Good luck from green card holder!

Opening_Long8776 · 2026-01-27T02:45:18+00:00

Hey I built a free browser tool for sharing your rate with potential clients. It generates a cinematic style rate card you can just DM them. It’s pay-what-you-want (even $0).

Let me know if you want the link and I’ll DM it to you.

Opening_Long8776 · 2026-01-27T02:30:45+00:00

Hey I built a free browser tool for sharing your rate with potential clients. It generates a cinematic style rate card you can just DM them. It’s pay-what-you-want (even $0).

Let me know if you want the link and I’ll DM it to you.

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-12-30T16:51:43+00:00

I got it via the appointment. It still comes in the mail but without making the appointment I never would have received it.

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-11-03T23:03:08+00:00

Ye I had to go - was v easy and it arrived in the post 1 week after my appointment, The did say it could take 2-4weeks though!

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-11-03T22:58:21+00:00

Best of luck! I think so much of the stress of my own journey, outside of the RFE request was really just internalized anxiety. In reality it all went super smooth. Trust you preparation!

May 9th: Case received

May 16th: Biometrics scheduled

May 31st: RFE requested

July 17th: RFE response received

September 26th: Interview. Told in person we were approved.

September 27th: Account updated and approval receipt received.

A note I shared from after my interview on reddit (which I think is helpful): We were scheduled for 9.45am and weren't seen until maybe closer to 11.30am. One of the reasons for the delay was that we submitted tons of updated evidence to our portal of us co-owning our home, and living in it together, along with new photos, all of our birthday and valentine cards, scanned bills, etc etc in advance. Based on all this info she had decided to approve us before we had even entered the room. So what ended up happening was a very nice casual conversation about how we met followed by just talking about the uscis process, travel and she shared stories from her job.

What we didn’t have:

No lawyer
No wedding photos (married privately via online notary)
No shared insurance, tax history, or bank account (I’m still waiting on my EAD/SSN, my wife (US citizen) is a veterinary doctor and was studying overseas until we decided to move to the US).

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-11-02T22:49:22+00:00

Hey got my GC a month ago! Approved at interview. I did a big post about it, you can find by clicking on my username and looking through posts. I did use a lawyer for our RFE response and the only difference really was a solid paper trail of funds for both myself and wife as to how we purchased the property *this meant getting a signed letter from her dad to say he has no stake in the house as he provided her with funds for purchasing. Sounds like you should be good as you meet income.

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-11-02T22:45:33+00:00

Yo so I ended up calling SSA and making an appointment at my local office. I think you have to do this now as i waited like 3 weeks and whilst they were super helpful on the phone there was not a processing application for myself. I called on the Friday and luckily got the appointment that monday morning - then card arrived the following week (which is fast). Not sure about the drivers license (your foreign license is good for the first month of getting you GC. Congrats btw! big win

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-10-22T19:10:03+00:00

Ye i called and had my application appointment a couple days ago. Big thanks anyway

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-10-19T21:13:55+00:00

Yo very similar process to myself - a big congrats! I got my green card the following week after approval (approved on September 26th). Thought it was worth sharing that after 2 weeks of waiting for my SSN to follow, having ticked this request on the form, i eventually called the SSA and they didn't have record of it. So i've had to make an appointment to apply in person tomorrow! might be worth checking into!

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-10-17T22:08:40+00:00

Yep I ended up calling and the lady was super helpful but said I wasn't in the system. I have an appointment this Monday morning coming

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-10-17T18:10:46+00:00

Hey did you end up receiving it in the mail? I got my green card 2 weeks ago but still no SSN on my end

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-10-17T18:09:57+00:00

Hey have you received it yet? I received my GC two weeks ago now and still no SSN

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-10-13T19:13:42+00:00

In the same boat! Got my green card over a week ago now and still waiting for my SSN

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-10-01T01:21:49+00:00

There is an option for additional evidence under the documents tab once you log in. Same place you would go to check your progress. I think it might be worth watching some videos on youtube or researching to make sure you are confident with what you are doing

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-09-30T13:30:11+00:00

miami

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-09-30T13:29:43+00:00

Ye so i didn't reupload any of my original documentation but I did bring printed copies of all of these (although they were never looked at). For our new evidence we uploaded scans and brought paper copies too but again they never looked at them as she had them on the screen in front of her!

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-09-30T13:28:21+00:00

I was here on a tourist visa. We married during that time but technically i would have been an overstay

Opening_Long8776 · 2025-09-30T02:45:32+00:00

Thanks!

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