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Hi,
Today I received notice that our application to adjust status has been approved and that my 2 year green card is in the post. Obviously I'm very excited, but it's a bit weird as we haven't been given an interview, or as far as I know been through the FBI name check.
Is this a new thing they've started doing?
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I was reading up about the verification that SSA offices do if they can't find you in SAVE when you're in person. They file for a request for verification from USCIS by snail mail... and we all know how slow USCIS is.
If the office is not that far, try going in person and have them check your status while you're there. I just went today to get my SSN and was told I wasn't in the system. I was told to come back in 5 weeks if I haven't heard anything from them and they'd check their system again while I was there.
I just checked your timeline and you were approved and received the EAD same time I did.
Thanks Misa! I called this morning and they said I wasn't in the system. I guess I'll just go along again in a week if there's still no news.
I might have known the "will take up to four weeks to process" line was a big lie with USCIS involved!
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When did you enter the country, it takes a few weeks for DHS to update the system that SSA uses to confirm an alien's status.
Not having a timeline makes it hard to understand your situation.
Sorry folks, I've updated my timeline now.
I entered the country in December and applied for the social security card with my EAD as evidence on 12th June.
I'm in AOS limbo still at the moment, waiting for The Interview.
Also we moved house just after the EAD was issued. I changed the address for the AOS petition online (as well as filing the proper form to NY) but I didn't bother changing my address for the EAD petition, as it had already been issued. I'm wondering if that was a mistake now! If they check my EAD details, they're going to get a different address from the one I applied for the SS card with, even though it was the correct address when the EAD card was issued.
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I've been waiting for my Social security card for five weeks now (applied in Somerville MA). I phoned this morning and they said that if it doesn't come in six weeks I need to phone USCIS and see what the hold-up is at their end.
Grrr!
It makes me worry that there's something wrong with our Immigration status if they're taking this long to verify that I'm entitled to the card. Does it often take this long?
On top of that USCIS have lost my original medical exam results from the UK, so I have to go for another and the whole thing is on hold again until I take another medical exam here.
It's like banging your head on the wall sometimes!
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At the risk of sounding rude: Just do what they tell you. They gave you an address to return it to, why would you think it is wrong? Send the RFE to the address they tell you to.
Your case is currently processing in Missouri, like everyone elses does. Chicago Lockbox is just a mail room, they sort your package and then forward it to the MSC for preprocessing.
No, you don't sound rude at all! Thank you so much for your help. I guess it seems like an obvious question to ask, but getting it wrong the first time has made me second-guess everything I do now.
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I posted a while back about help with our affidavit, which was returned to us as incorrect and we were told to resubmit it.
Well we filled it out again, but the address they've told us to send it to is the USCIS center in Missouri. Everything else we've submitted has gone to Chicago, and our closest center is actually Vermont (we're in Massachusetts)
Can anyone think of a reason they would want the affidavit (the original of which was submitted to Chicago) to be sent to Missouri, or have they made a mistake somewhere?
I sent it off to the address they told me, but I'm worrying now that it's wrong.
I don't want to confuse things by sending a copy to Chicago when they haven't asked me to.
The woman on the helpline said I could send one to Chicago too 'If it would make me feel better', and confirmed that Chicago was coming up on the computer as the place to send things for my area, but that I should do as the letter said and send it to Missouri.
Has anyone else had this happen?
What should I do!?
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Thank you all so much for your help.
It sounds like we have everything done right this time, but it's so easy to second-guess yourself when you've had a scare like that!
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Does any part of the form itself need to be certified? I keep getting conflicting advice on various websites
Ugh. By 'certified' I meant notarized'
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We made a stupid mistake with our I-864 (Not sending in the tax related stuff. Don't ASK how that happened!) and have been asked to re-submit it. I'm really worried and confused now. What exactly are we supposed to submit as evidence along with this form?
We have a copy of the 2006 tax return (1040a) that my husband has from when he filed his taxes online, but it has 'copy only, do not file' printed on it. I think it is the copy of the tax return sent to him by the IRs for his records. Is this OK to send, or do we need to apply for some certified tax return from the tax people?
Does any part of the form itself need to be certified? I keep getting conflicting advice on various websites.
Do we need to submit tax returns for the past three years, or just from the most recent year as it says on the form?
I know this must sound really pathetic, but I'm terrified of getting it wrong again.
Thanks
Wow! AOS approved with no interview?
in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas
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Gosh, I'm sorry, it seems I'm still pretty poor at this forum business.
In that case I'll change my n00b mistake post into a 'Thanks visajourney forum members, we'd NEVER have made it through this without you guys!' post instead.