Status message

“Interview Was Scheduled” on Your USCIS Case: What It Means

USCIS shows Interview Was Scheduled[1]

An interview notice was created. The date, time and location appear in the notice, which may arrive after the status changes.[1]

Sources for this meaning

What it means

What usually happens next

You attend the interview at the date, time and location in the notice, and a decision follows.[1]

What to do

Look for the interview notice in your mail and your online account, and follow what it tells you to bring.[1]

Related event codes

The NIEM code list words FJ and IM respectively as “INTERVIEW SCHEDULED/NOTICE ORDERED” and “INTERVIEW NOTICE SENT”, which matches this message in meaning. USCIS has not published a table that links status messages to event codes, so read the link as a reading, not a confirmed mapping.[2][3]

Forms it commonly appears for

USCIS policy is that adjustment of status applicants are interviewed by an officer unless USCIS waives the interview, which it decides case by case. An interview message can therefore be absent on an I-485. Read this message for the I-485.

Questions about this message

Where do I find the interview date?

In the interview notice. The status message alone does not carry it, and the notice may arrive after the status changes.

Source[1]

Is the interview the last step?

No. A decision follows the interview.

Source[1]

Sources

USCIS publishes no list of its status messages, so the titles come from the sources below. Checked . USCIS can change the wording without notice.

  1. [1]What Your USCIS Case Status Actually Means, Message by MessageHeadman Law Group
  2. [2]NIEM 5.0 BenefitDocumentStatusCategoryCodeSimpleTypeNIEM
  3. [3]Checking Your Case Status OnlineUSCIS

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