AOS FILERS: DECEMBER 2008

[Thee_Rak 0]

So right after I wrote this the mail came and you guessed it... the EAD arrived!!! I guess on Monday we'll go take care of the SS card name change and the State Id and the bank and everything.

Hi Everybody...

Why does USCIS even have a web-site? Okay here's our latest status (I'll update the sheet right after I post this)...

No Touch on the USCIS site since Dec 19th when they received our AOS/AP/EAD package and logged us into the system.

Received Biometrics letter around x-mass and had appointment on 1/13 NO TOUCH

Received Interview Appointment letter Feb 12 (appointment is April 22). NO TOUCH

Received APPROVED AP Feb 27 NO TOUCH

Okay now the questions for the group...

1) Why are there 2 copies of the AP? I assume that it get surrendered if you use it so they give you 2 to cover 2 trips.

2) Is there supposed to be a stamp in the National Benefits Center Parole Stamp box at the bottom next to picture?

Boy I sure hope that the EAD comes SOON because I need it to get her name changed on her Social Security Card and also to get her a State ID and to get her name on our bank accounts. After that I can get her name on the utility bill, cable bill etc to show we live together.

The one thing I'm the most concerned about though is that I'm now UNEMPLOYED!!!! I have been working for Ford Motor Co for the past 9 years and have been making over $90K but now the employment market SUCKS. I'm not going to through away my unemployment benefits by taking a job "just for the appearence" of having a job. Hell, she'll likely have a job at the local Thai restaurant b/4 the interview and b/4 I do!!!

The interviewer simply HAS TO UNDERSTAND how bad the employment market is now and that I might even relocate us away from Detorit (worst unemployment rate in the county) or change careers. It's not like I was a bagger at Walmart or something... You don't find a new $100K/year job overnight.

Hey maybe I should apply to the USCIS... looks like they need a web-master!!!!

[Soancika+Brian 0]

Got mu GC today !!!

Good lukck to everyone on their journey!!!

[itty_bitty 0]

Congratulations to all the ones receiving their approvals! That was fast after your biometrics Itty Bitty! I hope that happens to me too.

I wanted to let you know I had my biometrics appointment today!

Please help me to update my information on the spreadsheet

Here Are the Days

Notice of action of biometrics was 02/23/2009

Biometrics appointment was 03/06/2009

Authorization of Parole was issued on 2/9/2009

Thank you

Itzy

Itzy!!! I'm glad you have finally done your biometrics. Boy, that was a long wait for us, wasn't it? Yea, my EAD came pretty fast after I did my biometrics. It kind of paid off the long wait for bio notice, lol. My EAD was actually approved on Feb. 12 but they just waited for my bio result before they ordered the processing of the card. Im pretty sure your EAD will come early too after doing the bio because it's almost been 90 days already since u filed for it.

[Diazy 10]

Got mu GC today !!!

Good lukck to everyone on their journey!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

[Soancika+Brian 0]

Got mu GC today !!!

Good lukck to everyone on their journey!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

Thank you!!!

[TBoneTX 44,787]

EAD rec'd. March 6 (two days after AP was rec'd.); effective date of both was February 24. Can someone please update the spreadsheet for us? And, regarding the green card, have any transferees-to-CSC received their card yet, after filing for AOS in approximately mid-December?

[Mint518 0]

itzy, TBoneTX,

I updated the spreadsheet with your info. Congrats to your progress and receipt of AP/EAD.

Congratulations to all the ones receiving their approvals! That was fast after your biometrics Itty Bitty! I hope that happens to me too.

I wanted to let you know I had my biometrics appointment today!

Please help me to update my information on the spreadsheet

Here Are the Days

Notice of action of biometrics was 02/23/2009

Biometrics appointment was 03/06/2009

Authorization of Parole was issued on 2/9/2009

Thank you

Itzy

EAD rec'd. March 6 (two days after AP was rec'd.); effective date of both was February 24. Can someone please update the spreadsheet for us? And, regarding the green card, have any transferees-to-CSC received their card yet, after filing for AOS in approximately mid-December?

Edited March 7, 2009 by Mint518

[PatNa 0]

Hi all!

I have noticed that alot of people getting EAD and AP approval recently have said that there have been no "touches" on their cases online, but the cards just show up one day......I am hoping this is the case for me.....but am a little worried, as we sent further evidence (from RFE) back to MSC over a month ago, and have had no notice that its has even been received! my mind is working over time, and telling me that our package got lost somewhere along the way, and we wont know till its too late.......(hubby was tired and accidentally sent it 3 day mail USPS, so no tracking number)

hoping lady luck is gonna throw some luck my way soon......its depressing being at the mercy of the gov.......

hope any other dec filers who are still waiting get lucky this month too!!!

Hey We-met-in-Japan,

I wouldn't worry at this point. We were asked to submit a RFE on 1/22 (email notification and website update that did not have specific details on what USCIS needed) which is the same day hubby had a biometrics appointment. The notice arrived a few days after on 1/28. I mailed the info requested that very day and did not hear back. Some have said that the website is updated to say that the "case has resumed" after USCIS received requested info. That did not happen for us. And then on Wednesday 3/4 hubby received his EAD with out any touches or notices.

By the way, the RFE can not be couriered. You have to use regular USPS mail because the address to send it back to at MSC is a P. O. Box. Trust me I read the paperwork over and over because I was thinking surely that must be a mistake. But that's the way they have it set up. So I am pretty sure they have yours and are getting ready to send your EAD.

Good luck and I hope this helps a little.

Kind regards,

PatNa.

[mary'n'ev 0]

Received my EAD yesterday. The card was produced on the 25th and was sent on the 3rd! I'm still waiting for my AP, but now i can get paid instead of volunteering!

Good luck to all!

[chantpleure 0]

I received a RFE yesterday 03/07/09 that was dated 03/03/09 but no other touches on my case so far :\

[itzy 0]

Thanks Itty Bitty! and Thanks Mint for upgrading the information!.

I will let you know when the EAD arrives.

Itzy

Thanks Itty Bitty! and Thanks Mint for upgrading the information!.

I will let you know when the EAD arrives.

Itzy

[we met in japan 0]

Hi all!

I have noticed that alot of people getting EAD and AP approval recently have said that there have been no "touches" on their cases online, but the cards just show up one day......I am hoping this is the case for me.....but am a little worried, as we sent further evidence (from RFE) back to MSC over a month ago, and have had no notice that its has even been received! my mind is working over time, and telling me that our package got lost somewhere along the way, and we wont know till its too late.......(hubby was tired and accidentally sent it 3 day mail USPS, so no tracking number)

hoping lady luck is gonna throw some luck my way soon......its depressing being at the mercy of the gov.......

hope any other dec filers who are still waiting get lucky this month too!!!

Hey We-met-in-Japan,

I wouldn't worry at this point. We were asked to submit a RFE on 1/22 (email notification and website update that did not have specific details on what USCIS needed) which is the same day hubby had a biometrics appointment. The notice arrived a few days after on 1/28. I mailed the info requested that very day and did not hear back. Some have said that the website is updated to say that the "case has resumed" after USCIS received requested info. That did not happen for us. And then on Wednesday 3/4 hubby received his EAD with out any touches or notices.

By the way, the RFE can not be couriered. You have to use regular USPS mail because the address to send it back to at MSC is a P. O. Box. Trust me I read the paperwork over and over because I was thinking surely that must be a mistake. But that's the way they have it set up. So I am pretty sure they have yours and are getting ready to send your EAD.

Good luck and I hope this helps a little.

Kind regards,

PatNa.

Hi PatNa! Thanks so much for your reply, I feel alot better knowing that other people had no notice that their case was resumed and still received EAD and AP a short time later......I appreciate you letting me know!

By the way, congrats to you and your hubby on you recent documents!

[ajay416 0]

First off congrats Soancika+Brian for getting your GC and to all the others who just got their EADs and APs.

I have a few questions I would like to get feedback on if anyone has any knowledge so here goes...

My wife has survived the first round of layoffs at her work in December, but now there are talks of budget cuts again and she has a bad feeling that she would be quite possibly one of the people laid off in her department. We haven't received an interview letter yet, but suppose she does get laid off and hasn't found a new job by the time we have our interview, what exactly would our options be? Would going to the interview with a new I-864 with a co-sponsor be enough? Or would the USCIS require her to hold her job at this point and not allow us to use a co-sponsor in our case? Just wanted to get prepared for the worst.

Ajay

[SMOKE 1,426]

what happened to mimigrant's siggy? no more spreadsheet. does anyone else have a link?

[mary'n'ev 0]

what happened to mimigrant's siggy? no more spreadsheet. does anyone else have a link?

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdB...5y_sObbeOyugvVg