October 2019 Filers

[januvia]

Is you AOS marriage- based? If so, your visa is void once you file.

Also i already have my SSN as i use to work on campus at my school.Do i need to go to social security office with my new EAD card and have them change anything with my ssn card?

[zorlu86]

Filing I-485, along with I-765 and I-131.

I-140 was approved on 08/27

Processing Center: NBC, Field Office: Seattle
10/11/19 Received by USCIS (day 1)
11/12/19 Biometrics Done (day 32)
11/13/19 Fingerprint Review Completed (day 33)
Then, I-485 and I-765 status updated to "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints" and I-131 status was "Case Was Received"
01/23/20 I-485 "Case is Ready to be Scheduled for An Interview" (day 104)
02/12/20 I-765 "New Card is Being Produced" (day 124)
02/13/20 I-765 and I-131 for primary and dependent "Case Was Approved" (day 125)
02/18/20 I-765 "Card was mailed to me" (day 130)
02/19/20 I-485 "Interview Was Scheduled" (day 131)

[MGarza78]

Good evening everyone, we had our interview this morning. It was around 1 hour and 30 minutes long. Our IO was friendly but very direct. We were a total of 4 people in her office, hubby, me, attorney and interpreter. IO reviewed both our I-130 and I-485. We didn't get approved at the end of the interview. We were told that our case needed to be reviewed and that she should make a decision between 7-14 days. Gave us 2 sheets of papers. One was a notice about our case needing to be reviewed and 2nd sheet was instructions about getting our conditions removed from GC if approved. I felt very stressed, even though the focus was not on me. She only asked me a very few questions pertaining to the I-130 and my previous marriages and why I divorced them, my kids and how we met. My hubby was a total different story. He got bombed with questions from the I-485 application plus all his entrances and overstays. She went over all the dates he came in and out. And what he told other officials every time he came in as a B1/B2. She questioned all the time frames in between entrances and exits. Where he lived, where he worked. How we met, why we marry. And to make things more stressful it seems like our file was messy in terms to documents not been in the correct packages. Ex. some addendums from I-130 were not in that packet, but in I-485 packet and viceversa. So she kept asking him why is this not disclosed in your application? Attorney had to intervene to tell her it was sent in, because she had a copy of our file. So at the end IO did find all of the stuff she thought was missing. I think that between that and translation it made the interview longer than normal, but who knows!!!. At the end our attorney told us we did good. That she had no reasons to believe we will get denied. After IO finished the interview she asked for his medical, and supporting evidence.

Also, we had a waiver filed on his behalf because of the overstaying, working with no authorization and misrepresentation. (I-601) So let's hope our attorney is right and we get a positive outcome.

[JaydenDad]

To be honest, I don't know what you mean, but when I apply for a job I send my resume to open positions I consider, then phone interview, then test project, then interview in person, then interview with CEO or hiring manager, then if they ready to hire you they send you an offer with the proposed salary, if you like the offer - you sign it and you are employed.

That's what i did....

[Count MeIn]

We had our interview yesterday. It was draining. We're a same-sex couple and the IO was definitely focused on that. We were asked why we didn't marry men, if we've ever dated men, how/why is it different being with a woman, how do we know we're not just best friends instead of a romantic couple? Other than that very few questions were focused on our relationship. The IO wasn't very interested in the documents we brought but did admit we were well prepared so that was comforting after everything. The entire interview was over an hour.
We received notification later that evening that the conditional GC is in production which is fantastic news.

Congrats!!! You got your green card approved in less than 4 months! Given San Fransisco takes a long time, that was fortuitous. Did you have a lawyer? Did you send a lot of evidence during filing? Whatever little insights it can provide, it will still be useful lol.

[Penny15]

Good evening everyone, we had our interview this morning. It was around 1 hour and 30 minutes long. Our IO was friendly but very direct. We were a total of 4 people in her office, hubby, me, attorney and interpreter. IO reviewed both our I-130 and I-485. We didn't get approved at the end of the interview. We were told that our case needed to be reviewed and that she should make a decision between 7-14 days. Gave us 2 sheets of papers. One was a notice about our case needing to be reviewed and 2nd sheet was instructions about getting our conditions removed from GC if approved. I felt very stressed, even though the focus was not on me. She only asked me a very few questions pertaining to the I-130 and my previous marriages and why I divorced them, my kids and how we met. My hubby was a total different story. He got bombed with questions from the I-485 application plus all his entrances and overstays. She went over all the dates he came in and out. And what he told other officials every time he came in as a B1/B2. She questioned all the time frames in between entrances and exits. Where he lived, where he worked. How we met, why we marry. And to make things more stressful it seems like our file was messy in terms to documents not been in the correct packages. Ex. some addendums from I-130 were not in that packet, but in I-485 packet and viceversa. So she kept asking him why is this not disclosed in your application? Attorney had to intervene to tell her it was sent in, because she had a copy of our file. So at the end IO did find all of the stuff she thought was missing. I think that between that and translation it made the interview longer than normal, but who knows!!!. At the end our attorney told us we did good. That she had no reasons to believe we will get denied. After IO finished the interview she asked for his medical, and supporting evidence.

Also, we had a waiver filed on his behalf because of the overstaying, working with no authorization and misrepresentation. (I-601) So let's hope our attorney is right and we get a positive outcome.

I hope you get a positive answer soon!

[batmanuel03]

Congrats!!! You got your green card approved in less than 4 months! Given San Fransisco takes a long time, that was fortuitous. Did you have a lawyer? Did you send a lot of evidence during filing? Whatever little insights it can provide, it will still be useful lol.

Thanks! We hired an attorney to do the filing but due to a conflict he was unable to attend our interview.

we actually didn’t send much in with our application. We provided the standard required documents such as birth certificates, naturalization certificate, marriage certificate, taxes and W2, etc. Re: Bona fide marriage evidence- we just provided a leftover wedding invitation. That was it. I was expecting a RFIE and was pleasantly surprised when that didn’t happen. However at the interview we showed up with lots of evidence:

1) legal documents (birth certificates, naturalization certificate, passports, marriage certificate)
2) recent bank statements from joint account
3) recent joint bills (cell phone, cable)
4) all 2019 & 2020 medical and life insurance docs showing my spouse on my coverage
5) 401k showing spouse as beneficiary
6) indexed list of all trips with hotel and plane receipts
7) pictures- with family, friends, us engaged in activities, wedding pictures (the IO was really interested in the wedding pictures and wanted to see if our families were present at the ceremony)
8) wedding related receipts (reception, ceremony, etc)
9) financial documents- 2019 taxes- filed jointly, my W2 as the sponsor, letter from verifying my current salary

[MGarza78]

I hope you get a positive answer soon!

Thanks I hope so too. Good luck to you as well next week

[JaydenDad]

Also i already have my SSN as i use to work on campus at my school.Do i need to go to social security office with my new EAD card and have them change anything with my ssn card?

I have the same thing...... Wonder if I'll get a whole new SSN and start afresh

[Lobster93]

I have the same thing...... Wonder if I'll get a whole new SSN and start afresh

You will never receive a new SSN. If you had one from being a Student, J1, etc, that’s your number.

[Dreamer2013]

Yay finally got combo card too! ^_^ hope case interview follows thru right away haha.. tried to be in reading mode here cause everyone’s cases moves so fast. Southern CA cases moves so slow. Specially the one in my FO -_-

Congrats to everyone who already reached the finish line, also to other October mates that got the combo card like me. The rest who’s still waiting, extend your patience rope more. Your case will move along as well. ^_-

[Dreamer2013]

You will never receive a new SSN. If you had one from being a Student, J1, etc, that’s your number.

True! My husband’s SSN was like that. His was from student and until now when he uses his ssn when we get a new car or anything that needs ssn check they always ask him if he’s an LPR at least lol. He always gets pissed and say he’s a citizen not just resident hahaha

[vic-k]

True! My husband’s SSN was like that. His was from student and until now when he uses his ssn when we get a new car or anything that needs ssn check they always ask him if he’s an LPR at least lol. He always gets pissed and say he’s a citizen not just resident hahaha

You can get rid of that message from the SSN card for free in social security office, they will send you a new card with the same number just without saying "Valid for work only with DHS authorization". I've done it

[Dreamer2013]

You can get rig of that message from the SSN card for free in social security office, they will send you a new card with the same number just without saying "Valid for work only with DHS authorization". I've done it

Really? He updated his name on his ssn cause he had name change but it wasn’t offered to him when he wen to the office.

[vic-k]

Really? He updated his name on his ssn cause he had name change but it wasn’t offered to him when he wen to the office.

Yes, you will need to provide a proof (GC, passport) and they will give you a form to fill out. You don't have to pay anything, it's free. I changed mine like 5 years ago