March 2019 AOS Filers -- Part 2

[americaninlove 381]

19 hours ago, SusannZ said:

I'm about to travel for Christmas. Do they take you in for questioning when you travel on AP? And what documents did you bring with you? Are the i797 notices enough? 

My husband  was just asked to sit while they checked his AP in the office. They only asked him how long he was in Ireland. Then they came out and handed him the stamped form and he left (he had an emergency AP so a piece of paper). It was faster than waiting on the normal line!

[JamieAndEli 11]

1 hour ago, dr01d3k4 said:

Sometimes the tracking just never updates. On https://my.uscis.gov/account/applicant my EAD is still sitting at "case was received" despite sending 3 service requests, and getting approved last week.

Oh, okay! That's promising 😃

Thank you!

[Shiran 1,134]

2 hours ago, dr01d3k4 said:

Sometimes the tracking just never updates. On https://my.uscis.gov/account/applicant my EAD is still sitting at "case was received" despite sending 3 service requests, and getting approved last week.

For I-485  the only account and tracker that works for us is this https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/displayLogon.do You have to create account if you want to see service/expedite requests. This is different from my.uscis.gov account. Don't ask me why. 

[NewCitizen23 313]

On 9/30/2019 at 4:54 PM, iwir said:

I'm ready to renew my EAD/AP next January myself if I haven't heard from USCIS. To be honest, I don't really mind of waiting til our 2nd anniversary cause then I don't have to deal with ROC and get 10 year GC instead. I have moved on with my life and settled in with EAD/AP just fine here

I’m about the same. I don’t mind to renew my EAD and wait for the interview until the 2nd anniversary. I have a job and I can wait now.

On 9/30/2019 at 5:24 PM, iwir said:

You can renew it within 180 days til it expires. Based on your timeline, you still enough time to do it around june 2020. And yes, you'll likely get 10 years GC since you've been married since 2016. I'm curious, what took you so long to file AOS?

Oh isn’t it 90 days?!

[iwir 337]

15 minutes ago, Gigi2017 said:

I’m about the same. I don’t mind to renew my EAD and wait for the interview until the 2nd anniversary. I have a job and I can wait now.

Oh isn’t it 90 days?!

https://www.soundimmigration.com/i-am-waiting-for-my-adjustment-of-status-to-be-approved-but-my-temporary-ead-is-expiring-what-do-i-do/

[NewCitizen23 313]

6 minutes ago, iwir said:

https://www.soundimmigration.com/i-am-waiting-for-my-adjustment-of-status-to-be-approved-but-my-temporary-ead-is-expiring-what-do-i-do/

Hmm thanks. I remember 180 as well, but I read last week somewhere that it's already changed to 90 days... I've got mine on August 12, so I guess I'll file a renewal in February. I'm expecting our interview between February and April, but who knows how long it's gonna take.

[iwir 337]

2 minutes ago, Gigi2017 said:

Hmm thanks. I remember 180 as well, but I read last week somewhere that it's already changed to 90 days... I've got mine on August 12, so I guess I'll file a renewal in February. I'm expecting our interview between February and April, but who knows how long it's gonna take.

Based on USCIS guideline: 

 

"Generally, you should not file for a renewal EAD more than 180 days before your original EAD expires."

 

So you can  renew your EAD up to 180 days before it expires. 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/employment-authorization-document

 

[NewCitizen23 313]

1 minute ago, iwir said:

Based on USCIS guideline: 

 

"Generally, you should not file for a renewal EAD more than 180 days before your original EAD expires."

 

So you can  renew your EAD up to 180 days before it expires. 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/employment-authorization-document

 

Great! I won't risk so I'll file in February. Who knows when our interview will happen if after the interview how long we need to wait for the approval...

Thanks!

[JamieAndEli 11]

So.... 240 days after arrival into the US and the day has FINALLY arrived!!! I'm ecstatic!! 🥳

 

[americaninlove 381]

16 minutes ago, JamieAndEli said:

So.... 240 days after arrival into the US and the day has FINALLY arrived!!! I'm ecstatic!! 🥳

 

YAY!!! So I guess they were right above!?! I'm so happy for you! This is EAD/AP,  yes? I was a bit worried for you given that they changed the dates again. You should have had this MONTHS ago...congrats!!

[NewCitizen23 313]

16 minutes ago, JamieAndEli said:

So.... 240 days after arrival into the US and the day has FINALLY arrived!!! I'm ecstatic!! 🥳

 

Congratulations! Is it your EAD or the green card?

[americaninlove 381]

Green card on its way!! So excited. EAD still stuck in "fingerprint review completed", so I guess it wi'll just stay there forever...

 

I am so grateful for all of you and your support and help. This has been a crazy whirlwind. We thought it would be quick to get AP/EAD. Now 7 months after filing my husband will have his Greencard?! Insanity. Next week off to the SSA and the DMV and then DONE for two years!

[JamieAndEli 11]

22 minutes ago, americaninlove said:

YAY!!! So I guess they were right above!?! I'm so happy for you! This is EAD/AP,  yes? I was a bit worried for you given that they changed the dates again. You should have had this MONTHS ago...congrats!!

Yeah I guess so!! I'm not sure if it's the combo card, my AP was approved back in July but they opened another AP case for me without my knowledge a few weeks ago that's still pending and the Tier 1 that I spoke to had absolutely no clue why or what that means for the approved AP. So yeah it's just a waiting game now to see what the card says. 🙄

 

Also I see that you're done with the GC process for now! Congrats!!! Time to celebrate! 👏😁

On 10/2/2019 at 11:15 AM, Gigi2017 said:

Congratulations! Is it your EAD or the green card?

Thank you! Just the EAD unfortunately.

[DJClaire 139]

On 10/1/2019 at 8:27 PM, Gigi2017 said:

I’m about the same. I don’t mind to renew my EAD and wait for the interview until the 2nd anniversary. I have a job and I can wait now.

Oh isn’t it 90 days?!

At what point do you go straight to a 10 year green card?  

 

My EAD / AP expires February 2020

 

Should I be sending in the two renewal forms now to ensure continuous work permit and advance parole? 

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[DJClaire 139]

Absolutely taking the piss!

Now it’s between 1 and 3 YEARS!