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1 minute ago, FayeAlexandra said:

Thanks so much!! appreciate it

You may also be able to get an SSN now depending on your visa and a DL now depending on your state.

13 minutes ago, RishDan said:

Hello Guys !! 
has anyone got an email from VJ like this ? 
It said the latest EAD approval estimate

March 2022

Does it really take this long ?? 
I’ve talked to some people who got theirs within 3-4 months time after biometrics appointment, but again that was pre-pandemic situation 

I really hope it doesn’t take this long to get EAD and AP !! 😯😪

 

 

Receiving your EAD right before your green card, or not at all (because you receive your green card first), is not uncommon.

49 minutes ago, RishDan said:

Sent an email via online USCIS Account and still no response for the typographic error in my First name..

Does anyone know a number to talk to an agent from USCIS ???

1-800-375-5283

You'll have to play around with options a bit to get a live person though. I think you just keep asking for "case status".

Did our biometrics this Monday. In and out, ten minutes. Our daughter had hers scheduled in October in another state, but they didn't care at all, so long as we had the appointment letter.

Also a note, my wife has her married name on the I-485 and her maiden name on her passport, but they told us to leave the marriage certificate and other proof of name change in the car. They didn't need it for the bio appointment.

8 hours ago, gregcrs2 said:

Update.  We found out today that the interview scheduled for mid-October has been postponed (by the US Consulate in Kyiv) until May 2022.  

Ugh. I thought with the changed language on the visa page, they would start doing those sooner rather than later. Thank you for following up.

7 minutes ago, chancecody said:

Interesting 🤔. However, we are all July 2021 filers so we are all within processing time and it is actually moving faster than some filers. I do not think they owe us an update if we are within the processing times on their website. I think the contractor just messed up and they truly lost some of our documents.

I think the time frame is that they need to update our case in some way within 90 days since the last update (similar to how we have to respond to RFEs within 90 days). So for July filers, we're coming up on that deadline for many of them.

As an engineer, I also think that with the number of cases they're working with, it's unlikely whey would be going through them one by one, checking everyone's date, and making sure they haven't had an update in the last 90 days. If it was me, I would search the cases for receipt dates in July, that are still stuck in the service center (i.e. not waiting for interview) and mass send out an RFE for a birth certificate. This is why some people with bio appointments are getting RFEs. There's just too many cases to be checking them granularly like that.

Again, I'm speculating here, but if I was running the place and had tens of thousands of cases and thousands of people under me, this is how I would be meeting legal mandates.

13 minutes ago, NataliaM said:

Did anyone of you who received RFE for the copy of your birth certificates, you've already sent with original package, and who just resubmitted the same copies already received any answer from USCIS?

 

Trying to find a deep meaning of them asking for the same documents, which were in the package and scanned in online documents by them...

The running theory is that they issue those redundant RFEs in order to meet requirements for a case to have an update of any kind within a certain amount of time. RFEs are the only update they technically can issue without moving your case forward, and since they can't move it forward yet, they just issue a random RFE. Some of it is hearsay, but I think an alleged USCIS employee confirmed it on reddit.

Submitted my RFE response yesterday.

Wasn't successful in getting an electronic version of my daughter's bio notice (they can only send them out 7 days after the scheduling of the appointment at the earliest). My wife's bio appointment is on Monday, so it may turn out we don't get to do both of theirs in one day.

22 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

Maybe because vast majority of people do include evidence of current income. To each their own I guess. 

I didn't. 🤷 Honestly, a correct I-864 won't get us an EAD/AP any earlier, so I'm not so much concerned about getting it exactly right the first time.

1 minute ago, bomem said:

Just found out about this thread. What a wholesome community!

I just did my biometrics today. Hope everyone who hasn't will get theirs soon!

My case was immediately updated to "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS".

 

Oooh, "Actively", sounds athletic. 😹 🏃‍♀️

Just got the bio notification for my daughter today as well, before my wife had her appointment! 🥳 That means we can do both in one day.

Gotta celebrate the little things. 😂

Just now, Jess&Eice said:

Some good news today, received biometric appointment 🙌🏽 set for 08 October. Does anyone now how long after biometric will I receive my Social security number and work permit?

Recipients of K-1 visas can file for an SSN immediately after marriage, they don't have to wait for work authorization. The SS card will say that you are not allowed to work without an EAD card.

As far as EAD, it all depends on your service center and can vary greatly for unclear reasons. Unfortunately, a lot of folks are getting their EAD only 1-2 months before they get their green card, which is not a great sign.

15 minutes ago, RishDan said:

Thanks ! 
Yes, the RFE was sent yesterday and it is asking a copy of mu birth certificate 

will it be possible to take it with me for my biometrics interview appointment today and submit ? Or should I submit it online via USCIS account?? 

The people at the biometrics facilities are contractors. All they know are fingerprints and photos and where to put them.

13 hours ago, HBundle said:

Is everyone required to have a biometrics appointment?  We still haven't gotten one, though we did the biometrics at the Embassy in Colombia during the visa stage (rather than a separate ASC appointment).  Maybe we won't be required to do biometrics again?

 

I'm crossing my fingers we don't get an RFE like others have here for documents that were included in the original package.  That is very frustrating to hear about-- hopefully it is easy for you guys to resolve.

It's possible to reuse your biometrics from a previous time you did it, although there are people I've talked to who've had to do a bio appointment every time they apply for something. I believe your application status will indicate that they were able to reuse biometrics data from a previous process when someone at USCIS makes that call, however.

Got an RFE notice today over Lawfully. It's asking for I-864, birth certificate, and marriage certificate, all things I've sent them. 🤦‍♂️ I feel like the lockbox contractors dicked something up when they separated the AOS apps for my wife and her daughter.

The only thing I might be wrong about is that the birth certificate was translated in the origin country, with notarization and apostille. Maybe it needs translation in the US?

But they didn't mention anything in the RFE about that not being enough, which makes me think they just lost it.

8 minutes ago, Treasure1 said:

Am i the only july filer yet to get biometrics appointment 😭

I'm in a Whatsapp group for summer filers. Looking at the July folks, there are 25 of us and 15 have had theirs scheduled. Although, it's not a perfect record. It's possible some of the remaining ten left the group or did not update when they got theirs scheduled.

But I think it's safe to say you're far from the only one. Another lady in the group from Queens, NYC hasn't had hers scheduled yet and she filed in March I believe.

Had a double celebration this week: my wife got her bio appointment scheduled and our K-2 daughter finally got her adjustment application accepted and receipt numbers issued. 🎉 Seems like our daughter will be on an offset schedule from my wife since her part of the application was accepted later, but I would think the two of them would share their priority date.

20 hours ago, HarryHerc said:

Anyone in this group still waiting for biometrics?

Im a New Orleans filler and still waiting for biometrics appointment!

Still waiting. But we also filed a change of address mid August, so that may set us back more than most.

Just a small update on our front, we filed a Change of Address a week ago (8/16) for our K-1 AOS applicant, which would change our field office from Washington, DC to Miami, FL. The queue in Miami is about 20% smaller than DC, but of course, we're going to have a delay due to the transfer... Still it was only a month since we our application was even received, so it shouldn't delay things too much.

We haven't even received receipt numbers for our K-2 AOS applicant, so we haven't been able to file a Change of Address for her yet. I'm wondering if there is a COA process for someone like that, technically in the middle of adjustment but no receipt numbers.

On 8/21/2021 at 2:07 PM, RishDan said:

Congratulations!! 
We filed our AOS package on 12 th July, got our NOA1s (3 letter in mail) on 19th July but still waiting for the biometrics appointment letter. 
Is there many in the group of July-AOS filers still waiting for the biometrics appointment letter ? 

Still waiting. PD July 14th.

Generally, I've heard it takes at least a month, but can take longer.

20 hours ago, Benedicte said:

I called USCIS and they told me to wait 30 more days before calling again if we don't get our receipt number or something.

She said that if the package was being sent back, she would have a number to give me but apparently there's nothing still.  

 

Saying "no receipt" worked by the way, then 77 minutes wait.

 

 

Sometimes, no news is good news.

10 minutes ago, Benedicte said:

Thank you for your answer. I will try.

My husband keeps saying we should send another package... 
I just don't understand why we have absolutely no notification in any form  

It's not unusual. More than a few people get their first text message notifications over a month after the date of receipt. But with something where they will definitely reject it, you won't get notified at all until you get the package back in the mail. Just the way it works, unfortunately.

1 minute ago, Benedicte said:

Thank you for this message, I was wondering if part of a package could be accepted.

I know ours will have an issue because I forgot the payment -.- but our package was received on 7/13 and we still have no news about it  
I prepared different folders for each demand, each had their own G-1145, but no text, no emails, no mail.

Should I try to call or ?

 

Since it's stuck at the lockbox, you could try their email address: lockboxsupport@uscis.dhs.gov

It's not clear to me why they're taking so long to reject it as it's a straightforward rejection. Perhaps they review the entire list of documents to make sure everything else is there as well to make sure they send you complete instructions.

1 hour ago, Sunshine210 said:

Thank you! How long did it take for you to receive your returned packet? I start to wonder if I did something wrong. Still no response. 

They were received on 7/14. We got half of it back on 7/29. The half that was accepted we received text messages for on 7/23.

57 minutes ago, Sunshine210 said:

Thanks! Anyone here still waiting for NOA1? I stapled the files together. I don't if that's one of reasons why my case got delayed. 

It can take a while sometimes for unknown reasons. There are people I've spoken who had to wait over a month. When they rejected part of our application, they stapled papers together, so they'd be pretty hypocritical if they delayed you for the same reason. 😂