xoom74

On 5/19/2021 at 1:11 PM, juancarlos said:

Great!! Does your status already changed to case approved?

Yes and we received the GC in mail couple of days back.

On 5/15/2021 at 10:46 AM, Rearviewmirror said:

How did it go?

Interview went on smoothly. The lady officer asked the basic questions about I-485, verified ID cards and passports. She asked how we met and how many times my spouse has been to US before this. Since we were adjusting from B2 visa, she asked when did we decide to apply for i-485. This question was tricky one and had to be answered smartly... my wife told the officer that she was planning to go back after few weeks of visit and then Covid situation happened and the airlines canceled the tickets (we had the airline cancelation email printout). We waited for situation to improve but then we were running out of time on I-94. So we decided to apply just before we ran out of time on i-94.

We had lots of documents but she never asked for anything. Just before leaving, she asked if we want to provide any documents...not sure what to give.. I gave her additional pictures of the relationship. At the end she said she would recommend us for the GC.

On 5/13/2021 at 9:28 PM, xoom74 said:

My interview is tomorrow in Fairfax office... fingers crossed🤞. Hope it goes well.

My interview is tomorrow in Fairfax office... fingers crossed🤞. Hope it goes well.

Just FYI... Received the interview letter today. My PD was June 24th. Washington DC Center.

1 minute ago, juancarlos said:

Where are you located? Depending on where you are that can take several months to change to "An Interview is scheduled".

I live in Northern Virginia.

Is it unusual for the I-485 to be sitting in "Case Is Ready To Be Scheduled For An Interview" from Nov 23 till now? I haven't received any notice about the interview. 

Did anyone from June AOS date, get SSN card after getting Combo EAD card? Normally how long does it take get SSN after EAD card approval?

On 9/16/2020 at 2:30 PM, Ela S. said:

Still no biometrics here...

Same here...no biometrics...no rfe... nothing...just the receipt from Jun filing.

3 minutes ago, E_pluribus_unum said:

So USCIS has two case status pages:

1) https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do which is usually updated quicker than the one below and

 

2) https://myaccount.uscis.gov/ which is the one that I think you are referring to

 

As far as I know, I only have access to the documents tab for my I-130 because I filed that online. For the other paper cases which I have added manually, I am only able to see case status and case history. I don't think it is possible to see a documents tab for paper filed cases. 

I normally check my.uscis.gov... you are correct ... for i-130 ... I see the documents tab. The reason I posted is that the other I day I was speaking to tier 1 agent and she said download the NOA from your USCIS account. From the time the agent told me to download from my.uscis.gov account, I am trying to scratch my head to figure our how to do that. May be she gave me wrong info.

So I finally got the NOA after 50 days in the mail. I have an USCIS online account and when I added the I-485 paper case ... it shows the status but not related documents such as NOA. It looks like I can add anybody's paper case  (provided you know their MSC number) and it will show me the status. How do I get the account to be linked to my case where I can see the documents tab?

On 8/5/2020 at 10:50 AM, IndominusRex said:

Seems like the filing category selected was wrong on Part 2 of the 485. We had selected 2b. but after reading the instructions it seems like a stepchild is considered a child of a US Citizen for immigration purposes so we selected 2a (as selected on the I-130). Also the I-864 needed to be one each per person/child. We had submitted the one prepared for my wife. Also on the 864 on Part 3, Q1, you do not check the box 2 and do not list anyone else since they will be principal immigrants and require a separate I-130, I-485 and I-864. This time we will also submit 765 in order to get social security cards for the kids. Thankfully, USCIS rescinded the I-944 for now and they recommend not sending the 944 for now (direct statement on the USCIS site).

 

I may be wrong on my assertions above and wouldn't mind a second set of eyes on this. 

 

Thanks, 

My case is similar, submitted my wife's and step-Child's application while they were on B2 visa. I-94 is expiring in two days  I submitted the whole AOS package on Jun 20th, reached lockbox on 24th....till today no news... checks have not been cashed. Sent emails to lockbox, contacted USCIS tier 1 and 2 reps... they couldn't find anything in the system. What else can I do? anyone any suggestions?

On 8/5/2020 at 1:30 PM, pigrew said:

I forgot to also mention: For form I-131, it generates big barcodes at the bottom of each page. They are generated with JavaScript, so you must at some point re-enable JS on that form and change some text on each page to get it to refresh the barcodes....

oh man ...  When I was reviewing the printed form before sending, I found mistakes. I corrected the form and printed ONLY the page that had the mistake and added to the existing printed forms. Looks like this has put me in trouble...I haven't received the receipt even after 40 days of submission 😌

On 8/2/2020 at 12:40 PM, Ayrton said:

I-944 is not required anymore (until they bring it back again)

Here is the communication about I-944 ... https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/injunction-of-the-inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds-final-rule

On 7/30/2020 at 11:28 AM, HillsHaveEyes said:

It seems the beginning of virtually every process I've taken with USCIS has had some problem. The original petition for my wife took weeks and weeks beyond the expected turn around time. I'm hoping for a similar situation now for my step-son's AOS on a K2 follow to join.

 

June 13, 2020 - Mailed I-485 packet* along with I-131 and I-765

June 16, 2020 - USPS confirms packet delivered

 

 

So far no other updates. I paid by check and have not seen it hit my bank. I've seen most people here have experienced 15-25 day waits. Today is day 44... I finally gave in and called USCIS and the woman I spoke to was just lovely, She told me "You're not the only one filing paperwork", "Well you'll just have to keep waiting because you don't have a receipt number". Getting her to escalate to tier 2 was like pulling hens teeth. I'm scheduled for a call back in 761 hours!

 

Anyone else having an excessive delay? This is at the Chicago Lock Box...

 

I am in same boat... mailed my application along with my daughter's application (485/131/944/864) on Jun 20, reached the Chicago Lockbox on 24 ... sent checks...still no word from USCIS and checks have NOT been cashed... I spoke to a tier two agent today and she said that either the application might have been rejected or just wait till 45 days. Chicago lockbox is responsible for communications. Waiting game is extremely stressful.

Same here, we mailed the AOS package on Jun 20th... reached Chicago lockbox on Jun 24. No word from then till now and checks not cashed. Wondering what we should do?

2 hours ago, portorusa said:

Yes, you can abandon the Consular Processing and apply to AOS from the United States. Your NVC fees will not be reimbursed.

Thanks for the reply. About fees

I am contemplating on applying for AOS too...but not sure how to do.

 background - wife and kid traveled to US in feb 2020, with return data of Jun - 2020 (with no intention of staying longer or doing AOS). Last week, we got email from Airline that tickets are cancelled. In addition, the are no flights to home country and the airports are not expected to open until mid-to-late Jun 2020. We had already started NVC process and had paid the 1V fees... and were in process of filing out DS260. 

@portorusa Do you know if we can just apply for new AOS to USCIS? What happens to fees paid during NVC process and what happens to NVC process/steps?

Appreciate feedback from the community members.

I am the petitioner. My wife and her daughter (beneficiaries) are visiting me and are in USA now. I-130 was approved in Feb'20 and I was about to complete the NVC stage process before all this COVID-19 mess. If I go through the normal route, NVC stage will be done by mid-April and she would need to go back to India for counselor processing and interview. Looking at the current COVID scenario, I am worried about travel and risks.

So for last few days I am contemplating why not get AOS here instead going through counselor processing? Any thoughts or opinion about this? Any suggestions on how to go about applying for AOS and not go through counselor processing? Any risks? Thanks in advance for any guidance.

14 hours ago, Alexsea said:

Maybe our applications are being handled by the same person, and that person is in vacation? Hahah.

 

Was your update on Jan 8th the same update as mine? That "it's been accepted and is under review," or something like that??

Yes. 

On 1/21/2020 at 11:33 PM, Alexsea said:

Everyone's updates are incredible! I'm so happy to hear it!

 

My PD is July 15 and I'm still stuck waiting for my NOA1. They last updated on Jan 7 but nothing has happened since... Hopefully all these July approvals are a good sign for me as well! 🍀🍀🍀

Same here, my PD is July 12th @TSC. Still waiting for NOA2. Last update was on Jan 8th and nothing after that. 

14 minutes ago, Alexsea said:

Congratulations, that's amazing!! I filed just one day before you on the 15th and got my NOA1 on the 18th! I just went to check my status and they DID update my status yesterday, but it just says the same thing as the last update in November:
 

January 7, 2020

In Process

Your benefit request has been accepted and is under review.

 

Hopefully they aren't about to send me an RFE!   This waiting game is no fun! But I am happy to know that more July people are getting approved!

Same here... TSC - PD is July 16... they are working on the case. Fingers crossed. In my case, I have a child application along with mom's.

On 12/27/2019 at 8:24 AM, S&J2013 said:

Just ran a case track for my receipt numbers and I noticed a couple of July 12 receipts have been sent RFEs the last few days. So they’re certainly looking at July now in some centers at least. Hope you all have good news soon.

is there an app? or where did you check. My receipt date is July 12...