Asterix78

Yes, expires in 2028.

My wife did earlier this year, with her 2 year GC. No issues whatsoever, approved in a couple of days. The hardest thing was getting an interview appointment slot, but once scheduled, it consisted of taking a photo and fingerprinting. No questions. 

5 minutes ago, Mike E said:

this and the below contradict each other. 

As predicted.  She’s lucky she didn’t get a secondary 

They may sound contradictory but they aren't. 

Thanks for everyone's response. Just wanted to circle back and update the thread that she, in fact, did not have any issues entering the US after her Russia visit. CBP officer was super curious, however, why in the world would someone go there right now. 

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Would you rather have to try getting an infopass appointment at USCIS for an ADIT stamp?  Appointments are not easy to get.

My point is that this rule seems to indicate there is no intention of improving timelines, quite the contrary, to deliberately extend them. There was at least a decent chance at getting approved within 24 months before with the hope of improvement. 

This messes with folks who don’t plan on naturalizing (no dual citizenship rule for example) and who now have to travel with the extension letter for 4 years, which is known to cause stress at check in. Plus the inability to check in online or at a machine, methods which are becoming ubiquitous. 

My LPR wife (Lithuanian citizen) needs to go to Russia due a death in the family. She is in the process of obtaining a Russian tourist visa for this purpose. 
1. Should she anticipate any issues at CBP on return, due to current strained relations with Russia?

2. she is a conditional GC holder. Will her trip to Russia negatively affect her ROC?

Thank you in advance. 

Have you thought about staying overnight in your port-of-entry city, giving yourself and the pet a bit of a break (and no stress) , then moving on fresh the next day? Could be done as a completely separate ticket. Could be a road trip if your spouse comes to get you.. Just an idea. 

Thanks very much, this totally makes sense. Appreciate the response!

I didn't expect this answer. Wouldn't that create two I-485 applications and therefore two cases for the same thing? Is this ok and allowed?

(Asking for a friend)

I am dealing with a situation where my employer is sponsoring AOS from H1B, but the contracted law firm seems really slow and inept. In short, bunch of docs collected by law firm but application hasn't been submitted as of yet. I am losing patience and trust in them. It's been about 2 years since they "started" to work on my case. In the meantime, I got married to a US citizen a few months ago.

I've been in the US for 7 years and am a Canadian citizen.

Given that I have a choice (if I even do), would you recommend that I continue grinding out the H1B AOS or ditch them and do my own marriage based AOS? Once applications are received, all things being equal, is one type more advantageous than the other in terms of wait times, 2 yr vs 10 yr GC, etc? 

Thank you in advance. 

Another idea is to disable Java within Adobe Acrobat. This allows for free text entry into fields that are otherwise limited to certain text type, like letters where numbers should be expected. I had to do this in my own forms. Maybe it will work in your situation. 

22 hours ago, alexkaz said:

Hi guys, I'm wondering if I could get some feedback/advice on a dilemma I'm having.

 

I arrived in Los Angeles, USA from the UK on my K1 Visa on October 5th 2021 and got married November 6th 2021. I was supposed to be over by March 2020 but Covid delayed the whole process as I'm sure it did for many others.

 

My adjustment of status documents were received by USCIS on December 8th 2021. I did concurrent filing, submitting three forms: I-486 AOS, I-765 EAD and I-131 AP.

 

I went for my biometrics appointment in LA on 11th January 2022. I also submitted some additional information online that was requested for my AOS on that very same day. All my correspondence regarding these forms has come from the National Benefits Center in Kansas City, MO.

 

My dilemma is this: back in 2019 when we stared this process we were under the impression that the Advance Parole document would be the first to arrive, usually within 3 to 4 months. I had actually spoken to some people who had this experience. Now with Covid I'm seeing people mention it is taking way longer - at least 6 months. The timeframe on the USCIS says even longer. The problem is that even though we're married we've booked a big wedding party back in the UK on July 3rd 2022.

 

I'm worried that this could be cutting it really fine and that I might miss my own party because the Advance Parole document will take so long. Presuming it takes 6 months from December 8th 2021 that would mean I'd get it sometime in June. I'm trying to decide if I should postpone the whole thing and not risk putting more deposit money down for entertainment/photography etc.

 

My questions would be:

 

1 - Does the fact I've done biometrics already give any indication at how fast the Advance Parole might be granted?

2 - Is there anybody is a similar situation (K1, UK/USA, Kansas Office etc) who is awaiting AP? What has your experience been like?

3 - Does the AP actually arrive first before anything else or did I somehow dream that?

 

Thanks in advance for any advice or perspective you can give!

My wife's AP/EAD combo arrived 7 months after filing and 1 (one) day before her green card arrived. Basically all documents appear to have been processed as we walked out of the interview room. That was our experience. 

41 minutes ago, green_rabbit said:

Oh maybe it is normal. There doesn't even seem to be a space on the timeline to enter an approval date.

Yep it's normal. EAD will arrive with the AP endorsement on the bottom. If you hadn't submitted for AP, the EAD would instead state "not valid for re-entry" or something like that. 

3 minutes ago, joe.b said:

Unfortunately, I don't have answers to your questions, but I'm wondering what ended up happening with your fiancee's/wife's SSN application. Did she end up getting issued her SSN?

 

My husband is currently in a similar situation to when you posted. It's been 7+ weeks since he applied for his SSN, and no update. It's almost impossible to get anyone even on the phone at our local SSA office. The one of the few times we did get someone on the phone two weeks ago, the employee said she couldn't tell us anything, but gave the extension of the person who allegedly could. That person, in turn, never answers her phone and doesn't respond to our voicemails. A search on the SAVE website also shows two verification requests, both with the checkmark. We also sent in my husband's AOS packet before having received the SSN (because we didn't want to wait indefinitely), and just included a statement saying he had applied for an SSN and explaining the situation.

 

Anyway, I hope your partner got her SSN, and in any case, would appreciate hearing how it turned out!

 

 

Hi,

She eventually got the SSN in the mail and we never received any others through the I-765. This is probably because the 765 never really moved this whole time. 
my wife just got her green card stamped yesterday and the day before her EAD case stated that card was being issued. So now we may receive EAD and GC or just the GC, no idea. In any case, at the interview, the officer did ask her if she had a SSN and she showed her card. 

Case update:

We had our I-485 interview today, wife's green card approved, got stamp in passport and card being produced.

Yesterday her EAD also showed card being produced! Not sure if it will come as a combo card or not, since the AP case still just shows "Expedite request received". But it doesn't matter now.

Dallas office.

Good luck to everyone!

6 hours ago, ashley_ann said:

Well… I just got a status change… it stay my interview has been cancelled and they are sending out a notice. 
 

I have noticed this is happening a lot to people… any thoughts? 

Go anyway, you’ll be able to pass through security with your original letter, and then clarify with the check-in person. It won’t count against you and it may help trigger a faster reschedule. 

1 hour ago, Sunny_123 said:

Hi guys! just wanted to post a little update! I had my interview today --- the interview only took about 20 mins. the status changed to "new card being produced" when I walked out of the building. yayyyy!!!!!!!!!! 

Good luck everyone!!!!

Congrats! Which documents did they ask for?

1 minute ago, NewYorker14 said:

Hi All, 

 

Everyone that had their interview already or received notice that their interview is upcoming, please help me to answer the questions below; 

 

1) How long after was your case scheduled for an interview when the status changed to " Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview"? 

2) What documents did you need to take to your interview? 

3) How long after your interview did you receive your green card? 

 

Thank you for your guidance. 

I can answer #1. It took 8 days the first time. Then it got canceled and rescheduled. The second time both “ready” and “scheduled” happened on the same day. 
 

Yeah thank you @Sparkle Sparkle and @ashley_ann for the responses. We are 100% ready with the stack of papers ready to go...so we'll go  I will update with what the letter says and whatever new developments happen.

8 minutes ago, ashley_ann said:

Did you go to the USCIS website to check on your field office if they’ve been closing/ closed recently? 
 

Curious as to the other answers coming. 

No closings listed 🤷‍♂️

Hi,

We had our K-1 based I-485 interview scheduled for 9/16 and today (9/2) we received a cancellation notice which also states:

We will notify you by mail if the appointment is rescheduled, a decision is made, or if we need something from you. Please follow any instructions in the notice

I read the following in a few posts on this topic:

 - this is a glitch - ignore it and go to your interview anyway.

- you may be granted a green card without an interview or with a delayed interview (post GC receipt)

- you are being pushed out because your interview was mistakenly scheduled too soon

FYI - We submitted our I-693 already and had no RFEs. 

This seems to be a pretty rare situation, so I am curious if anyone had any recent experience with this and how it eventually panned out. 

Thank you in advance. 

On 8/11/2021 at 12:23 PM, Asterix78 said:

Our case just got scheduled for interview. Will have to wait for the letter to find out the exact date. Timeline:

 

3/16 - filed I-485, I-765, I-131

4/16 - NOA1

7/21 - expedited I-131

7/26 - Biometric notice received. Sent a letter to US Representative and provided info. 

7/27 - Biometric taken (walk-in)

8/11 - I-485 interview scheduled. 
 

This is the Dallas local office. 

Update:

3/16 - filed I-485, I-765, I-131

4/16 - NOA1

7/21 - expedited I-131

7/26 - Biometric notice received. Sent a letter to US Representative and provided info. 

7/27 - Biometric taken (walk-in)

8/11 - I-485 interview scheduled. 

9/16 - Interview date. 

1 hour ago, mitanyag said:

hello, any feedback on your interview last 11th?

That’s the date when the case changed to “interview was scheduled”. I am still waiting for the letter with the actual interview date. 

9 hours ago, tu2008 said:

I am scheduled to take Oath on the 23rd August.

 

I am planning on applying for passport on the same day.

 

Expedited processing + priority mailing

 

Can someone please let me know how long it may take? 

 

I tried reading through the passport tracker thread but it was not clear as it had many posts about personal issues and in-person appointments, congressperson help etc - not a knock on those people - they need help and glad they are getting on this forum. But the processing timeline information has taken a backseat.

 

As always, I truly appreciate all the info this forum provides.

Not sure how relevant this is, since mine was a renewal, but I just got mine back today Aug 12 and I sent the renewal out on July 12 via 2-3 day USPS mail. I expedited as well. Check was cashed on July 19. 

Our case just got scheduled for interview. Will have to wait for the letter to find out the exact date. Timeline:

3/16 - filed I-485, I-765, I-131

4/16 - NOA1

7/21 - expedited I-131

7/26 - Biometric notice received. Sent a letter to US Representative and provided info. 

7/27 - Biometric taken (walk-in)

8/11 - I-485 interview scheduled. 
 

This is the Dallas local office.