Originally Posted by Capt. Tuttle

At our AOS interview the APs (a new one AND the old one) were taken from
us by the officer. Also, the EAD card. The appointment notice says to
bring everything issued to you to the interview.
If this was an AOS interview why wasn't the AP taken from you? Did I
miss something?
We did get the stamp in Orlando, but from what happened next I wonder
about the training (or lack thereof) of these officers.

Originally Posted by standrews

Yes i'd assumed as much....does that mean we'll likely have to attend another interview? or just they need more time for the checks to be done etc? I'd hazard a guess that we're one of the most straight forward/legitimate cases out there..that's why i'm so confused.

Thanks so much for your help..

Originally Posted by Martijn

    >The he lady said she was recommending us for approval, she went on to
    >say that in New York State they no longer stamp your passport in the
    >interview and you've got to just wait for the Green Card to show up in
    >the mail...
    >...
    >My problem is that I've got a flight to London in just over 2 weeks
    >and i was told on the phone with the USCIS 1.800 # that if i was
    >approved i'd have a stamp in my passport and that's sufficient to re-
    >enter the US with.

Hope nobody minds me bumping a thread from 3 weeks ago, but my wife and
I had our AOS in NYC on May 1 this year, and I got my passport stamped
at the end of the interview, so what she said is not true. NYC does
still stamp your passport on the spot if they approve directly.