Question:

Sponsored by my naturalized wife, I filed in Nov 99 at Westminster California, got my work permit in Feb 2000 and got finger printed in Riverside on Oct 6, 2000. I guess I now have to renew my work permit since it's only good for a year.

I'm told that it takes 18 months to get your interview, but am not real sure when the 18 months started. Was it when I first filed or when I got my work permit? Also, how long after the interview do you get your GC?

Answer:

http://www.immigration.com

http://www.shusterman.com

It's from when you first filed. You get your GC (or at least the stamp in your passport equivalent to the GC) on the day you are interviewed normally.

However, the semi-official estimate at present is that the waiting time is more like 2.5 to 3 years in your area. And you're leaving the renewal of the work permit very late; I recommend you file that in the next day or two, and expect to take some unpaid leave from your job, as renewing the work permit can easily take a month and a half. (Remember that when you come to renew your permit at the end of this year.)

I got my GC two days ago!!!

Married to US citizen: Filed for AOS- Nov 1999 MIAMI Fingerprint - Feb 2000 Work Permit - April 2000 Interview - Nov 2000 Green Card received - Jan 16 2001

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