MARCH 2019 - AOS Filers

[AOSFairfax 111]

1 hour ago, Canadian87 said:

Does the change in timelines affect the ones already submitted, or is it maybe only for new applications?

it affects all applications that have not yet been adjudicated 

[Pittsburgfiler 62]

Hello! Please Is there anything like expediting i485? I called USCIS last Friday about expediting my EAD under severe financial lost and the officer told me to explain what kind of financial loss I am experiencing, which I did and he took everything down. Today I got an email from my field office asking me to mail my explanation and documents to the field office. I noticed the expedite is being processed under my i485 ( I think I may have typed my i485 receipt notice when I called). My online status for my i485 changed to i485 expedite case assigned to an officer.

Do you think I should go ahead to mail documents to my field office or correct them and tell them it’s my EAD I want to expedite? please advise me!

Edited June 11, 2019 by Pittsburgfiler

[my&aaron 54]

2 hours ago, Pittsburgfiler said:

Hello! Please Is there anything like expediting i485? I called USCIS last Friday about expediting my EAD under severe financial lost and the officer told me to explain what kind of financial loss I am experiencing, which I did and he took everything down. Today I got an email from my field office asking me to mail my explanation and documents to the field office. I noticed the expedite is being processed under my i485 ( I think I may have typed my i485 receipt notice when I called). My online status for my i485 changed to i485 expedite case assigned to an officer.

Do you think I should go ahead to mail documents to my field office or correct them and tell them it’s my EAD I want to expedite? please advise me!

You should give them a call and correct your mistake. It's supposed to be the I-765 form for EAD, not I-485. They treat seperate forms as seperate cases so while your I-485 is at your field office, your I-756 is at the National Benefits Center (NBC). 

Edited June 11, 2019 by my&aaron

[Hirotoyoto 36]

hi everyone,

 

we just mailed our adjustment of status this morning. how long before we here anything back and what is the next step? when is she able to work?

 

thanks in advance

[Shiran 1,134]

38 minutes ago, Hirotoyoto said:

hi everyone,

 

we just mailed our adjustment of status this morning. how long before we here anything back and what is the next step? when is she able to work?

 

thanks in advance

Legally she won't be able to work until either her EAD (form I-765) or Green Card (form I-485) get approved, whichever comes first. 

You want to bookmark this thread for other June AOS filers. Good luck! 

 

[Michaela K. 93]

On 5/28/2019 at 4:11 PM, Michaela K. said:

Anyway, uscis tier 1 couldn't even see that the interview was scheduled. All he saw was that they requested my local field office to schedule it and was kind of clueless about what I should do. I can't be thankful enough for VJ and all the information that's on here, because thanks to that I knew I should ask to speak to the tier 2 who can see more information in their system. They put me on "call back" since the waiting time was 480 minutes! They called me after 5 hours of me being incredibly stressed about this as no one was able to help by that point. Basically they told me that if I still don't receive the notice until June 18th, then I should call them with a fax number and they will fax the notice to me. They told me the interview is June 24th. I finally can go relax after dealing with this all day today 

UPDATE:

Never mind, I spoke too soon. My frustration continues. Yesterday my status changed to "Notice Was Returned To USCIS Because The Post Office Could Not Deliver It". So I decided not to wait until June 18 since now I know the interview notice won't be delivered for sure by then and I called them today to fax it to me as I was told to. I spoke to tier 2 officer and he said he will NOT fax it and that I should do an e-request. E-request says to expect a reply by July 3rd.  

 

So I guess I can pray that it gets mailed immediately and get delivered this time or I will miss my interview? How is it possible that one person tells me it can be faxed and then another says it can't and that he can't see anything on the system? This is so frustrating! 

I think I'll just keep calling and requesting tier 2 until I get to talk to someone who will be able to fax it to me. 

 

Any ideas about what I could do?

 

I tried to read through some VJ threads regarding this issue but they don't really have any answers or updates about how it end up (not) working out 

[Shiran 1,134]

22 minutes ago, Michaela K. said:

How is it possible that one person tells me it can be faxed and then another says it can't and that he can't see anything on the system? This is so frustrating! 

Unfortunately I do not have good answers for you, but that story, about inconsistent answers from USCIS is not a new one. We've seen it commonly with RFEs for 129F, where people would play phone tag until they find sympathetic Tier 2 agent that would agree to fax the notice. I do not understand how between them and USPS their delivery of vital documents people wait months for can be so shody. 

[Hirotoyoto 36]

1 hour ago, Shiran said:

Legally she won't be able to work until either her EAD (form I-765) or Green Card (form I-485) get approved, whichever comes first. 

You want to bookmark this thread for other June AOS filers. Good luck! 

 

how long does that take?

[AOSFairfax 111]

3 minutes ago, Hirotoyoto said:

how long does that take?

the EAD? currently, processing times are 6.5 - 8.5 months on average. Some take longer some less time..

[AOSFairfax 111]

41 minutes ago, Michaela K. said:

UPDATE:

Never mind, I spoke too soon. My frustration continues. Yesterday my status changed to "Notice Was Returned To USCIS Because The Post Office Could Not Deliver It". So I decided not to wait until June 18 since now I know the interview notice won't be delivered for sure by then and I called them today to fax it to me as I was told to. I spoke to tier 2 officer and he said he will NOT fax it and that I should do an e-request. E-request says to expect a reply by July 3rd.  

 

So I guess I can pray that it gets mailed immediately and get delivered this time or I will miss my interview? How is it possible that one person tells me it can be faxed and then another says it can't and that he can't see anything on the system? This is so frustrating! 

I think I'll just keep calling and requesting tier 2 until I get to talk to someone who will be able to fax it to me. 

 

Any ideas about what I could do?

 

I tried to read through some VJ threads regarding this issue but they don't really have any answers or updates about how it end up (not) working out 

I forget which thread I saw this in, but I remember reading that someone called USCIS and spoke to Tier 2 who was able to see the actual date of the interview and tell them over the phone. Even with that, I think you have to bring the interview notice to your interview, so I would keep calling them until you get someone who can fax it to you and/or tell you when the interview is scheduled for. I don't know if this is possible or would it be helpful, but maybe you could try contacting your LFO?

[Sailormooon 268]

Status has still not changed... here’s hoping my green card is in the mail tomorrow! I just had an interview today for a job

[HSsweethearts4E 117]

Tracking number was saying it would arrive tomorrow by 8PM...but it actually came today around noon! So happy!! Now to wait until ROC  ❤️

Edited June 11, 2019 by HSsweethearts4E

[Michaela K. 93]

1 hour ago, AOSFairfax said:

I forget which thread I saw this in, but I remember reading that someone called USCIS and spoke to Tier 2 who was able to see the actual date of the interview and tell them over the phone. Even with that, I think you have to bring the interview notice to your interview, so I would keep calling them until you get someone who can fax it to you and/or tell you when the interview is scheduled for. I don't know if this is possible or would it be helpful, but maybe you could try contacting your LFO?

That was probably me. The first Tier 2 I spoke to, told me the date, time and place of the interview but as you said I have to bring the notice (which I don't have) with me to the interview. Also he told me they could fax it to me and to call with a fax number in a few weeks. So I waited as they told me and now this happened. I looked at local offices but can't see any phone numbers, just an option to make an appointment to speak to someone. It's almost 3 hour drive so I guess I'll try calling to have someone fax it and if no luck I'll make an appointment for next week. Thank you for the suggestion!  

[KJvisa 46]

3 hours ago, Michaela K. said:

UPDATE:

Never mind, I spoke too soon. My frustration continues. Yesterday my status changed to "Notice Was Returned To USCIS Because The Post Office Could Not Deliver It". So I decided not to wait until June 18 since now I know the interview notice won't be delivered for sure by then and I called them today to fax it to me as I was told to. I spoke to tier 2 officer and he said he will NOT fax it and that I should do an e-request. E-request says to expect a reply by July 3rd.  

 

So I guess I can pray that it gets mailed immediately and get delivered this time or I will miss my interview? How is it possible that one person tells me it can be faxed and then another says it can't and that he can't see anything on the system? This is so frustrating! 

I think I'll just keep calling and requesting tier 2 until I get to talk to someone who will be able to fax it to me. 

 

Any ideas about what I could do?

 

I tried to read through some VJ threads regarding this issue but they don't really have any answers or updates about how it end up (not) working out 

Even though they have  sent you notices before  to your address I would update your address online. I got that same status before with one of my notices. Somehow they put “UK” on at the end of a USA address. 😑. For you it could be just a small error that’s why it can’t be posted to you. Try that and call them back again.

 

[HKUSA 5]

So in a weird twist of fate...

 

filed march 4

ead expedite approved: april 10

AoS: rdy to be interviewed april 7

 

just moved from nebraska to New jersey. I thought if anything it would extend my wait as NJ has much more backlog.

 

oddly this happened.

address change completed: june 10

interview scheduled: june 11

 

so did my address change get it scheduled earlier by a fluke? Maybe someone stuck it on the top of a pile somewhere?

 

fingers crossed they got the office right. I really hope not to have to fly back to nebraska for this as I saw one or two horror stories about the address not updating correctly.