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9 hours ago, Madmax said:

I filled my paper works October 30 2017 and received my work authorization January since then no update anyone the same in my case??? Need help anyone can advice me 

you can check the processing time in your local office. every state is different. good luck!

On 9/14/2018 at 2:11 PM, cheema1 said:

But at the end of interview officer said do not contact before 60 days. We are unable to update before 60 days. IS this ok if i call now? Can they provide me any information? When did you get your GC card?

I received my green card on Sept 20th. interview was done on Sept 11th. 

14 hours ago, Tanael Joachim said:

Hey Eat_Pray_Love

 

Thanks for your answer. I appreciate it. Hold on, when you say priority date, what do you mean exactly? Were you supposed to get an answer by August 2017 and you only got interviewed on Sept 11th 2018?

Let me know!

Priority date means the date USCIS received my application. It is the date that shows on the very first receipt from USCIS. So for me, it took about exactly a year to get interviewed

You will see people write PD in this forum - that means Priority Date!

20 hours ago, cupidmommy said:

I had an interview today everything was fine and interviewer said it will approve but they need name check and background check one more time since I have changed my name at the court a few months ago. Is this happened to anyone? How long does it take for background checking from now on?

I was told they need to go through back ground check again (although I didn't changed my name), it was approved the next day.

Hi, I filed in NY too. Did my interview on Sept 11th. My priority date was August 2017. Hope this gives you an idea of the processing time here at NYC.

Good luck!

8003755283, or simply google USCIS customer service number....

They operate 8-5 EDT. 

Just now, cheema1 said:

But at the end of interview officer said do not contact before 60 days. We are unable to update before 60 days. IS this ok if i call now? Can they provide me any information? When did you get your GC card?

Well I think you have a right to call customer service, if they don't have update, then you will have to wait until 60 days.

I have NOT received GC, i just interviewed 3 days ago.....

57 minutes ago, cheema1 said:

When did you call USCIS? Have you received your GC? My interview was on Aug 21, 2018. It went well. He did not ask much questions. He said i will send you decesion within 60 days. He hold all evidences and some pictures. I am checking online status but no update at all. I am worried now why they are taking long. 

I called them two days after my interview. My online status did not change either, but the customer representative told me it's been approved in their end.

You may try to call them if there is an update, or speak to a tier 2 officer. If they told you it will take up to 60 days, then it's within normal processing time. Every case is different.

Good luck, hope u hear from them soon!

I had my interview on Sept 11th in Manhattan New York. The questions we got asked are simple, eg: when did you meet, have you met his parents, the generic questions on form 485.... the entire process went less than 20 min.

I believe it went well, since then I have been checking online there was no update at all. So I called USCIS customer service, they said it was approved the next day. 

Hope all Oct. filers get your interview soon! Cheerssss.

15 hours ago, Isabella_NZ said:

Lucky!

 

The last update i got was in March 16, 2018 saying Case Is Ready To Be Scheduled For An Interview but no actual interview date yet...

Perhaps California is a bit slow I guess. You will have it soon! Cheers!

PD: Sept 1 2017, got RFE once, so i sort of consider myself Oct filer as well.

Have interview on Sept 11th, 2018 in NYC. The interview was super quick, less than 20 mins. The officer told me they have to complete certain process, if nothing goes wrong, I should expect the card within 30 days.

PD: Sept 1 2017

Have interview on Sept 11th, 2018 in NYC. The interview was super quick, less than 20 mins. The officer told me they have to complete certain process, if nothing goes wrong, I should expect the card within 30 days.

1 hour ago, Dachis said:

Thanks a lot. 

The actual interview date is about 1-1.5 months from the date it's scheduled (which you should already knew).

I would start preparing it even though you have not received the mail. Also, if you had a lawyer, they should have a copy in the mail too.

Hope it helps.

My priority date was Sept 1, 2017, then I got RFE and it was received in Oct 2017, so I always consider myself an Oct filer:)

Got combo card on Jan 20 2018 (had to go through Congressman due to error made by USCIS)

Just got an email on Aug 2, 2018 that my interview was scheduled, now waiting for the notice to come in the mail.

PS: the interview update came through the OLD USCIS website: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

You could sign up email alert.

On January 28, 2018 at 2:30 PM, kpmartini said:

Hello just looking for some insight if anyone has had a similar situation. Here is my AOS filing history:

August 15 2017- married 
September 25 2017- packet sent to USCIS 
September 26 2017- delivered to USCIS Chicago [day 0]
October 24 2017- biometrics appointment [day 28]
December 27 2017- inquiry about EAD [day 92]
January 4 2018- RFIE (for I-765 work permit) mailed to lawyer [day 100]
January 19 2018- RFIE response mailed to USCIS [day 115]
January 26 2018- USCIS received response to RFIE for I-765 (Work Permit) [day 122]

Basically, I submitted all required documents via my lawyer. We received the RFIE for the I-765 because my lawyer incorrectly put their law firm address where our US mailing address should have went. That was the only reason for the request for evidence. USCIS received the response on January 26. I am wondering how long this will delay my whole case and when should i expect a decision and my work permit? Has anyone had a situation like this before? I have no criminal history or problems with immigration. I am a Canadian citizen. Thank you for any insight!

It took 77 days from the day USCIS received my response to RFIE. 

If u do have a pending job offer, contact local congress office. Good luck!

4 minutes ago, Londonergirl said:

Thank you so much for this information. 
Do you know if they normally help with GC as well? My husband is deploying soon with the military and I will probably be called for my GC interview while he is away  

that I don't know..sorry. You can ask them when you call or consult with a lawyer

6 minutes ago, Londonergirl said:

I have done two service request regarding my EAD and not heard a thing back. It is very annoying. How do I get in contact with the congress office? (I have never heard of this)
I applied for my EAD in August.

Honestly, I really don't think SR helps..also do not raise multiple SR as they might cancel the very first one that you made (that's what they did to mine), you will end up waiting longer.

You can find you local representative by entering your zip code through the website below. Congress office can contact National Benefit Center directly. I started with giving their office a call, and I got lucky the officer helped me all the way out.

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

On 1/17/2018 at 8:27 AM, kvito28 said:

I would like to start with enormous Thank You note for taking your time to share this information. I am also on F1 visa currently on OPT and sent my AOS package to the USCIS  yesterday (Got married in October 2018). I never write comments, but your post has been extremely helpful and was my #1 guide for preparing and putting together all the documents.  I have read a lot about immigration procedures before and also others' posts about AOS and I would like to say that your file is the most detailed and professional compared to anything I have come across the internet.

 

I hope all is well with your application. Please, post any updates. I will do the same.

 

Thank you once again!

On 1/16/2018 at 11:35 PM, Londonergirl said:

When you receive a RFE and reply to it, doesnt it go back under the pile again? And it starts from day 1 again? Correct me if I am wrong anyone. 

I received RFIE too. It took about 4.5 months to get my EAD approved. Plus, I did request help from congressional office, otherwise it might have taken longer.

So my gut feeling is, yes, it does affect the process as they don't process your application until they receive it again, so at least the time when they wait for your response will cause delay. USCIS representative told me that they do give response in 75 days after receiving your response. So you can count from that date.

But looking at a big picture, it's normal now that it takes 4-5 months for EAD approval.If you do have a pending offer letter, I would suggest contact congress office. SR didn't help much for me. The notice they send from SR is vague, basically telling you to wait. 

On January 12, 2018 at 7:43 PM, RJandHamid said:

My husband called to make the service request on January 2nd.

It takes about two weeks. I wouldn't recommend to do a new one on top is an old SR. They made mistakes all the time. I did the same thing putting two service request. They just canceled on the 1st one, but they did respond to the 2nd one though. I would just follow up on the 1st SR you made

3 hours ago, SamSam85 said:

is there a non-k1 forum?

I don't think your or opus visa type will make a huge difference in processing time. I was on other visa too but I only follow this K1 thread as there are much more people applying from this category so u can see what's going on.

1 hour ago, billa007 said:

I am expecting green card expedite as I already have EAD from my F1- post completion OPT

Okay..then I am not sure if they can do it at all, as green card requires interview. It's now 10+ months processing time.

I think it doesn't really make sense as you already have a work authorization, you can start the job already. Unless the nature of the job really requires Permanent Resident you can give it a try.

1 hour ago, billa007 said:

Can you tell me if the job offer should mention anything like "this job offer is pending subject to ... is a green card holder or a permanent resident" so that it can be shown to USCIS to expedite my case?

The offer can say contingent on work authorization. If I'm not mistaken, you are expediting EAD not your green card.

Hi all August filers! USCIS mailed my EAD on Jan 8th, my NOA is Aug 25th, but I got RFIE on Sept 25th.

I'm sure all your cards are already on their way..on the other hand, job interview these days will take much longer than getting your card. So I'd encourage those of you who want to work immediately to apply jobs while waiting, you might end up getting the job and card at the same time...like me. Worst case, you can use a job offer to expedite the card. Exactly what I did, and it helped!

My prayers to all of you, as we all know how it feels to waitttt for something we don't have control of. 

14 hours ago, billa007 said:

hope so! Hope they don't come back with anymore RFEs, it's already been 75 days since they received my RFE response.

If your response is sufficient, chances are slim if they come back with further RFE. In fact, one of the tier 2 officer told me they don't really send 2nd RFE...

I contacted the congress office on about the 65 days since they received my response. The officer contacted USCIS on my behalf, however, they sent her back a notice that looks like a second RFE saying that my case was pending and they sent us a 2nd RFE, but neither me nor my lawyer has received anything. It turned out it was their internal mistake, the congress office kept calling them for me. They verbally confirmed on the phone that my response was sufficient, then my EAD got approved in about a week.

So I do recommend you to contact congress office..especially if you have a job offer. Gd luck.