Anatoilet

Finally my journey has ended..It has been a huge relief and I just would like to thank all the contributors who have shared their experiences. I filed in July last year and my husband and I were staying at separate addresses(though we had the joint lease) but he works as a night auditor at a hotel in Upstate NY for six days a week and I work in Northern NJ with a phobia for driving(finally had got a good job after two years of unemployment and mental trauma from a slip and fall surgery).
We hired a lawyer and the case was assigned to his clerk(which I got to know later based on his Linkedin Profile) and they sent the documents only for my husband - utility bills,few bank statements,joint tax returns for two years and thats it.They just decided that it was not required to send anything that had my name on it since he was the petitioner(as per them)...I got an RFE in early July and I was so shocked at the shoddy job they had done that I decided to do it on my own.I went through VJ and found a lot of information thanks to cookiecat and others and sent an RFE response in such a manner as if I was facing an IO in an interview.I even included Google maps to show the commute for 80 miles from my Mailing address to my job and the fact that I still have a NY State ID.I received another RFE coz I forgot to sign on the response letter requesting them to revoke the G28.I included my response through email with my lawyer from the first time and sent it to prove that they had not consulted us before they sent the documents for the renewal.I got approved within a month.
My only advice from my own experience is ..DONT CONSULT A LAWYER for your renewal or AOS.They are only available to fleece your money and get you in more trouble.I have seen lawyers in forums like Avvo who scare you even when your status shows card is been produced. https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/uscis-i-751-status---new-card-is-being-produced-2267149.html
 
Thank you for been an integral part of my journey and been so prompt with the repsonses.I will try my best to be an active member and payback the favor....
 

Got an update today. "New Card Is Being Produced" Happppy Halloween.
 
NOA date: 06/24/2016
Approval: 10/31/2017

Hello there,
 
I've been a silent lurker here but I just want to let you know that you should file a service request due to out of normal processing time asap. I have the same NOA date like you, 06/27/2016, no update, no changes on my status until couple of days ago. I made 3 infopass appointment, I always get disappointed because all they could say was be patient, they have a lot of cases to be reviewed. I finally made a service request on 09/20/2017, got an email on 10/04/2017 that said they couldn't give me a timeframe when it should be done. On 10/06/2017 I was just doing a routine check on my Case Status online and it said new card is being produced.... no email or text notification, no approval letter but I'm thrilled!! I guess the service request triggered them to finally closed my case.