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Hi all,
We finally had our interview, our initial filing was in December 2017.
I'm from The Netherlands and was in the US since 2015 on L1-B visa, my wife is an American citizen. We met in 2012.
I'm adjusting status with all the concurrent filing, 131, 765, 130, 485, etc..
Had our interview today at the Norfolk/Virginia Beach office in Virginia.
It was scheduled at 10:15 AM and we started at 10:15. It took 30 minutes. They're recommending us for approval
Questions we got:
How did we meet?
What is our history?
We talked about the Netherlands for a bit, my wife lived there with me before we moved to the US and turns out the USCIS Officer went to university in Amsterdam.
She was doing her best to pronounce everything correct and did a good job.
Asked us to tell her about the wedding?
She looked at the wedding album.
She asked if I had additional information to add that I hadn't filed before. See the attached word document, I handed a stack of paperwork with a TOC in front of it.
She took it and put it in the file. This was all updated paperwork like lease/paystubs/tax returns etc since our initial filing.
Asked me my name, dob, place of birth, parents full names plus dob/pob
Asked me for my wife her name, dob, and pob
Asked our wedding date
She asked a bunch of the yes/no questions
She then asked my wife her name, dob, pob
Her parents' names, dob, pob
She then asked about my full name, dob, pob
Asked her our wedding date again, this was literally 2 minutes after she asked me and we were sitting next to each other.
Finally, she told me that she was going to recommend me for approval and asked if we had any questions.
I asked if she could maybe postpone the approval to after May 31st which would be our 2 year wedding anniversary but she said she couldn't guarantee that.
At this point, I'll just be happy not to travel on AP anymore.
I've included a link to a word file; It is the TOC/Letter that I used when we initially filed, the second part of the letter contains the TOC of additional documents that we brought for the interview.
Feel free to modify the word doc and use it as you see fit!
Timeline is below
Date FORM NR Description
12/18/2017 ALL Mailed out applications to Chicago Lockbox
12/20/2017 ALL Received Application, P/D 12/20/2018
12/28/2017 ALL Notice sent about application received
1/5/2018 ALL Notices received
1/25/2018 485 Biometrics done
2/12/2018 765 Called to expedite EAD/AP --> L1B visa was going to expire!
2/14/2018 765 Case assigned and completed
2/15/2018 765 Called for info, they need proof of this
2/16/2018 765 case assigned and completed AND MARKED AS UPDATED
2/19/2018 765 case assigned and completed for expedite request, they wanted evidence again
2/21/2018 765 Faxed evidence in
2/27/2018 765 Ombudsman request
2/28/2018 765 expedite request completed
3/16/2018 765 ombudsman replied: USCIS recently issued a decision regarding
3/21/2018 765 SR about out of processing time
3/21/2018 765 reached out to Tim Kaine
3/21/2018 765 reached out to Don Beyer
3/22/2018 765 Faxed stuff to Tim and Don
3/22/2018 765 Don reached out to USCIS
3/23/2018 765 We are producing your card and will mail it to you
3/26/2018 130 We approved your case
3/26/2018 765 We approved your case
3/31/2018 131+765 Card delivered by post office
04/5/2018 131+765 Combo card in hand
6/26/2018 485 Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview
07/5/2018 485 Message about the above status
8/27/2018 ALL Change of address submitted
8/27/2018 485 Interview was scheduled email/txt
8/29/2018 485 Letter about the above
09/1/2018 ALL Change of address completed
09/4/2018 485 Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview
09/4/2018 485 Interview NOVA canceled
09/5/2018 485 Interview scheduled in Norfolk
09/21/2018 485 Request for reschedule completed (on our request)
10/23/2018 131+765 Received Application, P/D 10/23/2018 for renewal
10/30/2018 131+765 Paper notices
2/15/2019 131+765 call to expedite
2/18/2019 131 request for more info
2/19/2019 131+765 trying to fax all day to ben cline and uscis
2/20/2019 131+765 letter congressman, he reached out to uscis
2/21/2019 765 expedite denied due to high volume
03/4/2019 765 New Card Is Being Produced
03/6/2019 765 card was mailed to you
03/8/2019 131+765 Combo card in hand
04/5/2019 485 On April 5, 2019, we scheduled Interview Norfolk
05/14/2019 485 Interview done, recommended for approval
We finally had our interview, our initial filing was in December 2017.
I'm from The Netherlands and was in the US since 2015 on L1-B visa, my wife is an American citizen. We met in 2012.
I'm adjusting status with all the concurrent filing, 131, 765, 130, 485, etc..
Had our interview today at the Norfolk/Virginia Beach office in Virginia.
It was scheduled at 10:15 AM and we started at 10:15. It took 30 minutes. They're recommending us for approval
Questions we got:
How did we meet?
What is our history?
We talked about the Netherlands for a bit, my wife lived there with me before we moved to the US and turns out the USCIS Officer went to university in Amsterdam.
She was doing her best to pronounce everything correct and did a good job.
Asked us to tell her about the wedding?
She looked at the wedding album.
She asked if I had additional information to add that I hadn't filed before. See the attached word document, I handed a stack of paperwork with a TOC in front of it.
She took it and put it in the file. This was all updated paperwork like lease/paystubs/tax returns etc since our initial filing.
Asked me my name, dob, place of birth, parents full names plus dob/pob
Asked me for my wife her name, dob, and pob
Asked our wedding date
She asked a bunch of the yes/no questions
She then asked my wife her name, dob, pob
Her parents' names, dob, pob
She then asked about my full name, dob, pob
Asked her our wedding date again, this was literally 2 minutes after she asked me and we were sitting next to each other.
Finally, she told me that she was going to recommend me for approval and asked if we had any questions.
I asked if she could maybe postpone the approval to after May 31st which would be our 2 year wedding anniversary but she said she couldn't guarantee that.
At this point, I'll just be happy not to travel on AP anymore.
I've included a link to a word file; It is the TOC/Letter that I used when we initially filed, the second part of the letter contains the TOC of additional documents that we brought for the interview.
Feel free to modify the word doc and use it as you see fit!
Timeline is below
Date FORM NR Description
12/18/2017 ALL Mailed out applications to Chicago Lockbox
12/20/2017 ALL Received Application, P/D 12/20/2018
12/28/2017 ALL Notice sent about application received
1/5/2018 ALL Notices received
1/25/2018 485 Biometrics done
2/12/2018 765 Called to expedite EAD/AP --> L1B visa was going to expire!
2/14/2018 765 Case assigned and completed
2/15/2018 765 Called for info, they need proof of this
2/16/2018 765 case assigned and completed AND MARKED AS UPDATED
2/19/2018 765 case assigned and completed for expedite request, they wanted evidence again
2/21/2018 765 Faxed evidence in
2/27/2018 765 Ombudsman request
2/28/2018 765 expedite request completed
3/16/2018 765 ombudsman replied: USCIS recently issued a decision regarding
3/21/2018 765 SR about out of processing time
3/21/2018 765 reached out to Tim Kaine
3/21/2018 765 reached out to Don Beyer
3/22/2018 765 Faxed stuff to Tim and Don
3/22/2018 765 Don reached out to USCIS
3/23/2018 765 We are producing your card and will mail it to you
3/26/2018 130 We approved your case
3/26/2018 765 We approved your case
3/31/2018 131+765 Card delivered by post office
04/5/2018 131+765 Combo card in hand
6/26/2018 485 Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview
07/5/2018 485 Message about the above status
8/27/2018 ALL Change of address submitted
8/27/2018 485 Interview was scheduled email/txt
8/29/2018 485 Letter about the above
09/1/2018 ALL Change of address completed
09/4/2018 485 Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview
09/4/2018 485 Interview NOVA canceled
09/5/2018 485 Interview scheduled in Norfolk
09/21/2018 485 Request for reschedule completed (on our request)
10/23/2018 131+765 Received Application, P/D 10/23/2018 for renewal
10/30/2018 131+765 Paper notices
2/15/2019 131+765 call to expedite
2/18/2019 131 request for more info
2/19/2019 131+765 trying to fax all day to ben cline and uscis
2/20/2019 131+765 letter congressman, he reached out to uscis
2/21/2019 765 expedite denied due to high volume
03/4/2019 765 New Card Is Being Produced
03/6/2019 765 card was mailed to you
03/8/2019 131+765 Combo card in hand
04/5/2019 485 On April 5, 2019, we scheduled Interview Norfolk
05/14/2019 485 Interview done, recommended for approval
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