Form I-797 C requested by Drivers services for State ID

[Dragonsarereal 25]

Hello everyone!

 

We moved to the USA a year ago with a K1 visa. We filed for adjustment of status in mid August 2024. The green card should arrive by 9 months but still we have no sign of it. The USCIS website forecasts 9 months but we are in august so 12 months have passed. We tried to get a state ID for my 17 yo teen. They accepted all the documents, but after talking to someone at another office they said that the K1 visa has expired (it does after 3 months) and they said we 'are in limbo' and we need a I-797 letter to prove our status as immigrants. But how do we get one? No notice of action has arrived here, aside from the one that came last summer for the Biometrical appointment, and sadly it doesn't have any application numbers, bar codes, date etc.  Should we just give up trying to get state ID? Everything seems to be going in circle.

Also, we ticked the box for the SSN number in the Adjustment of Status for me and my daughter, but while my SSN and permission to work arrived in November, my teen was never given the SSN number.

I enquired with USCIS last month and this week they replied 'You need to ask the SSN office.'

 

I always complained about the Italian bureaucracy being long and complicated but it seems that every step is unnecessarily long winded....

 

Thanks

[OldUser 10,175]

Have you filed for EAD (form I-765) for daughter? You need EAD or GC typically, unless person is in other valid status (F-1 or work visa)

[Dragonsarereal 25]

No, we did not ask for work permission for her, as the SSN option was in the general form for her and wanted only that number, not work permission.

[OldUser 10,175]

8 minutes ago, Dragonsarereal said:

No, we did not ask for work permission for her, as the SSN option was in the general form for her and wanted only that number, not work permission.

I would have applied for EAD. It is proof of status, which is what DMV and SSA want to see to issue driver's license and SSN.

[Dragonsarereal 25]

yes but its is over $250 and teen was in high school, we didn't know that the VISA would take 18 months! 

[Crazy Cat 44,812]

55 minutes ago, Dragonsarereal said:

The green card should arrive by 9 months but still we have no sign of it.

So, your I-485 was approved?  Your timeline indicates otherwise.

Edited Friday at 09:55 PM by Crazy Cat

[Dragonsarereal 25]

we submitted it and now we are waiting for the final decision.

[Crazy Cat 44,812]

2 minutes ago, Dragonsarereal said:

we submitted it and now we are waiting for the final decision.

You will likely have an interview before approval decision can be made.

Edited Friday at 09:58 PM by Crazy Cat

[Dragonsarereal 25]

on the status page, the interview part is ticked as done although we had no interview. Now the part that is not finished, says the page, is the final decision.

[Crazy Cat 44,812]

Just now, Dragonsarereal said:

on the status page, the interview part is ticked as done although we had no interview. Now the part that is not finished, says the page, is the final decision.

I think that means the interview is the next step.  Besides, I have read that all new and pending I-485s will be scheduled for interviews.

[OldUser 10,175]

5 minutes ago, Dragonsarereal said:

on the status page, the interview part is ticked as done although we had no interview. Now the part that is not finished, says the page, is the final decision.

Status doesn't mean anything.

My I-751 was estimated 7 months, took 20.5.

 

N-400 was estimated 7 months again, took 3.5 months. On day of my oath, status showed 3 weeks until decision. What decision, I'm still unsure 😃

[Dragonsarereal 25]

I didn't know that everyone has to be interviewed. Here is what I see. Let me understand....

[OldUser 10,175]

Just now, Dragonsarereal said:

I didn't know that everyone has to be interviewed. Here is what I see. Let me understand....

Yes, you're reading status right. It shows interview wasn't required. But I wouldn't trust this 100%

[Dragonsarereal 25]

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

Status doesn't mean anything.

My I-751 was estimated 7 months, took 20.5.

 

N-400 was estimated 7 months again, took 3.5 months. On day of my oath, status showed 3 weeks until decision. What decision, I'm still unsure 😃

Oh dear! Probably it's just so messed up!

[Dragonsarereal 25]

so confusing! My word.....as for the driving licence, I wrote to someone at immigration/WY and they said that despite presenting the form they requested for my daughter they cannot issue ID (no explanation why) and as for me, I do not have an 'appropriate immigration document' so I can 'use the British Licence until they can issue one.'