melina151

I am going back to school this fall and neither did I need a TOEFL test, nor did I have to take a SAT/ACT test. The only thing I will still have to complete is a placement test so that they know which level my English and Math skills are. Just contact the Student Service Center at the school your wife wants to attend. They will guide you through the process and will tell you which steps you have to complete.

Hey! ich hab den den gleichen Brief Mitte Januar bekommen. Und ich hab bisher immer noch nichts gehört! Mein Noa1 Datum ist Anfang Oktober.... Ich hab gewusst, dass es womöglich lange dauert mit der Greencard, aber mit +9 Monaten hab ich ehrlich gesagt nicht gerechnet. Ich hab Ende Mai eine Service Request zu USCIS geschickt, weil mein ''case outside normal processing time'' war und ich besorgt war, dass sie meinen Antrag irgendwie verloren haben oder so. Die hatten mir dann geantwortet, dass mein Antrag vor kurzem erst ans local office geschickt wurde...Falls du also wissen willst was los ist, kannst du das mal probieren. https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayONPTForm.do?entryPoint=init&sroPageType=onpt

Hoffentlich hören wir beide bald mal was...haben ja mittlerweile lange genug gewartet

Hey ihr's. Hab mal ne kurze Frage. Haben ende Februar einen Brief bekommen, dass wir als "potential interview waiver" fuer die Greencard gewaehlt wurden. Sie haben in dem Brief gesagt dass es noch ungefaehr 6 Monate dauern wuerde. Ich meine hier gibt es noch ein paar mehr die diesen Brief bekommen haben, irgend welche news bei euch? Liebe Gruesse

I contacted USCIS and we filed a service request since my case seems to be out of normal processing time. I just got an e-mail yesterday saying this:

The status of this service request is: On May 01, 2014, you contacted USCIS concerning Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, to notify us that you believe your case is outside of our normal processing time. Form I-485 was very recently received at our office and is presently pending consideration. We regret that we are not able to give you a timeframe for when we will complete the review of your application.   We hope this information is helpful to you. 

It's been over 7 months now that I applied and this is getting really frustrating here. Especially knowing that people who applied after me are approved already at the same service center. I'm just trying to keep myself busy to not think about it!

My status finally updated today to Card Production! Hooray! Great way to start my birth month! <3

Just for everyone's info. (Might help those who have the same Field Office)

USCIS Processing Time Information for the

Saint Paul MN Field Office

Posted: May 1, 2014

Field Office Processing Dates for Saint Paul MN as of: March 31, 2014

I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status - October 12, 2013

N-400 Application for Naturalization - October 15, 2013

N-600 Application for Certification of Citizenship - 5 Months

Finally!!! Congratulations I still haven't heard anything and the processing times for my field office say October 7 as of March 31st now. I filed October 4th, so I will call them right now.....

Anyone else who got the great news ? Still waiting

I am also still waiting

UGH. Anytime soon. HOPEFULLY. What's the hold up, St. Paul MN?! >_<

Because the interview waivers are actually a result of slow processing and pile up of cases? It seems that they're still sorting out through tons of applications. AND CONGRATS on the approval! We hope we'll hear (approval) news soon too. Would really hate to drive to Bloomington MN for an interview. Ugh. That means both my husband and I would have to miss at least 2 days of work.

Good luck!

Congratulations! See ya!

Yikes. That's a pain in the a**. Good luck. At least there's movement for you! Can't wait to get this over and done with too! :|

Good luck!

I hear ya Mrs. Presson! No news for us either yet. I'm getting really impatient. As of February 28th, they were processing September 6th cases at my local office. Let's hope we'll all get approved soon!

Just received the email that says that our AOS has been approved and that the card is in production.

Woo Hoo!

Will update again when the actual card arrives.

Congratulations! This is awesome! I just saw that your local office is Milwaukee also. I filed on October 4th, so I really have my hopes up that I will hear some news soon too

So, ich hab jetzt auch endlich mal wieder Neuigkeiten: 8 Monate nach den NOAs und 4 Monate nach dem 'potential interview waiver case' Brief ist mein AOS heute genehmigt worden und meine Greencard ist 'in production'! Wurde per SMS benachrichtigt - kam irgendwie voll unerwartet, weil ich hab frühestens im April damit gerechnet.

Und außerdem bin ich in der 12. Woche schwanger

Jetzt muss nur noch der Frühling Einzug halten und ich bin (fast) rundum glücklich

Wow, herzlichen Glückwünsch zum genehmigten AOS und natürlich auch zur Schwangerschaft Das sind ja super Neuigkeiten! Ich hatte im Januar meinen Potential Interview Waiver Brief erhalten..ich hoffe mal, dass es nicht mehr so ewig dauert.

Any updates everyone? We sent my AOS application last October 5, 2013 and received an Potential interview waiver letter last Jan 20, 2014. Still waiting.. Fingers crossed

No update for me.. I also got the Potential Interview Waiver Letter in January but I haven't heard anything since then.

Well..I guess this is not completely true. There was an ''update'' on February 11: My birth date was changed. (Right after we sent in the AOS application, we noticed that my birth year said 2013. So we called and they told us to write a letter, explain the mistake and tell them what needs to be changed. So after 4 months, the birth date was finally updated. ) I thought this is a good sign and that they are working on the case now. We will see though. This is over 3 weeks ago now and I have heard nothing since then.

Hallo ! So, hab mich jetzt auch entschlossen mich hier mal anzumelden! Dauert bei mir alles schon unheimlich lange.... Tim und ich haben das I129-F Formular im Sep.13 weggeschickt... Dadurch dass Tim dann in Afghanistan war hat sich alles nach hinten rausgezogen - letzte Woche Mittwoch haben wir eine Email bekommen, dass das Visa approved ist und ich wohl bald vom Consulat in Frankfurt zu hören bekomme... Wie lange muss ich denn darauf warten ?! Kann man das so in etwa sagen? Ich kann es jetzt nicht mehr abwarten und möchte nicht nochmal Wochenlang darauf warten müssen. Freue mich sehr hier ein paar Leute kennenzulernen und von Euren Geschichten zu lesen ;-)

Liebe Grüße Lisa

Mach dir keine Sorgen, ab jetzt geht alles total schnell! Bei uns hat es von der Genehmigung des NOA2 bis das Konsulat in Frankfurt die Papiere erhalten hat ungefähr zwei Wochen gedauert. Das Konsulat hat das Packet 3 dann auch sofort verschickt und dann hatte ich auch schon ziemlich bald meinen Interviewtermin.

Two updates today!

1) Got my AP in the mail yesterday. Awesomeness Biometrics photo isn't too awful hahaha.

2) Case status updated to Testing and Interview! YAYYY! Does that mean no chance of waiver, then? Did anyone who got a waiver have their case status updated to this?

Congrats to everyone else whose cases have progressed since I last posted! That's super exciting about interviews being approved on the spot and waivers being fast-tracked to green card processing!

That's awesome! Congrats!

I got a Potential Interview Waiver Case letter and my status is still in Initial Review. I think everyone I heard about so far never made it to the Testing and Interview update either.

Well, crossing my toes were effective. Haha, I just checked my mail and there it was, a Notice of Potential Interview Waiver (as expected). Well, there's my case "update". LOL

The only WEIRD thing about it was, it was sent to our old apartment's address, when I already received other correspondences AND my EAD card here in our new address. Good thing we have our mails forwarded to this new address. :\

NICE! Congrats!

We're almost the same with our timeline and received my EAD around the same time. My I-485 is still on acceptance too. So it's either you might get the interview waiver or you may be hearing for an interview schedule sometime soon. I got the interview waiver letter so my GC might take a while.

I also got an Interview Waiver Case Notice .... :/

Hallo ihr lieben,

wir hatten mitte Dezember eine RFE bekommen weil wir komischerweise nicht die Original tax returns eingesendet haben. Kurz drauf haben wir die W2's von 2011 und 2012 eingesendet. Nun haben wir wieder eine RFE bekommen ... sind W2´s als tax return falsch?? Wir blicken gerade nicht mehr durch..

Wir hatten den gleichen Fehler gemacht und deswegen u.a. auch ein RFE bekommen... ihr seid nicht die einzigen, die das missverstanden haben! Viel Glück, dass jetzt alles rund läuft.

Nach 91 Tagen wurde heute endlich meine EAD/AP genehmigt!!!!

Das RFE hat uns leider ca. einen Monat nach hinten gebracht...aber wenigstens kann ich mich jetzt auf Jobsuche machen!

Viel Glück für alle, dass der Prozess nicht ganz so lange dauert

Finally I can share good news too: EAD and AP got approved today!! So happy right now. The job hunting can begin

My status update is still stuck in RFE Response Review. No work permission yet either... So the RFE did slow the process down a lot.

I just called a representative since I also had to change my adress. She said I should expect a response after 60 days of sending the RFE in. Next Monday (Jan. 6) it would be exactly 60 days but the Change of Adress Tool says I should expect a response for changing the adress by Jan. 11. So I really really hope it won't take too long anymore... I need to work, slowly running out of money. lol

Congrats to everyone who got good news! Please everyone cross your fingers for us too.

does anyone know what kinda insurance for the new green card holders? if i have not find a job yet, where i can get it? ..i heard under the new law, you have to buy insurance.(my spouse can not add me to his plan)

I was able to find my insurance through www.ehealthinsurance.com. They have lots of different plans to choose from. I was approved for the first health insurance I applied at and everything worked out just fine.

Hi everyone. I'm back. I'm glad everyone is starting to get updates about their combo card. I was starting to lose hope because mine is still stuck. Until this morning, I check my I-485 and got this message:

On December 4, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you.

I guess I will be receiving my green card first before my Combo card! I'm soo thankful!!! Good luck to us!!

Wow, that's great! Congratulations! I am still waiting for an update... I-485 is still in RFE response review and everything else in initial review. I guess the RFE dragged us a little behind. Oh well...I hope it won't take too long anymore for EAD.

I got the same letter. I thought the W2 would be evidence enough since my husband didn't have a copy of his tax returns. Now we ordered the tax transcripts from the IRS website. It's really easy to do since you can just order it online. (http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Order-a-Transcript). Then the second part: Just go to your employer and ask them to write you a letter and gather pay stubs to prove income. My husband for example didn't have access to his last pay stubs anymore since he switched jobs, so we contacted HR of his last employer and asked them to send us his pay stubs of the past few months. If the income does not exceed the 125%, you might want to think about having a co-sponsor.

Not a problem. My experience with them was very good. They were also super fast. I also got a RFE by the way. I forgot to send in my husbands tax return and pay stubs. So we are waiting for this to be sent to us now so I can send these things in again. We just need to stay patient I guess.

I am about to go insane. Our RFE is for my certified translation of my birth certificate, which I had sent to them but apparently it got lost somewhere. I am so so upset since this is about work authorization and i really need to work so badly so we can get a place of our own. Now I need to find a translator pay god knows how much for it and send it off. Apparently the wait time resets to 3 months from when they get the RFE response.

Gonna go cry now.

Do you not have the original translation anymore? There wasn't an original needed. But if you need a new translation, try USCTS. (http://www.uscts.com/) That's where I got my translation from and it was only $40.

Congrats an alle, die positive Nachrichten bekommen haben!!

Ich habe eine Frage bezüglich der Namensänderung. Auf unserem marriage certificate steht mein Mädchenname. Ich werde bald meinen Namen beim Social security office ändern lassen. Wenn wir das AOS beantragen, muss ich dann einfach meinen neuen Namen angeben?

Außerdem werden wir mich zum Mietvertrag hinzufügen, wir haben die Wohnung am 1.10. bezogen, sollen wir dann meinen neuen Namen angeben oder lieber meinen Mädchennamen?

Das mit dem marriage certificate hatte mich auch verwirrt, weil ich dachte, da muss auf jeden Fall der neue Name draufstehen. Beim Social Security Office hatte ich einfach meinen neuen Namen angegeben und bei mir wollten sie noch nicht mal das marriage certificate sehen. Ich würde an deiner Stelle ab jetzt überall den neuen Namen angeben, da es ja der ist, den du in Zukunft tragen möchtest.

Hab' jetzt eine Weile nicht hier im Thread mitgelesen, aber ich habe gute Nachrichten: Meine Green Card wurde endlich genehmigt... nach fast 8 Monaten und ohne Interview. Das Status Update (Card/Document Production) kam am Samstag; jetzt hoffe ich, dass das auch wirklich heisst, dass meine Green Card bald kommt (kann's noch nicht so ganz glauben). Ich hoffe, dass Ihr alle nicht so lange warten muesst und Eure GC bald in den Haenden haltet!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!!

Got my biometrics done today as well. It went super quick. Good thing I was reading this thread before I went or I wouldn't have brought my marriage certificate.