AOS FILERS: DECEMBER 2008

[JillA 2]

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

ajay... if I understand what you're saying I've got the same concern. I'm surprised more of us here aren't talking about the USC side of the visajourney relationship getting laid-off.

I don't understand what you are saying here "would the uscis require her to hold her job at this point". What do you mean "hold her job". If she gets let go from her current job and is unemployed then she has no job.

I wonder about options as well as I HAVE LOST my job!!

Since our interview is in 5 weeks and our EAD has just arrived I'm a bit concerned about how our file is going to look. We went to the social security office yesterday to get her name changed and even though we've had the EAD for over a week they still could not verify it on the computer and I was told that they would have to got through the manual verification process and it could take a couple of weeks. Now I understand this and was prepared for it back when we applied for the number in the first place so we waited but now I feel we NEED it ASAP. I can't get her a State ID card w/out a social security card that has the same name we are trying to get on the State ID card. I can go to the bank now and get her added to a joint account and should be able to get her added to the utility bill and I've got the receipt from the local community college where she is taking English as a Second Language class (that's in her married name and sent to "our" address). But I really wanted to have the State issued ID card and Social Security card in hand for the interview.

However beyond that "little" stuff I'm way more concerned about $$$ I have enough cash on-hand to support us for just over 9 months while I try to find a new job. But things in my field (auto manufacturing) are REALLY bad... I've run into a few people I used to work with that were let go last July and they are still not working!!! Personally I'm thinking that I want to set a quit point date that leaves us with enough cash to move to Thailand. Then I'll put all my stuff in storage at my sisters place (what I don't sell anyway), sign over a power of attorney with her, send the keys to the bank and get on a plane. We could live rather comfortably in Bangkok for a year on $10K

I plan on going to the interview with:

1. all the paper work to support the income I had

2. my current bank statements showing my cash position

3. very detailed budget with 4 months of actual numbers supporting it.

4. plan showing how we'd manage if I took a job at 1/2 what I used to earn

Thoughts???

I have no good advice but I would cut and paste the above and post it in the general AOS forum:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...&s=&f=7

You'll get more replies there, as many people have gone through your situation and will hopefully have good advice for you.

[blarf 0]

well i just wanted to let you know that i had my interview this morning and was approved. great relief for me.

[Soancika+Brian 0]

well i just wanted to let you know that i had my interview this morning and was approved. great relief for me.

Congrats!!!

[ajay416 0]

I took JillA's advice and reposted the question in the general AOS forum so we can share with other people,

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=184285

Sorry to hear about your job loss, and to clarify, I was was wondering if you could still get a co-sponsor after you have already filed for AOS. That was what the whole, "would the uscis require her to hold her job at this point" was about.

ajay... if I understand what you're saying I've got the same concern. I'm surprised more of us here aren't talking about the USC side of the visajourney relationship getting laid-off.

I don't understand what you are saying here "would the uscis require her to hold her job at this point". What do you mean "hold her job". If she gets let go from her current job and is unemployed then she has no job.

[blarf 0]

well i just wanted to let you know that i had my interview this morning and was approved. great relief for me.

Congrats!!!

thank you. good luck to everybody else

[Mama Africa 0]

Are there any filers in New Jersey who filed in December who have received their interview dates? We haven't received ours and I know interviews are done at local offices so I am trying to get a feel of when our interview would be.

[JillA 2]

Got my EAD in the mail today.... nice little card! Now just praying for AP....

[Diazy 10]

Got my EAD in the mail today.... nice little card! Now just praying for AP....

Congratulations!!!!!

[itty_bitty 0]

I received a notice today that my case was transfered to CSC. Doesn't this sound weird to you guys? Coz if you look at my timeline, it seems pretty late for my application to get transferred. Don't transfers happen early in the process? By now, I should be getting the interview notice instead, right? And if my case was to be transferred, shoudn't they have done that in January or February? I'm not complaining, I just think it's unusual.

[Diazy 10]

I received a notice today that my case was transfered to CSC. Doesn't this sound weird to you guys? Coz if you look at my timeline, it seems pretty late for my application to get transferred. Don't transfers happen early in the process? By now, I should be getting the interview notice instead, right? And if my case was to be transferred, shoudn't they have done that in January or February? I'm not complaining, I just think it's unusual.

Call CRIS and ask them...

It is weird

[itty_bitty 0]

I received a notice today that my case was transfered to CSC. Doesn't this sound weird to you guys? Coz if you look at my timeline, it seems pretty late for my application to get transferred. Don't transfers happen early in the process? By now, I should be getting the interview notice instead, right? And if my case was to be transferred, shoudn't they have done that in January or February? I'm not complaining, I just think it's unusual.

Call CRIS and ask them...

It is weird

I did, and as expected, the CSR couldn't provide the information I needed and just said "your application is still within the processing time."

[JillA 2]

I received a notice today that my case was transfered to CSC. Doesn't this sound weird to you guys? Coz if you look at my timeline, it seems pretty late for my application to get transferred. Don't transfers happen early in the process? By now, I should be getting the interview notice instead, right? And if my case was to be transferred, shoudn't they have done that in January or February? I'm not complaining, I just think it's unusual.

Call CRIS and ask them...

It is weird

I did, and as expected, the CSR couldn't provide the information I needed and just said "your application is still within the processing time."

Could you share the phone number with me that you called? I'm going to call tomorrow to inquire about my AP, no touch since Jan. 1 and EAD already received.

[itty_bitty 0]

I received a notice today that my case was transfered to CSC. Doesn't this sound weird to you guys? Coz if you look at my timeline, it seems pretty late for my application to get transferred. Don't transfers happen early in the process? By now, I should be getting the interview notice instead, right? And if my case was to be transferred, shoudn't they have done that in January or February? I'm not complaining, I just think it's unusual.

Call CRIS and ask them...

It is weird

I did, and as expected, the CSR couldn't provide the information I needed and just said "your application is still within the processing time."

Could you share the phone number with me that you called? I'm going to call tomorrow to inquire about my AP, no touch since Jan. 1 and EAD already received.

just the USCIS hotline 1-800-375-5283. I'm not sure if that's the number that Diazy meant, I don't know of any other number that we can call for follow-up or inquiries.

[Diazy 10]

I received a notice today that my case was transfered to CSC. Doesn't this sound weird to you guys? Coz if you look at my timeline, it seems pretty late for my application to get transferred. Don't transfers happen early in the process? By now, I should be getting the interview notice instead, right? And if my case was to be transferred, shoudn't they have done that in January or February? I'm not complaining, I just think it's unusual.

Call CRIS and ask them...

It is weird

I did, and as expected, the CSR couldn't provide the information I needed and just said "your application is still within the processing time."

I hope it was just mistake. But there could be 2 types of mistakes:

1. your case was transferred a long time ago, but because of those troubles with web site they noticed you only today

2. your case was not transferred, but because of all those problems with website they noticed you by mistake.

[SMASHROX 0]

Hi everyone...I guess CRIS is finally up and running again. I got an email notification today that our AP was approved. Although we won't be using it now seeing as our interview is in two weeks and hubby wants to go home for at least 3-4 weeks. Hopefully the interview goes well and he can get the I-551 stamp in his passport to travel home right away.