My crazy theory... What do you think?

[Upstater]

I posted a version of this in the NYC thread, but I am curious what everyone thinks.

My wife and I filed together with the receipt notice date of 10/2/06 at the Vermont Service Center. We had our fingerprints taken together on 10/21/06. She got her interview letter about 3 weeks later and her case 'disappeared' form the USCIS website. Mine is still on, unchanged with the last update date two days prior to the fingerprint appointment.
She had her interview yesterday in the New York City office.

I did not get an interview notice yet. I know many people get husband/wife inteviews together, but many get to do it separately. Based on some of the timelines I read here I have a theory:
Is it possible that in cases where one spouse got the green card thorugh I-140, etc, and the other got it as a family memebr they need the whole file for the interview? Is it possible that they schedule one first, wait until that person is done with the oath, etc, the file goes back to the VSC and they then schedule the interview for the other spouse? This way they have less of a chance of losing a file that is supposed to be at two interviews at the same time. They can process one case with all the related info at hand, complete it and then start the other case without having to worry about providing access to two officers to the same file.
Is this crazy?

 

[Huracan]

I wouldn't call it crazy, but I don't think it works that way. I believe most people posting in this forum got their green card through employment and they have husband/wife interview on the same day or within a few days with no problem (there is a lot of just remembering things off the top of my head). Most likely and unfortunately your case is delayed by a name check. That is why they prefer to handle applications separately nowadays, so if one member of the family gets stuck for whatever reason (additional evidence needed, name check) the other members of the family don't get affected by this.

My 2 cents.

 

[Flydog]

My wife got her green card through employment and I got mine as her spouse. We have different last names. We submitted separate N-400 applications, but we mailed them the same day. Our FP appointment was scheduled at the same time. Our Interviews were scheduled 10 minutes apart.

(full disclosure: mine was "descheduled" at the last minute - but I'm told it's because my file was misrouted for a couple of weeks)

I think you are putting too much credit in their organizational abilities. You might be in name check, your file might be slightly in the wrong place, they might be sorting things by gender or first name this week - whatever.

Good luck

 

[boatbod]

I sure you'll find everyone has their own A-file, even in cases where one person was sponsored by another.