garlicknots

Please add me -- 07/20/2015 for NOA1 date, Biometrics 8/11/2015

By the way, I tried to submit a case inquiry and this was the output:

Your application or petition is currently within the posted processing times. An inquiry may not be created at this time. Further information about recent processing times can be viewed on the uscis.gov webpage.

If you have other questions regarding your application or petition, contact USCIS Customer Service at 1-800-375-5283 or 1-800-767-1833 (TT

Yes, they were free.

Sorry I updated -- my I-797 date is 2/18.

I am a little confused -- on the timeline some people from early 2012 (http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?cfl=0&id=98364) have recently completed AOS, but also some people from early 2013 (http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?cfl=0&id=133725) -- around when I applied.

Is the reason for discrepancy due to the local CIS office?

The first time, they should have been free if filed along with an AOS application. The replacements are the same application and full fee. When you get your greencard, they are no longer needed so consider if you would rather hold off and wait on the GC. When did you file? Time to update the timeline.

Argh then.

OK so I need to resubmit both I-765 and also I-131? I pay both fees? $340 and $360 again? (ouch)

Do I need to pay the biometrics again or should that be OK?

Thanks again,

If you applied to both at the same time, then yes, EAD and AP are just one card.

The updates are unreliable, and even though the I-131 (AP) one is still in Initial Review, it is most probably approved at the same time as the EAD (because EAD/AP = combo-card).

Hi,

A long story short -- my parents (home address) lost the card sent for I-765 before they could give it to us. This is remarkably frustrating. My mother had opened the mail and had seen that there was a card in there, nothing else.

My question: on uscis -- the # given for the Employment Authorization has been sent, this, at least, was what my parents had received.

The # given for the I-131 is still in "Initial Review"

On a different thread someone had said that the EAD and AP card was a combo card -- is that true? What is the other number?

I just need to reapply for them asap and would like to know which ones --

Thanks so much for any help,

Fahd.

really?

But would that make a difference in the canada visa application?

NO AP? Check the EAD. They are combo cards! One card for both EAD/AP.

Hi, so my wife and I are in AOS of right now.

She does not have a green card, she did receive her EAD. We have not received her advanced parole but we thought it better to apply for earlier for a Canadian visa to attend my cousin's wedding in June.

We submitted the appropriate paperwork and then some including letters.

We applied for multiple entry.

Earlier today she received a refusal letter. Two reasons in the checklist were cited:

1. Travel History [she has only visited the US and spent 1 week in China]

2. Immigration Status?

Questions:

Do pending K-1 AOS not get Canadian temporary visit visas?

Should I have applied for single entry?

I did not include my marriage certificate, in retrospect I really should have included that -- would that have affected immigration status?

Should we have waited for the AP and then added that document?

Any experience or suggestions? It's kind of a I have to reapply by next Monday to have a change to get it adjudicated in time, if so.

...checking in...law school, as it's wont to do, got rather in the way of my discretionary "worrying about the visa by browsing VJ" time.

Anyway, I'm really sorry for you Mary, I hope it works out; I had sent quite a bit of emails/chats etc. and she had emails from my mother discussing our marriage, etc. and the CO didn't ask for any of it, maybe she was scared of the one inch stack she had with her. So it goes at times **edit**-- I think my general connection to Mongolia helped at that stage (peace corps, intern at embassy, etc.)

"Congrats", as it were, to those of you who have gotten married/met your loved ones, it must feel great. I ought be there in mid-late december.

Going to update all the VJ stuff now..

Out of curiosity, what's their response when you tell them that you know that they're processing loads after 02/06?

So, I asked a few weeks ago and she said she said something like "That may be happening, but the Vermont Service Center has told us February 6"

As far as when adjudicators get to cases (someone who filed later than you has been 'touched' and you haven't) I have a letter somewhere that I'll put up on Change.org or the like to attempt to address that after I get my NOA2 and it gets moved to the country. Changing it from a somewhat random process to one where, at the minimum, respective filing dates are respected would relieve at least one seemingly irrational procedure.

If anyone has any other ideas on how to do that, would appreciate.

Hi,

Sorry long time no post, school started up and I had to worry about that -- congrats to those who received NOA2s in the interim (and have visas in hand, it seems!), more waiting for those of us who received RFEs and thoughts go out to those of you who haven't heard back yet either way.

I submitted my RFE related to Q. 18 (meeting in the last two years) and it was received by VSC on August 29th. Besides hoping for a quick approval before Labor Day weekend (didn't happen), I am curious if the '60 days' in the

We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. You should expect to receive a written decision or written update within 60 days of the date we received your response...

As in, at the minimum, there is no false advertising like 5 months is really 6 months is 7 months or 60 days is 80 days with weekends and holidays? Mostly, I just want to know when I should get on my congress/senator folk again.

Things that may/may not be relevant:

1. Is there a way from the website to know whether I got the expedited bump from putting the blue sheets in the front?

2. The packet I sent was fairly large: I had two passports during that time period so copies got, even double sided, into the upper 50 page range. + other docs = ~70 sheets. Anyone know if adjudicators are less willing to look at larger RFE packages? Yes, I'm starting to worry about things like all that all over again.

After I get an NOA2 and it leaves for my fiancee's country, I will put that letter about date ordering on some websites like Change to make some parts of this exercise less irrational.

Thanks for any help,

Hello all,

I have a question: I need to translate a bus receipt for an RFE. The RFE was the standard additional proof that we have met in person in the last two years.

The receipt is attached, besides the rather frustrating (now) fact that the cashier didn't align the text to the form (explained/apologized for), I am curious how you would approach the translation?

I created a separate two-column chart where I labeled the Mongolian side with "a", "b", etc. (see the BUS.VJ.pdf) in the first column and have the corresponding English in the second column. I attached a sample of that (see the Chart.VJ.pdf).

Should I, in addition or in lieu of, copy the layout of the receipts and put the translation into them? (easy enough). Which way is the clearest in your opinion? Anybody have experience?

Thanks for any advice in advance,

Bus.VJ.PDF

Chart.VJ.pdf

Hopefully, it's something simple and they'll approve the petition quickly once received.

In the small batch I'm following there have already been two RFE's.

Aug 22

Feb 14 RFE X 2

I hereby name this day "RFE Day".

Feb 1

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1 x approval 8/21

Feb 2

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1 x approval 8/21

Feb 6

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1 x approval 8/22

Feb 8

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1 x approval 8/21

2 x approval 8/22

Feb 9

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2 x RFE 8/22

Feb 14

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5 x approval 8/21

6 x RFE 8/22

1 x approval 8/22

Feb 15

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3 x RFE 8/22

Feb 21

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11 x RFE 8/22

Feb 22

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1 x RFE 8/22

One of the RFEs, an expected RFE so have the paperwork ready, I hope and also hoping that I get it before the week is out.

Congrats to those approved recently! (Gavin!)

But, anyway, I drafted the letter I mentioned some 100 posts ago. I am curious if anyone else would like to provide input on it before I post it on Change (later this week). I'm also curious if someone prior to Feb. 14th has yet to be adjudicated (since I have been now) and would be willing to provide me their receipt number. I'd also take an earlier adjudication with a date after Feb. 14th. Or just do something randomly. Please PM for any of that.

Ideally, would get a decent round number on Change (I hope you all, your families, and the like all sign it) and then draft a letter that could be sent to Senators/Congress folk pointing them toward the petition and asking them to do something about this issue.

I'm feeling really bad for everyone who's still waiting. Nothing about this process is fair in any way, and there's not even a way to fight it. Hang in there... we're still rooting for you.

I don't think or have to hope that isn't the case -- if nothing else, I want to come out of this rat race thinking that I, at least, tried to help future petitioners (couples) -- but I've been in that similar mindset as recently as earlier today so I understand completely. Anyway.

I would have to agree especially when people who have only waited four months are complaining and getting approved and yet their are all of us now hitting 6 months and longer with not a peep.. A system to adjudicate files as they are received for the most part needs to be instituted because this process is unnerving.

I'm drafting a petition (ha, identical term) for change.org, I'll run it by this thread for input before submitting. See if it gets any traction.

Thinking aloud and using the crowd:

* some "buttons to press" in no particular order: our side: fairness and efficiency , emotional (couples), transparency; their side: makes sense for USCIS (save $$), frustration at USG (attempt pre-election change? -- the whole Obama "I'm going to make agencies awesome by eliminating redundant rules and rationalizing them)

* breadth: just sequential ordering within centers? having separate centers adjudicating similarly received date same-type petitions at roughly the same time (adequate staffing/workload?), wholesale immigration reform?

* example: it would be really nice if someone whose NOA1 was after 2/14 and has been adjudicated already (approved, RFE) etc. would provide me their receipt number as a concrete example. PM is fine (I won't name, I just want, for informed consent purposes, someone who consented to me using their number -- I'll be using mine for 2/14).

I ought get to bed.

waiting, waiting, waiting in a largely untouched pile of other 2/14 filers.

Honestly, I'm glad for those of you after 2/14 who have been approved/RFE'ed but one suggestion that I am going to make or attempt to make to USCIS/USG is that somehow files are adjudicated sequentially: it's both, as I hope we know, emotionally disheartening and logically irrational to see later filers being adjudicated earlier.

From what I've read (limited to VJ and the interview with the former adjudicator turned director), there is no reason for it, correct? Have to think about this best method (maybe a change.org?) petition?

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Oh, and progress since, what was it, a week ago?

August 10:

Now:

Thanks much for the data. I'm curious if your 2/14 data includes EAC1290417779 to EAC1290417826?

And also, a tad curious: how was there one more withdrawn/rejected on "Aug. 10" than "Now" for 2/1 (26) vs. 2/14 (25)?

Hi, no movement on the batch that I'm looking at for 2/14 yet today.

Are you guys going by receipt date or date sent on the I-797? My receipt is 2/14, sent is 2/16. Also in a lot of signatures, I see the term "touched" what does that mean?

Regardless sent some letters off today: threw in all the darn work I've done for the government for basically free from being a peace corps volunteer to interning at an embassy; maybe that will catch someone's eyes?

Although, in a post script, I made a few quite relevant snipes in my congressman's letter about his policies; still not quite at the stage where I'm willing to forgo my morals for (hopefully) just an extra week or two on this visa -- a good sign?? a bad sign?

Congrats to those who were approved

Saw a number two below mine get approved and a few more in the batch that I'm checking get approvals or RFEs recently...EAC1290417779 to EAC1290417826 (all 2/14).

Am I the only one who is feeling physically ill at how horrible this is right now? I just want to throw up seeing the lack of activity today. I was all 'rah-rah' this morning and now it's off to bed crying again. This just sucks. Sorry - I is all out of cheer and full of jeer.

I really hope tomorrow is better. I need it to be.

Yes, unfortunate, these things -- 6 months gone so did the 'ol email the congressman today and will call tomorrow, expecting little; might call USCIS, expecting little; or might just sand a table I found recently, who knows? Oh well, so it goes.

You can check numbers without being logged in. I rarely logged into my page when I was checking the 2/29 numbers.

Yeah I think I noted those earlier in this thread probably page ~130. Waiting.

Hey, another range for 2/14 NOA2s is:

EAC1290417779 to EAC1290417826

a little more than 45. I don't check daily, but will start doing so next week.

f@R

So happy for you too I can't wait for mine to reach NVC and leave ...

Congratulationssssss!!!!!!

Congrats x

Checked my batch of Feb. 14s, roughly 45 petitions: No recent changes.

Out of 48 received on 2/14...

1x NOA2 @ 3/30 (expedite)

1x NOA2 @ 5/10 (expedite?)

1x NOA2 @ 6/11 (expedite?)

1x Withdrawal @ 6/9

--X More relevant for us...

1x NOA2 @ 7/23

1x RFE @ 7/26

1x RFE @ 7/30

1x NOA2 @ 7/30

no change

We've decided to wait til next week before we contact any congressmen/senators, personally. I'm not sure if they'll do anything for us at that point, because we won't quite be at 6 months yet, but I thought it might be a good idea for Tom to develop a relationship with these people, at least, and figure out if they can at least track down our petition.

I called between 5 and 6 months knowing they wouldn't do anything before 6 months but using the "Hey, I want to start the process, fill-out any paperwork that is necessary, etc. so that you guys can make calls on 6 months and one day" but they essentially said "please call back after 6 months, we cannot get involved prior to that". A little frustrating since I believe there is at least one form that I need to complete.

But, I'd say, why not, call, it won't take that much time and perhaps your representative's aides won't know about the 5/6 months thing? It seemed like something to do to pass the time.

To add more data to a pool of data that isn't predictive of anything other than they're working on February...

Out of 48 received on 2/14...

1x NOA2 @ 3/30 (expedite)

1x NOA2 @ 5/10 (expedite?)

1x NOA2 @ 6/11 (expedite?)

1x Withdrawal @ 6/9

--X More relevant for us...

1x NOA2 @ 7/23

1x RFE @ 7/26

1x RFE @ 7/30

1x NOA2 @ 7/30

Not necessarily surprising, but the 7/23's filing number was after mine, but so it goes; at least they're working on them.

That's the easy part EAC is Vermont, WAC is California

*edit*

P.S. Welcome to the board & the thread

Oof, thanks, join the waiting game then.