petridza

Thank you! I think I forgot about that step! Glad I checked in so we can be on time of the process

Happy to share my husband got a notice his EAD is in the makings! 
Hopefully we receive it in the mail soon, along with SSI and a notice for GreenCard interview is shortly after.
 
Happy to see that things are moving for others too! We can all finally relax and start living more freely 

Hello, 
 
Still waiting for my husband EAD and Green Card. We also filed in October 2021, Biometrics done November 12th, and still nothing. We filled to Chicago Lockbox, but our NOA say National Benefit Center. He wasn't able to get a Social Security nor Driver License, just waiting around. 

Update!
April 5, 2022 
I765 EAD - Card being produced

If you file for the extension, then you have until October to wait on his EAD and SSN.  If he gets the SSN, he will also be eligible to receive the recovery rebate credit ($1400) that you probably got last March. He wouldn’t be eligible for that if he filed with an ITIN. 
 
You can also file your taxes Married Filing Separately and for his SSN write in NRA (Non Resident Alien) by hand on a printed out return. You would get rejected by efile with nothing in that SSN space so you would have mail the return printout you hand wrote on. He would not have to file at all since he has earned no income since his arrival. You can’t write NRA for a joint return.
 
Filing jointly usually gives you a better deal because you get an extra standard deduction for him. But if your income is less than $25,100. It’s probably not really going to benefit you to file jointly. Those that get a big tax break from the extra standard deduction often just amend their return later to pick up their extra refund. He will not qualify for the recovery rebate credit on an amended return unless he had his SSN before the filing deadline in April (or Oct if you apply for an extension.)
 
 

8.5 to 12 months currently.
The best thing you can do in your processes to citizenship is to learn how to use and monitor the website USCIS has so kindly offered us for this exact reason.
 
Select I765 and NBC.
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/
 

You would receive it after your AOS is adjudicated (after the interview and approval). Even then, it’s not guaranteed they will send it. When you get your EAD you can go to SSA office. If you don’t get your EAD then you have to wait until you get your GC. 

We also recieved email with new appointment date for next week😁
Good luck everyone.

We got email that NVC sent our K1 petition to US embassy in Croatia 😀 😀

We received the P3 from the embassy in Bosnia today and were able to schedule the first available appointment on November 23! 🎉😁🎉

Sorry,
I got into the topic for NOA2 so I assumed it's clear that that's what I got. 
 
I am still waiting for the NVC number so we can trace the case at the embassy in Serbia. 
 
I will give them a call, thanks! 
I was just wondering if anyone else that got NOA2 approval in June 2020 has heard from the NVC and the consulate for scheduling the interview for K1? 

 
 

I just barely got my NOA2 approved today! (woohoo!) I just have a question. I'm aware of the processing time it takes for the NVC to receive your case from USCIS; but I'm wondering if anybody happens to know exactly what happens to your petition right after approval? Does USCIS send it off right away to the NVC or does it just sit in the office for (in this case on the historical timeline from USCIS to NVC) 40 days? I'm confused. Is that when they actually receive it or when USCIS sends it with the NVC subsequently receiving it? 🤪 if that makes sense? Hopefully it does. 
 
 

You can check this thread for your next steps