April 2017 AOS Filers

[Flower1 39]

7 hours ago, nikaero said:

i meant to say now instead of not there... yeah it is in 11 days... I'm so nervous even though i have nothing to be nervous about... the only thing that bothers me is that historically I'm quite horrible at interviews lol... BTW I saw someone on here say you can get RFEs up until the date of the interview, hopefully not true as I haven't seen someone who actually had to go through it, post on here... thanks for the luck and hope everything ends up being great...

yeah interviews are always a bit stressful lol but don't worry, reading from other people's experience it seems it is going to be a relaxed and short conversation. Wow really? you can still get a RFE? Maybe, theoretically is true but not practically; like you said, I haven't seen any comments of anyone receiving a RFE days before their interview either. 

Edited July 22, 2017 by Flower1

[OBGYNKENOBI 32]

hi everyone! great to hear about everyone's progress out here... well, for me, finally after 2 service requests and 1 infopass, i was finally done with biometrics. no update on all the cases yet as of today..so the waiting continues... its just so disappointing that the only thing and reason the uscis gave me when i went for an appointment why it has taken so long to have the bio scheduled?! well, mustve been lost or misplaced somewhere on the shelves, and she even said i shouldve been done by now and couldve gotten updates on all cases...sigh..well, at least its done now.

have a great week everyone!

[Beefheart 31]

29 minutes ago, OBGYNKENOBI said:

hi everyone! great to hear about everyone's progress out here... well, for me, finally after 2 service requests and 1 infopass, i was finally done with biometrics. no update on all the cases yet as of today..so the waiting continues... its just so disappointing that the only thing and reason the uscis gave me when i went for an appointment why it has taken so long to have the bio scheduled?! well, mustve been lost or misplaced somewhere on the shelves, and she even said i shouldve been done by now and couldve gotten updates on all cases...sigh..well, at least its done now.

have a great week everyone!

Good to hear you've made some progress at last.

I wouldn't believe a word of what USCIS say regarding your biometrics. I only received an appointment when my congressman's office stepped in. The lady who was handling my case at the congressman's office printed off my appointment letter on a Friday (14th) for me to take to my appointment the following Monday (17th), which was very fortunate given that the appointment letter USCIS finally got around to sending me arrived yesterday (21st) a full four days after my appointment,

[RandB 156]

On 7/21/2017 at 4:56 PM, narakthisud said:

Congrats on your fast approval!

Still waiting to hear about my wife's EAD/AP card. NOA1 date is 4/27, biometrics 5/26.

 

On 7/21/2017 at 4:57 PM, Beefheart said:

Huge congratulations. 3 months is ridiculously quick, by all accounts. And, I won't lie: I am extremely jealous.

 

23 hours ago, strider4 said:

Wow that's amazingly fast! Congrats!  This is VERY encouraging, considering you had your interview in one of the bay area offices where they have a huge backlog. Additionally, the timing cannot get any better: the weekend would be worry-free at least. Celebrate it well! 

 

20 hours ago, nikaero said:

OMG OMG that is sooo nice to hear, Congratulations @RandB!!! Hopefully mine goes the same route... I will try to break your 3 month record time with my 70 days lol... (my interview is scheduled for August 2nd and PD is May 24th) You should totally go somewhere for the weekend just the two of you and celebrate this!!!

Thank you everyone! We actually did go out of town. So far this weekend I've managed to get my green card and my wife and I just got a new apartment!

Good luck on your interview, nikaero. I'm sure it will go easy! Just have you paperwork in order. It's not very stressful at all.

[narakthisud 174]

12 hours ago, Flower1 said:

yeah interviews are always a bit stressful lol but don't worry, reading from other people's experience it seems it is going to be a relaxed and short conversation. Wow really? you can still get a RFE? Maybe, theoretically is true but not practically; like you said, I haven't seen any comments of anyone receiving a RFE days before their interview either. 

I've read about people getting RFE's before their interview. It doesn't happen often but it's still possible.

[nikaero 131]

18 hours ago, OBGYNKENOBI said:

hi everyone! great to hear about everyone's progress out here... well, for me, finally after 2 service requests and 1 infopass, i was finally done with biometrics. no update on all the cases yet as of today..so the waiting continues... its just so disappointing that the only thing and reason the uscis gave me when i went for an appointment why it has taken so long to have the bio scheduled?! well, mustve been lost or misplaced somewhere on the shelves, and she even said i shouldve been done by now and couldve gotten updates on all cases...sigh..well, at least its done now.

have a great week everyone!

first of all love the name @OBGYNKENOBI lol... I'm sorry you had to go through that scheduling problem, sometimes there's just no rhyme or reason for stuff that happens during this process... hope and pray you have better luck with the rest of the process...

 

15 hours ago, RandB said:

 

 

 

Thank you everyone! We actually did go out of town. So far this weekend I've managed to get my green card and my wife and I just got a new apartment!

Good luck on your interview, nikaero. I'm sure it will go easy! Just have you paperwork in order. It's not very stressful at all.

Wow that sound like an awesome weekend, GC, weekend trip and a new apartment... Congratulations and thanks for the advice...

[13roots 35]

On 7/21/2017 at 6:17 AM, Omoba said:

A lot of March filers started getting approvals from day 80, but it's kind of different for April filers 😑

It varies, just like people getting interviews before EAD/AP here. I didn't get my approval until day 113 with no RFE, long after people that filed after me with RFE. In the February filers forum, many people were averaging 120 days for EAD/AP, while others were getting  GC interviews within 90 days. We try to find logic and meaning to USCIS processing times, but really we are just at their mercy and can only make a best guess using data from members on VJ.

[Ninatica 56]

Good morning dear April fillers!

 

A new week has started. I hope this one brings good news for all of us, specially if cases are over 100 days.

 

Yesterday I reached out of the correct congressman, we filled out 2 different forms. Crossing fingers once again 🙈🙉🙊

 

[mmmp 32]

Hi fellow April filers,

I'm at around 100 days now, I put in a service request on July 10 and no answer since then. I just called my congressman's office (in Brooklyn, NY) and I got an appointment with their immigration expert on Wednesday. They were very rude and unfriendly on the phone, which has me a bit worried about them making an actual effort to get some resolution when they contact USCIS on my behalf. But one can only hope for the best. Fingers crossed for everyone!

[Spiny 29]

Another week ... 

I'm about to call again asking again for my biometrics appointment. The last Tier 2 officer said oh just wait maybe today I'll get a better answer. 

And congrats to all that got an update I'm happy for you. 

[OBGYNKENOBI 32]

On 7/22/2017 at 3:53 PM, Beefheart said:

Good to hear you've made some progress at last.

I wouldn't believe a word of what USCIS say regarding your biometrics. I only received an appointment when my congressman's office stepped in. The lady who was handling my case at the congressman's office printed off my appointment letter on a Friday (14th) for me to take to my appointment the following Monday (17th), which was very fortunate given that the appointment letter USCIS finally got around to sending me arrived yesterday (21st) a full four days after my appointment,

hi! thanks! i know they're like going in circles and give out all sorts of reason... when i went there for an infopass on the 14th, when the lady opened my noa1, she said: wow, you shouldve been done with your bio along time ago...so, she said hold on and went to an office, i presumed she had it consulted with an officer...when she came back, guess what, viola i was scheduled the next week...whew...but im glad though im done with the bio...

[OBGYNKENOBI 32]

On 7/23/2017 at 9:23 AM, nikaero said:

first of all love the name @OBGYNKENOBI lol... I'm sorry you had to go through that scheduling problem, sometimes there's just no rhyme or reason for stuff that happens during this process... hope and pray you have better luck with the rest of the process...

 

Wow that sound like an awesome weekend, GC, weekend trip and a new apartment... Congratulations and thanks for the advice...

hi! thanks..i always get that all the time well at least now i can focus on taking care of my succulents my anthurium died last month due to stress lol

[narakthisud 174]

10 hours ago, medzmuph said:

I just called my congressman's office (in Brooklyn, NY) and I got an appointment with their immigration expert on Wednesday. They were very rude and unfriendly on the phone, which has me a bit worried about them making an actual effort to get some resolution when they contact USCIS on my behalf.

Sorry to hear about your experience. If you don't have any luck with your congressman, I believe you can ask your senator for help.

[nikaero 131]

15 hours ago, Ninatica said:

Good morning dear April fillers!

 

A new week has started. I hope this one brings good news for all of us, specially if cases are over 100 days.

 

Yesterday I reached out of the correct congressman, we filled out 2 different forms. Crossing fingers once again 🙈🙉🙊

 

Hope you see results really soon... Best of luck!!!

 

 

15 hours ago, medzmuph said:

Hi fellow April filers,

I'm at around 100 days now, I put in a service request on July 10 and no answer since then. I just called my congressman's office (in Brooklyn, NY) and I got an appointment with their immigration expert on Wednesday. They were very rude and unfriendly on the phone, which has me a bit worried about them making an actual effort to get some resolution when they contact USCIS on my behalf. But one can only hope for the best. Fingers crossed for everyone!

I'm sorry you had to deal with that, like i commented on this forum earlier, customer service is a dying art... I would guess that being in the immigrant capital of the US they see too many immigration cases on a daily basis and is probably frustrated with their jobs... Best of luck with the rest of your process!!!

 

14 hours ago, Spiny said:

Another week ... 

I'm about to call again asking again for my biometrics appointment. The last Tier 2 officer said oh just wait maybe today I'll get a better answer. 

And congrats to all that got an update I'm happy for you. 

Hope you get an update soon... All you can do is keep your head up and try to plow through the waiting... But delayed bio-metrics is the worst... Best of luck!!!

 

7 hours ago, OBGYNKENOBI said:

hi! thanks! i know they're like going in circles and give out all sorts of reason... when i went there for an infopass on the 14th, when the lady opened my noa1, she said: wow, you shouldve been done with your bio along time ago...so, she said hold on and went to an office, i presumed she had it consulted with an officer...when she came back, guess what, viola i was scheduled the next week...whew...but im glad though im done with the bio...

 

Wow the things that fall through the cracks sometimes makes me worried... Glad that at least you got the bio-metrics done... now its the long wait ahead, maybe if you are lucky it wont be such a long wait... Good luck!!!

 

7 hours ago, OBGYNKENOBI said:

hi! thanks..i always get that all the time well at least now i can focus on taking care of my succulents my anthurium died last month due to stress lol

hehehehe... Awww... reminds me of my grandma she loved her anthuriums...

[newbeginnings17 1]

Hello folks

my case status has been at "case is ready to be scheduled for an interview...., that's about six weeks now, still no interview letter,and the status has not changed, has anyone else had this issue?