Fort Myers AOS

[Sandford010 50]

Got my biometrics done in November and about a month later it says im ready to be scheduled for an interview.  Tracking on Fort Myers field office says between 9-24months wait time 😭.  
 

I can’t see many recent posts from people waiting on AOS from Fort Myers.  Is anyone else waiting or has been through Fort Myers?  Is it more likely to wait 9 months or closer to 24?  It’d also be good to hear from other people waiting so we can keep an eye on each others cases.  Im getting so bored waiting but hopefully my EAD/AP should be adjudicated upon in less than a month.

 

What does everyone else do to pass their time?

[Zach2015 211]

2 hours ago, Sandford010 said:

Got my biometrics done in November and about a month later it says im ready to be scheduled for an interview.  Tracking on Fort Myers field office says between 9-24months wait time 😭.  
 

I can’t see many recent posts from people waiting on AOS from Fort Myers.  Is anyone else waiting or has been through Fort Myers?  Is it more likely to wait 9 months or closer to 24?  It’d also be good to hear from other people waiting so we can keep an eye on each others cases.  Im getting so bored waiting but hopefully my EAD/AP should be adjudicated upon in less than a month.

 

What does everyone else do to pass their time?

Me, Me, Me I have not found anyone going through fort Myers 

[Zach2015 211]

Oh but to answer your questions pay no attention to their wait time. We filed the AOS In September and my wife got her EAD/AP in December. We have been called up for interview on February 18. 9-24 months🙄

[Zach2015 211]

Oh and we live in Naples, but the Fort Myers office was not available on this website. So we picked Miami as our local office. 

[Sandford010 50]

9 minutes ago, Zach2015 said:

Me, Me, Me I have not found anyone going through fort Myers 

 

7 minutes ago, Zach2015 said:

Oh but to answer your questions pay no attention to their wait time. We filed the AOS In September and my wife got her EAD/AP in December. We have been called up for interview on February 18. 9-24 months🙄

 

3 minutes ago, Zach2015 said:

Oh and we live in Naples, but the Fort Myers office was not available on this website. So we picked Miami as our local office. 

Wow that’s very comforting and that is incredibly fast!  Hopefully I won’t be too much longer then because we applied in October!  I had my Field office set as Tampa for ages, i didn’t realise that Fort Myers had an office till I searched it up 😂! Im up in Cape Coral so nice and handy!  
 

Hope all goes well with your interview, really not long to go! Let me know how it goes!

[Zach2015 211]

1 hour ago, Sandford010 said:

 

 

Wow that’s very comforting and that is incredibly fast!  Hopefully I won’t be too much longer then because we applied in October!  I had my Field office set as Tampa for ages, i didn’t realise that Fort Myers had an office till I searched it up 😂! Im up in Cape Coral so nice and handy!  
 

Hope all goes well with your interview, really not long to go! Let me know how it goes!

I will do that. 

[K1visaHopeful 2,692]

Your local field office is based on your zip code and it might not be the closest one to you.

You can input it here in the top box and press search.

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

 

You don't get to pick though. 

Unsure of if that's what a few of the posters above are thinking by the language being used....

[Zach2015 211]

5 hours ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Your local field office is based on your zip code and it might not be the closest one to you.

You can input it here in the top box and press search.

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

 

You don't get to pick though. 

Unsure of if that's what a few of the posters above are thinking by the language being used....

I was stating that this visa journey website does not have the option to pick the Fort Myers office as an AOS local office option, which I always knew was my local office. So to him, Tampa is closer and to me Miami is closer. That’s what we meant by picking. I wasn’t sure when I did my time line if I could leave the local office blank. I apologize if my answer confused anybody by using the word picking. 

[Sandford010 50]

5 hours ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Your local field office is based on your zip code and it might not be the closest one to you.

You can input it here in the top box and press search.

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

 

You don't get to pick though. 

Unsure of if that's what a few of the posters above are thinking by the language being used....

Yes im aware of that, but the as above the timeline feature doesn’t have Fort Myers as an option for Local Field Office... but thanks for the helpful comment.

[Sweetdreaming 384]

Hey ! Nice to see other Fort Myers peeps! Yeah the website says its a long wait, i read a local news article from last year that they got really backed up with a big influx of applications. I only filed in late December so wont be holding my breath anytime soon.

[Sandford010 50]

1 hour ago, skjourney said:

Hey ! Nice to see other Fort Myers peeps! Yeah the website says its a long wait, i read a local news article from last year that they got really backed up with a big influx of applications. I only filed in late December so wont be holding my breath anytime soon.

Good to hear from Fort Myers AOSers!  Yeah I’m not holding my breath about how long it’s going to take.  I really just hope it happens soon.  You should probably hear about your biometrics appointment soon though, if you haven’t already.  Keep us up to date on your progress, it always helps keep my spirits up!

[Zach2015 211]

10 hours ago, skjourney said:

Hey ! Nice to see other Fort Myers peeps! Yeah the website says its a long wait, i read a local news article from last year that they got really backed up with a big influx of applications. I only filed in late December so wont be holding my breath anytime soon.

We were prepared for a long wait too because I also read that article, but we filed in September and we are being called in for an interview for February 18. We were shocked. She got her EAD/AP card in December. So far our wait times have been way off, from the estimates on the USCIS website, but no complaints here. 

Edited January 24, 2020 by Zach2015

[Sandford010 50]

On 1/24/2020 at 6:11 AM, Zach2015 said:

We were prepared for a long wait too because I also read that article, but we filed in September and we are being called in for an interview for February 18. We were shocked. She got her EAD/AP card in December. So far our wait times have been way off, from the estimates on the USCIS website, but no complaints here. 

My AP/EAD has been approved, how long did it take you to actually get the physical card?  Also were you able to get a FL license with the EAD?

[Sweetdreaming 384]

58 minutes ago, Sandford010 said:

 Also were you able to get a FL license with the EAD?

You should be able to - 

https://www.dmvflorida.org/drivers-license/drivers-license-identification

Says you can apply with a i-766 with ss number and 2 proofs of residential address. 

[Zach2015 211]

4 hours ago, Sandford010 said:

My AP/EAD has been approved, how long did it take you to actually get the physical card?  Also were you able to get a FL license with the EAD?

Yes, you can. My card took a week but it was during the holidays. We haven’t gotten her Florida ID card yet because we are waiting on the social card with her new married name on it first.