Newone52

1 hour ago, thepanda said:

Congrats! One of very few attorneys that seem to do a good job. Glad to hear that there are law firms that actually do their work properly. 

Makes me even prouder that I did everything myself even though I did worry a lot as a spouse of an LPR. lol 

Thank you!

Of course, it's possible to do it by yourself and do it good! I'm happy it worked out well for you!

Anyway - it's such a relief to be finaly done with it and move one to more "normal" life.

We had our interview today. Approved on the spot! Now I just checked the status of I-485 which says "New card is being produced!"

It was a quick, easy and pleasant experience!

The officer - professional and respectful lady - said she was happy that our package was "clear and beautiful", meaning that the case was very well organised by our attorney. Stated that it made her work super easy, so she didn't want to get any additional document from us besides medical form which we did not submit with the package.

Not even one question about our relationship was asked. She only asked my husband the standard from I-485 form, like "Have you ever been convicted?" etc. Overall the whole interview took like 10 minutes.

Our journey took 13 months altogether, since filling I-130 in October 2018 and then I-485 in June 2019. No RFE, no delays. I guess we were lucky, but I must also admitt that the money spent on our attorney's work were a good investment. Saved us a lot of time and nerves. It was especially important to us because we couldn't afford being denied, since of course I am LPR, not US citizen, so any overstay could be detrimental to our case. I'm saying it because a lot of our friends&family thought that it's a waste, that we could do it by ourselves. Well, of course we could, but today I'm happy we did not!

Anyway - thank you guys for every post, I read them all, and that was really helpful too! Wishing all of you the best of luck and see you in 2 years (ROC)!

On 11/21/2019 at 4:33 PM, Newone52 said:

But unfortunately EAD basically will be useless, because between the day we'd get it in our mailbox and the interview, there will be like 1 week...

Update: not even a week. According to USPS Informed Delivery we'll get it tomorrow. Our interview is on Monday. We'll be enjoying it for 2 or 3 business days.

Ridiculous. Such a waste of money and resources.

2 hours ago, username007 said:

Congratulations on the EAD. I am curious about your i130. In your timeline

 

August 28, 2019 - Our I-130 was transfered from California to National Benefits Center (but was never accepted there)

 

How do you know it wasn't accepted there (NBC). My i130 (PD December 2018) also got transferred to NBC after we filed i485 in JUNE.

 

Thanks!

But unfortunately EAD basically will be useless, because between the day we'd get it in our mailbox and the interview, there will be like 1 week...

I believe our I-130 was not accepted yet, because I assume we'd have Notice of Action or any other notification stating it was accepted. I also assume it will be accepted/declined on the interview.

On 10/19/2019 at 9:35 AM, Newone52 said:

October 30, 2018 - Priority date for I-130, sent to California Service Center

June 6, 2019 - We filled I-485, I-131, I-765 while our I-130 is still pending (we're current under Dates for Filling)

June 26, 2019 - Biometrics in Detroit

August 28, 2019 - Our I-130 was transfered from California to National Benefits Center (but was never accepted there)

October 16, 2019 - We received courtesy letter for Medical Examination (I-693)

October 18, 2019 - "Case is reaady to be scheduled...", and a few hours later sweet "Interview was scheduled" for December 2, 2019

November 19, 2019 - EAD card is being produced.

A little update. Getting there slowly but surely!

On 10/26/2019 at 8:31 PM, Bfree3 said:

Hi Guys,

 

So my interview basically went up in flames. The Officer had both my I-130 and my I-485. The interview was broken down into two parts because my husband as the petitioner had to answer all things related to the I-130 and I had to answer everything related to the I-485 but he had to go first. He forgot my year of birth, the year we got my married and how long we've been married, didn't know our home address, or how long hes been working at his job- like I said total flames!🔥🔥🔥. So at this point the CO is looking at us suspiciously and then questions if we have any additional evidence to offer, which I didn't. Between my husbands lack of knowledge and her going in on us about lack of evidence, I got very snippy cause I was totally over the entire interview at this point even though we didn't go over I-485 as yet.

 

In the end, she told us we would have to bring additional evidence for her to approve our case. I left the interview feeling utterly disappointed and frustrated and just spent the remainder of that day trying to gather this additional evidence. My husband dropped off the evidence and then we waited for 3 days for the status to finally only update to "case sent to initial review". I was so befuddled. Then the next day received a message about the status being approved. Today received update that card was shipped. 

 

Another part of this journey down. Next step, citizenship. 

Congratulations!!!

Seems like a long and hard journey...

Good luck for the future!

7 minutes ago, LukeU said:

That is not a bad timeline actually, I'd be happy with a December interview and it appears that a lot of people's status changes from ready to schedule to scheduled within about a week or so! 

 

Guess I'll get back to refreshing just incase 😉 

Yes, we are grateful. 

I know I shouldn't be writing in this particular topic, but I've learnt from attorney that once you're in AOS step of the process, timeline should be the same for everyone. Waiting time depends only on our Field Office backlog, which is not that bad in Detroit.

We're adjusting from H1B (not K1), and I am not even a citizen (only Legal Permanent resident). Our journey was supposed to take at least 2 years, but (hopefuly) will be done in slightly more than a year:

October 30, 2018 - Priority date for I-130, sent to California Service Center

June 6, 2019 - AOS: We filled I-485, I-131, I-765 while our I-130 is still pending (we're current under Dates for Filling)

June 26, 2019 - Biometrics in Detroit

August 28, 2019 - Our I-130 was transfered from California to National Benefits Center (but was never accepted there)

October 16, 2019 - We received courtesy letter for Medical Examination (I-693)

October 18, 2019 - "Case is reaady to be scheduled...", and a few hours later sweet "Interview was scheduled" for: 

December 2, 2019

1 hour ago, LukeU said:

Now that is an amazing timeline, as of Saturday ours changed to "ready to be scheduled for interview" and now I'm refreshing like a lunatic to see if they update to it being scheduled. What date is your interview scheduled for?

They gave us 5 weeks and the date is December 2, 2019.

The letter with the date came 6 days after status changed.

On 10/19/2019 at 9:35 AM, Newone52 said:

October 30, 2018 - Priority date for I-130, sent to California Service Center

June 6, 2019 - We filled I-485, I-131, I-765 while our I-130 is still pending (we're current under Dates for Filling)

June 26, 2019 - Biometrics in Detroit

August 28, 2019 - Our I-130 was transfered from California to National Benefits Center (but was never accepted there)

October 16, 2019 - We received courtesy letter for Medical Examination (I-693)

October 18, 2019 - "Case is reaady to be scheduled...", and a few hours later sweet "Interview was scheduled"

October 24, 2019 - We received letter with interview date: December 02, 2019

^^^ posting updated timeline.

Hello everybody!

Long time lurker here. I appreciate every one of your posts, gave me so much info and piece of mind. I am a Legal Permanent Resident and I wanted to share my and my husband's timeline. He's in the USA on his H1B visa.

October 30, 2018 - Priority date for I-130, sent to California Service Center

June 6, 2019 - We filled I-485, I-131, I-765 while our I-130 is still pending (we're current under Dates for Filling)

June 26, 2019 - Biometrics in Detroit

August 28, 2019 - Our I-130 was transfered from California to National Benefits Center (but was never accepted there)

October 16, 2019 - We received courtesy letter for Medical Examination (I-693)

October 18, 2019 - "Case is reaady to be scheduled...", and a few hours later sweet "Interview was scheduled"

Now we wait for the letter with interview date, but I suspect it'll be somewhere around November 15, 2019. F2A PD is current, so I believe my husband will get his green card soon.

Our attorney warned us that the whole process will take approximately 2 years or even more, but so far we're fortunate and it'll probably take just about a year. I'm very happy, because I know of citizens who have their process taking much much longer than that, while I am "only" LPR.

PS. We didn't get any RFE, but also didn't get his EAD/AP card (we were adviced by attorney to go ahead and apply for EAD and AP as well just in case something happens with his H1B).

Thank you again and enjoy your weekend!

Edit: spelling

Just now, alun said:

A   week .

Thank you for letting me know! Fortunately - not relevant anymore!

In the morning we had a change from "fingerprints..." to "ready to be scheduled" and that's when I asked the question. Later in the same day we received "interview was scheduled", so it took only a few hours. Good job Detroit!

Hello fellow Detroitans/Michigan residents.

How long did it last between "case is ready to be scheduled" to "interview was scheduled"? in your cases?

5 minutes ago, muricafyeah said:

Correct, it was not an RFE, it said "courtesy letter to applicant" and went on to say that initial review of our 485 packet determined that the application was deficient as it was missing the 693. Instructions on the sheet said to make sure to bring a signed and completed 693 to our interview/if your case does not require an interview we would recieve an RFE. Since our AOS required an interview (I think most do) we never got an RFE and just completed the medical once we had the interview scheduled notice in hand. It also said to NOT mail any documents at that time. 

 

Edit: fixed typo

That's great, thank you!

12 minutes ago, muricafyeah said:

We received a similar notice as we opted to send the packet without the 693 so we could hold off on the medical until we received word  that the interview was scheduled. Ours was on yellow paper, maybe they like to change the colors to give them some variety in their day/week.  

 

Had the medical done a few days before the interview (I recommend giving it a bit more time between, we were down to the wire). Interview officer asked if we brought anything additional with us/didn't specifically prompt us for the medical though. We handed the 693 sealed envelope over at the interview and it was completely fine. 

 

 

So didn't they send you RFE asking for medical? And did they just say you should bring it on the interview?

That's great!

3 minutes ago, Evelyn cahiyang said:

I have an upcoming AOS interview this august 27 2019 at Detroit mi I am a little nervous as usual and stress of what documents I need to prepare except for the list they gave us.

Hi Evelyn!

What's your NOA1? When did you apply?

3 hours ago, visajourney-user said:

Marta,

 

I do have similar situation. However, my notices of actions for I-485, I131, & I-765 are from "national benefits center". Is that the case for you too? I'm kind of confused!

Yes.

We also received it from NBC.

8 hours ago, JohnBCol said:

My husband's i-485 application was accepted along with his working permit form!

Now the wait begins. 🤩

 

We are so excited, the wait is still long but this is a marvelous first step.

 

 

 

OMG so happy for you!!!

Congratulations!!!

24 minutes ago, sinyanmei92 said:

Yes, as of today my I-130 is still pending lol

That's sooo amazing!!!

Congrats again and thank you for sharing the news!

5 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Depends on local USCIS field office. There are plenty of cases of it still taking 18 months to over 2 years. The minority are taking only a few months.

That's true!

In our case it's Detroit, which I believe is not too busy, so we'll see. 

Anyway - category being current it's a happy news for every F2A beneficient!

5 hours ago, arken said:

USCIS processing time and visa bulletin are totally independent. But of course, if the number of filing decrease, they get processed faster.

Well actually I'm wondering about that because this situation is very unusual. It's just like we are US citizens applying for spouses or children (their "priority date" is always current), and they don't wait any longer for I-130 to be aproved if the spouse/child is already in US. They just submitt I-130 and I-485 together and there are cases when the whole process of obtaining a green card is completed in 3 monts or so.

39 minutes ago, sinyanmei92 said:

Hey for those who are filing AoS here IN THE STATES, I just got my greencard in hand today and my I-130 is still showing pending on the website.

Adjust from F1 to LPR

 

Pd 05/22/17 <CSC>

 

AoS package sent 06/25/18 

EAD in hand 09/10 

<note: I never received my AP, Uscis messed up my case> 

RFE for I-485 10/26/18

I sent out a package to update all of the needed information 1 week later but Uscis never received it and even when I called they told me to wait till they responded.

I sent out the package once again 02/12/19 since I couldnt wait no more.

 

Sent package again 02/01 Friday

Received 02/02 Certified mail 

02/04 Your Case Status: Request for Evidence Response Review

 

02/11/19: Expedite request placed

 

Denied- expedite request - your case is in line to be scheduled for an interview

 

02/12/19: Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview

 

02/23/19: Interview was scheduled

 

04/02/19 Interview

 

06/06/19 We ordered your new card

06/07/19 Card is being produced

06/10/19 Card was mailed to me

 

06/13/19 Card in hand

 

Good luck everyone!

Hi sinyanmei92,

Congratulations!

So does it mean that they gave you your green card even though your I-130 was still pending when you applied for AOS?

That's a wonderful news!

5 minutes ago, srajeevan said:

I was preparing for AOS when the Filing date became 08 Mar 2019.

Now i am little late.Anyways i will send the packet in 2 or 3 days.

Awesome! Good luck and please let us know if they'll make you wait addtional months to process and accept your I-130 or if they'll schedule you now for the interview and approve your green card now 😃

5 minutes ago, srajeevan said:

I was under the impression that i can only apply after June 15.Have to wait and see what this big change means.?

If:

- you submitted your I-130 before 08 MAR 2019 and,

- you are in US on other legal non-immigrant status and,

- you are not ineligibe to adjust your status based on some legal requiements (for example you commited a crime or overstayed your visa on some point),

Then - based on Visa Bulletin June 2019, you are eligible to apply for AOS starting from June 1st.

Its because we were allowed to use the second chart in Visa Bulletin for June 2019 ("Dates for filling") to adjust the status.

21 minutes ago, srajeevan said:

 

My I-130 is not approved yet,its been 1 year and 2 months only.I am going to apply for AOS based on filing date.

I dunno who will benefit from this date jump.

 

Are you currently in the States? 

If you have submitted I-130 that long ago, you have been eligible to aply for AOS starting from June 1st, 2019. So technically you could have started the process 2 weeks ago.

I (LPR) applied for my husband (currently in the States on H1B) on June 3 (first business day in June 😂) and we have already received his Notices of Action for I-485, I-765 and I-131. Now we wait for biometrics appoitment.

But the thing is - we submitted our I-130 only 7 months ago, so I'm not sure if we'll still have to wait at least 1 year and 3 months more or will they just schedule us for the interview now (since his priority date is current) and approve it right away. We'll see 😊

On 6/3/2019 at 10:02 AM, JohnBCol said:

 

• "On May 17, 2019, the U.S. State Department announced that the family 2A category (spouses and unmarried children of lawful permanent residents) will become current for the first time in many years."  https://www.shusterman.com/family-2a-category-current/

 

Well, this just came true.

Check Visa Bulletin  It's current!