hour. Living in the shadows and in sheer terror under this new administration, years of confusion and living in a constant state of stress and anxiety about this process, a childhood that was filled with pressure to be a perfect student and a perfect kid...it all came out at once. Even the next day as I was walking to work, I thought about how my dad would make me go over my homework two or three times to make sure everything was perfect, or would make me stay after tennis practice until I was undefeated...anything that I did, my parents made sure that I tried to be the best and it's because they wanted to give me the best chance possible at having a good life here. I cried in the elevator of my office.

I know that folks are coming to this forum from all different backgrounds and with a different story. I want to talk directly to the dreamers lurking on here and say that I am in solidarity with all of you. All of your hard work will pay off and this place will finally do right by you. You MUST keep persevering. I hope that you find as much luck in your journey as I did and I hope that you triumph as well. You must be prepared, be thorough, and be confident - if you're not, fake it till you make it. Do not wait for the interviewing officer to ask for documents or photos, offer them. She said that the interview was over at least three times before we actually finished because we kept handing her documents and photos and she kept accepting them. Be your best advocate. We may be dreamers, but that doesn't mean we won't fight for our lives.

Best to all of you and take care.

Hi Forum,

I should be happy today because we finally had our interview. It was fairly standard, and we submitted proof of our life together, including shared work benefits, credit cards, our new house, photos, etc. At the end, our officer said we were approved.

However, he advised us that they have up until 120 days to finish the final background check and mail my husband his green card. He advised us not to travel in the meantime, even though my husband received his EAD/AP document, because now that he has been approved but still doesn't have the official green card, it can make it look like his case was abandoned.

We had no idea when this interview would happen, and we are leaving for our "honeymoon" 2 weeks from now. We saved up enough money to finally do it. We also knew this process would be long, so we didn't want to put our life on hold. We've so far paid more than $2,000 on plane tickets alone, and although we bought trip insurance, I was told by the company today that this is not a valid reason to receive a cancellation refund. I'm heartbroken. We were really looking forward to this trip, and on top of that, I'm now going to lose all of the money we put into it, all because our case could look abandoned.

On a day that should be happy for us, I've spent the morning crying. The financial loss to us because of this process is too extreme.