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1 minute ago, BuiQuang said:

good luck.  maybe she get in mail soon before trip

Appreciate it! We're hoping.

On 11/8/2017 at 11:26 PM, NikLR said:

You can do an online service request or an infopass at your local office (or both.)  When calling the USCIS be sure to speak only to a tier 2 or ISO.  The CSR can only see what you see and they are completely unhelpful. 

Thanks. I did an inquiry and it was completely unhelpful — I just received notice that it was being processed.

All InfoPass appointments at my local office have been filled for the next 14 days every time I try

I might give calling the USCIS customer service line another try and asking for a Tier 2 or ISO.

Just now, BuiQuang said:

for people on vj long time, we see people make travel plan with no travel document all the time.  they all think what they done is not unreasonable.  no on on vj long time would agree.  we see all before.  follow the us governement instruction and do not make travel plan without travel document in hand.  

Thanks. I understand your point and that this is nothing new, just really really frustrated towards USCIS. My wife will be heartbroken if we don't hear back in the next couple weeks. I appreciate your time.

2 minutes ago, BuiQuang said:

sorry, but there nothing u can do.  us warns not to make nonrefundable travel plan without travel document in hand.  wanting us government to do something for u after us government warn u not to do it is also completely unreasonable. 

The nonrefundable travel is not really a concern — it's not a big deal for us to lose money on the tickets. We didn't spend anything else.

I feel like I'm not being unreasonable in giving over 6 months advanced notice on travel and trying to allow my wife to see her family. IF they can't approve that, okay. But with having no way to contact USCIS to get a specific answer other than "your case is pending" is just horrible. I understand your point about not planning travel, but I don't feel we're being unreasonable.

Tickets are not refundable, but we haven't spent anything else on the trip yet. We knew there was a chance we'd lose the tickets, but we got a great deal on them so we're not entirely worried about that. Unfortunately, her family is not able to travel to us.

I'm open to any other ideas about how I can contact USCIS about this, but they're so horrible to work with.

Just from everything that I've seen here on VJ and on the USCIS site, it seems completely unheard of for it to take 5 months. That's completely unreasonable

On June 15th, we filed for advanced parole along with the AOS application, planning holiday travel to see her family for the first time in over a year. We're planning on traveling December 24th, and we already had to buy plane tickets or they'd be too expensive.

At the time, all the estimates I was seeing on the USCIS site showed about a 2-3 month processing for advanced parole, which left more than enough time.

It has now been over 5.5 months and we have not received approval. I filed an inquiry a few weeks ago and received a notice in the mail that it was still being processed with no other helpful information whatsoever. I can't set up an InfoPass appointment at my local USCIS office, as they've all been filled for the next 14 days. The USCIS customer service line is completely unhelpful. There's no other way to contact the local field office, and it wouldn't qualify for emergency travel anyways.

What can I do? My wife is going to be devastated if we can't go. Thanks for your advice, everyone!

9 minutes ago, SkruDe said:

You have a valid concern though.  It's not like you filed 3 weeks ago.

 

Call your local office.  They have your application by now.

Dumb question, but how do I contact the local office? Phone number listed online is the national 800 number.

On the field office site, no contact number is listed. I checked for appointments and there's no appointment slots available in the next 14 days (not a single one). So hard to contact anyone!

3 minutes ago, SkruDe said:

You have a valid concern though.  It's not like you filed 3 weeks ago.

 

Call your local office.  They have your application by now.

I appreciate all the advice. I'll give them a call later today!

2 minutes ago, SkruDe said:

Ahh okay.  I was under assumption, by your first post, that all that has happened was NOA1 and nothing since.  Including no biometrics yet at your local office.

 

So if you had Biometrics done, your info is already in the system.  And you said you called your local office to inquire about it?

 

It very well may be a case of just the SLC office moving as slow as a snail as seen from the stats. 

I can't remember the exact date we did biometrics, but it's been a while. When I check the AP case status online, it basically just says it's been accepted (NOA1), but nothing since then. Not worried about the overall AOS timeframe, since I know that's going to take a while.

I called the national customer service line, and they were pretty unhelpful (read from a script, just told me word-for-word what it said on my case status). Would my local field office be able to check the case status of give a better idea of processing times if I call them? Seems like contacting USCIS in any way is generally discouraged.

Ah, thanks. We already did biometrics a couple months ago. Wasn't expecting the AP to take this long. I don't think it would qualify for an expedite, as it's not for family emergency, etc.

Just now, SkruDe said:

Salt Lake City has one of the longest waits in the nation at 344 days from Filing to Interview. 

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/aosstats.php

 

Right. I'm aware the AOS will take a while, but I'm more worried about the AP (travel document)

Is it based on city?
 

It would be processed at the SLC office.

Thanks!

Edit — not seeing anything mentioned on USCIS site for I-131 processing times for the Salt Lake City, UT field office, only AOS. I'm not sure where the AP/EAD goes to?

Hey there, folks.

I have a pending I-131 (travel document) for travel that I've got planned next month for the holidays. I filed the document request along with the EAD and AOS papers, and received a NOA1 on June 15th, 2017. This seems like plenty of advanced notice (6 months).

I still have not recieved any update on my case. I called customer support and they said it went to the National Benefits Center and referred me to their processing times. Their support was completely unhelpful.

The I-131 form is handled by so many different service centers, so I'm not sure what the correct processing time to look at is. The NBC says they're processing up to September, which would have already passed me. The I-131 was sent to the Chicago lockbox along with my AOS and EAD.

Hi,

My wife entered from Canada on a K1 Visa. We're in the process of putting stuff together for the AOS, but I'm not quite sure what to do with the I-693. She had a medical exam in Canada, so I would assume she only needs the vaccine supplementary information. She should be completely up to date on her vaccine.

I've heard that there are local doctors that can transcribe the information into the I-693, but I'm not sure where I get the record of her previous exam. She's really not quite sure what they told her in Canada, but they gave her a CD that I'm not supposed to open (and I'm not sure what's on it). Is it normal to expect the CD given to her at the time of entry would have the medical records to complete this step?

Thanks for your help