Hello everyone,

I lost my green card a week ago. I was waiting to see if anyone found it and turned it in, but it seems it won't be happening. I have accepted I will have to pay for the fees ($540) and will need to wait 5 months or so for a new one, which means I can't leave the country in the meantime. I have already reported it as lost to the police.

Now my question is, there is a possibility of filing online or by mail. Which one should I pick? Is there any difference between the two? Any one of them a bit faster or more reliable than the other?

Any help appreciated,

Thanks!

13 hours ago, Diorella said:

hi, to those who have their green card already. did you get a 2yr. conditional or a 10 yr. GC? thanks.

2 year conditional green card.

17 hours ago, Ras Ous said:

I'm seeing 2 different updates as follows:

 1. From 

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/displayLogon.do   AS OF AUGUST 14, 2018 Case is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview 2. From  https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/ August 14, 2018 We canceled your interview You do not need to do anything at this time We will notify you if we reschedule your interview, make a decision on your case, or need more information from you.   It took more that 24hrs before the second account was updated. i.e  https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/   Does anyone knows what is really happening?

That is extremely weird. I guess it was either a mistake and they hadn't actually scheduled it or they did and realized something was missing so they had to cancel it? I would definitely call them!

So I just got my green card in the mail!!!! 

I wanted to add that this time I did not get a tracking number and it did not show on my Informed Delivery for some reason... So I guess not everyone gets the tracking number!

22 hours ago, swalker said:

I didn’t even know this thread existed! Our AOS interview is tomorrow afternoon...not sure if I’m nervous or not. We didn’t get EAD or AP yet, I’m guessing we’ll get it all tomorrow! Good luck to everyone.

Welcome and good luck! Let us know how the interview goes!

19 hours ago, KULtoATL said:

FYI, they don't provide the tracking number. The card is sent out via Priority Mail and it will be delivered to your mailbox. No signature is required at delivery either. I just received my card yesterday though Informed Delivery said it would be delivered on Monday. Guess my post office sorted mails quickly and my mail carrier managed to add it to his run yesterday  

I did get a tracking number on the USCIS website for my combo card! 

Hello everyone,

I received my EAD on Tuesday and on Thursday my green card was finally approved! Almost a month after the interview! 

1 hour ago, swsslfn said:

One more thing. Do they stop processing the EAD when you get the interview scheduled? I haven't heard nothing about my EAD expedite.

I don't believe so. I had my interview scheduled for July 11th, and I attended it. Because they were missing some of my paperwork I still haven't gotten an approval for it, almost a month later. However, I just got my EAD and AP approved the day before yesterday.

15 minutes ago, K&S2013 said:

Does anyone know why the Processing Times on the USCIS website for the National Benefits Center keeps changing and going back in time? Yesterday I checked to see what the receipt date for case inquiries was and it said January 26th, today it says January 16th? This is just beyond frustrating, I am seeing people on here getting approved 2-3 months after they applied for their EAD & AP and I am already at 5 months. Anyone know any tricks on how to get this moving or what to do???

 

I appreacite any info and thank you in advance

I'm not sure it made any difference, but I made an inquiry about my case 2 or 3 days before it was approved. Maybe try that?

For some weird reason today (well it was on the 1st) my EAD and AP got approved, even though it said they were printing on the 31st. I am not sure this is the regular order but oh well, at least some change!

It posted it twice

The status of my EAD changed to New Card Is Being Produced!! My travel document isn't approved but I'm assuming I'll get the combo card anyway. So excited!!!!

1 minute ago, JMCKNG said:

Unfortunately, when he called this morning they asked for his interview date and was advised to wait even though he said they were very nice. I think now that he's called they will anticipate him have the interview date when they see him. Did you have the situation of no available appointments through the portal at all?

No, sorry. When I booked my interview there were plenty available dates for 3 weeks...

He should be able to do his medical without the interview booked. When I did it I did have my appointment booked but nobody asked me anything about when or if I had it booked!

I would recommend he just call and try to get an appointment anyway, so he can have the very first slot once it opens!

1 minute ago, AZSunshine78 said:

Is the K1 spouse required to have health insurance?

 

i didn’t read that anywhere on the USCIS website. Yikes!

I don't think we are required, it's just something most people feel the need to have, in case something were to happen!

16 hours ago, momofboys2018 said:

no. I heard Infopass is pretty useless so I went the congressman route.

Have you or anybody here heard anything about contacting congressman after an interview?

I was thinking of getting an info pass in a week or so if I haven't heard anything but maybe I could contact my congressman instead? 

32 minutes ago, Theresa77 said:

Good Morning everyone 😊

So I woke up this morning and received an email saying that my travel document was approved but I didn’t get an update on my i-765. Do you guys think I will get a combo card? I did file both at the same time. Can anyone tell me if they got the same update and received the combo please. Thank you

Nice! I saw people on here that had only their EAD approved but received the combo card, so I am pretty positive that you will get both AP and EAD too!

31 minutes ago, Floflo said:

Then i am in the wrong forum

The only reason I said that was because someone thought people adjusting from K1s were being processed faster, I did not mean you didn't belong in this thread or anything. As you stated, it seems like we are all married to USC, so we are all adjusting through family, and therefore our timelines should be similar. I even said on my previous post that "I am not sure if it matters if you are married to a USC though because you are still family based and under the same section as the rest of us."

19 minutes ago, Ana & Sebas said:

It seems I am in the wrong forum as well, I am on F1 visa

Are you married to a USC though? If not, then yes, you are in the wrong forum.

Also, I looked it up and there is indeed a forum for people adjusting from a tourist visa. here: 

13 hours ago, Floflo said:

Meaning i am in the wrong forum for i am adjusting using C9 adjustment by marriage .

Pls which forum is for C9 so i can leave this one

I am not sure if it matters if you are married to a USC though because you are still family based and under the same section as the rest of us.

13 hours ago, Floflo said:

Meaning i am in the wrong forum for i am adjusting using C9 adjustment by marriage .

Pls which forum is for C9 so i can leave this one

11 hours ago, Tomalley said:

I think there are others like you in this forum too. But I don’t know if there is a forum for AOS from tourist visa.. 

Indeed, I don't think there's a forum for AOS from tourist visa, since that's not actually expected (and that's not actually how you are adjusting, you are adjusting because you married a USC).

So, you ARE in the right forum, we are all adjusting under (c)(9) section - marriage based. Even though you entered on a tourist visa you are now the spouse of a USC, and therefore this AOS of yours is family based, which is in the title of this forum.

9 minutes ago, AriSmith said:

Some people are adjusting for other reasons and yep sure did. Luckily we live in Chicago and have an appointment next week to go down there and see what's the hold up! We haven't even gotten our interview date. We finished our biometrics back in April. *shrugs*

I know some people adjust from other visas, however this forum is for "Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas", so everyone here should be adjusting from a K1 or a K3, if they're not they're in the wrong forum!

People that have heard something so soon have been extremely lucky. Most people haven't heard anything yet. I don't think you're outside of normal processing times yet, but let us know what they say at the field office when you go! I am planning on paying them a visit soon too  

1 minute ago, AriSmith said:

True but the ones that have gotten their green cards are K1 visa filers so that's why I was wondering why we haven't even gotten our approval yet. I hate ALL of this! LOL.

Everyone on this forum should be adjusting from a K1!

Did you check processing times for your field office?

Hello everyone!

I had my AOS interview last week and it seems like I won't be getting my green card any time soon since they seem to have misplaced my medical (they said it was at another office, but Idk what to think).

So since my green card hasn't been approved, will my EAD and my AP still get processed?

I am aware people that get their green card before their combo card end up not getting their combo card because it doesn't make sense anymore. I am wondering if they stop the process when their green cards get approved or once they get an interview date?

Thanks!!

17 hours ago, AriSmith said:

All of the K-1 visa AOS' filers: Did you submit a Supplement A form with your AOS packet? 

 

I totally forgot and I'm wondering if that is why they are holding us up on our approval. We haven't heard anything yet and we filed mid-March. 

I don't think we sent that either. People that have been hearing something are very few. It's still preeetty soon, if you filed mid March! 

So I had my interview yesterday in Lawrence, MA.

For those interested, appointment was at 12:30. We wanted to go in at around 11:30-11:45, but were hungry and decided to go eat before, so we didn't go in until 12:05. They called my husband (USC) at around 12:20 and the IO made him take all the paperwork with him. He says he got asked for his passport, which unfortunately I had so he wasn't able to show, and his driver's license, which he had. He then got asked some questions, the same ones he later asked me. My husband says the IO asked for pictures so that is all he gave him, even though I put together a whole thing with a cover letter and other prove of relationship, such as credit cards, joint accounts, health and car insurance, etc. But he didn't give him any of that... Anyway, after that IO called me in at around 12:30. 

First, he asked me everything on the form: my name, address, my parents names, etc and went through the yes/no questions. Then, he asked me everything he had asked my husband (he had written his answers on a paper and was checking to make sure my answers were the same). The questions were:

- What are your parents' name?

- What are his parents' name?

- What's your date and place of birth?

- What's his date and place of birth?

- How did you meet?

- How and where did he propose?

- What did you do on the 4th of July?

- What did you do on Memorial Day/Weekend?

- Where does he work?

- Where do you work? - I don't because I don't have my EAD yet...

- How many bedrooms do you have in your apartment?

- How many bathrooms?

- How many cars do you have and what kind of cars are they?

He then made me sign the form and said: "SO HERE'S THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I SEE", and I panicked. He said that from everything he was seeing I was approved but my medical was missing and that it was at another office (?????), so he had to wait until they send it in to officially approve me. I had the original and the copy of my vaccines so I gave him that just in case, but he said there were still other things missing and he had to wait for the paperwork to get there. He asked us if we had any other questions, but my husband and I were pretty nervous so we forgot to ask how long he thought that would take. That was it, we were out at around 12:45, so the whole thing was around 40 mins, and the interview itself around 20-25mins. Overall, the whole thing was very quick and painless.

Now, my question: Has anybody heard of anybody being in that situation? I gave my medical to my POE, why would another office have it and how long could it take for them to send it?? I hope they didn't lose it and I don't need to pay for it again honestly.

Good luck to everyone else, hope your interviews turn out better than mine and I will let you know when/if I get approved!