Family Based Greencard

Hello guys,
does anyone have experience with rescheduling interview for marriage based green card in NYC, Federal Plaza? Because of serious manner we cannot attend the date of the interview so we asked for rescheduling. Does anyone have idea when will they give us new interview date? We were scheduled for March 9th. Any ideas what other interview day they could give us? Will it be within a month or it can be 4-6 months? Just wondering how rescheduling works.

Thank you

Dear all,

This is my timeline:
 
May 28: Package Received by USCIS
June 3: Cash check
June 8: Received by mail 4 receipts
June 12: Biometrics Apponintent received: appointment for June 22
June 22: Biometrics was done in 20 min
August 5: EAD/AP combo approval day.
August 10: Official notice of EAD/AP approval came in the mail.
August 17: Received a email that the card has been sent.
August 18: EAD/AP combo received by mail
December 14: Received the green card appointment for January 14th, 2016
January14: GC approved, the same day I received an email from USCIS -your card is in production.
January 19: Received in the mail the approval of the I485 and I130

January 22: Green Card received in the mail!!.

Our interview was in New York City

Little bit of background: my husband is American (naturalized) . I am HIB visa.

We had the interview on January 14, 2016 @ 12:05pm. We arrived at 11:40am and the call our number at 12:40 approximately. The IO asked to give to sworn statement. Then she proceed to ask my husband( the petitioner) basic questions such as what is my complete name, DOB, country of birth, etc.. , then she ask me the same questions regarding my husband. Then she wanted to see the certificate originals of my husband American passport, his certificate of naturalization.

Afterwards she asked him of why I didn’t pursued the green card trough my job ( I actually stated the process trough the company but it was very slow..), he answer that we love each other and we thought that is easier and much faster to process the green card through him.

Then she asked for utilities bills, bank statements, my birth certificate, passport, advance parole and I-94.We travel abroad last September and I re-enter the country with the Parole. She asked me for my last I-94 last. I told her that I the officer never got me that paper; she explained to me that this is a new procedure, the officer doesn't give that document upon entry, I need to download it following a web page: https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/consent. She downloaded the I94 from her computer. A piece of advice if you travel and reenter the country with the AP, bring you I-94 from the webpage.

Next she proceed to asked me all the yes or no questions in the form such as if you ever enter illegally into the country, if you ever commit a crime etc…. she started to asked me more details regarding my previous visas, if I was a J1 .. I say not I explained to her that I have 2 F1 visas from my two degrees and then the corresponding H1B's.Then she asked me to give more details of my current job.

In the end of the interview she told me that my case will be under review and give me a piece of paper and told me if you don’t hear anything from USCIS in 120 days you should contact us through info pass. I asked her if there is any kind of problem with my application and if she needs more documentation her response was that she wanted to go over all the documentation before hit the approved button in the computer. She took my AP and passport and makes a copy and returned it to me.

When we left the office around 1:15pm we fell weird .....because we are legitimate married couple and we have all the support documentation and answer all the questions right. At 1:30pm I received an email from USCIS that my I485 was approved and on January 14th 2016 your case status is "card order/Document production" and on January 15. I received 2 separate mails from USCIS that my I485 , post decision activity " On January 14th we approved your application….." and the same for I130.

Good Luck!

Hi, my PD is 8th october,15 for EAD, AP(AOS). Its been 106 days uptill now and my biometrics were taken on 3rd nov,15. After that i filed an SR on 91st day and they replied saying that "the case is within their processing time" .
My case is in Missouri centre.
If anyone has the same centre or same case, please reply . Any help is highly appreciated.

Hi,
the green card for my parents were approved and they lived in US with me for 2 years, they went to India on vacation and dad had a heart attack followed by another heart attack the following year. due to these reasons, parents could not come back to USA for the past 2 years, they are still in India. The second heart attack happened in dec 2015 and recovery will take atleast 6 months prior to travel as he went through 3 surgeries.

question is:
-is their GC expired?
-how can I bring them to USA?
-will their GC will become invalid because they did not reenter within 6 months? we have not sent any msg to immigration yet, should we send and take permission to reenter?
-do I need to reapply for GC?
-what should I do now?
-they are aged 84 and 76 yrs old. they cannot travel to US consulate in India and attend interview again if needed, what is the best solution?

thanks a lot

Hi,
I am a US citizen (female, married and got GC via EB2 category and later citizenship) and would like to apply for green card for my sisters(age 45) children, aged 15 and 22 yrs.
1. can I apply only for the kids?
2. or should I apply for my sister and her family?
3. my sisters oldest kid is over 18 yrs, is she eligible? or only the second kid will be eligible?
4. how long does it take to get green card for them ?
5. as soon as they get GC, should they relocate to US right away or can only the kids come?
6. my sisters entire family are Indian citizens.
please help respond.
thanks,

Hi All,

Here is my situation and hoping for some guidance.

I and my spouse work for the same company on H1B currently. Our company plans to file GC for me. I wanted to know what should be the approach for my spouses GC processing. Am I suggested to file a GC for my Spouse separately? Or Should only my GC be processed and at some point I get to add my wife added as a dependent?

Hello all,

Can anyone help to estimate how long it will take for scheduling the interview and get the green card?
My case will be processed in the Sata Ana? CA office
 
My timeline is below:
8/3/2015- I-485 and travel document sent
9/21/2015- RFE -Petitioner doesn’t have enough income
11/11/2015- Combo EAD card received
12/1/2015- reply to the RFE- Found a joint sponsor
12/15/2015- Interview will be scheduled
The website says that: As of December 15, 2015, we are ready to schedule your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status, Receipt Number YYYY YYYY , for an interview. We will schedule your interview and send you a notice.
Since our interview will be conduct in the Santa Ana, CA office, I checked the processing time online.
As show below, as of Oct 31 2015, the processing time frame is March 31 2015.

http://www.immihelp.com/processing-times/santa-ana-ca-field-office-processing-times.html

1. Should I expect to get the interview notice around in March 2016---12/15/2015 +3 month? Or September 12/15/2015 + 9 month?

2. How long it will take to get the green card after the interview?

3. Can I go back to my home country while waiting for the interview notice?

Thank you!

Hi guys, can someone please advise me on what to do on my case. Im currently a LPR and wife has been scheduled for an interview on Jan 25 but she had a baby a couple of weeks before her date was scheduled. I understand I need to update my documents but I've called both the NVC and the embassy for assistance but no help. The embassy customer service rep asked to send a mail which I did twice but still haven't heard from there yet. Nvc also said since the case is with the embassy they can't do anything about it not but its up to the embassy to make any adjustment. Spoke with a couple of friends and they said the embassy will add the baby once my wife show up with birth certificate and passport if baby. Some1 also added I should fill a new DS-260 form and a new i864 form for her before the interview. That's part one.
Part 2, I will become a citizen before my wife goes for the interview so called NVC if they will need the documents ones I become a citizen and the rep told me, when I become a citizen, then my wife may have to wait while I file another I-130 for my baby to go through almost the same hell of wait my wife went through till the baby also gets approved before they come. I really don't know how true this is but if she's right, I will rather chose not to tell them till they both get here as a LPR then adjust my baby's status. Can anyone advise me on this so I know what to do since I still have enough time to make changes.
Thanks
Sonique

Hey All,

I submitted my I-130 and they received it on June 29. I did received the Notice of Receipt with the priority date and Tracking number. I have been tracking my case but it has been the same update since Day 1. It has been almost 5 months and still no update on the case of I-130.

Any suggestions on what should i do? Should i contact NVC and find out if they got the application or contact I-130? What you guys suggest?

 I 485 re-opened.

I had filed for my mother's I 130 in June 2014 and I 485 Sep 2014.

All other documents are approved except for I 485. This is re opened but we did not get any correspondence in mail with the reason for re opening. On Sep 11,2015 they asked us to come in for an in person interview for additional information. They wanted my mother's birth certifcicate. During the interview the lady was very nice and at the end of the interview stated that she will approve the GC but there is an issue with the finger printing. We will get an appointment in mail for biometrics. Within one day we got a letter from USCIS stating that the I 130 is approved. And immediately got a letter for re opening of I 485. This was on Sep 16th.

I took an Infopass appointment on Oct 22 and went to the local Chicago USCIS office. The appointment was not fruitful as I did not get much information from the person at the counter. I wrote on a piece of paper that he provided to me which he would eventually passed it to the Immigration Officer handling my mother's case. No call still.I do plan to take another Infopass appointment next week and check it out.

I also filled out a form online at

"https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.d..."

Prior to the interview I also went for help to the local Congressman in Lincolnshire. They get such requests from people and have staff that handle such requests.His staff reached out to their contact at USCIS and were told that it's just taking time and they are backlogged, otherwise, there are no issues with the case. This was before the interview.

If anyone knows what else to do , please let me know.