March 2018 filers: let's share our experience!!

[gaps0214]

@BayAreaCaliAOS, @gaps0214 : Did you status change online too? On both the USCIS and DHS websites?

Hi sorry I just read your post, first we got an email that just said "We have taken action on your case", this is the same proforma email we got when they approved the EAD/AP combo card, we didnt get any text SMS, then we went online to our myuscis account, the I-485 update showed "We have scheduled your for an Interview", then we got the NOA in the mail within the week after receiving the earlier email. So just keep monitoring your accounts, and make sure uscis emails dont end up in your spam inbox.

[ProWorker2018]

Thank you!

Another SF filer just got their interview:

https://www.immihelp.com/experience/414130-San-Francisco-office.html#comments

[keldreams]

Thank you!

Another SF filer just got their interview:

https://www.immihelp.com/experience/....html#comments

Yay! This is so encouraging to see... the FO is finally moving along.

[ProWorker2018]

Hey guys, I received an email from USCIS and checked the status of my case online. My status has changed ‘Interview Was Scheduled’!!

Will wait for the notice in the mail and let everyone know!

PD : 04/26/2018
FO : San Francisco

[BayAreaCaliAOS]

Hey guys, I received an email from USCIS and checked the status of my case online. My status has changed ‘Interview Was Scheduled’!!

Will wait for the notice in the mail and let everyone know!

PD : 04/26/2018
FO : San Francisco

Omg so happy for you! Finally!
You’ll receive your letter in a week. I got mine exactly a week after my online status has changed.

[keldreams]

Hey guys, I received an email from USCIS and checked the status of my case online. My status has changed ‘Interview Was Scheduled’!!

Will wait for the notice in the mail and let everyone know!

PD : 04/26/2018
FO : San Francisco

Congratulations! Wow that was quick.. if your PD is late April that means they’re moving along quite quickly... maybe this means the reason I haven’t gotten my EAD/AP renewal is that my interview is about to be scheduled! My PD on my receipt notice is 7/2/2018... but my “ready to be scheduled” date is August...
BayAreaCaliAOS: did you even receive your EAD/AP renewal or any info on it before you got your interview date?

[gaps0214]

Congratulations! Wow that was quick.. if your PD is late April that means they’re moving along quite quickly... maybe this means the reason I haven’t gotten my EAD/AP renewal is that my interview is about to be scheduled! My PD on my receipt notice is 7/2/2018... but my “ready to be scheduled” date is August...
BayAreaCaliAOS: did you even receive your EAD/AP renewal or any info on it before you got your interview date?

keldreams we got a NOA for the EAD/AP renewal then nothing compared to others who got a renewal in 2 weeks, but a change of status - Interview Scheduled - came up just before the expiry date of our EAD/AP, so now we have an expired EAD/AP combo card but looking forward to get a GC after our interview next week.
Hope this answers your question.
Cheers.

[gaps0214]

BayAreaCaliAOS hey how is your preparation for the interview coming along? just reaching out to calm my frazzled nerves, about to finalize the documents we are bringing to the interview on monday, basically just following the NOA instructions because looking through so many other threads just got us a lot more exasperated
Hope to read from you when you find the time.
Cheers.

[BayAreaCaliAOS]

BayAreaCaliAOS hey how is your preparation for the interview coming along? just reaching out to calm my frazzled nerves, about to finalize the documents we are bringing to the interview on monday, basically just following the NOA instructions because looking through so many other threads just got us a lot more exasperated
Hope to read from you when you find the time.
Cheers.

Unfortunately I had to reschedule my appointment because of my lawyer.
I’m supposed to have my interview next week, but now I have to wait for my 2nd letter to come for my new interview date.
I think we’re pretty much set when it comes to the evidences.
I have over 700 photos the the IO can check. Photos from 2013. Lol
That alone would prove that our marriage is real.
When is your interview?

[gaps0214]

Unfortunately I had to reschedule my appointment because of my lawyer.
I’m supposed to have my interview next week, but now I have to wait for my 2nd letter to come for my new interview date.
I think we’re pretty much set when it comes to the evidences.
I have over 700 photos the the IO can check. Photos from 2013. Lol
That alone would prove that our marriage is real.
When is your interview?

We're scheduled for Monday next week, we are still working on our documentation file, but it seems like we will have it sorted by tomorrow.
At least that's what we plan to do, so that if there are any missing ones we have Friday to scramble for the document.
Sorry to hear you have to re-schedule your appointment, hope you get a re-schedule soon.
Will keep you posted on our interview experience.
Cheers.

[gaps0214]

Interview Done!
Seattle FO, PD 03/2018, EAD 08/2018

@Dorothyguenther we just finished our interview this morning and like you we didnt get approved on the spot like what we read about in some posts hereabouts, BUT, the last parting words we got from the immigration officer is that we had more documents than he expected @ftsoh you were right!
So our interview was pretty cookie cutter as expected:
Logged in 5 mins before our schedule, it was raining and boy that parking lot is a bit of walk from the building.
Got called a little bit over half an hour past the interview schedule in the NOA
Our immigration officer was a gentleman with a really positive aura about him, quiet nice but not too nice, my husband thought he was pretty stern and straightforward
We started with identification documents
Then a review of the I-485 with the IO asking the questions from the form, checking answers, asking alternately between me and my husband.
Hubby forgot my middle name and totally blacked on my parents' names, but I thought it didnt matter.
There were roughly 10-11 updates on my I-485 information that was noted by the IO and he said we were doing fine.
Then a litany of Yes and No answer questions which I had to just coast through as this was pretty standard.
Afterwards it was a free wheeling conversation about our relationship history while the IO typed in his computer like a stenographer would in court.
Then finally it was a review of additional documents so I took out the big gun filer folders and gave the IO the sheet of the Table of Contents to tell us which documents he wants to see.
He asked for petitioner's copy of birth certificate and copy of passport, and cherry picked on our evidences of relationship, taking a page here and there, so he basically took a bank statement (latest one), a copy of our joint car insurance, a copy of the latest one of each of our utility bills statements (PSE, Seattle Light, Water District), a scan printout of our joint memberships with AARP, Costco, and joint credit cards with Citibank and Alaska Air, we also scanned magazines and publications we have joint subcriptions to, he skipped our joint life insurance, our DPOA for Finance, Healthcare, and Health Directives, but finally took the latest billing statement of our T-mobile family plan.
Then the immigration officer proceeded to do the standard spiel issuing us that letter about having completed the interview. I was so relieved we were done with this that I didnt hear the details of other information he was conveying about the timeline when we are to expect to hear about the AOS status, and the issuance of the GC, and when we should be calling in if we didnt hear from them at a certain point.
What I heard though is his parting words that goes like: I dont see any reason why you shouldn't be getting your GC but your file needs to be reviewed by another person, your documents are more than what other gay couples come around with, and you have presented more than I could reasonably expect. You will definitely hear from us soon.
We said our goodbyes and was promptly escorted out.
That's my story today, and I hope it helps those who are still waiting to go into their GC interviews.

[gaps0214]

Hello March 2018 Filers,

Updating the forum with our latest development:

So today we had some good news! "Card is being produced" in our myuscis account status for the 485.Dorothyguenther Can you check your 485 status as well?
Our timeline is reposted below with the update, will be back in the thread when we have the green card in hand:
Married to USC, on C9 AOS, same-sex marriage, Seattle, WA
PD: March 22, 2018
RD: April 6, 2018
Biometrics: April 27, 2018
RFE: June 11, 2018
RFE Resolved: June 21, 2018
Requested expedite through ROC: Negative outcome
July 9, 2018: I-485 Status Changed to Case is Ready to be Scheduled for Interview
August 15, 2018: EAD/AP Approval Notice Received by Email
August 22, 2018: SS Card in Hand
August 31, 2018: EAD/AP Combo Card in Hand
September 1, 2018: Used EAD/AP Combo Card to apply for Canadian Visitors Visa
September 3, 2018: Canadian TRV approved
October 24, 2018: Travelled outside of US for medical purpose
November 4, 2018: Crossed into US border from Canada using EAD/AP Combo Card, Parole Approved
February 22, 2019: Extension of EAD/AP Sent
March 15, 2019: Received 797 on AP Renewal
September 9, 2019: Initial Interview / Case for further Review
September 19, 2019: Card being Produced

Cheers!

[BayAreaCaliAOS]

Hello March 2018 Filers,

Updating the forum with our latest development:

So today we had some good news! "Card is being produced" in our myuscis account status for the 485.Dorothyguenther Can you check your 485 status as well?
Our timeline is reposted below with the update, will be back in the thread when we have the green card in hand:
Married to USC, on C9 AOS, same-sex marriage, Seattle, WA
PD: March 22, 2018
RD: April 6, 2018
Biometrics: April 27, 2018
RFE: June 11, 2018
RFE Resolved: June 21, 2018
Requested expedite through ROC: Negative outcome
July 9, 2018: I-485 Status Changed to Case is Ready to be Scheduled for Interview
August 15, 2018: EAD/AP Approval Notice Received by Email
August 22, 2018: SS Card in Hand
August 31, 2018: EAD/AP Combo Card in Hand
September 1, 2018: Used EAD/AP Combo Card to apply for Canadian Visitors Visa
September 3, 2018: Canadian TRV approved
October 24, 2018: Travelled outside of US for medical purpose
November 4, 2018: Crossed into US border from Canada using EAD/AP Combo Card, Parole Approved
February 22, 2019: Extension of EAD/AP Sent
March 15, 2019: Received 797 on AP Renewal
September 9, 2019: Initial Interview / Case for further Review
September 19, 2019: Card being Produced

Cheers!

So happy for you! Meanwhile for me my new interview date is Oct 21st.
wish me luck.

[gaps0214]

So happy for you! Meanwhile for me my new interview date is Oct 21st.
wish me luck.

BayAreaCaliAOS All the best

[gaps0214]

To March 2018 Filers with approved conditional/10 yearGCs
I have a quick question:
Did your I-130 also get approved at the same time as the 485?
Please reply with your GC situation conditional or 10-year.
Thank you.
Cheers