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I was wondering if anyone in the Boston area with Vermont Service Center got an interview scheduled recently? Our status still says "As of March 11, your case is ready to be scheduled for an interview." 

The waiting is killing me!

On 7/24/2020 at 5:53 PM, MariaR323 said:

Indeed that is normal. My wife's extension expires in a few days but we're going to hold out a bit longer on the stamp route just so we can hold onto the green cards for that exact reason that they take them away.

 

The CA service center processing timeline looks like got reduced a bit from last time I checked... so we're only about 2 month's out before we can submit the out of processing request.

My husband's extension letter also expires in a few days. Do you know if they're giving out another extension letter?

Hello everyone. Wanted to know from folks in New England/East Coast that have case status stuck in "ready to be scheduled for an interview." Our case has been stuck in "ready to be scheduled for an interview" since March 11th - then covid shut everything down literally a day later (what a luck)!

Does anyone know if field offices in New England are still closed? We live in Boston.

8 hours ago, Rick & Apple said:

All interviews that were scheduled for April were cancelled. I am guessing that those would be the first interviews after the field offices re-open. Your interview would probably be at least a month after offices re-open, but if you have not also filed your N-400 for citizenship, then there is a chance that you could get approved without an interview. That seems to be happening some recently, probably to help prevent a huge backlog of interviews.

Interesting. Thanks for letting me know. We decided not to file for citizenship yet as we applied for my stepdaughter's immigration/green card (she lives in Brazil currently). We felt like having 3 cases running at the same time would be incredibly overwhelming. My step daughter's case was just approved last week (we applied in October) and now we're on to NVC to schedule her interview. Pretty sure that interview won't be happening until well into the summer. 

Do you think things might move faster if we apply for citizenship? We were told an ROC approval would still be needed even if we applied for citizenship. 

Hello all. Haven't been here in a while and need to catch up with all the messages. Just came to update that some movement on our case as of March 11th. Case is Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview as per checking online. We haven't received any notifications via the mail though and I'm wondering WHEN would an interview possibly take place in the situation we're in. 

Just now, MariaR323 said:

Yes, that's an original extension letter that can be used for travel 👍

Cool! Thanks! and it's on heavier stock and no where does it say it's a courtesy copy. I am just nervous traveling with a piece of paper and an expired green card. Been reading way too many horror stories of actual citizens being detained for hours as immigration had to check their eligibility at a port of entry. It's just so scary right now.  

On 3/22/2019 at 4:04 PM, Rick & Apple said:

Received 18 month extension letter in the mail today.

Yay!!  We did too!! It's a greenish copy with a faded imaged of the statue of liberty behind the copy. Do you know if that's the official copy we use for traveling? 

On 3/12/2019 at 7:44 PM, Rick & Apple said:

It looks like that whole region is no longer scheduling infopass. I checked Birmingham, Jacksonville, FL. Those show the same as Atlanta.

Below are the options I get when I put in a Little Rock zip code.

Today we received a reply from our e-request that they'd already mailed our receipt, but are going to mail a duplicate. We'll see.......

17 hours ago, Springleaf said:

The information i was given that Atlanta USCIS  no longer schedule infopass for people who haven't received NOA-1 unless they have travel plans or their jobs are in jeopardy.

I believe in your case, since you have a travel plan already, in worst case they will give you infopass appointment like Rick & Apple got.

 

Yeah, but I think we're going to wait until we hear something from having filing the e-request before we schedule an infopass appt. 

18 hours ago, Rick & Apple said:

Yes, it is Texas. 

 

This morning I went online and scheduled an infopass appointment for Memphis. I am hoping that the extension letter will arrive before the appointment on the 26th.
That is the last day my wife has available before her card expires April 1. 

I am going to have her call the 800 number and see if she can find out something.

We submitted an e-request Feb. 27. Of course, it said to wait 21 days.

My husband's work isn't in jeapordy as he owns his own company and we don't have plans to travel outside the country until October. His GC expired on 3/10. Do you think we should schedule an infopass appt? I've heard where some offices have kept the GC - I don't want that to happen. 

1 hour ago, Springleaf said:

Even longer  here. i thought of sending mail to congressman about it but decided against it because i am not sure if it as serious as other people's issue. 

Will file another e request in 2 days and if that doesn't get acted on will email congressman.

Did they give you a reason why your infopass could not be scheduled?

We need to go to a family member's wedding in Brazil in October - I sure hope this gets resolved way before. We would have bought our tickets already, but I don't feel we should until we know we can travel!!

3 hours ago, Rick & Apple said:

Our timelines are the same, except our package went to Phoenix. What service center did yours go to?

 

Our receipt number starts with EAC, so Vermont, right? What is yours - SRC is Texas?

56 days since case was received and no updates! Who else in the same boat? 

On 3/7/2019 at 7:16 PM, Everlast said:

 

Get the NOA1 first, then change the address should sound correct. Wish you well in your journey.

Thanks for your response!

Guys, I have not received my NOA1 and I filed an e-request on Monday. We moved on March 1st and I'm debating changing my address before getting the NOA1 - I'm so afraid it will delay things even more. We own the house we moved out of, and my mother lives there so anything that gets mailed there I will know. Obviously I will submit my new address to the USCIS, but I was hoping to do so after I got the NOA. What do you guys think?

On 2/28/2019 at 3:18 AM, Bluesky1881 said:

Did you get any response from uscis ? When the checks cash out did doi get the biometrics ? Or something ?

I have gotten two status notifications from USCIS saying my case was received and there's nothing I need to do at this time. However, I am filing a non-delivery notice today as I should have already received the NOA in the mail and I haven't. The cash was checked out of our bank account about two weeks after we submitted everything. 

On 3/2/2019 at 10:26 PM, Rick & Apple said:

As long as it is received in the 90 day window, you are fine.

Hi - in the same boat as you - still not receipt. What link did you use to make your request? 

47 minutes ago, Rick & Apple said:

My wife got a text about 30 minutes ago. Yes, it went to Dallas. Receipt # SRC19901XXXXX.
Our bank account is showing a pending debit for $680 also.

YESSSSS!!!! WE DID TOOOOO!!!! OHOOOOO!!!! 

16 hours ago, Rick & Apple said:

We sent ours on January 18 and it was delivered on the 22nd according to USPS. I think we will hear something by Tuesday, at least cashed checks.

Keep me posted! Did yours go to Dallas? GC expires on March 10. 

On 1/24/2019 at 10:45 AM, sun012 said:

Hello Jan 2019 filers, is there anyone who filed to the lockbox through USPS on Jan 17.

I sent mine with certified and it was available pick up and now USPS says Delivery Attempt: Action Need by Feb 2.

Does anyone having a same issue? 

Also sent our on January 17 and it was delivered on Saturday according to USPS. Still nothing from USCIS and I'm starting to worry. Checks haven't been cached either. Most people seem to have had these things happen within 3-5 days. Maybe I haven't received anything because they were closed on MLK Day??

8 hours ago, ilovepho said:

Did you guys having a problem with getting IRS transcript. The page is shut down ...

We got ours in early December. It came in the mail pretty quickly. But yeah, rn it's saying down for maintenance. 

8 hours ago, ilovepho said:

2 hole punchers and a fastener for me 

Thanks!

1 hour ago, valefercrs said:

Hi,

 

Yes, private info is on top too. 

I'm including copy of marriage certificate just in case, i don't know if it is necessary or not. 

I don't have all the plane tickets so I'm printing expedia itineraries and passport stamps. I may be sending too many documents... 

Cool. Thanks! how do you already have 2018 tax transcripts? We are sending 2016 and 2017. 

5 hours ago, valefercrs said:

Hi guys!

 

I'm joining this group as we are sending my documents the third week of Jan. I've been working on the cover sheet and these are the documents that will support our case. Any thoughts? We don't have a joint bank account. I attached the document.

 

I attached my cover letter.

 

Thanks and best wished to you all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cover sheet draft.doc

 

Ours is pretty similar to this. We have our information at the very top too (names, alien number, DOB, SSN).

Didn't think marriage certificate was needed. Isn't that already established from when you applied for AOS?

For travel itinerary, are you just using copies or do you have plane tickets? I wonder if it's worth printing our itineraries from Expedia or if it doesn't matter because it's not an official document, like a plane ticket. 

How did everyone organize their paperwork? Did you use a binder, did you hole punch, did you use tabs? We used manila folders with fasteners for the AOS and we whole punched the papers on the top. We had no issues with that.  

5 hours ago, RanKan said:

We are also filing later this month. Are you preparing your own documents or did you hire an attorney? 

Thanks...

No attorney for us. We hired an attorney when we filed for the fiance visa and we still got an RFE. We did the AOS on our own (no RFE) and we're doing the ROC on our own as well.