January 2020 AOS Filers

[igoyougoduke 1,604]

48 minutes ago, Cinder4luv said:

Application filed on 01/02/2020, received on 01/03/2020 approved i130, then i485, i765 with medical.  Check was cash 01/10/2020. Wish you luck

which lock box did you file to ?

[Cinder4luv 25]

2 minutes ago, Donald120383 said:

which lock box did you file to ?

Chicago 

[JulienR 92]

Hi all,

 

Sent I-485, I-131, I-765 to Chicago lockbox with FedEx (after USPS lost my first package in December), received on January 8, still no text, email or mail and the money hasn't been drawn from my account.

 

I am AOSing as a US citizen spouse but I am now in the US on an L1B work visa. We filed the I-130 back in France in February 2019 and is has just been accepted. In between I had the opportunity to transfer within my company, hence the work visa. Now USCIS has sent my approved petition to the NVC for consular processing so I have to figure out how they are going to join it with my I-485 application. Waiting for NOA 1 and case number to contact NVC.

[Bars&Saqi 120]

On ‎1‎/‎6‎/‎2020 at 5:25 PM, Roeentan said:

Me and my Canadian wife also sent her AOS package on Saturday 01/04/2020. We are preparing for longest wait time because Seattle office which is our regional office has slowest processing times for all immigration cases in the country. 

We are from Seattle too! USCIS received package on January 15. Such a long wait here it's quite discouraging

[Ad3line 23]

Hi everyone!

 

We just sent off our package today via FedEx to the Chicago Lockbox. It's a relief to hand it over and officially get the ball rolling!

 

I am currently in H1B status, met my husband in 2016, and we were just married in December 2019. Hoping to get EAD before my H1B status ends, but we'll see!

[JulienR 92]

On 1/16/2020 at 9:41 AM, JulienR said:

Sent I-485, I-131, I-765 to Chicago lockbox with FedEx (after USPS lost my first package in December), received on January 8, still no text, email or mail and the money hasn't been drawn from my account.

It turned out that USPS had not lost my package after all (even though they couldn't figure out where it was) but USCIS sent it back to me because they could not process the payment. I used a debit card instead of credit card, there is no distinction between the two in France, they work the same. Of course I sent my second package before I knew that so it will also be returned to me and I have to prepare a third package 🙄 This time I'll use a check... I can't believe they returned the whole package to me (including the opened envelop). Why not just send an RFE, it would save everyone time and money!

[Crazy Cat 39,186]

4 minutes ago, JulienR said:

It turned out that USPS had not lost my package after all (even though they couldn't figure out where it was) but USCIS sent it back to me because they could not process the payment. I used a debit card instead of credit card, there is no distinction between the two in France, they work the same. Of course I sent my second package before I knew that so it will also be returned to me and I have to prepare a third package 🙄 This time I'll use a check... I can't believe they returned the whole package to me (including the opened envelop). Why not just send an RFE, it would save everyone time and money!

Doesn't USCIS accepts debit cards?

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/paying-uscis-fees

[igoyougoduke 1,604]

25 minutes ago, JulienR said:

It turned out that USPS had not lost my package after all (even though they couldn't figure out where it was) but USCIS sent it back to me because they could not process the payment. I used a debit card instead of credit card, there is no distinction between the two in France, they work the same. Of course I sent my second package before I knew that so it will also be returned to me and I have to prepare a third package 🙄 This time I'll use a check... I can't believe they returned the whole package to me (including the opened envelop). Why not just send an RFE, it would save everyone time and money!

They only try it once and it does not go through they send it back. i guess patience at USCIS is hard to find. Fee is one of the core requirement part of intake process.

[JulienR 92]

22 hours ago, missileman said:

Doesn't USCIS accepts debit cards?

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/paying-uscis-fees

 

That is confusing. But I checked my package copy again and the card number is right. I am also absolutely sure there was enough money on the account. My guess is that credit card is accepted for online payement but not for mail filing. This paragraph from the I-1450 instructions is even more confusing:

"If you submit Form G-1450, USCIS will use the information you provide to process a credit card payment through the U.S. Department of Treasury Pay.gov Trusted Collections Service (TCS). TCS is a web-based application that allows Government agencies to process payments by credit or debit cards."

[igoyougoduke 1,604]

1 hour ago, JulienR said:

That is confusing. But I checked my package copy again and the card number is right. I am also absolutely sure there was enough money on the account. My guess is that credit card is accepted for online payement but not for mail filing. This paragraph from the I-1450 instructions is even more confusing:

"If you submit Form G-1450, USCIS will use the information you provide to process a credit card payment through the U.S. Department of Treasury Pay.gov Trusted Collections Service (TCS). TCS is a web-based application that allows Government agencies to process payments by credit or debit cards."

its possible that your bank decline the foregin transaction and they dont try again.  did you check your bank about it ?

[JulienR 92]

2 hours ago, Donald120383 said:

its possible that your bank decline the foregin transaction and they dont try again.  did you check your bank about it ?

No, I will call them. I just remembered we actually used my wife's american debit card when we filed the I-130 from France and that was no problem.

 

And I just realized that my medical exam expired because it's more than 60 days and the doctor wants me to do another one, she won't just change the date on the form. This is ridiculous, she saw me 2 months ago. I don't even have to redo the lab tests so she just gonna look in my mouth and hears and say "OK, that will be $250, thank you"!

[igoyougoduke 1,604]

3 minutes ago, JulienR said:

No, I will call them. I just remembered we actually used my wife's american debit card when we filed the I-130 from France and that was no problem.

 

And I just realized that my medical exam expired because it's more than 60 days and the doctor wants me to do another one, she won't just change the date on the form. This is ridiculous, she saw me 2 months ago. I don't even have to redo the lab tests so she just gonna look in my mouth and hears and say "OK, that will be $250, thank you"!

from what i have heard that they dont try twice if the card does not go through first time . they simply reject the petition. 

[rocoblue 7]

Hi everyone would like to join the thread.

 

My wife came in on K1 Visa last November 2019. We got married on December. Sent the package for AOS, ED and AP yesterday via UPS. ETD will be tomorrow.

 

After marriage she applied for SSN and received the card 2 weeks after, that’s when she started filing the forms. 
 

Hope all of us January filers will have a smooth process.

[JulienR 92]

51 minutes ago, Donald120383 said:

from what i have heard that they dont try twice if the card does not go through first time . they simply reject the petition. 

The bank confirmed they denied the charge because it was over the daily limit I had set, I guess this one is on me after all...😳 However, I have a glimmer of hope as the bank could see only one trial dated 01/10 and my rejection notice is dated 01/13. My second package was delivered 01/08 so I think they haven't tried to charge my card yet and I just raised the limit. Crossing fingers for the next couple of weeks now.🤞

Edited January 22, 2020 by JulienR

[igoyougoduke 1,604]

1 hour ago, JulienR said:

The bank confirmed they denied the charge because it was over the daily limit I had set, I guess this one is on me after all...😳 However, I have a glimmer of hope as the bank could see only one trial dated 01/10 and my rejection notice is dated 01/13. My second package was delivered 01/08 so I think they haven't tried to charge my card yet and I just raised the limit. Crossing fingers for the next couple of weeks now.🤞

Ouch yeah that sucks that bank did it