OCTOBER AOS 2018 Filers

[Newer 1]

Hello everyone!

What is the average time for AOS get approved now? I see lot of people only within 3 months, that’s fast. Especially for office in southern California?

[K1visaHopeful 2,662]

9 minutes ago, Newer said:

Hello everyone!

What is the average time for AOS get approved now? I see lot of people only within 3 months, that’s fast. Especially for office in southern California?

AOS processing times are based on your local field office. It's impossible to state an average time when some process in a few months while others take a few years.

 

You can find your LFO here by inputting your zip code:

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/field-offices

 

Then you can check the estimated processing times of your LFO by inputting I485 and your LFO here:

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

Cases are approved in a case by case basis too so just because someone in your LFO was approved in 6 months doesnt mean you will too. 

 

Please scroll through the thread to familiarize yourself with your process.

[Rocko20 159]

Sorry if already asked, how did you guys file your taxes if the foreign spouse doesn't have a SSN yet? I filed mine (married filed jointly) with my spouse's SSN (from her cultural visa which came with a SSN which allowed her to work) but it was rejected by the IRS.

 

I assume we have to file a W-7 (for an ITIN) with the tax return?

Edited January 25, 2019 by Rocko20

[K1visaHopeful 2,662]

3 minutes ago, Rocko20 said:

Sorry if already asked, how did you guys files your taxes if the foreign spouse doesn't have a SSN yet? I filed mine with my spouse's SSN (from her cultural visa which allowed her to work) but it was rejected by the IRS.

 

I assume we have to file a W-7 (for an ITIN) with the tax return?

Correct, is your assumption. 

Do you know why yours was rejected? The name you must input on your taxes must match the name on her SSN card....just mentioning that in case you used her married name instead and her SSN is still listed as the maiden.

[Indian_Hubby 27]

6 minutes ago, Rocko20 said:

Sorry if already asked, how did you guys file your taxes if the foreign spouse doesn't have a SSN yet? I filed mine (married filed jointly) with my spouse's SSN (from her cultural visa which came with a SSN which allowed her to work) but it was rejected by the IRS.

 

I assume we have to file a W-7 (for an ITIN) with the tax return?

Dunno that much in detail but I haven’t got ssn too so obviously without ssn no job no tax you should wait till ur spouse has ssn new or old  linked to EAD /gc for aos

[Rocko20 159]

1 hour ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Correct, is your assumption. 

Do you know why yours was rejected? The name you must input on your taxes must match the name on her SSN card....just mentioning that in case you used her married name instead and her SSN is still listed as the maiden.

Ok I see that's what it was, I put her new married name instead of her maiden name. Thank you, this should fix it. Much appreciated. 

[K1visaHopeful 2,662]

1 minute ago, Rocko20 said:

Ok I see that's what it was, I put her new married name instead of her maiden name. Thank you, this should fix it. Much appreciated. 

Very welcome!

[MelissaSpence 10]

6 hours ago, Rocko20 said:

Ok I see that's what it was, I put her new married name instead of her maiden name. Thank you, this should fix it. Much appreciated. 

Literally did the same thing, filled first with my married name and then with my maiden name, both got rejected. I think there's no way to avoid the paper filing. I called de SSN office and they said since my number was connected to the working permit I had on the Q1 visa once the contract was over the SSN gets sort of frozen until connected to a new permit or GC. So even though I have had the SSN before and done taxes on in before it's still going to ring as inactive. 

[ThomasNC1988 762]

1 hour ago, MelissaSpence said:

Literally did the same thing, filled first with my married name and then with my maiden name, both got rejected. I think there's no way to avoid the paper filing. I called de SSN office and they said since my number was connected to the working permit I had on the Q1 visa once the contract was over the SSN gets sort of frozen until connected to a new permit or GC. So even though I have had the SSN before and done taxes on in before it's still going to ring as inactive. 

That seems really strange, but the government often does strange things. Were you filing any foreign income or anything?

[K1visaHopeful 2,662]

8 hours ago, Indian_Hubby said:

Dunno that much in detail but I haven’t got ssn too so obviously without ssn no job no tax you should wait till ur spouse has ssn new or old  linked to EAD /gc for aos

You can add someone as a dependent (child or spouse with an ITIN if you dont have an SSN. Even without an income, it's financially beneficial to add your foreign spouse and file jointly.

[MelissaSpence 10]

47 minutes ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

That seems really strange, but the government often does strange things. Were you filing any foreign income or anything?

I know, right?? I thought it was going to be no problem since we already had the SSN. No, I have no foreign income and the last time I worked on that SSN was in 2017. Let me know if yours goes through, maybe we did something wrong, but turbotax is pretty self-explanatory.

 

Also, have you read these? 
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2973712-i-m-married-but-my-spouse-doesn-t-have-a-ssn-she-lives-outside-the-country-and-she-is-not-either-us-citizen-or-permanent-resident
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3089728-how-can-i-file-taxes-with-my-new-foreign-spouse-who-doesn-t-have-a-social-security-number

[ThomasNC1988 762]

1 minute ago, MelissaSpence said:

I know, right?? I thought it was going to be no problem since we already had the SSN. No, I have no foreign income and the last time I worked on that SSN was in 2017. Let me know if yours goes through, maybe we did something wrong, but turbotax is pretty self-explanatory.

 

Also, have you read these? 
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2973712-i-m-married-but-my-spouse-doesn-t-have-a-ssn-she-lives-outside-the-country-and-she-is-not-either-us-citizen-or-permanent-resident
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3089728-how-can-i-file-taxes-with-my-new-foreign-spouse-who-doesn-t-have-a-social-security-number

Luckily we will be applying for an SSN next week with my wife's freshly printed GC so we won't really be in the same situation, but I do hope that you get it figured out. I had read those articles when I didn't know if we would have the SSN in time and was dreading the whole thing.

[MelissaSpence 10]

1 minute ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

Luckily we will be applying for an SSN next week with my wife's freshly printed GC so we won't really be in the same situation, but I do hope that you get it figured out. I had read those articles when I didn't know if we would have the SSN in time and was dreading the whole thing.

Congrats on the GC!!! Thanks, I think we might just wait for either the GC or the EAD as well. I have buried my nose in all tax forums and I just don't want to do more printing and forms for now.

[snyderjt 33]

On 1/22/2019 at 7:57 PM, cynett said:

Interview took about 5 mins from swearing to walking out. I was asked the yes or no questions from my i485 and asked to sign a form. After he asked my spouse how we met. Then he said we will get a notice between 30 and 45 days and we were escorted out of the office. He didnt exactly say we were approved.

Hi all,

 

I've been quiet since the K1 forum.  Life got busy!  We had our AOS interview yesterday, almost exactly 3 months from application date.   Our case went through the Yakima, WA field office which does have one of the shortest times, especially compared to Seattle which is one of the longest!  If i hadn't changed jobs this summer we would have been in that Seattle queue.  At first I thought it was extra fast, even for Yakima, but it looks like others are having similar experiences too.

 

We were in the office with the agent maybe 20 minutes.  He didn't formally tell us approved or denied, but he dropped a number of hints about being approved.  I think he was doing that customer service/government thing were you never promise anything at 100%, just in case.  He told us we'd either get a GC or an explanation letter in 2-3 weeks, but "most likely a GC."  We did get the case update to "card ordered" within a couple of hours though.  

 

I'm happy to hear that SSA is operating normally.  I was worried since SSNs are free and some write ups suggested that new SSN applications were delayed since SSA was focusing on issuing checks and such.  We just used the apply for new SSN part of the EAD form, but we'll have GC in hand more than a month before the EAD suggested timeline.  Not only is my wife eager to work, being able to file taxes jointly is the difference between a decent tax refund and having to pay

[icanbenobody 187]

2 hours ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

Luckily we will be applying for an SSN next week with my wife's freshly printed GC so we won't really be in the same situation, but I do hope that you get it figured out. I had read those articles when I didn't know if we would have the SSN in time and was dreading the whole thing.

Let me/us know how it goes with you when you guys go to SSA next week..i also plan to go to SSA next week on friday.

Thanks