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Hi mom!

Just sharing a small update regarding my case:

I tried to initiate a congressional inquiry yesterday but I was getting a technical error when I tried to submit the online Privacy Authorization Form on the congressman's website. I contacted his office today and one of his staff members asked me to send him the form via email. I just did that and now I'm waiting for a response.
 
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ishmog said:
Hi mom!

Just sharing a small update regarding my case:

I tried to initiate a congressional inquiry yesterday but I was getting a technical error when I tried to submit the online Privacy Authorization Form on the congressman's website. I contacted his office today and one of his staff members asked me to send him the form via email. I just did that and now I'm waiting for a response.
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Thanks for the update.
 
crazycatlover said:
Hi, congrats on having a successful interview! I hope you'll get your GCs in the mail soon.

I see that your status at the time of filing was F2/Pending asylum. Could you please share more information on your status?

1) Does it mean that your wife is on F1 and also dependent in your asylum case?
2) Did you file your asylum case while your F1/F2 statuses were valid?
3) Did you maintain your F1/F2 statuses while your AOS application was pending?
4) Have you attended your asylum interview yet?
5) Any questions on your asylum case during DV lottery?

Sorry for so many questions, but I am sure your experience will be valuable for people with similar situation like yours, including me. Thanks!
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1. Yes, she is F1 and my dependent on the pending asylum
2. Yes, our F1 & F2 statuses were still valid and they still are
3. Yes, we maintained the F1 & F2 statuses, and we still are under them
4. I am still waiting for the asylum interview
5. She asked if we have had or know when the interview is scheduled, and I said no. As I said in my previous post, she said she will have to see my asylum file before she could make a final decision. But regarding my asylum specifics, she did not ask.
 
Hi all,

Today I had my AOS I-485 interview in Brooklyn Field Office (26 Federal Plaza) at 11:35am. Sharing my experience here in case it helps other Brooklyn folks.

I wasn't familiar with the area so I arrived early and waited outside for some time. I went inside the building 20 minutes before the scheduled time using the entrance to the building on Lafayette street. I went through security similar to airport security, which took me about 5-10min to pass. Once I entered, I took the elevator to 8th floor as my interview notice had the room number 800. My understanding is that you can only enter this room 15 minutes before the scheduled time. I would advise enter the building a bit earlier to pass through security.

I entered the room and checked in by the counter by providing my notice. They took the first page of my notice and returned the rest along with a ticket with a number in line. There were about 4-5 groups before me. I waited for about 1hour 15minutes in the waiting room before the IO called me in. Luckily, my interviewing officer is the training officer on diversity cases so she was fully aware that I only had until 9/30 to complete the process. We started with taking the oath and taking fingerprints of the index fingers. I was told this is not part of the biometrics but simply a USCIS process to register my visits to FO.

She was interested in how I maintained my current status. She wanted to establish a timeline of how I maintained my status since college and wrote down notes in the case file for future reference. I have been on F1 student visa and have been working on OPT and CPT so I provided all my I-20s, EAD cards, transcripts, diplomas, employer verification letter, paystubs. As I already provided the birth certificate copy, KCC letters, proof of payment as part of my AOS package - she did not ask to see these originals again. She also asked how many times I entered the green card lottery, whats the name of my graduate program, my nationality, did I get vaccinated, etc.

She then proceeded to ask the long list of questions on the I-485 form. Once done, I asked to make 4 changes on the I-485 form and she helped me make the adjustments, then asked me to confirm that those were the only changes and asked me to sign at the end of a I-485 form. After this was done, she asked me if I had any questions and I asked about next steps. She said she will need to review all the documents and she will try to make a decision by end of day. If she see any issues with it, she said she will need to request for evidence. Since it's time sensitive, she asked me for my phone number so that she can call me directly in case they needed more evidence. She said it usually takes a couple of days for the system to update the online case status so keep an eye on that. Overall the interview experience was quite smooth, only the waiting period was longer than expected. On my way home, I checked my online case status and it's changed to "New Card Is Being Produced".

Thanks all for your help and I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
 
kdkdkdkd said:
Hi all,

Today I had my AOS I-485 interview in Brooklyn Field Office (26 Federal Plaza) at 11:35am. Sharing my experience here in case it helps other Brooklyn folks.

I wasn't familiar with the area so I arrived early and waited outside for some time. I went inside the building 20 minutes before the scheduled time using the entrance to the building on Lafayette street. I went through security similar to airport security, which took me about 5-10min to pass. Once I entered, I took the elevator to 8th floor as my interview notice had the room number 800. My understanding is that you can only enter this room 15 minutes before the scheduled time. I would advise enter the building a bit earlier to pass through security.

I entered the room and checked in by the counter by providing my notice. They took the first page of my notice and returned the rest along with a ticket with a number in line. There were about 4-5 groups before me. I waited for about 1hour 15minutes in the waiting room before the IO called me in. Luckily, my interviewing officer is the training officer on diversity cases so she was fully aware that I only had until 9/30 to complete the process. We started with taking the oath and taking fingerprints of the index fingers. I was told this is not part of the biometrics but simply a USCIS process to register my visits to FO.

She was interested in how I maintained my current status. She wanted to establish a timeline of how I maintained my status since college and wrote down notes in the case file for future reference. I have been on F1 student visa and have been working on OPT and CPT so I provided all my I-20s, EAD cards, transcripts, diplomas, employer verification letter, paystubs. As I already provided the birth certificate copy, KCC letters, proof of payment as part of my AOS package - she did not ask to see these originals again. She also asked how many times I entered the green card lottery, whats the name of my graduate program, my nationality, did I get vaccinated, etc.

She then proceeded to ask the long list of questions on the I-485 form. Once done, I asked to make 4 changes on the I-485 form and she helped me make the adjustments, then asked me to confirm that those were the only changes and asked me to sign at the end of a I-485 form. After this was done, she asked me if I had any questions and I asked about next steps. She said she will need to review all the documents and she will try to make a decision by end of day. If she see any issues with it, she said she will need to request for evidence. Since it's time sensitive, she asked me for my phone number so that she can call me directly in case they needed more evidence. She said it usually takes a couple of days for the system to update the online case status so keep an eye on that. Overall the interview experience was quite smooth, only the waiting period was longer than expected. On my way home, I checked my online case status and it's changed to "New Card Is Being Produced".

Thanks all for your help and I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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Congratulations!!
 
kdkdkdkd said:
Hi all,

Today I had my AOS I-485 interview in Brooklyn Field Office (26 Federal Plaza) at 11:35am. Sharing my experience here in case it helps other Brooklyn folks.

I wasn't familiar with the area so I arrived early and waited outside for some time. I went inside the building 20 minutes before the scheduled time using the entrance to the building on Lafayette street. I went through security similar to airport security, which took me about 5-10min to pass. Once I entered, I took the elevator to 8th floor as my interview notice had the room number 800. My understanding is that you can only enter this room 15 minutes before the scheduled time. I would advise enter the building a bit earlier to pass through security.

I entered the room and checked in by the counter by providing my notice. They took the first page of my notice and returned the rest along with a ticket with a number in line. There were about 4-5 groups before me. I waited for about 1hour 15minutes in the waiting room before the IO called me in. Luckily, my interviewing officer is the training officer on diversity cases so she was fully aware that I only had until 9/30 to complete the process. We started with taking the oath and taking fingerprints of the index fingers. I was told this is not part of the biometrics but simply a USCIS process to register my visits to FO.

She was interested in how I maintained my current status. She wanted to establish a timeline of how I maintained my status since college and wrote down notes in the case file for future reference. I have been on F1 student visa and have been working on OPT and CPT so I provided all my I-20s, EAD cards, transcripts, diplomas, employer verification letter, paystubs. As I already provided the birth certificate copy, KCC letters, proof of payment as part of my AOS package - she did not ask to see these originals again. She also asked how many times I entered the green card lottery, whats the name of my graduate program, my nationality, did I get vaccinated, etc.

She then proceeded to ask the long list of questions on the I-485 form. Once done, I asked to make 4 changes on the I-485 form and she helped me make the adjustments, then asked me to confirm that those were the only changes and asked me to sign at the end of a I-485 form. After this was done, she asked me if I had any questions and I asked about next steps. She said she will need to review all the documents and she will try to make a decision by end of day. If she see any issues with it, she said she will need to request for evidence. Since it's time sensitive, she asked me for my phone number so that she can call me directly in case they needed more evidence. She said it usually takes a couple of days for the system to update the online case status so keep an eye on that. Overall the interview experience was quite smooth, only the waiting period was longer than expected. On my way home, I checked my online case status and it's changed to "New Card Is Being Produced".

Thanks all for your help and I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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I'm very happy for you! Congrats!
 
kdkdkdkd said:
Hi all,

Today I had my AOS I-485 interview in Brooklyn Field Office (26 Federal Plaza) at 11:35am. Sharing my experience here in case it helps other Brooklyn folks.

I wasn't familiar with the area so I arrived early and waited outside for some time. I went inside the building 20 minutes before the scheduled time using the entrance to the building on Lafayette street. I went through security similar to airport security, which took me about 5-10min to pass. Once I entered, I took the elevator to 8th floor as my interview notice had the room number 800. My understanding is that you can only enter this room 15 minutes before the scheduled time. I would advise enter the building a bit earlier to pass through security.

I entered the room and checked in by the counter by providing my notice. They took the first page of my notice and returned the rest along with a ticket with a number in line. There were about 4-5 groups before me. I waited for about 1hour 15minutes in the waiting room before the IO called me in. Luckily, my interviewing officer is the training officer on diversity cases so she was fully aware that I only had until 9/30 to complete the process. We started with taking the oath and taking fingerprints of the index fingers. I was told this is not part of the biometrics but simply a USCIS process to register my visits to FO.

She was interested in how I maintained my current status. She wanted to establish a timeline of how I maintained my status since college and wrote down notes in the case file for future reference. I have been on F1 student visa and have been working on OPT and CPT so I provided all my I-20s, EAD cards, transcripts, diplomas, employer verification letter, paystubs. As I already provided the birth certificate copy, KCC letters, proof of payment as part of my AOS package - she did not ask to see these originals again. She also asked how many times I entered the green card lottery, whats the name of my graduate program, my nationality, did I get vaccinated, etc.

She then proceeded to ask the long list of questions on the I-485 form. Once done, I asked to make 4 changes on the I-485 form and she helped me make the adjustments, then asked me to confirm that those were the only changes and asked me to sign at the end of a I-485 form. After this was done, she asked me if I had any questions and I asked about next steps. She said she will need to review all the documents and she will try to make a decision by end of day. If she see any issues with it, she said she will need to request for evidence. Since it's time sensitive, she asked me for my phone number so that she can call me directly in case they needed more evidence. She said it usually takes a couple of days for the system to update the online case status so keep an eye on that. Overall the interview experience was quite smooth, only the waiting period was longer than expected. On my way home, I checked my online case status and it's changed to "New Card Is Being Produced".

Thanks all for your help and I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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Congratulations!!!
 
kdkdkdkd said:
Hi all,

Today I had my AOS I-485 interview in Brooklyn Field Office (26 Federal Plaza) at 11:35am. Sharing my experience here in case it helps other Brooklyn folks.

I wasn't familiar with the area so I arrived early and waited outside for some time. I went inside the building 20 minutes before the scheduled time using the entrance to the building on Lafayette street. I went through security similar to airport security, which took me about 5-10min to pass. Once I entered, I took the elevator to 8th floor as my interview notice had the room number 800. My understanding is that you can only enter this room 15 minutes before the scheduled time. I would advise enter the building a bit earlier to pass through security.

I entered the room and checked in by the counter by providing my notice. They took the first page of my notice and returned the rest along with a ticket with a number in line. There were about 4-5 groups before me. I waited for about 1hour 15minutes in the waiting room before the IO called me in. Luckily, my interviewing officer is the training officer on diversity cases so she was fully aware that I only had until 9/30 to complete the process. We started with taking the oath and taking fingerprints of the index fingers. I was told this is not part of the biometrics but simply a USCIS process to register my visits to FO.

She was interested in how I maintained my current status. She wanted to establish a timeline of how I maintained my status since college and wrote down notes in the case file for future reference. I have been on F1 student visa and have been working on OPT and CPT so I provided all my I-20s, EAD cards, transcripts, diplomas, employer verification letter, paystubs. As I already provided the birth certificate copy, KCC letters, proof of payment as part of my AOS package - she did not ask to see these originals again. She also asked how many times I entered the green card lottery, whats the name of my graduate program, my nationality, did I get vaccinated, etc.

She then proceeded to ask the long list of questions on the I-485 form. Once done, I asked to make 4 changes on the I-485 form and she helped me make the adjustments, then asked me to confirm that those were the only changes and asked me to sign at the end of a I-485 form. After this was done, she asked me if I had any questions and I asked about next steps. She said she will need to review all the documents and she will try to make a decision by end of day. If she see any issues with it, she said she will need to request for evidence. Since it's time sensitive, she asked me for my phone number so that she can call me directly in case they needed more evidence. She said it usually takes a couple of days for the system to update the online case status so keep an eye on that. Overall the interview experience was quite smooth, only the waiting period was longer than expected. On my way home, I checked my online case status and it's changed to "New Card Is Being Produced".

Thanks all for your help and I wish all the best to everyone who is still in the process.
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So happy for you! I have my interview there next week so really appreciate the detailed summary of your own experience.
Out of curiosity how formally did you / other ppl dress for interviews there? Smart casual or leaning more towards business attire?
Also did your original application include any financial data eg bank statements / tax returns?
 
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Hello,
First of all I wanna thanks mom and every staff behind this forum, without your help I could not make.
I had my interview today, it was fast only 10 mn(basic question on i-485) since I did not get my bio notice I could get schedule the same day. I hope everyone can make it, it was stressful journey.
FO: Salt lake
Mai 28 2021, sent my package
June 16 2021, got my NOA
July 23 2021, got my interview notice
No bio notice
August 10, got my interview and bio
And 7 hours later = New card is being produced so fast ❤
 
Filo222 said:
Hello,
First of all I wanna thanks mom and every staff behind this forum, without your help I could not make.
I had my interview today, it was fast only 10 mn(basic question on i-485) since I did not get my bio notice I could get schedule the same day. I hope everyone can make it, it was stressful journey.
Mai 28 2021, sent my package
June 16 2021, got my NOA
July 23 2021, got my interview notice
No bio notice
August 10, got my interview and bio
And 7 hours later = New card is producing so fast
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Wow! That background check was fast lol :) congrats!
 
Filo222 said:
Hello,
First of all I wanna thanks mom and every staff behind this forum, without your help I could not make.
I had my interview today, it was fast only 10 mn(basic question on i-485) since I did not get my bio notice I could get schedule the same day. I hope everyone can make it, it was stressful journey.
Mai 28 2021, sent my package
June 16 2021, got my NOA
July 23 2021, got my interview notice
No bio notice
August 10, got my interview and bio
And 7 hours later = New card is producing so fast
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Congrats! The fastest BG I've seen yet!
 
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