Washington DC AOS Filers

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4 minutes ago, ireneslk said:

Hi, just wanna update you guys with my newly scheduled interview timeline, hope you'll find it helpful:

07/16/19 PD

08/14/19 Fingerprint appointment

08/15/19 Fingerprint Review Was Completed (485)

08/15/19 Fingerprint Review Was Completed (765)

9/17/19 Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview 

9/22/20 Interview was scheduled 

10/5/20 Interview notice received in mail

10/28/20 Interview Day (Fairfax office)

Yowza. So almost exactly one year to the day.

[beefmaster2 51]

1 hour ago, ireneslk said:

Hi, just wanna update you guys with my newly scheduled interview timeline, hope you'll find it helpful:

07/16/19 PD

08/14/19 Fingerprint appointment

08/15/19 Fingerprint Review Was Completed (485)

08/15/19 Fingerprint Review Was Completed (765)

9/17/19 Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview 

9/22/20 Interview was scheduled 

10/5/20 Interview notice received in mail

10/28/20 Interview Day (Fairfax office)

Was your initial interview cancelled? If yes, when was it scheduled for?

[ireneslk 0]

1 hour ago, beefmaster2 said:

Was your initial interview cancelled? If yes, when was it scheduled for?

This is the only interview I got scheduled for - don't have an initial one to cancel.

[DWolf 18]

*sigh*

So we had our make-up interview on Sept 27th (first one cancelled due to COVID).  I was a little concerned about my wife's Medical Exam because we did it in August 2019 and there is conflicting data on whether it is valid for 1-year or 2-years.  We didn't have time to submit it with the initial paperwork in May 2019.

So the first thing our officer points out was the medical exam is no longer valid because it has to be within a year.  I tell him that I talked to customer service and they said it was still valid and their online info says it's valid for two years.  He insists it's a "flat policy" and was pretty apologetic about it.  Nice guy.  I asked if we could talk to a supervisor about an exemption or something (I'm a fellow Fed too so I know there are always alternatives) but he said no.  Anyways, we did complete the Interview and he said he'd approve the I-130, which he did later that afternoon and we got the slip already.  He gave us a RFE on the spot to deliver the new exam straight to the Washington DC office.

We re-did the exam with the same doctor and everything and mailed it in Express about two weeks ago.  They received it on 10/1.  From what I recall, the officer said that he should wrap everything up ASAP and that if we didn't see a change within 30 days, to call customer service and try to talk to Tier 2 officer.

Anyone has experience with sending stuff direct to the office?  How quick was their turn-around?

This stupid Medical Exam nonsense....USCIS needs to be more clear and actually train their customer service reps.

[beefmaster2 51]

2 hours ago, DWolf said:

*sigh*

So we had our make-up interview on Sept 27th (first one cancelled due to COVID).  I was a little concerned about my wife's Medical Exam because we did it in August 2019 and there is conflicting data on whether it is valid for 1-year or 2-years.  We didn't have time to submit it with the initial paperwork in May 2019.

So the first thing our officer points out was the medical exam is no longer valid because it has to be within a year.  I tell him that I talked to customer service and they said it was still valid and their online info says it's valid for two years.  He insists it's a "flat policy" and was pretty apologetic about it.  Nice guy.  I asked if we could talk to a supervisor about an exemption or something (I'm a fellow Fed too so I know there are always alternatives) but he said no.  Anyways, we did complete the Interview and he said he'd approve the I-130, which he did later that afternoon and we got the slip already.  He gave us a RFE on the spot to deliver the new exam straight to the Washington DC office.

We re-did the exam with the same doctor and everything and mailed it in Express about two weeks ago.  They received it on 10/1.  From what I recall, the officer said that he should wrap everything up ASAP and that if we didn't see a change within 30 days, to call customer service and try to talk to Tier 2 officer.

Anyone has experience with sending stuff direct to the office?  How quick was their turn-around?

This stupid Medical Exam nonsense....USCIS needs to be more clear and actually train their customer service reps.

So weird, even the USCIS policy manual implies that the medical is valid for 2 years: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4

 

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6 hours ago, DWolf said:

*sigh*

So we had our make-up interview on Sept 27th (first one cancelled due to COVID).  I was a little concerned about my wife's Medical Exam because we did it in August 2019 and there is conflicting data on whether it is valid for 1-year or 2-years.  We didn't have time to submit it with the initial paperwork in May 2019.

So the first thing our officer points out was the medical exam is no longer valid because it has to be within a year.  I tell him that I talked to customer service and they said it was still valid and their online info says it's valid for two years.  He insists it's a "flat policy" and was pretty apologetic about it.  Nice guy.  I asked if we could talk to a supervisor about an exemption or something (I'm a fellow Fed too so I know there are always alternatives) but he said no.  Anyways, we did complete the Interview and he said he'd approve the I-130, which he did later that afternoon and we got the slip already.  He gave us a RFE on the spot to deliver the new exam straight to the Washington DC office.

We re-did the exam with the same doctor and everything and mailed it in Express about two weeks ago.  They received it on 10/1.  From what I recall, the officer said that he should wrap everything up ASAP and that if we didn't see a change within 30 days, to call customer service and try to talk to Tier 2 officer.

Anyone has experience with sending stuff direct to the office?  How quick was their turn-around?

This stupid Medical Exam nonsense....USCIS needs to be more clear and actually train their customer service reps.

Man that really sucks. Sorry to hear that. Fingers crossed they move fast!

[DWolf 18]

17 hours ago, beefmaster2 said:

So weird, even the USCIS policy manual implies that the medical is valid for 2 years: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4

 

Yup - so I quoted this policy to the officer and even had called USCIS who said the 2 year mark during the middle of the summer. 

Our officer was insistent that the 1 year is a "flat policy".  I didn't want to fuss much but feel I should've pushed back more or asked to see the "flat policy" that he is deriving his guidance from.

[TreyH 14]

@DWolf How did your SO come here? I assume it wasn't a K1? I wonder if that somehow changes the policy as all the posts I have seen about the two year rule seem to be K1 maybe just a coincidence.

[beefmaster2 51]

56 minutes ago, TreyH said:

@DWolf How did your SO come here? I assume it wasn't a K1? I wonder if that somehow changes the policy as all the posts I have seen about the two year rule seem to be K1 maybe just a coincidence.

I see you filed in Sept, have you had your interview yet?

[TreyH 14]

Sadly no and my guesstimate is December or January  

[beefmaster2 51]

31 minutes ago, TreyH said:

Sadly no and my guesstimate is December or January  

Wow, I don't understand the order they schedule these interviews in. When did you get the status "ready to schedule for interview"?

[IlyaM 11]

Has anyone got the interviews scheduled for November in DC ? My status has been saying "case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" for a month and a half. Thanks a lot, guys.

[beefmaster2 51]

1 hour ago, IlyaM said:

Has anyone got the interviews scheduled for November in DC ? My status has been saying "case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" for a month and a half. Thanks a lot, guys.

Mine has been like that 5 months so...

[TreyH 14]

3 hours ago, beefmaster2 said:

Wow, I don't understand the order they schedule these interviews in. When did you get the status "ready to schedule for interview"?

November 13th 2019 so almost a year ago so I would say you as well as @IlyaM have much longer to wait unless something changed drastically. 

[IlyaM 11]

36 minutes ago, TreyH said:

November 13th 2019 so almost a year ago so I would say you as well as @IlyaM have much longer to wait unless something changed drastically. 

But have you got EAD?