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    Biometrics appointment

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Hello everyone!!! 

    I apologize if I am writing in the wrong thread, but so if needed, please move my question. 

    I am thinking about applying for citizenship (Atlanta office) online. But I don't want to miss my biometrics appointment, because in about a month I am going away for a vacation for 2 weeks. So does anybody know how fast biometrics appointments are scheduled after the petition is received by USCIS? Will it be safe for me to apply for naturalization now before going away? Or should I just wait after I come back from my vacation? 

    Any advice and ideas will be greatly appreciated.

    Is a lawyer really necessary? K1

    in Africa: Sub-Saharan

    Posted

    When we filed for a K1 visa and for other petitions, we did not hire a lawyer. And I don't regret that we did not. In fact I am glad that we did not hire a lawyer. USCIS' website and forms as well as instructions to them are pretty clear. If there are any questions, you may ask here, on this forum or any other immigration forum. People are always happy to help here

    I-751 March 2017 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    Finally got my 10-year green card today. I am a Vermont filer.  I sent my I-751 at the end of February 2017 and it was received by USCIS on March 3 2017. Decision (approval) date is January 25. I got the approval notice (letter) on January 29 but the status did not change then. It changed only to "my new card was ordered" on Feb 1 and to "my card was mailed" on Feb 5. 

    No decision or receive anything after well interview!

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    That is probably a good idea. I thought about it before, but I feel like I should just be more patient, other people might need the help more than me. Well, we missed our vacation in my home country, so I think it is time for me to contact my senator!

    Good luck to you! I know how you feel, been there myself. Anyways, wish you to get your green card as soon as possible

    interview no result need help！

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Hello,

    I was told at the interview that my green card was approved but I got it only 2 months after the interview. And I got 2 documents (though without signatures):

    One – notice of interview results - has my name, immigration officer's name, my A-number and the date. And it says “your application has been recommended for approval. A final decision will be mailed once your case is complete”. The only other option which is not selected says “USCIS is unable to complete your case at this time. Your case is being continued until a final decision can be made. Please see below for further explanation” and below reasons for continuance listed.
    The second one – Pursuant to Section 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, you have been granted CONDITIONAL permanent resident status as of APR 30 2015. You must file Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence between 1-31-2017 and 4-29-2017…

    (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/550968-interview-conducted-a-month-ago/ - here is my thread with worries)

    I was frustrated and worried that they lost our papers. Because I was told on the spot that I was approved, I even remember the officer saying that I've been a conditional permanent resident as of the day of the interview but nothing changed online, nor green card was coming. And also I personally talked to the woman who came on the same K1 visa in the same state a month later, applied for AOS later, had the interview 3 weeks later than me in the same field office and got her green card a week after the interview and I was calling, asking for any information etc. but I couldn't get any.

    So, anyways, I got my green card 2 months after the interview. They never asked for anything, no RFE, no second interview, though I was not afraid of it and did not mind it if it helped to speed the things up. It was a long wait for me, hopefully it wouldn't be so long for you. And good luck.

    AOS Interview results

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    I was given the same two papers only the first one was checked as "recommended for approval" and I was told at the interview that my green card was approved. And it was explained about how to remove conditions and when. Moreover, the officer even put the right dates there for future removal of conditions. Nothing was said about background check.

    But i received the green card only 2 months after the interview and it came from KY, while I live in GA

    No decision or receive anything after well interview!

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    I know how you feel. I was very frustrated too. Especially considering the fact that I was told during the interview that my green card was appoved.

    Have you tried to contact your congressman/ senator or ombudsman? To tell you the truth I was filling in the electronic form for ombudsman assistance and I checked my status on the USCIS web-site because I wanted to do a printscreen of it and to attach it to the form as one of the supporting documents (according to the instruction). I had no more hope whatsoever.

    No decision or receive anything after well interview!

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Almost two months after the interview (April 30 - family based AOS, k1) the status has changed to "USPS picked up my card"! hopefully i receive it soon.

    but when tracking the number on usps web-site, it shows that the shipment was accepted in Corbin, KY, went to KNOXVILLE, TN and only then finally to GA. I live in GA. Why such a complicated route? Or was the case transferred to KY?

    Interview conducted a month ago

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    The infopass appointment did not help at all. The officer who I was talking to, said that this delay was due to work load. Supposedly they interview about 300 people every day. And the officer who was interviewing us in April was allegedly not in today but still has my case. But I dont know whether to believe in his absence or not or any other words any more. I filled in some inquiry form about my case status but again the officer was very evasive answering the question how I would hear from them.

    Interview conducted a month ago

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Hello everyone,

    I know that there are a couple of similar threads but they all get approvals after 3 days or a couple of weeks, while we do not. So I decided to start my own topic hoping that someone will share their suggestions and useful ideas concerning my situation

    I came on a K1 visa in November, got married in December, we filed AOS package in January (90 days were over on February 14) and USCIS received them on February 02 (NOA1 dated February 04). So no overstaying, everything within the required time, including filing for AOS. Biometrics were scheduled in March, and I received my combo-card in April.

    The interview was scheduled on April 30. The interview went smoothly, we were not asked any “relationship questions” at all, only Form I-485 questions such as names, address, place of birth etc. plus so-called “prostitution/terrorist” questions, i.e. standard questions and a question about my home city and my husband's job.

    Then the officer wanted to see some evidence. I showed him benefits from husband’s job that I am eligible for (like insurance, some stock program etc.), pictures, receipts from the court house (marriage license fee) and from the jewelry store (ring) and a lease contract and I let him have all the documents. Then the IO said that it was enough, I wanted to show something else because I had utility bills, bank statements, correspondence and cards from friends and relatives, offered to show him our dual botanical garden membership and mail that we get from them, he said that he didn’t need anything and everything was clear to him. He did not request any additional documents or no RFE.

    So he said that my green card was approved and as of that day (April 30) I was considered a conditional permanent resident and put a red stamp on my documents saying approved. And that it would take 3-6 weeks for the green card to arrive but that it’s a standard wording for people not to get their hopes up but in fact it takes less time than 3-6 weeks. He handed me two papers.

    One – notice of interview results - has my name, his name, my A-number and the date. And it says “your application has been recommended for approval. A final decision will be mailed once your case is complete”. The only other option which is not selected says “USCIS is unable to complete your case at this time. Your case is being continued until a final decision can be made. Please see below for further explanation” and below reasons for continuance listed.

    The second one – Pursuant to Section 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, you have been granted CONDITIONAL permanent resident status as of APR 30 2015. You must file Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence between 1-31-2017 and 4-29-2017…

    He also explained the key points of applying for US citizenship. So I thought I was fine and it was just a matter of couple of weeks for a green card to arrive but I was mistaken.

    There were a few things that were a bit of concern for me.

    1)the IO officer could not find my medical examination from my home country but fortunately I had a copy of it and he made a copy of it and later highlighted something there and handwrote something there on it.

    2)we were the last couple left in the hall waiting for the interview and the IO who we were assigned to. And I was worrying that he was thoroughly “interrogating” people who were to be interviewed by him and asking them all sorts of tricky questions about their relationship. Maybe even separating them and interviewing separately. Because what else would it take our IO so long? But none of this happened. Out of 40 minutes our interview lasted he was busy with the papers most of the time.

    When we left my husband made a joke that I was better organized with papers than our officer. Maybe as a result of this disorganization my case was lost somewhere.

    As of today my status has been and is “Interview is scheduled on April 30” and it has never changed into anything else since March 25. No updates, no changes whatsoever.

    If someone might think that the field office is overloaded, I want to say that it’s not the problem. I know a girl who came here 2 months later than me on K1 visa too, from the same country as me, she lives in the same state, went to the same field office for the interview on May 19 and already received her green card on May 28. And I actually talked to her myself. While I had the interview on April 30 and there's been no news since then.

    My husband called USCIS, I called them. They only say that my case is within the normal processing times now because I-485 was received on February 02. And they refer to the field office processing dates which are October 1 as of March 31 according to the information posted on May 12 on the USCIS web-site. And we heard different answers from them - we need to wait for until it's been 5 months since the interview or to wait until it’s been 6 months since the receipt date depending on the person we were talking to. Different people, different opinions. When I mentioned the other girl, it was useless, they would say every case is unique, has unique procedures, unique timelines, etc, bla-bla-bla. Usual bullsh1t.

    And I was also told that there are no specific time limits for the decision to be made after the interview. So it can be a while. They wouldn’t let us submit an inquiry over the phone because again the “case is within the normal processing times”.

    I also tried this tool “case outside the normal processing times” but everything I got was 500 Servlet Exception java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "The service or article you selected is not compatible with form I485, sub-type selected, and receipt number MSCxxxxxxx” I asked a question about it over the phone too but everything I got was the local field office processes only October I-485s (and it does not matter that the information is as of March 31 and when I called the last time it was May 28) and because my receipt date is February 02, the case is within the normal processing times. They don’t care that the interview was already conducted, they repeat it like a mantra – your case is within normal processing times.

    We also just came to the field office. Unfortunately due to my husband’s work schedule we came only at 2:45 pm and as it turns out the office is open till 3:15 pm so everything was closed and almost all employees were already gone. But nevertheless we talked to the officer who at first said that our interviewer had only recommended me for approval to his superior (which means that he didn’t make the decision himself) and later he said that our interviewer just hadn’t made the decision yet on my case (which means he makes a decision himself rather than his superior) and the two phrases are confusing for me and seem to contradict each other. When I expressed my fear about the case being lost at the very beginning of the conversation he said without looking or checking in his computer or anywhere else that it was not lost. How would he know that it was not lost if he didn’t even pretend to be checking it?! He also said that there had been cases when it took YEARS to get a green card and he had seen them but we need to wait. How long should we wait for he did not specify. Till the decision is made. Also he mentioned that if it were not that late, he might go to the interviewing officer and talk to him or he might not do it if the interviewer was busy interviewing other people.

    So what should I do now? Involve the ombudsman? Make an infopass appointment? Involve the congressman? When? Now? Wait for one more month and do it then? Wait till it’s been 5 months since the receipt date and then involve either of them or both? Just relax, try to forget about it and simply wait without doing anything? Maybe there is anything else I can do in my situation?


    Does USCIS service request work for anyone?

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    It took them 2 hours to figure that out? Sheesh..... Sorry you had to go through that

    Well, not exactly. I called and had a couple of questions, including one about this error. The person I was talking to could really answer none of them and she put me on mute for a couple of minutes every time a question was asked. Then when I asked her the question about answering a question on the application for work, which I had difficulty with because there were options like a) citizen b)permanent resident or c)visa holder and if c) is chosen there are two more questions: visa type and expiration date. Since I came on K1 and expired already and I had my interview about a month ago and have not been approved yet I had trouble with answering that question. She again put me on mute, I waited for two minutes, and then she decided to transfer me. And I waited for 2 hours. So when I got finally trough I started with the status question but since it took me so long to get through I decided to ask all other questions (hoping to get a different response). No way. Still the same answers. Including being within the normal processing times for me. And moreover I was told that there are no timeframes for approval by itself, i.e. from the date of the interview to the decision date.

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