January 2018 AOS Filers

[Nouchigang 200]

Day 64 since PD and day 19 since response to RFIE received by USCIS, no movement.

I am thinking about scheduling an Infopass around Day 90, we will see how it goes by then

[tmby1045 2]

Hello Everyone, 

 

I need some advice on Adjustment of Status. I have been reading this forum and wanted to see how is it that you all started your case.

 

Yesterday I spoke with two lawyers and a gentleman from USCIS and all told m my husband and I are eligible to do an AOS. My husband has a tourist visa and we got married December 29th 2018. I thought that AOS would not be an option for us because he had arrived the 27th and we got married the 29th and he left back to Dominican Republic the 6th. I went ahead and started an I-130 petition and did not choose the Adjustment of status but the consulate in Dominican Republic. All three people told me that since he has had his tourist visa since may of 2017 to just come back into the states and to file a I-487 with a letter to revise my I-130 they event said he could have legally stayed in December when we got married and could have filed right then for an AOS but every time i read up on AOS i get back a lot of negative feedback as to I should not do this and that it could be considered fraud. I am truly lost at all of this because all three were all so positive that this is an easy process and that we are definitely eligible to do this without any issues. Can any of you shed some light on this with your current cases?  

 

My husband also spoke to an attorney in Dominican Republic and was given the same feedback. I just dont want to move forward with something that could bring us risk.

 

 

[Arb123 40]

What number do u call to expedite EAD and how do u get directed to an officer? like what numbers do u have to pick 

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

4 hours ago, Dalis said:

Hello Everyone, 

 

I need some advice on Adjustment of Status. I have been reading this forum and wanted to see how is it that you all started your case.

 

Yesterday I spoke with two lawyers and a gentleman from USCIS and all told m my husband and I are eligible to do an AOS. My husband has a tourist visa and we got married December 29th 2018. I thought that AOS would not be an option for us because he had arrived the 27th and we got married the 29th and he left back to Dominican Republic the 6th. I went ahead and started an I-130 petition and did not choose the Adjustment of status but the consulate in Dominican Republic. All three people told me that since he has had his tourist visa since may of 2017 to just come back into the states and to file a I-487 with a letter to revise my I-130 they event said he could have legally stayed in December when we got married and could have filed right then for an AOS but every time i read up on AOS i get back a lot of negative feedback as to I should not do this and that it could be considered fraud. I am truly lost at all of this because all three were all so positive that this is an easy process and that we are definitely eligible to do this without any issues. Can any of you shed some light on this with your current cases?  

 

My husband also spoke to an attorney in Dominican Republic and was given the same feedback. I just dont want to move forward with something that could bring us risk.

 

 

You are in the wrong subforum! This one here is for AOS from a K1 visa.

Please go there and ask your question:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/130-adjustment-of-status-from-work-student-amp-tourist-visas/

[Seihu 35]

27 minutes ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

You are in the wrong subforum! This one here is for AOS from a K1 visa.

Please go there and ask your question:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/130-adjustment-of-status-from-work-student-amp-tourist-visas/

Though I don't know the Initial intent of the pioneer of this sub-forum (if it's strictly for K1 AOS filers), however, I can boldly say it has grown beyond just K1 AOS filers as AOS filers other than K1 Like me and others have tremendously contributed and gained from this forum... 

 

So am sure @Dalis can get some useful info as regards her question on this forum..

Edited March 14, 2018 by Wayoo

[NataliaDenz 27]

2 minutes ago, Wayoo said:

Though I don't the Initial intent of the pioneer of this sub-forum (if it's strictly for K1 AOS filers), however, I can boldly say it has grown beyond just K1 AOS filers as AOS filers other than K1 Like me and others have tremendously contributed and gained from this forum... 

 

So am sure @Dalis can get some useful info as regards her question on this forum..

Totally agree! I’m a B2 January filer myself!! 

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

Yeah but that's a specific question for exactly the other forum where way more members are who are filing from tourist.
Why not show this member the way to more competence?
And I guess there is a reason for 2 separate forums, since the filing itself is different. 

Plus: This thread is actually for already filed and monitoring progress. The member up there hasn't even filed yet and needs help.

Edited March 14, 2018 by TearsOfBabylon

[NataliaDenz 27]

2 minutes ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

Yeah but that's a specific question for exactly the other forum where way more members are who are filing from tourist.
Why not show this member the way to more competence?
And I guess there is a reason for 2 separate forums, since the filing itself is different. 

Plus: This thread is actually for already filed and monitoring progress. The member up there hasn't even filed yet and needs help.

I agree as well, although the actual filing is the exact same process, same aplicaciones, same fees.... I’m sure if there is anyone in this forum who knows anything that may help her, why not ask? I have actually gotten a lot more answers from here ( again being a b2 filer with the same process and times) than from other forums. 

[pajobra 1,395]

5 minutes ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

Yeah but that's a specific question for exactly the other forum where way more members are who are filing from tourist.
Why not show this member the way to more competence?
And I guess there is a reason for 2 separate forums, since the filing itself is different. 

Plus: This thread is actually for already filed and monitoring progress. The member up there hasn't even filed yet and needs help.

Yeah I have noticed that the majority of people in here are on other visas other than K-1 like a few of us it seems. I tend to skip over those questions because I have no answer for it. So I have stayed silent here more often than not and might just quietly fade away into the background. My friend who used VJ said she hardly used the AOS forums because she found it so irrelevant to her k-3 at the time. lol And that was over 10 years ago.

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

Just now, NataliaDenz said:

I agree as well, although the actual filing is the exact same process, same aplicaciones, same fees.... I’m sure if there is anyone in this forum who knows anything that may help her, why not ask? I have actually gotten a lot more answers from here ( again being a b2 filer with the same process and times) than from other forums. 

Of course she can ask for help here as well, no doubt.

But since her stuff is specific I thought she could use the specific forum.

I didn't tell her to leave here lol 

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

1 minute ago, pajobra said:

Yeah I have noticed that the majority of people in here are on other visas other than K-1 like a few of us it seems. I tend to skip over those questions because I have no answer for it. So I have stayed silent here more often than not and might just quietly fade away into the background. My friend who used VJ said she hardly used the AOS forums because she found it so irrelevant to her k-3 at the time. lol And that was over 10 years ago.

I'm more on the silent side here as well.

Just tried to be helpful.

[Seihu 35]

Ok so back to the usual drill... Please can any one indicate if their expedite request has yielded a positive outcome lately... 

 

I must have faxed them same documents well over 5 times in a bid to make sure they get my response containing my evidence for the expedition request, yet no acknowledgement of receipt from them..

 

Does anyone have a better story to this? 

[helnazedain 68]

2 more weeks til the interview. Starting to get a little nervous. Still no news regarding EAD and AP.

 

Weird, though. I can track my I-485 application now, but it gives me the status of my AP application. 

[Rmsean 80]

On 3/14/2018 at 7:07 PM, Wayoo said:

Ok so back to the usual drill... Please can any one indicate if their expedite request has yielded a positive outcome lately... 

 

I must have faxed them same documents well over 5 times in a bid to make sure they get my response containing my evidence for the expedition request, yet no acknowledgement of receipt from them..

 

Does anyone have a better story to this? 

i didn't do mie personally. Got my lawyer and congress man to do it. my lawyer called them yesterday and they just said they would have an official response by today. thats all i know. my lawyer put in the request last week. congressman this week.

[Seihu 35]

45 minutes ago, Rmsean said:

i didn't do mie personally. Got my lawyer and congress man to do it. my lawyer called them yesterday and they just said they would have an official response by today. thats all i know. my lawyer put in the request last week. congressman this week.

Got my congressman on the task too, the guy handling my case at his office said he is waiting on NBC, he suggests I call him back by Monday.

 

I hope my evidence is tenable enough for the request though.