Jamie and Richard

We’re picking up his medical exam tomorrow and then going to file on Friday when I have a new paystub. I recently got a promotion and a 20% raise and scared that it will cause any discrepancy because all my recent paystubs have my old pay and old title. My employment verification letter has my new title with new pay on it and HR says they cannot use old title and pay. The filing fee on USCIS website says $1225, but I received a notice from Boundless saying we have to pay $1225 + $535?

Great! Thank you!

Thanks! I’m assuming the AP he has now is no longer valid? Would this ring true for his EAD as well?

I’m not fixated on traveling right now. I’m fixated on keeping my husband here so we can raise our daughter as a family together. I would greatly appreciate advise on what our next plan of action should be, or if we should just go ahead and reach out to a lawyer.

I am in need of help and not sure what is the best action to take. My husband arrived in the states March 30th of last year and we got married shortly after that and filed his AOS in June of last year. My husband didn’t do all of his vaccinations in the DR so it was necessary for it to be done once he arrived in the states. It completely slipped my mind once we filed his AOS as I was 8 months pregnant and dealing with a demanding job. In December we moved to a bigger home. We moved out of our apartment on December 5th, USCIS sent out the RFIE on December 4th for his vaccinations. I logged in December 31st to update our mailing address and saw the RFIE for the case, and saw that we had until January 4th to turn in his medical exam. Scrambling to get an extension, I was told that extensions are not allowed and if it wasn’t turned in it would be denied. I called several doctors to see if they could fit him in, and they all told me it would take 2 weeks. I turned in what we had and crossed my fingers. Obviously this was a huge mistake on our part and we got caught up in our move, being new parents and the holiday season. I logged in today to see that the case was denied and cannot be appealed. We planned on going to the DR next month so his family could finally meet our daughter, but it looks like we can’t go now because I don’t want him to lose his ability to come back to the states with me and the baby. Should we go ahead and refile? If we were to travel to the DR next month, would he be denied entry back into the states? What is our recourse? TIA!

It’s in your best interest to do the medical exam prior to the interview. Doing the interview without the exam is putting you at risk for being stuck in AP and can take several days, weeks or months.

I agree. I do wish there was an explanation, but there never is with this process.

Makes sense. Seems like more of the same with USCIS.

I seem to see it with 2023 filers

Got it! Thank you for your input!

We finally filed our AOS with EAD and AP. I came on here to check how long everyone’s EAD is taking to get a guesstimate, but still refer to USCIS processing times on their site. I see people are getting approved for their EAD in a 3 months or less, some I’m seeing as a little as a month?! Are people lying on here or is USCIS skipping to the back of the line to improve their processing times?

It took us 86 days to receive our case number from NOA2 and our case was expedited. Unfortunately, patience has to remain being your best friend.

They should have given you either the paper that states you are conditionally approved, or the 221g.

Have you tried calling them? It should at least say approved by now. Did your fiancé receive the paper that says “you have been conditionally approved” after the interview?

Our interview was on 3/9 and visa wasn’t in hand until 3/29. Unfortunately, there’s not many answers to why some people receive theirs faster than others. I know of one couple whose interview was on 2/28, and didn’t have their visa in hand until 4/1. It seems unfair, but it’s the sad reality.