January 2018 AOS filers

[Omo]

interview update

Hi Everyone,

This Forum has been so helpful to me so I'm writing an update.

I had my AOS interview today and was approved on the spot.

January 31,2018: PD
March 9, 2018: Biometrics
March 26, 2018: system glitch
April 19,2018: Interview Notice
May 22nd ,2018: Interview

Los Angeles, CA

The Officer seemed a very "official" at first but then loosened up more as we went on.

He asked for our joint documents and pictures showing and tax returns right after we got sworn in.
Then he went to go make copies of our passports while we gathered all the documents to give to him.
He literally only asked about one picture and didn't even go over all the other evidence.
He asked questions about when we met, what my husband's mom thinks of me, how he would describe me and what we did and ate last night.
He also asked what activities we do as a couple.
He asked me when and why I entered the united states and about school ( i came on a F1 visa)
We had some casual conversation and then he printed out a letter and told us that our marriage looks real and that the approves our case.
He handed us the approval letter explained some info and that was it.

I was pretty nervous at first but everything went great. Just be yourself and answer the questions to you best ability.
Oh and of course I answered some of the yes or no questions that were on the application.

The interview lasted about 35min.

Good luck everyone!

[michael.satish]

Have you received the approval notice? If so, then that's a glitch. Have you received the actual EAD card?

Yep, received the approval letter and the physical card. I guess since the underlying i485 status changed, it triggered the same status for i765 as well

[cpthk]

January 2018 applicant,

My EAD status along with i485 status changed to 'We reviewed your biometrics and are still processing your case' in https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/. The glitch is my EAD was approved on April 26. Anyone has experienced changing of status after approval. Appreciate any response.

Thank you,

Have you received the approval notice? If so, then that's a glitch. Have you received the actual EAD card?

[pantherwindy]

January 2018 applicant,

My EAD status along with i485 status changed to 'We reviewed your biometrics and are still processing your case' in https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/. The glitch is my EAD was approved on April 26. Anyone has experienced changing of status after approval. Appreciate any response.

Thank you,

My case is shown this today....no error but nothing

[michael.satish]

glitch?

January 2018 applicant,

My EAD status along with i485 status changed to 'We reviewed your biometrics and are still processing your case' in https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/. The glitch is my EAD was approved on April 26. Anyone has experienced changing of status after approval. Appreciate any response.

Thank you,

[kaylip]

Hi guys, I just want to share my experience since this forum really helped me a lot throughout our application.

Marriage based concurrent filing I-130, I-485, I-765 & I-131
I also submitted my sealed medical I-693 and affidavit of support I-864

Priority date: January 29,2018
Biometrics letter received: February 12,2018
Biometrics: February 29,2018
Interview letter received: April 17,2018
Interview date: May 21,2018
Los Angeles, CA

My USCIS cases online never changed from fingerprint fee received. It only changed today when my application was approved.

I brought with me a copy of the I 130 and I 485 and all the supporting documents we gave with the application. I also have an album of our pictures, some greeting cards our friends and family gave us on our wedding day, bank statement of our joint account for 2 months, our Costco membership and our apartment lease with both our names.

The IO (immigration officer) asked me and my husband to sit after the oath to tell the truth...

First thing she asked for was the proof of our cohabitation, I gave her the bank account which she briefly scanned page to page, our lease agreement with both our names, Costco membership, the affidavit of third party from my uncle, I gave her our pictures and she only looked at one which was our wedding day but she asked us if it?s ok for her to keep the rest of the pictures and of course I said ok, she also read through the wedding greeting cards our friends and family gave us.

Questions:
How did you meet and when?
When did you start dating?
Who proposed?
What made you decide to get married? (IO asked my husband who is the USC)
How did you propose?
Did you meet each other?s family?
Do you have families here?
How many times have you been married? Any kids?
Tell me something about your wedding day
What?s your spouses birthday?
Are you living in the same house? Who?s living with you?

And the rest are yes or no questions we answered from our I-485, like have you ever been arrested? Have you ever been in legal proceedings?

Then she said just give her a little time to check her system. And she made casual conversations like how was the traffic going here and did you have difficulty in parking,etc. After that she told us that our application was approved and asked us to wait in the waiting room for her. After a few minutes, she handed us a letter saying that our application was approved and to wait for the green card in the mail.

We are so happy and feel so blessed with the whole experience. We waited less than 4 months from the time we got the priority date to the interview day.

I hope that my experience helped you guys as much as the other people in this forum helped me. God bless us all and good luck.

Thanks for sharing. What status did u adjust from?

[Cheburashka]

Weird. Mine is after yours 2 days but didn?t get anything. My I485 is ?At this moment uscis cant provide any information....? since Apr 18. I feel so frustrated.

We got our EADs today and my wife got her SSN as well.

The online status never updated to "Card has been mailed".

[exwypgc]

Interview done and approved on the spot

Hi guys, I just want to share my experience since this forum really helped me a lot throughout our application.

Marriage based concurrent filing I-130, I-485, I-765 & I-131
I also submitted my sealed medical I-693 and affidavit of support I-864

Priority date: January 29,2018
Biometrics letter received: February 12,2018
Biometrics: February 29,2018
Interview letter received: April 17,2018
Interview date: May 21,2018
Los Angeles, CA

My USCIS cases online never changed from fingerprint fee received. It only changed today when my application was approved.

I brought with me a copy of the I 130 and I 485 and all the supporting documents we gave with the application. I also have an album of our pictures, some greeting cards our friends and family gave us on our wedding day, bank statement of our joint account for 2 months, our Costco membership and our apartment lease with both our names.

The IO (immigration officer) asked me and my husband to sit after the oath to tell the truth...

First thing she asked for was the proof of our cohabitation, I gave her the bank account which she briefly scanned page to page, our lease agreement with both our names, Costco membership, the affidavit of third party from my uncle, I gave her our pictures and she only looked at one which was our wedding day but she asked us if it?s ok for her to keep the rest of the pictures and of course I said ok, she also read through the wedding greeting cards our friends and family gave us.

Questions:
How did you meet and when?
When did you start dating?
Who proposed?
What made you decide to get married? (IO asked my husband who is the USC)
How did you propose?
Did you meet each other?s family?
Do you have families here?
How many times have you been married? Any kids?
Tell me something about your wedding day
What?s your spouses birthday?
Are you living in the same house? Who?s living with you?

And the rest are yes or no questions we answered from our I-485, like have you ever been arrested? Have you ever been in legal proceedings?

Then she said just give her a little time to check her system. And she made casual conversations like how was the traffic going here and did you have difficulty in parking,etc. After that she told us that our application was approved and asked us to wait in the waiting room for her. After a few minutes, she handed us a letter saying that our application was approved and to wait for the green card in the mail.

We are so happy and feel so blessed with the whole experience. We waited less than 4 months from the time we got the priority date to the interview day.

I hope that my experience helped you guys as much as the other people in this forum helped me. God bless us all and good luck.

[Hluu67]

Did you call them? Website is not always functioning well; you can call them at 8am and ask for status of case. The level 2 officer will call back to you

Yes I did call them many times. They say my case is in queue for the interview and they have no date, time and location yet.

[pantherwindy]

Weird. Mine is after yours 2 days but didn?t get anything. My I485 is ?At this moment uscis cant provide any information....? since Apr 18. I feel so frustrated.

Did you call them? Website is not always functioning well; you can call them at 8am and ask for status of case. The level 2 officer will call back to you

[Hluu67]

San Jose

Weird. Mine is after yours 2 days but didn?t get anything. My I485 is ?At this moment uscis cant provide any information....? since Apr 18. I feel so frustrated.

[Cheburashka]

What's your field office?

San Jose

[BlahBlah1846]

Mine is Feb 1. Did you get your EAD yet?

No, I have not.

[Hluu67]

It's Jan 30. I thought I made a signature but that must not have worked lol

Mine is Feb 1. Did you get your EAD yet?

[BlahBlah1846]

Hold in there! Same date, got my EAD card being produced and interview scheduled. I did not expedite or raise SR. Hopefully you are next!

What's your field office?