I-485 AOS Houston Filers

[anand1850555]

Hello Everyone,

Just created this thread for Houston, TX based filers of I-485 AOS to compare timelines - especially for those like me stuck in the "Case is Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview" stage which could be anywhere between 3-10 months from what I am reading in this forum.

Please update your timelines by going to User Settings > Account > Edit Post Signature, so we can track your progress on your posts without having to type it out each time.

I am tagging a few folks that I noticed are filing from Houston here - HTX2019 Oguns590 B7069 busa kianblame cobuek1 jangola KG22 ncusa YINGTX htx0817

If yall know other Houston applicants, please tag them here - so we can track & keep anxieties down

Hopeful,
Anand

[ncusa]

Thanks for the thread and the tag. I have learnt that I will need to build up a lot of patience in this process. Also, avoid reading too many experiences while waiting anxiously - it does not help. Although I still do that every now and then. I have subscribed to important threads like this one, to get timely notifications. All the best!

[ncusa]

Got an update on i765 today: new card is being produced

[b3b3g1]

Just in case you guys don't know there is a ******** group dedicated to Houston AOS filers.it helped me a lot. Hope helps you guys too. Good luck to you all!

[ncusa]

Just received notification that Interview was Scheduled.

[notpatientanymore]

Congratulations !

[ncusa]

Thanks!

[anand1850555]

Good news - things are moving fast i suppose. I am hoping to hear something around April time frame since my PD is in Sept-2019. Will update here.

[Valley84]

Hi all,

Just wanted to add my case to the tread.
i just received my courtesy letter for I 693 on January 10th 2020 and from reading the others experiences it looks like it should be another couple of weeks for my case to change to ready for interview. Has this been the experience for most here in houston?

well good luck to everyone

[TexasSerb]

First request submitted at May 2018. (I130, I485, I765) National Benefit Center MCS
Got first EAD at October 2018
AOS Interview was on July 2019
Got my second EAD at November 2019
Still waiting response for AOS interview

[drjl]

Hi, y'all,

Married USC about 3.5 years ago J1
	PD 8/29/2019
	Fingerprint fee accepted: 09/05/2019
	Case ready for interview: 12/23/2019
	EAD combo card approved and delivered by 02/01/2019

Now it's been just the waiting game.

[ncusa]

2/24/20 Houston marriage based gc interview experience:
The interviewing officer (IO) escorted us from the entrance to his office without any exchanges. After reaching his office, we started off with swearing in. Asked my wife (citizen) about how we met and ended up marrying each other. We had our short and sweet story for that. From now till the end he kept on adding/rearranging all the paperwork in my file. Then he asked for photo id's. Then he asked for latest entry date, that we got updated since we traveled after filing our forms. By the way he had pulled this information up on his system within seconds. Then he started asking for other documents: 2019/latest tax returns, Job verification letters and pay stubs, birth certificates. Then he asked me to pull up all documents establishing legitimate marriage: home/auto insurance papers, joint leases, joint property tax papers, bank statements (although we don't have joint accounts) . I told him we are authorized users on each other's credit accounts. He asked why we don't have joint accounts and heard our explanation and about authorized users and was satisfied. Then he tried to get me into trouble asking why wife was sharing only 1/3rd beneficiary of life insurance . Then he started going through our forms and confirming names/dobs/addresses. Then he asked if we have some photos albums etc. to show our time together. I took them out but he didn't check a single one. Then he started asking the yes/no questions randomly. All answers were NO, except on citations I asked him whether speeding tickets counted as citations for the filing purpose and he started updating the form to change my answer to yes but was not too worried about it. He asked whether all those were cleared (paid the fine/took defensive driving) and we moved on. No other surprises. At the end he mumbled something about i864 affidavit of support and Medicare which was not clear and he pointed at some letter stuck up on his wall. It was still not clear and he mentioned that's something he has to say. Didn't seem like it mattered much. Then he let us know that he doesn't need any further documents and he will put our file for review and should get approval by the end of day. Gave us a letter saying similar things. He said since we were married over 2 years I will get 10 year GC and would be eligible to file for naturalization in 3 years. Asked us if we had questions and I asked if I need to report to SSO and he didn't seem to be sure about that. While walking out I asked him what his name was and he said that we can find that on the letter. Took our DLs for photocopying and asked us to wait outside. We stepped out of the building and within minutes I got an update that new card is in production.

[drjl]

Another closed month for USCIS offices. Any idea on how long will it take to get back on track? I mean... they have to catch up with canceled interviews how many weeks were canceled?
I guess the question is how many weeks to add to the date they finally open up again to try and guesstimate when we get scheduled?

Kind regards,

[anand1850555]

Anybody's guess. Hope they open next week and not
delay opening further again.

[TexasSerb]

Hey All, today I received an email than my card is producing. We had second interview scheduled for April but since they were closed nothing happened. And I was ready to send them a letter and boom, my card is producing. Still do not believe until I have the card in my hands. My PD was in May 2018.