January 2010 Filers, post here

fushy said:
Thanks everybody for the good luck wishes! Our interview went very well today. We got in about 20 minutes late and we finished in another 20 min. The IO was very nice, relaxed and smiling and also very attentive not only to my answers but also on the reaction our answers induced in each other. She started up asking each of us to state each others' full name, address, birthday, place of birth, and the date of marriage. Then she went on verifying other information from the file (previous marriages etc). Then she asked me where do we live and if we have bills or common ownerships. Here I only gave her our joint tax returns from 2006 on (we live in a house that was bought by my husband before I moved in and did not bother to change the papers). Anyways, she did not push for any more documents (I also had bank account info with me, health insurance and car insurance). Then she moved on to ask me (most of the questions were directed to me and not to my husband who was the sponsor), to describe how we met, what kind of wedding did we have (I showed her about 100 pics not only from the wedding, but also with my family and trips/vacations). Other questions she asked: what does my family think about my marriage (weird questions, I thought), what are our future plans (I told her I just accepted another job and will move in 2 months to another town); why did I apply for green card only after 6.5 years of marriage; what is my current status in the US. All in all, she only asked the questions and listened attentively and she also checked out every individual picture I brought ( i was expecting she will only flip through the album). In the end she said that she will recommend aproval and that I should expect my GC in 1 month in the mail. Here I asked what should I do if I want to travel abroad prior to receivind my GC and she offered to stamp my passport with I-551 stamp, which she did. She did not ask me to hand in anything (EAD or AP).
Needless to say how relieved I am and happy to put a fullstop to this step! Thanks everybody contributing to a lot of my educated decisions during this process! I feel realy fortunate that I was told on the spot that it was approved! Good luck leloup and Narayan!
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Congrats Fushy.
 
Rabin said:
I was married and divorce and my wife husband was deceased, we got marry on January,12/ 2010 and file on Jan.26/2010, so it all depends on the IO and how well you can convince them and also the proof's you have.

Narayan i will suggest that you try and arrange your paper work in the order as per your check list on your interview letter and have photocopies ready to give them if ask.



Just a reminder, walk with deceased ,divorce, marriage and birth certificates of both parties, pictures bills, bank statements,two years tax statements of the petitioner etc.

Good luck.
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Thanks Realcool1 for the advise. Pray God everything will go smooth.
As the day progress we are bit tensed. Even if we prepared well.

Narayan

PS - Thank you very for your email.
 
narayana7 said:
Thanks Realcool1 for the advise. Pray God everything will go smooth.
As the day progress we are bit tensed. Even if we prepared well.

Narayan

PS - Thank you very for your email.
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You are well come

the best thing now is to try put your mind in somethings else and do not be tensed. it will help a lot.you will make mistake even if you know the answer if you are tensed during the interview.
 
realcool1 said:
You are well come

the best thing now is to try put your mind in somethings else and do not be tensed. it will help a lot.you will make mistake even if you know the answer if you are tensed during the interview.
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I agree and try to be calm.

Thanks once again Realcool1 for your support and all good wishes from you all.


Narayan
 
Congrat Fushy.
Thank you everyone. Our interview went pretty well as well. we got to Garden City NY Field office at 825am . Our interview was at 9:am. My wife wanted to have breakfast but we did'nt want to take any chance. we checked in at 835Am. we got called in into another waiting room (with an escort). We waited in that room for about 40 minutes . the IO , a young lady came empty handed to call us. She couldn't carry my file because we had 2 previous unsuccessful application. lol > My file looked like an encyclopedia . She sworn us in and then asked for our passports. After that, she asked me to support my claim of being married to my wife for 12 years. i gave her 5 notarized affidavits written by my coworkers and friends stating how long they know us. i gave her 12 years of 401k statement and a notarized letter from my Union medical certifying that we had medical , dental, haspital, etc.. yes also i gave her our separated filled tax transcripts. She then asked my wife 25 question which she answered all well. She then asked the I-485 questions as usual(jail...). Then she asked us why we waited so long to reapply , we explained it blaming our previous lawyers. long story short, she approved us. She didn't take my EAD nor my I-94 , I-512L. She made us wait outside for 30 minutes and later on someone brought us my passport with my I-551 Stamp. Overhaul it was a great experience . Good luck everyone else and thank you for your support.
 
January Filers' Interview Date:
- KoalaBear: 04/07 - DONE.
- Eiredpf: 04/08 - DONE
- Toro12: 04/08 - DONE
- Chicagomixed: 04/12 - DONE
- Mmamminna: 04/12 - DONE
- Lexin: 04/15 - DONE
- El Hacha: 04/19 - DONE, maybe?
- Fancyjagirl: 04/20 - DONE
- Realcool1: 04/22 (filed on December 09-RFE)
- Rabin: 04/27 --Done
- Fushy: 05/03---Done
- Leloup1169: 05/04---Done
- Narayan: 05/07
- Balyan: 05/18

Good luck-----Narayan in 3 days
 
Leloup1169 said:
Congrat Fushy.
Thank you everyone. Our interview went pretty well as well. we got to Garden City NY Field office at 825am . Our interview was at 9:am. My wife wanted to have breakfast but we did'nt want to take any chance. we checked in at 835Am. we got called in into another waiting room (with an escort). We waited in that room for about 40 minutes . the IO , a young lady came empty handed to call us. She couldn't carry my file because we had 2 previous unsuccessful application. lol > My file looked like an encyclopedia . She sworn us in and then asked for our passports. After that, she asked me to support my claim of being married to my wife for 12 years. i gave her 5 notarized affidavits written by my coworkers and friends stating how long they know us. i gave her 12 years of 401k statement and a notarized letter from my Union medical certifying that we had medical , dental, haspital, etc.. yes also i gave her our separated filled tax transcripts. She then asked my wife 25 question which she answered all well. She then asked the I-485 questions as usual(jail...). Then she asked us why we waited so long to reapply , we explained it blaming our previous lawyers. long story short, she approved us. She didn't take my EAD nor my I-94 , I-512L. She made us wait outside for 30 minutes and later on someone brought us my passport with my I-551 Stamp. Overhaul it was a great experience . Good luck everyone else and thank you for your support.
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Congrats Leloup1169.
 
congrats to all who received their gc,im in the waiting process.it sucks bcuz i dnt kno if i was approved or not and i havent gotten any updates after the day of my interview which was the 20th of april. i keep checking my email but no luck.i called the 800 number n they told me to wait until 60 days n they told me that where i did my interview they are only working on october filers.its so annoying
 
fancyjagirl said:
congrats to all who received their gc,im in the waiting process.it sucks bcuz i dnt kno if i was approved or not and i havent gotten any updates after the day of my interview which was the 20th of april. i keep checking my email but no luck.i called the 800 number n they told me to wait until 60 days n they told me that where i did my interview they are only working on october filers.its so annoying
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fancyjagirl where did you do your interview?????????????????
 
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realcool,i did my interview in st louis,mo. i see that we are in the same boat with no updates.its so frustrating,i was planning on making a infopass to go there next week but they dnt even have any available.it doesnt even make any sense to call the 800 number bcuz all they gona say is call back in 60days.do they know how much i can get accomplish in 60days with my greencard,lol.i have my work permit but i cant get my social bcuz the interviewer took my i-94 and i cant get the social without it,which is dumb!!. im like checking my email every sec of the day
 
fancyjagirl said:
realcool,i did my interview in st louis,mo. i see that we are in the same boat with no updates.its so frustrating,i was planning on making a infopass to go there next week but they dnt even have any available.it doesnt even make any sense to call the 800 number bcuz all they gona say is call back in 60days.do they know how much i can get accomplish in 60days with my greencard,lol.i have my work permit but i cant get my social bcuz the interviewer took my i-94 and i cant get the social without it,which is dumb!!. im like checking my email every sec of the day
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fancyjagirl
I will advice let us wait for for 30days to pass before getting an info pass,they might be doing back ground check or something. so i will say let give them 30days.let hang out together since we are in the same shoes,did u get any LUD touch after the interview.i got a touch the next day i wonder what was that for.i got my work permit but i have applied for more that 200 jobs and no call.i think having the GC will stand a better chance.LOL
 
yeah i guess im gona wait until the 30days but i kno when i go there they gona say ooh wait another 30 days or 90days,i would probably go mad,lol. the guy that interviewed me was not very nice,i dont know if u read my experience.yeah my interview was on the 20th and i got a touch on the 21st and that was it. hopefully someone call you for a job soon.yeah i kno everything is better with the gc,lol. when was ur interview?
 
fancyjagirl said:
yeah i guess im gona wait until the 30days but i kno when i go there they gona say ooh wait another 30 days or 90days,i would probably go mad,lol. the guy that interviewed me was not very nice,i dont know if u read my experience.yeah my interview was on the 20th and i got a touch on the 21st and that was it. hopefully someone call you for a job soon.yeah i kno everything is better with the gc,lol. when was ur interview?
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its like we are in same shoes, my interview was on the 22nd and i also got i soft LUD on the 23th and my IO didn't say mush, she ask the question and look through the file and ask for what so ever she think she needed,we went with all she needed and she later separated us, asked question and said we will get decision Via mail.our interview went well.looking at what happen she was not in any position to issue GC.i thought i will get stamped and my spouse was to travel this weekend with most of our family member so we can get to know them more but i couldn't go because i wasn't stamped and i dint ask,but i was lucky because they didn't make the trip they had an accident on there way.no to worry, nothing happen.so all my money including mine ticket was gone.just a little story to keep forum interesting.
 
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fancyjagirl said:
realcool,i did my interview in st louis,mo. i see that we are in the same boat with no updates.its so frustrating,i was planning on making a infopass to go there next week but they dnt even have any available.it doesnt even make any sense to call the 800 number bcuz all they gona say is call back in 60days.do they know how much i can get accomplish in 60days with my greencard,lol.i have my work permit but i cant get my social bcuz the interviewer took my i-94 and i cant get the social without it,which is dumb!!. im like checking my email every sec of the day
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Fancyjagirl, I don't think they need an i-94 for you to get a social. I took my EAD with my passport as an ID and got it.Your EAD is the main document.You guys hang in there everything will be ok.
 
realcool im sorry to hear that u couldnt make ur trip, i also had a trip planned.at the end of the interview i asked if i can get the stamp but he said no bcuz the application is still pending,he said if i wanted to travel i should get a ap but it would slow the process of the decision for the greencard so i didnt even bother to apply for it.we should keep it touch and see what happens.did u sign any form,i did and he explained that i should apply to remove the condition after 1year n 9months of the date that i got approve,well if i get approved.im just hanging in there,i hope we will get it soon.

rabin, i went to the social security office and they filled out the form n everything n they asked for my i-94 n i told them that the IO took it at my interview and she said i couldnt get it without it.i had my work permit n my passport but they still wouldnt accept it,which sucks.
 
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