October 2019 Filers

[ra0010]

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

Thank you! I hope so too! No updates for me thus far. I am already getting anxious again!

[Trini0616]

You only have around 90 days since the date of marriage to be added to your spouse's plan or it must be the next open enrollment.

Here is what you need to do concurrently:
1. File a complaint with the HR Department manager.
2. If this is a large employer, file a complaint the US Department of Labor / ERISA division.
3. If this is a small employer, file a complaint with your State Department of Insurance.
4. Remember to document everything.

You will only need a form of ID and proof of marriage to get added to the plan. Nothing else is needed.

This is pretty much the law.

FYI - I resolved such issues for many people with my official capacity. Personally, I am a US citizen and I refused to provide my SSN due to privacy reasons.

Super Advice. Much thanks.

[Trini0616]

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 on being the first October filer approved.

[Yoca_2010]

Thank you guys, feel free to ask any questions, I'll be happy to help!

[CuriousKat]

Thank you guys, feel free to ask any questions, I'll be happy to help!

Congratulations! I am absolutely overjoyed for you & now stress free!

[ra0010]

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

Thank you for sharing your experience, and congrats!!!

[Letty23]

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!!!’ So happy for you

[Carrotzl]

Just saw my status updated to: Interview cancelled. On February 3,2020, we cancelled the interview scheduled for your form I-485... we will notify you by mail if the appointment is rescheduled, a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you.

Any ideas what is going on? The last update I got was “ready to be scheduled for interview”.

[tunderenee]

Field office Boston
10/28/2019 Packet sent by UPS
10/30/2019 Packet received by USCIS
11/20/2019 Called USCIS and sent email inquiry nothing in system
11/21/2019 Called USCIS right when they opened and was told Notice for I130 mailed out on the 20th and was given receipt number
11/22/2019 Early morning received 6 text messages 2 duplicates I130, I485, I131 and I765
11/26/2019 Received all NOA notices via postal mail
12/06/2019 Received Biometrics for 12/18/2019 dated 11/29/2019
12/18/2019 Biometrics completed
12/18/2019 Fingerprint review completed for form I-485 via text message
12/18/2019 Fingerprint review completed for form I-765 via text message
1/21/2020 Case updated to I-485 Ready to be scheduled for an Interview
1/28/2020 Case has been scheduled for an interview
1/3/2020 Interview letter received
3/3/2020 Interview Date

[ra0010]

Good morning everyone!
Yesterday night I received an "update" from the case tracker app, saying something like "unable to retrieve information from your case" or similar. Now I check the USCIS page and got this screenshot. This morning I just checked the Case Tracker app again and it went back to RFIE response received, but the USCIS webpage still says this. Anyone on the same boat?
Have a lovely day!

[vic-k]

Status has changed to "Request for Initial Evidence was sent". TBH, I have no idea what it is

[Trini0616]

So this morning I wake up to a text message and email from [email protected]. I get all excited because the receipt number referenced is for the I-765. The email and text message both say "We have taken an action on your case. Sign in to your account to view your case status." I start smiling. I log in with great expectations, ready to celebrate. Then... nada. The status is exactly the same as it has been for the last 117 days. So now they're just playing with my emotions. Sucking my teeth and rolling my eyes. USCIS is not good for my mentals. They just messed up my whole day. Anybody else had this experience?

[MGarza78]

Status has changed to "Request for Initial Evidence was sent". TBH, I have no idea what it is

Morning, I think it means that they sent you a letter requesting additional information/documents in regards to your initial package. I had seen other posts with same status and most of the time is either them needing originals, translations, birth certificates etc....

Good luck. Hopefully is something easy to fix.

[MGarza78]

So this morning I wake up to a text message and email from [email protected]. I get all excited because the receipt number referenced is for the I-765. The email and text message both say "We have taken an action on your case. Sign in to your account to view your case status." I start smiling. I log in with great expectations, ready to celebrate. Then... nada. The status is exactly the same as it has been for the last 117 days. So now they're just playing with my emotions. Sucking my teeth and rolling my eyes. USCIS is not good for my mentals. They just messed up my whole day. Anybody else had this experience?

my God. Trini0616 Tell me about it. I just feel so stress out now. Hoping to hear something this week too. And keep looking at my cellphone for texts.

Well in your case it might be something positive they must be doing something with your case my friend.

[vic-k]

Morning, I think it means that they sent you a letter requesting additional information/documents in regards to your initial package. I had seen other posts with same status and most of the time is either them needing originals, translations, birth certificates etc....

Good luck. Hopefully is something easy to fix.

By "I have no idea what it is" I meant that based on my research I've sent everything that is required:
Forms:

1. I-130
2. I-310A
3. I-485
4. I-693
5. I-864
6. I-765

Supporting Documents:

1. Naturalization Certificate
2. Marriage Certificate
3. Proof of previous marriage dissolution with translation
4. Proof of previous marriage dissolution
5. Proof of joint lease
6. Proof of joint bank account
7. Proof of joint health insurance
8. Proof of joint car insurance
9. Proof of previous legal name change with translation
10. Copy of Russian passport
11. Copy of birth certificate with translation
12. Copy of U.S. Visa
13. Most recent I-94
14. Joint tax return transcript of the 3 most recent years
15. 8 passport size photos
16. 2 passport size photos
17. Check payment for form I-130 ($535)
18. Check payment for form I-485 + biometrics fee ($1225)

That's why I'm not sure what else do they need