受到本版的帮助,也来分享我的心得 Background when I-140 was submitted: PhD student in the biomedical field Citation: about 140 First-authored papers: 2 Co-authored papers: 4 Reference letter: 4: 1 dependent recommendation letter from my former advisor (Taiwan); 3 independent recommendation letters (Taiwan, French, USA) Timeline: 2016/05/09 Signed contract with the lawyer (VC) for I-140 (1) 2017/03/02 Submitted I-140 to NSC (EB2 NIW) 2017/12/22 I-140 Approved 2018/01/03 Signed contract with the lawyer (VC) for I-485 (2) (3) 2018/02/02 Submitted I-765, I-131, I-485 (4) 2018/03/20 Biometrics in the local office (Buffalo, NY) 2018/04/20 Case transfered to NBC 2018/05/25 Received EAD/AP combo card 2018/07 Graduated and received a PhD degree 2018/08/01 Moved from NY to CA and started a new job as a postdoc (using EAD card) 2018/08/11 Changed my address online (5) 2018/09/21 Received interview notice 2018/10/22 Interview (San Francisco, CA) (6) 2018/10/22 Card ordered 2018/10/27 Received green card (1) 和律师签约(没过退费),从5月拖到2016年底才真正开始准备,最困难的部分是找 independent recommendation letter,三封independent, 一个是从phd老板的朋友 (USA), 另一个是以前学长的同事 (Taiwan), 最後一封是每日一信骚扰引用我文章的大头 们,很幸运地寄没几封信就有人回信了 (French) (2) 因为I-140经验不错,决定和VC再签约I-485, 但I-485准备过程并不是让我很满意,要 自己去催进度才有动作,不是很推荐她们的I485服务 (3) 因为之前有J visa, 但 not subject to 2 year rule. 可是律师一直要我去申请advisory opinion 说是预防 Ref,因为看板上有人申请後反而变 要两年条款,所以决定不申请 advisory opinion.如果到时真的被REF再申请吧~ (4) 出生证明用原户籍的英文版(就是出生时的户籍誊本), notes 写出生在哪个乡的诊所 , 所以我I485出生地写XX县XX乡,没被REF,面试也没被问,另外没有送退伍令 (5) 今年八月从NY搬到CA,一直在挣扎要不要线上换地址,怕会delay 进度,而且旧地址租 约还没到期,有人可帮忙收信,但最後决定还是遵守规定去改地址,结果9月底就通知 interview,10月到新地址的local office interview.看起来换地址也不会影响太多 (6) interview 是早上8点,面试官是一位白人正妹 @@ 我没带律师,整个过程气氛很轻松,office门都没关 (本来以为会关在小房间内面试) 一开始宣誓,她就一口气念完一串誓词,像绕口令,我复颂一两句就忘了後面,她才笑着说 say yes 就可了 之後 go through I-485的问题 先问出生年月日,父母姓名,出入境多少次. 出入境问题,我忘了事先算好,所以我诚实告知我不记得正确数字只能给个大概 她也说Ok 另外因为换工作.有收走 新的 employment letter, pay stubs, 工作的id copy, EAD copy, 没有问工作内容 最後问yes or no 问题, 是跳着问没有每题都问, 有特别问兵役问题,受过哪种武器训练 有些问题面试官自己都笑出来 XD 最後当天没给过,说要review看有没有缺资料,可能要一个月 但当天晚上online status 就说卡已经ordered 10/27就收到卡了 真是太感谢,这段日子,移民版给的资讯 终於可以暂时不看这个版了~XD 希望我的经验也可以帮助到其他人 谢谢大家 --

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