July 2018 AOS Filers

[John and Janay 188]

3 hours ago, LizM said:

It seems that some people who had done this before were able to change the code by calling the "National Customer Service Center", which, I'm assuming is the USCIS Contact Center (https://www.uscis.gov/contactcenter). Infopass apparently won't help as the local office cannot request to have this information changed.

 

I would try this if I were you. How much did you write the check for?

Thanks! I called this morning. I have to wait to get a reference number and send a letter stating the change. Hope its an easy process. USCIS never makes anything easy though. 

 

Good news is our package arrived there today. No notice of receipt yet. Onwards to patiently waiting. 

 

@LizM I see you had your biometrics already! Awesome! How did it go? Was it easy? Dare I get excited that this side of the process is moving fairly quickly? 

 

[nullaccount234 882]

8 minutes ago, John and Janay said:

Thanks! I called this morning. I have to wait to get a reference number and send a letter stating the change. Hope its an easy process. USCIS never makes anything easy though. 

 

Good news is our package arrived there today. No notice of receipt yet. Onwards to patiently waiting. 

 

@LizM I see you had your biometrics already! Awesome! How did it go? Was it easy? Dare I get excited that this side of the process is moving fairly quickly? 

 

Oh it was super easy, took only five minutes - however the waiting time was about 45 minutes, so that was a bit of a drag. They just take some bio info from you, your picture, and your fingerprints. FYI the picture they take is the one that will be used on EAD so keep that in mind 

 

Some people get updates soon after bio, very few get the "Interview and Testing"-email and go on to have their interviews scheduled. Most of us will just have another gap with waiting, waiting, and more waiting. But yes it does feel very exciting at the beginning, since the biometrics appointment comes so quickly.

 

What are people on here planning to do with their free time? Is anyone trying to study over here in the US? Or what is the plan. 

[DPP123 403]

16 minutes ago, LizM said:

Oh it was super easy, took only five minutes - however the waiting time was about 45 minutes, so that was a bit of a drag. They just take some bio info from you, your picture, and your fingerprints. FYI the picture they take is the one that will be used on EAD so keep that in mind 

 

Some people get updates soon after bio, very few get the "Interview and Testing"-email and go on to have their interviews scheduled. Most of us will just have another gap with waiting, waiting, and more waiting. But yes it does feel very exciting at the beginning, since the biometrics appointment comes so quickly.

 

What are people on here planning to do with their free time? Is anyone trying to study over here in the US? Or what is the plan. 

If they use the picture you take that day, then ####### do they request two pics per application for AOS paperwork.... LMFAO  I would love to understand a method to the madness .  

[nullaccount234 882]

3 minutes ago, DPP123 said:

If they use the picture you take that day, then ####### do they request two pics per application for AOS paperwork.... LMFAO  I would love to understand a method to the madness .  

I went to Duane Reade to have my picture taken for the AOS package. They charged me like $50 for those six pictures, and on top of that they were the ugliest photos you have ever seen. I wouldn't say I'm vain but I felt truly uncomfortable sending those in. So personally I'm just happy they will not use them for anything important 

[DPP123 403]

6 minutes ago, LizM said:

I went to Duane Reade to have my picture taken for the AOS package. They charged me like $50 for those six pictures, and on top of that they were the ugliest photos you have ever seen. I wouldn't say I'm vain but I felt truly uncomfortable sending those in. So personally I'm just happy they will not use them for anything important 

funny you mention that.  My fiance and i went to CVS and paid approximately $40 for six pics too.  I was so angry because i had two left over from K1 (taken less than six months ago) and he had two pics too (but they were each different).  We contemplated just buying two and sending the others in and then i said NO.. they all have to be the same because i bet we would get RFEd because of different pics.  Who knows what they use those six pics for but my fiance will be happy to hear that the ones he took at CVS won't be because he wasn't very happy with them  lol  

[Lucy123123 139]

Well I wish unread this forum first, just mailed off my paperwork and put (a)(6) 😣😣😣

[GarryAndMarie 147]

Hello fellow Julies!

 

My wife & 12 yr old step-daughter's I-485, I-765, & I-131's were mailed out on July 3, delivered on July 5, and today we received the six NOA1's - all dated July 11 - and when I put the receipt numbers for all six NOA1's into the https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov account we'd set up last week, the USCIS system shows the received date as July 10 for all the forms.

 

 

[Christy&J 837]

Guys ! just mailed my AOS package today ! it will arrive at USCIS wednesday

 

applying for EAD AP and GC... it's that game again WAITING

[emekus94 1,125]

3 hours ago, DPP123 said:

funny you mention that.  My fiance and i went to CVS and paid approximately $40 for six pics too.  I was so angry because i had two left over from K1 (taken less than six months ago) and he had two pics too (but they were each different).  We contemplated just buying two and sending the others in and then i said NO.. they all have to be the same because i bet we would get RFEd because of different pics.  Who knows what they use those six pics for but my fiance will be happy to hear that the ones he took at CVS won't be because he wasn't very happy with them  lol  

Y'all are funny
But @LizM this is ludacris
Why make me send hard-earned dollars worth of passport photos and THEN like a month later, retake the pics (thank God our 6 only cost us around $11)
smh

[emekus94 1,125]

58 minutes ago, GarryAndMarie said:

Hello fellow Julies!

 

My wife & 12 yr old step-daughter's I-485, I-765, & I-131's were mailed out on July 3, delivered on July 5, and today we received the six NOA1's - all dated July 11 - and when I put the receipt numbers for all six NOA1's into the https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov account we'd set up last week, the USCIS system shows the received date as July 10 for all the forms.

 

 

That's standard
Having forms a day/2 days backwards dated seems to be what's happening this day
Doesn't mean anything.
Onwards with progress!!

[Mark_712 126]

On 7/12/2018 at 8:51 PM, Gn&Ln said:

happy to join! mailed our aos today july 12 ☺️ 

Same here we overnighted it to Chicago office. So happy and anxious to be in this stage of the process! 

[nullaccount234 882]

1 hour ago, Lucy123123 said:

Well I wish unread this forum first, just mailed off my paperwork and put (a)(6) 😣😣😣

Good news is it appears to be an easy fix

[nullaccount234 882]

39 minutes ago, emekus94 said:

Y'all are funny
But @LizM this is ludacris
Why make me send hard-earned dollars worth of passport photos and THEN like a month later, retake the pics (thank God our 6 only cost us around $11)
smh

I think it's for safety reasons. Once you've entered the country they want you to show up in person, show your photo ID, and give your fingerprints. It's likely, in our cases, to verify that the person who is now AOSing is the same person that applied for the K1. Also, let's not forget that AOSing based on marriage gives us a legal status in the country - authorized stay - it would be strange if they did not verify our identities early on in the process. 

 

I honestly don't think AOS is too bad so far. I have a lot of energy but I use it by doing a lot of research. Back in Sweden I had a fairly good idea of what types of companies and opportunities I would like to pursue. But coming here is sort of like starting from scratch. Lots of research needed. It's quite enjoyable 

[lesliem 5]

On 7/14/2018 at 5:12 PM, RobDean said:

Hello everyone, we submitted Aos on the 30th of june, got to chicago on the 2nd july and still no NoA1. I called them and they said they have nothing no information, so im a little worried! Any other july 2 fieler? 

Hello! My aos package was delivered via UPS to the Chicago lockbox on July 2 as well. Still no email/text notification. I am hoping we get it this week!

[reyjay 49]

6 hours ago, lesliem said:

Hello! My aos package was delivered via UPS to the Chicago lockbox on July 2 as well. Still no email/text notification. I am hoping we get it this week!

 

Did you send it through UPS using priority mail 3 days?