Valkyrja

I actually scheduled an infopass with our local office (OKC) and they called to reschedule. While I had her on the phone, she said that my husband's was held up in background checks at NBC and that their processing times were running about a year behind. Not good news. ?

No one at USCIS, even Tier 2, had been able to tell us this much info. Our local office has no contact info, so I just got lucky they called us.

We have our suspicions it was from someone we fired, but no way to prove it. On the off chance it wasn't, I wanted to warn others.

I just received a blocked call from someone saying that they were from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, wanting to ask us questions about our case. They didn't give a name or ID number. I got a funny feeling about the call and hung up. I immediately called USCIS and talked to them and they said they didn't do survey calls.

I'm thinking this was some kind of phishing scam and was wanting to warn others. Everytime USCIS calls, it's from the same number, they say USCIS, not what it stands for, and they give their name and ID number. Not sure what it was about, but it wasn't them, so be careful!

Well, let's see if some members on this forum can help us out. My lawyer says that the field office won't send out interview notice unless the PD is current. As per October 2016 bulletin, my PD is current. I am waiting to find out if what my lawyer said is true.

I'm not sure what the Priority Date means? Our priority date is 2-22-16, which is the same date it was filed. What does that mean?

USCIS received response to my RFE on March 17, 2016 (Updated on their website). I received combo EAD + AP almost 10 days later. Since then, my case status shows RFE response received and it has almost six months i have not received either interview notice or case status update. My local office is Buffalo, NY and it is processing cases till Feb 10, 2016 as of June 30 while i filed on 25th January 2016. I'm getting worried now and i've received no real help or insights till now on this forum regarding this.

Any help would be appreciated.

I don't know. And I don't know how to tell if ours is still at the NBC, or if it's been moved to OKC. OKC hasn't updated their status in months. It's showing they're working on cases from November 2015, and it's been like that since at least April. This is so frustrating!

We filed February 22, 2016. Long story short, after biometrics for AOS and EAD, I sent in a service request for the EAD after 90 day wait. That triggered an RFE which was unexpected. Apparently the attorney didn't send in ANY financial info and we ended up firing them and sending it in, ourselves. We got the RFE notice on May 26 and sent in the paperwork (after fighting with lawyers and requesting our original paperwork from them). They had the financials, just didn't send them in, because they said we were going to get an RFE anyway! The RFE was only asking for financials. I've been checking status and everyone around is has already received their green cards.

USCIS received our RFE documentation on June 8, 2016. After 2 weeks of hearing nothing, I sent in a service request and we received the EAD. It's now been 90 days since they received the RFE documentation and nothing yet. Our former attorney told us the RFE doesn't stop the case, but in the paperwork USCIS sent, it specifically states that work will be resumed on our case, once they get the info.

I sent in another service request on September 1, 2016 and they said we would have a response to that by September 14. I plan on calling September 14, if I haven't heard anything by then.

How long does it normally take for an interview after they accept your RFE. It obviously went through, and provided everything they wanted, or we wouldn't have gotten the EAD, right? We're on a time crunch as my father in law has cancer and we'd like to go visit him. We didn't file for AP because he just found out, and it is bad.

I also sent a letter to one of our congressmen, yesterday, and also filed with the Ombudsmen about a month ago, who said they were working on it and he'd get back to us if anything came up.

Thanks for the help.

I sent in the RFIE and on the USCIS site it says they received the RFIE for the AOS. I was checking the status today and noticed that it said "We will mail you a decision or Notify you if we need something from you." Does this mean we skip the interview?? Are we just waiting for them to make sure we have all the requested documents and then they send the card? Or is this just standard wording for receipt of the RFIE documentation?

Thanks!

Ours paused the EAD. It stated that in the RFIE. Reread it and see if it tells you. After they got all the documents they requested, the EAD was sent in about 2 weeks. Depending on what they need, it could reset the process.

Hi guys,

So I spoke to a tier 2 officer today and she told me that my case is at the national benefit centre, does this mean a potential interview waiver?

I haven't received any letter in regards to that, but by reading some topics here on VJ most of the people with interview waiver their case is being processed at the national benefit centre and they're waiting 13+ month....

Wait...are you saying that if your case is sent to NBC in Missouri, that there is a good chance for an approval without an interview? Ours is there, so I'm just curious where you got that information. It hasn't been transferred to our local office, yet. We've gotten the EAD and are waiting on a decision or interview notification. This sounds very encouraging!

They received our RFIE response on June 8, and we haven't heard anything yet. He did receive his EAD a few weeks later. I'm going to call this week and put in (another!) service request.

Good luck!

Not sure where you're from, but Washington DC probably has a consulate you could go to and renew your passport. Someone I know did this recently. They drove up to DC, filed for a renewed passport and then received it a few weeks later in the mail. If you leave the country after overstaying, you'll be on a ban (depending on your case, it could be 3-10 years or permanent).

You can not count your primary home as an asset for the I-864. It's in the instructions.

Do you meet the 125% poverty line for your household size on income alone?

You mentioned "home" and not "house." Are you trying to qualify based on the home that you are living in?

In our RFIE, it asked for ALL assets, because our attorney didn't send in any. It specifically asked for deeds to the homes and tax assessments. Besides sending in income taxes for 3 years, bank statements, and any annuities/IRAs, etc.

This is all just to prove we are above the poverty income level.

We just had to do this. In our RFIE, it said to either have an appraisal done or use the tax assessment. I sent in the deeds showing zero balance on the homes, and the most recent tax assessments. You can also show the equity by sending the purchase price and then the tax assessment, if your house isn't paid off.

Hope this helps!

Are you positive that you put in the correct receipt number? You have to make sure you put in the number for the item you are checking on. Also, double check that autocorrect (if you're on your phone) didn't change the 3 letters in front of the numbers. Ours is through MSC and it always tries to change it to Mac. If you still can't get it through, just call them. I have had good luck speaking to an actual person.

We filed for my husband about a week ahead of you (Feb. 22,2016). We also received an RFIE on May 27. We turned it in on June 8. In our RFIE letter, it said that the case will be on hold until they receive everything they asked for. We got notification about 2 weeks later that his EAD was being printed, and then got it in the mail about 4 days later. So on the website, it says they received the RFIE info on June 8. We're just waiting for them to schedule an interview now. Sounds like you're on track. Good luck!

We had to send in savings account information, an annuity, and deeds to houses. If you don't own your home outright, then you can use the equity in it as proof. We also had to send in copies of property taxes.

I'm fairly new here and didn't realize you could file a service request at 75 days. Most everything I had been reading was only after 90 days. On day 91 (May 23) I called USCIS. They checked and it was delayed due to an RFIE. My phone call triggered that and they sent me the RFIE by the end of the week. I got it in on June 8, and my husband received his EAD on June 20. It took 113 days. If I hadn't called, it might have taken longer. It doesn't hurt to call. Everytime I've called, progress has been made on the case!

Good luck!

If your assets (house, bank accounts, annuities, etc) exceed the amount (I think it's 3 times the poverty level) then just list all of them. We just went through this and since we started our own business, basically had no income to report. We listed all our assets and were fine.

Definitely call them! I was under the impression that you had to wait til 90 days, so I called on day 91. They did a service request and discovered I needed more information on the I-485 (AOS). They sent out a letter saying that, and a separate letter for the RFE the same day. I sent the information back June 6, and put in a service request yesterday (June 20), since there was still no update on the EAD. Two hours later, the status was updated to Approved.

Everytime we've called, they've been extremely nice and helpful and something has been done immediately on the case. We filed Feb 22.

Oh, and it was because I called on May 23, which was 91 days since we filed the EAD. That made them look into it and discover we needed more information. We got a letter saying that. They sent the RFIE out the same day. We sent it in on June 6, they got it June 8, and I sent in an online inquiry yesterday (June 20) regarding the EAD, and two hours later, it was approved!

On the USCIS case status page, the update says that they will "begin working on your case again". Our " wonderful attorney" (sarcastic) said that an RFE wouldn't put our case on hold!! Anyway, all it did was put it on hold, and not start over from day one. Thank goodness!!

It was an RFIE, because the attorney didn't send in ANY financial information at all. So, I had to refill out the I-864, and send in all our bank information, deeds to houses, annuity information, past 3 years taxes, and another affidavit of support. And fire our attorney! He had all the information when we filed but didn't turn it in.

I had sent in a service request about the EAD, because it was at the 90 day mark. That triggered the RFIE and got things moving again.

Today, I checked the USCIS site, and nothing had been done on the EAD, so I put in another service request (this time online). Within 2 hours, the EAD status had changed to "Approved". I don't know if my request had anything to do with that, or not. But, Everytime I've sent in a request something has happened.

By the way, I sent in our RFE on June 7, and they processed on June 8.

Finally got the EAD approval today!!! We had to send in an RFE for AOS in the beginning of June. I'm just curious what people's timelines have been for the AOS approval after they get the EAD. Or, even schedule for an interview.

Thanks!

Honestly, I have no idea what type of visa. He was here for a visitors visa and we got married. So we filed an I-130, I-765, and an I-485.