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Finally got the notice of card production today. A text said the case had been updated and logging in showed it was in production as of today.

Nov 22 filing until July 9th notice of production, its been a long wait. Now its just waiting on the card and two years of no dealing with USCIS!

Congratulations! I am so happy for you guys, finally USCIS nightmare is over for the next two years. ENjoy your GC! good bye

crossing my finger for you guys!

I used infopass and showed the local official how unefficient the guys from Customer Service phone line are. The offical put a Service request right on the spot.

I knew the local office in CT had nothing to do with my case transferred to CSC, however the rep on the phone told me that my case should be in CT and makes no sense to be in California ( that shows they have no clue of what they do). This is why the local officer put the request and gave me a Service request number for follow up. I am not sure whether it helped speed my case of not but curiously weeks later I got the Green Card. Worth the try I guess.

After the Service Request put trough my local office here in CT, (not through Customer Service phoneline) I was sent the same letter a couple of weeks later. However two more weeks from the letter my case was updated to "approved" and just received the card this monday!

I was wondering whether that Service request issued by my local office helped. Why don't you guys try the same? maybe CSC put things up to speed that way. Good Luck!

congrats! hope this kind of news to all filers

I just got the confirmation of card production, hang in there guys! It seems that CSC finally is working on our applications ( Late October - November)

Ok I thought they sent the request to the local office. :bonk: I get it now.

The dang don't call us and we'll ignore you letter. I'm not sure where all the effort is going lately, but it seems like all types of processing is currently far behind.

Wow! I just got an email and text with the latest status: Card production, Finalyy!!! I hope all October and Novembre filers have the same kind of news these days!

We haven't seen a response at all yet. Next Wednesday is the 15 days they told us to wait for one. If the case is being adjudicated in California, why is the service request with your local office? And why are some people getting their cards out of California in barely 4 months, while so many others are still waiting at 6,7 and even 8 months? Thats what's driving me crazy. You don't know if you'll get an RFE, or sent back to the local for an interview, or worst of all if they loose your case file. I just want out of the waiting on USCIS approval nightmare for a while. Its been 15 months of waiting on some part of the process for us at this point. I guess at least we're together, but really you can't say for 100% certainty that they will let you stay together. 15 months of that little worry that something could go wrong in the back of your head, and we just want it to go away. At this point its been decided between my wife and I, that if we haven't a good response by next Wednesday, we're appealing to a Senator and Congressman to speak on our behalf to them. They are currently claiming the local is running at 4 months, the national average is also claimed to be 4 months, they are the once who told us they were speeding the process up by sending it to CSC, so they should live by their claims and not going 50% over their own claimed time frames.

Sorry for the confusion, In one of the many calls I made about my case, one representative told me that my case is supossed to be at the USCIS local office and not at CSC.

For that reason I went to the local office to see what was going on. The IO told me that my case was actually at CSC and since it was already 180 days from the transfer date, He will issue a sort of Internal Service Request.

Two weeks later I got that letter with that stupid wording for wich I understood that they are shorthanded, behind and would get faster if they could, bottom line: just sit and wait. That sucks:(

After the 180 days rule I put a Service request through USCIS local office, two weeks ago and finally got a letter from them stating that they understand my concern but they are kind of behind; however will "try to expedite my case as long as they have the resurces for that". I want to be positive but this wait is killing me.

That is why USCIS estimates that 90 days are good enough for the couple to know more each other and be sure or getting married. My advice, do not marry unless you are 100% certain of that. Good luck

I know of somebody that sent USCIS letters stating of being used by her divorced partner to get legal status. This ex partner already has the GC but its been almost three years since the application based on the 5 year rule and so far USCIS still has his case "under investigation" it seems an eternal process. That is sad since it was an actual bad marriage.

That is very smart. Use that time and money to travel to other coutries so you can show in the future that you have strong ties to the place you work/live or at least that helps a bit. Good luck

Well when I submitted my I-129 form initially . .I did not check the box that I was divorced although I did send in a copy of my divorce dismissal. My entire package was returned including my check. I checked the divorced box and resubmitted immediately. It was accepted at that point and I received my first NOA1.

Samething happened to me ! lol I was surprised to see the whole package in the mail, they even returned the check. I lost a week or so for that. So our friend needs to relax and wait for USCIS instrutions.

Don't bother to call since a case or receipt number is needed to look it up on the database and that comes in NOA1.

Under what class was she admitted to the US? What visa did she arrive on? The answer is in your own post.

Duh! I just realized that is K1 lol. Do you know what to put in part 3 #1 "date of intended departure (mm/dd/yyyy)" if I will worry to set a day once I get the AP and plan to make more than one trip? I think I can put something like "More than one trip at unknown dates once I get the Parole doc" not sure USCIS would like that.

HI all, Can anyone help me with what to put in Part 1 # 3 "class of admision" from the I-131 ? My wife came with a K-1 visa (fiance visa) we married and sent the AOS already. Any help is appreciated . Thanks

Overstay only accumulates from the time the I-94 expires, to when the AOS is filed.

So for example. Your I-94 expires January, if you didn't file AOS till July then yes it would be pointless filing AP with your AOS and EAD. However if you filed AOS before 180 days had passed since your I-94 expired (say, March/April) you could still file for an use AP technically... most recommend not to risk it unless it was an emergency. I personal filed for AP even though I had 5 months (roughly) of overstay. I never had to use it but I personally would have had I needed to as a emergency... but it would have been really stressful. Always better to file before your I-94 expires to prevent these sorts of these issues.

Thanks for the input. I applied for AOS in November 1st 2011 (couple of weeks after entering the U.S)and the expiration date for the I-94 was January 13th 2012. I think I have never overstayed technically, and applying for the AP to re-enter the U.S wont be a problem. I am right?

No it won't. It will be approved, therein lies the issue. People think they're okay to travel, leave and try and re-enter and get told they can't because they have a ban due to overstay.

Agree with Harpa's corrections.

I am confused,let's say I entered the US and get the I-94 in january 1st, does it mean that aproximately by July 1st it will be worthless to apply for a AP (my AOS is still pending until who nows when)since I have started to overstay ???

Received notice today that my case was transferred to CSC and was hoping for good news but it does not seem to be so. Anyone got their GC after the switch? How long? Let me know.

For what I undertand you will have to allow 180 days ( six months) for them to process. That sucks because transference was supposed to speed up things not to extend the wait time.

Filed on Nov1, transferred to CSC on Nov 23. USCIS customer service recordings state to wait 180 days for processing before making any inquiry. I am still waiting, at least now I know that I am not the only one, hope CSC fullfill their goal date.