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On 5/23/2024 at 8:15 PM, ThailandR said:

Wife's interview is June 7th. Had a Medical RFE as well in February 

We got a cancelation notice in our account today. According to EMMA our interview was waived. Make up your minds already, USCIS! 

Interview scheduled for June 20. Was hoping it would've been waived since we got a medical RFE last month, but alas... 

Requests for initial evidence (e.g., I-864) generally come from service centers early in the intake process, usually the NBC in Lee's Summit, MO.

Requests for additional evidence (e.g., medical RFEs for I-693) usually come from field offices during the actual adjudication process. 

9 minutes ago, ap4295 said:

We got approved today and the approval notice says "We will send your Employment Authorization Document (also known as an EAD card or Form I-766) to you separately. The EAD card will have an I-512 endorsement on it, which indicates that you have been approved for advance parole"

Is this what everyone is calling the "combo card"? Also the I-765 still says 5 weeks until case decision even though they said they've made a decision. I'm sure that's just an error on their end that will go away eventually?

Correct, that's the combo card. The case itself will not update and close until the card is produced - give it 2-3 weeks. 

44 minutes ago, Lara SD said:

Hi everyone! 
 

I just logged into myUSCIS and noticed that it says “case closed” for the I-131! Don’t want to get too excited but hopefully that means my application is moving forward 🙏

Check the documents tab of the I-765 in the next 24 hours. Likely a combo card approval. Same thing happened to us a few weeks ago. 

1 hour ago, Timona said:

Giving data to third parties isn't something I'd recommend. 

Ironic. 

Combo card approved this morning. Excellent news - they can take all the time they want on the GC now for all we care. 😅

41 minutes ago, Bhib_ said:

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

I have not. It seems like if you don't get an EAD approval shortly after biometrics, chances are you won't get it before your AOS gets approved. 

29 minutes ago, madmanmike said:

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?

It's completely normal

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

Processing times state, 80% of family based I-485 take 16.5 months in Seattle. Employment based - 20.5 months.

 

I think it would be overly optimistic to think many people got approved already.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

Not really. NBC has been flying through K1 AOS cases in recent months, many of which have the interview waived and don't even get sent to the field office. 

1 hour ago, Eddie101 said:

In my case the I-765 block says card produced and case closed.
Interestingly the progress tab for I-131 block disappeared. 
Is it possible this is a combo card? Has anyone seen something similar?

Possibly - is there anything in the documents tab for the 765?

2 hours ago, ThailandR said:

Of those already approved in our group, how many were being processed through the Lee's  Summit,MO USCIS Office. That's where both the AOS and EAD as well as AP for my wife are being processed through, and yet we live in Southern California.....down to 1 week again on EAD, and still not showing the RFE for the I-864 has been received yet my USPS green tracking post card was returned....

Lee's Summit is the National Benefits Center. I believe they process all EAD and AP cases, and also some AOS cases (which eventually get handed off to the local FO). 

31 minutes ago, grumpypiggy said:

I'm in a 0922 wechat group with 140 family based AOS filers, from what I could tell among all the 8 filers who got approved by now, 2 are K1 (including me). Those who got approved with I-130 are case number starting with 09220-09223, while K1 approval filers like me are 09228.

 

So the general idea we discussed is K1 should be relatively faster than spouses that filed AOS with I-130, because we already went through I-129F. So less paperwork to check for USCIS, and probably less chance to get an interview.

Right, I agree with that. It's just difficult to get hard, clean data that we can extrapolate timing from. 

1 hour ago, mw & rg k1 said:

To be honest, nothing about USCIS processing order makes any sense at all.
The EAD (for us) reached "Taking longer than expected" on two seperate occasions ....
Then ... poof, AOS approved ....

Looking through case tracker (android app) ... and https://www.casestatusext.com/forms/I-485/IOE-LB  ....
I can find no rhyme or reason to the order of processing.
 

 

One limitation of these tracking tools is that the vast majority of cases captured aren't adjusting from K1, and as far as I'm aware there's no way to filter to just K1-to-AOS cases. So there's no way to really know what's "typical" for us, other than maybe going through posts and timelines here (which also has its own limitations and probably won't get you the most accurate sample).

2 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

You have your visa in hand and will come end of January 2024

CBP no longer checks for covid

 

When u get here,  have the covid booster for your own protection/  its free

I don't think the question was about entry requirements, it was about requirements for the AOS filing.

17 minutes ago, mw & rg k1 said:

Eddie, In our case (in learning from @grumpypiggy), if you answered page 13, part 8 question 61 incorrectly (Should be "Yes")
you might want to make an adjustment.

We changed our 61-68 answers in that section, attached a cover letter and uploaded is as "Other Docs" to the online account.

If you answered it correctly (should be "Yes") then wishing you best of luck for a rapid completion

Interesting. Do you think that had anything to do with the fast turnaround time? In other words, does getting an early RFIE (or in your case, correcting a submission that would've otherwise resulted in an RFIE) effectively bump you toward the front of the line? 

Not a problem at all

Timeline so far:

11/28/2023 - Sent to USCIS

12/01/2023 - NOA1

12/09/2023 - Biometrics notice went out

12/11/2023 - Received all NOA1 and account access notices in the mail

12/12/2023 - Biometrics appointment (walk-in; originally scheduled for 12/28 when we would be out of town)

12/12/2023 - AOS and EAD cases changed to "actively reviewed"

Sent in our packet this morning via USPS to the Dallas lockbox. Should arrive by Thursday. And now the waiting game begins...

12 hours ago, SalishSea said:

Sounds like you have not done any  research at all.   Do you realize that the processing time just for the I-129F is currently 16.5 months?   If you go that route, you’re not getting married  until 2024 at the earliest.   
 

VisaJourney is FULL of people who have had engagement ceremonies/tribal/unofficial weddings and then were denied the K-1, and had to start over with a CR-1.   If it appears you’re “too married” for a K-1, it will be denied.   And the consulate doesn’t need to go looking for any sort of legal documentation.   They can outright deny you if it looks like you may have had a ceremony.
 

You should really have a thorough read of the immigration process.   Doing things wrong can cost time, money, and can cause denials.

16.5 months is more for the whole process end-to-end. The I-129F step is currently closer to 9-12 months. They've cut down significantly on the backlog since the start of the year. 

Excited to join the party

NOA1 June 23, 2022

NOA2 July 25, 2023

The ratio of RFEs to approvals in 97000 is nuts. Coupled with the glacial pace of that range, it makes me think they're being adjudicated by an inexperienced officer who doesn't know what he/she is doing. 

At least your range is somewhat moving. Whoever is adjudicating cases from June 23rd is going at a snail's pace and sending more RFEs than approvals. Situation feels hopeless at times. 

14 hours ago, Elays said:

✅JUNE 2022 UPDATE AS OF JULY 17

88000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)

89000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)

89500: 3 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress)

90000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)

90500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)

91000: 2 Approvals, 3 RFERs (1 new / 4 in progress)

91500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress)

92000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)

92500: 2 Approvals, 3 RFERs (3 new / 2 in progress)

93000: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (2 new / 1 in progress)

94000: 2 RFERs (1 new / 1 in progress)

94500: 3 Approvals (2 new / 1 in progress)

95000: 6 Approvals (6 new / 0 in progress)

95500: 3 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 RFER (4 new / 1 in progress)

96000: 1 Approval, 1 RFES, 3 RFERs, 1 Denial (4 new / 2 in progress)

96500: 9 Approvals, 1 RFES (10 new / 0 in progress)

97000: 1 Approval, 3 RFESs (4 new / 0 in progress)

97500: 8 Approvals (8 new / 0 in progress)

98000: 16 Approvals, 3 RFESs, 1 RFER, 1 Denial (20 new / 1 in progress)

98500: 15 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 RFER, 1 Denial (18 new / 1 in progress)

99000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)

99500: 1 Denial (1 new / 0 in progress)

100000: 2 RFESs, 1 RFER (2 new / 1 in progress)

112 Total Updates: 71 Approvals, 14 RFESs, 23 RFERs, 4 Denials

 

➡️Total for this month: 734 Untouched, 2129 Approvals, 544 RFESs, 82 RFERs, 305 Denials, 40 Expedites(Denied: 40), 124 Withdrawals, 77 Others

 

📄Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zxjmSkJ1J055Bnbc7ghMGFuu8ZZPYJT_34pXLS966kA/edit?usp=sharing 

Thank you so much for doing this. If it's not too much trouble, is there any chance you can add another column to the spreadsheet with Untouched %? Similar to what you have for Pending % but with RFEs stripped out. In other words, E/G rather than (E+D)/G. Would be interesting to see what that looks like for each range.