piff

57 minutes ago, LJ2016 said:

I forgot to try.  I'll let you know when I do though.  How about you?  Did you get an appointment yet?

yep for 1/16

9 hours ago, BaltimoreFiler said:

Hey Guys 

 

My AOS Marriage based interview is the start of next month in Baltimore

 

My PD is July 3rd

Biometrics 22nd August

Interview February 1st

 

How did people organize actual photos they took, i don't want to take loads in a random order, the way i was thinking is this 

 

Wedding Pictures

Engagement Pictures

Photos with family

Photos with friends 

Photos of me and my spouse

 

In 5 zip lock bags with the date and year wrote on the back of them

 

Or does anyone have a better suggestion

 

Thanks

Well they do not need more than 10 photos, as the officer told me. So I would choose from different events and different clothing. 

Gooooood luck! 

15 hours ago, LJ2016 said:

Awesome!  Thanks for the advice.  I'll do that.

Did it work?

1 minute ago, LJ2016 said:

Baltimore.

Oh, easy! We are in Baltimore too! Check at 1 am, you will see them  

53 minutes ago, LJ2016 said:

I've been trying to make an InfoPass appointment for the past several days.  It continues to say:

 

Currently, there are no available appointments. Please check again tomorrow.

 

Any advice on how to get an appointment?  The USCIS help line is pretty worthless.

Which office? 

1 hour ago, LJ2016 said:

Haha.  Thanks.  Here was what my Receipt Notice and Biometrics Reuse Notice said:

 

Receipt Notice:

Thank you for submitting your application, petition, or request. Our office is currently processing it.
Please verify your personal information listed above. If you need to make any changes, immediately notify the USCIS National Customer Service Center (NCSC) using the phone number below.

Next Steps:
•We will schedule you for an appointment at a USCIS Application Support Center (ASC) for you to provide your fingerprints, photograph and/or signature.
•We will mail you a separate biometrics appointment notice with the specific date, time, and ASC location. Please wait until you receive your appointment notice before going to the ASC.

Be advised that this notice does NOT serve as notification of your biometrics appointment.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this notice or the status of your case, please contact the NCSC toll free at 1-800-375-5283. If you are hearing impaired, please call the NCSC TDD at 1-800-767-1833.
If you have questions about immigration benefits, services, filing information, or forms, please visit our website at www.uscis.gov or call the NCSC.
If your mailing address changes while your case is pending, please update it through your USCIS Online Account or by calling the NCSC.
You will be notified separately about any other application, petition, or request you may have filed with us.
Please note that if a priority date appears on this notice, it does not reflect any earlier retained priority dates.

 

Biometrics Reuse:

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received your form and is currently processing your application, petition, or request. This notice informs you that USCIS is able to reuse your previously captured fingerprints and other biometrics. USCIS will run the same security checks and use your biometric data as in the past, however, it is not necessary for you to appear at a USCIS Application Support Center (ASC) for a biometrics appointment. The biometrics fee will not be refunded.

 

I guess the biggest reason I did not send her green card in was I was going to wait until they scheduled us an appointment.  At that time I would give them the green card and get the stamp.  Until then just wanted to hold on to it and see what came first.  The appointment or the Removal of Conditions.  Haha

Ours is good for 10 years so we will go for an appointment to get a stamp and then we will mail the whole package to them - whatever, but I will be pushing on them to change it out soon!

2 hours ago, LJ2016 said:

I believe it did say that.  However, I figured I'd get a RFE, letter, or something stating that I needed to submit it.  But, to date no correspondence.  I did send them a copy of her green card with the I-90.  But, I wasn't about to send in her Green Card in before I made an InfoPass appointment and get a stamp.  My attorney told me not to worry about it and just wait the 2 years until we have to submit our Removal of Conditions.  So to be safe, at least I can say I did submit the I-90 for the incorrect category.  

 

Whether its right or wrong, at least we have her green card so she can travel and work without people having to ask to see the "green card" instead of the stamp.

 

Did you send in your wife's green card?

I like your reasoning, we're getting the stamp on 1/16 - then we will submit I-90. I wonder if they will ask you for an original one or not. SO ANNOYING ABOUT IT TAKING THAT LONG!!!

Hmmm, on the instructions it says that the original has to be mailed in - you did not have to pay a fee - right?

57 minutes ago, LJ2016 said:

It's been 203 days since I submitted the I-90 with no updates other than Case was Received and a Receipt Notice was Emailed.  I'm just letting it ride for now.  I probably should make an InfoPass appointment here in the next month or so.  I figured I'd wait at least 6 months since its a low priority.  What category did they give your wife?

they gave her E27 instead of FX6 - what a mess!!! Did you get a stamp in the passport as proof of her status?

we got my wife's green card approved but they put a wrong category on the approval notice. does anyone by any chance have any experience fixing/adjusting this issue?

On 6/15/2017 at 5:18 PM, LJ2016 said:

Indeed.  I keep a copy of everything.  I knew when USCIS messed up our EAD/AP, I just knew something else would go awry.  It didn't take long, and now I know what that mistake is.  Never ending process of waiting and waiting and waiting.   LOL

 

Just submitted our I-90.  I'll try to make an InfoPass appointment soon.  Seems, like there are never any appointments available.  I'll let you know how it turns out.

do you have any updates? we got the wrong category too on my wife's green card - please advise on your experience.

I am an LPR with E26 category (NIW) and the wife has adjusted to an LPR status just recently. I have been an LPR for 3 years already. Her approval came in last night for I-485 and it states category E27, but she should have been FX6 (family based). How do we get it corrected? No actual green card has arroved as of now. Please advise. 

We have received a letter last night that we were approved on 12/26. However, they put in a wrong category on the letter, so we will go over to the field office to get it corrected and to get a stamp in the passport in case we have to file I-90 to get it corrected and in that case we will jave to mail an original green card. We also went to the field office on 12/20 to see if there were any updates, it might have helped even though the interview was on 11/28. What a New Years gift! 

1 hour ago, AshMarty said:

Hey Piff,

 

    My husband was able to get his Maryland license with only his NOA1 for his I-485. They just looked him up in the SAFE system and it was a really easy process, no hold ups or questions. He was able to get a temporary license for 10 months while waiting for his EAD to be approved. He did this at the Annapolis office this past September.

 

Not sure if that would be the same for the GC process.

oh, so the initial I-485 receipt is enough - that is good to know. we are going back there tomorrow to re-apply. Thank you!

anyone with any updates at Baltimore?

25 minutes ago, Redheadguy03 said:

Got another piece of mail today. I can read this one on the bottom it says we have approved your application for employment authorization and advanced parole. It's 2 pages. So, still not sure what the first piece of mail is. My wife called and they said not to worry, but of course they aren't always helpful. 

should be 2 separate letters for AP & EAD

39 minutes ago, AshMarty said:

That is what we have been seeing.

 

I am nervous, if we get an interview, making sure we plan our schedules around attending. We have a couple of trips planned out of the country and my husband has begun travelling a lot for work. I work in healthcare (I will get the day off but it causes chaos when I take unplanned time).

 

I get anxious not knowing what is going on. Haha. I am more of a planner and obviously there is no control over the immigration process. Haha.

I know the feeling - should be all good though! I wonder who makes a decision on the interview waiver - Baltimore or NVC?

8 minutes ago, AshMarty said:

Thanks and good luck with your case.

 

Haha... his words are more than anything else I have heard regarding AOS in Baltimore recently so that is better than nothing to me

 

 

well yes - this is what though i"ve figured out. it takes them 2-3 (TOP) month to get your AOS case fully ready & processed. It is just those interviews that are taking so much time & there is a huge line in there...

45 minutes ago, AshMarty said:

The processing times haven't been updated for a couple of months for the Baltimore Office. 

 

Does anyone have any information where they are in the timelines for AOS?

 

We have not had an update to our AOS since the day it was accepted about 5 months ago. I expect to wait a couple of more months but it would be nice to know were they are in processing. Thanks!

well I have heard that even USCIS online case status system is very unreliable now, so I am not surprised. We are going to the office in a few days to see what's going on with our case. When we were in the Baltimore office, officer said that they are in between 7-10 months of submitting AOS, ubt it is only his words...

we had our interview on 11/28 in Baltimore and still no updates either online or in the mail...

3 minutes ago, Andre3001 said:

I have a question. I have a pending i130 from my wife. Also i stayed in the usa before as a tourist and i went home because my i94 was expired. I would like again to visit the united states because my wife is pregnant and i would like to be with her when she delivers the baby. Can i be able to enter the united states? With a b2 visa? Thanks

Should be able to.

17 minutes ago, BaltimoreFiler said:

How far behind is the Baltimore office, I filed for AOS in June 2017, got an RFE at the end of August pushing my case back.

 

So I am basically 3 and half months in, any timeline on when to expect an interview, already have my EAD approved in November.

 

 

so what I've seen is anywhere from 7 to 12 months. RFE usually do not delay the case, when we spoke to IO at Baltimore, he said that appointments get scheduled based on the date the case came in, and when the FBI check is done.

1 minute ago, Stefi said:

Why she can not renew the drivers license?

they are asking for proof of her status... her EAD expires in 2 weeks, new one was accepted on 9/15 and not yet processed. GC decision is still pending.

 we're still waiting, wife can't renew her driver's license, we will see what Baltimore Field Office has to say about her interview.

1 hour ago, EMBELL_17 said:

I got one for 12/18. I was up at like 1am and they had every appt available for 12/18. They get booked up fast.

same here, I woke up at 12:50 and got 12/20 FULL DAY available, so I chose a morning one

2 hours ago, alps34 said:

Yeyy! Get the green card in the mail today but still no online updates. Who cares the updates now?  Good luck to everyone still waiting!

And no approval notice either? Congrats!!!