Orange County, CA - Sept 2017 Filer

[Js1]

SantaAnaAOS Congrats . Greta to hear you got the approval. I am so looking forward to the same result for all of us on this forum

[MrGreenCard]

Anyone here from Orange County, California filers? I am a Sept 2017 filer and just had our interview at Sta. Ana field office last Nov. 2, 2018.

A day before the interview, we received a received a letter from USCIS (not in their usual notice letter/format) that my I-693 Report of Medical was expired and had to bring a new one for the interview which is not possible because our interview was already the following day, Nov. 2. My husband said that we will just have to inform the officer during our interview about the mail.

So the following day, Nov. 2 we went for our interview and everything was going well. The lady interviewing officer was very chill and kind, so the interview was just like very smooth and relax conversation. She just asked how we met, how did my husband propose, ask some questions on the pictures I provided, and information in the forms that we filled out. She also browsed our church wedding album, she said our church wedding was beautiful like the one she sees in the movie.

After the interview, she just handed us a paper "Notice of Interview Results" with the following reason ticked off: "Your case is being held for review. At this time, USCIS does not require any further information or documents from you. Should further information or documents be required, you will receive a notice in the mail. We may also schedule you for another interview, you will receive a notice in the mail. Otherwise, a final decision will be mailed once your case is complete."

Then she explained what does that mean, she said that her supervisor will still have to review our case and that no further requirements is needed as of the moment. They will just mail us a notice if ever they need additional documents. The final decision will be mailed to us within 120 days. But she said also that it usually takes less than that.

Because of that we did not bring up anymore the expired I-693 letter that we received since she mentioned that a notice will just be mailed if additional document will be required.

Now the waiting begins...

Anyone who had their interview as well at the Santa Ana office? Kindly share your experience too.

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By the way here's my timeline:

AOS C9 Spouse of US Citizen
Orange County CA Filer
USCIS Field Office Interview: Sta. Ana

13-Sep-17 - Sent application via USPS (I-130, I-485, I-765)
25-Sep-17 - Received date by USCIS (I-130, I-485, I-765)
18-Oct-17 - Biometrics completed
24-Nov-17 - Received Approval Notice for the I-765
02-Dec-17 - Received the EAD card
24-Jul-18 - Sent I-765/ EAD renewal application via USPS (EAD will expire in Nov 2018)
27-Jul-18 - Received date by USCIS for the I-765 EAD Renewal application
02-Aug-18 - Case status for the I-765 Renewal changed to "Fingerprint review was completed"
26-Sep-18 - Case status for I-485 changed to "We are ready to schedule your Form I-485 for an interview."
26-Sep-18 - Case status changed again to "Interview was scheduled"
01-Oct-18 - Received the Interview Notice in the mail
01-Nov-18 - Received a letter from USCIS (not in their usual format) a day before the interview that my I-693 was expired and
had to bring a new one for the interview which is not possible because our interview was already the following day
02-Nov-18 - Completed the Interview at Sta. Ana Field office

[MrGreenCard]

You should submit a new medical exam to uscis since they said the old one was expired. Even though the officer did not ask for it at the interview, send a new one, better be safe than sorry. They could deny your i485 if you let the deadline passed without sending a new i693. Good luck.

[Js1]

afranio cheklapkok do you have your interview dates yet

[cheklapkok]

afranio cheklapkok do you have your interview dates yet

My interview date is 07/30/2019

[Js1]

cheklapkok congrats

[Js1]

afranio can you also share what date do you have your interview if you got the letter

[afranio]

my interview date is 07/31 . still a lot to prep, aready nervous lol

[Js1]

afranio cheklapkok all the best for both your interview . Keep us posted on how it went

[cheklapkok]

afranio cheklapkok all the best for both your interview . Keep us posted on how it went

Js1 Thank you. I hope everything will go well tomorrow too, and will definitely let you guys know how it goes.

[afranio]

cheklapkok how was your interview?

[cheklapkok]

cheklapkok how was your interview?

afranio Js1 It was so easy, he literally didn't ask me anything. Our entire folder is over 15 lbs lol.

1. I arrived at about 1pm, waited outside the building for about 15 minutes to go through security (security was very nice)
2. Checked in at about 1:30pm, and waited for about 20 minutes before being called in
3. The IO (very nice) told us that he was still looking at our stuff and would need some more time to finish going through our piles or documents that we submitted the entire time (130, 485, 765, 131 along with all of the supporting documents)
4. He asked me a bunch of Yes/No questions while looking at the first pile, and asked us to wait outside while he look at the second pile.
5. About 10 minutes later, he came back and asked us to come back inside, and handed us the approval letter, and asked us to wait for the green card to come.
6. We chat for a bit, and asked if he need anything from the documents that we prepared, he said no. He said we have so much history and documents together which is can't be made up

That's pretty much it, we have about 10 years of history together that went back to our college years, so I think that's the reason it went so well.

afranio Good luck to your interview tomorrow! Please keep us posted.

[Js1]

cheklapkok Congratulations. That’s awesome.

[cheklapkok]

cheklapkok Congratulations. That’s awesome.

Thank you. It has been a long journey. We waited for almost 3 years. By the way, I just received an update that “New Card Is Being Produced”.

[Js1]

afranio plz keep us posted on your interview