Tampa Bay AOS filers

[Nosferatu2xlc 0]

yes thay all show

[athena_ny 1]

i live in florida and i hate it and i wanna move to DC or california but i can t till i get my GC

I hate it pretty bad too... I think it's the weird changing weather, and lack of Real Jobs. I'm still trying to find something to do in my free time (apart from going to school)...

and driving here SUCKS....

Weird changing weather?

The weather never changes. That's why I hate it here.

[knl 0]

We are from Tampa. Take a look at our timeline, compared to the other October 07 filers, it took a pretty long time for my husband to get his biometrics appt. But once that happened the GC came pretty fast.

[knl 0]

We had the bio-metrics appointment today..

Our appointment was at 11am but we showed up around 9.50am and the room was packed already and our number wasn't called until 11.10am and it took about another 20-30 min for the FP process & taking your photo and we were out at 11.35am..

Tampa is darn slow...plan to arrive at least an hour or two before your appointment..

There is plenty of free-parking around the building and no cell phones allowed inside...

It really took you a long time at your biometrics appt. I'm shocked, but maybe now they are real slow. My husband went for his, just this past December, the appt was at 11am, we got there about 10:30am or so, he was finished before is scheduled appt. about 10:50am he was finished. Maybe for my husbands appt, they were trying to rush to get through because the holiday was right around the corner, who knows.

[knl 0]

anyone applied for state ID in the Tampa area? how long was it valid for during the AOS process?

When my husband first got here, before we applied for AOS, he was able to get a DL, they made the expiration for the 3 months. So it was going to expire when his visa was and they too wrote temporary in big red letters. He then was trying to get a new one around the time it was going to expire, which I did not think was going to be possible because he had not been approved for his GC. To my suprise he was able to get a new one just by showing the NOA1 for AOS, valid for one year, again with temporary in big red letters.

[shadow42 0]

I did the same in the Brandon area. They told me the same thing that at first it is for three months i.e. when the I-94 expires. To come back and bring the receipt notice and they would renew for one year with the 'temporary' designation.

However wehn I received the DL in the mail it was for a year and said temporary. Don't know why this happened but I think the rule is as above.

I received my biometrics appt today for 05/06/08. Has anyone any ideas how long after that I would receive my EAD card? Just a rough guess would be nice to know.

Thanks

[sasa 0]

i live in titusville florida it small town in the east of florida near kenndy space center.....it s so bad over there and there is no apportunits for work it hard to find a good job .so i was think about moving from florida and going another state like DC or CALI coz i ve lots of friends there and also i can find lots of jobs there .but i can t move coz my i 485 is still pending .so i was thinking to move to tampa ...is changing my adress to tampa is going to slow down the process???? .by the way i m now follow orlando office.also whats ur opinion about moving tampa??? thank u for ur answers

[second stage 14]

I received my biometrics appt today for 05/06/08. Has anyone any ideas how long after that I would receive my EAD card? Just a rough guess would be nice to know.

I would say about a month....

[shadow42 0]

okay cool, thankyou

[second stage 14]

Received AP approval email

[Moka 0]

Wow, congrats on getting the AP approval!!

I am still waiting for mine and it's been almost 3 months...

Anyone else that's been waiting for almost 3 months??

[second stage 14]

Wow, congrats on getting the AP approval!!

I am still waiting for mine and it's been almost 3 months...

Anyone else that's been waiting for almost 3 months??

Did you call the Customer Service #? or make an InfoPass appointment?

Received EAD card in the mail...Took about 8 days since the EAD card production email

[sasa 0]

hi there,

i live in titusville florida it small town in the east of florida near kenndy space center.....it s so bad over there and there is no apportunits for work it hard to find a good job .so i was think about moving from florida and going another state like DC or CALI coz i ve lots of friends there and also i can find lots of jobs there .but i can t move coz my i 485 is still pending .so i was thinking to move to tampa ...is changing my adress to tampa is going to slow down the process???? .by the way i m now follow orlando office.also whats ur opinion about moving tampa??? thank u for ur answers

[second stage 14]

hi there,

i live in titusville florida it small town in the east of florida near kenndy space center.....it s so bad over there and there is no apportunits for work it hard to find a good job .so i was think about moving from florida and going another state like DC or CALI coz i ve lots of friends there and also i can find lots of jobs there .but i can t move coz my i 485 is still pending .so i was thinking to move to tampa ...is changing my adress to tampa is going to slow down the process???? .by the way i m now follow orlando office.also whats ur opinion about moving tampa??? thank u for ur answers

You can move anywhere you like...Changing address will not affect your 485 processing..Just make sure the address was updated with USCIS...

[second stage 14]

Received AP in the mail...Took about 6 days since the AP approval email