B Akin
Nov 22, 2021
Interview Completed. Approved on the spot.
Hi everyone, so the D-day finally arrived and although we arrived early for our interview, we waited over an hour to get called. Interview was for about 20 minutes, not a lot of questions, IO was nice and professional. Asked how we met and when. Didn’t want to know more. Asked for any additional documents, picked 2 and returned the 499 that I offered 😀. I brought 130 photos but she said the 35 I uploaded online before the interview was enough. Asked questions off the I-485 form and corrected one mistake. Told me she has approved my application, but did not ask me to sign anything. Just told me how to get SSN and said wait for GC in mail. No update yet online so fingers crossed.
I had no lawyer, we did the process ourselves and my PD is in July so 4 months and some in total.
I’ll take questions and answer them as best as I can, please be reasonable, I can only tell what I know.
I will post my timeline when I get the update.
Best of luck to everyone waiting 🙏🏾
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sharmy sharmyNov 22, 2021
congratulations
kings wifeyNov 22, 2021
wow congratulations 🎉 my spouse and I were asked to sign after interview tho. wow now I’m confused
Sue-Lee CroftNov 22, 2021
congratulations
B AkinNov 22, 2021
Yes, it accepted pictures so I thought why not
J RNov 22, 2021
congratulations 🎊
PD August 23Nov 22, 2021
nice congrats
PD August 23Nov 22, 2021
what FO
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@LP; Phoenix
O JNov 22, 2021
congratulation
PD August 23Nov 22, 2021
ok cool
R RNov 22, 2021
Congratulations 🎊🎉🎈🍾
S LewisNov 22, 2021
congratulations
think positiveNov 22, 2021
congratulations 🎊
Stacey ONov 22, 2021
Congrats!!!
Waiting PatientlyNov 22, 2021
congrats!
H KNov 22, 2021
congratulations 👏
think positiveNov 22, 2021
how to upload pictures? please help
B AkinNov 22, 2021
Hi P.; If you have an activated online account, sign in, select case and go to the documents section. There should be a tab for uploading “unsolicited evidence”. Click on that tab and select documents from your source and upload. Documents may include pdf, jpeg etc (it will tell you)
Vee MNov 22, 2021
Soo your whole process took 4 months? Which service centre and what visa ?
think positiveNov 22, 2021
thank you@ B akin so happy for you… you helped me a lot in all my questions 🙏
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Vee Momodu; Yes it did. Phoenix SC. I-485 AOS
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@P; You’re welcome, and thank you! I hope yours comes soon 🙏🏾
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Mike Joni; Thank you! And yes, she did ask for I-693 and I handed it over, she checked it, said she knew the doctor and said everything looked fine.
Tory BNov 22, 2021
congratulations! I’m so happy for you!!! my testimony is next in Jesus name
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Mike; I think you have to find approved doctors in the city that you live in. You can do that via the uscis website, that’s how I found mine.
Nekkie blessNov 22, 2021
congratulations B Akin
fadolf trumpNov 22, 2021
@B AKIN, I have an online USCIS account but i can’t find the documents section, I have been searching for so long and can’t find it . can you help me ? all it shows here is CASE STATUS and CASE HISTORY
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Mike; You don’t need your uscis account. Just go to the website, scroll until you find a tab for searching for approved doctors, enter your post code and it will give you a list. Or google “approved uscis doctors in DC”. The cost varies from city to city and state to state. I saw someone yesterday on Reddit who paid over $1000. I only paid $375 in total because I got my vaccines from different places and only did the test and X-ray with the approved doctor.
Yes, after biometrics, I was on “actively being reviewed for 3 weeks before interview was scheduled.
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Fadolf; The documents section only appears if they have sent you correspondence. It may also depend on your service Centre. I had NBC and immediately had all my documents online.
Also, the website may be a little confusing. You have to select a particular case (if you have multiple), in order to see the documents section for that case.
jerry Eze (lord show me mercy)Nov 22, 2021
congratulations Akin, God is good
fadolf trumpNov 22, 2021
@B AKIN, so how do I get them to send me correspondence? what do I have to do ?
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Mike Joni; My advice would be to wait until your interview is scheduled. No need to rush it and pay twice if something goes wrong. That’s what I did.
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Fadolf; Everyone gets notices once your case starts to move. It will come.
Maurico maumauNov 22, 2021
congrats @ B Akin. do u mind sharing ur questions with us. that will help us a lot
B AkinNov 22, 2021
@Maurico; No problems.
After taking oath, she asked:
1. How we met
2. Where we met and date
3. How many children we have individually and together
4. I filled my form wrong by saying I was waived through when I arrived US. But I’m on the visa waiver programme and have ESTA, so she corrected that.
5. If I worked in the US: I told her yes, although I’m employed in the UK, no EAD but didn’t matter.
6. What I did for work before and if I was ever in the military.
7. Aksed my wife only to state our address
8. She wanted a detailed account of my prior marriages.
9. Questions from I-485 form
And that was all.
Maurico maumauNov 23, 2021
thanks @ B Akin for sharing. really appreciate. I will come back soon to testify too. God has done it for me too. I strongly believe.
sharmy sharmyNov 23, 2021
I will come back too to share my good news 🙏
B AkinNov 23, 2021
Thanks so much everyone, really appreciate your kind thoughts and words. Keeping you all in my thoughts and will update as soon as I get confirmation of approval (still a waiting game) 😀
T 💯 🇯🇲Nov 23, 2021
B Akin when did you upload the photos, the same time you filled the I-130 or afterwards?
B AkinNov 23, 2021
@TWW; I uploaded the photos 2 weeks ago. Apparently, they viewed it because they refused to see any more photos and made reference to the ones that I uploaded.
B AkinNov 23, 2021
@Mike Joni; Yes, you must be fully vaccinated. I am not really sure but I don’t know how your field office would react to an out-of-state medical report.
Maurico maumauNov 23, 2021
@B Akin will it be late to upload pictures today since my interview is few days away.
B AkinNov 23, 2021
@Maurico; From what I saw today, they assess your case file on the day. I don’t think it’s late at all, I think it helps to reach a decision quickly.
Maurico maumauNov 23, 2021
ok. I will try and upload the pics dis night.
teey laNov 23, 2021
congratulations
teey laNov 23, 2021
so you have not gotten your ssn despite interview completed today right?
B AkinNov 23, 2021
@M Ace; Thanks. No, no SSN yet but the officer said to make sure that I book an appointment immediately so it’s close to when gc arrives.
sharmy sharmyNov 23, 2021
@B Akin, thanks for all your tips and advices! just wanted to ask if you worked without an EAD
B AkinNov 23, 2021
@Sharmy; You’re welcome. I never worked in the US, but I was recently employed by my uni in the UK, working remotely. I told the IO but it didn’t seem consequential. I have no EAD.
sharmy sharmyNov 23, 2021
ok thank you B Atkin
Imminent Approval Nov 23, 2021
congratulations !
Louriz N.Nov 23, 2021
Yay! Congratulations B Akin! We made it! My i-485 changed status to "Approved" after 24 hours then the next day I-130 was approved too. 7 days later which is today, it now says "Card was produced".
I have a question though, did you select in one of the forms for them to send you the social security card?
B AkinNov 23, 2021
@Louriz; Congratulations again! Glad it all worked out for you in the end. I’m still waiting for a status update so I’ll give it sometime 😀
About the ssn, I know I requested it at some point, but I don’t remember on what form. I’ll check my copies.
vikky olaNov 23, 2021
congratulations
teey laNov 23, 2021
@ louriz N your FO?
Louriz N.Nov 23, 2021
@m ace. Los Angeles. mine took 4 months too. B Akin and I have the same timeline
Louriz N.Nov 23, 2021
B Akin. i think it was on i-765. so if the IO told you to book an appointment then, it doesnt matter if you selected to receive ssn thru UsCIS or apply directly thtu SSA. i should call SSA then so it will be faster
B AkinNov 23, 2021
Hey Louriz, I was just reading your comment when approval came in for I-130. Hopefully approval for I-485 is not far behind.
We were lucky weren’t we? @Louriz N
Louriz N.Nov 23, 2021
Nice! mine changed today again from “Card was produced” (yesterday’s update) to “card was picked up by Usps” and gave me the tracking number..
yeah. we were!
B AkinNov 24, 2021
@Ts Wife; Thank you so much. Great to hear from you and see that things are now moving re your upcoming biometrics. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you need to ask anything, I’m always happy to help. Thanks again and best to you and yours.
B AkinNov 24, 2021
Final update everyone! Thank you all so much for all your help and support through this process. Both I-130 and I-485 have now been approved and card is being produced. I wish everyone the very best ❤️
sharmy sharmyNov 24, 2021
awwww thank you so much for coming back to update us! all the best! happy Thanksgiving!
teey laNov 24, 2021
congratulations dear
Info@USimmigration INov 27, 2021
Congratulations. please under which form do you upload your pictures 485 or 130
B AkinNov 27, 2021
@Fe; I uploaded mine under I-485 since the interview was going to be based on that application.
Info@USimmigration INov 28, 2021
Akin: apologizes for asking too much. You mean you uploaded 35 pics and what other evidence do you upload prior to the interview.
B AkinNov 28, 2021
@Fe; No problems at all. Yes, I was able to upload 35 pictures in batches of 5 each time. I could have uploaded other documents if I needed to but I didn’t. I submitted with very few basic documents but made sure of their quality. I brought hundreds to the interview but they refused them and said they were satisfied with what I already submitted. They only took copies of car insurance and health insurance that had both of our names and that was it.
Info@USimmigration INov 28, 2021
Akin: How is this possible? I uploaded my pictures which was successfully submitted but I went back to view it and I couldn’t see it on the document section. Is that how it functions?
B AkinNov 28, 2021
Maybe give it sometime and check again. I can still see mine. Maybe it takes time to become visible. Or try to upload them again, no more than 5 pictures at a time.
B AkinDec 2, 2021
Card in hand guys! Time to move on. Love to you all and best of luck to all waiting 🙏🏾
H KDec 2, 2021
congratulations again @B Akin
T 💯 🇯🇲Dec 2, 2021
congratulations 👏
S LewisDec 2, 2021
congratulations @B Akin
Louriz N.Dec 3, 2021
yay!! i got mine last week 😁
what’s the status of your ss card?
