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.....approved! I am a derivative applicant to my husband's EB-2 petition and my case got complicated by FP issues. Our files got separated...he got his plastic card last May but my case had dragged on.... Details: RD: sometime November 2001 FP1: May 2002 FP2: July 2002 (not an...

My advice is to bring everything you can, especially the original documents that you copied and included in your 485 application (e.g., birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc.) I was interviewed in Baltimore last September. The only documents the IIO asked for were my birth...

Hi, I really don't have any good feel for how much an hourly rate "should" be. I imagine it's a function of geography (both you and your lawyer.....for example, my lawyer is from out of state so I actually paid for his expenses that day to come in for the interview) and what kind of law firm...

I brought all the original documents that were copied in the I-485 application. These are the items the IIO specifically asked for during my interview: - marriage certificate - my birth certificate - all passports I have had since I entered this country (including expired ones--this...

All I can add in terms of documents are other financial things like copies of tax returns for the last three years for both of us (both as a financial record and as further proof that our marriage is real) and bank statements. I also brought the title to our house (in both our names) and for...

Here are my details: Derivative applicant to my husband's application. He got his GC in May while I was transferred to the Baltimore office for interview in April because of FP issues. Through mixup at INS, I didn't get interviewed till 9/10. I brought all the original documents...

Re: Re: pegh I found out about my transfer online and then a few days later, my lawyer received the notice. I don't know if INS sent me one that got lost in the mail or something...I always thought it was a little odd that I didn't get a copy of the transfer notice. Good luck to you and...

Re: ymfr: Congrats!! I know our situations are probably quite different but just wanted to say that it is possible for the derivative applicant to be transferred even if primary is done. My husband (primary applicant) was approved in March and got his GC by May. My case was transferred to...

Sometimes papers get separated. My husband (primary applicant) received his GC last May. My case was transferred to a local office because of FP problems (prints not electronically readable) and somehow they lost track of the fact that my husband's case was already approved. It wasn't until...

Our experience During my AOS interview last 9/10/03 in Baltimore, the IIO took my I-94 and then cautioned me at least 3 times during the 20-minute interview that I should not leave the country until I have heard back from them. I did not get my PP stamped because I had FP issues (apparently...

My second FP (about 1-2 months after the first one) was requested by VSC. Then I didn't hear from them and mistakenly thought all was well. Afterwards, they approved my husband's GC outright but transferred me to Baltimore for interview. The IIO later told me the only reason for the transfer...

My husband changed jobs about 3 months after getting his GC. Our lawyer did try to make him delay his switch but he didn't want to wait any longer (change in leadership in his old job made it unbearable to him). There is no real bad blood there, however, so there was no problem about him...

Since your second FP was so soon after the first one (less than 15 months) you may be in the same boat as I was. My husband and I had our first FP in May of 2002, then I got a notice to go for another FP in June or July of 2002. (Only I got this notice, my husband didn't.) Turns out my...

Also in the same boat I had my AOS interview in Baltimore last 9/10. Because of fingerprint issues (3 FP within one year, and they still couldn't properly read my fps so I had to get a police clearance), the officer did not stamp my PP. But he did take away my I-94. He also very specifically...

Because of a mistake, even if my TD was 4/1/03, it wasn't until mid-June that INS realized they could schedule me for an interview already (they were mistakenly waiting for my husband's file). Anyway, when they scheduled me in mid-June (i.e., it was as if my file didn't transfer till...

Very helpful list, Jigesh! I am actually in situation #7---the ridges on my fingertips do not "register" well during fingerprinting so after 2 failed FP attempts, my case was transferred to the local (Baltimore) center. I was interviewed last month and told to get a police clearance, which I...

I can only answer question about medical I think there is a rule? memo? about the medical exam being accepted as long as it was done during the I-485 application, even if it is old. I was interviewed at the Baltimore INS office two weeks ago (I am a derivative applicant on my husband's...

Re: pegh, lots thanks for your info. Hi BC---sorry for this late response---just saw your questions, I don't have any solid answers, unfortunately...just my experince: About the affidavit of support: personally, I didn't get a new one. My lawyer didn't think it would be needed. I...

Whether or not her PP gets stamped may depend on whether her second FP was okay. My multiple FP (three!) was not because any of them expired but because somehow the ridges on my FP are not defined (sorry, don't know how to explain this in correct technical terms!) So essentially, I did not even...

New development in my case Just a quick summary: I had an interview last 9/10 basically because my FP kept getting rejected (FP1: 6/2002, FP2: 7/2002 and then after transfer to Baltimore, FP3: 4/2003). I am a derivative applicant to my husband's EB-2. The main thing I had to do after the...