Elif_and_Greg

On 10/7/2021 at 8:49 AM, Jenn90 said:

yeah i know we ended up filing 2 months before the date for the renewal , and then we got the notice of action before the expiration date and it says there on the letter it can be used as an extension to show with your old EAD while we wait. 

I have that notice that came with the EAD. 

But my wife's EAD is about to expire all the same and we don't have our interview yet. 

I submitted an official case inquiry and it said we'd have a reply by October 19th. 

So do we just have to file another I-765 as if we're doing it the first time. The "Renewal" options...none of those options seemed to apply to us.

4 hours ago, Jenn90 said:

I know exactly where you are at , i filed in feb 2020 same thing message never changed from fingeprints taken, i have done 3 inquirys they kept giving me a date for a response and nothing , our lawyer is looking into sending an ombudsman since no response has been given, EAD already expire we did filed for renewal but we havent received it yet . 

 

If shes pending her renewal EAD when you receive a the notice of renewal that counts sort of like an extension while she gets her EAD again.  

I feel bad to say that makes me feel better. But by that I just mean I'm glad I'm not alone in this. Hadn't thought to file the extension for an EAD or that I could, really. Just never expected the interview to take longer than the expiration date of the EAD.

Something definitely must be wrong with our case. 

The status of our AOS is still "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken" and we filed in February of 2020. 

It's crazy, really. My wife's worker authorization which was approved will expire in November. We didn't mean to not check the status, ever. In fact, I would still check the status once a week and it just said the fingerprint status. And we figured like most things that there were delays being caused by COVID and other craziness. 

And now that my wife has a job, she's worried her right to work will expire before we've even had our interview. I submitted a formal inquiry and it said I can expect a reply by October 19th. LOL Thanks USCIS. 

Pardon me, folks. 

We just moved from Ogden, UT to Helena, MT and we have a biometrics appointment for 11/13.

I was going to send in the form to reschedule this appointment. But I also submitted a change of address today for our new Helena address.

Is there a chance they will reschedule our appointment to the nearest USCIS in Helena? 

26 minutes ago, Elif_and_Greg said:

My wife and I finally got our interview notice in the mail. 

 

Strange, our tracking numbers have not changed in status at all. They've been stuck on My Case Was Received since March. 

 

Also, we haven't had our biometrics yet. Is this something they can just do at the time of the appointment. The craziest thing, however, is that the interview is October 23rd while my wife's due date for our baby is October 21st. We're hoping the baby comes very soon because we are hesitant to try to reschedule our interview at this point. 

 

I saw on the interview notice a box you can check to reschedule it, but if I did that, I'd have to trust the mail to safely deliver our request. And what if they didn't get the request by the time of our interview. So far we think our baby will be born before our due date, but I'm mostly writing right now to inquire about the biometrics. Perhaps I should call the local office where our interview is, but will they just fingerprint here at the time of the interview?

Sorry, I feel quite silly. This notice IS our biometrics appointment only. Ha! I never read these notices carefully enough. 

My wife and I finally got our interview notice in the mail. 

Strange, our tracking numbers have not changed in status at all. They've been stuck on My Case Was Received since March. 

Also, we haven't had our biometrics yet. Is this something they can just do at the time of the appointment. The craziest thing, however, is that the interview is October 23rd while my wife's due date for our baby is October 21st. We're hoping the baby comes very soon because we are hesitant to try to reschedule our interview at this point. 

I saw on the interview notice a box you can check to reschedule it, but if I did that, I'd have to trust the mail to safely deliver our request. And what if they didn't get the request by the time of our interview. So far we think our baby will be born before our due date, but I'm mostly writing right now to inquire about the biometrics. Perhaps I should call the local office where our interview is, but will they just fingerprint here at the time of the interview?

1 minute ago, LilyKins said:

Hey, I know it's hard but you're not alone -- our PD is 02/25 and we haven't heard a single peep. No RFE's, no biometrics, nothing. Its been 199 days since we've gotten an update (which is just case is received). Though there's been a number of people in this thread who have seen movement (at least one has actually completed their interview so far, which is so exciting!), there are numerous people who haven't seen any updates.

 

Hang in there ❤️ this process is not easy, but at the very least you have people to commiserate with!

 

Side note: I'm facetiously hoping someone files a class action against USCIS for the biometrics delay. It's beyond unacceptable at this point, and clearly (From the EAD case) the class actions work. I know many of the USCIS workers are doing their best, but I definitely wouldn't complain if it was filed.

Yeah thanks for the encouraging words. I really think under normal circumstances my wife would've been working a part time job by now. And yeah it does help to hear from others who are going through the same thing. You can't help but wonder some days if it's just something you did horribly wrong. 

23 minutes ago, probingoduke said:

Hey I understand its hard! My PD is 02/21 and there have been other folks with PD like mine who I found here and on reddit that haven't gotten their Bio yet. Best thing to do would be to reach out to your congressman and try to remember that this is a unpredictable process. Folks at USCIS from the few I have seen make posts are continuing to work as fast as they can. All the very best and have faith.

I appreciate that and you have my sympathy as well. I've considered reaching out to a Congressman. Perhaps starting with my House district representative. We're really hoping September is our month. 

I'm pretty bummed. My NOA date was March 24th and there's no status for our EAD or advanced parole beyond our case being received. 

We did have an RFE for our AOS which they received on 5/27, and that status for the AOS is unchanged beyond them having received our response.

I try not to panic and base my loose estimates on other people's timelines, but even taking into account other people's RFE's and when they got their NOA1, I'm very concerned that not a single other thing has changed on our case. No biometrics appointments or anything. 

Should I just sit back and continue to wait? I've called USCIS in the past and I personally can't stand their automated lines and all the ever-changing prompts and extensions. 

On 7/31/2020 at 4:16 PM, INNSU09 said:

My PD is 2/24 as well, and my ASC Opened the same day too.

 

 

although i never even received a biometrics letter to begin with, even before all the closures began. 
 

 

my ASC however was said to be the busiest, and i looked at their schedules, it says they are closed all the time BUT tuesdays. It seemed so odd. 

Your timeline is almost exactly like mine, even with the RFE. 

9 minutes ago, MIBogdan said:

This website is good enough. From my late FEB 2020 tracking, close to 50% of cases are in "case received" state so no surprises

Thank you, that's actually reassuring to hear.

Man....our case to this day still just says "My Case Was Received".

Nothing about biometrics, no updates at all. 

Am I checking the best website for the case number? I can never remember if this one is the old site or new site.

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do

51 minutes ago, INNSU09 said:

Our timelines are similar i guess.

 

Filed 2/24 and Responded to an RFE on the AOS on 6/09, with a “missing 2018 tax return” which i was so SURE i included. 

 

36 days later still no news..

Interesting. I wonder why we also didn't get NOA1s until March. Mine came really late I thought, and I wondered if it was cause the AOS became an RFE. You'll have to let me know if you hear something and I'll do the same for you. 

11 minutes ago, bodgie19 said:

We never received an RFE, but our timing in terms of filing and NOA1 is exactly the same. I'm in Chicago so I don't know if that effects us for being slower. Like you, I'm hoping we are next because it seems like they are slowly exiting out of the "Feb teens" and starting the 20s...at least thats my hopes. I'll send you something if anything changes on my end as our timelines are similar.

That's great, I really appreciate it. 

I had an RFE for our AOS, to which we quickly responded. The status on our AOS is that the RFE was received, but will it necessarily affect the processing of the EAD and AP? 

The status on the EAD and AP just still say it was received. We filed on February 20, and our NOA1 is March 24th. 

So I keep checking on the basis that other late Feb filers are getting their documents. But I wondered if because our AOS had an RFE, that the other cards might come later than normal. 

On 7/2/2020 at 5:40 AM, TandClaudia said:

Just checking in on my fellow February filers.  We still haven't heard anything.  Trying to stay busy and stay positive.

 

I wish you all a happy and safe 4th of July.

 

Not a peep for us since we got our NOA except that we did have an RFE following that. We submitted what was requested of us, and now we continue to wait. It's certainly frustrating but we're hoping July is our month that things really get moving. 

Dang, what a simp. 

3 minutes ago, DUMBO said:

Hang in there.. you’ll receive it hopefully this week. Takes 3-5 weeks to get notices from date of filing. This week would be the 5th week. So it’s probably in the mail tomorrow!  

Thanks for the encouragement. We could definitely use a good sign this week. 

42 minutes ago, chxakx said:

Sent my packet on 02/20 and finally got my NOA for all three today! Thank God! I was worried because I just received text notifications on 03/19 for I-131 at 23:20 and on 03/20 at 03:12 for I-485 but none for I-765. 

Stay safe, everyone. God bless us ♥️

Congrats! Must be a huge relief at this point. 

18 hours ago, DUMBO said:

Hi! I filed AOS, EAD and TD last 02/20/20 and recieved notices for both AOS AND EAD 03/12/20 but I somehow haven’t gotten one for the TD up to today. I did receive another letter for biometrics scheduled on 04/01/20 for both AOD and EAD yet still no notice for the TD. Is this normal? I did receive text messages that they received the 3. Should I also be receiving a separate biometrics appointment for the TD? 
TYIA

 

 

We sent our packet the same day you did. Haven't heard a peep from USCIS on anything. 

It's getting pretty frustrating. 

10 hours ago, Game_blouses04 said:

Just  got our 3 texts! Great deal of stress gone for now lol. Sent our package on the 20th. recieved on the 24th shipped via usps. Stay  positive everyone and safe in this crazy time!!

That's great to hear! 

I know there are at least a couple others of us who sent our packet on the 20th as well. 

Looks like a couple people who mailed on the 22nd got their text messages. Congrats to you!

We mailed our packet on the 20th and still haven't heard anything. Hopefully soon. 

4 minutes ago, cbro20 said:

Everybody hang in there. It’s chaos at USCIS right now because of the implementation of the  new rule and coronavirus.

 

I know the wait is torturous. I’m in the same boat. We shipped our I-485 to the Chicago Lockbox with USPS on the 22nd and it’s been radio silence since.

 

From what I’ve gathered and synthesized across forums and friends, packages that were shipped with commercial carriers near the deadline are getting rejected because the postmarked rule doesn’t apply to commercial carriers like UPS and Fed Ex. Unfortunately, USCIS does not seem to be following their published language that the date on the courier receipt counts as the postmarked date.

 

If you sent it with USPS, which does postmark envelopes, before the 24th, your file is likely sitting in a giant pile awaiting action. There is hope, because postmarking takes on a different meaning and I believe that USCIS is more likely to follow the rule on “officially” postmarked envelopes via USPS.

 

Also, there was a mad rush to file before the new rules went into effect, and it’s slowed everything down.

 

 

Yeah we may be looking at a perfect storm of the new rule change plus the state of affairs with the pandemic. While I hate to see others waiting around as well, it's sorta reassuring that I'm not the only one that is about 3 weeks out so far. 

Hi All,

New to the thread, but not to Visajourney. Many of you I recognize and have helped me while my (now) wife and I were working on our K1 visa.

As of now, we are waiting for our NOA1 for the AOS packet we submitted on February 20th. I'm.....mildly concerned at this point we haven't heard anything. I've read a lot in the thread about old forms as well. 

It seems mine was the July 2019 form that expires in 7/31/2021. Will this be a problem? 

I think with all happening in the news, this could also affect our case processing times, so we're expecting a bit of that. But mostly I'm worried for my AOS that I made a mistake or used the wrong form and that's why I haven't heard anything back yet. 

Anyway, looking forward to chatting with you all more!

19 hours ago, Going through said:

Most of us on this site have done it without the assistance of a lawyer---why pay someone else when you still have to do all the leg-work yourself?

Also,  any questions about the form you can ask here.... and not be charged for getting an answer, either  

That is so true. I had a lawyer for the K1 part of this process, but going forward I'm going to do it with just my fiance and me, and the help of this great community. I remember so many times asking my lawyer and Visajourney the same question on the same day, and within the same day Visajourney got back to me with great information while my lawyer would get back to me several days later with a choppy response.