Ridiculous wait times

[EnglishLove 112]

As of today, my husbands AOS case changed to "Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" 71 days ago on April 29th and we had to send in his EAD card to have his middle fixed since they spelled it wrong and that case was updated to "Name was Updated" 22 days ago on June 17th and now nothing. Has anyone else had to wait this long or should we be calling in and getting an update?

[Georgia16 2,858]

That’s actually not very long wait. 

[Ayrton 965]

1 minute ago, Pooley said:

As of today, my husbands AOS case changed to "Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" 71 days ago on April 29th and we had to send in his EAD card to have his middle fixed since they spelled it wrong and that case was updated to "Name was Updated" 22 days ago on June 17th and now nothing. Has anyone else had to wait this long or should we be calling in and getting an update?

My EAD took 2 months to have my name fixed. It will take about 1 month after the name is updated.

[EnglishLove 112]

1 minute ago, Georgia16 said:

That’s actually not very long wait. 

I applied for AOS in the beginning of October in 2019 so I guess it feels like forever. 

[Georgia16 2,858]

Just now, Pooley said:

I applied for AOS in the beginning of October in 2019 so I guess it feels like forever. 

I know. It takes time and also with COVID that didn’t help things either. But hang in there it will be your turn soon. 

[RamonGomez 259]

20 minutes ago, Pooley said:

I applied for AOS in the beginning of October in 2019 so I guess it feels like forever. 

In 2016-2018, waits of 1+ year from submission of the I485 to interview were common in most of the large offices - in some offices it was closer to 2 years.

 

In 2019/2020 things started speed up substantially as the backlog got smaller -  until of course Covid hit. 😭  

[mkayyy 14]

We applied for marriage based AoS in April 2019.  We have been "ready to schedule" for interview since May 2019.  Our case is very straight forward.  No interactions w/ law enforcement, husband is Canadian, we both make decent money (he's a physician).  Major city field offices are backed up and each has different priorities.  Ours (Seattle) apparently prioritizes employment based AoS and N400s.  Sorry to say, but this is just the way it is currently. 

[igoyougoduke 1,605]

1 hour ago, Pooley said:

As of today, my husbands AOS case changed to "Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" 71 days ago on April 29th and we had to send in his EAD card to have his middle fixed since they spelled it wrong and that case was updated to "Name was Updated" 22 days ago on June 17th and now nothing. Has anyone else had to wait this long or should we be calling in and getting an update?

there are people waiting for 3-4 years to get their cases processed in other categories and 5 months is barely the tip of ICE. Welcome to United states Immigration Service. Take a number and please take a seat. it will be bump but you will get through. 

[yoda one for me 321]

1 hour ago, Pooley said:

As of today, my husbands AOS case changed to "Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" 71 days ago on April 29th and we had to send in his EAD card to have his middle fixed since they spelled it wrong and that case was updated to "Name was Updated" 22 days ago on June 17th and now nothing. Has anyone else had to wait this long or should we be calling in and getting an update?

I would probably call them up and ask to speak to tier 2 about it.

 

I've seen a few people get EAD approvals and then no movement on card production for weeks until they call and chase it up - then an hour later they're getting cards put in the mail. It'll only take a little bit of your time to try and be the squeaky wheel since your card was already approved and just needed to be amended.

[SalishSea 16,774]

2 hours ago, Pooley said:

I applied for AOS in the beginning of October in 2019 so I guess it feels like forever. 

We waited 14 months for an interview, pre-covid.  

[Daisy.Chain 317]

2 hours ago, James120383 said:

there are people waiting for 3-4 years to get their cases processed in other categories and 5 months is barely the tip of ICE. Welcome to United states Immigration Service. Take a number and please take a seat. it will be bump but you will get through. 

Of the "ICE-berg" 

[flfreddy 92]

4 hours ago, mkayyy said:

We applied for marriage based AoS in April 2019.  We have been "ready to schedule" for interview since May 2019.  Our case is very straight forward.  No interactions w/ law enforcement, husband is Canadian, we both make decent money (he's a physician).  Major city field offices are backed up and each has different priorities.  Ours (Seattle) apparently prioritizes employment based AoS and N400s.  Sorry to say, but this is just the way it is currently. 

We are April 9 ready for interview .. waiting.. no EAD no AP , I-94 expired...

[NinaLu 38]

We are July 19. You are sadly within processing times. We received a weird RFIE for our marriage certificate (although we sent a certified copy) in October and it has been radio silence ever since. Not even ready for interview. Mileage will vary and there is nothing we can do but wait.

Edited July 10, 2020 by NinaLu

[Scandi 3,970]

And it'll take a lot longer if USCIS actually has to furlough 70% of their staff come August. We can only imagine how massive the backlogs will get if they furlough 13000 of their 19000 employees for who knows how long. We have no idea how much worse the processing times could get, or when it will change for the better.

[shell20 746]

12 hours ago, RamonGomez said:

In 2016-2018, waits of 1+ year from submission of the I485 to interview were common in most of the large offices - in some offices it was closer to 2 years.

 

In 2019/2020 things started speed up substantially as the backlog got smaller -  until of course Covid hit. 😭  

I remember those days and I remember ROC being even longer. Thank God, this is no longer the case and thank God, those days are far behind me.

Edited July 10, 2020 by shell20