PilsenC

The immigration process is much too complex to hand off to a private company, imo.   This isn't the same as delivering the mail.

Greetings to those interested,
I just wanted to follow-up that we did receive the EAD/Combo Card (I-766/I-512) with an I-765 expedite request. You can see the details on our Timeline and Profile. At the time of this post, about 75% of the cases with the similar receipt numbers as ours were still pending, so consider us blessed with our expedite request.
https://www.casestatusext.com/forms/I-765/IOE-LB
 
Our reason for the expedite was for "Emergencies and urgent humanitarian reasons" since my foreign spouse's driver license was expiring in January 2023, and she has been helping to drive my elderly Mother to the doctor or to run caregiving errands. 
https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/how-to-make-an-expedite-request
For our state, non-US citizen K1-to-AOS filers can only be issued a driver license/permit/state ID to the I-94 expiration date, and granted one 4-month extension with the I-485 NOA1 I-797C. To extend past the 4-month extension, an EAD or GC is required. Again, each state can have very different driver license requirements for non-US citizens so you will need to look up your state's driving requirements.
 
Here are some lessons learned from filing the I-765 expedite request (see our Timeline or Profile for the details).
 
1. To query the online live agents chat, they usually want your Case Receipt Number, Name, alien number, email, phone number, address, or more. The online chat is VERY slow so typing in all those info is a pain sometimes. So best to try from a fast computer using Chrome.
 
2. It may take more than 1 expedite request. We ended up filing 2 separate requests and USCIS gives very specific long expedite filing numbers each time that are very different from your receipt numbers, which you need to write down. So have a pen/paper ready. And you may refer back to that very specific long number to check later with Emma online or online live agent for status.
 
3. Both of our expedite requests were by phone talking to a live agent. The phone agent doesn't really know much more than the status that you can already see in myUSCIS or Case Status. But they can take your expedite request verbally. And you need to explain slowly using one of the reasons because they have to type in what you said. The problem is that you can't verify what they typed. So best to keep your reason short and succinct like: I request an I-765 expedite for "Emergencies and urgent humanitarian reasons" because I need to drive my elderly Mother-in-law to the doctor, etc. And in the end, they will give you a very specific long filing number.
 
4. The USCIS case worker emailed us for "additional information", and instructed us to FAX in the "additional information". Yes, FAX. 
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/786775-july-2022-aos-filers/page/8/?tab=comments#comment-10788044
Make sure you provide the necessary documents to support your reason--not just a long written plea to USCIS. Our total fax was 18 pages with 1 header page, 1 written letter, and 16 supporting pages of evidence like IDs, doctor visit receipts, pharmacy receipts, expired licenses, state driving requirements for non-US citizen, etc. and describing what each of those evidence is supposed to prove for our reason in the written letter in somewhat chronological order.
 
5. Now that we got the EAD/AP Combo Card (I-766/I-512)--we can't just jet away overseas or have the foreign spouse just get any job. My foreign spouse did update her driver license with the Combo Card, and will continue to help drive and take care of my Mom. We have to continue to build our evidence and anticipate for the next interview (whether it be I-485, I-751, or N-400). USCIS may well ask the foreign spouse "how is your Mother-In-Law?" And we need to show specific evidences of how having the Combo Card and driver license helped.
 
Sorry for the long read. But I'm documenting this not only for myself, but also so I can refer others to this whenever someone asks how did we do the I-765 expedite request.

I am new here and have scrubbed the forum for answers and might have just missed it, as my concern pertains to an EAD expedite but without a pending job offer. I would appreciate any advice for financial loss as an expedite reason but for financial obligations overseas.
 
A quick background - I filed for AOS after 120 days of being in the US. We got married 15 months before that. It was not concurrent filing, by the way. I went back home after we got married, and continued working until I resigned. I visited my husband in July 2022 (we initially planned to do every 6 months of alternate traveling to our respective locations until the petition comes through) but we got anxious about the delay as we plan to begin a family that we decided to apply for AOS in November. The I-130 at this point has not moved for 13 months despite our constant follow ups and a congressional.
 
My AOS + EAD + AP was filed and I was made to undergo biometrics. I would like to apply for expedite at least for EAD because the money I saved up is almost gone. The thing though is that the financial loss is mainly for my financial obligations back home/overseas. My husband is employed and has provided for me since I got here but we agreed that my financial concerns are my own, and I also would not want to burden him with it. The obligations are not substantial (for some, but to a Php earner like I used to be, IT IS) if taken in on a monthly basis ($800 for loan amortizations and $900 for parental assistance with living conditions and medicines) but they are regular, like clockwork. I have funded this for a year with my savings some of which were also used to pay for half of the AOS fees, my plane ticket, very minimal grocery expenses since I got here (the PHP to USD exchange rate slapped me hard despite these "little expenses") etc. Now that source has dried up.
 
I wont be able to present a JO as not having an EAD blocks me from even being considered for a job. Even part-times in bookstores and retail shops require an EAD. I was also informed that any virtual work that seems to be popular now is not allowed because even if I get paid through my PH bank account, the work is still done in the US where i'm physically located and that is "working without a permit". I have attended "almost there!!!" interviews like that which didn't push through with an offer (I was short of saying you can hire me and pay me third-country labor rates despite my being in the US, please just hire me! but i guess they'e not that interested, and i digress).
 
Anyway, I have belabored the point too much. I requested an expedite and received a USCIS email requesting me to fax supporting docs. I just dont want to mess it up and save both of us time because I know there are far more valid expedite reasons that mine. Any advice and tips would be appreciated. Thank you!
 
 

Okay, I'm sure that your relatives are already here in us by this time. And I am glad I didn't read this before sending my brother to Colombia; I'm pretty sure I would have freaked out (AND, from a Venezuelan Standpoint .. a valid feeling).
 
After reading and reading and breaking down the USCIS statement, I asked my brother to get a vaccine approved by the WHO in Venezuela; one available is Sinopharm, a Chinese vaccine. Received 12/5/22 first dose. Traveled to USA 12/21. Second dose was supposed 12/25/22. 
 
He traveled via BUS from Valencia to Cucuta - Entry and exit stamp in Colombian migration. Note: Venezuela migration does not stamp your exit passport if it is expired. And Cucuta-bog-Miami via AVIANCA. No issues. I hope this update helps someone!
 
 

Were you able to fill the form? Found out that, when filling the form, you only need to add 5 years from the date of your expiration. Let's say you have a passport without prorroga, and the expiration date is "26/10/2020". In that case you need to fill the form with "26/10/2025" instead.

No, you would still need to adjust but much faster option

No yet. Tbh all seems a bit frightening! I'm in Venezuela atm, it seems like I will have at least 2-3 stops until my final destination. I still have to figure my intinery out 😪.  Is your family traveling from Vzla too?

I bet! I'd probably be scared myself 🤣  but now that you have a the travel authorization, at least you have a bit of time to figure things out! The friend is travelling from Bogota to Seattle, but he'll have a layover......somewhere lol probably Miami. Mom and brother will make a similar journey, but they'll have to take a bus from their city in Venezuela to Bogota in addition.

The current queue for visas is made publicly available on an annual basis. The latest shows 2.24m people already in line waiting for F4 visas as at November last year https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/WaitingList/WaitingListItem_2021vF.pdf 
of course, this changes as principals die or derivatives are added or die or age out over time, or decide not to proceed, and some of those are less important for the overall number as they are subject to country limits but …yes, it’s a lot of people when you consider the annual quota for F4 visas is 65000.

I really don't get how can be beneficial, like, I've been reading a lot of people saying that but don't gt the clue
Well, that sucks, i guess some people is lucky enough to get 8 months? or maybe is by defect straight to California. 
 
Thank you both for the answers

Congratulations to you! 
 
--David

Same!
 
I am so happy

Hey! Good luck to you. Noom's is today in Durham, too...12:45. I'll be waiting in the parking lot. 
 
--David
 

I have my interview tomorrow. I'm a little nervous, cuz is marriage based and the first interview ever besides de k1 visa.  Durham , NC, wish me luck!!

Finally got through to USCIS and talked to a very friendly rep. She laughed when I said I was too impatient to wait the few days for the letter to show up.  
 
I'm scheduled for November 9th, in Detroit. I'm very disappointed I won't be voting this year. I could write a paragraph whining about it but I won't.
 
Anyway...a few months ago in another thread, someone said that the old case status website (egov.uscis.gov) updates faster than the new one (my.uscis.gov). I have found this to be true. I had an account on the old site from my CR-1 visa so I added the new case number to it and selected to have it email and text update me. I got the email right away (never got a text). It's been over an over and the new site still shows "we reviewed your biometrics." So there you go...if you check constantly like I do, make sure you've signed up for email alerts on the old site.

I received an email and text message letting me know about the change in my USCIS status., so I went to the website and check.

Just an update. I have my interview scheduled for November 6th. Hopefully it goes well It's been a long wait.

really?? That would be awesome!!

Same here, 2.15 pm Durham NC

Went to my rescheduled biometrics appointment today. There where no more than 8 people in total (ahead and after me). I was in and out in less than an hour.
 
My uscis account updated and changed my estimated completion date from September 2020 (original estimate) to April 2021. 😪 I guess it is the same processing time that was calculated for my original biometrics appointment, but since it wasn't in March, now it is 6 months later. 😩
 
For my Petition to Remove Conditions, submitted on November 2018, I was impacted, as many others, by issues of the NOA1 (GC extension letter) not printed nor sent, which delayed many cases. It took 15 months, which was way more than the average processing times, and a lot of stress to get I-551 stamps twice. Now for the N-400, thanks to COVID and no automatic rescheduling of biometrics, I already have a 6 months delay. 😭
 
Am I cursed?!?!?! 😱 LOL!!!! 😅
 
I don't know if its because it was 5 years ago, but it seems that earlier petitions I submitted during my whole immigration history, such as the K1-Visa (6 months) and the Adjustment of Status (8 months), where handled more efficiently. 🤔
 
I guess all that is left is to be patient, 😑 keep myself distracted living a less stressful life now that I have with me my 10 year GC at hand, 🧘‍♀️ and study for the citizenship test. 🤓
 
Wishing everyone good luck🍀 and patience😌!
 

Same here, just waiting to check what date I have. Good luck!!

I received an email and text message letting me know about the change in my USCIS status., so I went to the website and check.

Not yet

I am curious as to how she answered this question given that one passed away on 9/18/2020. Did they still accept 9 as being the answer?
My honest answer, should I be asked this (and if they have not appointed any new members yet!), would be "9 members should be assigned but the unfortunate passing of 1 has currently brought the count to 8." 

Hello, guys, my USCIS journey is over. Finally! My Oath Ceremony was yesterday (Boston, MA). It was superfast, like 15-20 min. No guest allowed, 15 people at the time.
 
I want to thank to all members of this forum, to everyone who answered to my questions. This Forum helped me a lot with all my immigration issues. I would say, more than some "experienced" attorneys. A few of them even told me that I won't get a green card NEVER. And this Forum helped me find the right key to open the right door.
 
I am sooo happy, I will celebrate all this week Next step is to get the Passport. I hope it's my last tracking number
 
I wish to everyone to finish this journey this year! 2020 is not an easy year, but let's appreciate what we have and be thankful for this!
Be a successful expat, and do not forget to open this forum to help to someone with a good and kind advice. I will try to do the same!
Good luck, guys!