Any May filers around?

IrishDMBF said:
We had our interview in Indy today and were approved!!!

We arrived at 12;15 for our 12:30 interview. Parking was right out front and was $5. We went up to the 4th floor and gave the lady at the window our appointment letter. She told us to sit and wait. We waited until 12:35 and then we were called in. The officer was officer Bonk and she brought us back to her office. She swore us in and then we sat down. She took our IDs and my passport.
Then she asked me a whole load of basic questions such as my full name, address, dob, ssn then a whole load of the "no" questions. She asked me had I ever been on A J1. I said I had and she looked kind of shocked but I said I wasn't subject to the 2 year rule and I showed her the visa in my passport. She told me I was on the ball!!!!
After that she asked my husband basic questions. Like a typical man he got our wedding anniversary wrong but she just laughed!!! Then she asked us did we have children together. We told her 2 and that I had their birth certificates. She asked us where we got married!!!
Then she asked to see the birth certificates and any documents we wanted to give her. I gave her all our stuff, the 2 birth certificates, car insurance cards and bill, joint bank account statements, car title and registration and health insurance cards. She just looked at the big pile I handed her and looked immediately back at me and asked did I have copies without even looking at anything. She took the copies and filed them.
She then told us that we were the first people she was approving today and that that was really straight forward. She said I would get a 10 year green card because we had been married for over 2 years and that I could apply for citizenship in 3 years. I should have my card in a month!!!
She said congratulations and then she joked "I hope you aren't committing marriage fraud". I joked back and said that I doubt it with 2 kids aged 2 and under!!!
She walked us out of the office and said she wished all cases were as straightforward as ours and that everyone was as organized but when its easy, its easy!!!! We were back at our car at 12:55.
Thanks to everyone for all the advice on here.
Regards
IrishDMBF
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CONGRATULATIONS!! Am very happy for you :) Thank you for your detailed post! Enjoy life as a LPR now. Do be in touch,though.
 
Man, I just got off the phone with USCIS C.S. and they would not transfer me to an IO :mad:

Just told me to wait 30 days to hear after the approval... I have no LUDs and no Emails...

I wonder if my A-File is just sitting in the IO's desk along with a pile of other cases waiting to be put in the system... :mad: this is very annoying...

I have an Infopass this friday and I will ask for my stamped passport. I need to start working soon and apply for DL and SSN... and that will take a while :p
 
IrishDMBF said:
I went to check my status online and my card production has been ordered for my I485 case!!!! Wow, that was quick!!!
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That's simply great! :) Do you mind posting the list of items/documents that you had prepared? It would really help all of us who haven't had our interview yet.
 
k.ambrose said:
That's simply great! :) Do you mind posting the list of items/documents that you had prepared? It would really help all of us who haven't had our interview yet.
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1. Both childrens birth certificates
2. Car title
3. Car registration
4. Car insurance card and bill
5. Health insurance card
6. Joint bank account statements (2)
7. Lease
8. Joint tax returns for 2006 and 2005
9. A bunch of pictures that she didn't even look at.

I made copies of all.
 
IrishDMBF said:
We had our interview in Indy today and were approved!!!

We arrived at 12;15 for our 12:30 interview. Parking was right out front and was $5. We went up to the 4th floor and gave the lady at the window our appointment letter. She told us to sit and wait. We waited until 12:35 and then we were called in. The officer was officer Bonk and she brought us back to her office. She swore us in and then we sat down. She took our IDs and my passport.
Then she asked me a whole load of basic questions such as my full name, address, dob, ssn then a whole load of the "no" questions. She asked me had I ever been on A J1. I said I had and she looked kind of shocked but I said I wasn't subject to the 2 year rule and I showed her the visa in my passport. She told me I was on the ball!!!!
After that she asked my husband basic questions. Like a typical man he got our wedding anniversary wrong but she just laughed!!! Then she asked us did we have children together. We told her 2 and that I had their birth certificates. She asked us where we got married!!!
Then she asked to see the birth certificates and any documents we wanted to give her. I gave her all our stuff, the 2 birth certificates, car insurance cards and bill, joint bank account statements, car title and registration and health insurance cards. She just looked at the big pile I handed her and looked immediately back at me and asked did I have copies without even looking at anything. She took the copies and filed them.
She then told us that we were the first people she was approving today and that that was really straight forward. She said I would get a 10 year green card because we had been married for over 2 years and that I could apply for citizenship in 3 years. I should have my card in a month!!!
She said congratulations and then she joked "I hope you aren't committing marriage fraud". I joked back and said that I doubt it with 2 kids aged 2 and under!!!
She walked us out of the office and said she wished all cases were as straightforward as ours and that everyone was as organized but when its easy, its easy!!!! We were back at our car at 12:55.
Thanks to everyone for all the advice on here.
Regards
IrishDMBF
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Congrats..
 
Neha , you should be getting it soon , we have all waited so patiently , may be a couple of days more , but u surely will get it its on its way
 
surprisingly the lud and status on my ap has not changed it still says that received and pending although I have already received my ap
 
PraetorianXI said:
I hate you :mad:...

Not really :eek: I just wish my IO would have put the information in the system that same day... I mean, it has been a week already!
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I didn't expect an LUD today but then again I don't think Indy is the busiest immigration office;) While we were waiting I don't think there was anyone else going to an interview, at least there was no one in the waiting room that was dressed appropriately......but that could be why they approved no one before us today:D
 
IrishDMBF said:
at least there was no one in the waiting room that was dressed appropriately......but that could be why they approved no one before us today:D
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Lol. :D I thought the same thing, people were "too" casual with their dressing (Except for the few lawyers)... oh well, I will still wait :p
 
PraetorianXI said:
wtnginatl

Would you say your infopass helped? was the IO the same that interviewed you? did he have access to your A file?
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not the same one. She type something on the computer. The computer showed that my greencard was already ordered so she decided to stamp my passport and took my EAD and I-94 telling me that the stamp is better than the EAD anyways. (Like I didn't know that it's better)
 
wtnginatl said:
not the same one. She type something on the computer. The computer showed that my greencard was already ordered so she decided to stamp my passport and took my EAD and I-94 telling me that the stamp is better than the EAD anyways. (Like I didn't know that it's better)
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Great, well I will be speaking with an IO this friday then and hopefully get my I-551 stamp! ;)
 
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