AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Feb 18th 2004, 2:41 am
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AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
This morning (Feb 18th, 2004) at 8:30 AM, my wife and I had her AOS interview. We arrived at the JFK Building in Boston at about 7:15.
We entere room E-170 and waited till about 8:25 when we were called into the back. The interviewing officer was a lady named Charlene and was very cordial.
She asked for identification from me, and my wife's passports, social security card and EAD. She only asked for the original NOA for the I-129F approval as she didn't seem to have a copy of it.
She just asked in passing what we had brought to show a life together, we produced our couple Blue Cross insurance premium, joint bank account and car insurance.
We don't have our own place so we didn't have any utility bills to provide. Charlene didn't even bother looking at the documents.
She noted that my wife had come a long way on her journey through K3 and knew how long all that takes. She asked my wife if she was working. To which my wife replied that she wasn't, but was looking.
The officer didn't ask me to produce any other documents though I had a lot of other original stuff. She asked for the original birth certificate for my wife to ensure that the copy was indeed legal, she noted that she's seen a LOT of different kinds of birth certificates for Indian citizens.
All said and done the whole process was painless and lasted only about 10 mins. While filling out various boxes, Charlene said that she wished our case was an indication of how easy the rest of her day would be. She then went ahead and said that she would approve our case, she stamped the I-551 in my wife's passport, told us that we'd have to file for the removal of conditions 90 days before the expiry of the current green card.
She also took the EAD away and attached it to my wife's folder.
By 8:45 we were walking out of the building.
The ONLY glitch was something we noticed while on the road back home. Charlege had put the expiration of the green to be 02/17/2005 instead of 02/17/<B>2006</B> as it should be. I'm assuming that it's correct in the computer and this stamp will be overrided by the actual green card itself.
Regards
We entere room E-170 and waited till about 8:25 when we were called into the back. The interviewing officer was a lady named Charlene and was very cordial.
She asked for identification from me, and my wife's passports, social security card and EAD. She only asked for the original NOA for the I-129F approval as she didn't seem to have a copy of it.
She just asked in passing what we had brought to show a life together, we produced our couple Blue Cross insurance premium, joint bank account and car insurance.
We don't have our own place so we didn't have any utility bills to provide. Charlene didn't even bother looking at the documents.
She noted that my wife had come a long way on her journey through K3 and knew how long all that takes. She asked my wife if she was working. To which my wife replied that she wasn't, but was looking.
The officer didn't ask me to produce any other documents though I had a lot of other original stuff. She asked for the original birth certificate for my wife to ensure that the copy was indeed legal, she noted that she's seen a LOT of different kinds of birth certificates for Indian citizens.
All said and done the whole process was painless and lasted only about 10 mins. While filling out various boxes, Charlene said that she wished our case was an indication of how easy the rest of her day would be. She then went ahead and said that she would approve our case, she stamped the I-551 in my wife's passport, told us that we'd have to file for the removal of conditions 90 days before the expiry of the current green card.
She also took the EAD away and attached it to my wife's folder.
By 8:45 we were walking out of the building.
The ONLY glitch was something we noticed while on the road back home. Charlege had put the expiration of the green to be 02/17/2005 instead of 02/17/<B>2006</B> as it should be. I'm assuming that it's correct in the computer and this stamp will be overrided by the actual green card itself.
Regards
Feb 18th 2004, 3:11 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Originally posted by Cypher
The ONLY glitch was something we noticed while on the road back home. Charlege had put the expiration of the green to be 02/17/2005 instead of 02/17/<B>2006</B> as it should be. I'm assuming that it's correct in the computer and this stamp will be overrided by the actual green card itself.
Regards
The ONLY glitch was something we noticed while on the road back home. Charlege had put the expiration of the green to be 02/17/2005 instead of 02/17/<B>2006</B> as it should be. I'm assuming that it's correct in the computer and this stamp will be overrided by the actual green card itself.
Regards
Congratulations on your success. Now would you do future filings of Boston District Office a huge favor and post that result on the AOS experience pages. Would be much appreciated.
FWIW, the dates are correct. The I-551 stamp is only good for one year and is only meant to tie Charlege over until the green card arrives in the mail. The green card itself will have the correct expiration date of 2006, at least it should.
Rete
Feb 18th 2004, 3:16 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Congratulations 
Feb 18th 2004, 3:30 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Hello,
I had a dumb question, what does AOS and EAD stand for? I will no doubt have to know this for the future and just have had no experience at all with it yet due to the stage we're at with the K-3.
Thanks.
-rainbow
I had a dumb question, what does AOS and EAD stand for? I will no doubt have to know this for the future and just have had no experience at all with it yet due to the stage we're at with the K-3.
Thanks.
-rainbow
Feb 18th 2004, 3:59 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Originally posted by rainbow
Hello,
I had a dumb question, what does AOS and EAD stand for? I will no doubt have to know this for the future and just have had no experience at all with it yet due to the stage we're at with the K-3.
Thanks.
-rainbow
Hello,
I had a dumb question, what does AOS and EAD stand for? I will no doubt have to know this for the future and just have had no experience at all with it yet due to the stage we're at with the K-3.
Thanks.
-rainbow
AOS = adjustment of status or affidavit of support
EAD = employment authorization document.
As a member of expats, avail yourself of access to the FAQ linked on the entrance to the forum or under the first post on the forum itself. Abbreviations are listed there.
Rete
Feb 18th 2004, 4:00 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Great - thanks Rete. I'll take a peek at that.
All the best,
-rainbow
All the best,
-rainbow
Feb 18th 2004, 4:07 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Holy Cow - Thanks Rete...I totally overlooked all this useful information!!!
nice job and very helpful
nice job and very helpful
Feb 18th 2004, 4:16 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Congrats to you both on the newly acquired green card and I'm glad to hear that the Boston experience was pleasant and speedy.
Feb 18th 2004, 4:26 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Congratulations!
Since we'll be going through Boston too, could you share your timeline
with us, when you get a chance? We're particularily interested in the
post-wedding part, since we already have a pretty good idea of what
the delays before getting approved are.
Thanks in advance,
Jean
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:41:24 +0000, Cypher
<member7373@british_expats.com> wrote:
>This morning (Feb 18th, 2004) at 8:30 AM, my wife and I had her AOS
>interview. We arrived at the JFK Building in Boston at about 7:15.
>We
>entere room E-170 and waited till about 8:25 when we were called into
>the back. The interviewing officer was a lady named Charlene and was
>very cordial.
>She asked for identification from me, and my wife's
>passports, social security card and EAD. She only asked for the original
>NOA for the I-129F approval as she didn't seem to have a copy of it.
>She just asked in passing what we had brought to show a life together,
>we produced our couple Blue Cross insurance premium, joint bank account
>and car insurance.
>We don't have our own place so we didn't have any
>utility bills to provide. Charlene didn't even bother looking at the
>documents.
>She noted that my wife had come a long way on her journey
>through K3 and knew how long all that takes. She asked my wife if she
>was working. To which my wife replied that she wasn't, but was looking.
>The officer didn't ask me to produce any other documents though I had
>a lot of other original stuff. She asked for the original birth
>certificate for my wife to ensure that the copy was indeed legal, she
>noted that she's seen a LOT of different kinds of birth certificates for
>Indian citizens.
>All said and done the whole process was painless and
>lasted only about 10 mins. While filling out various boxes, Charlene
>said that she wished our case was an indication of how easy the rest of
>her day would be. She then went ahead and said that she would approve
>our case, she stamped the I-551 in my wife's passport, told us that we'd
>have to file for the removal of conditions 90 days before the expiry of
>the current green card.
>She also took the EAD away and attached it to
>my wife's folder.
>By 8:45 we were walking out of the building.
>The
>ONLY glitch was something we noticed while on the road back home.
>Charlege had put the expiration of the green to be 02/17/2005 instead of
>02/17/<B>2006</B> as it should be. I'm assuming that it's correct in the
>computer and this stamp will be overrided by the actual green card
>itself.
>Regards
Since we'll be going through Boston too, could you share your timeline
with us, when you get a chance? We're particularily interested in the
post-wedding part, since we already have a pretty good idea of what
the delays before getting approved are.
Thanks in advance,
Jean
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:41:24 +0000, Cypher
<member7373@british_expats.com> wrote:
>This morning (Feb 18th, 2004) at 8:30 AM, my wife and I had her AOS
>interview. We arrived at the JFK Building in Boston at about 7:15.
>We
>entere room E-170 and waited till about 8:25 when we were called into
>the back. The interviewing officer was a lady named Charlene and was
>very cordial.
>She asked for identification from me, and my wife's
>passports, social security card and EAD. She only asked for the original
>NOA for the I-129F approval as she didn't seem to have a copy of it.
>She just asked in passing what we had brought to show a life together,
>we produced our couple Blue Cross insurance premium, joint bank account
>and car insurance.
>We don't have our own place so we didn't have any
>utility bills to provide. Charlene didn't even bother looking at the
>documents.
>She noted that my wife had come a long way on her journey
>through K3 and knew how long all that takes. She asked my wife if she
>was working. To which my wife replied that she wasn't, but was looking.
>The officer didn't ask me to produce any other documents though I had
>a lot of other original stuff. She asked for the original birth
>certificate for my wife to ensure that the copy was indeed legal, she
>noted that she's seen a LOT of different kinds of birth certificates for
>Indian citizens.
>All said and done the whole process was painless and
>lasted only about 10 mins. While filling out various boxes, Charlene
>said that she wished our case was an indication of how easy the rest of
>her day would be. She then went ahead and said that she would approve
>our case, she stamped the I-551 in my wife's passport, told us that we'd
>have to file for the removal of conditions 90 days before the expiry of
>the current green card.
>She also took the EAD away and attached it to
>my wife's folder.
>By 8:45 we were walking out of the building.
>The
>ONLY glitch was something we noticed while on the road back home.
>Charlege had put the expiration of the green to be 02/17/2005 instead of
>02/17/<B>2006</B> as it should be. I'm assuming that it's correct in the
>computer and this stamp will be overrided by the actual green card
>itself.
>Regards
Feb 18th 2004, 9:41 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Originally posted by Rete
FWIW, the dates are correct. The I-551 stamp is only good for one year and is only meant to tie Charlege over until the green card arrives in the mail. The green card itself will have the correct expiration date of 2006, at least it should.
Rete
FWIW, the dates are correct. The I-551 stamp is only good for one year and is only meant to tie Charlege over until the green card arrives in the mail. The green card itself will have the correct expiration date of 2006, at least it should.
Rete
Feb 18th 2004, 9:47 am
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Re: AOS Interview Successful in Boston, MA
Originally posted by Jay-S
Congratulations!
Since we'll be going through Boston too, could you share your timeline
with us, when you get a chance? We're particularily interested in the
post-wedding part, since we already have a pretty good idea of what
the delays before getting approved are.
Thanks in advance,
Jean
Congratulations!
Since we'll be going through Boston too, could you share your timeline
with us, when you get a chance? We're particularily interested in the
post-wedding part, since we already have a pretty good idea of what
the delays before getting approved are.
Thanks in advance,
Jean
Our timeline is as followes:
Wedding Sept 27th, 2002.
Filed for I-130 in October, 2002.
Filed for I-129F in November, 2002.
I-129F Approved on March 7th, 2003.
K3 Interview in India on May 5th, 2003.
Entered US on K3 on May 15th, 2003.
I-130 approved late July, 2003.
Filed for AOS early August, 2003 (I can't recall the exact date)
Took care of fingerprints a week after filing AOS.
Got scheduled for interview for today (Feb 18th, 2004).
Those are what the relative dates are, I can look up exact dates if that is any help to you.
Regards
