Russ&Jayne

You have to surrender your AP at the AOS interview so make sure you get the stamp. Good luck!

SecretGarden

Hiya,
This must be a difference in procedure among district offices. Our DAO in Chicago took Mr. P's EAD card, but said nothing about his AP. We came home with that (and copies of it!)

~SecretGarden

Rukhie

Congrats!!!
My husband's is in March!! Yay!!! Good Luck!!!
Rukhie:-)

ian-mstm

That was similar to my experience. At my AOS interview in Louisville, I did not get the stamp, but I was also not required to hand in either my EAD or AP. My GC arrived in the mail 6 weeks later. In fact, almost 4 years later, I still have my old EAD card and AP forms... well... not that I need them - and, of course, they are long since expired. One day, I may even hang them on my wall as some sort of twisted USCIS art exhibit!

Ian

SecretGarden

Mr. P. was very sorry to see that EAD card go. The picture was a very good one. Sometimes he still mentions, morosely, that he wishes he still had that card.

A bonus: when his permanent resident card came in the mail, we noticed that they had used the same picture---NOT frontal but ADIT style, and that his face has been made into a very tiny hologram on the back of the card!

~SG

silanone

Congrats Gisela,

This is wonderful news. I know that there are several Boston-area folks on this forum who applied between April and July 04 and this is certainly encouraging. Good luck getting ready for the interview!

Russ&Jayne

It's always completely different it seems. I didn't need my vaccination supplement either, and wasn't even sworn in.

whistlestop01

Are you saying there is no need to go to a civil surgeon and get a vaccination supplement sorted??

I do have a question if i do go to one.............do i need to bring any forms for the surgeon to fill in or does the doctor have the forms?

I sure hope they don't take my AP if i don't get approved that day i have to be able to leave the country in May.

I just called Dr Singh in Hanover but they were useless. I mentioned 3 times I had my vaccinations already done but just wanted the supplement and she kept saying you can come in today for your vaccinations. grrrrr

I might try and see KarenD's recommended doctor in Rhode Island

Thanks for all your kind words everyone. I will let you know my experience when I can.

Gisela

Steffi

Hmmm, now there's a thought!! It could sort of double work as a protest piece to the system (or lack of). Hehe.


There may not be. But wouldn't you rather be safe than sorry?


Why do these civil surgeons have such a hard time only doing vaccination supplements? It seems like I haven't heard a single person mention a flawless process. Everyone seems to have trouble with this!! I called some civil surgeons in my area a while back and I remember everyone saying the same thing. Maybe I need to start a new topic and ask any Atlantan's if they can recommend one that will do it.
I may be wrong, but I think Karen said that she only paid $15 for hers! Again, that could be false memory, but if it's true then it seems cheap enough.

Steffi

Oh shit, I completely forgot to say: congrats for getting an interview date!!!

Steffi

I have a bit of an OT question:

I keep forgetting...is it 2 years from wedding anniversary or 2 years from AOS application that you don't require the conditional status anymore? Wedding anniversary, right?

whistlestop01

I was told 2 years from when you are approved at the AOS interview (you apply to have the conditions removed 2 years less 90 days). I could be wrong in this.

And Thanks Steffi

SecretGarden

Because they make more money off you by doing a complete medical.

Gisela, does your interview appt. letter list a set of items that you MUST or SHOULD bring? Somewhere on there you will probably find the supplement listed. I would also think that since your medical status has changed since the medical---meaning you have added one more shot to your list---that you should get this recorded. I'd get it done and bring it, but then again, I always err on the side of caution.

Steffi: having been through the AOS interview recently, the two year thing goes this way: if you have your interview before your second anniversary, and you are approved, you will be granted conditional PR status. 90 days prior to the two year anniversary of being granted that status, you file the I-751 to remove conditions.

In a nutshell.

~SecretGarden

Steffi

What if you never had an interview within 2 years though?

SecretGarden

Then, if you are approved, you go right to Permanent Resident, with a ten year card. So, pros and cons to waiting for that interview, huh?

~SG