December 2018 Filers

[absolut.]

Hi everyone,

December 20th, 2018:
Filed I-485, 130,131 from Savannah Georgia

January 18th, 2019:
Biometrics Appointment at Charleston, SC.

After that no correspondence.
Anybody filed from charleston or Savannah area please reply I am very worried about the timelines.

Regards.

very much within the timeframe. we are all waiting. Dec 27 PD here.

[sadicat25]

Thanks to you who have replied!

My interview notice arrived yesterday at my lawyer's office. We have our interview on June 11th!! (status changed to "interview scheduled on 5\4).
Now I am starting to get ready for the interview. I think since I never got an EAD\AP (and their status is still stuck on "my case was received"- not even a single update since December 14th),
t probably means I'm not getting them. However, unless they approve us on the spot (which from reading here seems possible but not very common) - I think we won't be able to go on our honeymoon... as we are supposed to leave one month after the interview.
If they approve on the spot, the GC may arrive by mail before we leave. Otherwise I don't see how it comes on time... Big risk as we are losing a lot of money if we cant go.
am grateful that it's finally happening, though!

But if it makes anyone feel better- my status has not changed online for a really long time too. So stay positive! mine was stuck on "fingerprint fee received" from December with no update until it switched to "ready to schedule interview" on April 24th. Never got "fingerprint review completed or anything like that...)

[kofi]

Another Connecticut filer here. Spouse of USC and Adjusting Status from F1.

Currently working using my F1-OPT which expires mid-July.

Concurrently filed I-485, I-130, I-765, and I-131.

December 24, 2018: Receipt Date

January 28, 2019: Biometrics Done (Hartford, CT). Online Status acknowledges.

May 15, 2019 (Today): No updates on anything. It’s been 142 days. Hoping that at least the EAD drops sooner rather than later.

Good luck to you all!

[Tamere]

Receipt date: 12/26/2018

Fingerprints were done in January. We are also in the same boat and have not received any correspondence or updates since the fingerprints.

Filed from Brooklyn NY. i485 from F1 based on marriage to USC.

[nycfiler3]

Receipt date: 12/26/2018

Fingerprints were done in January. We are also in the same boat and have not received any correspondence or updates since the fingerprints.

Filed from Brooklyn NY. i485 from F1 based on marriage to USC.

I'm Brooklyn too. Curious if just being from NY not only delays our interview but also our EAD.

[sadicat25]

Hey guys, I posted in the main forum page too, but I wonder if anyone here has a solution.
My interview is in 3 weeks and I am working on my folders. As I was reading these threads, there are many forum helpers who uploaded files for others to use like table of content and lists of documents to bring to the interview.

https://www.immihelp.com/forum/adjus...interview-tips

However, when I click on the link that appears under attached files, a new tab opens and it says: Invalid File Specified

I have tried everything I could think of. Trued opening in different browsers, gave permissions on chrome for everything, checked user settings, even googled this error
I am desperate. Please hep me to figure out how to open those files! I am preparing for my interview and some users uploaded examples of table of content and other files that I would like to use but can't. I even tried looking at the help page for this forum but didn't find a solution.


Does anyone here have at least some of those files saved? I tried personally massaging UScitizenfilingforspouse but that user has maxed out on private massages...
Please be my hero and help me figure this out!

[ajburleson2109]

Hi ! I just want to share my experience. I have learned a lot from the posts here and I want to show appreciation by writing my experience.
Applied for AOS (I-485 for me and my minor daughter), EAD, Advanced Travel Document, I-130 (for me and my minor daughter), I-864 (affidavit of support, from my USC husband)
The process took 5 months to complete and I am very happy with the speediness of the process.

Dec 10,2018 - Package received at Chicago Lockbox
Dec 14, 2018 - Notice of Action (I-797) received for all applications
Dec 21, 2018 - Notice of Action for Biometrics appointment
Jan. 10,2019 - Biometrics at Tampa Office (Took 10 minutes, my hair was not cooperating)

No word from USCIS
I would check online obsessively. I had my case numbers memorize. Each form has a different case number. Again, checking obsessively.

Mid-March 2019 - We sent a letter to expedite Advanced Parole Document as I needed to travel before April 25,2019, we did this because we went to my USCIS Office and asked about expedition, this was their advice, to write a letter to expedite.
We had documents translated and attached and sent it to Lee's Summit MI as that was where my Notice of Action letters were coming from, meaning they were handling my case. We sent it thru UPS.


April 16, 2019 - I check online, My EAD and Advance Parole Document were granted and in the mail!
April 17, 2019 - Notice of Action for I-485 interview for me and my daughter.
April 18, 2019 - I get my SSN card in the mail.
May 23, 2019 - Interview day! Approved on the spot!!!

IO was straight forward. He asked:
How did you meet?
What did you do on your first date?
When did you get married?
Did you have a reception?

He asked my daughter only of her name and birthday, she's a minor. those are the only questions they can ask.

He said, I sent USCIS a ton of documents that almost hurt my case because they were a lot to comb thru. My husband said, yes but she also sent in a Table of Contents.
He said, you guys are the last batch of people who were allowed to send in paper documents. We're going digital, he said.

He asked if we filled out the forms. I said, I filled out all the forms and my husband double checked and triple checked it.
He said, " How did you manage to fill them out correctly, by reading the instructions ?" I said yes.

Then he said, "Ok I-130 granted, he stamps on one form. Now that's approved, a visa becomes available to you so no I can stamp your I-485".
"Congratulations, now, you are legal permanent residents of the USA".
"You have to come back in 2 years to apply for removal of restrictions of your green card". "You can apply for that 3 months before the 2 years".
"In 3 years ,you can apply for a US citizenship, you can apply for that in 2 years and 9 months".

That's it! It took 5 months. From December 10,2018 to May 23, 2019.

[ajburleson2109]

Hey guys, I posted in the main forum page too, but I wonder if anyone here has a solution.
My interview is in 3 weeks and I am working on my folders. As I was reading these threads, there are many forum helpers who uploaded files for others to use like table of content and lists of documents to bring to the interview.

https://www.immihelp.com/forum/adjus...interview-tips

However, when I click on the link that appears under attached files, a new tab opens and it says: Invalid File Specified

I have tried everything I could think of. Trued opening in different browsers, gave permissions on chrome for everything, checked user settings, even googled this error
I am desperate. Please hep me to figure out how to open those files! I am preparing for my interview and some users uploaded examples of table of content and other files that I would like to use but can't. I even tried looking at the help page for this forum but didn't find a solution.


Does anyone here have at least some of those files saved? I tried personally massaging UScitizenfilingforspouse but that user has maxed out on private massages...
Please be my hero and help me figure this out!

We just had my interview last May 23,2019. Believe me , I was stressing out. There's no need to stress out. Additional documents should be bills in both your names, bank accounts in both your names, insurance documents in both your names. The rest are unnecessary. This is what the IO who interviewed me last Thursday told me. Too many documents!

Questions were:
How did you meet?
First date?
Does he have family?
What's your husband's job?
What's your wife's job?
Just like a normal conversation, don't be too tense and nervous. Believe me, I didn't sleep the night before the interview.

[chrizziam07]

Hi ! I just want to share my experience. I have learned a lot from the posts here and I want to show appreciation by writing my experience.
Applied for AOS (I-485 for me and my minor daughter), EAD, Advanced Travel Document, I-130 (for me and my minor daughter), I-864 (affidavit of support, from my USC husband)
The process took 5 months to complete and I am very happy with the speediness of the process.

Dec 10,2018 - Package received at Chicago Lockbox
Dec 14, 2018 - Notice of Action (I-797) received for all applications
Dec 21, 2018 - Notice of Action for Biometrics appointment
Jan. 10,2019 - Biometrics at Tampa Office (Took 10 minutes, my hair was not cooperating)

No word from USCIS
I would check online obsessively. I had my case numbers memorize. Each form has a different case number. Again, checking obsessively.

Mid-March 2019 - We sent a letter to expedite Advanced Parole Document as I needed to travel before April 25,2019, we did this because we went to my USCIS Office and asked about expedition, this was their advice, to write a letter to expedite.
We had documents translated and attached and sent it to Lee's Summit MI as that was where my Notice of Action letters were coming from, meaning they were handling my case. We sent it thru UPS.


April 16, 2019 - I check online, My EAD and Advance Parole Document were granted and in the mail!
April 17, 2019 - Notice of Action for I-485 interview for me and my daughter.
April 18, 2019 - I get my SSN card in the mail.
May 23, 2019 - Interview day! Approved on the spot!!!

IO was straight forward. He asked:
How did you meet?
What did you do on your first date?
When did you get married?
Did you have a reception?

He asked my daughter only of her name and birthday, she's a minor. those are the only questions they can ask.

He said, I sent USCIS a ton of documents that almost hurt my case because they were a lot to comb thru. My husband said, yes but she also sent in a Table of Contents.
He said, you guys are the last batch of people who were allowed to send in paper documents. We're going digital, he said.

He asked if we filled out the forms. I said, I filled out all the forms and my husband double checked and triple checked it.
He said, " How did you manage to fill them out correctly, by reading the instructions ?" I said yes.

Then he said, "Ok I-130 granted, he stamps on one form. Now that's approved, a visa becomes available to you so no I can stamp your I-485".
"Congratulations, now, you are legal permanent residents of the USA".
"You have to come back in 2 years to apply for removal of restrictions of your green card". "You can apply for that 3 months before the 2 years".
"In 3 years ,you can apply for a US citizenship, you can apply for that in 2 years and 9 months".

That's it! It took 5 months. From December 10,2018 to May 23, 2019.

Hi! Congratulations on both of your GC!! That’s a very speedy process! May i ask what documents you sent with the request letter to expedite? Im more than 100 days since filing. Thanks!

[annettevqz]

Hello I am new on here. I filed a I130, I485, I765 and a I131 on Dec 19,2018.

Timeline Below:

12/24/2018 -Received by USCIS
01/08/2019 Biometrics letter received
01/24/2019 Biometrics Appointment
04/16/2019- I485 We are ready to schedule for an interview
04/19/2019- I485 We scheduled an interview. We will mail you an interview notice.
05/23/2019- I485 interview at Harlingen, Texas office

At our interview we received a paper that said Your case is being held for Review. Has anybody else experienced this and if so how long did it take to make a decision. Today 06/05/2019 I put in a request to expedite EAD I765 based on Severe Financial Hardiship. Wil l pray for Approval

[MPS]

Hi Guys,

Hope everyone is doing well.

I've received and EAD valid until April 2020.

Since February 11, My case is ready to be scheduled for an Interview, but no update since then.
It has been many months since filing, Should I be worried or this is normal time ?

Also do we have any filer from Newark New Jersey area ?

I did not send I-693 as per suggestions online.
I did receive a curtsy letter because of the same
Seems this has caused the delay.

Here's my complete timeline
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2018-Dec-27 ------ Mailed package to Chicago lock box
2018-Dec-31 ------ USPS Package Delivered
2019-Jan-04 ------ Credit card charged with 2 different transactions from USCIS - $535 & $1225
2019-Jan-07 ------ Received 4 text messages With 4 Receipt Numbers
2019-Jan-11 ------ Received 4 I-797C With Receipt Number and Priority dates as 2019-Jan-07

2019-Jan-30 ------ Bio metrics appointment letter received
2019-Feb-02 ------ Online Address Changed for Form I-485,I-131,I-765 (Not sure , if My wife completed Address change for I-130 or not)
2019-Feb-04 ------ Courtesy Letter on Yellow paper, Received from USIS for missing I-693.
2019-Feb-11 ------ Bio metrics Completed at Newark New Jersey

2019-Feb-11 ------ Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview "As of February 11, 2019, we are ready to schedule your Form I-485 ...... for An Interview" .
2019-Mar-18 ------ Online Address Changed for Form I-130 (I Don't know if on Feb 4 address for I-130 was changed or not)

2019-April-04 ------ Online Status - We approved your Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.
2019-April-04 ------ Online Status - We approved your Form I-131, Application for Travel Document,
2019-April-15 ------ I-765 Online status - We ordered your new card.
2019-April-20 ----- I-765 EAD Online Status - Card Was Delivered To Me By The Post Office
2019-April-23 ------ Checked my mailbox and got EAD and Advance Parole combo card

[jpecht]

Hi Guys,[INDENT]Hope everyone is doing well.

I've received and EAD valid until April 2020.

Since February 11, My case is ready to be scheduled for an Interview, but no update since then.
It has been many months since filing, Should I be worried or this is normal time ?

You are well ahead of schedule. EAD approval is right now at 6.5-8.5 months. You got yours in a little over 3 months. Newark field office is processing I485 at 10-26 months, so you are still months away from the earliest estimate.

[absolut.]

You are well ahead of schedule. EAD approval is right now at 6.5-8.5 months. You got yours in a little over 3 months. Newark field office is processing I485 at 10-26 months, so you are still months away from the earliest estimate.

he filed in december...

[Anjay]

PD is December 5th, 2018.

Got status Ready to scheduled for interview on May 31, 2019
Today on June12th Interview is scheduled. Waiting for a paper in the mail.
Still nothing about EAD.
local field office is Milwaukee, WI

[tessso]

Just want to update on my case. Hopefully, it will be helpful for some of you guys here.

12/14/18 - Package Mailed out.
12/20/18 - Package Received.
1/11/2019 - Bio Completed
1/14/2019 - Ready to be scheduled for Interview.
03/22/19 - Ready to order EAD card
03/26/2019 - We mailed your new card
03/30/2019 - Combo card in hand
05/02/19 - Interview was scheduled.
05/09/19 - Notice in hand scheduled for 6/6/2019 interview
06/06/19 - approved on spot
06/11/19 - New card mailed out

Here is how my interview went:

We checked in 45 minutes early at Sacramento center.

The person who interviewed us went straight to the point after we sit down. He asked us some very basic questions as below:

Where did you meet? When did you start dating? When did you move in together?

Then he requested to see all the paper we had that had our names on it. We handed him our car paper, car insurance paper, our bank statements, life insurance that has our names as beneficiaries of each other, our wedding invitation, our boarding passes from all the trips that we went together.

He did ask us about the bank statements of every month we have opened account together. I brought only the first and the most recent statements though. However, he seemed like he was ok with that.

Then, he went through those legal questions that we answered "no" to all of them.

After that, he said " congratulations" and instructed us about next time filing for 10-year green card.

For those who are preparing for the interview, don't stress out. Just prepare as many papers as possible. They don't really care about your stories. All they want to see is evidence.

Good luck to all of you guys!