September 2008 filers, Post here
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OK here's more about my interview today. It was scheduled for 9am at Garden City NY. We got to the office at 8:40, went through security (no ID check), walked up to the window at 8:45 where the lady took our interview letter and told us to sit in the back along with the others.
At 9am another woman came and called out about 12 names and put us all in a line facing the door. She told us to follow her and walked out and went upstairs to 2nd floor, and we followed her up the staircase. We went around and sat in another waiting room with dozens of other people. Then the real wait began as we just sat there for an hour while many different officers came out from their little offices from all different directions and called out one name at a time. Finally, about 10am our name was called.
Our IO was a young Latina, just like my wife, which probably helped. She led us through a maze of cubicles to her office and the first thing she did was swearing us in, before we even sat down. Then she opened our folder and asked for my passport, original birth certificate, our marriage certificate, and my wife's naturalization certificate [interesting note: this was the only time she was ever asked for any photo document - they didn't ask her for any other ID at the entrance, nor at the check-in window, nor during the interview!].
While looking at those documents to see if they matched the copies she had in my file, she started asking my wife questions about us:
Where do you live?
What is your husband's birthday?
Where was he born?
How old is he?
When did you meet?
When did you start dating?
When and where did he propose?
Where was your wedding?
How many people at the wedding?
Where did he live before he met you?
What are his parents' names?
His brother's name?
His brother's age?
How old were you when you were naturalized?
Is your husband still in college?
When is he graduating?
What days and times are his classes?
etc. etc.
As my wife was answering the questions, I saw the IO was making check marks on the G-325 in my file, so I knew what was coming next. She then went on to ask me more questions:
When was your wife born?
Where was she born?
What are her parents' names?
Where do they live?
Where did you go for honeymoon? For how long?
Where does she work now?
What does she do at work?
When did she graduate college?
and a couple more I don't remember now.
It's a good thing we quizzed each other on our G-325s last night
It's probably the most important part of the interview - if you ace that, the office does not become suspicious.
She then took out the I-94 from my passport and started asking me about ten questions from I-485 (anything from prostitution to being in immigration court). I answered no to all of them, and then she asked me a few more questions.
When did you first come to the US?
Is that the only time you came?
How old were you then?
Where did you enter?
Were you inspected by an immigration officer?
Who did you come with?
Were your parents here before or did they come later?
After that she asked if we had any photos, so we handed her our wedding album. She looked at the first couple pages, asked the names of a couple of people in our wedding party, and then she said she needs just one photo of us for her file. So we gave her a picture of us from our second album (non-wedding).
Then she asked if we had any extra supporting documents, so we gave her a copy of our joint bank statement, copy of our apartment lease, copy of our gas bill, a printout of an article from our university's website about our wedding (we've been both involved in athletics at our college quite a bit so they wrote a story about us), copy of our final wedding reception bill with both our names, and an envelope of the Christmas card we just got from abroad with both our names on it. She said that was more than enough.
She then walked out with my file and came back about 2 minutes later. She said she is approving our I-130, my name check has been cleared, and that I will be notified by mail if my I-485 gets approved. She then told me about the 2-year conditional card and how I have to apply to get the condition removed. She gave me a form saying to contact USCIS within 60 days if I don't hear anything about I-485 and she wrote in my passport "I-485 pending." And then she escorted us out to the hallway.
That's about it. The whole thing lasted maybe 10 minutes total! Amazingly. she did not ask for any financial documents, even though we had a co-sponsor. Both my wife and her co-sponsor could have been laid off months ago, and it would not have affected our case.
I am quite happy right now, but I really hope there are no major delays in approval of my case...
Good luck to everybody else, and how did your interview go emiko?
At 9am another woman came and called out about 12 names and put us all in a line facing the door. She told us to follow her and walked out and went upstairs to 2nd floor, and we followed her up the staircase. We went around and sat in another waiting room with dozens of other people. Then the real wait began as we just sat there for an hour while many different officers came out from their little offices from all different directions and called out one name at a time. Finally, about 10am our name was called.
Our IO was a young Latina, just like my wife, which probably helped. She led us through a maze of cubicles to her office and the first thing she did was swearing us in, before we even sat down. Then she opened our folder and asked for my passport, original birth certificate, our marriage certificate, and my wife's naturalization certificate [interesting note: this was the only time she was ever asked for any photo document - they didn't ask her for any other ID at the entrance, nor at the check-in window, nor during the interview!].
While looking at those documents to see if they matched the copies she had in my file, she started asking my wife questions about us:
Where do you live?
What is your husband's birthday?
Where was he born?
How old is he?
When did you meet?
When did you start dating?
When and where did he propose?
Where was your wedding?
How many people at the wedding?
Where did he live before he met you?
What are his parents' names?
His brother's name?
His brother's age?
How old were you when you were naturalized?
Is your husband still in college?
When is he graduating?
What days and times are his classes?
etc. etc.
As my wife was answering the questions, I saw the IO was making check marks on the G-325 in my file, so I knew what was coming next. She then went on to ask me more questions:
When was your wife born?
Where was she born?
What are her parents' names?
Where do they live?
Where did you go for honeymoon? For how long?
Where does she work now?
What does she do at work?
When did she graduate college?
and a couple more I don't remember now.
It's a good thing we quizzed each other on our G-325s last night
It's probably the most important part of the interview - if you ace that, the office does not become suspicious.She then took out the I-94 from my passport and started asking me about ten questions from I-485 (anything from prostitution to being in immigration court). I answered no to all of them, and then she asked me a few more questions.
When did you first come to the US?
Is that the only time you came?
How old were you then?
Where did you enter?
Were you inspected by an immigration officer?
Who did you come with?
Were your parents here before or did they come later?
After that she asked if we had any photos, so we handed her our wedding album. She looked at the first couple pages, asked the names of a couple of people in our wedding party, and then she said she needs just one photo of us for her file. So we gave her a picture of us from our second album (non-wedding).
Then she asked if we had any extra supporting documents, so we gave her a copy of our joint bank statement, copy of our apartment lease, copy of our gas bill, a printout of an article from our university's website about our wedding (we've been both involved in athletics at our college quite a bit so they wrote a story about us), copy of our final wedding reception bill with both our names, and an envelope of the Christmas card we just got from abroad with both our names on it. She said that was more than enough.
She then walked out with my file and came back about 2 minutes later. She said she is approving our I-130, my name check has been cleared, and that I will be notified by mail if my I-485 gets approved. She then told me about the 2-year conditional card and how I have to apply to get the condition removed. She gave me a form saying to contact USCIS within 60 days if I don't hear anything about I-485 and she wrote in my passport "I-485 pending." And then she escorted us out to the hallway.
That's about it. The whole thing lasted maybe 10 minutes total! Amazingly. she did not ask for any financial documents, even though we had a co-sponsor. Both my wife and her co-sponsor could have been laid off months ago, and it would not have affected our case.
I am quite happy right now, but I really hope there are no major delays in approval of my case...
Good luck to everybody else, and how did your interview go emiko?
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greencard2008
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hi i received my ead today and went to social security office to apply for social security but the guy over there said i need valid passport..... which will take time can i apply on base of work permit ....... cauz the papper they gave says i need i-94 or bith certificate can anyone help
as my ead have all the information like my date of birth and its fedral id, so why they need any other document there form say i should i have age proof which is on ead there form says i need id which i have on ead there form says i photo id which my ead also have i think guy was just descriminating me.... can anyone help
as my ead have all the information like my date of birth and its fedral id, so why they need any other document there form say i should i have age proof which is on ead there form says i need id which i have on ead there form says i photo id which my ead also have i think guy was just descriminating me.... can anyone help
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well i am not really sure that the gay was discriminating you or was just doing his job,they need your passport first because your EAD is only for 1 year and second they are also looking for two different forms of identification.the best thing you can do is go and get a state ID or a drivers license,that way you will have two different IDs.Good luck
greencard2008
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Hey Greencard2008 how did you do the service request....
I want to get the AED
(Sept 02) sent application
(sept 05) application recieved
(Sept 24) fingerprint appointment date
(sept 23) a request for more evidence notice recieved.
(Sept 30) sent the evidence
(December 10) Info pass appointment
(January 22) Info Pass appointment
(January 21) EAD card production ordered
(January 27) EAD card Sent
(January 30) EAD card recieved
(February 4)Interview letter sent
(February 09) Interview Letter Recieved for March 31th
Bronx, Ny
I want to get the AED
(Sept 02) sent application
(sept 05) application recieved
(Sept 24) fingerprint appointment date
(sept 23) a request for more evidence notice recieved.
(Sept 30) sent the evidence
(December 10) Info pass appointment
(January 22) Info Pass appointment
(January 21) EAD card production ordered
(January 27) EAD card Sent
(January 30) EAD card recieved
(February 4)Interview letter sent
(February 09) Interview Letter Recieved for March 31th
Bronx, Ny
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greencard2008
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hey co0.ador please call 1800 number press 3 for adress change thats the only way you can get the customer service there is no other way which i know and when someone come onphone tell them your story dont tell them about service request they will tell you but dont hang upuntil he do service request tell them you are very nice and thanks for your and happy holidays god bless you ..... you have to tlkm that all
My interview was horrible....
lol just kidding!
it was pretty much like yours. The officer told me to wait for the decision in the mail too. The thing that got the officer interested was that I'm currently attending school in LA and my husband lives in SF. So we showed him the plane tickets that we have flew a few times during my first quarter at school. He was pretty nice and laughed a few times about our love story.
Everything was well and over with...oh he didn't take away my EAD card which was a really good thing because I really like it. I read somewhere that they would take away the card...
That's about it.
lol just kidding!
it was pretty much like yours. The officer told me to wait for the decision in the mail too. The thing that got the officer interested was that I'm currently attending school in LA and my husband lives in SF. So we showed him the plane tickets that we have flew a few times during my first quarter at school. He was pretty nice and laughed a few times about our love story.
Everything was well and over with...oh he didn't take away my EAD card which was a really good thing because I really like it. I read somewhere that they would take away the card...
That's about it.
Hi bearcat82,
Congratulations. I have one question. She said that she is approving your I-130 and notified about I-485. In your interview letter did they mentioned case number of I-130 or I-485? In my interview letter they mentioned case number of I-485. my I-130 was aprroved back in 2005. Please let me know what case they mentioned in your interview letter. (I-485 or I-130)
Thanks
Everything was well and over with...oh he didn't take away my EAD card which was a really good thing because I really like it. I read somewhere that they would take away the card...
That's about it.
Congratulations! Hopefully we will get approved quickly - it would be the best Christmas present I ever got. My IO didn't even ask if I had an EAD, let alone take it. I am not sure now if I should go and use it to get a state ID valid for one year or just wait for my green card and then get the regular 5-year ID.
The letter had the I-485 case number on it, but I filed it concurrently with I-130.
Here's my time line:
Field office-Orlando FL, marriage to us citizen, was on h2b visa:
09/03/2008 i-130, i-1485, i-765, i-131 sent to NBC
09/04/2008 Received
09/08/2008 NOA
09/12/2008 Fingerprints letter for 09/28/2008
09/24/2008 LUD for i-130 and i-485
09/28/2008 Fingerprint done
10/24/2008 Approval notice sent for i-131 and i-765
11/01/2008 AP and EAD recievd
Waiting for interview letter????
Does anyone know, if you travel abroad on the advance parole, does your case stop until you come back to the us, or they still processing your case????
Field office-Orlando FL, marriage to us citizen, was on h2b visa:
09/03/2008 i-130, i-1485, i-765, i-131 sent to NBC
09/04/2008 Received
09/08/2008 NOA
09/12/2008 Fingerprints letter for 09/28/2008
09/24/2008 LUD for i-130 and i-485
09/28/2008 Fingerprint done
10/24/2008 Approval notice sent for i-131 and i-765
11/01/2008 AP and EAD recievd
Waiting for interview letter????
Does anyone know, if you travel abroad on the advance parole, does your case stop until you come back to the us, or they still processing your case????
Hey trawal did you read the RFE well?
I recieved one that said I needed to wait for 90 days before I get my EAD and it only been two month and some days since they recieved it, even though I applied on september the 5t.
They said it all start over again after you receive the RFE so that´s what probably happening in your case.
take that into consideration.
It´s painfull to wait...
(Sept 02) sent application
(sept 05) application recieved
(Sept 24) fingerprint appointment date
(sept 23) a request for more evidence notice recieved.
(Sept 30) sent the evidence
(December 10) Info pass appointment
(January 22) Info Pass appointment
(January 21) EAD card production ordered
(January 27) EAD card Sent
(January 30) EAD card recieved
(February 4)Interview letter sent
(February 09) Interview Letter Recieved for March 31th
Bronx, Ny
I recieved one that said I needed to wait for 90 days before I get my EAD and it only been two month and some days since they recieved it, even though I applied on september the 5t.
They said it all start over again after you receive the RFE so that´s what probably happening in your case.
take that into consideration.
It´s painfull to wait...
(Sept 02) sent application
(sept 05) application recieved
(Sept 24) fingerprint appointment date
(sept 23) a request for more evidence notice recieved.
(Sept 30) sent the evidence
(December 10) Info pass appointment
(January 22) Info Pass appointment
(January 21) EAD card production ordered
(January 27) EAD card Sent
(January 30) EAD card recieved
(February 4)Interview letter sent
(February 09) Interview Letter Recieved for March 31th
Bronx, Ny
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I am a Sept 16th RD/ND with no RFE but still no update on EAD status. co.ador I don't think RFE restarts the process but i know there are some end of August filers on the same boat as us. Word of encourgement though, IL are not necessarily sent in the same order as AP or EAD processing. That depends on the city you reside and their case load, not when you applied.
After RFE they asked me to wait for 60 days and not 90. Doctor got the RFE too but he got his EAd in 70 days. I have completed 86 days since I sent my application.
RFE doesn't matter.