Just curious, but why didn't you get an interim EAD after the 90 days were up? That's what I did when I didn't get my EAD after the three months were up. Were there any special circumstances in your case?

I guess I didn't know something like that existed back then.... the 800 number wasn't helpful at all, just told me to make an appointment or wait... .. the HR dept in NY tried to intervene and help but they couldn't either.... I did go to an InfoPass appointment on Jackson street and they were useless too

Doesn't matter anymore though, I have another job that I'm happy with and all I can do is hope for the best and this application goes smoothly...

I was always in 2 minds about becoming a citizen, but after this process I've decided I'll become a citizen, go through that painful-paperwork process and then be done with immigration forever...

Michelle, I'm pretty sure you and I were around at the same time originally when we did K1 and AOS and all that. Been too busy in the meantime to be around here! But when we got to needing to figure out what to do to lift conditions, well...where else do you go? Anyway...you're definitely right. At this point, the immigration process doesn't seem nearly so scary and the gathering of stuff was lots easier (to the point that I ALMOST forgot to put the check in!) and I'll have so much going on that I'll probably barely think about it for the next 6 weeks or so as to whether we've gotten an NOA yet or not...but when his conditional card ACTUALLY expires...? If we haven't gotten an NOA by then...? Yeah, I'll be fidgety and nervous and my kids will probably be trying to figure out why mommy is freaking out now. I'm good at it, but now it happens because one kids wakes another up...not because I haven't heard anything from USCIS.

Hehehe. Well, keep the hope. We got the receipt just a couple of days ago and the bio letter ALREADY today...for January 7th...so, movin' right along....SO. FAR. (not taking anything for granted!) Good luck to everyone else, and thanks for the insights! M.

I'm just frustrated that the USCIS cannot provide consistent service across the nation. That's my beef. Just ain't right that they simply pick and choose what applications they work on on what applications get put to the side based on nothing but the location of the applicant or based on when that applicant happened to file their petition. That just ain't right.

As for all the worries with employment: I must be missing something here. I've worked for a number of companies in the US - both as an immigrant and as a naturalized citizen - and not once have I filled out the I-9 until after I was hired. Prior to being hired, I simply answered the question whether I am legally eligible for employment in the US with YES and whether I will now or in the future require sponsorship from the potential employer with NO. They cannot let you go simply because they're not familiar with the documents that you provide to verify your employment eligibility. You never show those documents to a potential employer, you present them to your employer after they hire you.

That said, any conditional resident should obtain the unrestricted SSC and a state ID and the issue of extension letters disappears for good.

Good advice, Reinhard.....and hey...did I ever mention to you that that baby is A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E.???????? M.

To get the whole thing over and done with Michelle

Hi, Silvy!!!!!

and yes, that I can definitely agree with!!! M.