Nikolet Kamenov

I have one family member who adjust her status 4 years ago. She was in the US illegally working and all my uncle got his citizenship and marry her they had 3 kids already and he filed a petition for her what the lawyer did was file the waiver for her once she was approved she went to her home country for the interview and she enter the US with her residence , you can file for a waiver within the US you need a good hardship to get approved. That laws was under Obama administration I believe.

Sent out RFIE response today! Estimated delivery on Monday. Almost a whole month delay on my processing clock. Fingers crossed that the response satisfies them.
I also received the email today telling me that there are no updates on my case as of now.

I just received a notification that they have received my RFIE and my application is no longer on hold. Now i wait...

Thing that sucks with the extension is that you have to prepay your taxes by calculating them on your own ...

Same as @Rmsean i got a notification but nothing changed. That also happened when they sent me my Biometrics appointment. Im thinking maybe ive been cleared with Biometrics or they sent some kind of a letter. No idea...
 
As far as filing Taxes i will wait for whatever that is so if its a letter or hopefully some kind of a card from USCIS it should be delivered within one week. If i dont get anything by Wednesday i will go to Social Security office and find out if i can get some kind of a number so i can get my taxes filed with my husband.
The Story:
I tried to file my husbands taxes online through Credit Karma however it gives you 2 options as married and that is file married jointly or file married separately. Either or option requires you to fill out a SSN for your spouse or dependent. I than went to H&R Block to find out if maybe im not doing something right and if there is another way... well... there is no other way. Only way to file married is to have a social number or a ITIN number. After searching the web the ITIN number could help out but only IF you dont have a ssn you are not eligible for one and you have not applied for one... well that is not an option anymore.
Being desperate i decided to call USCIS because maybe they would know since i am waiting on them to get EAD... the officer instructed me to call Social security and find out if there is any way i can get a number to file taxes like a limited time SSN only valid for the IRS. Also she said if that does not work to have him file as Single. (So if the immigration officers ask me i can say i was instructed to file Single by their people) 
So.... I called the SSN peeps and they told me to go to a local office with my Passport (Valid), my marriage licence and my NOA's so they can see that i am pending status. She also said to bring some proof that i am required a SSN to file but i told her i cant really get that since everything is online... she said thats fine just go with that explain what you explained to me and see if they can do anything. 
It really sounds like this is not the first time they run into this issue so they have a way out... the stupid thing is that they are not telling you what exactly you should do, rather they are making me go crazy calling people and going to places...
 
Anyway thats my story... Ill keep you updated

I was trying to explain to a family member why it takes so long and i remember saying that it all comes down to who picks up your file and how good do they do their job... If one is very good and cares about people like us well lucky us... but if there is a slacker that picks up your case and forgets it, says ill go for lunch ill do it after then forgets about it and finds it in 2 weeks well... bad luck...

Never mind my bad i thought that the EAD has a separate cost but its free when concurrent filing... im getting lost now.. im overthinking it now hahah 

Same as @Rmsean i got a notification but nothing changed. That also happened when they sent me my Biometrics appointment. Im thinking maybe ive been cleared with Biometrics or they sent some kind of a letter. No idea...
 
As far as filing Taxes i will wait for whatever that is so if its a letter or hopefully some kind of a card from USCIS it should be delivered within one week. If i dont get anything by Wednesday i will go to Social Security office and find out if i can get some kind of a number so i can get my taxes filed with my husband.
The Story:
I tried to file my husbands taxes online through Credit Karma however it gives you 2 options as married and that is file married jointly or file married separately. Either or option requires you to fill out a SSN for your spouse or dependent. I than went to H&R Block to find out if maybe im not doing something right and if there is another way... well... there is no other way. Only way to file married is to have a social number or a ITIN number. After searching the web the ITIN number could help out but only IF you dont have a ssn you are not eligible for one and you have not applied for one... well that is not an option anymore.
Being desperate i decided to call USCIS because maybe they would know since i am waiting on them to get EAD... the officer instructed me to call Social security and find out if there is any way i can get a number to file taxes like a limited time SSN only valid for the IRS. Also she said if that does not work to have him file as Single. (So if the immigration officers ask me i can say i was instructed to file Single by their people) 
So.... I called the SSN peeps and they told me to go to a local office with my Passport (Valid), my marriage licence and my NOA's so they can see that i am pending status. She also said to bring some proof that i am required a SSN to file but i told her i cant really get that since everything is online... she said thats fine just go with that explain what you explained to me and see if they can do anything. 
It really sounds like this is not the first time they run into this issue so they have a way out... the stupid thing is that they are not telling you what exactly you should do, rather they are making me go crazy calling people and going to places...
 
Anyway thats my story... Ill keep you updated

I just spoke to Social Security Office and they said go to the local office with proof of your application as well as tell them the situation and that they should be able to give me a number that will work for filing taxes...
Impossible... he just sent it today from New York i dont know..... maybe the joint sponsor has nothing to do with EAD and SSN?!

So as i am trying to figure this out i got a notification from my USCIS app that my status has updated on my I130 and AP and my EAD

He applied as Single. He can still apply as Single but i think that doesnt look too good that you are separated on your taxes, that is one proof of bona fide marriage i think

Guys... because we have all filed around the same time and most of us are without socials i have questions for IRS tax filing
Your spouses need to file 2017 tax return by April 15th right? So how would you file since you cant file as married without a Social number but if you file single you look like your marriage is not bona fide?
I am in this dilemma because we cant file any taxes right now and i dont know if i will get my SSN on time and we might pass the DUE date for filing and we will get fined.
 

I just want to get my work permit and social number so i can work... the green card can come whenever...

I just want to get EAD so I can jump to somewhere less stressful...It's no fun getting tied to one job and couldn't find any other H1b sponsor these days. When I talked to the recruiter I let them know I could start looking in April, but with the huge delay in combo card AND no status update in RFE response, now I lost faith.

Same here

Yup!

Lol that describes the sentiment shared by all filers in history to date

I just want to get my work permit and social number so i can work... the green card can come whenever...

Did my biometrics today! Appointment was at 9am. Reached the ASC at 8:15am and there were already many people. Everyone was really nice and friendly. Was done by 9am.

Soo i just did my Biometrics appointment and it took 10 minutes! Everyone was really nice. I just filled out a sheet with my name and race and etc. After they had me take a picture and did my fingerprints. 
 

Soo i just did my Biometrics appointment and it took 10 minutes! Everyone was really nice. I just filled out a sheet with my name and race and etc. After they had me take a picture and did my fingerprints. 
 

Soo i just did my Biometrics appointment and it took 10 minutes! Everyone was really nice. I just filled out a sheet with my name and race and etc. After they had me take a picture and did my fingerprints. 
 

Soo i just did my Biometrics appointment and it took 10 minutes! Everyone was really nice. I just filled out a sheet with my name and race and etc. After they had me take a picture and did my fingerprints. 
 

Are you sure it asked for 2017? The most recent tax year is referring to 2016, since tax filing deadline for 2017 should be April 15, 2018.
 
 
No, i-765 and i-131 are processed in NBC.

Thanks to everyone for the help... We will look for a co-sponsor and we will proceed when ready... for now my application is on hold!