US citizen parents sponsoring over 21 son..

did the joint sponsor accompanied you for interview.



RSRK said:
My son had his interview on 2nd Sep as scheduled. Lawyer accompanied us despite his illness as he was discharged from the hospital.
About interview, the IO did not ask a single question about emp based although my son had two RFEs in that category. Only simple questions related to family category like name of father, mother, are u married etc . It was over in less than 5 mintues. So it is still difficult to believe that it got over. They will send the intimation letter in mail. So we will wait till it comes and only then relax.
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To those who had the interview already - were you all accompanied by your petitioner? I went through the interview notice and didn't see the requirement of petitioner's presence. It does say that petitioner's evidence of citizenship must be presented during the interview.
 
the_farmland said:
To those who had the interview already - were you all accompanied by your petitioner? I went through the interview notice and didn't see the requirement of petitioner's presence. It does say that petitioner's evidence of citizenship must be presented during the interview.
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If it's not specified in requirements you don't need to bring the petitioner with you. My dad insisted to go, but all his input was showing his DL and saying his name and relation. They didn't ask for paystubs, latest tax forms, where he works or anything else from him AT ALL. All conversation was with me (mostly to verify info on 485 and show the proof of legal stay in US all these years (which I obviously had :) ) ).
 
I as petitioner went because the lawyer wanted me to be present even though the letter did not specifically mentioned my presence. So one can go without the petitioner. I was not asked anything except to take oath to say the truth. Thats all.
 
Question re changing SSN

Hey guys,
those of you who have (had) Social security cards without employment authorization when you were on F1, H1 etc here... Are you planning to change your SS number or remove "not authorized to work" from the card. If you went through this process could you please enlighten us?
 
hey mermaid did you get your EAD approved. As per my understanding SS# is permanant, they would just change your work status.

mermaid06 said:
Hey guys,
those of you who have (had) Social security cards without employment authorization when you were on F1, H1 etc here... Are you planning to change your SS number or remove "not authorized to work" from the card. If you went through this process could you please enlighten us?
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xerostomic said:
hey mermaid did you get your EAD approved. As per my understanding SS# is permanant, they would just change your work status.
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No, not yet. What about you? I was just asking because some places accept social security cards as proof of employment eligibility, but only the cards without work restrictions.
Also the renewed driver's license I got this year says "temporary". That's another thing to change after I get the documents.
 
mermaid06 said:
Hey guys,
those of you who have (had) Social security cards without employment authorization when you were on F1, H1 etc here... Are you planning to change your SS number or remove "not authorized to work" from the card. If you went through this process could you please enlighten us?
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I did. Basically after I got my green card I went to SS office, filled the form and shown GC as proof.
 
Interview Letter Received

woohoo! I received my IL today! yeahhhh. Interview set for Oct 15th. So damn fast!
 
For those of you who have already been through interview process I want to know if the officer stamped your passport once he approved you I-485 because the actual green card comes later
 
No, there was no stamping of the passport after the interview. The IO just said to expect in the mail in 3 weeks. Whether an approval letter or actual greencard it was not clear. Actually after the interview she sent all of us out (me-petitioner, my son the beneficiary and our lawyer, then later she just called us at the window where only our lawyer went whom she told to expect it in the mail. So we will wait till 3-4 weeks and then see what happens. This was at Newark, NJ service center on 2nd September, 2009.
 
I guess you will receive actual green card before the end of this month. I read that you had joint sponsor as well. Did the joint sponsor accompanied you for the interview.

RSRK said:
No, there was no stamping of the passport after the interview. The IO just said to expect in the mail in 3 weeks. Whether an approval letter or actual greencard it was not clear. Actually after the interview she sent all of us out (me-petitioner, my son the beneficiary and our lawyer, then later she just called us at the window where only our lawyer went whom she told to expect it in the mail. So we will wait till 3-4 weeks and then see what happens. This was at Newark, NJ service center on 2nd September, 2009.
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KittenKat,
Did you get any approval letter before receiving the actual card? Also which service center you were interviewed at?
Xerostomic, No my daughter who was the joint sponsor did not accompany me. Infact even I was not required to go.
 
RSRK said:
KittenKat,
Did you get any approval letter before receiving the actual card? Also which service center you were interviewed at?
Xerostomic, No my daughter who was the joint sponsor did not accompany me. Infact even I was not required to go.
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I had interview in Baltimore (with one of the worst interviewers as I was told :) ), then 7 days letter I got email "Card Production Ordered", 7 days later I got "Welcome Notice" in mail, 7 more days later I got the actual card. So 3 weeks total after the interview.
 
My son had a very short I-485 interview just - what is ur mother, father's name, are u married and have you any children. then she checked all the submitted documents. She did not ask for original I-94, EAD or AP which are still valid. No questions regarding his emp based papers including RFEs he received.
So far after 12 days no information regarding approval/ no online update and also no email to my son about the current status.
Because of all this, I am kind of concerned. Anybody's inputs?
 
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