Edward and Jaycel

This was both of us waiting to see where Jaycel's was... but it actually paid off. We got the delivery notification and I went running up to the mailbox. As i got there, I saw the mail carrier driving away to go to the other mailbox group in the apartment complex. I opened our mailbox and.... NO delivery from USCIS!!! So I go running down to the other set of mailboxes, showed the carrier the email confirmation and told him that it was not in our mailbox. So he came back up and opened the whole section of boxes and pointed to our box and said, "See? It's right..... uh-oh....". Turns out he put it in the box above ours 🤪 So our obsession with the tracking actually paid off in this instance

Did your spouse E-File? If so, the Tax Return Transcript should be available in 21 days or less. Mine was available 14 days after E-Filing

No... If they want them, they will ask for them. If you get scheduled for an interview however, bring them with you there

I believe that if they determine you need an interview for the I-485 then your case gets transferred to the local field office closest to you

Most if not all I-765s filed concurrently with I-485 are processed entirely at the NBC.

Ours are IOE cases also..... That means they were scanned in at the lockbox and are now reposited in the electronic filing system at USCIS “IOE” stands for Integrated Operating Environment. It just means that your case being processed electronically instead of paper work. Nothing else, processing time and other features are the same in comparison to other receipts numbers.

I want to say that you can and that's why they want you to submit that neon colored paper on top so that they know it's a resubmission, but I don't know that for sure. I think @KoreaninHawaii had a successful resubmission

You can file this concurrently

We Put a cover letter for each form we filed. If you go to the first post in the November AOS Filers Thread, You can see what we put in ours

Thank you for catching me on that! I assume people know that rule and I shouldn't assume that

I-130 requires 2 passport-style photos of the US Spouse Petitioner and 2 Photos of the Foreign Spouse Beneficiary to be included I-485 requires 2 passport-style photos of the foreign spouse applicant I-765 requires 2 passport-style photos of the foreign spouse applicant I-131 requires 2 passport-style photos of the foreign spouse applicant

For your category these are the correct forms with I-765 & I-131 being optional

What is the category of the AOS? Marriage to a US Citizen? If so, was it from a K-1 Visa or no?

The immigration process is definitely not for the faint-hearted 😆 If you ticked the "Yes" box to issue you a new card AND you ticked the "Yes" box for the consent for USCIS to disclose the info to the SSA then you should get a new one. Jaycel received her new card in the mail from the SSA exactly one week after her status changed to "Approved".

Our "My Progress" tab changed after the biometrics to show this step completed also. Don't count on that being accurate. You'll only know for sure that the interview was waived if you get an approval decision without having been scheduled for one. Be mentally prepared to have to attend an interview and then if it truly is waived, it will be a nice relief

Don't sweat it too much... Jaycel had her biometrics on Dec. 26th and the approval didn't come until Jan. 8th. Every adjudicating officer works cases a little differently

You should do your medical 2 weeks before the interview if possible. I would say no shorter than one week if 2 is not possible. They instituted the separate biometrics appointment after Jaycel did her interview so I can’t tell you first hand but everything I’ve seen is that you can do it up to the day before the interview.

Ours took 1 week to change status from “Approval” to “Card Produced”. The card arrived 3 days after that. It comes Priority Mail so if you have informed delivery with USPS, keep an eye on that once the status changes to produced. They come from Lee’s Summit, MO. To Hawaii? 3-4 days maybe? Let us all know

Congrats!! 🎉🎉

Woo Hoo! Congrats! 🎉 🎉

It took Jaycel almost 5 months to receive her EAD from the day she entered the country.

Just be advised that video is old enough that it is using the old version of the I-485.... Most of it is translatable but there are some differences

This is absolutely NOT necessary for the I-129F - You would be much better served spending that time figuring out the Declaration of Support(I-134) issues for the visa issuance and the Affidavit of Support (I-864) issues for the Adjustment of Status if you are fortunate enough to get the visa issued. DoS and USCIS have a documented history here of completely disregarding assets (they HATE approving based on assets). Please also keep in mind that once the foreign fiancée enters the country, they will be completely dependant on the US Citizen financially as they will not be able to work for at least 4-5 months depending on how fast you get married, file the forms, etc.. Figuring out your income or any possibility of a joint sponsor should be the number one priority. Do you really want to get to the point of going through all of this, getting the fiancée here, getting married, spending the large fees for the AOS application just to see it get denied? Believe me I get the pain of being separated from the one you love - I don't want to even imagine what the pain of getting them here and seeing it all fall apart a few months later. Just my 2 cents Jaycel and I wish you both the best!

Yes this 👆👆

* Disclaimer - Jaycel went through this process 6 months ago, so things may have changed * That being said, nowhere at any point in the interview process did the embassy ask for a welcome letter from Jaycel. They only asked her Appointment Confirmation print-out, DS-160 confirmation page, passport, NBI Clearance, Birth Certificate, CENOMAR, the sealed medical exam report from SLEC and the passport sized photos. The Manila Embassy has a reputation for being hit or miss in sending out the welcome letter - That's why K-1 Visa applicants don't wait for it.