Marishka

I got my interview date!!! September 17th it is!

Félicitations Sysyphus pour le boulot et le bébé Il est prévu pour quand ?

De mon côté, j'attends mon EAD avec impatience car j'ai trouvé un boulot, et ils vont m'embaucher dès que j'ai l'EAD, pour commencer début octobre. Je ne me fais pas trop de soucis, je suis presque sûre de l'avoir à temps, mais j'aimerais pouvoir signer quelque chose histoire de rendre tout ça officiel !

Sinon en attendant, je prépare un peu les trucs à apporter à l'interview histoire d'avoir l'impression de faire avancer les choses...

Today marks 60 days since my package was received. Should I be calling them at this point or just continue waiting?

The lady from the USCIS I talked to on the phone the other day said that at 75 days we should know if our EAD is accepted or not. And I've read that if you don't get anything after 90 days, then you can start worrying.

Congrats on that job Marishka! It seems while I'm bumming around you're up and about finding a job. Good for you! That's real smart. =)

Thanks! I got very lucky, I didn't have to apply, they wanted me after my internship last year!

If you don't need to work, enjoy your free time a little longer, there's nothing wrong with that!

Wow, there's a lot of you to congratulate for EAD approvals and interview dates! That's awesome! I hope to get mine any day now.

And talking about jobs, I got officially one this morning! Waiting for them to tell me when will be the start date, most likely early October. Pay is not wonderful, but it will be an interesting job right in the field I went to school for, so it will be perfect for me for now! They told me to let them know for my EAD but we're not too worried, since I won't be working before approximately 2 months.

Did the employer accept you as an employee? I'd say no need to mention that during the interview. Now, if you got an offer, they usually don't let you start right away, maybe that will buy you some more time. They often will ask when you can start. Use that opportunity to answer honestly with an estimate of when you might receive your green card/ead. One employer was actually desperately in need for an employee enough to let people start working and spread the payments into the next few months of my paycheck once they got their permit. It will be up to your luck. But of course, keep looking for work still.

It's a job that was offered to me a year ago after an internship but I couldn't take it at that time. The offer has been pending since then, and they are hiring several people to start training together in a month and a half. I'm going to tell him that I am still waiting for my papers so that would be safer to start maybe 2 weeks later but since it's a group training, it depends on several people, not just me... We'll see what he tells me tomorrow at 10am!

I just called the USCIS to ask information about expediting my EAD. Not helpful. The lady was just reading a script the whole time, fast and without articulating, not the best to understand her, and I usually have no problem with that. Than, she was only reciting me a list of conditions under which I could ask for expediting my EAD but she couldn't tell me what my simple request was falling under. So I still don't know what to do, not helpful. However she said that I should have a decision by 75 days after reception, so it will be August 26th and the EAD shortly following if accepted.

So I don't know if I wait and tell my future employer I should be good but there's no guarantee when I meet him tomorrow or I should keep finding out to expedite that EAD...

I don't think it would be too late but I would double check on that. I know you can expedite it under certain conditions. One of them is if you have a job offer. I imagine you would need to have the job offer in writing though.

Ok, thanks a lot, I'm going to do a little research and see what I can do

Have you try expediting the EAD?

No because I thought I had more time. Can I do it now or is it too late?

Nothing for me still and now I'm a bit nervous. I had a job lined up for the Fall and I assumed they would hire like they did last year, November 1st. But I got an email and they're thinking about September 17th now. It should be fine with the EAD but we never know... I meet them next week but I don't necessarily want to mention that EAD thing because I should have it by then, except that I don't have it right now... Hopefully they'll start the training a little later to give me a little more time.

Here's an iPhone app you can use to check your case status. I just got it, and it works very well. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/case-status-plus/id454228223?mt=8

For $9.99 it can work well! What does it do compared to the website?

I will have to fill, cause we live aboard for 6 years and my husband never filled!!!

So it will take some times, hopefully not too long

Sorry to hear that... I hope you'll be back on track soon. Good luck!

Got my RFE in hand, submit a complete Federal Income Tax Return from the petitioner/sponsor on Form I 864, for the most recent tax year.

So tax related like you thought. Hopefully you have that form already and it's ready to be sent.

Good luck.

Couldn't have been easier. I think I was there even less time than you were! Was the only non-employee in the office. Walked in, handed them my ID, she gave me a number which was called before I even sat down.

Electronic fingerprints, signature on an electronic pad, and a photo. That was it. Very friendly people. The guy doing my fingerprints made smalltalk about where I was from while he was doing it.

Can't wait for that EAD!

I didn't have time to sit either!

I'm glad it went smoothly for you too! Now we'll see which office is faster, Portland or San Diego since we had our bio the same day, we can compare

Congrats!

Thank you.

I don't want to stir a delicate subject but do you know now what your RFE is about?

I had my biometrics appointment in Portland this morning and it took 15 minutes from the time I entered the building till I left! I didn't even had time to sit and wait. The lady was very nice and she took 3 pictures of me to get the perfect one

Hopefully my EAD card will be in production soon!

How was yours IPv6Freely?

I did my biometrics today (2days early) with ease....

Now back to the waiting game

Good! One more thing done for you!

I got my appointment letter, finally!!! For July 17th at 10am

I wouldn't worry too much. Your local ASC office could be backlogged. Just got to hang in there your notice will come.

You are probably right, I'll try not to worry. I cross my fingers everyday when I go get the mail.

Just got my biometrics appointment letter. Scheduled for July...17? A Sunday? I didn't think govt offices would be open on a Sunday...

Awesome!

Still nothing for me, 3 weeks after they received my packet and I still don't have an appointment date... I'm starting to worry because all of you who sent it around the same dates already have their date

Great birthday present!!!

Got my biometrics appointment notification for Monday July 9th, so exited!

Nice!!! It gives me a little hope to receive mine soon, since you and me sent our packet at the same time, minus a day! But you don't have a whole lot of notice, just a little over a week.

Super !!!

J'espère qu'ils seront toujours aussi efficaces quand je m'en occuperai ! Je pensais m'y rendre en personne et faire mon inscription en même temps, je sais pas si c'est possible ou pas...

Et je pensais aussi renouveler ma carte d'identité mais je ne sais pas si c'est une bonne idée d'avoir un nom différent sur ma CNI et mon passeport (que je ne compte pas changer avant son expiration en 2018).

Hello! we filed on the same month & day! cheers

Nice coincidence!

Hello all nice to e-meet you!

I skimmed through most of the 11 pages and apparently I'm the first one stuck with an RFE (Anyone out there gone through successful RFE steps?)

I've been going through my copies of the packages and I honestly can't think of what could have been missed... and since they don't tell you in the email I'm now stuck waiting until I get the hardcopy to get a better idea of what else is required...

Sorry to hear that. I also hope it's something easy to fix in a few days. Keep us posted!

Wooo checks cashed!!

That's great!

Still no biometrics appointment letter for me, it's just depressing to wait... Hopefully this week!

Crazy how big some of these AOS packages are. Does it have anything to do with the country you're from? Mine all fit in a single manilla envelope!

No, nothing to do with your country, more with how much supporting documents you send with your forms.

Congrats on finishing filing!

@Linda: I hope you're not a rare exception! One month for your EAD is quite impressive!

I did my bio early and my EAD got approved before my original bio date.

It's really up to you but an early walk in doesn't hurt your case at all.

Really? I've read that even if you do a walk-in, they still don't process your case until the date your biometrics were originally scheduled. That is great for you!