TearsOfBabylon

9 hours ago, MariaUSA90 said:

danke  das klingt ja super! dann warte ich erstmal ganz gespannt bis ich etwas höre..

ich hab ja noch etwas Zeit.. unsere Hochzeit ist am 13.07. aber ich wäre gerne schon vorher in den Staaten um die restlichen Details zu klären (Florist, Bakery, etc.) 

 

ich hab grad deine timeline gesehen.. dein EAD hast du noch nicht oder?

Ich hoffe, man muss nicht so lange warten bis man arbeiten darf.. 

Na dann drueck ich mal die Daumen dass du rechtzeitig einreisen kannst! 
Leider kann man keine Timeline so wirklich miteinander vergleichen. Wenn ich seh, wie die Processing Time fuer K1 hochging, kurz nachdem wir gefiled haben... verrückt!

Ne, ich hab noch nichts gehoert, bin jetzt auch jenseits der 100 Tage und warte weiter. Anscheinend haben die einen Riesen Backlog aufgebaut. LEIDER.

33 minutes ago, od17 said:

It looks like now there's a backlog on EADs ...  Us March whiners just can't speed through any of this lol 

Yeah... nothing happening.
I see it on VJ estimate. Not that it would be reliable anyways, but it moved from the first 2 weeks of march to end of April/first week may.

On 3/24/2018 at 4:14 PM, MariaUSA90 said:

juhu zusammen... wir haben vor einer woche endlich unser noa2 bekommen..  nach fast 7 monaten.. 

 

weiß eventuell jemand wie lange man auf einen termin in der botschaft warten muss? ich würde gerne ende Mai ausreisen.. meint ihr das wäre realistisch? <3 

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch!

Bei mir war NOA2 Ende Juni und mein Interview war dann am 8. August! Das war letztes Jahr!
Ich wuerde allerdings ein bisschen mehr einplanen, da es mittlerweile anscheinend bis zu 6 Wochen dauert bis du vom NVC eine Casenummer bekommst.

Also Ende Mai KANN klappen, aber anfangen zu hoffen wuerd ich erst wenn die Casenummer beim NVC erstellt ist. Frankfurter Cases sind elektronisch, also geht das ab NVC dann schnell!

USCIS ist ab jetzt schon raus. Dein Case ist jetzt in den Haenden des NVC und des Konsulats!

Viel Glueck!

Just now, spike198 said:

By the speed at which they work on cases, it's probably when it was left on the microwave in the break room after the last office pot luck

Hahahaaaaa.... then: I'm so glad they notified me about this 

And I got like 6 identical emails lol 
Weird: I wasn't even like "OHHH USCIS!!! WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT!!!" It was more like an ahaaaaaaaaa. 

:D 

10 minutes ago, spike198 said:

That's us too. I think the last action was biometrics

My case tracker app says 101 days for AOS and 97 for EAD and AP. 
The bio date was on January 12th, so that doesn't match with the date in the email either. And that date shows nowhere. 
So, whatever they did on January 27th lol... will probably never know!

I've received the same messages last night by email.

I'm on day 101, have not sent any kind of inquiry.
The mails say last action on January 27th, but all trackers (apps and websites) still say December 18th.

1 hour ago, Becci391 said:

Die Karte war heute schon da.

Na endlich! Was fuer ne schwere Geburt! 
Ich freu mich fuer dich! 

1 hour ago, Missabc said:

Its good to see you too! It feels like it was so long ago we were in the k1 forum! Life is good, I adjusted pretty well and didn't suffer from any home sickness thankfully. I brought my dog with me so she has been my little slice of home ❤ How have you been? 

I can't complain either. It's a bit odd to have my very active life slowing down from 100 to zero. But I'm glad I'm not homesick!
Yeah, true, it feels like forever! Last year we just started this whole craziness a while ago, and now we're waiting again haha

1 hour ago, Missabc said:

I completely agree, I came on a K1 back in November. Currently waiting on AOS and I can honestly say I've been the most chilled out in a long time. I'm just happy to be here with my husband, I check the mail once a week and never check the case tracker, it's like I'm a whole new woman 

Same here, haha! Since I've reached the day 100 mark I check my tracker every day, but that's it! What will come, will come. We all been through longer waits... oh hold on, no! My NOA2 came after 93 days 

Good to see you again! How is life for you? Adjusting well?

Just now, DebbieWRaney said:

I guess so! K1 filer as well here!

I don't even know what day I'm on. Haha

 

I feel ya! haha

Just noticed an hour ago that I landed here exactly 6 months ago! September 22nd!
6 months with my life from 100 to zero! Crazy, how time flies!

4 hours ago, helnazedain said:

It seems like a lot of January filers have been getting impatient with their EADs, and I noticed it's mostly those adjusting from B2. Is this visa generally quick to obtain?

 

As someone adjusting from a K1 visa, I am not expecting my EAD at around day 70 something (getting an interview sched was more of a miracle) and I see fellow K1 visa holders aren't getting impatient as well. I think it's because they know how looong this process can take. And the AOS process is supposed to be longer! At least now we're with our spouses, so the wait isn't as stressful as when we we applied for the K1.

 

Just hang in there, fellow January filers, and don't keep checking your case as it'll just stress you out. Many 2017 filers are still waiting. Enjoy all your free time with your partner, start a new hobby, try something new, learn new things! Once you get your EAD, you'll wish you didn't spend this waiting time stressing out so much.

I'm on day 99, coming from a K1 as well. Not impatient yet!

I guess we're more used to waiting

When I was around day 70 I didn't even bother checking the status of my applications. 

2 hours ago, kvito28 said:

I honestly think that those update are just a bunch of BS. I have seen people get approved in 1 month and some in 1 year. It seems to be a hit or miss. 

 

I am just wondering if I should apply for I-131 or not. I should have done it with EAD. I want to travel in October and looking at current processing times reported by VJ users I think it is unlikely that I will have my GC by then...

If I was you I would submit the AP application. You never know how long it will take to get the actual GC.
Can't hurt having it. Even if you might end up not needing it.

6 hours ago, Jesus & Michelle said:

Driver's License 

 

Did anyone have any issues with their driver's license? Was at the DPS just now to register for the application of a driver's license since I got a car recently. The driver's license from my country is only valid up till 90 days after entry.

Anyway, the staff pointed out that my I-94 is only valid till 04/22, which is next month. I told her that my I-148 & I-765 are pending still. She said something like I would have to come back and renew it again once immigration update my status. I didn't have a chance to ask more as I was ushered to the next station. 

 

The question here is will my license be valid up till 04/22? There is nothing else to do whilst waiting for the reply from USCIS right?

Great! My appointment is on the 28th. Received the letter a few days ago.

I can only speak for VA.
I, being a military spouse can drive with my German license, because they have an agreement.

I wanted to go get me a DL anyways, but got rejected, because my I-94 only had 23 days left, they needed 30.

So, that matches with what I heard from people from other states.

The DMV needs something with an expiration date. So they would give a DL out, only valid as long as the I-94. Pointless, because likely the EAD won't be there to be a legit basis to renew the DL.

Resume: You will have to wait and go back with your EAD/AP card. 

2 hours ago, Marzena & Stephen said:

I decided to call. Nothing was happening with my case apparently as per the uscis lady on the phone. So she put in a service request to the office in my jurisdiction and only because i was over the 90 days. She said it will take up to 15 days for them to respond. Hopefully that helps if not I wait anyways. 

Cross my fingers 

Good luck, keep me updated!

5 minutes ago, Marzena & Stephen said:

I think I'll wait a couple weeks aswell. 

My uscis account also said the same as things as the tracker pretty much. 

Yeah I think we are in a stadium now where it can't be soooooo much longer, if everything goes right.
Patience, patience. Until now my patience with USCIS has paid out. Let's hope this time as well!

22 minutes ago, Marzena & Stephen said:

Have you called uscis at all? I'm wondering if it would be worth a shot. 

No I haven't!

Signed up for myuscis account today, but it says the same as my trackers. And the timeline here on VJ is at end of March/second week of April for both. 
And since I saw plenty approvals after 105-110 days I'll give it two more weeks before I start inquiring.

Will you?

8 minutes ago, Marzena & Stephen said:

My i765 case tracker said it updated twice   I had my biometrics Jan 12 and the case tracker updated feb 13 and March 15 and the status didn't change I'm at 95 days now. 

Day 96 here. Nothing either!

24 minutes ago, Julia80 said:

Oooooooooh! Thank you for that, I certainly hope that’s what’s happening! Sorry you’ve been waiting so long! I hope yours comes through soon 🤞

No guarantee, but something is going on!

Mine's stuck on "received" and "fingerprint received".

Let us know what came out!

9 minutes ago, Julia80 said:

It’s pretty straight forward, you can either check like you would online or add your case numbers and it sends notifications when there’s a change... however as you can see from my first post, the changes aren’t necessarily changes!!!

I've read from someone the other day - don't remember who and where - they had the same "issue" which turned out to be an approval in the mail.
Brace yourself - something nice might be coming!
Good luck from someone surprisingly patient on day 94 since bio!

54 minutes ago, cherryblossoms916 said:

 

I didn’t apply for ssn yet. But upon ead application approval they will send ssn right? 

If you have applied for it along with the EAD (Section 9.a on the form I-765) then yes.
If you haven't you can go to the SSA once you have your EAD!

27 minutes ago, Gravlax said:

Thank you!! And, yess, it looks like they're very patient, I will start to work after card is delivered.

Awesome! Good luck for the job!

 

4 minutes ago, yomi0518 said:

hello guys today after 91 days I got in the mail my ead approval on the mail , I  submited a case inquiry after 75 days after I applied for i765 and now they approved my application I called uscis and they gave me tracking number my card is on the way 

 

pd 12/15/2017 nsc 

 

sorry my English is not perfect just wanted to let you guys know that after 75days you can submit a case inquiry if you are  category  c9

good luck guys

Congratulations!


Seems like there's movement in the December cases, yay!

I'm on day 93 since last action on the EAD/AP,  so I hope in a week or two I'll get something, too!

17 minutes ago, Wayoo said:

Thanks all, but it's late cuz she just confirmed that Irs approved the filing already so I guess that's one less marriage evidence for us...

 

Still all thanks to NBC's slowness .. 

No worries, if you file joint next year, you will still have something in hands.
Technically we all don't exist for taxes yet anyways.

2 hours ago, Gravlax said:

I got approved!!! Finally!!! Today, i talked to tier 2 officer again, and she told me that my ead is in production. I am so relieved. She said call us back on tuesday or wednesday, and we can give tracking number. 

By the way, both online case status page and myaccount.uscis page still shows received. But, this morning app showed me an alert that there is change in my case. It showed no change, but I got approved,yeeyy:)

Congratulations! Finally!
I hope your job is waiting for you (yeah I followed this thread quite silent)!

23 minutes ago, Wayoo said:

Let me also point out that can an employed spouse (basically cuz of no ead) jointly file for tax with the other employed spouse... I guess this goes to the K1 AOS filers like @tearsofBabylon with SSN but no ead.. @tearsofbabylon could you please indicate if you filed for tax jointly with your spouse regardless of the fact that you haven't worked since you've been here due to no ead yet? 

Agreed with the others up there. 
You can add a dependent, even if this dependent doesn't work.
We didn't file jointly though. 

13 minutes ago, Rmsean said:

READ THIS POST.

 

https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-get-a-social-security-number-for-non-us-citizens-2064264

 

https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ss-5.pdf

But... just to mention.
If Wayoo's I-94 is expired he/she has to wait until the EAD is here. SSA only gives out a SSN basing on the K1 visa as long as the admission is not expired. 

I got my SSN the week after I arrived here.