madmanmike

Question for those who received their combo card. How long after approval did you receive the card? Ours was approved on 20 April, letter received about a week after that. But no card going on 3 weeks now. 

2 hours ago, madmanmike said:

My USCIS account page shows my old K1 application only. All other cases, 485, 765, 131 have disappeared from the page. I have not tried readding them yet, as I’m hoping it’s a temporary Sunday morning glitch. 
 

Weird. 

……..aaaaasannnnnnddddddd………it’s back. With no changes. 

My USCIS account page shows my old K1 application only. All other cases, 485, 765, 131 have disappeared from the page. I have not tried readding them yet, as I’m hoping it’s a temporary Sunday morning glitch. 
 

Weird. 

Combo card approval listed under I-765 Documents today, 20 Apr. 

2 minutes ago, myloviswhite said:

I just got the Combo Cards (EAD & AP) approved yesterday. The online status is still Actively Reviewed by USCIS but the approval notice was uploaded in my USCIS account under Documents section. 

 

AOS Timeline (DIY)

✈️ Flight to USA: December 20th, 2023

🏛️ Applied for SSN: December 29th, 2023

📬 Received SSN card: January 8th, 2024

💒 Got Married: January 7th, 2024

📤 Mailed AOS, EAD & AP packages (via USPS Priority): January 18th, 2024 (Phoenix Lockbox)

📥 Packages Received by UCSIS: January 22nd, 2024

💸 Check cashed by USCIS: January 26th, 2024

💬 Received USCIS Receipts via text: January 26th, 2024

📬 Received USCIS Receipts (I-797C) letters: February 1st, 2024

📳 Received Biometric Appointment Scheduled Notification: February 1st, 2024

📩 Received USCIS Online Access Code letter: February 5th, 2024

📩 Received Biometric Appointment letter: February 10th, 2024

🗓️ Biometric Appointment Date: February 21st, 2024

📳 Received AOS and EAD are actively reviewed by USCIS Notification: February 21st, 2024

Combo cards (EAD & AP) Approved: April 18th, 2024

Congrats. Great news. 
 

Just curious, which section showed the card production? 765 or 131 or both? I noticed today that they have removed the progress tab from the 131 section. Weird. Maybe a glitch. 

26 minutes ago, G and B said:

We just got our GC approved and I never had any update on the EAD/AP. 

Good luck everyone 🍀

Very cool. Congrats!

The USCIS updated on Sunday, or you hadn’t checked in a while?

On 4/2/2024 at 1:40 PM, ap4295 said:

I'll just jump on the bandwagon and say yup, nothing new since attending the biometric appointment. Just waiting for letters I guess. 

January filer here. Nothing since biometrics. 

3 hours ago, Bhib_ said:

Curious - is there anyone here in the same boat who hasn't had there  I-765 or AOS approved yet?

January filer here. Nothing since biometrics. 

Just checking in. No change since biometric on 8 March. 
 

765 shows ‘taking longer then expected’ since 24 March. 
 

Ho hum. 

1 hour ago, P Bista said:

Been 3 weeks since the the AOS package delivered and my credit card still is not charged no e-notice. 

Ours took 28 days to cash our check and send texts. Pheonix lockbox. 

We’ve had no updates since our biometrics until today. 
 

The 765 section has the dreaded ‘your case is taking longer than expected’. 
 

No updates at all on the other 2. 
 

How fun. Yay. 

We sent to Pheonix. Took them 25 days to cash my check. It can take a while. 

43 minutes ago, fellaamazing said:

Still no luck in EAD under documents.

 

This is what I was asking about. Both of your cases show biometrics complete. Our 485 case still shows biometrics incomplete. When I watched the lady doing the scans, she tried to scan the bar code and it didn’t work. So I watched her enter the receipt number manually. The letter had the receipt numbers for both the 485 and the 765. And she only entered one. I am worried only the EAD case will get credit for the biometrics. 
 

Am I being unnecessarily concerned?

We completed biometrics today. 8 March. 
 

Question: under the myProgress tabs, the I-765 has a checkmark for biometrics step completed. 
 

The other 2 still show Step 2 of 3 (current step): Attend biometrics appointment (if necessary) as not completed. 

Is that normal? I would have thought all 3 would show that step completed. 

6 hours ago, KittySot said:

Does anybody know if it is possible to reapply? I'm afraid our case got lost because we sent it to a wring office for our state or for some other reason 

I see in your post that you live in Dallas? And sent your package to Phoenix?
 

Look at this site below. If you are in Texas, you should have sent to the Texas lockboxes. 
 

https://www.uscis.gov/uscis-lockbox-filing-locations-chart-for-certain-family-based-forms

 They will either forward your package to the correct location, that will take a while, or they will send your complete package back and you can then send it to the correct place. 

6 hours ago, KittySot said:

Does anybody know if it is possible to reapply? I'm afraid our case got lost because we sent it to a wring office for our state or for some other reason 

You should update your timeline so we can see when you did things. 
 

But, we submitted to the Phoenix lockbox as well and it was 25 days before they did anything. As long as you have delivery confirmation, they will eventually do something, even if it’s sending the package back. 

We received our letter with the rescheduled biometrics. This Friday. Groovy. 

10 hours ago, GEOntificator said:

You can try just showing up at the center where they take biometrics and explain what happened. They may let you in and get it done.

I have seen posts here from those that did that successfully. But when I did a Google maps search for the location, it specifically said they do not accept walkins. I don’t know if that’s generic for all the sites, but it would suck to drive all the way there just to be turned away. 

1 minute ago, Nitsua0895 said:

Well that’s a relief, I’ll be calling on Monday.

I even noticed the stamp on the envelope was February 26th and sent first class from Missouri to Alabama. There’s no way we would have received it on time, especially when our mail usually runs late in the evening.

Same here. Letter was dated 20 Feb. arrived 8 days later. 
 

I’m just perturbed that we have to go all the way to B’ham for biometrics. I can get fingerprinted for an FBI background check or TSA Precheck in Huntsville. But we gotta drive 2 hours to do that for USCIS. 

21 minutes ago, Nitsua0895 said:

I received the letter with my biometrics appointment in the mail today(and I have checked every single day). The only problem is the appointment was set for February 28th, 2024 and now it sounds like our visa could be denied for abandonment? This is complete insanity. The automated system is saying that it might not even be able to be rescheduled since the appointment date has already passed. Any tips?

Yes. Same thing happened to us. I mean exactly. We got our letter on the afternoon of the 28th and we were scheduled to have our appt that morning. On the letter it has a phone number to call if you missed your appt. We called and the lady told us many people miss their appts. She took our info and told us an agent would contact us by email within ‘72 business hours’. We aren’t sure if that means 3 business days or 9 business days. Heh heh. It’s been 2 business days and nothing yet. 

12 hours ago, ap4295 said:

Mailed: Feb 16th to Phoenix lockbox (since we live in Tennessee).
Delivered: Feb 20th.

Checked status of each receipt number today on USCIS website:

I-485 says biometrics appointment was scheduled on Feb 28th and to look for notice in the mail (not arrived).
I-765 says case was received on Fed 21st and to look for receipt notice or acceptance notice (not arrived)
I-131 says the same thing as I-765.

We had the same thing. Our biometrics appt letter arrived the afternoon of the 28th. Letter said appt was for 10am on the 28th. Good job govt! Called the number on the letter to reschedule. Still awaiting an email with new appt. 
 

Letters were dated 20 Feb. took 8 days to get to us. 🤷‍♂️ 

Received RFE for our I-864. Redid it, uploaded the new I-864 package with supporting docs last nite. 
 

Now waiting for our rescheduled biometrics appt. 

Thanks guys. Filled it out as best as I could. Paid a little cash to have a well respected user here too review it and sent it in. 
 

Pins and needles here. 

Thank you to Crazy Cat and K1VisaHopeful. Your suggestions are great and appreciated. 
 

i will review the instructions once again and give it my best shot. 

47 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

1. Did you submit the required sponsor statement saying you are not required to file taxes or did you assume they would know that?

2. Did you check the box that says that you did not file?

3. Did you input "0" or "None" or "N/A" in 24a, b and c?

4. Did you also spell it out how your income adds up from the provided financial docs in the additional info section?

Thank you for your responses. I will check the things you listed. 
 

Much appreciated!