JimInUS

I wouldn't worry about it. Happened to us too, all because we submitted the incorrect payment amount for the I-485/I-765. We didn't need biometrics fee for both (or something like that) so they rejected it. We just re-submitted with the correct payment and all was fine. It could be for some simple reason like that. Especially if it's right after they received it. Otherwise it might be because you forgot a form or something. 

Okay, well as you can see from my signature the tracking number was irrelevant. Turns out the green card was delivered today via USPS Priority Mail. And I checked the USCIS Case Status website and it even shows that the card was delivered to day, and gives the USPS tracking number. Wow, that's fast. USCIS website updated the same day as it was delivered. 

And thankfully, the whole process, from USCIS receiving our I-485 application until we received the card was only 3 1/2 months. 

Yeah, sometimes you get lucky. Check my timeline in my sig below. Our package was received on June 1 this year, July 9 was the biometrics, and on Sept. 10 we had our interview and were approved, and the card is now in the mail. Total time only a little over 3 months. Others take more than a year. I assume it depends on the office you're dealing with, and how backed up they are. 

I noticed many have said they received a USPS tracking number for their green card shipment? Our status was updated today to say that the green card was mailed a couple days ago, but there's no tracking number on the Case Status page. How did you receive the tracking number? 

Thanks

5 minutes ago, Diane and Chris said:

A state ID and a passport are all you need while traveling in the lower 48. 

Umm, yean....since most US citizens use only a state ID when travelling in the US, it's kinda obvious that would work 😃 Even without a passport.

The question was about those who haven't been able to get a state ID since they don't yet have a green card or EAD.

Looks like we'll have our green card before our EAD. The online status for the I-765/EAD is still on the "we finished your fingerprints" from a couple months ago, but we just finished our AOS interview and the card is in production. Anyone know if the EAD will just be cancelled? I assume we don't need it with a green card correct?

Thanks.

The TSA website says "foreign government passport" is fine, but yeah, cant hurt to bring the other stuff.

TSA Requirements

I thought the I-94 is only valid for like a month or so after entry. She entered about 6 months ago. And we cant get drivers license without work permit or green card, which we dont have yet. We just got AOS approval yesterday, so maybe we'll bring the interview notice (is that the NOA2?)

No problems with air travel inside US while waiting for greencard correct? Just show the foreign passport? Thanks

Ahhh, okay. Yeah, the interviewer explained that, but for now our only concern is our honeymoon which got delayed because of all this. 😊

Thanks.

Next step???? What next step ???

Had our interview today, and it was approved on the spot (AOS from K-1 marriage-based visa). A few hours after the interview was complete the USCIS Case Status website showed "we ordered your new card". Honestly I was amazed at how the interviewer kept everything straight, with all the documents and so on. The interview took maybe 1/2 hour, mostly going thru the items on the application, asking them one-by-one, and my wife answering. I assume she was just checking that her story is consistent. A couple of times I got nervous that the interviewer was questioning some things and we might hit a snag, but at the end she said we're approved.

I thought they might separate us and ask stuff individually, but that never happened. However, it seemed like the couple before us had that happen, since the female came out to the waiting room for a bit while her husband was still inside. 

Some things I showed as proof were my wife as beneficiary on my retirement account as well as my medical/dental/vision insurance. Otherwise she asked the standard "how did you meet" type questions while she was going thru a stack of documents.  

Also, our I-765 process was never updated on the website after our biometrics, so I assume that will just be scrapped since the green card should be coming in a few weeks? 

Anyway, we're extremely happy, since they received our application around June 1, and on Sept. 10 it's approved. 

Between the K-1 and this process it's harrowing, and seemed to take forever, but thank God it's finished. 

Thanks. So you did your AOS interview in Syracuse or just biometrics?

Thanks for the tip...

I just checked the USCIS Field Offices page and it says this:

"Field offices (within the United States) handle scheduled interviews on non-asylum related applications."

And I entered our zip and it came up with Syracuse. Cool. Thanks much.  

Thanks. I know our zip is listed in the Syracuse service area (which is why we had biometrics done there), but my question involves whether that includes AOS interviews since it's a Field Support Office. Buffalo and Albany are Field Offices. 

Has anyone had an I-485 AOS interview in the Syracuse NY USCIS office? We had our biometrics there, and I was a bit surprised to get an interview notice that says our AOS interview is also there. I thought we'd have to go to Buffalo or Albany, since the Infopass website says that as of 2015 that's where the interviews are.

Maybe that has changed? Thanks for any responses. 

For those who still have to do their medical, and are in the Philippines...

I mistakenly thought the medical would be done at the nice St. Lukes in Mandaluyong, and maybe it would be a 1 hour thing. Not even close. It's at a St. Luke's extension near Rizal Park in Ermita, downtown Manila. My fiance went yesterday and it was insanely crowded with people waiting for visa checkups. Arrived 7am, didn't get out of there until dinner time. 

And apparently the US is very strict about any chest x-rays that show even a tiny blotch on the lungs, due to concerns about TB. They said it's very common for people to get held back due to just a tiny blotch unrelated to TB. And it basically means a two month delay while you do tests and a re-check. Unfortunately that's what happened to us. All else was fine, so as long as it's not TB the visa will happen. But now not until maybe December. So close and still so far. 

So hang in there folks. And try not to think about the folks who get into the US illegally without any of this nonsense, and without many months of waiting. It's the folks who do it legally who get the pain. Go figure.  

For anyone interested in Philippines stuff...

Today I received an email from the Manila embassy saying it's okay to schedule an interview. That's 4 days after I received the letter from NVC in the mail, and a week after the embassy received my case. 

BTW, I had requested NVC to also email me the letter saying that they forwarded my case to Manila, but that still hasn't come. And I'm guessing it won't ever come. Thankfully I received the hard copy, since that's required by St. Luke's for the medical. 

Looks like my fiance will be heading to St. Luke's on Monday. 

For those interested in the NVC letter timing....

Well today I finally received the letter from NVC in US mail stating they received my petition and they'll forward it to the embassy in Manila. My "Ready" status changed appeared on the CEAC website status tracker on Sept. 25, so it took 4 days to get to me, even though Informed Delivery showed it was coming two days ago. 

Lesson learned: Informed delivery stuff might not appear for a couple days after you get the email saying it's coming.

Anyway, now we have what we need to go to get the medical at St. Lukes. Yay. 

I just looked at the scan of the envelope that appears in my Informed Delivery, and at the USPS postage stamp area it says Sept. 26, which I assume is the date that the postage was applied. So maybe when they apply postage before putting in the mail it gets scanned, and you get Informed Delivery when it enters the USPS system, rather than when the day it arrives at the local facility for delivery. 

At least that's what I'm hoping...

Well yesterday morning Informed Delivery showed my NVC letter is coming. But it never showed up yesterday, and never showed up today. I had already called NVC on Monday or Tuesday and asked them to send me an email of the letter, but that hasn't shown up either. So close and yet so far. So I reported to USPS the missing mail, though I'm not too hopeful that will accomplish anything. 

Anyone have any experience with Informed Delivery that might explain why this is happening, or maybe I'm just unlucky...

Melodica, keep in mind if you look at the processing times on this site, the NOA2 times have been increasing drastically in recent months. Now its AVERAGING 150 days, which means it varies more or less. Seems to me April 11 is right in the normal processing times if you realize things are slowing down in September. 

Try to forget about it, go do something and have fun. Get busy with something else. Worrying wont' change anything, so why put yourself thru the agony? 

Go out and have fun. NOW !! Get off the computer and go to the mall or something.  

For what it's worth, today my informed delivery says I'll get the letter from the NVC. And according to the requirements for a visa medical listed on the hospital in Manila where the medical must be done (St Luke's), they REQUIRE this letter (see attached snip from their website). Contrary to what some have said, this appears to be necessary. Also, another forum member posted that they went to St Lukes this week and were told it's required. 

So thankfully I only had to wait a few days for the letter to come. I was swirling in confusion about what if anything I'd receive. Some have said you only need a snip of the "Ready" status from the CEAC website, but not true. 

Here's what the hospital lists as requirements. Note "d. Letter with Case Number"

Just now, Keith & Monica said:

My understanding from others and from what I have seen is you don't 'Schedule' the medical.  You do the Registration and then show up on the date that you want to do it.  Monica is going on Monday to do her medical.  

So what did you do about the NVC letter? Did you receive in the mail and scan and send to her? Or is she just using the "Ready" page from NVC?

Thanks, I thought that came after the medical.