Javier Mera
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On 12/13/2019 at 3:32 PM, Fe.Ta said:
Our cases for EAD and AP got updated to “Show Fingerprints Were Taken”. According to the explanation on the USCIS website and app, this means the fingerprints have been attached to the files. Does anyone know what could be next?
I don't think it means anything new. Ours changed from fingerprint review was completed to that same status but it still says that it hasn't updated in the last 95 days, which is when we had the fingerprint appt. Maybe they updated their text for some odd reason.
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7 minutes ago, Fla&Mark said:
ahaha everybody loves Mall of America. The first time i was over there i was mind blown. If you guys ever come this way, and are interested, let me know and we can grab a beer somewhere.
I'm doing classes online. I worked at IBM for 10 years as a tech and then as a service manager, so I'm trying to get some certificates (six sigma, agile, whatever i can chew on) so I don't get rusty and try to build up my resume. It's hard to stay still waiting.
I guess I will have to find another activity to get me out of the house. Over here is hard to go out without a car. There's no public transport in this zone. And it goes like.. driver's license -> buy car -> snowing really hard so pay extra to rent another garabe = too much money for now.
Will see how to figure that one out.. thanks for replying!
Sounds like you should be able to find something quick once you get the EAD or GC after working for IBM.
I'm still amazed that they do not let people with a K1 get a driver license, even if one has the proof of NOA1 that the EAD and GC are in process. Do you know where it officially says that someone cannot drive in the US even if they hold a valid foreign DL and is insured?
Yeah for sure! it would be nice to meet up. It would be nice to meet up with argentinian filers and have a good laugh at how slow this process is haha.
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2 minutes ago, Fla&Mark said:
I know.. it's frustrating... but you should be close!
What do you guys do while you wait?
I'm in MN, snow started.. does not help to keep yourself out of overthinking and going crazy lol
Haha yeah. We are in Tulsa Oklahoma. It's funny my company's HQ are in Eagan mn. I've been there once or twice. I loved the Lego store in the mall of America lol My wife will be a bit bored until January when she starts community college again. She holds an architect degree but for now all she can take are non credit English classes which are helping her a lot to get out of the apt. Her first semester finished a few weeks ago. Aside from that we try to hang out with friends, go out, watch movies, play video games (we both are gamers haha), there's a beatiful park they built last year here in Tulsa which we try to go at least once a week. It's called the gathering place.
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3 minutes ago, Fla&Mark said:
Yeah I saw something about it. But it's real that they lost it? my god....
I guess I'll send over the whole thing. I added my birth certificate (no el acta, el certificado) as secondary evidence with the translation.
What are the next steps? do they let you know if they take your RFE as valid? or how that works? first time getting one...
From what I've seen some people get the update that they have received the evidence and they will continue working on the case. At least you know they are working on yours. We are about to hit 3 months after bio appt and we don't know anything yet.
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23 hours ago, Fla&Mark said:
Hi all!
Yesterday we received a RFE. They are asking for my birth cetificate. I'm 100% possitive that I added that to our packet of papers x 3 times since we're applying for AP, EAD and AOS. Birth certificate + translation. Is the same paper that I used for the k1. I'm a little bit confused and bummed out because i don't want this to slow us down.
What do you think I should do? Just provide the papers I have already sent? I don't have any other papers here with me. Could I ask my family to send me highschool degree? I'm not sure on what to do. Any kind of advice? Thoughts?
Thanks everybody!
I believe @andreaam had the same issue. That sucks though. I've seen this same issue in other people as well, from other nationalities.
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2 hours ago, Fla&Mark said:
Biometrics done on Thursday. Super fast.
This week or the next one I will apply for my driver's license. They told me at the office that with the NOA for AOS i would be able to get a temporary six month driver's license until i get my EAD approved (1 year after then).
Will keep you guys posted on how's that process in case somebody is interested.
Nice! I think we are going to try to go this week and explain them that we have the NOA1 and we are waiting for her EAD and GC. Here in oklahoma she can drive with her local DL but it's expiring next month. Wish we could find a way to do the international driver license here in the USA.
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Does anyone here know if the International Drivers License can be done online? I've googled some of them but I'm not sure if they are legit or not lol.
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On 10/19/2019 at 7:29 PM, Fe.Ta said:
Random question: Will coloring your hair or changing hairstyle affect AOS after biometrics? We are both considering going platinum, but wouldn’t want that to affect us. Obviously, we would change it back to our dark colors before the interview.
I wouldn't change the hair color after biometrics have been done. It wouldn't have been an issue if it was done before and then the biometrics would have information about your "new hair color". I think it's a risk that nobody has an answer to and I wouldn't take it honestly. In the end the officer you get the day of the interview has the saying if your spouse gets a green card or not. And you never know if you interview on a bad day for them.
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7 hours ago, Andrea + Gaston said:
Hi guys. No updates from us. We are STILL waiting on getting his divorce/marriage decree annotated. We have now experienced 5 paros (strikes) since our interview so everything keeps getting delayed. Everything is against us and it's been extremely frustrating.
We are still hopeful to get him here before the new year but I don't know. If the visa is tied to the medical, we only have until February so I am getting worried.
Sorry to hear this. I'd probably be flipping out in your situation and battling with a few ulcers. I hope you guys can get this resolved.
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10 hours ago, Fe.Ta said:
@Fla&Mark As a follow up, you do not use CEAC anymore because that is the website for visas only, AOS is no longer a visa, so all status updates will come through the USCIS website.
To ALL, update from us:
Got an e-mail at 4:02AM EST from USCIS indicating that the status has been changed to "Fingerprint Review Was Completed". This is less than 24 hours, since out biometrics was at 1PM EST yesterday (10/17/19). Hooray! Hoping everything continues to be smooth for us and all of you!
Ours updated pretty quick too to that status. It's been 6 weeks since our biometrics and still the same status "Fingerprint Review Was Completed". Maybe you get into the pool of those lucky applicants where their interviews were scheduled within 4-6 weeks from their biometrics. At this point I'm not going to worry until December if we don't hear anything at that time.
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8 minutes ago, Grant & Bri said:
Thank you I did check that box but I’m going to redo the form and submit more evidence this time
Does the letter say anything more specific? I'd try to double check that's the issue and is not something else.
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30 minutes ago, Grant & Bri said:
Can someone please help me out? I Recieved RFE letter today stating that my wife’s income is below the federal poverty guideline when that’s not true. I submitted Form I-864, W2 for 2017,2018 she was with me in Australia for 2016 so couldn’t submit that. Along with bank statements and payslips. Am I missing something...?
Did you check the optional question that said to submit tax information from last 3 years? If you did then maybe not submitting 2016 is the problem. Since I didn't work in 2016 I didn't have my W2 so I decided to just send the most recent year and not check that option.
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18 hours ago, Rayge said:
Got my letter today, Interview is November 6th woot woot, be prepared for a massive list of documents you need to take, and if anyone has a document in non English, get a translation of it now, in case you cant get it between your letter and interview
When did you have your biometrics?
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4 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:
@Javier Mera Just came across this. Also, if I recall correctly, your wife is not as fluent (just like my husband). So, be prepared to have a translator (you can't do the translation yourself at the interview from what I've been advised). I asked in the post above whether or not a professional or a personal friend would do. So, maybe keep an eye out. If you find anything, let me know. Thanks!
Holly #######, I did not know the AOS k1 interview would be such hell. Maybe it varies from case to case, who knows. We will definitely prepare for it and thankfully my wife is pretty fluent in english, and is taking 3 english courses in the meantime as well at a community college.
Thanks for the info!
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4 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:
But, isn't this one the one where they could ask you personal questions such as "when did you last have sex, etc.". Not that you would "rehearse" this but it would be good to know some topics that could be asked or covered so we are not taken back.
Haha I can't imagine they would ask personal questions. We did get asked if we had prostituted ourselves in the past or if we belonged to the Nazi or communist party lol.
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2 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:
Nice! Did you see that there are interview questions on here? Would you suggest prepping some for it? We were thinking about just going over some things they may ask.
Unless it's changed since I had my GC interview, there is really no preparation aside from bringing the documents they need (if there are any because I can't honestly remember what me and my family brought with us to the interview on 2012). The GC interview should just be easy questions with yes and no answers like the form ds160 has when the beneficiary prepared for the K1 interview. Unlike the naturalization process where you actually have to study American history and basic politics, the gc has none of that.
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1 minute ago, Fe.Ta said:
Thank you for letting us know. This is good to know. I am assuming the interview would still be a couple of months out, right? We have not have the biometrics yet, and we are praying we do not get any RFEs. @andreaam was the one that got the RFE.
Ah now it makes sense that it was you asking haha. For some reason i thought it was him/her. So yeah after biometrics it will be either the interview status or an RFE.
I've seen people having their interview dates be scheduled only 1 month or 1 month and 1/2 after they received their interview status updated. So I'm having hopes for this year for GC arrival
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35 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:
Best of luck! Hopefully you will get some news soon!
What type of news or information should we expect around that time frame after our biometrics?
From what I've seen in people's news we should be getting the status change of ready to be scheduled for an interview or an rfe. How long from your biometrics did it take them to send you the rfe?
July 2019 - AOS Filers
in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports
Posted
From those that got their interview is ready to be scheduled status update, did both sites show the update? In my case only the old site is showing it and we haven't received an email notification either.