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My Green Card Delivered Today! So happy!
Hi guys,
I would like to share my AOS experienced and interview as well. This forum and you guys are all awesome and I am so grateful and thankful with you helps.
Last August 10th, we went for our green card interview in Chicago, IL., our interview schedule was 11:15am. We arrived thirty minutes early, so that we can check in early with the security. We went at the second floor, we were greeted by a nice male security guard, he's amazing and makes jokes on us, maybe he knew that we are nervous. We went to the window and got our number and waited. Around 11:05am, the female IO calling my name, my husband was kind of surprised that we were called early and we saw that the IO saw how surprised my husband was. She smile and escorted us to her room. The IO, looks nice and I can tell that there's a positive vibes on that day! IO are all smiling and friendly.
We sworn in, she asked for our identification. I brought all the initial filing forms copies that we've submitted, twenty photos of us with our families and friends in an album with description or names of each person. I also make a cover letter and I added our other evidences. Honestly, the IO was appreciated my files and she was thankful because its organized and she smiled. These are the questions that she asked us:
Husband questions:
1. Your wife full name?
2. Your wife date of birth?
3. Your wife place of birth?
4. Your wife current address?
5. Your wife occupation?
Wife questions:
1. Your husband full name?
2. Your husband date of birth?
3. Your husband place of birth?
4. Your husband current address?
5. Your husband occupation?
She asked me again, where we meet and if we have a child. That's all about her questions to us. She looked at our evidences and said " you guys loves to travel" and we just replied "yes". We had a little conversation about the places. She looked at our photos and didn't asked none of the person's name in the photo. She took our additional evidence.
Here are the evidences that we submitted:
1. Our boarding passes, hotel receipts, restaurant receipts, rent-a- car receipts, souvenirs/gifts receipts, shows/museums receipts
2. Our Sam's Club membership and Lowe's membership
3. Health insurance
4. Car title/registration both on our name
5. Bank joint account
6. Tax returns transcript 2016- Married Filing Jointly
7. Tax returns transcript 2015
8. Birth certificate's
9. Passport's
10. Marriage cert. and marriage lic.
11. Photo's (wedding albums, our photos together with family and friends, our scrapbooks that I made)
12. Our relatives wedding gifts receipts, congratulations cards/emails, wedding cards
13. Our husband and wife gifts receipts for each other
14. My parents-in-laws will (they included my name as the spouse of their son)
15. Txts/email communication (I printed it out)
16. Husband mortgage and tax property bill--- although my name is not in the mortgage we brought it, and when the IO asked we explained that he can't add my name because the mortgage company want to refinance the house, and we don't have money to do it. We explained also that we might move to Florida so it pointless to refinance now. The IO are happy with our explanation.
17. Utility bills--- we brought it too, even though my name is not on the account and explained that the utilities company wants only one account holder/person.
She asked me the questions from form I-485, the YES or NO questions. The IO asked me if I want to use my husbands family name. I said yes and she wrote it on the form and asked me again if that is the name that I want to be in my green card. She told us that she got everything what she need from us and everything is okay and she "APPROVED US ON THE SPOT"
She explained to me about the conditional green card and told us that we should expect the green card in 2-3 weeks. She escorted us outside. We are so very happy. The feelings that we can't explain.
Anyways, heres my timeline:
AOS (marriage based) entered on B2 visa
03/28--- Priority Date
04/26--- Fingerprint done
07/05--- Submitted an online SR (99 days)
07/10--- Received a paper notice receipt says "YOUR SCHEDULE FOR INTERVIEW IS ON AUG. 10, 2017"
07/11--- SR was accepted, was assigned to an officer for response (EAD)
07/23--- Received a paper notice receipts says "EAD APPROVAL"
07/25--- Online status updated to "CARD WAS MAILED TO ME" (EAD card)
07/26--- Received my physical EAD card through mail
08/10--- Interview Day
08/11--- Online status changed to "CASE WAS APPROVED I-485 & I-130
08/15 a.m.--- Received a paper notice receipts "APPROVAL LETTER"
08/15 p.m.--- Online status changed to "CARD WAS MAILED TO ME"
08/18--- Delivered MY GREEN CARD--- right in front of my two eyes and now its in my hand. So, so happy.
My only advise is, be organize with your files/forms, IO will appreciate it. Gather more evidence as much as you can and always be prepare.
Guys, This is a long story of my AOS experienced, but I wanted to let you know that you guys are part of my journey. Thank you for all your helps.
Patient is the number one key, just hang in there guys. I will pray for all of you to have a smooth and positive results. Have faith!
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