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21 hours ago, Smooch-Esther said:

But maybe yours is on the way soon too coz youve waited this long already. Best of luck.

How did you know?? My status changed as "New Card Is Being Produced" yesterday around 4.00 pm  :))))))

1 minute ago, Smooch-Esther said:

Hi,

I sent a copy of W2 and copy of 1040EZ as proof of my hubby's filing for my RFE last time. They accepted it with no problem and changed my status to case ready. My EAD is on the way now also. I guess. How about you?

That's crazy then. And even if you hire a lawyer too, i think it'll be useless still coz its in the USCIS hands. We'll just hope they do something about it soon. Even at least for the EAD only for now. Its not easy to be jobless this long. They don't want us to work illegally here, so they should approve our EAD petition in the said frame time. 

Tell me about it... I have 10 years of carreer and a Ph.D .

Sitting at home all day last 7 months is not a good way to start your marriage. They cause us financial loss and mental health. And lots of stress you have to go through.

Just now, Smooch-Esther said:

Did you call them? I think it really depends on the office. LA office is fast. Im in Baltimore and most of the last years apps got theirs recently only too. Do a service request online. That's what i did. But it will take a month before they reply still. Its crazy. But maybe yours is on the way soon too coz youve waited this long already. Best of luck.

Everything in the book, name it... I tried it. 

4 Service request, one of them is expedite request based on a solid job offer

Congressman

Senator

Ombudsman... 

Nothing worked. Got no money to hire a lawyer. And I have serious doubts about mine is on the way. Infopass officer told me to wait 10 more days yesterday. 

3 minutes ago, Smooch-Esther said:

They received my RFE reply last Apr 24 and they changed my AOS status to 'Case is ready and to be scheduled for interview' last May 2. Then I checked my status again yesterday, in my EAD it says 'New card is produced' and they will just mail it to me. Then my AP it says 'Appeal is dismissed'. So i don't really know if that's the work permit already. 

 

Its kinda unfair for us waiting this long and the once who applied from January this year got their GC already in 3 months or less. I dont understand why USCIS do that. They should prioritize the one who waited this long already. 

I am so glad to hear your EAD is on the way!!!

I have no idea what went wrong with my case. They got my RFE at April 10 and got nothing's going on since then. I feel like expedite request won't work too. 

On 04.05.2018 at 2:46 PM, iulia.matey said:

I am sooo infuriated with these guys! I called today after 6 months since filing, all they have for me is yet another SR with a 2 weeks wait + "because you had a RFE, it can add another 60-90 days to the processing time". Thanks, fellas! I'm sure the 6th SR will be a lot more helpful than the other 5 

We are in the same boat. I actually filed my AOS on September 25 but almost everyone got their EAD and AP even GC.

Calling is the most infuriating experience. NO REAL HELP WHAT SO EVER! 

I put SR for expedite last week cause I got a job offer. Seems like even that won't help. Hope we will get good news soon.

1 hour ago, Smooch-Esther said:

Hi,

How was it? Did they give your EAD/AP already after they received your RFE?

 

No I haven' heard anything from them yet. I got a job offer and I put a request for expedite last week. Told them it's time sensitive. But they are taking their sweet sweet time and don't rush anything. God knows I don't have an energy to deal with that anymore. It's been 220 days now.

What about you?

8 hours ago, Visitor User said:

No status change on I-765 though? Is it because the process of EAD is automatically frozen on any RFIE/RFE on pending I-485?

That's what I've been told by Infopass officer...

On 21.04.2018 at 1:20 PM, I765Hopeful said:

My wife filed for adjustment of status 9 months ago with still no word of progress from USCIS (they initially emailed to let us know that they received the filing, and we get generic responses to service requests, etc. But, that's about all we have heard back). She has done her biometrics, etc. as well. 

 

We know the adjustment of status and green card take a long while, but we are concerned about the I765 Employment Authorization request we filed for as it seems like she should have been approved for it by now.

 

Again, we have put in multiple service requests and have even been in contact with our congressman's office. Any advice out there on what to do? (we are considering petitioning the ombudsman very soon). Any experience/advice would be appreciated. 

I am so sorry you had to go through that! It's been 7 months for me and can't imagine your wife's experience.

Please e-mail or call again your Congressman's office and ask them to reach out USCIS again. They give little bit straight information to them. And no reaal information for us  uughhh

Just like @Nouchigang, ombudsman might be helpful. I fill out the form and I am waiting for them to work on it. It seems like, they are not fast as we hope them to be. here is the link for ombudsman request, you gotta fill this out first. works best on internet explorer, https://cisomb.dhs.gov/oca/form7001.aspx (this website is really bad, you gotta be fast to fill this out, so you might wanna keep all the information you need around you)

hope you hear something soon...

On 20.04.2018 at 6:38 AM, Vickrd said:

I'm so sorry you had to go through that, I can't believe the situation got so frustrating that it made you cry! Sometimes these officers can be ruthless. I really hope that writing to Ombudsman works out for you, please let us know of any updates and stay strong <3

Thank you so much for your support!  "ruthless" is the perfect word describe it !

I wrote Ombudsman and put another useless SR.

I am waiting for the hear anything at this point. I will let you know if anything changes

On 16.04.2018 at 5:05 PM, Vickrd said:

Hey guys. just wanted to let you know that today i got the notification saying that my ead is in production. I hate writing this cuz I know some of you are still waiting and it sucks, but i had to update you guys. I like to think that the info pass appt had an effect on my case but it was probably just luck or whatever... anyways, now onto waiting for the interview. I'll keep you guys posted and good luck <3 

This is great news! Congrats! I love hearing good news! It gives me hope

So for me,  after I sent RFE and got the email it says "we received your RFE and your case is not on hold anymore" I went to my Infopass appointment today, I think this was the worst experience that i had with USCIS officers. Bc they are usually really helpful and understanding. But she was very rude and unempathetic . Acted like I don't understand her but she didn't even listen to me!

She told me all my cases is on hold. Cause the NBC officer who asked for RFE still didn't look my evidence and decide that it's enough. I said that I've got an email say my case is not on hold anymore and it's been already 7 months! But she says it's normal nothing is late and oh yeah "I have to be patient" (She said that at least 8 times!!!). I felt so stupid. She stopped being rude when she realized I was crying , but I guess she was just afraid that I was going to make a complaint or something. Couldn't even hear what she was saying for make it up but she was probably giving me great advices like "I have to be patient"

I wrote to Ombudsman (after 2 SR and ask action from Congressman's Office this one is the last option). I have no hope at this point. I can't believe I am still at the same point that I started. 

9 minutes ago, Smooch-Esther said:

I only got a copy of the 1040EZ form after he filed at turbo tax last week. Its not a return tax transcript yet from IRS. Is the 1040 you sent was the tax return transcript from IRS already or just the form and proof that you filed already.

 

Thanks

It was just the form. We got help from Block Advisors and he gave us the signed copy of 1040 Individual Income Tax Return Form for 2017. 

We sent one copy to IRS one copy to USCIS at the same time.

I am not more knowledgeable but I am  a September filer and  we received an RFE for the most recent tax year around the same time with you. 

We send copy of 2017 W2 and 1040 to USCIS 10 days ago and they said they received it there was no problem with it.

But of course I am still not quite sure what to do when it comes to USCIS   

On 13.04.2018 at 8:07 PM, creole_queen said:

I had gotten an response to my service request on March 22nd saying it's under review. Two weeks later I called, I was told to wait until April 22nd. Yesterday when I tracked it, it said they send us a RFE. Ugh

it's really frustrating, I am sorry to hear that.

But after PR&PR told me , I started to follow August filers and they had late RFE 's too

I sent my RFE back 10 days ago. Still waiting  (day 202 )

9 hours ago, PR&PR said:

I have been following the august thread a lot because I started putting my documents together before the September thread and a lot of people have been experiencing late RFE/RFIE and got their card soon after. So it may not be that bad. I wish you the best! And oh yeah a lot of August filers have still not received their card unfortunately.

Thank you so much for information and good wishes! It really helped me to feel so much better. I am gonna start following August thread as well.

I hope we all got our cards soon and waiting is over! 

10 hours ago, Vickrd said:

My case is very similar to yours... While I haven't gotten any RFEs, I can't imagine the frustration from getting one NOW... At this point... Was it at least an easy fix, the RFE? I really wouldn't worry about it setting the process back, if anything just by a couple days... which after waiting this long we are masters of the waiting game haha.

 

Anyways wanted to update whoever is interested on how it went at my infopass appt... So the officer was really nice, he admitted that my case was really delayed. He told me that my i485 is on a "pick list," which was confusing at first. After clarifying he said that it's basically on a list from where the field office picks from and schedules interviews from. So it's in a weird in between stage where NBC is pretty much ready to request the field office to try to schedule an interview, and he actually said that my case was put on this list on April 3rd so 2 days ago... He said if nothing happens in 60 days then I should go back. Oh and he also made a call to the officer at NBC and they told him that my case is "on his desk" and that that was a good sign because it could just be on a shelf lol, which is a bad sign... So I ultimately left feeling better about our case... Infopass could be useful or useless lol, just depends on the officer and the location I guess. 

You are so right! We're the masters of the waiting game :))

I am so glad your interview with Infopass went really well! I hope your Card will come soon...

In my case, our RFE was most recent tax years tax return. When we applied for GC , he explained "lack of his tax returns" (He' was living  abroad). I guess one of the reasons that we got RFE now, they waited for the tax season?!? Maybe ?!?! who knows. We overnight RFE yesterday and waiting game continues... Let's hope for the best for all of us !

15 hours ago, Vickrd said:

Yeah... it's just funny cuz we usually consider getting RFEs as something bad, when if anything what I have noticed is that when you get them it seems like uscis is on top of them and they are very active and respond to you and update your case and blah blah blah... I almost wished I had one if that meant my case was gonna move... but nope... let's see what happens tomorrow at my infopass appt... I really really hope they have something more to say than "it's under review" 

I've been reading but not posting anything but it's really nice to have this "support group"

I filed my application on September 25th, they got my biometrics couple weeks after that. And then death silence for 6 long months. No EAD or AP...

I put my 2nd service request last week and we asked help from our Congressman's Office and they involved too. And after 6 months of our application, they asked initial RFE . I don't know how I feel about it cause just like you've said we heard it sets back to process. Which is frightening. But at the same time I feel like, "woow, they started to work.... after 6 months" . It's getting more and more frustrating...