DV 2025 AOS (Adjustment of Status) Process Only

[Maximpl]

Looks like you had your interview 2 days ago, 5/14 - how did it go?

San Jose AOS Interview – quick recap
Big thanks to everyone who shared their interview stories—they helped a lot.
I’d worried the officer would focus on the DS-260 glitch that showed the wrong birth year for my daughter, but it never became an issue. The whole appointment moved fast:

• Wait time: ~20 min
• Interview length: just under an hour (family of four: spouse, 3-year-old, 5-month-old)

Here are the main feelings/facts I want to mention afterwards:

• daughter's date of birth was never mentioned
• skimmed standard I-485 topics—parents, marriage, recent employment, security screening, etc. (no need to memorize all your home addresses)
• covered all YES/NO questions
• asked to provide the most recent employment verification documents, paystubs as well as all birth and marriage certificates
• said the file may need extra evidence or “however long review takes” and didn't give a final decision

Stressful with two small kids, but manageable. My tips:

1. Know your forms inside out - dates, names, other important facts - so you don’t look unprepared.
2. Bring every document/translation you might need; better to over-pack.
3. Expect no decision at the time of the interview; it’s normal.

Nevertheless, after the interview it took just 5 days for the "New Card is Being Produced" case status to appear.

 

[omarsn93]

San Jose AOS Interview – quick recap
Big thanks to everyone who shared their interview stories—they helped a lot.
I’d worried the officer would focus on the DS-260 glitch that showed the wrong birth year for my daughter, but it never became an issue. The whole appointment moved fast:

• Wait time: ~20 min
• Interview length: just under an hour (family of four: spouse, 3-year-old, 5-month-old)

Here are the main feelings/facts I want to mention afterwards:

• daughter's date of birth was never mentioned
• skimmed standard I-485 topics—parents, marriage, recent employment, security screening, etc. (no need to memorize all your home addresses)
• covered all YES/NO questions
• asked to provide the most recent employment verification documents, paystubs as well as all birth and marriage certificates
• said the file may need extra evidence or “however long review takes” and didn't give a final decision

Stressful with two small kids, but manageable. My tips:

1. Know your forms inside out - dates, names, other important facts - so you don’t look unprepared.
2. Bring every document/translation you might need; better to over-pack.
3. Expect no decision at the time of the interview; it’s normal.

Nevertheless, after the interview it took just 5 days for the "New Card is Being Produced" case status to appear.

Thank you. My interview is this Thursday. Can you tell what documents you brought with you? I'm making a checklist.

 

[Maximpl]

Thank you. My interview is this Thursday. Can you tell what documents you brought with you? I'm making a checklist.

All the same documents which I have already sent to USCIS and updated employment verification letters / paystubs. So it was the same list from the cover letter which I previously prepared.
Good luck!

 

[omarsn93]

All the same documents which I have already sent to USCIS and updated employment verification letters / paystubs. So it was the same list from the cover letter which I previously prepared.
Good luck!

This is what I did too. Already collected everything in a big binder. I got no job atm but im bringing i-134 with its supporting documents. Thank you.

 

[javier98]

Hello everyone, I have a question.

I entered the US under the CHVN humanitarian parole program, but as you probably know, the Supreme Court authorized the government to terminate that temporary status. I submitted my AOS package in November of last year.

Does the fact that they're now revoking the parole that was still in effect affect the decision on my AOS case under the DV Program 2025?

In other words, can they deny me AOS for not maintaining legal status until my case is adjudicated?

 

[Sm1smom]

Hello everyone, I have a question.

I entered the US under the CHVN humanitarian parole program, but as you probably know, the Supreme Court authorized the government to terminate that temporary status. I submitted my AOS package in November of last year.

Does the fact that they're now revoking the parole that was still in effect affect the decision on my AOS case under the DV Program 2025?

In other words, can they deny me AOS for not maintaining legal status until my case is adjudicated?

We’re navigating uncharted territories under this administration, it’s not quite certain how cases such as yours would end up.

 

[javier98]

Once my parole status is revoked, would I begin to accrue unlawful presence even if I have a pending residency application?

 

[SusieQQQ]

We’re navigating uncharted territories under this administration, it’s not quite certain how cases such as yours would end up.

Would they not be in adjustment pending like anyone else whose previous status was expired? (iow not accruing unlawful presence?)

 

[Sm1smom]

Once my parole status is revoked, would I begin to accrue unlawful presence even if I have a pending residency application?

Would they not be in adjustment pending like anyone else whose previous status was expired? (iow not accruing unlawful presence?)

Again, we’re navigating uncharted territories at this point. Considering the current administration is rather anti-immigration, an argument could be made about revocation of parole (with no other valid status to fall back on) subsequently makes a person with a pending application ineligible to apply in the first place. So I would rather not speculate in this case. We’ll just have to wait and see IMHO.

 

[azatinusa]

PSA - new form I-693
"Edition Date: 01/20/25. If the civil surgeon signs your form on or before July 2, 2025, you must use the 03/09/23 or the 01/20/25 edition. Starting July 3, 2025, USCIS will accept only the 01/20/25 edition."

Sign-up for the forms update service.

 

[npdv15]

Hello all.

Happy to report that we had our interview today, and it went well. My wife's the winner and I was her +1. The status shows new card being produced - so I'm guessing its safe to assume all is well.

Thanks to everyone in this forum and especially @Sm1smom and @SusieQQQ for your valuable help and guidance. The AOS spreadsheet is already so wonderful, and on top of that, to be able to ask questions here and receive guidance has been a great privilege. We're all indebted to you.

Interview experience:
- Our FO was Seattle.
- We reached 15 minutes earlier and had our photo/prints taken just 10 minutes prior. We wanted to be more punctual, but we had a small baby so that throws everything off - especially when he decides to poop in the parking lot.
- Regarding that - we went to the interview with our baby. No-one seemed to raise any objections. The interviewer was kind and accommodating.
- We had to wait for a loooong time. Our time on the letter was 11:30AM, but our interview happened at around 12:45PM or so. Hence, be prepared for that, especially if you have young babies/children.
- The interview itself was very chill. We provided originals of birth + marriage certificates, high school diploma and our baby's birth certificate. Our baby was born after we filed, so we'd not sent a copy of his birth certificate. She asked us if we had a copy - we didn't have it. In hindsight, that was a mistake on our part since the interview letter clearly states "if you don't provide copies, then we may hold the original." She was chill about it - just updated the children section with our baby's information.
- We had other documents as backup - recent pay stubs, recent bank account statements, home deed, IRS transcript, etc. She didn't ask for any of that. We had printed these items + i485s for reference.
- Went through i-485, yes/no questions. No cross-questioning, gotcha moments. Very chill.
- Then we were done and she said it all looks good and she'll check the system for visa and it should be good (paraphrasing a bit here). Then she said the card itself may take up to a month to be delivered.
- The interview took around 20 minutes I believe.
- You can find our timeline in the spreadsheet, not posting here again. We didn't have any complications with our case, didn't have to do congressional inquiries, infopass, any of that.

Thanks again everyone! And good luck to folks waiting for the interviews - scheduled or not.

 

[Sm1smom]

Hello all.

Happy to report that we had our interview today, and it went well. My wife's the winner and I was her +1. The status shows new card being produced - so I'm guessing its safe to assume all is well.

Thanks to everyone in this forum and especially @Sm1smom and @SusieQQQ for your valuable help and guidance. The AOS spreadsheet is already so wonderful, and on top of that, to be able to ask questions here and receive guidance has been a great privilege. We're all indebted to you.

Interview experience:
- Our FO was Seattle.
- We reached 15 minutes earlier and had our photo/prints taken just 10 minutes prior. We wanted to be more punctual, but we had a small baby so that throws everything off - especially when he decides to poop in the parking lot.
- Regarding that - we went to the interview with our baby. No-one seemed to raise any objections. The interviewer was kind and accommodating.
- We had to wait for a loooong time. Our time on the letter was 11:30AM, but our interview happened at around 12:45PM or so. Hence, be prepared for that, especially if you have young babies/children.
- The interview itself was very chill. We provided originals of birth + marriage certificates, high school diploma and our baby's birth certificate. Our baby was born after we filed, so we'd not sent a copy of his birth certificate. She asked us if we had a copy - we didn't have it. In hindsight, that was a mistake on our part since the interview letter clearly states "if you don't provide copies, then we may hold the original." She was chill about it - just updated the children section with our baby's information.
- We had other documents as backup - recent pay stubs, recent bank account statements, home deed, IRS transcript, etc. She didn't ask for any of that. We had printed these items + i485s for reference.
- Went through i-485, yes/no questions. No cross-questioning, gotcha moments. Very chill.
- Then we were done and she said it all looks good and she'll check the system for visa and it should be good (paraphrasing a bit here). Then she said the card itself may take up to a month to be delivered.
- The interview took around 20 minutes I believe.
- You can find our timeline in the spreadsheet, not posting here again. We didn't have any complications with our case, didn't have to do congressional inquiries, infopass, any of that.

Thanks again everyone! And good luck to folks waiting for the interviews - scheduled or not.

Congratulations and thanks for the update.

 

[ehsane]

hello. 2025AS1xxx. In i485 form, in part 4, question 7, I put the name of my university in the Employer or School field but, what about the second field which is name of employer company or school? should I put the name of my school again? I am a PhD student.
I also had a question about yes/no questions. in questions that says “if your answer to item number x is yes …” and we have to check another yes/no. what if we answerd No? should we leave the following one unchecked or we have to also check No? thank you

 

[Sm1smom]

hello. 2025AS1xxx. In i485 form, in part 4, question 7, I put the name of my university in the Employer or School field but, what about the second field which is name of employer company or school? should I put the name of my school again? I am a PhD student.
I also had a question about yes/no questions. in questions that says “if your answer to item number x is yes …” and we have to check another yes/no. what if we answerd No? should we leave the following one unchecked or we have to also check No? thank you

1. See pre-filled sample I-484.
2. Select ‘NO’.

 

[enaykey]

PSA - new form I-693
"Edition Date: 01/20/25. If the civil surgeon signs your form on or before July 2, 2025, you must use the 03/09/23 or the 01/20/25 edition. Starting July 3, 2025, USCIS will accept only the 01/20/25 edition."

Sign-up for the forms update service.

That's absolutely disgusting from USCIS. They said the forms will never expire, you can use indefinitely, and I got my i693 couple of months ago. And my number has not become current yet. If the next bulletin does not make my number current for August, I cannot early file before July 2nd and so I have to retake my i693?! That's terrible. Doing this 3 months before the fiscal year ends is absolutely disgusting.

"If the civil surgeon signs your form on or before July 2, 2025, you must use the 03/09/23 or the 01/20/25 edition. Starting July 3, 2025, USCIS will accept only the 01/20/25 edition."

I did not understand this. Our surgeon signed our forms on February 28th. The first sentence means that I can still use this form because he signed it before July 2nd. But the second sentence means that I cannot use it if I send my documents after July 3rd.

Can someone please explain me what it really means?

 

[TImurTimur]

Initiate a congressional case assistance inquiry.

Thanks a lot for the advice.

After your suggestion, we initiated the congressional inquiry with the local congresswoman. Her office stated that it now takes up to 30 business days to receive a response from USCIS. Seven days passed, so I am waiting...

I also managed to get through the USCIS telephone line and convince the agent to initiate the internal request. The agent finally made the internal inquiry during our conversation and provided me with the reference number at the end of the call.

Do you recommend calling them back in a week or two to check the status of the internal request, mentioning the reference number (as there is no tracking system in place)? Or wait until the decision?

 

[Sm1smom]

That's absolutely disgusting from USCIS. They said the forms will never expire, you can use indefinitely, and I got my i693 couple of months ago. And my number has not become current yet. If the next bulletin does not make my number current for August, I cannot early file before July 2nd and so I have to retake my i693?! That's terrible. Doing this 3 months before the fiscal year ends is absolutely disgusting.

I understand and empathize with your frustration. It is unfortunate you misunderstood the update on USCIS's website where it says "Effective April 4, 2024, any Form I-693 that was properly completed and signed by a civil surgeon on or after Nov. 1, 2023, does not expire. You can use it indefinitely as evidence that you are not inadmissible on health-related grounds. For more information, see the Policy Alert." - the indefinite evidentiary value being referenced is with regards to a medical form that has already been submitted (you would have seen this if you had gone through the link with the Policy Alert). It is not applicable to a completed but yet to be submitted medical form.

I did point out the possibility of the exact scenario you've found yourself in, in this post to another forum member back in February. Interestingly, you posted an unrelated question right below that particular post. I guess if you had read that post, or this other one which I posted on April 2nd, you would have been aware of the fact that all USCIS forms, including the medical report form, get updated on an on-going basis.

 

[Sm1smom]

Thanks a lot for the advice.

After your suggestion, we initiated the congressional inquiry with the local congresswoman. Her office stated that it now takes up to 30 business days to receive a response from USCIS. Seven days passed, so I am waiting...

I also managed to get through the USCIS telephone line and convince the agent to initiate the internal request. The agent finally made the internal inquiry during our conversation and provided me with the reference number at the end of the call.

Do you recommend calling them back in a week or two to check the status of the internal request, mentioning the reference number (as there is no tracking system in place)? Or wait until the decision?

Call back in about two weeks if you've had no update by then. Meanwhile, it would be nice if you could add your case details to the 2025 Timeline spreadsheet so that your fellow 2025 AOSers could benefit from you also.

 

[anesterenko]

Hello all.

Happy to report that we had our interview today, and it went well. My wife's the winner and I was her +1. The status shows new card being produced - so I'm guessing its safe to assume all is well.

Thanks to everyone in this forum and especially @Sm1smom and @SusieQQQ for your valuable help and guidance. The AOS spreadsheet is already so wonderful, and on top of that, to be able to ask questions here and receive guidance has been a great privilege. We're all indebted to you.

Interview experience:
- Our FO was Seattle.
- We reached 15 minutes earlier and had our photo/prints taken just 10 minutes prior. We wanted to be more punctual, but we had a small baby so that throws everything off - especially when he decides to poop in the parking lot.
- Regarding that - we went to the interview with our baby. No-one seemed to raise any objections. The interviewer was kind and accommodating.
- We had to wait for a loooong time. Our time on the letter was 11:30AM, but our interview happened at around 12:45PM or so. Hence, be prepared for that, especially if you have young babies/children.
- The interview itself was very chill. We provided originals of birth + marriage certificates, high school diploma and our baby's birth certificate. Our baby was born after we filed, so we'd not sent a copy of his birth certificate. She asked us if we had a copy - we didn't have it. In hindsight, that was a mistake on our part since the interview letter clearly states "if you don't provide copies, then we may hold the original." She was chill about it - just updated the children section with our baby's information.
- We had other documents as backup - recent pay stubs, recent bank account statements, home deed, IRS transcript, etc. She didn't ask for any of that. We had printed these items + i485s for reference.
- Went through i-485, yes/no questions. No cross-questioning, gotcha moments. Very chill.
- Then we were done and she said it all looks good and she'll check the system for visa and it should be good (paraphrasing a bit here). Then she said the card itself may take up to a month to be delivered.
- The interview took around 20 minutes I believe.
- You can find our timeline in the spreadsheet, not posting here again. We didn't have any complications with our case, didn't have to do congressional inquiries, infopass, any of that.

Thanks again everyone! And good luck to folks waiting for the interviews - scheduled or not.

Congrats! Our cases are still stuck on "fingerprints were taken", just waiting.. fingers crossed.
My wife is primary selectee and we only have a copy of her high-school diploma, original document was left in occupied region, iow war zone
do you think that might be a problem or do they accept copies with no extra questions?
Also Seattle FO

 

[SA22XX]

Hello, does anyone have information about how quickly or not the NYC office is? I saw only one case in the 2025 spreadsheet, and I wonder if anyone in this forum knows.