March 2009 Filers for Family based AOS post here

Looks like this is it for me. Today, exactly 1 month after the interview I got an e-mail from CRIS that my green card is ordered! YAY!!!
 
PLEASE HELP ME !
I NEED AN AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT for my wife and me .
(I don't have enough morney in bank )
Is someone ready to help his brother for that paper ?
 
You gotta be kidding me... It's not a "paper", it's a serious financial obligation. Why would somebody make himself financially responsible for a complete stranger?
 
challenger2009 said:
PLEASE HELP ME !
I NEED AN AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT for my wife and me .
(I don't have enough morney in bank )
Is someone ready to help his brother for that paper ?
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A complete stranger ain't gonna help ya - you will need to find a co-sponsor who is a relative or friend who is resident in the US and willing to take the financal responsiblity for you in a time of hardship, which will last till you have either worked 40 quarters or become a US citizen. Even if you never expect the person to help you, they are bond to you by law through the affidivat for a long time.
 
Congrats to NIW06, jamidon and Feb2009Aosfiler for you GC approvals.

Affirmed, I'm glad to here you finally have your EAD.

Snowdift - glad to find out you have recieved your GC.

I have updated the spreadsheet.
 
Well Guys i got a request for my birth certificate today. I am hoping that after sending it to them i get approved too. Please pray with me. We had a good interview but who knows.
 
Jamidon said:
Interview today : Approved

Couple of unusual things: 1) I was not given a stamp on passport and was told that they are not allowed to do that which I was very surprised to hear.

2) I was just given verbal approval, no letter what so ever. I hope everything goes okay from this point. Little bit concerned now.
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1. It's most likely that that particular person was not authorized to give stamps.

2. A lot of people don't get letters. You've been approved. You have nothing to worry about :)
 
Thanks... It was so wierd. I was just making an infopass appointment on my computer when I saw the postman go past, so I stopped to check if it was there and ... et voila :)

What a relief !!
 
I got my welcome letter in the mail on 07/20 . My wife also got I-130 approval letter. Funny, online status says that I-130 is still pending. Card production ordered again on 07/21.

I wonder how much time it takes now from welcome letter to the actual green card in the mail? Did they replace the machines yet? Well, the last question is purely rhetorical obviously. I doubt anybody on this board actually works for USCIS.
 
Thank you BornintheRSA!!

We had interview this afternoon. We got there hour earlier but weren’t called until 45 minutes after our schedule time. IO walked us in, asked us to sit while she was talking to two of her colleagues about her wedding and giving them thank you cards. After that, she asked us to stand up and swore us in. She asked for wife’s passport and I-94. She started checking 485 application and noticed that first name was spelled with space in the license and without space in 485. At this point she asked for birth certificate and said name should match the birth certificate and corrected the application. She asked Yes/No questions on the application. She did not ask many questions. She just asked

1. When and where we met
2. Whether I met my wife’s family and vice versa.
3. Asked for joint account statements. I gave her copies of all the documents we have (List of documents was long)
4. Asked for my employment letter.
And then she asked for wedding album, went through it asking who’s who and about rituals. She spent more time on album than anything else.

We weren’t given any decision. She said they are not approving cases same day and stamping passport anymore in Baltimore. She said she will present the case to her supervisor and he/she will decide and we will receive a letter in six to eight weeks. She also said, Baltimore office doesn’t update online status. Now we have to wait at least six more weeks. That’s a downer. I was expecting approval and stamp in passport.
 
I-485 showed up online for the first time, even though IO said cases from Baltimore office do not get online status updated. Any ways, card was ordered on 07/23/2009 (On interview day). Thank you and good luck to all the posters. This thread has been really helpful preparing applications and for interview.
 
NIW06 said:
I wonder how much time it takes now from welcome letter to the actual green card in the mail? Did they replace the machines yet? Well, the last question is purely rhetorical obviously. I doubt anybody on this board actually works for USCIS.
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I'd bet 7 days +/- 1.
 
amneni said:
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We weren’t given any decision. She said they are not approving cases same day and stamping passport anymore in Baltimore. She said she will present the case to her supervisor and he/she will decide and we will receive a letter in six to eight weeks. She also said, Baltimore office doesn’t update online status. Now we have to wait at least six more weeks. That’s a downer. I was expecting approval and stamp in passport.
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Baltimore indeed doesn't give stamps in passport. BUT Baltimore DO UPDATE the online status. It may be depending on the officer, but they do. :)
 
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