davejruk

So case status updates online were: we've requested your card, then the following day it was approved then 2.5 weeks later we've mailed your card. So I guess your 10 days behind my timescales if the queue is day on day processing right now. 

A final update from here, green card went for production on the 16th July and was received today - there was a bunch of news about slow downs in card production but it looks like 3 weeks is about what I had. 
 

best of luck to everyone else. 

Yeah EB1 AOS interview waived here too

Just a thought, if it comes down to translation it might be cheaper ($280) to get immigration titers for all vaccines and just get a TDAP before the appointment. 

Woop! Green card has gone for printing.  So glad.  Been worrying for weeks that my second i693 might have some technical problem on it but after an RFE on June 9th and a response 2 and a half weeks ago to the Seattle office it looks like we're at the end of the saga (and without an interview). Timeline is up to date for my EB1 application. Best of luck to all others.

Hi all

I received an RFE for an incorrectly filed i693 effectively asking for another one. If this one were to be rejected and the AOS rejected then I'd be in the situation where I have a valid E visa, but my i94 expired (back a few weeks ago). 

What would happen in that situation? I'd need to leave the US and re-enter on my E visa and then work out my visa?

Realize this is all hypothetical, but my stress levels are all over the place, and Canada being closed for Covid19 doesn't help 🙂

Thanks!

Posting to keep spirits up and to give a view on timelines. Got the i765 and i131 approvals through today - just got to wait for production then Fragomen to relay them in the mail, but very happy. Haven't travelled out of the US in nearly 2 years ... Nothing stopping me now ... 😬

High level timeline:

- NOA1 - Dec 14

- Bio - Dec 30

-i131 finger prints applied - Mar 4

- Approved - Apr 28

Good luck all. 

Nothing in the wording suggests that there would be any change in processing or issuing currently in process i485, i765 or i131APs under an EB based category, right?  Does the issuance of the green card count as exempt because an AOS is in country?

Got notification that the i485 is ready for interview scheduling. Given the recent news about in person services being suspended this might take a while, but progress. 

Now just got to get another i693 as my previous one was apparently done when the civil surgeon wasn't certified ... We'll get there(!)

Did a search and didn't find much evidence anywhere online of this ever happening before so thought I'd raise awareness/see if anyone had had this before.  I submitted my i485, i765, i131 and i693 together back in December and I've just got a Courtesy Letter from USCIS stating:

The Civil Surgeon that completed the examination does not appear to have been a valid USCIS designated Civil Surgeon on the date the examination was conducted.

Obviously I shall be contacting the surgeon when he arrives back from his winter in Mexico in 2 weeks time to understand why this might have happened but I'm shocked this could happen.  I went to the USCIS website, search up local doctors, found this one and went the same day for an appointment.  There was not even a single day delay, so either the form had a typo regarding his credentials (trying to dig out the form to see if I can spot anything) OR the USCIS website had incorrect information on it about his validity and he didn't mention this to me when I went.

I will contact my attorney and see if this is something worth raising issue with the USCIS about, but to be honest I assume its one of those things where I'm the one applying for something privileged so if I want it I should be following their guidance and paying the premium.

$1000 for the two of us potentially wasted here, so a warning to everyone - check the validity of your surgeon!

Yes, just use your passport for TSA

The 90 day guideline stopped in 2017.  It depends on the office processing and the reason for the AOS, but you can get the rough estimate either on the Immigration Timelines page of this website, or you could check the USCIS estimates (https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/home)

According to VisaJourney they are currently processing EADs with a NOA1 date of Sept 24th.

Although its not on the visa timeline entry page, I thought I'd update here.  Today I received an NOA stating Receipt of my i-485J form, which was submitted as part of my i-485 package.  Dates that seem important:

i-140 - Approved early 2019

i-485 received date - 12/09/2019

Bio appt - 12/30/2019

i-485J Notice Date - 01/24/2020

No updates online on the i-485 (presumably because the i-485J was given its own receipt number, which states 'Fees were waived' on the case status checked).

Hope this helps anyone else with an ominous looking letter from the USCIS in USPS Informed Delivery