October 2019 Filers

[ra0010]

Hey guys! Just a quick update to say my hubby did his biometrics today, finally! Woohoo lol. Took 4 months but we are so happy it’s done. His appointment wasn’t until this Wednesday but he decided to go as a walk-in today, and they took him no problem.

How long does it usually take for case status to update?

Woohoo!!!! Happy for you. So in my case it updated to "fingerprint review completed" not even after two hours after the appointment. Then, about 4 days after it updated to show "fingerprints were taken" and that was it until my status changed for my RFIE...

[sohi429]

Hey guys! Just a quick update to say my hubby did his biometrics today, finally! Woohoo lol. Took 4 months but we are so happy it’s done. His appointment wasn’t until this Wednesday but he decided to go as a walk-in today, and they took him no problem.

How long does it usually take for case status to update?

Yay! Finally!!

I had my biometrics on 30th Jan and the case status got updated on 31st Jan (dated 30th Jan) to show fingerprints were taken (sub-status was fingerprints applied to your case) for I-485 and I-765.
I believe the next step for us is, 'Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview'.

[didoesque]

Woohoo!!!! Happy for you. So in my case it updated to "fingerprint review completed" not even after two hours after the appointment. Then, about 4 days after it updated to show "fingerprints were taken" and that was it until my status changed for my RFIE...

Thanks ra0010!! Hopefully with both of our RFIEs out of the way, it will be smoother sailing from here out!

[didoesque]

Yay! Finally!!

I had my biometrics on 30th Jan and the case status got updated on 31st Jan (dated 30th Jan) to show fingerprints were taken (sub-status was fingerprints applied to your case) for I-485 and I-765.
I believe the next step for us is, 'Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview'.

Thank you!! I’m so happy both of our cases have moved beyond biometrics, finally. Thanks also for the info on case status updating. I have been checking all afternoon, of course, but now I’ll give it at least 24 hours. The ASC stamped and signed his appointment letter, so we do have proof he went. My hubby was like, can you not relax and breathe for at least 5 mins before you worry about the next thing lol. Officially taking the night off from this and watching some bad TV, haha

Hoping that we both get “Case is ready to be scheduled” soon!

[singiepdx]

Got an update late last week on Friday night. Text notifcation saying there was an update available.

Heart pounding, i checked the status.. "Case Ready to be scheduled for an Interview" !

[singiepdx]

Whoa! This morning saw I had another notification.
This time it was for the I-765 application. Status says, New card is being produced!

[batmanuel03]

Whoa! This morning saw I had another notification.
This time it was for the I-765 application. Status says, New card is being produced!

that's a very happy update!

[Lobster93]

Status update about 1pm EST today, New Card is Being Produced for I-765!

I hope others who filed around our date are progressing as well! Good luck to all!

[Yoca_2010]

Hi friends! I just came back from my interview! We were approved on the spot!
We came to the USCIS Chicago location around 7:30 am and our interview was at 8 am. After passing through security check points ( same as at the airport ), we went to the second floor where a lady scanned our interview notice and gave a number which we will be called by for the interview. I was very nervous, since we've been only married for 4 months, even though we've been dating long distance for over 5 years before getting married, I still felt like we didn't have a lot of supporting documents. Either way, we were greeted by our IO who was already smiling and seemed very nice, she's a young lady maybe in her early 30s. She swore us in, took a photo of me and scanned both of my index fingers. She asked for my original birth certificate which I did not have with me ( It was supposed to arrive 14 days ago from my home country, but that lil piece of paper is still being held at the customs as we speak....) so I told her about the situation and provided her with a certified scanned copy and gave her the copy of the DHL tracking just to back up what I was saying and that I really tried getting it before the interview. She smiled and said no big deal. Also asked for my passport, EAD card, SSN and my old passport that had my B2 visa on which I entered. Then she started going over the forms, first was I-485, she was verifying information on there such as my birthday, the last date I arrived to the US, date of our marriage, my spouse's birthday and I think that was it. She made a correction to the address, since we've moved to another apartment after we filled. She proceeded to ask maybe 15 yes/no questions from the form, she did not ask all of them. When she asked about whether I have ever worked unauthorized in the US, I said yes ( Even though we originally put no ) because I did some freelancing, writing articles and translation for a company and have gotten paid for it ( This was after we filled ). And I think that was it, and she made me sign the form and underneath, my husband signed it as well. Then she started going over his form, the I-130, and did the same thing, this one took even less, there were no yes/no questions and she only asked of him for his passport and his ID. She was very chatty and talkative through-out the whole process. She asked us how and when we met and when did we decided to get married. That was it. She asked about if we have more supporting documents we would like to submit, I said yes and proceed to give her each document, one by one, explaining to her what each document was ( I also labelled them, she complimented us on being very organized with our papers and application ) and told her about the lack of certain ones such as joint taxes because of the SSN and that infamous ITIN number. After that, she was just very pleasant, started talking about her job and her life, my husband saw that she had a picture of a girl and painting in her office, so he asked whether her daughter did that, she said yes and then we were like, you look so young old is your daughter etc. Overall a really pleasant lady, we couldn't have wished for a better one. After we finished, she said I believe that you are really married and that you really love each other LOL As we were about to walk out I asked, is there anything else we needed to know about this process, she just said, you'll get an approval notice in the mail soon and that'll be followed by a conditional green card. She didn't give me any white paper to sign, which I've read on here that a lot of people get. And to think that I was stressed out about this process the entire month of January...
Anyway, I tried to be as detailed as possible, because it literally lasted maybe like 30 minutes, 15 of which she basically just chit chatted with us, another 15 were about the forms. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask me

[Yoca_2010]

Hey guys! Just a quick update to say my hubby did his biometrics today, finally! Woohoo lol. Took 4 months but we are so happy it’s done. His appointment wasn’t until this Wednesday but he decided to go as a walk-in today, and they took him no problem.

How long does it usually take for case status to update?

FINALLY! Happy for you! 4 Damn months. Glad its done and that no longer you have to think about it

[MGarza78]

Hi friends! I just came back from my interview! We were approved on the spot!
We came to the USCIS Chicago location around 7:30 am and our interview was at 8 am. After passing through security check points ( same as at the airport ), we went to the second floor where a lady scanned our interview notice and gave a number which we will be called by for the interview. I was very nervous, since we've been only married for 4 months, even though we've been dating long distance for over 5 years before getting married, I still felt like we didn't have a lot of supporting documents. Either way, we were greeted by our IO who was already smiling and seemed very nice, she's a young lady maybe in her early 30s. She swore us in, took a photo of me and scanned both of my index fingers. She asked for my original birth certificate which I did not have with me ( It was supposed to arrive 14 days ago from my home country, but that lil piece of paper is still being held at the customs as we speak....) so I told her about the situation and provided her with a certified scanned copy and gave her the copy of the DHL tracking just to back up what I was saying and that I really tried getting it before the interview. She smiled and said no big deal. Also asked for my passport, EAD card, SSN and my old passport that had my B2 visa on which I entered. Then she started going over the forms, first was I-485, she was verifying information on there such as my birthday, the last date I arrived to the US, date of our marriage, my spouse's birthday and I think that was it. She made a correction to the address, since we've moved to another apartment after we filled. She proceeded to ask maybe 15 yes/no questions from the form, she did not ask all of them. When she asked about whether I have ever worked unauthorized in the US, I said yes ( Even though we originally put no ) because I did some freelancing, writing articles and translation for a company and have gotten paid for it ( This was after we filled ). And I think that was it, and she made me sign the form and underneath, my husband signed it as well. Then she started going over his form, the I-130, and did the same thing, this one took even less, there were no yes/no questions and she only asked of him for his passport and his ID. She was very chatty and talkative through-out the whole process. She asked us how and when we met and when did we decided to get married. That was it. She asked about if we have more supporting documents we would like to submit, I said yes and proceed to give her each document, one by one, explaining to her what each document was ( I also labelled them, she complimented us on being very organized with our papers and application ) and told her about the lack of certain ones such as joint taxes because of the SSN and that infamous ITIN number. After that, she was just very pleasant, started talking about her job and her life, my husband saw that she had a picture of a girl and painting in her office, so he asked whether her daughter did that, she said yes and then we were like, you look so young old is your daughter etc. Overall a really pleasant lady, we couldn't have wished for a better one. After we finished, she said I believe that you are really married and that you really love each other LOL As we were about to walk out I asked, is there anything else we needed to know about this process, she just said, you'll get an approval notice in the mail soon and that'll be followed by a conditional green card. She didn't give me any white paper to sign, which I've read on here that a lot of people get. And to think that I was stressed out about this process the entire month of January...
Anyway, I tried to be as detailed as possible, because it literally lasted maybe like 30 minutes, 15 of which she basically just chit chatted with us, another 15 were about the forms. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask me

Congratulations

[MGarza78]

Status update about 1pm EST today, New Card is Being Produced for I-765!

I hope others who filed around our date are progressing as well! Good luck to all!

Congratulations

[econwiz]

Hi Everyone,

This is my timeline so far.

Oct 1: Documents mailed (Los Angeles)
Oct 2: Received
Oct 2: Checks Cashed
Oct 11: Received three hard copy notices
Oct 18: Biometrics Appointment Notice Received
Oct 19: Biometrics Completed (Walk-in)
Nov 14: Courtesy letter for medical received
Jan 16: EAD approved
Jab 28: Had to go biometrics second time (not sure, if it worked this time)
Feb 3: Ready to be scheduled for an interview
Feb 4: Interview scheduled

Can’t wait for our interview, will see in a week or so when do they schedule it.

[didoesque]

Hi friends! I just came back from my interview! We were approved on the spot!
We came to the USCIS Chicago location around 7:30 am and our interview was at 8 am. After passing through security check points ( same as at the airport ), we went to the second floor where a lady scanned our interview notice and gave a number which we will be called by for the interview. I was very nervous, since we've been only married for 4 months, even though we've been dating long distance for over 5 years before getting married, I still felt like we didn't have a lot of supporting documents. Either way, we were greeted by our IO who was already smiling and seemed very nice, she's a young lady maybe in her early 30s. She swore us in, took a photo of me and scanned both of my index fingers. She asked for my original birth certificate which I did not have with me ( It was supposed to arrive 14 days ago from my home country, but that lil piece of paper is still being held at the customs as we speak....) so I told her about the situation and provided her with a certified scanned copy and gave her the copy of the DHL tracking just to back up what I was saying and that I really tried getting it before the interview. She smiled and said no big deal. Also asked for my passport, EAD card, SSN and my old passport that had my B2 visa on which I entered. Then she started going over the forms, first was I-485, she was verifying information on there such as my birthday, the last date I arrived to the US, date of our marriage, my spouse's birthday and I think that was it. She made a correction to the address, since we've moved to another apartment after we filled. She proceeded to ask maybe 15 yes/no questions from the form, she did not ask all of them. When she asked about whether I have ever worked unauthorized in the US, I said yes ( Even though we originally put no ) because I did some freelancing, writing articles and translation for a company and have gotten paid for it ( This was after we filled ). And I think that was it, and she made me sign the form and underneath, my husband signed it as well. Then she started going over his form, the I-130, and did the same thing, this one took even less, there were no yes/no questions and she only asked of him for his passport and his ID. She was very chatty and talkative through-out the whole process. She asked us how and when we met and when did we decided to get married. That was it. She asked about if we have more supporting documents we would like to submit, I said yes and proceed to give her each document, one by one, explaining to her what each document was ( I also labelled them, she complimented us on being very organized with our papers and application ) and told her about the lack of certain ones such as joint taxes because of the SSN and that infamous ITIN number. After that, she was just very pleasant, started talking about her job and her life, my husband saw that she had a picture of a girl and painting in her office, so he asked whether her daughter did that, she said yes and then we were like, you look so young old is your daughter etc. Overall a really pleasant lady, we couldn't have wished for a better one. After we finished, she said I believe that you are really married and that you really love each other LOL As we were about to walk out I asked, is there anything else we needed to know about this process, she just said, you'll get an approval notice in the mail soon and that'll be followed by a conditional green card. She didn't give me any white paper to sign, which I've read on here that a lot of people get. And to think that I was stressed out about this process the entire month of January...
Anyway, I tried to be as detailed as possible, because it literally lasted maybe like 30 minutes, 15 of which she basically just chit chatted with us, another 15 were about the forms. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask me

OMG Yoca!!!! Congratulations, WOOHOO!!! You are officially the first October filer to be approved. Yay!!! I’m sure I’ll have lots of questions once we get scheduled lol. So happy for you and your husband!

[sohi429]

Hi friends! I just came back from my interview! We were approved on the spot!
We came to the USCIS Chicago location around 7:30 am and our interview was at 8 am. After passing through security check points ( same as at the airport ), we went to the second floor where a lady scanned our interview notice and gave a number which we will be called by for the interview. I was very nervous, since we've been only married for 4 months, even though we've been dating long distance for over 5 years before getting married, I still felt like we didn't have a lot of supporting documents. Either way, we were greeted by our IO who was already smiling and seemed very nice, she's a young lady maybe in her early 30s. She swore us in, took a photo of me and scanned both of my index fingers. She asked for my original birth certificate which I did not have with me ( It was supposed to arrive 14 days ago from my home country, but that lil piece of paper is still being held at the customs as we speak....) so I told her about the situation and provided her with a certified scanned copy and gave her the copy of the DHL tracking just to back up what I was saying and that I really tried getting it before the interview. She smiled and said no big deal. Also asked for my passport, EAD card, SSN and my old passport that had my B2 visa on which I entered. Then she started going over the forms, first was I-485, she was verifying information on there such as my birthday, the last date I arrived to the US, date of our marriage, my spouse's birthday and I think that was it. She made a correction to the address, since we've moved to another apartment after we filled. She proceeded to ask maybe 15 yes/no questions from the form, she did not ask all of them. When she asked about whether I have ever worked unauthorized in the US, I said yes ( Even though we originally put no ) because I did some freelancing, writing articles and translation for a company and have gotten paid for it ( This was after we filled ). And I think that was it, and she made me sign the form and underneath, my husband signed it as well. Then she started going over his form, the I-130, and did the same thing, this one took even less, there were no yes/no questions and she only asked of him for his passport and his ID. She was very chatty and talkative through-out the whole process. She asked us how and when we met and when did we decided to get married. That was it. She asked about if we have more supporting documents we would like to submit, I said yes and proceed to give her each document, one by one, explaining to her what each document was ( I also labelled them, she complimented us on being very organized with our papers and application ) and told her about the lack of certain ones such as joint taxes because of the SSN and that infamous ITIN number. After that, she was just very pleasant, started talking about her job and her life, my husband saw that she had a picture of a girl and painting in her office, so he asked whether her daughter did that, she said yes and then we were like, you look so young old is your daughter etc. Overall a really pleasant lady, we couldn't have wished for a better one. After we finished, she said I believe that you are really married and that you really love each other LOL As we were about to walk out I asked, is there anything else we needed to know about this process, she just said, you'll get an approval notice in the mail soon and that'll be followed by a conditional green card. She didn't give me any white paper to sign, which I've read on here that a lot of people get. And to think that I was stressed out about this process the entire month of January...
Anyway, I tried to be as detailed as possible, because it literally lasted maybe like 30 minutes, 15 of which she basically just chit chatted with us, another 15 were about the forms. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask me

Congrats! Happy for you, Yoca.