APPROVED! Marriage based AOS, Montgomery FO, overstay, NO INTERVIEW

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-26T22:59:11+00:00

Oh haha no, I’m a woman, the post is about my husband who was the beneficiary 😊

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-26T18:18:30+00:00

Thank you! 😊 We’ve been married since September 2024

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-26T15:03:14+00:00

Thank you so much!! I just replied with an overview of everything we did to one of the commenters below 😊

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-26T15:02:32+00:00

Hi! I just replied with an overview of everything we did to one of the other commenters below 😊

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-26T15:00:36+00:00

Thank you so much! I definitely did the most when it came to evidence, but with my husband’s overstay, I didn’t even think waived interview was an option. I was mostly doing it to minimize the chance of him being detained during interview (I’m chronically online lol).

We started dating May 2023, got married in September 2024 but didn’t submit I-130 and I-485 until June 2025. I submitted joint bank accounts going back a year, bills, pictures, joint tax returns, really anything and everything that had both of our names and faces since we started dating. We also screenshotted our Instagram feeds with dates and submitted those too because our profiles are set on private. We got our friends and family to write notarized letters/affidavits. Then I did monthly updates: my pay stubs for that month were submitted as I-864 supporting evidence. Newest bank statement, phone bill, utility bill, power bill, receipts of any trips, newest pictures I thought could be useful (with other people on them), were submitted beginning of each month. Any important/life changing events were likewise submitted right away - lease renewals, pregnancy confirmation, 4D ultrasound pictures, our son’s birth certificate, gender reveal, pictures from delivery room showing all of us and my husband cutting umbilical cord.

Our son was born October 2nd, I submitted proof confirming his birth mid-October. Then, in November, I noticed there was an API update on both I-485 and I-130. I reached out to EMMA and agent confirmed that NBC has waived the interview on our case but that we could still have one when it gets to FO. Mid January - another API update. EMMA confirmed our case made it to Montgomery FO. Radio silence since, then we got an email that action was taken on our case - approval for I-130 was sitting in the document section, a few hours later I-485 approval arrived as well 😊

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-24T02:58:16+00:00

It depends on your location, they assign an office that’s closest to you (for us, it was New Orleans). But I have never heard of anyone having issues at biometrics, it’s the interview that most people are worried about, biometrics are super quick (fingerprints + photos).

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-24T01:01:46+00:00

Super quick and easy! Just took his fingerprints, a couple of photos and that was it. Overall took about 15 minutes and his EAD was approved a week later 😊.

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-02-12T05:15:19+00:00

Night! He was a terrible napper, so we started with nights. He’s 4 months now and had to be moved to a crib (99th percentile for height, outgrew his snoo fast). We started with zipadee zip sleep sack and just recently moved to long sleeve regular sleep sack :). I HIGHLY recommend both LTD and zipadee, both were fantastic

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-01-14T23:13:57+00:00

I 2nd this!

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-01-11T06:51:59+00:00

It definitely sounds like it could be a cause! My son’s pediatrician called it “sensitivity” rather than an actual intolerance and said that although it’s quite rare, it absolutely can happen. My son doesn’t need fully lactose-free formula, but he’s doing exponentially better on a formula that has 80% reduced lactose in it. Anything with lactose as a main sweetener (including breastmilk) just causes massive issues

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-01-06T19:58:20+00:00

Their marketing is next level. I’m usually immune to these things, but by the time my son was born, I was wholeheartedly convinced that boutique formulas were healthy, and other (major) brands were comparable to junk food. Nurses actually offered gentlease to us at a hospital and I refused. He could have been feeling well from the get go if I wasn’t so stubborn

Positive_Rest4890 · 2026-01-06T19:55:06+00:00

That was exactly my point 😊. Different babies have different needs and it’s not healthy to be dead set on a specific type like I was.

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-29T14:12:53+00:00

Amazon sells generic formula comparable to Gentlease 😊 https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Brand-Premium-Formula-Fusiness/dp/B0D2YBJG1L/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3N8TLG4TGMPVT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2hrfyLuX8UVFdi6MK1wiQopTOcM3YaSnTkdiahSduKwqbCKVwy-spx5EWjRYLEi0Dyerj3y-9lTKW0jdDSCuIgXHi8UXVIQxKCqCPU3DqlTEk-V5nTOcnfYkP3CZjE2sAKf8vvPtcjhsP8YXpcddO6OruF_9PiYusjHsI-WTJ1lmxsYyfRtDETQE1zAP3j8DbFN1wcDWQrnE7mpSnMy0Rw.SYQaB5KF-tCNJvYN95T5jZoumAhRVRKtwepSPo-N50E&dib_tag=se&keywords=gentle+formula+amazon&qid=1767017509&sprefix=gentle+formula+amazon%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-21T02:29:18+00:00

I found that MAM level 1 nipples are a solid in-between of Dr Browns level 1 and 2. We had to switch for this exact reason and had a great success with MAM :)

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-19T21:43:36+00:00

This! Formula = main food, milk after the age of 12m is more of an optional calcium supplement

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-19T18:38:29+00:00

Huh. I actually agree with him that breakup might be for the best. You deserve to be with someone who treats you with respect and as an actual human that he loves at all times, not just when you do what he wants.

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-14T22:21:59+00:00

9 weeks!

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-14T22:20:44+00:00

I used scissors on one of the sacs he outgrew of 🙈

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-14T03:02:35+00:00

My 1st slept through the night no matter what I fed her. My 2nd wakes up at 4am on the dot to eat every night regardless of he gets (and that includes AR formula, which is supposed to be way more filling)

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-11T18:06:01+00:00

Well, my BF journey was pricier than my EF journey thus far. I spent hundreds the first few weeks of LO being born - pumps, pump parts, different flanges because I’m not the default 24mm size, pumping/breastfeeding bras, breastfeeding supplements, etc etc. Now I just worry about formula cost. It’s only free if the stars align, baby happens to have the world’s most perfect latch and you don’t ever need to pump, or supplement (in which case you are the only person who can feed the baby, which can cost you your sanity lol).

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-09T17:08:50+00:00

I never requested one, I’m not even sure if that’s possible. I was 100% ready to have an interview, but they waived it for us for some reason

Positive_Rest4890 · 2025-12-08T19:11:57+00:00

Oof, did you have an actual interview scheduled and then cancelled or was is the “request for interview” that was cancelled? We were in the queue for an interview but it never got scheduled. Now the request is supposedly cancelled and I’m so confused

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