PatSquared

14 hours ago, TreverR said:

So guess our field offic was just slow.  My wife's status has now been updated to new card being created!! Yaay.   

Finally! Congrats!!!

1 hour ago, taximan683 said:

I was told that the DS-3025 had to be less than one year before the interview. I had the same confusion as you. I found a medical office that was reasonably priced and made an appointment for a week before the interview. I wasn't sure if it was necessary until the day before the appointment when we received a courtesy call from the agent saying we needed it 

Thank you for sharing! How frustrating. That literally goes against the policy in place. I wish they were consistent across the board and left little room for confusion.

24 minutes ago, ZZBOLIVIA said:

I was in the same situation as you. My medical record was not expired so I just bring the Covid vaccine card with me during the interview. They didn't ask the vaccine card not even mentioned. I would say if your medical exam is not expired, I would just bring the vaccine card just incase they want to check. 

Thank you so much for sharing! If the medical exam wasn’t so expensive, we would have scheduled one to be safe. But I really don’t want to drop hundreds of dollars for nothing.

5 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

If they ask for an I-693  just to record Covid shots, I would certainly debate it with the officer. Tell them the hassle and expense with most requiring a new full exam despite what the instructions say.  They surely can look at the CDC card and know he is in compliance.

 

The policy update on Covid immunization. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20210914-COVIDVaccinationRequirement.pdf

Since we applied well before Oct. 2021, are we exempt from this new policy? I wish they spelled things out more and didn’t leave room for confusion.

8 hours ago, taximan683 said:

Before our interview, an agent called us to remind us that the medical was over one year old and that we would need an updated one. Luckily, we already had an appointment to get another medical. There are certain vaccinations and tests that need to be updated. My wife and child had to have a blood test, and we had to go to Rite Aid to get a couple of booster shots. If you go without the new medical, you might be delayed in getting the green card because you'll have to do this after the interview. I'd recommend that you do the physical before the interview, but apparently some people are not asked for it. For us, it was definitely required.

Thanks for this! Were you notified because the medical was over a year old at the time you filed for AOS? Or did they say that it had to be updated because it was more than a year old by time of your interview?

Prior to the updated vaccination requirement, I was always under the assumption that the DS-3025 would be valid at the time of the interview as long as AOS was filed within its one-year expiration.

Hi everyone - we are preparing for our interview, which is scheduled on May 18. I know this has been discussed throughout VJ, but wanted to see if any of you had encountered issues with your DS-3025 vaccination records, since the new COVID vaccine requirement was put in place? My husband was a K1 visa holder and had his medical done in Oct. 2019. We filed for AOS at the end of April 2020 - well before the medical's one-year mark. I know of an April 2020 filer who was asked to do a new medical despite meeting these same requirements, so I'm curious if anyone else was asked to do the same thing.

Right now, we're just planning to bring my husband's DS-3025 and COVID vaccination card.

Hi everyone - we are preparing for our interview, which is scheduled on May 18. I know this has been discussed throughout VJ, but wanted to see if any of you had encountered issues with your DS-3025 vaccination records during your interviews, since the new COVID vaccine requirement was put in place? My husband was a K1 visa holder and had his medical done in Oct. 2019. We filed for AOS at the end of April 2020 - well before the medical's one-year mark. I know @Viking was asked to do a new medical despite meeting these same requirements, so I'm curious if anyone else was asked to do the same thing.

Right now, we're just planning to bring his DS-3025 and COVID vaccination card.

8 hours ago, Viking said:

Thank you - 

 

and fongers crossed for a soon Interview.

 

 

a spanner in the mail - or WITH the mail rather.

 

GC was to be delivered today - however I received NO GC but an tracking notice Insufficient adress data - 

despite receiving EAD a few weeks ago and my NOA letter from USCIS was delivered to my adress today - 

 

csrd is now being returned to USCIS - I have already submittet request for a new one - but was advise to get a responce by April 30 th - 

 

i am loosing my mind ……
 

 

 

Are you kidding?! I’m so sorry. This process is just a nightmare till the very end, isn’t it?!

I’ve never heard of a notice for “insufficient address data” before. Please keep us posted and let us know when you have the card safely in hand!

On 3/24/2022 at 11:09 AM, Viking said:

Status update 

 

card being Produced.

 

 

 

At long last! Congratulations!!!

Our status finally updated to “Case Ready to Be Scheduled for Interview” last Friday.

On 12/31/2021 at 9:04 AM, Ally&Axel said:

Hi all,

our case has finally been scheduled for an interview.

It’ll be on February 2nd so almost exactly 22 months after applying.

on November 9th the status changed to ready to be scheduled for an interview and a month and 20 days after so on December 29th, it changed to interview scheduled.

good luck to everyone who’s been waiting very patiently. I feel your pain, especially to be left in the unknown as to when they’ll ever treat your case.

Finally! Great news, @Ally&Axel. Best of luck in the interview!

14 hours ago, Johanna Garza said:

Hello, 

 

I read this thread because I am in the same situation as you and your husband and live in Laredo. I will have to renew my ID at the end of January. I wanted to know if you guys figured it out. Thank you!

Hello! Yes, we did get it taken care of! The third verification finally worked. The entire process to get my husband’s documents verified took around two weeks.

You will receive a letter in the mail from DPS once everything has been squared away. Take that letter with you to the DMV and they will issue your license. You can also track your verification status on the DPS website. That’s how we found out that the process was completed. We didn’t bother waiting for the letter. You do need to be mindful about setting your appointments at the DMV. When we first attempted to renew my husband’s DL, we went to the DMV in Fort Worth (we live 20 mins North of Dallas). The staff there assured us that once my husband gets verified, we could go to any DMV location to finish the process without an appointment. That wasn’t the case. We went to two DMV locations that wouldn’t take my husband in without an appointment and had to drive all the way back to Fort Worth to finish the process.

On 12/4/2021 at 1:23 PM, eabrophy said:

Still here, still stuck on fingerprints taken since August 2020. We are also waiting on our EAD/AP renewal, which has been stuck in received since early April.

We have been waiting since May and have been stuck on “received” as well. Someone on the “May 2020 Filers” thread said they finally got an approved notification today. He applied on May 17, so hopefully that means USCIS is finally making their way through people who filed within our timeframe.

18 hours ago, TreverR said:

Hello Everyone, 

filed our renewal on May 17th and last night got an update that the request was approved and the card would be in the mail.   Seems like they are finally getting around to our numbers.  Better late than never.  

This is such a relief - thank you for the update. Husband filed May 12 and his extension period expires March 22, so we have been on their case about getting an update!

On 11/26/2021 at 2:50 AM, Ally&Axel said:

Hi PatSquared,

we haven’t gotten anything scheduled yet, It’s been 2 and a half weeks so hopefully soon.

i hope the senator route leads to something for you. It can’t be bad at least to try.

I understand your concern with the ead problem,  if that’s the case maybe you can try to file for an expedited in January claiming financial loss?

Yes, we intend to file for an expedite if we don’t get the card or hear anything on the interview front by January. This is truly becoming such a nerve-wracking process.

I do hope you get that interview date set soon! 🙏🏻

@Ally&Axel - curious if you received your interview date yet?

We spoke with an agent via Emma this morning to ask, yet again, where in the world our file is. Agent said it’s still at the NBC. I just submitted our second inquiry (for both I-485 and pending I-765 renewal) to our congressman and Sen. Cornyn. Will also try to schedule a call with a Tier 2.

At this point, we’re starting to worry that even the new EAD won’t be produced on time and that my husband will have to leave his job come March, when his extension period expires….

Hi there! Did you eventually receive your new card? Was curious if you ended up filing an expedite request.

13 hours ago, Hazhartkd said:

Hello,

 

I'm a 2020 May filer and still waiting☹️. I have a question, my EAD is about to expire and I have filed for renewal, but I worry that I may not get it on time. As I followed the previous conversation here, I realized that I can still be an employee after 180 days of my EAD expiration? Is that correct? I mean if I get it a bit later, do I lose my job?

That’s correct! Do you have your NOA1 for your renewal? My husband showed his NOA1 along with his expired EAD to his employer as proof that he can continue working for another 6 months. The NOA1 automatically extends your EAD, as long as you filed for renewal prior to its expiration (which you did!)

23 hours ago, P&E said:

Hi everyone,

just wondering how long it took people to receive an NOA1 for the EAD renewal? 

Mine took around 3 weeks to arrive in the mail.

4 hours ago, Ally&Axel said:

Hi guys,

i hope I can bring a bit of positive energy to you today.

i woke up this morning with a lawfully notification that my case was ready to be scheduled for an interview.

i checked on Uscis and it in fact changed. I am not sure what helped but my recent congressman inquiry recently came back with a generic “can’t do anything” type of answer.

i also talked to a tier 2 officer a few weeks ago and was asking for an info pass appointment at my local FO, she said this wouldn’t do anything but she would send a request to my local fo for them to ask nbc what was going on.

so that’s where I’m at, hopefully I get an interview soon. 
I’m not sure if my case was actually transferred to San Antonio so hopefully once I get the interview I won’t have to wait for month for the GC.

This is encouraging news, @Ally&Axel! So happy for you. I hope that a date is set for you soon!

It seems like more and more people are starting to get updates. I wish we knew what triggers a response - whether it’s sending additional inquiries via congressmen, senators, etc or if it just means that our files are finally getting unearthed from that vault you had mentioned a while back.

14 hours ago, David_Norway said:

Yeah, I also go the re-used biometrics letter. I would hope that a renewal is quicker than a new application, but that might be too much to hope for when talking about USCIS. I also got an "IOE" number.

 

Have you heard of people in our group (March 2020 - June 2020 AOS filers) who have gotten their renewed EAD in 2-3 months? Would love to hear about some good stories too!

This is a great site for seeing how EADs are getting approved: https://opttimeline.com/IOE

Too much to hope for indeed. And yes - I was lurking in one of the Dallas field office groups and saw that several people who filed for AOS within that timeframe have either already gotten interviewed or got their renewed EAD’s within the expected 2-3 month range. So my husband and I are left scratching our heads!

Thank you for sharing this link! Was looking at the range of cases that have been approved and there is quite a wide range - our case number falls in it, so I have no clue what is causing the hold-up!

1 hour ago, Rambava said:

Update to all waiting: I finally moved from fingerprints were taken status to ready to schedule for interview. This came within a week of our local congressman reaching out the second time on our behalf. Even though they got a very generic reply I think it has something to do with it. Hope yall get this long awaited status soon as well. 

Congrats on the update, @Rambava! We were considering reaching out to our congressman a second time as well. I hope a date is set soon!

10 hours ago, David_Norway said:

Yeah, really worrisome! The easiest for USCIS to do would be to just make an announcement changing the 180-day extension to a 360-day extension. What they should do if they can't process the renewals in a timely fashion.

 

Did you try to submit an expedite request as well? (In addition to congressmen, ombudsman, etc.)

This has been a source of frustration for us as well. My husband filed for his renewal in May and his extension also expires next March.

He was given an “IOE” case number and shortly after receiving his NOA1 for the renewal, he received another letter from USCIS informing him that they would re-use the biometrics they took last year. From what I read on VJ, IOE cases with re-used biometrics typically only take 2-3 months to process, so I honestly don’t know what made our case different. 😕

After my husband inquired about his EAD, I checked the USCIS processing times for family-based I-485 applications out of the Dallas field office and found out that we were officially “outside normal processing times” as of yesterday. We submitted an inquiry and also called back just to make sure we know what to expect. The agent said that we should receive a response by Nov. 18.

I really hope this pushes things forward now that they can’t hit us with their stupid “you’re still within normal processing times” response anymore.

1 hour ago, Pat B said:

Hi!! My original card expired last May 3rd and the extension was until Oct 30th. I’m still waiting for the officer’s response. Until now, the case is under review. 

If your original card expired May 3, then I believe the extension actually expired today. But regardless, I’m so sorry you had lost your jobs as a result of these delays.

My husband called USCIS this morning. The last update we received from them was back in September when they said that the application was “adjudicating” as of Sept. 16, which apparently means it’s in the final stages before being approved. Well, that was two months ago, and they had nothing new to share with him. They placed a third service request for him (yes, THIRD) and said that if he doesn’t hear back, then they would escalate our case further.