Lilian Denis

Well I was not going to post this as it could be a HUGE error, but I decided to post anyway as it serves to give other VJers information and also something to perhaps look out for if you are in the same boat as us. I'm a September 2019 AOS filer my AOS interview was scheduled for April 17th and due to the virus situation it was cancelled as I expected. My status changed back to case ready for interview on April 1st. Enter today April 3rd I get a text from USCIS get this..... that a new card is being produced for the I-485 form (GC)!!!!!!!!
 
No interview no advance warning no nothing. I immediately logged on to my account at USCIS and low and behold  the status is New Card Is Being Produced!!!!! Can you believe that? USCIS has been known to error before, so I really can only hold my breath until the card arrives in the mail. I'm sure this will happened to other folks here on VJ if in fact this was not an error. So we all can be on the look out for other people getting their GC without going on a interview. I know no interview was a common thing several years ago, but USCIS changed that to where everyone interviewed. The only thing I can think of other than being an error is USCIS decided that all the cancellations of interviews was going to set them way behind so they decided to clean out a few cases and approve without an interview.
 
For your information we submitted the standard AOS packet (pre February 24th). In addition to the supporting documents for the I-485, I-864, I-765 and the I-131 we did not send any other documents or evidence (besides the marriage license). I have no explanation other than what I have laid out here. I'll for sure post here once the card reaches us! What a Friday!!!!!!!!! And it's early still!!!!!

It was a typo LOL

Neither of those two explanations are correct .. the correct term is Lawful Permanent Resident 
LPR

Thank you, some of the terminologies are still vague to me. 

Keep us posted.  We don't want to be too hopeful.  But, it was backlogged anyways, so the closing just makes it worse.  In our brains, it would be a good creative way of dealing with those that were backed up and fell under the pre-public charge rule to keep things moving, you know?

I'm waiting for our AOS, EAD/AP right now. Here is my timeline:
August 27, 2019: Husband arrived in the US from UK  October 5, 2019: Married  October 8, 2019: Sent AOS in mail  November 11, 2019: Biometrics appointment  December 5, 2019: Received RFE on AOS  December 18, 2019: USCIS received our response to RFE  February 11, 2020: AP case was approved We are still waiting for EAD and AOS. I'm hoping the AP and EAD come in as a combo card and soon. The wait sucks lol. 

It should also be noted that not all AOS filers will have an interview.

We filed mid November 2016. She got her combo card in Febuary and green card April 7, 2016, with no interview.

We went back with the EAD card and got a state ID card with no problem

She's on my bank account, but they would only add her with her maiden name since she has no id yet that has her pic+married name, and first thing with that will be her state id, need the EAD to get state id to add her to my bank account, also need the EAD to get her ss card changed from maiden name to married name.
 
They all work together in conjunction with the EAD

That's a big downside of K1, the DMV employee might be correct. No ID until EAD or Green card is common.

Contact the Embassy. I believe they have the power to extended it. It is also possible USCIS automatically extended it.

Hi Jen,
We just did it a week ago and yes it was a crazy rollercoaster. We were using a mac as well, with Chrome. Here's what worked for us, (there were a ton of visits to the US and that's where we ran into the most problems) so we would add about 4 things, then his the 'NEXT' button, then save, then exit and go in again. When we got back to the screen to add more US visits, the ADD + button would be greyed out. So, we REMOVED - the last one we put in and voila, the ADD + button would show up and we would race to get about 4 more trips catalogued, then hit the NEXT button, then saved, then exited then came back in and kept going til it was finished. As soon as it says "YOU HAVE 1 MORE MINUTE BEFORE TIMEOUT" (or whatever it says) you're a dead duck, get out as fast as you can but the trick is to save and exit before you see that pesky warning.

Well, at least it's an improvement. Start calling NVC for your case on Monday?

Sure, we'd look further into it then. Thank you.

You might try both options below.
 
First try submitting an inquiry using this link from the Ombudsman; submit your request online.  If you have already submitted online but did not receive a confirmation email with your case number, the submission did not go through.  Please try again. 
 
If you have not submitted Form DHS-7001, Case Assistance Form, online or made other arrangements with our office to file on paper, we will not respond to any emails.
 
The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528-0180
Email: cisombudsman@hq.dhs.gov
Web: www.dhs.gov/cisombudsman
 
Second try your U.S. representative's contact information can be found in this handy directory, and your U.S. senator's information is in this one.
 
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/421608-a-guide-to-writing-your-elected-representatives-about-the-i-129f-slowdown-at-the-csc/
 

Contact one of your congressional representatives to sort this out for you. They are paid to bat for you on things such as this. 

Good to know that I’m not alone, the experience of going through at the airport was nothing more than a nightmare!! I will never wish that even on my worst enemy .. I’m still awaiting for my noa2 after rfe that was replied to In December .. I guess mine is a hard embassy to go to .. this process has been really hard on us since we haven’t met each other since 6 months now.. just hoping to be with him soon..
 
very happy for you though and wish u and your fiancé all the happiness and Luck in the world. 

Hi,
I have a similar situation as yours. I've had 5 years b1/b2 visas twice and I used to go to the states quite often. During my last trip, i stayed for a longer time than usual, but i didn't overstay my I-94. I tried going for summer vacation again last year to visit family, my fiance & meet his mom as well  but the CBP officer said he suspects I have a job in the US(which was false). He also added that he believes I'm coming to stay permanently and work in the US, so he  gave me the options of withdrawal of entry or a 5 year ban. I then agreed to the withdrawal of entry, B2 visa got cancelled and I got sent back to another country in Europe. 
Fortunately, my fiancé had previously visited me in my home country 2 months before I tried to return his visit in the states so we immediately started working on the K1 application since we had already planned on getting married in 2019. The petition got approved by the end of the year so we're now waiting for case number from NVC.
Therefore, I doubt the red flags would be that much of an issue especially if your relationship is genuine and you're honest when VO asks you questions about the previous red flags during the interview.
 
Goodluck 😉

A mutual friend introduced us and we started talking on facebook. 
6 months later,  I went to see her for about 3 weeks. I mailed the k-1 package 3 weeks later. 10 1/2 months later, she was here, we were married, adjustment of status done and green card in hand.  
 

Shouldn't be a problem. My fiancé and I also met online. What we worried about was the duration of our relationship (we met 10 months ago) that's why we also thought that it wouldn't be considered genuine. But we got approved 3 weeks ago  Just be honest and tell them how you met, fell in love and why you want to marry. 

Hello,
We also received our NOA2 which was addressed on Dec, 31 on January 4th 🙏🏾 so we’re also patiently waiting and hoping the shutdown doesn’t cause any further delays. The overall process seems so long but we’re trying to use this time to gather all necessary documents before we hear from them again 🤞🏽

No issue so long as it was a withdrawal of application for admission (not an expedited removal, and no misrepresentations were made).