MAY 2018 AOS Filers

[Smile.In.December 1]

Hi everyone! For those of you who have received RFEs/RFIEs and responded to them promptly, how long did it take for you to receive your EAD? 

 

I tried to expedite over the phone with USCIS and via our congressman about a month ago with a job offer in hand. All that happened is I got an RFIE about a week later (which we were expecting since I remembered immediately after submitting that we forgot to submit my husband's tax transcript). I responded to the RFIE the same day, with next day delivery. They updated my case status for the adjustment to "received response to RFIE requested." The whole ordeal took a week from when they sent it to when they received our response.

 

This was two weeks ago. Since then, nothing. My congressman's office made two inquiries, with no response from USCIS. When I called USCIS directly, they said I am still within normal processing time, so they can't help me. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? I was supposed to start working this week, but clearly, that's not happening  I would at least like to give my employer a timeframe of when I could start, but I know that's hard too since the process is so unpredictable. 

[shkabaan 60]

Hey Guys,

 

We had our Green Card interview today at the Detroit Field Office. Interview was at 11:20 am and we got there 11:00 am. Got through the security and sat in line for about 45 mins. They called us both in at 11:45am. The lady was super sweet and said our application was one of the most detailed and well organized that she’s seen (We used SimpleCitizen automated data entry system and edited and compiled all the PDFs to be uploaded ourselves in Adobe). Our application was about 350+ pages. She said she has absolutely no questions (surprisingly because neither of us are employed. We used my wife’s parents’ income which was over 6 figures combined. Plus, I didn’t have a birth certificate so I sent a hand written letter about why I can’t produce the document). So she asked how we met and we answered that and then asked for our full names and if we were married before and if we had any children ever. Then she asked the mandatory criminal background questions and after that she said this 2 year conditional card will expire in two years and we should apply before it does for extension. Asked us to sign that sheet acknowledging it and said “you guys are the sweetest, you sent an immaculate application, know the immigrant visa details and are done right before lunch hour, I love you guys and I’m approving you right now as of October 10, 2018.” 

 

We said thank you and left. 

الحمدلله we applied on May 23, 2018 and our priority date was May 24, 2018. Less than 5 months later, the GC was approved and we were told the card will be there before next week ends. 

 

So that was our experience. Thank you guys for reading and I hope the best for each and everyone of you and that you have an even easier time with your applications!

[Kpetraska 67]

4 hours ago, Smile.In.December said:

Hi everyone! For those of you who have received RFEs/RFIEs and responded to them promptly, how long did it take for you to receive your EAD? 

 

I tried to expedite over the phone with USCIS and via our congressman about a month ago with a job offer in hand. All that happened is I got an RFIE about a week later (which we were expecting since I remembered immediately after submitting that we forgot to submit my husband's tax transcript). I responded to the RFIE the same day, with next day delivery. They updated my case status for the adjustment to "received response to RFIE requested." The whole ordeal took a week from when they sent it to when they received our response.

 

This was two weeks ago. Since then, nothing. My congressman's office made two inquiries, with no response from USCIS. When I called USCIS directly, they said I am still within normal processing time, so they can't help me. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? I was supposed to start working this week, but clearly, that's not happening  I would at least like to give my employer a timeframe of when I could start, but I know that's hard too since the process is so unpredictable. 

Its been over a month now since they recieved our rfe response and havent heard anything

[Smile.In.December 1]

1 hour ago, Kpetraska said:

Its been over a month now since they recieved our rfe response and havent heard anything

Aww, that sucks - I'm so sorry for your long wait!  With everyone getting their cards now, I was really hoping the rfes don't set us back that much. 

[BVGApeach 288]

Holy ####### you guys, our case status finally updated! We've had no updates at all since we got our NOA1. Nothing for biometrics, EAD/AP - nada, nimic. 

 

I am so excited that they haven't forgotten about us!!!

 

Edited October 11, 2018 by BVGApeach

[blue_angel_29 108]

15 hours ago, Smile.In.December said:

Hi everyone! For those of you who have received RFEs/RFIEs and responded to them promptly, how long did it take for you to receive your EAD? 

 

I tried to expedite over the phone with USCIS and via our congressman about a month ago with a job offer in hand. All that happened is I got an RFIE about a week later (which we were expecting since I remembered immediately after submitting that we forgot to submit my husband's tax transcript). I responded to the RFIE the same day, with next day delivery. They updated my case status for the adjustment to "received response to RFIE requested." The whole ordeal took a week from when they sent it to when they received our response.

 

This was two weeks ago. Since then, nothing. My congressman's office made two inquiries, with no response from USCIS. When I called USCIS directly, they said I am still within normal processing time, so they can't help me. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? I was supposed to start working this week, but clearly, that's not happening  I would at least like to give my employer a timeframe of when I could start, but I know that's hard too since the process is so unpredictable. 

Look at my signature.. i have it detailed

[Balaji_v 121]

14 hours ago, shkabaan said:

Hey Guys,

 

We had our Green Card interview today at the Detroit Field Office. Interview was at 11:20 am and we got there 11:00 am. Got through the security and sat in line for about 45 mins. They called us both in at 11:45am. The lady was super sweet and said our application was one of the most detailed and well organized that she’s seen (We used SimpleCitizen automated data entry system and edited and compiled all the PDFs to be uploaded ourselves in Adobe). Our application was about 350+ pages. She said she has absolutely no questions (surprisingly because neither of us are employed. We used my wife’s parents’ income which was over 6 figures combined. Plus, I didn’t have a birth certificate so I sent a hand written letter about why I can’t produce the document). So she asked how we met and we answered that and then asked for our full names and if we were married before and if we had any children ever. Then she asked the mandatory criminal background questions and after that she said this 2 year conditional card will expire in two years and we should apply before it does for extension. Asked us to sign that sheet acknowledging it and said “you guys are the sweetest, you sent an immaculate application, know the immigrant visa details and are done right before lunch hour, I love you guys and I’m approving you right now as of October 10, 2018.” 

 

We said thank you and left. 

الحمدلله we applied on May 23, 2018 and our priority date was May 24, 2018. Less than 5 months later, the GC was approved and we were told the card will be there before next week ends. 

 

So that was our experience. Thank you guys for reading and I hope the best for each and everyone of you and that you have an even easier time with your applications!

Congratulations Buddy  

[jswptw 97]

My wife's I765 was approved yesterday Oct 10. The uscis.gov website never updated but I received an alert from https://my.uscis.gov/. Our receipt date was May 29 according to ucsis.gov but it was June 4 according to https://my.uscis.gov/.

 

Also, the visa journey estimate was correct for the I-765 and I-131.

 

Edited October 11, 2018 by jswptw

[Itssimons 122]

Hey guys, so I got approved today for my Green Card. PD: 02/02/2018. For those still waiting, hang in there, yours is next and around the corner. Just keep the faith!

 

[thirteenthday12 211]

Got a surprise in the mail today. I got my greencard interview set for next month on Nov 6th! My case was not updated online.

 

So happy. I start a new job next week, going for my drivers test soon, and now this. This is the best early Christmas present ever haha.

[blue_angel_29 108]

26 minutes ago, thirteenthday12 said:

Got a surprise in the mail today. I got my greencard interview set for next month on Nov 6th! My case was not updated online.

 

So happy. I start a new job next week, going for my drivers test soon, and now this. This is the best early Christmas present ever haha.

PD and service center and local field offixe please?

[thirteenthday12 211]

6 minutes ago, blue_angel_29 said:

PD and service center and local field offixe please?

Assuming PD is priority date. Priority date was a blank spot on my I-797's.

 

Local field office and service center is San Jose, California. 

[Yasser&Neveen 37]

Congratulations. When did you file?

[Hadassah123 523]

22 hours ago, Yasser&Neveen said:

Congratulations. When did you file?

See their signature...

 

EDIT: removed what I had below here - realized I was in the wrong thread.... 

Edited October 13, 2018 by Hadassah123

[AA&S 10]

On 10/10/2018 at 10:40 AM, Smile.In.December said:

Hi everyone! For those of you who have received RFEs/RFIEs and responded to them promptly, how long did it take for you to receive your EAD? 

 

I tried to expedite over the phone with USCIS and via our congressman about a month ago with a job offer in hand. All that happened is I got an RFIE about a week later (which we were expecting since I remembered immediately after submitting that we forgot to submit my husband's tax transcript). I responded to the RFIE the same day, with next day delivery. They updated my case status for the adjustment to "received response to RFIE requested." The whole ordeal took a week from when they sent it to when they received our response.

 

This was two weeks ago. Since then, nothing. My congressman's office made two inquiries, with no response from USCIS. When I called USCIS directly, they said I am still within normal processing time, so they can't help me. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? I was supposed to start working this week, but clearly, that's not happening  I would at least like to give my employer a timeframe of when I could start, but I know that's hard too since the process is so unpredictable. 

I had an RFE for my Birth certificate and it took me 6 months for the EAD