Mako_5

happy friday everyone!!
 
just received a letter for my biometrics appointment 6th August!!! no updates on case tracker or USCIS website!
The notice date on the letter was 18th July! so USPS took their time delivering the letter, but we have had terrible postal service here in chicago almost once weekly
 
anyway!! good luck to everyone, good news is coming for you all!!!
 
 

Received my letter today to inform me my biometrics appointment  is on 4th August ☺️

The secret is pray and ask God to help you. Yeah i need to try lottery ticket 😄. 

Hi,
I also listened to the stream. A few things I would add:
* The date I heard for when we could expect start getting biometrics notices was June 29, i.e., the week leading up to July 4th.
* They expect the ASCs to operate at a "significantly reduced rate" as compared to pre-COVID-19 levels. 
* Certain ASC appointments will get prioritized. They mentioned some related to adoption (800A and 600A?), but even for those appointments it might take several weeks for the applicant to get an appointment notice due to the backlog and reduced processing rate.
* Which ASCs that open will depend on state and local orders regarding COVID-19, as well as if they have been able to prepare the ASC for opening (plexi glass, etc.)

So don't expect anything next week and then a slow trickle starting June 29th.

Btw, this information agrees with what this Reddit user posted a few days ago:
https://www.reddit.com/user/PublicEfficiency1/
https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/h9j1le/3_months_later_and_still_no_word_on_application/
"Internal guidance. 1st group of ASCs 7/13, 2nd 7/20, 3rd 7/27. Also, will not be able to handle same amount of applicants as before shutdown, so there will be a backlog for some time. And if furloughs happen on 8/3, well..."

Let's also hope that the USCIS furloughs don't happen! If that happens, we might not be able to do our biometrics for a really long time, and we will be stuck in limbo!

So sorry to hear that, but this approval is just first step because i am pretty sure that without biometrics they will not issue a EAD card and they have their rules about EAD it can take 6-8 months to get on hands, so we all in same boat even i m approved.

Looks like there has been a rash of I-765s and I-131 approvals lately all across the filing months. maybe they are trying to clear out a bunch of stuff to be ready for the re-openings. Hopefully this will work in your favors!

@Mako_5 Wow! That is awesome! hopefully you don't have to wait too much longer~

Yes  approval notices  on hands 

Congratulations! Same here EAD and AP was approved on May 5 without biometrics and still waiting the card. Probably I think they will send us a biometrics appointment when  they will open on June 4.

Hello everyone-
Yesterday I submitted an expedite request for my husband's EAD & the expedite request was approved this morning!😁  Now we wait the arrival of the card 🙄 his biometrics has not been completed yet, so I wonder if they can use his biometrics from when he entered the US. 

Yes surely i will let to know you guys

Great news for me.... notice came today informing me a biometrics appointment will be scheduled for me. How long have y’all waited to receive this? 

The secret is pray and ask God to help you. Yeah i need to try lottery ticket 😄. 

Hi, i m not medical professional. When i will receive  a combo card i will believe that all this true, till then  i still doubt.

I filed March 24 2020, to USCIS delivered on March 30 2020, message from USCIS was on April 6 2020, hard copys of I 797 C received  April 11 2020 and today May 5 2020 case approved. So totally for I 765 and I 131 is took a month to be approved.

Hi guys! Update. I got my  approval notices for  I 765. I 131,  from USCIS   by mail on saturday, next  i start calling today  to USCIS to ask: What is next step? Do i need biometrics? all that questions so i asked that i need to talk with Tier 2 the man on the line asked why i need Tier 2? I explained that i got approval notices on my I 765 and  I 131 applications  but i didn't had a biometrics, when i should expect a biometrics appointment  or card? He told me since you approved wait your card  in  60 days. So my next  question was since i didn't do  biometrics where they get my picture and fingerprint,  he told me that since COVID -19  they using pictures from all their sources. So that man didn't connect me with Tier 2.  But anyway  how i see people who got approved they had a updates on USCIS site  almost immediately  that New card is being prodused, i dont have that update, so i don't know what to think. Maybe i  need try to call later or in June if  no receive a card by that time. 

The secret is pray and ask God to help you. Yeah i need to try lottery ticket 😄. 

If USCIS can wave the AOS interview surely they can also approve a I-765 and or I-131 without a biometric appt or picture. I was  sceptical too when I was approved for the GC without an interview. Best advice wait for the card, its coming it's  not an error!!!!!

Let's see when the combo  card arrives

thats amazing! still curious what your secret sauce is... 😜

Thats awesome news if true! congrats!

Hi guys! Update. I got my  approval notices for  I 765. I 131,  from USCIS   by mail on saturday, next  i start calling today  to USCIS to ask: What is next step? Do i need biometrics? all that questions so i asked that i need to talk with Tier 2 the man on the line asked why i need Tier 2? I explained that i got approval notices on my I 765 and  I 131 applications  but i didn't had a biometrics, when i should expect a biometrics appointment  or card? He told me since you approved wait your card  in  60 days. So my next  question was since i didn't do  biometrics where they get my picture and fingerprint,  he told me that since COVID -19  they using pictures from all their sources. So that man didn't connect me with Tier 2.  But anyway  how i see people who got approved they had a updates on USCIS site  almost immediately  that New card is being prodused, i dont have that update, so i don't know what to think. Maybe i  need try to call later or in June if  no receive a card by that time. 

Hi guys! Update. I got my  approval notices for  I 765. I 131,  from USCIS   by mail on saturday, next  i start calling today  to USCIS to ask: What is next step? Do i need biometrics? all that questions so i asked that i need to talk with Tier 2 the man on the line asked why i need Tier 2? I explained that i got approval notices on my I 765 and  I 131 applications  but i didn't had a biometrics, when i should expect a biometrics appointment  or card? He told me since you approved wait your card  in  60 days. So my next  question was since i didn't do  biometrics where they get my picture and fingerprint,  he told me that since COVID -19  they using pictures from all their sources. So that man didn't connect me with Tier 2.  But anyway  how i see people who got approved they had a updates on USCIS site  almost immediately  that New card is being prodused, i dont have that update, so i don't know what to think. Maybe i  need try to call later or in June if  no receive a card by that time. 

Interesting, I saw some posts that a couple of applicants got their EAD cards without their biometrics done. 1 person received their card in 2-3 weeks. 
Good luck!

Hi guys! Update. I got my  approval notices for  I 765. I 131,  from USCIS   by mail on saturday, next  i start calling today  to USCIS to ask: What is next step? Do i need biometrics? all that questions so i asked that i need to talk with Tier 2 the man on the line asked why i need Tier 2? I explained that i got approval notices on my I 765 and  I 131 applications  but i didn't had a biometrics, when i should expect a biometrics appointment  or card? He told me since you approved wait your card  in  60 days. So my next  question was since i didn't do  biometrics where they get my picture and fingerprint,  he told me that since COVID -19  they using pictures from all their sources. So that man didn't connect me with Tier 2.  But anyway  how i see people who got approved they had a updates on USCIS site  almost immediately  that New card is being prodused, i dont have that update, so i don't know what to think. Maybe i  need try to call later or in June if  no receive a card by that time.