huko

14 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

When should I expect the extension letter in the mail? And when do they usually cash the check or charge the credit card?

Packet was sent out on the 22nd.

My packet was delivered on 7/11, cash checked 7/16, and extension letter received 7/19. So it generally doesn't take long.

2 hours ago, Lala D said:

I know, no answers yet as of today, I am beginning to worry , I submitted my form with Divorce waiver too. Hopefully we hear something soon🤞 let me know  if you hear from them, I will let you know as well!

1 hour ago, allyrose said:

We are still waiting too. It's been 6 days since it was received and we have no notifications. I just want to know they got it.

Have you guys tried calling USCIS? I called them 5 days after my petition package was delivered and they were able to give me a receipt number for tracking purposes before the receipt letter was physically mailed to me.

4 minutes ago, Sarasota said:

I have no idea how they operate ha, mine went from Florida to Dallas now to Potomac... 

 

If you play around on this website it looks like Potomac is the fastest for I-751, not that I think it's very accurate.

 

Potomac shows 12.5 - 14 months

 

Nebraska is showing 14.5 - 24.5 months!

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

well that's surprising considering its in the DC area and things here are incredibly inefficient because its all government lol

3 minutes ago, ronniebreda said:

I have thought about this too because we live in the same city as the NBC, haha. We drive by it all the time. 

Also, if they scan all the documents, there must be a machine that does it for you. I can't imagine a person having to feed 100 pages through and scan it all, but you never know!!

 i know right? hahaha thats a stable gov job though, probably with great benefits too. my coworkers and i were just joking about becoming bus drivers in DC cuz apparently they could get paid over $100k

10 minutes ago, Sarasota said:

Did you have to mail it across the country, only for it to return back 10 minutes from where you live haha

 

I already wondered in cases that are transferred, whether it is physically mailed forward, or if they somehow scan everything into a database? Can't imagine it would be fun to scan 100+ pages?

Mailed it with FedEx to Lewisville TX. Not exactly across the whole country but about half way - what a huge carbon footprint hahaha I'd hope it was digitally scanned for the transfer.

8 minutes ago, shayden10 said:

Yay Potomac filers!!

bwahahaha Potomac is actually a really pretty town. I can just imagine myself driving around in Potomac on a Sunday afternoon daydreaming about living in one of those $5m+ ginormous mansions in another life lol

2 minutes ago, lotusrose1987 said:

I know legally you are suppose to carry the green card, but my husband never did. He just carries his driver's license and leaves the green card at home. He was too scared of losing it, and I am sure not letting him carry a letter around since he has misplaced stuff before. He would only carry them if he really absolutely needed them like for starting a new job or international travel. 

 

Outside of that, are people who got the NOA not able to even see their case online? I just get that the receipt number is not recognized. I am guessing it will be months before we here about bio-metrics since our case is with with the Texas Service Center. 

Haha yeah i lose things all the time. I think I'm just gonna carry a copy of both the card/letter and just keep the original documents at home.

Regarding NOA online status, yes I'm able to see mine online. I added my U-751 case to the same USCIS account that I created for tracking my AOS receipts. This is the page I go for checking status: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

On 7/21/2019 at 9:31 PM, shayden10 said:

My case is being processed at the Potomac Service Center. I sent my case June 30th, received by USCIS on July 1, I got my NOA on July 11 which was dated July 5. No word yet on Biometrics or anything else yet. I will certainly keep everyone posted, especially for those being processed through Potomac around the same time as me!!

22 hours ago, Sarasota said:

My case number starts with YSC, which looks like it's ' Potomac Service Center'. Wondering if anyone has any info on this?

8 hours ago, Ophelia27 said:

Based on my receipt number it looks like my case is at Potomac Service Center (YSC). Who else's is at that center and have you heard about Biometrics yet? Do we have a timeline for that center?

putting us all in the same post since our cases are all at YSC

21 hours ago, Sarasota said:

I'm about 16 days after you, same processing center 

8 hours ago, Ophelia27 said:

Based on my receipt number it looks like my case is at Potomac Service Center (YSC). Who else's is at that center and have you heard about Biometrics yet? Do we have a timeline for that center?

My case is also in Potomac YSC. Party time lol (and it's interesting that I live literally just 10min drive from Potomac haha. Potomac is very pretty)

My package was delivered on 7/11, called USCIS and got a receipt number on 7/16, cash checked on 7/17, 18-month extension letter received on 7/19. Haven't heard from USCIS about biometrics appointment or anything else yet. Will keep you guys updated.

Unrelated to this at all, but do you guys carry your green card with you everywhere? I've been told that I have to but now that it's expired, I'm not sure if I want to also carry that extension letter with me everywhere I go cuz I tend to lose things all the time lol

On 7/16/2019 at 2:07 PM, huko said:

Hi all  I don’t recognize anybody here cuz my crowd is probably all in the April 2019 thread lol (I kind of procrastinated for way too long - could’ve done it back in April since my green card is expiring on 7/25)

 

FedEx delivered my ROC package to Lewisville, TX on 7/11 and it was signed by “brobinson”. I didn’t opt for e-notification, haven’t received any notice, and my check hasn’t been cashed yet. I know it’s only been 3 business days but I’m just kinda worried since my card is expiring on 7/25.

 

Is it pointless to call USCIS now for updates since they have neither cashed my check nor sent out any notice yet?

I just received my 18-month extension letter.

Here's the timeline for me:

7/11 petition package delivered to Lewisville, TX

7/16 called USCIS and got a receipt number for online tracking

7/17 check cashed

7/19 received extension letter

1 hour ago, ihaveadream said:

I filed really last minute and now my residency already expired.  File was received by 'Robinson' at Lewisville Texas.  No update at all.  Called and they see nothing on my file.  Package was received on July 5.  They asked me to call after 15 calendar days of receipt date.

That’s interesting. I also shipped everything to Lewisville, TX. My package arrived on 7/11 and was received by the same person. When did you call them? Cuz when I called on 7/16 they had a receipt number for me already. My checks were cashed on 7/17.

1 hour ago, huko said:

Hi all  I don’t recognize anybody here cuz my crowd is probably all in the April 2019 thread lol (I kind of procrastinated for way too long - could’ve done it back in April since my green card is expiring on 7/25)

 

FedEx delivered my ROC package to Lewisville, TX on 7/11 and it was signed by “brobinson”. I didn’t opt for e-notification, haven’t received any notice, and my check hasn’t been cashed yet. I know it’s only been 3 business days but I’m just kinda worried since my card is expiring on 7/25.

 

Is it pointless to call USCIS now for updates since they have neither cashed my check nor sent out any notice yet?

1 hour ago, Ophelia27 said:

Mine was received in TX on July 11th and my check wasn't cashed till today nor did I receive a notice in the mail or text/email. I called them yesterday and they were actually able to confirm that everything was received and is being processed. I asked for my receipt number and was provided with one and was told that my receipt notice was issued yesterday 7/15 and should be getting it in the mail in the next 15 days. I would say go for it. 

For quick access to a representative and not having to struggle figuring out the menu, I found this on google and I was able to get through after I was on hold for 35 minutes.

1. Call 1-800-375-5283;
2. Press 1 to continue in English;
3. Press 1 for case status;
4. Press 2 if you can't locate your receipt number;
5. Press 2 to connect to a USCIS representative.

Thank you so much for the tip, Ophelia27  I was so worried cuz I sent out my package only two weeks before my card’s expiration date 😛

I just called USCIS. They hung up three times but eventually put me on the waitlist and I was able to reach a Hayden after 35 minutes. They gave me a receipt number and told me that my receipt notice had been sent to their printer and should be printed out within 2 days and mailed soon after. The guy on the phone says that the receipt notice that I’m expecting should generally automatically come with the 18-month extension letter. My check still hasn’t been cashed yet but he says it will likely be in the next couple of days.

I checked the status of my receipt number on USCIS website and it says “Case Was Received”.

Hi all  I don’t recognize anybody here cuz my crowd is probably all in the April 2019 thread lol (I kind of procrastinated for way too long - could’ve done it back in April since my green card is expiring on 7/25)

FedEx delivered my ROC package to Lewisville, TX on 7/11 and it was signed by “brobinson”. I didn’t opt for e-notification, haven’t received any notice, and my check hasn’t been cashed yet. I know it’s only been 3 business days but I’m just kinda worried since my card is expiring on 7/25.

Is it pointless to call USCIS now for updates since they have neither cashed my check nor sent out any notice yet?

30 minutes ago, gkcoachadam said:

Huko

 

Thanks for the update, hopefully I can get lucky, and get it sooner.

 

Have you had your interview and all set now 

no problem   i feel like i just got lucky cuz i had the entire process done within 8 months lol 

i believe you can go to people's profiles and click the "timeline" link at the left side to see their timelines

best of luck!

9 minutes ago, gkcoachadam said:

I don't mind the wait for the GC,, my EAD file date is July 26th, so you think 3 months from then or 3 months from my fingerprints 2 weeks ago.

 

 

it should be 3 months from filing date. i filed back in december 2016 and got mine roughly 90 days after. 

guess what i just found in the mail  my green card! hooray this is only less than a week from when my status changed to "card was mailed to me". impressive for baltimore lol

i'm a december 2016 filer and somehow my application got processed totally within the normal timeframe and no drama so that's really a lot of luck! ive only had to contact congressman for my EAD and they were as helpful as finding me the USPS tracking number for it.

now time to get a new social security and renew my drivers license. well hello MVA

i will definitely still stick around in the forum and contribute as much as i can because i've learned so much from everybody here throughout my process!! best of luck to you guys  

24 minutes ago, jostingong said:

Reading your case makes me feel desperate, sorry for such a long time waiting..but I have a feeling that I may need to wait just as long. Yes, my case is terrible. It was all smooth from the day it was filed.....until it was officially approved the second day after interview, then it was officially reopened the second day after approval. Then it is like a dead horse now.... lol, I have no idea...I did all I could since then, phone them, meet in Baltimore....no update, can't get anything from them. I feel like it becomes a mystery. My husband said it would be useless to contact congressman. 

thats terrible!

but you are already at this point so might as well just contact congressman and senator. also, when you phone USCIS, did you talk to a tier #2 support?

9 minutes ago, jostingong said:

Thank you for starting this thread, congratulations for GC. 

no problem! i haven't got the GC yet but status is "it was mailed to you" so i guess i will see it soon.

i was gonna say i finally finished this long journey but then i read thru your horror story and wow i can't imagine what this has been like for you  i wish i could do more to help out!

1 hour ago, piff said:

any other updates in Baltimore?  

got a receipt notice saying my case was approved and online status is now "card was mailed to me". i suppose i should be getting it within the next 3 weeks.

have you heard anything on your case?

On 7/28/2017 at 3:15 PM, Chejemmie said:

Yep, nothing to this day. Reached out to senator who put in a request last week Wednesday...still nothing🙁 Seems every step my case takes take forever to complete. I started this process since December 2014. I'm beyond frustrated. Is there anyone else who has been waiting this long?

from december 2014 all the way till now? that's almost 3 years! this is ridiculous! i thought i read somewhere that says if your case goes unresolved for more than 2 years you could take uscis to court or something? maybe i'm wrong but you perhaps could look into the court option?

did you talk to senator or congressman? i reached out to congressman for my EAD.

On 7/27/2017 at 0:01 AM, Eternati said:

Congrats guys! I was reading your review and thinking "oh gosh, seems like we were on the same interview". And the officer sticked to this G325A form with boring questions, not really being in the mood to joke with us, or ask us more about our relationship and less about the previous addresses, and the same generic response at the end. Oh well, I guess it's Baltimore 😁 Although we had a male officer of an Arabic-ish decent, not a lady. Well, Huko, I'm really happy that the officer bothered to accept your carefully picked and nicely arranged photos!

So yeah, I got the card issued 3 weeks after the interview, let's see how long will it take for you! 

Also, mind if I ask, did the officer by any chance make you feel like you're "non-traditional" couple or something? Besides the fact that he was asking about your families' reaction. I just have a gay couple of friends, who had also applied for AOS for one of them, and they feel not that great about the idea, that the officer might be "narrow-minded", and will make them feel uncomfortable on the interview. And it seems to me that it's almost impossible, what do you think?

haha thanks!!! that's awesome you've already got your card  

my officer is a black lady 35yo-ish. she wasn't really in a mood to joke or anything, like you said. but i kinda thought maybe this was more just an east coast thing? i've lived in the west for many years (vancouver, seattle, salt lake city) and people there would tell you all about their lives if you gave them 10 minutes  

also i think that our officers might just be new and inexperienced at their job so they strictly follow all the procedures and don't have the authority to give out verbal approval right away at interview, which isn't necessarily a bad thing at all if the applicant's marriage is legit and have nothing to hide. 

honestly i'm very happy to see that officers double check all their documents to get a clear picture of what they are dealing with and who they are admitting into the country as permanent residents, cuz this is a serious matter lol. i mean... i choose to go with immigration the legal route because i follow the rules and want to live in a country where other people hopefully share the same values  

oh we didn't feel weird at all at the interview and i doubt my officer was "narrow-minded" because of our sexual orientation. when you think about it, i'm asian and asian parents are stereotypically more conservative especially with same sex marriage stuff; my husband comes from a smaller city out west so people there are generally a little less liberal as well; therefore it's totally legitimate for the officer to wonder whether our parents feel good about our marriage and everything. i also had no problem with her asking about how we met and what we did cuz we got of kind of relive all those cute moments as we explained everything haha

when i was at the waiting area before interview, i saw at least 3 other gay couples. interviewing gays is probably not their first time and won't be their last either.

tell your friends to bring all their documents and they are gonna be just fine!!!! they can send me a private message of something if they have more questions lol <3 

On 7/25/2017 at 5:57 PM, Chejemmie said:

Great! Good luck! Had my interview on 6/14 and still waiting for results. Case still says 'scheduled for interview'

wait what! you are still waiting for results?

i did my interview 7/25 and then 24 hrs later my case status got updated to "new card is being produced".

just got back from our interview (december 2016 filer). the interview was scheduled for 10:45am. we weren't sure how early we needed to be there so we arrived at 9am only to realize we couldn't check in until 30min before our scheduled time lol... luckily there weren't a lot of people and we got called in by a 35yo-ish female officer at 10:48am to the actual interview. 

there wasn't any major surprise at the interview, although it took a lot longer than we initially expected. it lasted a whole 40min lol that was so different from what i've read on the forum. but then i feel like maybe it wouldn't take as long for other applicants because my husband and i are just extra talkative and love going into all the details...

officer at first asked us for our IDs & passports, and if we had any documents that we wanted to give her. so we gave her our latest 2 joint bank statements, lease agreement, 2 phone bills, 2 utility bills, 3 pay stubs, 2 health insurance claims, 2016 taxes that we jointly filed, 1 original copy of our marriage certificate, and 20 pictures of us together that i took from a few trips across the country that we went on during the past year. i have no idea if we really needed to give her any of these so maybe you guys don't need to prepare them all. 

officer was really strict to the forms. she had our entire package on her desk and a red marker on her hand. we got asked a whole bunch of questions (at least 20 no kidding) and they were mostly just information that we had filled out in our application package. for each answer, she checks it off on the application papers if our answer matches what we originally put in the forms.

here are the questions i can think of that she asked:

(1) each other's full name and date of birth; parent's full names;

(2) had both of us list out all addresses we lived in during the last 5 years as well as our employment situation (i listed out mine and my husband listed out his);

(3) when was the last time i (beneficient) entered into the country, on what visa, and what port of entry i came in from;

(4) how did we meet; who started the conversation (since we met on tinder lol) and what did we say to each other first; how long did it take from starting conversation to actually meeting up; how often did we meet up; when did we move in together; what do we see in each other that we value the most;

(5) whether we had met each other's family and how they think of our relationship (perhaps it has something to do with us being gay lol); do we hang out with each other's friends from work school etc;

(6) when did we get engaged and how long did it take from engagement to wedding; any witnesses at wedding.

i'm sure the officer asked more but these are the major ones i can think of now. she was really polite and professional. my husband and i love making jokes and being funny but i don't think the officer was really in a mood to joke tho (i mean she has another 7 application packages piled next to ours so it's understandable).

It was all good and i thought the interview went well. towards the end, she explained to us that she would keep our case for review and we could check case status online. if there's update we would get letter in the mail and it should be within the next few months if not sooner.

we were also handed a letter titled "notice of interview results" and it says the following: your case is being held for review. at this time, USCIS does not require any further information or documents from you. should further information or documents be required, you will receive notice in the mail. we may also schedule you for another interview, you will receive a notice in the mail. otherwise, a final decision will be mailed once your case is complete.

i haven't really read up on other people's interview results in the forum so i'm not sure if "being held for review" is a common thing. this letter sounds kind of just like a generic bureaucratic letter that you'd receive from gov but at the same time it kind of worries me cuz i know some applicants get approval on the spot. 

anyway our interview is done and as of right now (4 hours after interview) case status is still "Interview Is Scheduled". I guess i'm going back to checking case status online everyday again... hopefully we won't have to wait too long before we hear something good from them  

56 minutes ago, AshMarty said:

I'm joining this thread, this information is really useful. My husband and I live in Baltimore and just filed his AOS status 7/10/2017, he is here on a K1 visa.

haha welcome to the club!!!!

hopefully your husband gets his work permit and travel document asap

3 hours ago, Eternati said:

So i finally got my green card in a mail box, and here is my brief timeline

filed - October 7th 2016

EAD/AP - January 3rd 2017

Interview - June 22nd 2017

Approval notice - July 11th 2017

Green card in a mailbox - July 19th 2017.

 

9.5 months total. Filed from B1/B2.

 

omg congrats!! you are FINALLY done with this part of the visa journey haha  

9.5mo is like so much better than what the processing timetable on uscis site says (a little over a year). lucky you!

i've got everything i can think of ready for our interview next tuesday but i'm still feeling kinda anxious lol i sort of wish the immigration officer could take a good look at our pictures cuz i'm a photographer and yesterday i spent like 5 hours going thru years of travel photos in my archive lmao

2 hours ago, piff said:

Looks like Baltimore is taking a bit longer than a year, according to the report posted 2 days ago. any other updates so far?

Wow Baltimore is really slow... but that might work out great for you cuz you are hitting the 2-year mark right?

If it's timed perfectly then you will just end up getting the 10 year green card lol thats a lot of money saved.

I'm a december 2016 filer and have my interview scheduled for July 25th morning, so two Tuesdays from now haha 

honestly tho maybe I should've waited a few more months too cuz It's almost 2 year anniversary for me. 

But anyway, I will update everyone here as soon as I get done with interview. I live in Bethesda and don't have a car so it's gonna be quite a trip to go from here to Baltimore lol