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thinking when to file AOS
I've been married since February 2014 with my USC husband. We haven't file anything yet since we are having financial difficulties after we got married. As of now, we've been married for 1 year and 4 months. We were thinking if we hold up till our 2nd anniversary then apply for my AOS, am i eligible to get the permanent one instead of the 2 yr conditional status?

If anyone has an idea regarding this matter, your response is greatly appreciated.

Thank you
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Plz help me on my green card case
I am citizen, living in Long Island, NEW YORK and applied for my husband's green card on marriage basis as on Nov 13th, 2014. But still waiting for an interview.
I want to know why is it late?
or
Can I transfer my case to California Immigration, Coz we planned to move there.
I called up already customer servives and put an e-inquiry also, but only one answer is there, work load is heavy in the office.
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82nd day....and waiting
Here is our timeline so far in IOWA for my husband who is from the UK:

March 10: Married
March 17: Mailed application to Chicago
March 18: Status- Received
March 20: Notice to pay addtl bio fee $85 (were told it was free when filing AOS/EAD/Travel Form)
April 13: 1st biometrics appointment (photo & all fingerprints)
April 30: 2nd biometrics appointment (photo & 1 fingerprint)
May 5: Contacted Senator Grassley's office to help check status
May 8: Received letter to give written authorization to Senator's office
May 22: called Grassley's office & they had husband's docs on desk to call USCIS
May 27: email from Senator's office; wants docs to expedite process, otherwise will be mid-late
June. Asked what docs were needed & never rcv'd reply.

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i-485 Interview
Hello all. I am the petitioner for my wife. We live in the Washington DC area. Below is our timeline.

Dec 12 - Married
Jan 15 - Mailed all documents
Feb 15 - Biometrics Appointment
Apr 16 - Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview
???

It's now June 9th and we have yet to have our interview appointment mailed to us. Is anyone else experiencing longer than usual wait times. Is anyone else going through the Washington DC/Fairfax USCIS office for their interview? Is this wait time unusual? Any feedback would be much appreciated. As you can imagine we are more than anxious to move onto the next step.

Also, we did not initially file for an EAD. If we were to file one now, would it be worth it? Would you expect we receive the greencard before the EAD would arrive?

Thanks in advance!
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I nterview went well...
My wife and I had interview at baltimore immigration office on 06/05/2015. it went well and did not spend more than 10 minutes for the interview.
my worry is , my status online still remains the same, no review , no update..
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still waiting
I am from Virginia.
applied from this state only. I applied on Jan 20th 2015
got everything on time like fingerprints n EAd on 26th March. Since then I have been waiting to get the appointment letter for the interview
time line :
20th Jan 15-app received
18th Feb - fingerprinting
26th March EAD card received
since then I have been waitng, other of same time line have already got the card
is there anyone from VA state ?? who has applied
any suggestions ??

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I94 CBP issues
hello dear friends! I'm new in this forum and I recently started the process to adjust status for my mother. I am a US citizen and I feel like I have collected most of the forms and pertinent information. The I94 is what we cant retrieve from the new CBP website. It finds my mom's information and previous trips in 2013. But it does not show any of her trips from Dec 2014 and her most recent trip in May 2015. We contacted the closest office to our city and they really didn't know what we were talking about. Finally an agent made a phone call and found my moms last entry and the I94 number. He said he couldn't print out any information and he wrote the number in some random piece of paper. I asked him why there is no any record online and he said it could take days to update and he wouldn't know why. Still today and we don't have an actual I94. I don't know what to do? Would USCIS accept her stamped passport and the number that officer gave us. Do we need to provide anything else to prove my moms legal entries to US? please advise.

thanks
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post interview...
My husband had our interview on June second so that's 5 days ago. It went great munis the wait, which the officer apologized right after we entered her office. The next day on June 3rd I receive an email that said "On June 3, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSC1590 **** **, and will mail it to the address you gave us". I'm reading here that usually, it changed to something in a line of "we registered your permanent residence and mailed you a Welcome Notice." My tracking info didn't say anything of sort. Should I be concerned or is that normal?
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I-485 Experience
Hi everyone,
So here's my experience!

Feb 18th - Mailed my application by USPS overnight
Feb 25th - Package delivered (delays was due to the bad weather)
Mar 2nd - Received Text/Email confirmation from USCIS
Mar 4th - Checks cashed
Mar 7th - Received receipts in the mail
Mar 16th - Received Biometric appt for Mar 25th
Mar 18th - Received RFE - Request for evidence, for most recent tax year (2014). I hadn't filed taxes when I applied.
Mar 25th - Biometric appt done in 10mins
Apr 4th - RFE doc sent
Apr 7th - RFE docs received
Apr 23rd - Interview Notice sent. Interview set for June 3rd
May 8th - EAD sent.
May 9th - EAD received in the mail.
June 3rd - Interview and APPROVED on the spot. Same day as the interview, I received an email " New Card has been Ordered to be Produced" and then it changed to "We registered your permanent registered status and Welcome Notice is mailed". I-130 is APPROVED.

Interview went very well. We arrived at the center at 7:25am, our appt was at 8:15am. We got called in at 8:45am by this nice old lady. She swore us in and then asked us to take a seat. She asked me my wife's middle name, date of birth, and place of birth. She then asked my wife for my place of birth and date of birth. She also asked us when we met, how we met, place we met, when we started dating, when I proposed, when we got married, place we got married, who proposed to who, and asked to see our rings. She then asked the YES or NO question on the I-485 form. She went through the evidence we submitted and said we submitted more than enough. She then said she would recommend me for approval, explained the 2-year green card and when to renew.

I submitted the following evidences:

Lease
Auto insurance with both our names on it
Car title with both our names on it
Internet bill with both our names on it.
Joint bank statements.
Photo (about 85)
Updated driver's license and SS card of my wife's

It was a pretty relaxed interview but still prepare as much as you can because you can never predict which question you may or may not be asked. Every case is different.

I want to thank every here for their contribution, I got a lot of help from reading almost every experience posted on it. I also want to wish everyone still waiting or planning to apply soon all the BEST OF LUCK!!!!. It takes a lot of patience!
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Priority Date
Hi guys,

Anyone here from NYC State with priority date starts from Oct onwards that already have interview notice, mailed and scheduled?

Just wondering how USCIS NY state process green card applications. My friend from Bronx already had her green card February 2015 and her priority date was August 2014.

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